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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1969
Page
5
In the January 4 1969 Washington Evening Journal an editorial muses on generous hospitality. It cites Hebrews 13 2 about entertaining strangers and suggests hospitality yields unexpected dividends in daily life.
A reader recounts traveling 300 miles in heavy snow to attend Ted Bailey and Carol Jukam's wedding in Minneapolis. The trip stirred memories of pranks by the groom and gratitude for clear highways on the return, noting Minneapolis snow in December and the festive ceremony.
A caller seeks contact about bank notes and asks if the inquiry is about conversion or redemption. The receptionist clarifies options and the caller wonders whether the institution is the First National Bank or the First Methodist Church.
A collection of pithy maxims about aging relationships finances and social behavior. It features quips on happiness envy kindness persistence and the perils of speech and time. The tone imitates a columnist’s light moral musings from a bygone era.
Dr and Mrs J F Mallory and son Jim vacation in Chicago. David Goldsmith of Wayland visits grandparents in the holiday period. Ronald Baker from Chicago with family. Mr and Mrs H J Brenneman return after Christmas in Houston. Vic Manusurier leaves Pensacola to join Northwest Orient Air Lines in Minneapolis after naval service. Ed Knotek at Rose Bowl in California. Ashmore family from Rochester visiting Cuddy grandparents. Louise Fishburn resumes secretarial work in Washington DC after vacation with mother. Miriam Davis visiting from Rock Island. Burden inducted into armed forces as second local draftee. Thelma Long teaches at State Agricultural College Manhattan KS. Tom Stewart joins orchestra in Centerville after Christmas. Josephine Bailey returns to Chicago. Local skating rink nearly ready due to freezing temps. 4-H Club elects officers. Bostwick, Clow sisters return to Chicago. Edith Zarings’ family hosts Christmas visit. New Year’s Eve dance at Country Club. Open horse New Year Day draws 500+. New motor car replaces steam train on RI lines. Board of Supervisors elects B N Jessen chairman. 1929 opens with warm spell then snow. 500 petition for Washington Wayland road grading. 3,000 visit new nurses home open house. Rotarians and Rotary Anns celebrate New Year at YMCA club.
A series of marriages occurred Saturday December 28 in churches across Iowa with multiple couples. Judith Ann Roland wed Curtis Lee Gunnarson at First Presbyterian Church Washington. Karen Kay Byerly married Robert Dean Crossett Jr. at St Paul United Church of Christ in Washington. Carol Ellen Jukam tied with Theodore Barhydt Bailey II at University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Barbara E. Winnike and Steven L. Tindal wed in Iowa City. Donna Romelle Dallmeyer and Stephen Joe Henning renewed vows in Columbus Junction. Jo Ann Droll and Dale Minick married in Riverside. Mary K. Dickinson became Mrs David A. Clark in Richland. Kathryn E. Millane and Edward W. Griener wed in Fairfield. Judith Ann Collier and James Albert Hansen married in Columbus City. Bertha Ann Stites and Robert E. Murphy wed in Keota. Cathy Peters and Donald Smith united in Columbus City. Janet Kay Eckrich and Richard Schnoebelen wed in Riverside.
A 147 year old bamboo organ stands 14 feet high in Las Pinas Catholic Church near Manila. Built by Father Diego Cera in 1821, it remains largely intact with 950 bamboo parts, preserved by sand burial and ongoing care. Believed to be a unique treasure, it draws daily visitors and is overseen by Belgian Fathers and the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
Mr and Mrs Fred Metzger with 2680 points lead the VEW Auxiliary pinochle marathon after round two. Other leaders include Mrs Colette Bruty and Al Te Bockhorst 1080, Mr and Mrs Joe Barnes 940, Mrs Margaret Payne and Katherine Dempsey 910, and Mrs Agnes Beliel and Bertha Dempsey 700.
Veronal, a sleep producing drug, was named for Verona, the sleepiest city the discoverer knew, tying to the USS Richard S Edwards and service records in San Francisco. Ron Coon RD3 B60 3424 is noted in the entry.
West opens with diamond cash then shifts to club. South squeezes West to lose a club and a heart, then leads a club to the ace and a diamond to discard a club loser. South, after a heart finesse failure, finishes by ruffing and discarding to make four spades. Declarer’s play proves correct despite unseen cards.
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