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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1973
Page
2
Registration advised for YWCA adult classes beginning the first week of October. Listings include Monday Calling Time 7 to 9 p.m in Crafts Room for 8 weeks, plus Wednesday Candle Making, Thursday Tile Painting, Friday Secrets of Beauty and Health. Fees vary by member status. call 653-2594 by Oct 26.
The WAPELLO Louisa Division of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge north of Lake Odessa will be closed to public use from October 1 to December 15, 1973. Exceptions allow fishing along the Port Louisa inlet ditch and access to the overlook and nature trail at refuge headquarters. Auto tours are not offered this fall due to flood damage and funding/labor shortages delaying road rehabilitation.
A weekly UP Home report recounts Evensong led by Miss Aurora McIntyre with Mrs Moon on piano, updates on Sudan mission work, birthday party for Mrs Sarah Christensen, recognition for Dorothy Jean Buchanan Davidson in The World Who's Who of Women, and visits from relatives. Other items note flu shots, variety program mishap, postponed watermelon party, and trips of Mrs Bruce Buchanan and Mrs Irene Bidwell’s Des Moines visit.
About 50 attendees filled the McCleery Room for a September birthday party. Seven honorees and spouses enjoyed a birthday table, with 90 year old James Larsen to receive a cake for the oldest celebrant. The group thanked for health and fellowship, and plans include a September 21 boat trip with a full bus and drivers, plus a September 25 lunch with Red Carpet Travel Bureau slides. Volunteers needed for visiting program to aid aging seniors in Washington.
Washington Evening Journal reports Mid-Prairie FFA members attended the Wiese Duroc and Yorkshire sale on Labor Day. Mike Yoder bought a Yorkshire boar, Brian Patterson bought a Yorkshire gift, and four FFA members competed in livestock judging. Freshman class tours farm members and booster license plates raise funds for a Camp Sunnyside campership. Appreciation Night set for October 29. 81 students enrolled in Voc Ag this year.
Dairymen in Washington Johnson and Iowa counties are invited to a dairy barn meeting on Wednesday September 19 at 1 15 p m The event will be at Marcus and Milford Yoder farm six and a half miles west of the Cheese Factory north of Kalona The Yoders recently installed a double four parlor weigh jars and an electrically controlled feeder system They house 45 cows free stall housing and may expand to 60 They include pasture haulage and hay ISU Extension specialists will attend Kent Nelson will discuss urea in silage and protein sources Cedar Rapids livestock specialist Eldon Hans will address reproduction problems.
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