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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1964
Page
3
Readers share personal quitting tales and advice on quitting smoking. Letters recount anecdotes of successful quits, methods that worked, and appeals to willpower, prayer, and substitutes, including personal anecdotes about long-term abstinence and health scares.
Attend sectional meet at Mediapolis by MRS Vivian Wes Crawfordsville Feb 20. Roger Sommer was an overnight guest of Bob Wells and attended the Girls Sectional Tournament at Mediapolis with the Wells family. Waco Warriorettes reach semi finals by beating Highland Huskies. Various visits and hospital notes follow including names and locations in Spring Valley Elgin Iowa City Burlington and Washington County.
Crooked Creek Cyclones 4-H Club held its February meeting with John Hamill as host and president. Duane Davis presented Where Plants Get Their Food and Alvin Jones demonstrated pig ear tagging. Leaders Mr Jones and John Hamill Sr led a quiz on matching sets of twins while the basketball tournament was discussed.
OLDS WACO High School students earned Division I ratings at the District Town High School Speech Association Contest in Wilton Junction on February 22. The one act play The Man Who Was Followed By Heart received Division I from all three judges with several individuals also advancing to state in Grinnell on March 2021.
At Highland High School music is provided in the lunch hour on a trial basis. This is the end of the nine weeks and letters will go to parents of students with low or failing grades. The student council is handling a lunch room project. Two students represented at the district Speech contest held at Mount Pleasant High School on Saturday February 21. Sistrunk earned II rating and Linda Cottrell earned I rating. Absent were Barb Stettler, Mike Zahs, and Kathy Meade.
A worker sustained a painful laceration on a finger while in the locker area and required two stitches to repair the damage. The incident was treated on site with standard first aid and workplace safety procedures.
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