Fall brings rain and clock project in town
In September 1967 a letter from Dar to Auntie notes fall arrival with chilly air and extra rain possibly from Beulah, plus town news. The county historical society will fund the courthouse clock, Crane Co plant progress with water sewer lines, Community Chest drive with a feather emblem, a $25 bond for a student slogan, Red Cross mother and baby class, Y’s Men’s club musical Show Boat plan, and a hospital building opening anticipated by May with opportunities to furnish rooms and memorial plaques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Miller
Megchelsens Welcome Twins and Campbell Bride
Thomas Robert Megchelsen and Ann Marie Megchelsen, twins of Mr and Mrs Robert Megchelsen Rural Route 1 Ainsworth, join Kathy Jo Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs Jon Paul Campbell Rural Route Crawfordsville in announcements from Stork Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Robert Megchelsen
Ann Marie Megchelsen
Robert Megchelsen
Ainsworth
Kathy JO Campbell
Jon Paul Campbell
Crawfordsville
Eugene Reed
Ann Elizabeth
The Week on the Farm Weather Delays Harvest Grains Price Drop
Farmers face cool moist conditions delaying harvest while corn yields are high. Grain storage options expand as producers seek better handling. Prices have fallen to levels not seen since 1960, despite strong yields and hard work.
Saturday Journal note for out-of-state readers
The Saturday Edition explains a quick weekly summary of local news for former Washington residents. It mentions subscription access to out-of-state readers by mail for $3.50 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Washington
U S 1967 stamp releases detail several issues
A 1967 stamp program update lists Sept 29 inaugural Space Twins at Kennedy Space Center, Oct 2 Urban Planning debut, Oct 6 Finnish independence 50th anniversary stamp, Oct 16 O Neill portrait in Prominent Americans series, Oct 24 George Marshall stamp, Nov 2 Eakins painting in American Painting series, and a Nov 6 Christmas issue plus broader regular issues. Also notes first day cancellations and issuing post offices in Orlando, Washington, New York, Lexington and Natchez.
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Kennedy Space Center
U. S
Orland
Florida
Washington, D. C
Finland
Minnesota
Eugene O'Neill
New London
Conn
O'Neill
George Marshall
Lexington
Virginia
Thomas Eakins
Washington, D.C
Bethlehem
Georgia
N. Y
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Keota girl shot while watching dogs shot with rifle
A nine year old from Keota was treated in Washington County Hospital for an accidental abdomen wound sustained while watching her brothers shoot diseased dogs with a 22 rifle. The hospital listed her in good condition.
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Washington County Hospital
Theresa Greiner
Bernard Greiner
Route 3
Keota
Theresa
World Book Love Lacrosse Roots Across North America
The game evolved from a Canadian Indian sport once played by thousands of warriors. It extended over miles of territory and was popular in Canada and the eastern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Local golf winners and civic notices across Iowa
Fifty golfers entered the Senior Golf tourney at the Country Club with Ed Harrity of Fort Madison posting 81 to win the 50-52 year old flight. Mark Mosier of Washington clinched the MVSC driver title after winning the 50 lap race at Columbus Junction. Crane Co opens factory site near Washington with city workers laying water and sewer lines. Engagement announced for Peggy Ann Bringman and Thomas Roseman Redlinger. Various civic notices include travel, hospitalizations, Republican Women advisory meeting, and a trip report by local residents Farrier and Ahmling touching on Omaha and the Black Hills trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Ed Harrity
Leo Omeara
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Mark Mosier
Washington
John Moss
Mosier
MVSC
Hospital Roundup List of Admissions and Births by City
A Monday through today roster records local hospital admitted patients and discharges. Entries cover Washington Crawfordsville Keota and nearby areas with numerous medical and surgical cases, plus multiple births including a son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carr
Washington
Clyde Garrett
Forrest Lynn
West Chester
Blanche Foster
Theresa Ann Greiner
Keota
Dennis Sieren
Sam Miller
Ronald Nicholas Hahn
Cora Brinning
Lulu Randolph
Medical
Teresa Greiner
Ronald Hahn Jr
Carol Forgey
Dale Venzke
Dale Christner
Kenneth Crone
Ross Hanna Washington
Driver education meeting draws 100 plus instructors
Southeast Iowa driver education instructors gathered Tuesday at the Captain's Table to discuss recent legislation affecting drivers and new developments in the field. Other local items note Sgt. Bill Boileau stationed in Vietnam, Mrs. Pearl Frain recovering from eye surgery, and a hospital update on Dea John Dea of Ainsworth. Governor Hughes inaugurated Iowa’s first interstate high voltage substation six miles south of Iowa City with 250 officials present.
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Iowa
Bill Boileau
Harry Boileau
Chu Lai
Vietnam
Marines
Japan
Pearl Frain
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
John Dea
Ainsworth
University Hospitals
John
Harold E. Hughes
Hills
Iowa - Illinois
Ias and Electric Company
Rural Electric Co
University Hospital
Plan to replace town clock in Washington County
The Washington County Historical Society voted to raise about 4000 dollars to replace the Court House Clock with a fully new electric clockworks system while retaining the old bell. The project could cost near 5000 dollars with installation in the tower. A committee will finalize fundraising details.
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Court House
The
County Historical Society
Washington County Historical Society
Howard Anderson
Westward sightseeing trip ends for Duensings in September notes
Friday report from Washington and Sigourney details Art and Grace Duensing and Mary Conner returning from a Labor Day trip to Estes Park Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon Las Vegas Hoover Dam Phoenix Tucson and Carlsbad Caverns Major Harry Duensing met them in Ft Huchuca Ariz The party visited relatives in Pawnee Okla and Arkansas rice harvest was seen in Arkansas Also noted are hospital visits for hip fracture of Mrs Gebhart and surgeries for Mrs Greiner anniversary of Mr and Mrs Greiner next Tuesday September 26
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Art Duensing
Washington
Grace Strupp
Mary Conner
Sigourney
Estes Park
Grand Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Ft. Huchucua
Harry Duensing
Alamogordo
N. M
White Sand Dunes
Carlsbad Caverns
Pawnee
Okla
Arkansas
Marriages Across Iowa and South Africa Sept 1967
Multiple wedding announcements from Kalona Keota Columbus Junction and Richland record September 16 1967 ceremonies in St James Holy Trinity and St Marys churches with couples Hayes Greiner Sakulin Stutzman Schweitzer Perry Anderson Perkins Ward Hartnell Miller Staples and two brides from South Africa Edwin Staples and Randburg listed among the attendees and a Rio Grande tomato variety report from the Evening Journal noting La Pinta El Monte and Chico Grande with improved yields and disease resistance.
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Kalona
Glenna Marie Sakulin
Richmond
Ronald Lee Stutzman
Holy Trinity Church
Leroy Bergthold
Northcliff Union
Johannesburg
South Africa
Joyce Miller
John A. Miller
Denis Staples
J. Staples
Randburg
Jack Gardner
Wessaco
Tex
UPI
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
la Pinta
el Monte
Texas
Deaths and funeral notices from Washington and Keota area
Obituaries report Eli J. Knepp 67 who died Sunday at home in Washington. Marian V. Bailey 85 dies at Washington County Hospital. Thom as L. Holland funeral planned in Tucson. Kenneth Shafer 22 to be buried in Brethren Cemetery near South English after an auto crash in California. Mabel Buckley 81 dies in Chicago. William James Hanft 53 dies in Iowa City Mercy Hospital after recent illness.
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Eli J. Knepp
North Sixth Avenue
Washington
Marian V. Bailey
Washington County Hospital
West
Washington Street
Lee Holland
Lois Putnam
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas L. Holland
Keota
Kenneth Shafer
Federated Church
Orrin T. Potter
Brethren Cemetery
South English
Shafer
California
United States Navy
Columbus Junction
William James Hanft
Fredonia
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
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Red Cross
Mrs
Mary Koehler
R.N
Y’s Men’s Club
He Stork Gazette
Ders
By Walt Green
Fairfield
Trojans
Demons
Bill Schooley
Terry Miller
Sons of the American Revolution
Coralville
John Owen
Robert Wead
Bessie Wead
J. B. Dill
Alberta McGaffey
San Pablo
Calif
Dave McGaffey
McGaffey
Minneapolis
Bob Fisher
Jim W. Gillum
Irene McGraw
Ft. Sam Houston Naval Hospital
San Antonio
Orville Ramberg
Traer
Stanley Chabal
Mary Schlatter Graber Lute
Parkview
Wayland
Meyer
Gracehill
Jacob Blick
Sunset Park
Richard Anderson
George Blick
Darrell Bandy
William Blick
Dean Hasty
St. Cloud
Minn
St. Cloud State College
Raymond Hasty
Washington, Kalona
Denver, Colo
Dick Kespohl
Mary Kay
Susie
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Western Auto Stores
Clara Faulkner
Muscatine
Mike York
Ronald York
Tonopah, Nev
New York
Marlene Chabal
University of Northern Iowa
Campbell Hall
Cedar Falls
John Myer
Ted Myer
Everett
Wash
Lottie Robertson
Anna Williams
Les Meyer
Grace Hill
Glen V. Johnson
Osage, In
Katie Bowman
J. W. Bidwell
Grace
Victor Stone
Charles Rademaker
Miss Stone
Crane Company
Beatrice Shafer
Peggy Ann Bringman
Thomas Roseman Redlinger
Mrs. Roseman Redlinger
Marion Shafer
J. B. Clyde
Gerald E. Smith
Rockton, Ill
Legion Hall
H. D. Riggs Jr
Dianne Lynn
James A. Hesseltine
Delbert Hesseltine
Oxford
Law
Missouri
Illinois
Phil Weldin
Joe Jones
Edgar Stewart
Robert Stephens
First District Advisory Board
Crystal Cafe
West Liberty
J. Hi. Jones
Nate Young
Council of Republican Women
State Central Committee
Chicago
Everett Dirksen
Charles Percy
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
National Committee
Leo J. Fritz
Richard Wiley
Woah Farrier
Magnus Ahmling
Nebraska
South Dakota
Henry Fields
Earl May Show Garden
Shenandoah
Offutt Air Force Base
Bellevue
Neb
Areospace
Harold Miller
Anna Gordon
Katherine Banks
Robert Pasley
Donald Manning
Yaro Chmelar
Anna Sheetz
William Harold Miller
Joe West
Tom Stewart
Robert Megcelsen
Tom Campbell
Mrs. Leonard Parcell
Mada Dickinson
Hospital Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Harry Hamilton
Perry
Hamilton
Milwaukee Railroad
John Dodd
Maplewood Manor
Vince Sojka
Washington High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Nixon Feed
Leona M. Peiffer
RBC Current News
Robert Clark
Peiffer
Mike
Seattle
Belmont
Apt
George Gebhart
Paul Gebhardt
Charles Greiner
McEly
John Richards
Jeff
Tom
A. V. Sparks
Rubio
Mabel Payton
Sandra Hayes
L. L. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Terrence P. Greiner
Raymond N. Greiner
St. James Catholic Church
Melodie Schweitzer
Bart Schweitzer
Thomas C. Perry
Thomas E. Perry
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lone Tree
Joseph P., Hines
Pamela Anderson
Allan Perkins
Richland
Ronnie Kay Ward
Kermit M. Ward
Jerry Hartnell
Tommy Hartnell
New Texas
Evening Journal
Mabel Buckley
Ill
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