Card of Thanks for Byrdie Figgins Family
We express appreciation for the kindnesses shown during the illness and death of our wife and sister. The family of Byrdie Figgins.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1962
Page
6
We express appreciation for the kindnesses shown during the illness and death of our wife and sister. The family of Byrdie Figgins.
Wayland hosts a basket dinner for relatives of the late Alfred and Jenine McPheron. Attendees include Messer, McPheron, Seberg, and other families from New London, Burlington, Oxford, Olds, Brighton, East Pleasant Plain, and Wayland. Also noted are visits by Millard Wyse and trips by Everett Magdefrau and Robert Rainier to Battle Creek Michigan and Adrian Michigan. Everett describes Kellogg corn flakes production and stat about female workers.
Leadville Colorado residents Bill and Barbara Adamich recount life after a December avalanche killed seven others and buried their two sons. Barbara notes their loss of $60,000 in property with only $10,000 insurance. The couple, with Navy veteran Bill back at work, hold to hope while grieving the death of Barbara’s mother Frances Adamich and the nearby Shelton family tragedy.
Multiple sales listed including a farm machinery sale in Washington at 1011 North Marion Ave and a public sale of a five room house in Wyman, Iowa. Ongoing weekly livestock auctions are noted at Kalona, Ollie, Washington, Wapello, and Columbus Junction. A Paris court sets October trial for two men in the 1961 Eric Peu kidnapping case.
A dense, daily TV schedule outlines a varied lineup including Father of the Bride Money Talks Eyewitness Bachelor Father Perry Mason Gunsmoke Have Gun Will Travel Route 66 Cheyenne Rawhide Lassie Dennis Day Ed Sullivan and News Weather and Sports segments. The listings mix films, talk shows, cartoons, and game shows across multiple channels with repeated references to Route 66 Eyewitness Perry Mason and Westerns.
UPI reports a weak session with broad declines across major groups. Steel and chemical shares eased while Delta Airlines rose on strong earnings, IBM and other techs slipped after a large Air Force contract boosted some electronics stocks.
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