Dear Aunt Agatha Washington musings and town notes (Sept 18 1971)
A quiet Washington week features Moonlight Madness with stores open in pajamas, Christmas decor plans, and curfew debate in West Chester. Town events include Poppy Day, Kiwanis Greece travelogue, and discussions on draining and dredging the reservoir. County valuations volatility noted amid state mix ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Towa Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Central Park
West Chester
VFW
Kiwanis Club
Greece
West 2Nd Street
Week on the Farm harvest notes and wildlife sightings
A September 18, 1971 farm column notes cooler temps aiding silo filling while corn and soybeans mature rapidly. Farmers report mixed harvest conditions, deer sightings, and a monarch of the herd in a hay field, with antlers shed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eig
Thaddeus
Years ago notes from a bustling community column
The column catalogs past events and people, recalling trips and honors. It lists Harold and Oren Jarvis earning a Jamaica and Panama trip for sales, visits by Mary Briley and Mrs Briley, Major William Burham departing for Germany, and several other local movements. It also covers earlier years with corn reports, college enrollments, and community entertainments. Names include Jarvis, Briley, Burham, Pratt, Salladay, Frink, Palmer, Turkington, Wingas, Melville, Berdo, Bailey, Walker, Willits, Masson, Swift, Knauss, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Jarvis
Oren Jarvis
Jamaica
Panama
Gibson Refrigerator Division
Hupp Corporation
Mary Briley
Denver
B. C. Briley
Halcyon House
Billie Young
A. W. Clow
Boston
William A. Burham
Army Medical Corps
Everett R. Burham
Burham
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Germany
Ted Pratt
Hooker, Oklo
Washington
William Perdock
John Wingas
Ernest Salladay
Russell Frink
Ethel Palmer
Margaret Turkington
Iowa City
New England
Glenn Mace
Martha Anne
Des Moines
Drake University
Jackson Boys 4-H Club
Tom Walker
Bill Foster
Ray Whisler
Marvin Lambert
Cloud Willits Jr
Marine Corps
Naval Operations Base
San Diego
Calif
Post Office
Winga Cafe
Mr. Masson
Army
New York
Bowes
Robert L. Swift
Navy
Great Lakes
Recreation conference notes and housing tax shift in Iowa
Washington County officials attended the Governor's Conference on Recreation and the Recreation Leaders Workshop in Des Moines with sessions on therapeutic recreation. Iowa state officials announced a one percent increase in residential real estate valuations for Washington County after a prior 11 percent order was revised. Local residents returned from service and visits include Roger E Harris and Sonny Harris, and guests John Tandarich of Chicago and Loyola University linguistics student. Families from Texas and Illinois visited friends and relatives in the Washington area this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Conklin
Richard Bordwell
James Gorham
Keiffer Garton
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Ernest Lund
Donald Briggs
State Assessor
Briggs
Washington County
West Branch Open winner Mrs Lloyd tops West Branch golf field
Mrs. Jim Lloyd of Washington won the West Branch Open on the West Branch course with 84 strokes to take top honors as players from across the area competed. Washington participants included Rosemary Nemmers Helen Doak and Mary Holtl. West Chester faced a vandalism problem prompting a public curfew discussion and enforcement to restore peace. Clarence J. Brown filed for city council, joining a slate of incumbents and upcoming terms. Other notes mention Iowa Kidney Foundation events John Schneider joining the Iowa Junior Angus Association board and a West Chester anniversary and engagements in Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Luers
Journal
Iowa
R. A. Melville
Pineville
Cpl
Bob Berdo
Waco
Tex
Air Corps
Henry Berdo
Marsha Ann Bailey
T. B. Bailey
Stephens College For Women
Columbia
Dean Peterson
West Chester
Trojan
Iowa State College
Jim Lloyd
Washington
West Branch
Cathy
Rosemary Nemmers
Helen Doak
Mary Holtl
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Rodney Davisson
John Walker
Carleton Mangold
Ralph Martin
Multiple weddings in Iowa churches noted in local notices
A sequence of wedding announcements from Washington to Riverside details nuptials for Rhonda Zehr and Timothy Dougall, Linda Willhauer and Dennis Henry, Jeanette Menci and Stephen Hamer, Carolyn Williams and David Pfeifer, Linda Stebbins and Robert Hoover, and Jane Swenka and John Fetter. Events occurred in St James Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, St Mary’s Catholic Church, United Methodist Church Terril, Faith Lutheran in Mt Pleasant, and St Mary’s Church in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda Y. Zehr
Lawrence D. Zehr
Washington
Timothy P. Dougall
Felix Dougall
St. James Catholic Church
Linda Lou Willhauer
Louie Willhauer
Iowa City
Dennis Ray Henry
Herbert K. Henry
First United Methodist Church
David B Stout
Jeanette Menci
Carl Menci
Riverside
Stephen Hamer
Robert Hamer
West Branch
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Boeckmann
Richland
Carolyn Rose Williams
Robert A. Williams
Terril
David Pfeifer
Robert Pfeifer
United Methodist Church
Faith Lutheran Church
Mt Pleasant
Linda Stebbins
James Stebbins
Robert Hoover
Jack Hoover
Voting at area school elections shows light turnout
Tuesday's school elections drew generally light turnout with strong participation only in the Waco district for school board races and a schoolhouse fund levy. Kirkwood three-fourth mill levy carried with about 60 percent support across districts, while Brighton opposed it heavily. Robert K Porter, who pleaded guilty to embezzling $29 as a district court clerk, was sentenced to up to 10 years with a 20 year parole in Fort Madison after a partial parole grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Kirkwood Community College
Washington
Mid-Prairie
Highland
Kirkwood
Jim Lloyd
Keith Lord
Ralph Kleese
Washin County
Joint County
Mili Levy
Brighton
Court House
Robert K. Porter
Washington County
Fort Madison
Harold Fleck
Porter
D-Men sponsor project at Case Field aims to expand reporters area
Washington Community school board approves a Case Field expansion sponsored by the Washington De-Men sports booster group. The plan extends north bleachers to the east, adds a second level shelter for photographers and staff, funded with materials purchased by the De-Men and built by booster volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community School Board
Washington De-Men
Case Field
Washington
De-Men
Duensings Visit Massachusetts and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs Art Duensing with their son and family visited West Newbury Massachusetts on Friday September 17 accompanied by their daughter Mrs Don Meier and granddaughter Diana Duensing. The Reformed Presbyterian Church honored Mrs Nellie McBee with a This Is Your Life themed program after a potluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Duensing
West Newbury
Mass
Harry Duensing
Chris
Sally
Duensings
Don Meier
Cedar Falls
Diana Duensing
Washington
Reformed Presbyterian Church Family
Nellie McBee
McBee
Colorado
Ralph Howell
William Hutchinson
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Passavant Hospital
Superior
Chicago
Hutchinson
Oakton Road
Lori Sheetz
Jim Sheetz
Debbie
Deaths of week mark local area losses
Obituaries list multiple local residents and former residents: Mrs L Orville Griggs 67 of Dublin area died Sept 11 at Washington County Hospital from heart illness. Peter S Hinkle Sr 88 retiree farmer died Sept 12 at Henry County Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant. Mrs Lawrence Campbell mother of Herbert Campbell died Sept 12. Mrs Grace Ellen Dayton 91 Keota died Sept 13 in Sigourney hospital. Miss Grace Fletcher 83 Crawfordsville died Sept 13 in Rest Haven Mt Pleasant. Buddy Sheehan 44 Pekin district middle school principal died Sept 13 in Columbus Junction after motorcycle crash. Boyd E Gardner 25 Oakland Calif killed Sept 14 in collision. Nellie E Stewart 96 Halcyon House Washington died Sept 15. Estella Thurman 87 Mt Pleasant death. Anna Hula 92 Riverside death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Peter S. Hinkle Sr
Keota
Grace Ellen Dayton
Keokuk County Hospital
Sigourney
Columbus Junction
Buddy Sheehan
United Methodist Church
Harold M Olson
Wapello
Sheehan
Pekin
Packwood
Estella Thurman
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Parkview
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Graceland Junior College
Lamont
Maten
Wewman
Guy Knauss
Conesville
Dean Mead
Lola Hughes
Milwaukee
Elmer Wells
Esther McCreedy
L. R. Tripp
George
Sioux City
Roger E. Harri
C. E
Sonny) Harris
East
Madison
Vietnam
Florida
Margaret Thomas
Evan M. Rees
John Tandarich
Thomas
Tandarich
Loyola University At Chicago
University of Iowa
Ellis Finke
Austin
Texas
George Miller
Janet
Washington Area
Roy Finke
Twin Council
Bob Gillesby
Dick Colby
Iowa Kidney Foundation
Carousel Inn
Bob Suter
John Schneider
Iowa Junior Angus Association
John Hough
Emmetsburg
Sta
West Chi
Edd Wade
Wades
Richard L. Hayes
Lucetta
Randy Jirsa
Charles Jirsa
Wellman
Clyde Young
Minneapolis, Minn
Myrtle Meyer
Maurice Meyer
D-Men
Joe Jones
Hannah Eicher Bailey
Saudilito
Frances
Norbert Flander
Austin Zehr
Flander
Reed Moore
Mercy Hospital
Towa City
Massachusetts
Rrenas Nonorea Vale Harter
Harter
Linda
Sherrie Ann Droll
Charles W. Droll
Ainsworth
American Institute of Business
W. R. Kime
Houston
Kime
the Stork Gazette
Dale David Lance
David Everett Lance
Lawrence Campbell
Herbert Campbell
Chariton
Grace Fletcher
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
Robert Wilcox
Jones Funeral Home
Fletcher
Rest Haven
Boyd E. Gardner
69Th Avenue
Oakland
Nellie E. Stewart
Anna Hula
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