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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
3
In Abigail Van Buren’s Dear Abby column readers critique candy suckers given to children in stores. A irate mother suggests balloons instead. Other letters discuss wedding budgeting with 66 relatives and seeking psychiatric treatment for a mental illness. Abby offers practical advice and invites correspondence.
Keota families visit Brighton with Edgar Rotzinger relatives and new baby born Tuesday at the hospital. Lloyd Jones retirees move into town. Pioneer Seed Company hosts salesmen at Iris Court in Mt. Pleasant. a campus trip plans future camps and sends Patricia Weimer from Agency.
Directory lists law firms and services with names and addresses in Swedesburg and Edmond area. Firms include Kehoe Livingston Day Bates Morrison Morrison Lloyd Stewart Shearer with phones and offices at Main Street West Main Street Marion Ave and 211 W. Washington St.
The article reviews evolving tissue and organ transplantation from grafts to liver transplants including the first successful liver transplant at the Denver VA Hospital. It notes the rise of artificial heart pumps at Walter Reed with four moving parts and stresses cautious, professional medical guidance for individual cases.
A list of new car owners including Ted or Mary Saforek Ford truck Phillip D Ahrens Chevrolet Clarence Rummel Hart Plymouth Dean Swartz Ford Gwyneth Jones Falcon Paul Gebhart Chevrolet Carl Anderson Falcon Lew Powell Cadillac Willard Leichty Plymouth Dale Robertson Ford and several property transfers: William Kephart to Marion Marine lot 9 block 2 Circle Drive Wellman Charles Crull to Carl Crossett lot in Denny’s Washington Richmond Lodge 96 AF AM to Kalona Switchboard Co. south 30 ft and west four ft of north 90 ft lot 7 block 6 OP Kalona Albert Hazelett to Orville Tappan lot 12 block 5 GOP Ainsworth R E Arthur to Mordice Hughson lot 7 and west 25 ft lot 8 block 8 Smouse’s add Washington.
West Chester residents share weekend visits from Ottumwa and Durant families. A Petersburg Alaska visitor joins local gatherings while others tour Minnesota and the Dakotas. Lily Porter and family host coffee club, while property sales shift to Washington.
Clifford Reeves and family hosted a large group of relatives and friends in Prairie Flower over the weekend. Attendees from Vandalia Illinois Kirby Arkansas Ottumwa California Denver and Thoreau joined for church, meals, and a trip to the Amana Colonies. The gathering included travelers from Rock Island and Oxford with a Navajo missionary connection.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson of Evanston NL visited Keota and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Page. The Old Timers reunion drew 143 attendees with a pleasant afternoon program. Weekend visits spanned Fairfield Cedar Rapids Moline and Betendorf as locals hosted relatives and friends at various gatherings and fairs.
Walter Raus guests at Wellston as Texas visitors join local Brinning family. Crosstown socials include Shelman Corpman visits to Lake Odessa and Keota, Ottumwa outings, and birthday coffee for Nina McClelland. Henry and Marion Brinning host neighbors. school starts for Jaspering youngsters. many attend Washington Fair. Helene Dumas recalls Easy Aces days on radio.
Rock Hudson, back from six weeks at Beale Air Force Base for Universal's A Gathering of Eagles, jokes actors should do a week with SAC to curb ego. He notes the Titan missile, 500 miles height and 6000 miles range, and Titan speed as humbling military scale.
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