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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1963
Page
4
A collage of aphorisms and quips from Iowa columnists and small papers. Observations span marriage humor, social change, cross state gaffes, and the odd take on current events. Pieces cite W. E. Littler Jr Duane E. Dewel Warren J. Seeley Dale Ahern Dorothy Reid Ruth Clark and others from Adair Kossuth Decorah Guthrie Center Conrad Dayton Gowrie Tipton papers.
A driver tells a deputy the cause of an roadside ditch crash was a mistaken white line that turned out to be a skunk. The officer labels the driver under influence of liquor, while the driver claims darkness and a misinterpreted road marker.
Adair poet Mrs. Stella Sue Parrott writes hundreds of verses inspired by odd hours, including two poems written between two and four a.m. One poem honors a deceased friend. another protects her Drake student grandson Cecil Carlyle Sublett during his Europe trip. She recalls a humorous piece born from a refrigerator sneeze and notes poetry comes from love, sorrow, faith, and life’s small joys.
A nationwide rise in highway construction will push total outlays to about 7.8 billion for 1963, up 600 million from last year. The interstate system, funded 90 percent by the federal government, targets completion in 1972 with 14,000 miles open. The highway trust fund provided 2.9 billion in 1962, mainly from motor fuel taxes.
Eva Jones, a 1896-97 teacher at Indian Town District 2 School, prepared a souvenir listing pupils including Amy and Hugh McElroy Elsie Eddie Mable Addie Hillier Neal Ray McClintock Leo Ja Gracie Henry Bickett Leam Meda Frank Conrad Johnny Goeury Herbert Bertha Lawton Minnie Colburn Rulah Jones Ralph Olds Bessie Jessie Wellever Old timers recall many names still in the area.
A highway marker near Adair recounts Jesse James and his gang robbery of a Rock Island train on July 21, 1873. A loose rail caused a wreck. the engineer died and passengers were injured as the safe yielded only 2000 dollars and silver bullion. The bandits fled with valuables, pursued but continued robbing for years. The editor notes Jesse James Jr. once lived nearby and that James’ grandchildren attended their church.
A brief odd item notes how a dime remains valuable only when used as a substitute for a screwdriver, highlighting a frugal, improvised tool moment.
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