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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
2
A shopper explains why larger packages are not always cheaper and offers practical tests for true value. Compare cost per unit and determine usage rate to avoid waste, using examples from bouillon cubes, nut meats, and everyday staples. Emphasizes time, experience, and knowledge in selecting best buys.
Mary Helen McGuire daughter of William and Mrs Owens of Bloomington California married Charles E Carriker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Carriker at Rialto Baptist Church at 2 30 PM Saturday December 28 The bride wore white satin with net overskirt and veil a reception followed at Bloomington home The bridegrooms sister Rebecca Carriker and Richard Villeges attended The couple will reside temporarily with his parents in Bloomington after a short honeymoon The groom is a former Washington resident and three year Army veteran stationed at Ft Hood Texas
The United Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Women invite members and newcomers to a 1:30 Friday gathering at the church with an ecumenical role playing program featuring Circle VI. Elizabeth McClung will discuss Ecumenical Mission and Relations. Pledges will be dedicated, Fellowship hosts plan dessert, reading books are distributed, and child care is provided.
Community listings show a dense schedule of meetings and events across local groups. Notable items include Masonic Temple assemblies, Legion Hall gatherings, Rebekah Lodge, UPW Association desserts at church, St James School party, YWCA activities, Saddle Club coop supper at Fairgrounds, Rainbow Girls, and Farm Bureau events.
Forty young people of the Christian Tabernacle gathered at the YMCA and church social room for a Tuesday New Year’s Eve party. They played games and sports from 8 to 10 p.m., then moved to the church for a six course Hawaiian style dinner. Movies of the Hawaiian Islands were shown followed by a brief devotional.
Mr and Mrs Fred Chalupa celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted at the home of their daughter and son in law Loyal and Jeanette Banks. About 75 guests attended including out of town relatives from Kalona Fairfield Batavia Burlington Brighton Keota Iowa and Wahabash. The couple has four sons three daughters and eleven grandchildren.
Miss Sandra Elaine Kristufek and Douglas Lee Duncan wed in a 3 PM Union Park Methodist Church ceremony in Des Moines. The bride wore white satin with a bell-shaped skirt and coronet veil, with blue and white carnations. Attendants included maid of honor Susan Shank and bridesmaid Cathy Kristufek. Reception followed. couple to live in Coralville after a Chicago trip.
Robert B. Rittenmeyer is spending a holiday leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Bernard Rittenmeyer and sisters Theresa and Judy at Riverside. He enlisted for four years in February 1963 and has been at San Diego. He will report to submarine school in New London Conn on January 9.
NBC presents the Beatles first U S TV appearance along with Paul Lynde and Peggy Cass. Color segments air 9 p m. CST. Also on NBC Captain Kangaroo at 6 a m. CST and Bob Hope Theatre at 7 a m. CST. CBS airs Twilight Zone You Drive at 7 30 p m CST and Alfred Hitchcock Three Wives Too Many at 8 30 p m. CST. Burke's Law at 7 30 p m CST features Jason Cier’s body found in a pool with stars.
Yordi Dean Charles Yor ai aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Yordi Riverside and Leroy J Mullinix 18 of rural Town City will leave Des Moines Friday January 3 for training at the San Diego naval base.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Perdock and the couple Ron and Diane returned Tuesday evening from Miami Beach, Florida where they spent the holidays. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Alt and family from Bloomington Indiana and visited with the Max Van Winkle family, former Washington residents now at New Smyrna Beach.
Six Republican senators propose a public private health benefits plan for citizens over 65 to resolve the Congress gridlock on medical care for the aged. The Javits led measure would finance Social Security covered care through private insurance pooling at minimal personal cost and involve private firms and state groups in administration.
A brutal snow and ice storm swept New England, closing schools and crippling highways and utility lines from Tennessee to Philadelphia. Eight inches fell in Buffalo, nine in southern Ohio, with freezing rain across the Northeast as gale warnings lingered and the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia was postponed to Saturday.
Russell Schnoebelen of Riverside wed MaDonna Kinney of Iowa City at St. Patrick's Church in Iowa City on a Saturday morning. The ceremony featured a traditional gown with chapel train, with bridesmaids in red velvet dresses and related accessories. The bridal party included best man Paul Schnoebelen and groomsmen Terry Havel and Steve Kinney. A reception followed at the Kinney home and a wedding dance was held at the Hawk.
Miss Janice Hein and Gary Wehmeyer wed at Riverside St Johns Lutheran Culbertson Nebraska on December 21 in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore brocaded satin with a pillbox veil and red rose corsage. Attendants included sister Joanne Mills and best man Gary Dexter. A reception followed at the church. Both spouses are Culbertson and Riverside graduates and plan to attend Kearney College.
Mr and Mrs Jim Kaska and Becky of Anacortes Washington and Miss Marie Kaska of Des Moines were Saturday evening callers in the Clem Eagle home. Paulette Eagle celebrated her fifth birthday with a St James School party. Florence Baird returned from a Hawaii trip visiting Kau Maui Oahu Pearl Harbor and local plantations. Mrs Nordyke Mrs McNelley and others hosted Christmas and New Year meals. Other items note hospital visits cooperative dinners and trips to Oakridge Tennessee for atomic studies.
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