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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1975
Page
3
A humorous monologue on marriage, poking fun at incompatibility through shared quirks. A wife notes one in three marriages falter and laments miscommunications, amnesia, financial quirks, and升级 wardrobe advice. It ends with the quip that happiness lies in living together after vows.
Margaret Furman Wellman reports on life at Shenk Home in Wellman highlighting springtime activities. Ambulatory residents enjoy outdoor walks to Wellman Park with nurse aides assistance. News covers visitors, new residents Viggo Jensen and Nona Reade, local outings, and a sad note on Frances Noffsinger’s death.
A listing of upcoming social events and meetings across Washington area venues. Includes a 7 p.m. dinner dance at the Washington Country Club with Art Reifsnyder providing music, 8 p.m. square dancing at Winfield Community Building led by Paul Carruthers, and multiple weekly gatherings such as Monday Music at Mrs. James Rossen and DeMolay sessions at the Masonic Temple. Additional events run through Tuesday and Wednesday at YWCA, YW, 100F Lodge, Sherman Eden Funeral Home, Senior Center, and local cafes.
Mirs B B Bordwell returns home after visiting sister Mrs Carl Seidel who moved from Seward Nebraska to Gibbon Nebraska. Guests include Mr and Mrs Joe Stockman of Hemet California and Mr and Mrs Gus Nordstrom of Denver who spent a week with sister Mrs Eugene Martin and local friends. Allen Zinn and family from Gardner Maine arrived to visit Mrs Zinns parents. Mary Dawson returns to Washington after eye surgery in Iowa City and stays at Halcyon House infirmary awaiting cards and visitors.
Admitted yesterday Delmar Earls Washington medical Mrs Grace Barnhart Columbus Junction medical Mrs Walter Bauer West Chester medical Dismissed yesterday Mrs Marguerite Boshart Washington Merle Walker transferred to Washington Care Center Mrs Emory Letts Richland Jo Ann Dusenberry Washington Mrs John McNe Crawfordsville Clarence McNurl Keota Mrs Lloyd Enke Mt. Pleasant
Kalona community churches hosted a Fellowship Night on Sunday with many visitors and members attending. Guests included families and individuals from Wellman and surrounding areas, while Naomi Chapter of the Eastern Star and the Kalona Rebekah Lodge held meetings with May plans and honors announced.
Ted Bailey returned home from Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after major surgery. Nancy Turner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert Turner of Beaver Dam Wisconsin, will receive her M A degree at the University of Pennsylvania next month with President Ford as commencement speaker. Nancy’s father is a former Washington resident and attended school here. Mr and Mrs Harry Turner are the grandparents.
The Fortnightly Club hosts a May Breakfast on May 6 at 9 a.m. at the Washington Country Club with the theme It’s a Woman’s World. Tickets are urged by April 30, tickets chairman Mrs. Lam Messer, and the event marks the last general meeting of the club year. A nursery will be provided at no charge in the Methodist Church basement. Mrs. Maurice Crawford and Mrs. John Elliott will be honored as Fortnightly Mother of the Year and Washington County Federated Clubs president, with a spring fashion show by Holton’s.
About 1,900 residents gather at Hotel Tallcorn event with speakers Ronald Reagan H R Gross Congressman Charles Grassley Secretary Robert Lounsberry State Auditor Lloyd Smith and leaders of the Young Republicans and Conservative Coalition of Iowa in Marshalltown reception precedes dinner with Washington attendees named including Wallace Fagen Scheldrup Jones and Ruth Young
Jackie Fulton of Crawfordsville joins Mount Mercy College and Women's Choirs for a Spring Pops Concert on May 4 at 3 and 8 p.m. in McAuley Auditorium Cedar Rapids. Janet Lund's students from Kalona Wellman perform in a Kalona dance recital on May 4.
Krantz James D. Krantz Navy Boatswain's Mate Third Class son of Mr and Mrs Virgil W Krantz of 706 S Ninth Washington Iowa visited Bandar Abbas Iran as a crewmember aboard the command ship USS La Salle homeported at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf He and his shipmates trained with units of the Imperial Iranian Navy and other U S vessels before the visit
A feminine client asks if doctors engage romantically with patients. University of California medical school researchers find psychiatrists less active than general practitioners and obstetricians gynecologists more active in this field. Hair trade notes Asian sources preferred over Japanese. Belgians start a new trend with studios recording passionate poetry and matrimonial proposals, using a plastic that degrades after a year.
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