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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1974
Page
4
Editorials reflect on being precious in God’s sight and the shift from waiting for prices to rising purchases. The text muses on keeping peace in a big family with patience and two TV sets, and notes a speaker splits time between self and others when reasoning.
A humorous look at men who fear Christmas shopping as the season nears. Symptoms include white knuckles and glazed eyes before the purchase. After gift buying, mood improves briefly until holiday daylight reveals misfit items and nagging doubt.
The Christian Science Monitor polled business analysts who foresee a return to single digit inflation and unemployment potentially at 7.5 percent next year. Skeptics note variation by age and ethnicity, with some groups facing higher joblessness, yet past predictions in 1972 warned of a 1974 recession and inflation. The overall record suggests a recovery may begin in spring or summer.
A young wife, half dressed and ironing in the basement, hides hair under a football helmet as the gas man bursts in to read the meter. He exits with a joke about hoping her team wins, leaving her both startled and amused.
Thanksgiving weekend activity centers on dinners and visits among Keota area families. Guests include Gersh, Schulte, Nissley, Hug, Miller, Biffert, Menke, Weaver, Hagist, Stout, Garner, Palmer, Parke, and others. A birth announced for Charles Bower’s family, and a Holly Short bridal shower precedes her December wedding to Richard Young. Roosevelt quote closes note.
Clifford Chapman son of the Harold Chapmans celebrated his fourth birthday with a party at home on December 2. Guests included Mrs. Paul L. Miller and sons Timmy and Tommy and many other local families. Thanksgiving visitors filled the week with relatives from Iowa and beyond.
Thanksgiving dinner guests included Willis Longer Carlyn Wayne Monticello Randy Payne Coralville Bernard Payne Rose Anne Walter Longer Skeel family for Mrs Nita Henss funeral held Saturday Ruth May Gideon attended services at Wayland for Mrs Henss with William Henderson noted as her father The article also mentions weather comments and church service cancellations due to bad roads.
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