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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
4
Editorial reflects on rising costs of presidential inaugurations from 1837 to 1968. It notes seats for 18,284 and $50,000 worth of TV amenities, suggests moving indoors to protect the president and attendees from pneumonia, and questions the event’s expense while mentioning post office Christmas mail preparations.
Readers urged to donate used children's and infant clothing to Headstart's new publicly available store run by the Mother's Club. Jaycee-Ettes will collect during the week of December 15. Call 653-4080 or 653-3643 for pickups.
ACT figures show 31 280 Iowa juniors and seniors took the ACT Test Battery on five dates from October 1967 to August 1969, a 13 percent rise over the prior cycle. Sixty nine colleges in Iowa and all Big Ten member schools require or request ACT admissions tests for incoming students.
A reader laments a ninth anniversary passed without remembrance by a serious husband who overlooks birthdays and holidays. Dear HURT suggests planning ahead to create festive occasions on both partners birthdays and other days, urging action over self pity and noting responsibility lies with the reader if she stays silent.
A reader laments a teenage marriage amid sneaky family support while another thanks Abby for life changes that improved her home. The column offers frank, practical guidance on parental anger, trust, and handling in law interference.
Des Moines visitors joined Mrs. Daryl Baughman and Mrs. Edith Gilland for Thanksgiving at Mrs. Baughman’s sister’s home. Cedar Rapids, Chariton, Wellman, Sigourney, and Washington guests appear in multiple family gatherings, with notes on Bob Baughman recovering from a broken ankle and other relatives sharing meals and weekend visits.
A fragment shows the Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa with staff roles David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent and mentions publication details and press associations along with mailing subscription notes.
A column recounts quirky anecdotes from L M Boyd about manners, girdles, and drinks, noting Disraeli’s waistline wisdom and playful societal observations. It includes jokes about nurses, antique gauges, an Alaskan contractor’s habits, and light Q&A items on names and eye color theory.
The report lists numerous Thanksgiving Day visits and dinners. Hubert Hesseltine joined Bob Guy at Brighton weekend visits. Richland residents Kathryn McCormick and Mary Elmore started local work and hosted relatives. Davenport and Davenport area names appear among guests with extended family events in Wayland, Richland, Marshalltown, Iowa City, Colorado Springs, Fairfield, Fort Collins, and Washington. Families including Evans, Guy, Elmore, Fritz, Benda, and others are noted.
In Keota December 5 the WSCS met at Mrs Opal Luers home for a Christmas program and business. They approved serving as Pork and Beef banquet hosts for county organizations next January and February. Charters Sunday service reminder and thanks to St Mary’s Church for breakfast and candle making demo were noted. Mrs Gerry Stoutner spoke on her trip to the Country Women of the World meeting in Michigan and will chair an area council.
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