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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1963
Page
3
Dear Abby columns reveal disputes in a neighborhood after a husband criticizes car rides and walking to school. A reader drives the kids after his digression. The page includes a housewarming debate and a cautionary dating note.
Joseph N Bontrager 90 died Sunday evening at his son's home near Kalona He was born June 9 1873 in Middlebury Ind and lived with his son F J Bontrager recently Funeral at 9 30 am Tuesday at the Lloyd Ropp residence with Enos Swartzendruber and Levi Schrock in charge Burial in Gingerich Cemetery Survived by six sons Menno J S Eli Martin F J Jonas and Joseph a daughter Mrs Dan J Stutzman and by his wives Savilla Yoder and Delila Gingerich from Shipshewana Indiana to Kalona area and Clarke Mo and Jamesport Mo connections.
The community gathers for John Wieneke Sr funeral at Hope Lutheran near Germanville with burial nearby. Six days later son Johnnie Wieneke dies. Family ties recalled include long friendship with the Bosharts and Widmers, a Glen Wenger woodcut notice, and a Thanksgiving reunion at Wellman and Manson.
Premier Khrushchev unveiled an unprecedented plan to boost farm and industrial production in seven years. The drive aims to build 200 new chemical plants and reconstruct over 500, costing about 346 billion, announced to the Communist Party Central Committee. He accused Stalin and Molotov of grain exports during famine and noted Stalin sold wheat abroad in 1947 amid shortages. Moscow Radio reported strong applause from more than 6,000 delegates at the Kremlin Palace.
Eighteen members met with Mrs. Gilbert Wood to review Planned-overs. Miss Sally Smith presented the program while ribbon roses were made. Wood read an article on flag history and soap bars were decorated. New officers include Mrs. George Horn and Mrs. Hubert Beranek with Mrs. Warren Escher in charge of publicity. They take office at year’s start.
Funeral services for Mary Donovan were held at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. James Catholic Church with Rev. T.J. Lew presiding. Pallbearers were Ted Johnson Virgil Lintz Leo Wolfe Frank Kos Willis Jones Everette Tobin. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
The Washington Evening Journal lists its staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Benes Cowden Contributing Editor Howard Hazen Production Superintendent and notes its publication schedule and wire service affiliations including United Press Leased Wire Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association Iowa Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations
The article notes strong nationwide support for a public accommodations law but regional divides, with the South opposing the section outlawing discrimination in places of public service and the North favoring it. It discusses President Johnson’s challenge to win Southern votes while preserving Negro support in key states and the likelihood that the next months will shape his legislative and political future.
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