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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1964
Page
5
Iowa homemakers share ideas to personalize Christmas beyond store bought decor. Use popcorn and painted corn strings, a Midwestern snowman pinata, a snowman breaking game at parties, and a nut chain of walnuts with verses to greet visitors.
The Washington County Association for Retarded Children sponsored its annual Christmas party at the County Home gathering residents from the home and Prairie Flower School and the Washington County Trainable Room. Robert Applegate and Larry Applegate provided accordion music as guests sang carols and enjoyed cocoa cookies and candy gifts.
Saturday stamp corner notes a colorful five value Kenya set featuring native flowers birds and Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta along with the flag of the Republic Also Togolese issues pay tribute to Israel reflecting aid relationships including stamps showing the printing press Mount of Beatitudes and Capernaum with the Amitie Israel Togo’s 85f coat of arms and 45f synagogue designs mark friendship stamps A Falkland Islands set for the 50th anniversary Battle of the Falklands depicts a battleship and Queen Elizabeth watermark CA appears on British colony issues A Kennedy collector surge lists issues from Bhutan Dominican Republic Ecuador Gabon Republic Guatemala Ivory Coast El Salvador Sharjah Upper Volta and Umm al Quwain Praise for Kennedy portraits appears except Bhutan Umm al Quwain releases seven stamps for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in imperforate and souvenir form
Mr and Mrs Raymond Wonderlich visit Des Moines for several days this week to attend a banquet for state food inspections in the department of Secretary of Agriculture L B Liddy. Also notes visits by Homer Dressler in Muscatine and local social and school events across Richland Pekin and Packwood areas. Confections listed as recommended additions to Type A school lunches by the U S Department of Agriculture per National Confectioners Association.
A writer recalls attending four national Republican conventions in Philadelphia San Francisco and Chicago plus Rotary meetings in New York Philadelphia and Chicago and a Pittsburgh church assembly in 1958 The piece details travel arrangements press access letters to chairmen and notable figures like Robert Goodwin Dr George Kerr and Dunham Morrison, noting repeated convention attendance in Iowa Des Moines and fund raising dinners with national leaders.
Mrs Louis Larsen led the Homemakers Club as president during the Thursday meeting with Christmas ideas, officer elections naming Harv ey Holden as president Neill Trotman vice president and Isaac Kleese secretary A social hour featured refreshments and a sweet tooth swap The January dinner will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Hubert Redlinger at their home The Rebekah Club met with 10 members and one guest electing Emma Barnett president Georgia Kelley vice president and Dora Wagner secretary A program and Christmas gift exchange followed The new officers will host the January 14 meeting The Merry Mixers Club held a December luncheon with Mrs Wayne Mangold and Denise Martin Present were Mrs Ted Kiesey L P Statler and other members who recited Luke and heard the Christmas story Bible carols were sung and candle making demonstrated A $2 donation was given to the Retarded Children's Association A grab bag exchange ended the afternoon Mrs Cloyce Crone will host January 6 and the group meets in Long Beach Beesi tell researchers say bees communicate chemically not vocally
A UPI report describes how thunderstorms begin with warm moist air rising gently, forming a cloud cell that gains heat and lifts higher. Water vapor condenses into droplets, ice crystals form near the top, and the cloud can reach up to 60,000 feet before rain and cold air pull it down.
A New York UPI summary notes cranberry bread can be frozen baked or unbaked to ease day before Christmas cooking. It also reports Metropolitan Life figures showing only about one fifth of 1963 male deaths among ages 15 to 64 were work related. most fatal accidents occurred off the job.
The schedule lists Zane Grey at 6 00 Flipper 2 00 Mr. Magoo 7 20 Kentucky 2 00 Movie 10 00 News 10 20 Premiere 6 00 Restless Gun 6 30 Gleason 7 30 Gilligan 8 00 Mr. Broadway and Gunsmoke 10 00 The Saint 11 00 Theatre 4.
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