Travel and Adventure Series tickets go on sale today
The Kiwanis Club of Washington presents its 9th Travel and Adventure Series featuring six renowned travelogue photographers who narrate on stage with color films. Shows cover the Atlantic coast Texas Tuscany Alaska Amazon Peru and the South Seas with music and sound effects. Season tickets cost 3 for students and 6 for adults with proceeds supporting community projects. Rex L. Lee is the contact chairman.
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National Geographic
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Town Hall
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Orchestra Hall
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Texas
Italy
Tuscany
Alaska
Amazon
Peru
South Seas
Washington Kiwanis Club
Rex L. Lee
Community Chest Drive Starts Soon in Washington
Washington residents are asked to consider supporting the annual Community Chest drive as organizers prep for the campaign. Several organizations need more funds and a series of articles will explain how the money is used, with Chest officials hoping for strong local support again.
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Washington
Washington Evening Journal
Chest
Local man glad car failed to start up front
A local man said he was oddly relieved his car would not start allowing him to cancel a planned dental appointment. He remarks flowers in a hospital room aid recovery and urges friends to call 653-5457.
Hal Dunham dies in Arkansas at 70
Word has been received of the death of Hal Dunham, 70, on Tuesday September 16 at his home in Cherokee Village Arkansas. He died of an apparent heart attack. Formerly of Washington, he and his wife retired to Cherokee Village four or five years ago. He was long employed by Cargill and active in Masonic bodies. Mrs. Dunham survives. Funeral Friday at Higgenbotham Funeral Home Hardy Arkansas with burial there.
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Hal Dunham
Cherokee Village
Ark
Dunham
Washington
Cargill
Medicaid Progress and Delays Cited by Official
Cross Blue Shield has improved its service to medical practitioners while acknowledging delays in Medicaid payments due to the program’s magnitude and implementation challenges. O’Brien notes that no official is fully satisfied, yet the department has performed creditably given the scale of processing claims.
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Rev Hobart speaks at Wayland church services
Special meetings are held at Independent Bible church Wayland this week starting at 7 30 p m each evening Rev Gerald Hobart of East Lynn West Virginia speaker He is field secretary National Home Missions Fellowship His lengthy ministry and travel give him a broad speaking background Public invited to attend
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Independent Bible Church
Gerald Hobart
East Lynn
West Virginia
Hobart
National Home Missions Fellowship
Local service members visit home on leave and travel plans
Rick McFarland is on a 30 day leave to visit his grandmother Mrs. Valentine McKune after duty in Korea. He will report to Fort Carson Colorado to finish his army service. Russell Miller of McAllen Texas visits his parents and relatives and plans to travel to Arvada Colorado to visit his sister and family, the Charles Hennons.
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Valentine McKune
Korea
Ft. Carson, Colo
Russell
Bing) Miller
McAllen
Texas
Golia Miller
Arvada
Colo
Charles Hennons
Brinning Enrolled in Feed and Fertilizer Marketing Program
Larry Brinning, son of Mr and Mrs Merle Brinning and a 1969 Keota High School graduate, is enrolled in the Feed and Fertilizer Marketing program at Eastern Iowa Community College Muscatine Campus. The 21 month tech program trains students for feed and fertilizer industry roles with starting salaries for 1969 graduates around 5880 to 7500 dollars plus commissions and benefits. The curriculum includes five 9 week classroom terms and four 9 week work periods and is approved by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Veterans Administration with industry advisory support.
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Merle Brinning
Keota
Eastern Iowa Community College
Muscatine
Iowa
Iowaepartment of Public Instruction
Division of Vocational Education
Veterans Administration For Veterans Training
Stewart PTA hears Mrs Watson speak
The Stewart PTA held its first Tuesday meeting with guests including Iowa PTA leader Mrs Sherman B Watson Cedar Rapids. Superintendent Kelly Schlapkohl and curriculum director Al Kinzler attended. John H Sproule introduced teachers as a gift was presented. School pictures set for Oct 11 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm. The Oct 21 meeting will feature Patrick Mc Carney Iowa City police chief with a drugs film and discussion Father’s Night and an award for the room with the most fathers.
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Stewart Parent Teachers Association
Kelly Schlapkohl
al Kinzler
Sherman B. Watson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
P T A
John H. Sproule
Stewart
Gerald King
Patrick McCarney
Iowa City
Washington County 4-H selects 50 winners for county awards
The Washington County 4-H Committee met to choose over 50 members to receive county awards in leadership agriculture home economics and photography. The John and Sue Foster Awards honor outstanding boys and girls clubs. Two adults were named Honorary Members of 4-H. awards will be given at the October convention and November banquet at Washington High School auditorium.
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Washington County
Rich Johnson
John and
Sue Foster
Washington Senior High
Plan Card Shower for Earl Crossett
Plan a card shower for Mr and Mrs Earl Shorty Crossett former Washington residents who will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on September 22 Their address is care of Norris Apartments Grinnell Iowa 50112
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Earl
Shorty) Crossett
Washington
Norris Apartments
Grinnell
Iowa
Mrs Bessie Tucker dies here at 88 in Washington
Mrs. Bessie Tucker 88 of 620 North Marion Avenue died this morning September 17 1969 at Washington County Hospital after a fall last May. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Jones Funeral Home Rev Leland Grove will officiate burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born Bessie May Beaty May 8 1881 she married Charles Guy Tucker in 1901. he died in 1924. She lived in Washington since 1914, charter member of Washington Christian Church, member of Christian Womens Fellowship Golden Age Club and Thee Quarter Century Club. Surviving: daughter Helen Watkins of Washington granddaughter Barbara Stalder of Washington two great grandchildren.
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North
Marion Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
Leland Grove
Elm Grove Cemetery
Bessie May Beaty
Washington County
Charles and
Mahala Romine Beaty
The
Christian Church In
Washington
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Golden Age Club
Thee-Quarter Century Club
Harry
Helen) Watkins
Richard
Barbara) Stalder
Shirt and Skirts Square Dance Club Plans Saturday Meet
The Shirts and Skirts Square Dance Club will meet Saturday at 8 30 p m at the Farm Bureau Building Minnie Davis will be the caller Mrs Walter Carr entertained at a coffee Tuesday morning in honor of her grandmother Mrs Mary Applegate of Des Moines who has been visiting Riverside Recently she formerly lived in Washington Those present were Mrs Arlo Doughty Mrs Bert Booth Mrs Sylvia Nicholson Mrs Jerry Simmering and Mrs Rolland Dunbar
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Farm Bureau
Minnie Davis
Walter Carr
Mary Applegate
Des Moines
Riverside
Washington
Arlo Doughty
Bert Booth
Sylvia Nicholson
Jerry Simmering
Rolland Dunbar
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