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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1966
Page
3
Signs of spring appear with flowers in bloom and garden hints as a family notes bursts of color in violets and tulips. The writer recalls a playful Easter season, mentions open house at an elementary school, and shares recipe ideas including mint flavored chocolate chips and a Rice Krispies cookie mix with peanut butter or chocolate chips.
A UPI report describes nationwide ads offering "8 cheap ways to shut the kids up" on car trips. Readers from Athens Wisconsin to East Hartford Connecticut contribute game ideas, counts and prizes, plus blunt notes on discipline and humor about family travel.
The U S Post Office issues a first international airmail duotone postal card on May 27 featuring four photos including New York skyline Miami Beach Mt Ranier and a Native American on horseback. First day orders to Washington DC 20013 with 11 cent price. Additional stamps: Vatican 1000 years of Christianity in Poland May 3 Sir Winston Churchill tribute from Jamaica and a new US 2 cent Wright/Guggenheim design releasing June 8 in Wisconsin. France adds a 10fr art stamp Crater of Vix and Czechoslovakia releases a souvenir sheet from The Bartered Bride opera.
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager and William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director. Charles Morris is News Editor, Bob Shaffer Local Advertising, and Howard Hazen Production Superintendent. It is published afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4.
The Christian Women's Fellowship met Friday with thirty-nine members for the April general meeting at the church. Mrs. Dean Clingman, program chair, presented Almost Neighbors, highlighting how a Christian witness can make a difference. Mrs. Rodney Davisson, president, led business as reports noted seven World Call subscriptions and eight new library books.
W H S seniors profile Josephine Ellen Hotle daughter of Charles and unnamed mother from Washington R R 2 plans to attend Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant to pursue business administration. Jo is musically inclined with four years on clarinet in marching and concert bands. She loves art and has three years in Art Service Club, plus Future Teacher of America Science Club and Pep Club. Jo has four years in Y teens and was homeroom secretary as a junior. Outside school she belongs to Hi Club and church youth groups and has been active in 4 H clubs both girls and boys earning various awards. She believes the key high school lesson is learning to get along with people with different ideas.
Mrs Werner Lowry was installed as president of the General Missionary Society at the First Baptist Church during a Friday meeting. Other officers were named and a program on India presented by Guild girls. The group voted a gift to the new Baptist Camp Dayton near Ft Dodge.
Social and club news reports the engagement of Mary Ellen West of Warren Ohio to Richard Arnold Leet of Washington D C. Mary Ellen is a Warren Harding and Cedarville College alumna and works at the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Des Plaines Illinois. Richard Leet is a Washington High School graduate who studied at Allied Technical Institute Chicago and works at Marriott In Flight Service O Hare. A summer wedding is planned.
Sunday couples golf at 1 30 p m at Coun try Club led by Dr and Mrs Cal Larsen and Mr and Mrs Tom Bollman. Monday notes include Wash Away Tops at 7 p m and Golden Age Club at 10 a m with sack lunch. Various meetings follow in West Chester including West Chester Past Chiefs Club at 8 p m and WRC film showings at 9 a m with refreshments. A note mentions change of date for Past Chiefs gatherings and multiple luncheon and salad supper events hosted by local clubs and households through Wednesday.
A stream of Saturday and Sunday guests dropped by the Halcyon Home including Mrs Ralph V Bauer Mrs Willa Freshwaters Mrs M L McCreedy Mae McCreedy and Ella Gordon Saturday callers. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Mac Wallace of Ainsworth and Alma M Konoff of Sacramento with Ralph Wittich from Muscatine. Various residents enjoyed entertainment and planned future visits while others dropped in during the week from Iowa City Des Moines Waterloo Signourney Williams burg and Poplar Bluff Missouri.
A Sacramento doctor warns of rising death and accident rates among men threatening future social and economic stability as women advance in all fields. Meanwhile, Michigan researchers find stethoscopes vary in listening, and Sears Roebuck funds 133 med centers and 178 doctors. Hospital costs rise with staffing, and 1965 prescriptions total 832 million. Liver cirrhosis affects about 400,000 NYC residents aged 25 to 44, with a dangerous implied link to alcohol.
Nancy Joan Greiner daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Greiner emphasizes doing one's best in school. She values study time and fun, notes that high school abilities translate to the future. A Demonette dancer, she has joined Pep Club Y Teens and FBLA and serves as student council rep and home room vice president. She works with Red Cross Cancer Drive and plans a year of work before junior college secretarial studies.
A reader argues for uniform smaller pie servings in restaurants. He notes current six or eight piece cuts, cites cal orie concerns, costs, and potential market resistance. The piece suggests offering smaller portions could boost nutrition without reducing profits.
Washington County Central Committee orders a Republican County Convention at the Court House in Washington on Friday May 20 1966 with general session at 9 30 a m CDT to select delegates to the State Convention and other business. Precinct caucuses meet May 2 1966 at 8 30 p m CDT to elect delegates. Only qualified Republican voters may participate and representation is one delegate per 30 votes or major fraction from the 1964 Secretary of State race in Washington County.
A reader's guide lists precinct caucus sites including Brighton Cedar Clay Crawford Dutch Creek City Hall Prairie Flower School Rubio Community Hall Fire House Robert Miksch Home Franklin Center Building Willard McCracken Residence Oregon Richmond '76 Township Washington Township West Chester Washington.
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