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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1967
Page
4
A devotional editorial echoes Romans 14 12 urging each reader to reflect on life as a stewardship and strive for their best efforts in faith and conduct. The piece emphasizes individual responsibility before God and the moral weight of personal choices today.
The Worley Brothers Les and Verle run Gulf service station on West Madison. They tested a new cash register and forgot to transfer money from the old unit, briefly thinking they’d been robbed before discovering about $200 remained in the old register. The writer also recalls a mushrooming trip with family, a blanket mix up at a picnic, and a tornado’s area damage nearby. A note on soccer’s struggle to reach national popularity rounds out the column.
An apology is issued for a prior misstatement about mushroom finds. Dick Moothart and Rodney Arnold reportedly found the season’s first mushrooms on April 13, while Steve Freyenberger, eight, found gray mushrooms on April 11. Local hunters note this as an exceptionally early season and remark on a classroom joke about Noah.
A guest speaker introduced as having just returned from Africa proclaims the natives have no manners and no customs. The remark shocks attendees and highlights colonial stereotypes at a women’s club gathering.
Real problem for cartographers as 39 new nations since 1959 appear and 34 rename while 32 change borders. Hammond Inc. president Callie Hammond explains continual revision, reliance on aerial and photo mapping, and scarce up to date data from government sources. Delicate disputes, Antarctica claims, and disappearing towns complicate accurate world maps amid a mapmaking boom.
In a contract bridge scenario North opens 1 club and South responds with 1NT and 2NT after a sequence. West leads a spade and East returns another. declarer must choose whether to win with the queen or duck the eight. The article explains two main plays depending on West’s likely holding and East’s overcall, illustrating how a risky play could either let the defense win three spades and a diamond or allow nine tricks if the extraordinary line succeeds.
The piece notes the Sept. 16 Boston release of a three cent Prominent American stamp featuring Francis Parkman, printed in purple on sheets of 100 with luminescent tagging and first day cancellations available via the Boston Postmaster. It also covers Israel's May 10 memorial and independence stamps, Greek athletic stamps, a Romanian art set, French Antarctic Territory space stamps, and White Ace stamp mounting pages.
In Keota Miss Janice K. Adrian and Hubert E. Weber were married at Ss. Peter and Paul Church Clear Creek with Rev Francis E Lollich presiding. In Cedar Rapids Miss Mary Susan Knowles wed John A Sakulin at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev John O Connor officiating. bride’s parents are Edward B Knowles of Cedar Rapids.
A concise listing shows the Washington Evening Journal staff and roles including David Elder editor, William Shannon vice president, advertising director, Charles Morris news editor, Bob Shaffer local advertising, Howard Hazen production chief. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4th and legal details about second class matter status and press associations.
Vera Deimerly leaves for Orlando to make her home after leaving Phillips Drug Store. Numerous locals travel for family visits, conferences, or new jobs. Staff nurse Evelyn Olson begins duty. Washington Junior College sends delegates to Drake University events. town clubs plan Arbor Day and Memorial Day activities.
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