Atlanta to adopt four quarter school year plan
Atlanta and six nearby Georgia districts will begin a four quarter year in September to tailor high school curricula to student needs. Dr. John S. Martin says the plan allows pacing by ability, with credit requirements and college catalog style course selection.
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Atlanta, Ga
UPI
Atlanta
Georgia
John S. Martin
Martin
Marietta City
Decatur City
DeKalb
Gwinnet
Clayton
Fulton Counties
Georgia Education Department
Revival Series at Richland Friends Church Begins
Owen Glassburn of Marion Indiana will lead a nine night revival from September 17 to 29 at Richland Friends Church for Pleasant Plain Quarterly Meeting. Co operating Rubio and Pleasant Plain churches plan hospitality publicity and music. The series ends with Friends Family Camp September 28 29 at Lake Darling Youth Center.
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Richland
Owen Glassburn
Marion
Indiana
Pleasant Plain
Richland Friends Church
Rubio
Glassburn
Guatemala
Coasta Rica
Panama
Columbia
Venezuela
Islands
Friends Family
Lake Darling
Quaker Men of the Quarterly Meeting
Vic Gottman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Roy McCracken
Brighton
Rufus McCrackens
Fairfield
Loudens
California visitors tour Crawfordsville and surrounding Iowa towns
Dr and Mrs Anthony Moye from San Gabriel California spent nine days touring Iowa from Crawfordsville to Columbus Junction Wapello Burlington Iowa City and Ames. They attended the Howell reunion in Columbus Junction with 46 attendees. The Moyes plan to sightsee through Colorado and Utah on their return trip.
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Crawfordsville
Anthony Moye
Vicky
Julie Ann
Christopher
San Gabriel
California
Bob Howell
Iowa
Vancouver Island
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Minnesota
Garner
Wapello
Burlington
Iowa City
Ames
Howells
Moyes
Howell
Chautauqua Park
Columbus Junction
Colorado
Utah
Vernon Fletcher
Lyle Lowe
Fletchers
Robert Howell
Clark Shhabilion
Davenport
J. W. McCullough
Valerie
Darin
Robert Delar
Flora
Lake Odessa
Finley Chapel September class meets WAYLAND
The September class meeting of the Fellowship Sunday School at Finley Chapel included a covered dish supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hulme. Attending were Rev. and Mrs. Delbert Terry and family, Mrs. Terry's parents from Walpole Massachusetts visiting, and many local residents plus guests.
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Wayland
Fellowship
Finley Chapel
Sam Hulme
Delbert Terry
Terry
Andrew Bain
Walpole
Mass
Omer Seberg
Emerson Witting
John Lane
Bernard Bates
Ray Ernst
Les McGohn
Idris Club Holds First Meeting of Season in Kalona
Mrs. Tom Russell hosted the Idris Club’s season opener in Kalona with 27 members and guest Alice Leech. New president Vernon Hartzler, vice president Larry Kern, and new member Mrs Ray Schrepfer were noted. J Claude Miller of Kalona received a Mercy Hospital laundry certification.
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Kalona
Tom Russell
Idris Club
Reese Trusler
Myron Jones
C. W. Beckman
Vernon Hartzler
Ray Schrepfer
Alice Leech
Joe Chody
Larry Kern
Logan Reif
David Conwell
David Teets
J. Claude Miller
Duane H. Gingerich
Kalona Methodist Church
Earl Grout
United Nations
Memphis
Tenn
Ernest Lund
Velma Way
D. G. Sattler
Thelma Schupbach
Raymond Yetty
J. R. Swartzendruber
J. L. Grout
Lena R. Yoder
Sam Schlabaugh of
Wellman
Mahlon Schlabaugh
Lloyd Knepp
Alice Eimen
Duane E. Yoder
Jerry
Robert Schrock
Gary
Eli S. Yoder
Sherman Miller
Iowa corn and soybeans show mixed frost safety levels
A UPI report from Des Moines notes about 56 percent of Iowa corn is mature and safe from frost, with 87 percent dented. Crop conditions range from excellent to poor in western counties, while most soybeans are good to excellent though some western fields are fair. About a third of winter wheat is planted and 75 percent of alfalfa has been cut for the third time.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Aiken balks on treaty language
Senator George Aiken charges the nuclear non-proliferation treaty could give a multi million dollar government subsidy to oil and gas producers. He cites Article V requiring access to peaceful energy devices and notes Project Gasbuggy and seismic oil exploration tech as examples. He questions whether economic aims outweigh political implications and signals possible Senate action after a Foreign Relations Committee session.
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Washington
Aiken
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United Press International
Czechoslovakia
Republicans plan election strategy at county meeting
The Washington county Republican committee met at the courthouse Monday to plan the campaign. County chairman William Perdock led a lively session with suggestions for organizing the effort and securing a high voter turnout. Jamie Zantos of Des Moines offered ideas for smoother operations and presented a film illustrating a coordinated party effort. Mrs. Miller urged residents with flag facilities to display flags on Election Day to boost Democratic processes.
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Washington County
Republican Party
Court House
William Perdock
Jamie Zantos
Des Moines
Iowa Central Committee
Zantos
Miller
Wellman
Lake Youth Center elects officers
The Lake Darling Youth Center Inc held its annual meeting with 30 in attendance for a potluck and meeting. New officers are L. P. Guy president A. J. Steinbeck vice president Burnett Smith vice president Robert Day secretary Dean Edwards treasurer. The financial report was given and Arden Messer reported an average of 68 campers nightly totaling 5515 camper nights for June July and August with more groups visiting May and upcoming September and October camps. A discussion covered modernization of the sanitary system including a new sanitary lagoon north of the camp and plumbing fixtures installed in the bath house director's cabin and cook's cabin.
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Lake Darling Youth Center Inc
L. P. Guy
A. J. Steinbeck
Burnett Smith
Robert Day
Dean Edwards
Edwards
Arden Messer
Fairfield
Rotary sponsor Rubinoff concert in Washington
Rotary Club of Washington sponsors violinist Rubinoff for a concert September 26 in the junior high school auditorium. Tickets are on sale with Roy A. Hodges, Rotary president, praising bringing the famed artist to town. Rubinoff will perform with the Stradivarius violin insured for 100000, delivering favorites including the War saw Concerto, Chopin Polonaise and Debussy Clair De Lune.
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Rubinoff
Washington
Washington Rotary Club
Roy A. Hodges
Rotary
Chopin
Debussy
Keota East ern Star honors past officers in meeting
Keota Chapter of Eastern Star honored past matrons and patrons at their meeting on September 10. Genevieve White presented gifts while Verla Walter and Ruth Walker coordinated refreshments. The Grand Chapter will meet in Davenport October 22 24.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Keota
Eastern Star
Genevieve White
Eastern Star Grand Chapter
Davenport
Verla Walter
Ruth Walker
Pat Mound
Marguerite Wehr
Noble Grand Circle
Dorothy Singleton
Maratha Sanders
Jeff
Randy
Robin Mound
Kay Davisson
Nina FitzSimmons
Pearl Mound
Pam Singleton
Virginia Johnson
Washington Hospital
Stamp Exhibit Set for Sept 22 by Hawkeye Stamp Club
The Hawkeye Stamp Club of Burlington will stage its fifth annual Stamp Exhibit on Sunday September 22 opening at noon in the Memorial Auditorium Banquet Room. Displays cover topics by subjects countries and colors with posters post cards first day covers stamps and plate blocks. Herbie and the Little German Band perform at 3 00 p.m. Club members travel up to 60 miles from Illinois and Iowa towns including Monmouth Nauvoo Washington Keokuk Ft. Madison Donnellson Letridge Swedesburg. For information contact Phil Weldin in Washington.
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Hawkeye Stamp Club of
Burlington
Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium
Herbie
Hawkeye Stamp Club
Monmouth
Nauvoo
Illinois
Washington
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Donnellson
Lockridge
New York Teachers Strike Ends in Deadlock
In New York the leadership of the teachers union and the school superintendent failed to reach an agreement ending an impasse. The five day walkout idles about 900 public schools and 1.12 million students as Albert Shanker of the United Federation of Teachers presses for reinstatement of 10 teachers and job security under a decentralized system.
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New York
UPI
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Bernard Donovan
Lester Hole is Wellman honoree
Lester Hole of Long Beach California was honored at a family dinner at the County Fair grounds Washington on Sunday September 8 The event noted the birthdays of Ralph Hole and Frank Rathmel Hole served twenty years in the U S Navy ten years in the Reserves and now works for the Long Beach Post Office He left by bus at 4 p m Sunday to return to work A long list of relatives and friends from Iowa and nearby states attended the celebration including Nina Dunbar Marion Dunbar Lyndon and Kirk of Brighton Dora Walker Judy Bodkin Elva Dixon Larry Ginkinger Willard Hole and many others from Cedar Rapids Keokuk Iowa City and Wellman
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Three Hills
Alberta
Canada
Prairie Bible Institute
William Thoma
Virgil Aldrich
J. B. Magdefray
Lon
George Fort
Leola Schlatter
Alfred Wagler
Allen Wagler
Willis Wagler
Sigourney
Harold Wagler
Washington
Edwin Wagler
Delmar Wagler
Wayland
Bonnie Wyse
Marlin Wyse
Goshen College
Indiana
Goshen
Albert Martin
Marion
Iowa
William Neff
Texas
Center Cemetery Association
Center Chapel
Raymond King
Oran Swan
Clark Bauer
George Hebel
Jesus
Wade Huffman
Ethan Brooks
Edna Blumenstein Wellman
Lester Hole
Long Beach
California
Ralph Hole
Frank Rathmel
Lester
U. S. Navy
U. S. Post Office
Nina Dunbar
Marion Dunbar
Lyndon and
Kirk
Brighton
Dora Walker
Judy Bodkin
Wesley
Joanna
Barbara
Elva Dixon
Larry Genkinger
Cleve
Calvin and
Craig
Neva Chaires
Marshall Tabor
Margaret Niles
Steven
Bob Jr
Cedar Rapids
Earnest Ichendahl
Keokuk
Sam Rathmel
Gary and Jerry
Iowa City
Roland Maxwell
Kalona
Willard Hole
Retha
Ralph
West Chester
Lakin Hole
John
Leonard
Crawfordsville
Earnie Hole
Donald
Evelyn Cerney
Lone Tree
Richard Enfield
Rickey
Tina
Rosemary Pratt
Jimmy, Wellman
State funds seek big boosts for 1969 budget
State finances call for large increases as universities seek from 163 million to 234 million for the next biennium and area schools push from 34 million to 74 million. The Social Services department plans 13 percent salary hike funding and a four percent annual budget rise to cover inflation, signaling a broad fiscal headache for the 1969 General Assembly and the next administration.
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State Department of Social Services
Department of Social Services
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