Bookish musings and holiday plans spill in kitchen window scenes
A reader reviews multiple books from diverse authors including The Moldenhauer home setting, Lisa Aversa Richette and J. Sydney Hoffman, Philip Roth, Janet Travell, John Hemrick Clarke, James Lipton, and J. D. Salinger. The piece touches on Christmas shopping plans, family schedules at Mercy Hospital and Malcom X Junior College, and notes on Fred Hampton. It closes with a quick food tip and a sign off from Marge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moldenhauer
Lisa Aversa Richette
J. Sydney Hoffman
Philadelphia
Richette
Portnoy
Philip Roth
Office House
Janet Travell
M.D
J.F.K
White House
John Hemrip Clarke
James Lipton
Carpenters
J. D. Salinger
Chinatown
Virginia
Mercy Hospital
Jim
Malcom X Junior College
Fred Hampton
Chicago
Hampton
The
Black Panthers
Havel Christmas Display Opens December 17 28
Mr and Mrs Edward F Havel and Eileen invite the community to their rural home 12 miles northeast of Washington for a Christmas lighting display from December 17 through December 28. Two nativity scenes and over 2000 lights including a 30 foot high star will be showcased nightly 6:30 to 10. Miss Havel will play Christmas music 7 to 10 each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Havel
Eileen
Washington
Miss Havel
Havel
Washington-Riverside
Fairview
Sounds of Christmas at UPW Meeting Draws Sixty
Sixty attend the Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Women Association meeting Friday morning at the church. The program titled The Sounds of Christmas featured children, music, and baking. Frances Patton led in the offertory prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPW
Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian Women Association
Charles Hotle
Keiffer Garton
Florence Sherman
George Masson Sr
Mark Bayert
George Rudiger
Frances Patton
Washington Evening Journal TV and radio listings note schedule mix
The Washington Evening Journal lists TV and radio slots for local stations including Wells Fargo, Andy Williams, Adam 12, and sports nights. It also lists editorial staff, advertising leaders, and publication timing. Program outlines cover movies, the Hunter, Death Valley, Gleason, Green Acres, Mannix, and news slots with nightly broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noc
Wells Fargo
Andy Williams
Adam
WHBF
Death Valley
Gleason
My 3 Sons
Green Acres
Petticoat Jet
Mannix
News
Joe Pyne
John Gary
Antioch Social Club Dinner Johns Dickey's Prairie Home
Ten members attended a December 11 dinner at Dickey's Prairie Home. A secret sisters gift exchange occurred prior to a brief business meeting. The group voted to donate to University Hospitals and discussed next year's events calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch Social Club
Dickey’s
Social Calendar for Community Groups and Clubs
Community notices detail upcoming meetings and events across Daughters of the Nile Promenaders Rainbow Girls and other groups. Activities include sewing gatherings at Captain's Table, dinners, dances, lunch, and gift exchanges with dates times and hostesses listed across week days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Nile Sewing Group
Roger Chapman
Promenaders Square
Legion Hall
Olds
Dell Trout
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Bible I
Roger Sherman
Daughters of Nile
Bryn Mawr
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Christmas Spirit and Memories Share Warm Reflections
A reflective piece celebrates Christmas as a time of joy, love, and universal warmth. It blends biblical verses with personal memories of gifts, family gatherings, snowy landscapes, and simple acts of kindness that define the season. The narrator recalls objects from childhood and the enduring value of love over material wealth.
Milburn McKay Returns Home to Recover From Hospital Stay
Milburn McKay has returned from University Hospitals in Iowa City and is convalescing at his home west of Washington.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Dean M. Lintz
Washington
Fay L. Marsh
Ainsworth
James Allen Jeffries
John E. Jones
Crawfordsville
Vernon Thomas Pierce
Iowa City
Joseph H. Holmes
Milburn McKay
University Hospitals
Love and Light This Holy Night Lantern Poem
A reprint poem celebrates love as a guiding lantern and star across nights spent alone or with kin. The verse invites Love's Lord to enter hearts and gently illuminate the season with quiet warmth and reverence.
Richland Christmas lights brighten town square
Richland ushers in a festive season with a lighted Santa Claus Lane and new decorations. The Woman's Club promotes a beautification push urging business and home participation. Santa arrives Dec 20 as merchants offer a free color TV. Fire crews answered a Tuesday alarm at the Roy Downey property but caused no major damage. Local births and visits round out the community notes with prize winners at Hoskins Open House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Santa Claus
Woman's Club
Roy Downey
Ernest Thomas
Don Tucker
Charles William
Don Pierson
Davenport
Derril Pierson
Green City
Lee Pierson
C. C. Yardley
Bloomfield
Baby
Brian
John Dickinson
Phoenix
Arizona
Hoskins Open House
Junior Snyder
Victor Parcell
Glen McClure
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Clyde
J. B. Clyde
Sherman - Eden
Vernon Elgin
John Winga Jr
Robert Lytle
Lester Fry
Jay Brewer
Louis Larsen
Richard Colby
Southeast
Iowa
Washington Evening Journal
Pele
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Rob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Post
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Daily Presse
Iowa Press Ase
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ia. P. C
Bac
Tere
KCRG
wMr
SUN
Tom & Jerry
Aquaman
Tassie
Rome
Wd Sullivan
Leslie Uiggams
Impossible
Playboy
xTwo
Iun
Lester Revival Herald Gospel
Big Victure Quartet
Insight
KORG
Oral Roberts
George Fantastic Bullwinkle
Discovery Dudley
Kidsville Directions
Issues & Ans
Hour Hope Something
Land of Giants
FBI
Come
the Stars
Woo—6
Sampson Rocky
Uncle Waldo
Hanssriaker
Bonanza
Bold Ones
Christophers
Face Nation
This Is Life
Hyms Physicians
Kangaroo
Max Hillbillies
Andy Love of
Life the
Heart
Love of
Tomorrow News World
Paradise
Guiding Light
Secret Storm
Foge
Gomer Pyle
Max Truth
CBS News
LaLanne
Dream House
Geal. Hospital
One Life
Dark Shadows
Matinee News
McHale’s Navy
Joey Bishop
KTVO
Debbie Drake
Ernie
Hitchcock
Lucy Show
Mayberry
Doris Day
Carol Burnett
Merv Griffin
Cisco Kid
Wwmrt
TUEB
Jack LaLanne
Hospital
ABC News
Kangaroo Lucy Show
Hazel
Secret Storm Fidge
Night Gamer
Pyle
Mike Douglas Batman
Hollywood
Doctors
Ernie Truth
NBC News
Ings
North Marion Ave
Antioch
Dale Lance
Applied Arts
VFW
City of
David
Christ the Lord
Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
Helene B. Dillon
Gay Tapers
R. H. Grenville
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Montgomery
Riverside Batteries
Riverside
Supreme Battery
Supreme
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