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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1964
Page
2
Halcyon notes record social visits and tours in Halcyon House and surrounding areas. Numerous guests include residents from Blooming ton, Glen dale, Bowling Green, Des Moines, Iowa City, Sigourney, Chicago, and Mt. Pleasant. Specific names appear with dates and informal gatherings, coffee hours, birthday celebrations, and supper posts.
A couples two-ball foursome is scheduled for Wednesday at Washington Golf and Country Club. Tee off between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 8 p.m. Reservations required by Tuesday. Open to all members and guests.
Highlights cover first day in Atlantic City New Jersey with coverage starting at 6 pan CDT across ABC CBS and NBC. Sen John O Pastore of Rhode Island delivers keynote. Anchors are Howard K Smith Edward P Morgan for ABC Robert Trout Roger Mudd for CBS and Chet Huntley David Brinkley for NBC. The NBC program originates from Atlantic City all week starting at 6 a.m. CDT daily.
The Joahn Vaughn Circle of the Baptist Church met in the church basement Friday afternoon. Mrs Wayne Wagner served lunch to attendees. Roll call featured members sharing vacation experiences before a brief business session and then a period of calling.
Social calendar lists WHS Class of 1959 reunion at the Country Club with dinner at 7 30 pm and 6 pm gathering, golf and cards at 2 pm, dancing after dinner at 9 20 pm. Tuesday events include HJ Club family outing at Lake Odessa, White Shrine Picnic, Y Mixers hamburger cookout, Y Wives Coffee with Mrs. John Trowbridge, VFW Joint Meeting at Sunset Park, and rain backup at Masonic Temple. Wednesday features Priscilla Club Breakfast, Captain's Table at club, Loyal Order of Moose Ladies Day, Country Club Luncheon with bridge or golf, and Couples Two-Ball Foursome with tee-off and dinner times at the Country Club.
By the Way columns reflect on harvest progress with notes on crops and the fading green of summer. Nostalgic recollections recall threshing days, neighborly work, and the Pillsbury label childhood memories, then shift to road safety and modern habits.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Reschly of Bloomington Ind spend a few days with the Ralph Melvilles to attend the wedding of Janice Reschly and Kenneth Miller Mrs Don Jarrard of Clarinda is a weekend guest to attend the Wilson Green wedding This weekend sees Randy Payne visiting his aunt Mrs Jemima McClintic in Wayland Bob and Dawn Roberts attend All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Don Lamm of Oskaloosa welcomed a baby girl named Jennifer Lynn with older sister Dawn at home Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Keith Crossett Dawn staying with them for a few days Mr and Mrs Joe Miller of Columbus Junction and Mr and Mrs Isaac Kleese travel to Britt to visit J R and Royal McNeese They attend Hobo Convention and a 25th anniversary dinner for Mr and Mrs Royal McNeese at Totem Inn Forest City Shirley McNeese joins the visit to Fairfield Mrs Kenton Mangold and children David and Susan of Westport Conn visit the Edmonson and Mangold homes with relatives in Brighton and at the Mangold home
Funeral services for Susie Geanette Cooper 87 who died at 3 a m Saturday at Riverside Heights Nursing Home Muscatine will be Monday August 24 at 2 p m at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev Kaleb Larsen officiating Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery She was born October 24 1876 in Viola She married Richard L Cooper March 5 1898 who preceded her in death Survived by son Lawrence of Muscatine daughter Mrs Buril Johnson of Grandview three grandchildren and six great grandchildren
The Women's Christian Temperance Union hosted a potluck at Sunset Park on Thursday with Rev. Eddie West leading devotions. The Loyal Temperance League staged an exercise titled Good Citizens Are We, featuring children Larry Arbogast Ricky Arbogast Jackie Arbogast Carlus Crawford Connie Crawford Bonnie Crawford Paul Davis and Kevin West. Mrs Ray Sojka spoke about the Youth Temperance Council camp at Lake Ahquabi August 16-19, where she taught. A short business meeting followed.
Funeral services for Jerry Dean Patterson were held at 1 30 p m Thursday in the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev Charles Hawkins in charge. Pallbearers were Joseph Cottrell LeRoy Manning LaVerne Christner Robert Dickinson Jay Patterson Richard Dickinson. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Births Today: Mr and Mrs Amos Miller Kalona announce a son Dismissed Today: Robert Bodkins Keota Mrs Charles Long Washington Mrs Ruth Thorne Washington
Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden fines Denny Lee Novak of Washington ten dollars for failing to stop at a stop sign and Edward John Mattes ten dollars for careless driving.
Hurricane Cleo, packing about 80 mph winds, bears down on the Leeward Islands and is expected to cross Guadeloupe early afternoon. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands face hurricane watches and possible hurricane warnings by noon. The San Juan Weather Bureau places Cleo near 15.7 N, 60.0 W, moving west-northwest at 20 mph with hurricane-force winds confined to a small center and outer gale bands.
DES MOINES UPI Iowa Republican officials said only eight counties met financial quotas by early August and urged an all out fundraising drive. Finance chairman Ernest A Hayes noted the quota increase to 199000 for national campaigns with about 70000 paid and warned that money is essential for victory.
Negro students in Alabama and South Carolina sought entry to white schools ahead of fall enrollment deadlines. Forty-two applied in Huntsville and 17 in Gadsden Alabama, with two each in Orangeburg and Columbia. Five were denied at Sandy Springs Oklahoma Page High, prompting a federal Civil Rights law review.
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party praised President Johnson for benevolent neutrality as Alabama and Mississippi seating disputes loom. Dr Aaron Henry said the party is confident it will be seated and will support Johnson in the coming election. Former Gov. Buford Ellington is said to be backing regular delegations while credentials chairman David L. Lawrence calls the case a side issue.
Mr and Mrs A J Yoder and family plan to move to Montana where Mr Yoder will teach. A farewell supper and social was hosted at the Swartzendruber home with many relatives and friends attending a cooperative dinner and gatherings over several days.
Richardson family hosts numerous visitors including Gilbert Wood and sons from Washington and Cedar Rapids guests Ron Peck Kathy Jeff Terry Joe, Judy Keiffer, and others. Community members travel between Wellman Kalona Travis AFB Mt. Pleasant and Harper for visits and shared meals.
A list of personnel and roles for the Washington Evening Journal includes David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President and Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer in Local Advertising, Bruce Cowden as Contributing Editor, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. The paper publishes afternoons except Sundays and certain holidays and is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act. It is a member of Inland Daily Press Association and other major press groups.
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