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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1967
Page
4
In the Washington Evening Journal for Saturday August 19 1967 an editorial highlights Jesus words It is more blessed to give than to receive from Acts 2035 and asserts that the out giving life brings blessedness and fulfillment only when self is emptied and the Spirit of God fills.
Verle Gallagher and partners in a friendly six handed pinochle match held a deck and a half and a triple pinochle six queens of spades and three jacks of diamonds yielded a 750 point meld which produced no tricks. The women defeated the men as no points were counted. Meanwhile Kathy Fisher sustained a fishing hook in her right elbow after a lure snagged grass. she freed the gear, bit off the leader, and required a doctor and tetanus shot.
A local fishermen group turned to a new sport and used their fishing bus as transport to a double header in Chicago. Kerm Jones drove and joked with a service station attendant, boasting about hiring junior town executives and joking about shining shoes as he restyled one man’s footwear.
A column recalls a third grade teacher who flunked Jack Carson, now ahead in life after finishing college. It also recounts John Rittenhouse’s 1918 rat control using coal tar at the Farmers Union Elevator in Washington. A motorist tale follows about Sue Conner finding a stray tailpipe and being pranked by two skeptical youths.
A prankish quip recalls a lawyer receiving a frantic call from a client in prison. The client explains head shaved, a slit in trousers, and a rolled sleeve. The attorney’s terse reply: Do not sit down.
Consoling friends tell of a tug boat skipper who died after going overboard. The widow says he left her $20,000, remarking with irony that he could neither read nor swim. The exchange highlights dark humor in tragedy.
Keota Community School announces August 28 opening with a half day, no lunch, and 12:00 noon bus return. New southwest route planned reaching ten routes. Registration August 24 25, with open houses, pictures, and Labor Day breaks. Enrollment projections list Grades K-12 totals. eight new teachers join staff.
Local notes recount visits and travels of residents and relatives. Carmen Bell returns home from Mt. Pleasant after a midweek visit with grandparents J Russell Bell. families from Park Rapids Minnesota California Oklahoma City Overland Park and Kentucky appear in various reunions trips and pursuits. A 15 year service certificate is awarded to Dr C A Boice by the Iowa Selective Service board.
Two American Jews including rabbi Solomon Freilich of Mount Vernon New York were ordered to leave the Soviet Union after anti-Soviet statements tied to the Mideast war. Freilich was in Kiev August 10 12 for two days and left for Vienna August 13. A second man, unnamed, was expelled about a month earlier. Both could call the U S Embassy before departing. Authorities framed the actions as sensitivity to foreign Jewish contacts, not a broader rise in anti Semitism.
Saturday Stamp Corner reports a five cent Mississippi statehood commemorative to be issued December 11. It describes design elements, printing process, and first day cover guidance. Additional notes cover Austria stamps for festival centenaries and postal items from Singapore and Ceylon’s tea industry set.
A trio of wedding announcements from Kalona and Washington detail vows. Sharon Anne Lowry and Stephen Earl Roe wed in a double ring ceremony at First Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Peterson officiating. Doris Schrock and Eric Thirtle married in Kalona with J John J Miller reading vows. Barbara Jo Strum and Randy L. Stannard exchanged vows at First Methodist Church in Washington.
Washington Evening Journal editor and business manager is David Hitler with William Shannon as vice president and advertising director. Charles Morris is news editor, Bob Shaffer handles local advertising, and Howard Hazen is production superintendent. The paper publishes afternoons except Sundays Christmas and Independence Day and is entered as second class matter under federal act.
In an Evening Journal bridge puzzle from Washington Iowa dated August 19 1967 South held KQs 104 97642 West led clubs and East ruffed a club before a spade return. South could have ducked the king of clubs to force East into a losing line and make the contract, but declaring errors allowed down one.
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