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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
3
A reader with a chronically ill toddler seeks sleep amid daily visits from a widow friend. Abby suggests honest talk to preserve friendship and rest. Second letter involves a daughter rushing into engagement via a matchmaking mother, with counsel to discuss calmly and reconsider the marriage. The column ends with a husband asking for more coffee.
Weekend lineup includes Hootenanny on ABC and College Football bowls on NBC CBS and ABC featuring North Carolina State, Mississippi State Baylor and LSU. Also notes a December to January wedding engagement for Kay Inez Pickering and Lester D. Whitaker with wedding planned for January 25.
Mrs Henry Soucek hosted the Friendship Club Christmas gathering assisted by Mrs Harold Gilli and Mrs Ralph Witthoft. President Witthoft led the story poem and roll call. Prizes went to Mrs Witthoft and Nancy Gilliand in a card game. A gift circle and carols followed with refreshments served by the host and co host.
The U P Home decorates for Christmas as mail volume climbs and the decorating committee completes the tree parlor lounge and dining room greens. More than eighty attend Tuesday’s Christmas party with a Santa gift exchange and treats while Future Homemakers carol and Fortnightly club members host gatherings with dinners and visits from relatives and colleagues.
Barn es of Iowa City are here to visit their sister Miss Wilda, seen in attendance at a local gathering.
Eight members met with Mrs Martha Whittaker for the club's Christmas luncheon with former member Mrs Minnie Green as guest. Mrs Lloyd Walker led the afternoon business meeting and officers were elected: Mrs Leslie Blick president Mrs Charles Bartholow vice president and Mrs Mildred Nelson secretary treasurer. A Christmas exchange was planned for January with Mrs Blick.
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