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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
6
The notice lists ad rates and charges by word for May 2, 10¢ per word 3 days 13¢ per word 26 days and discounts 13 Gaye vst 1 discount minimum ten words. 25¢ credit charge if not paid in 15 days. 6¢ for Card of Thanks. 25¢ service charge for blind ads. 25¢ skip day surcharge for certain ads.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for cards letters and flowers sent after the death of our mother and grandmother Augusta Lester. These kind deeds will never be forgotten.
Mr and Mrs Wendell Frazer of the Gamble Store spend January 22 to 24 in Chicago for a merchandise mart. Kenny Pringle visits Mount Pleasant with John Dakins. Several local moves and visits noted including teachers and shuffleboard results at Carrol Hall. Dwight Robison heads south on an extended bus trip via Southwest to Mexico. Esthel Gookin from Fairfield hired as kindergarten teacher replacing Mrs Kate Robison.
Journal lists multiple farm auctions across Iowa with sale dates from January 25 to February 19. Entries include locations such as Ollie, Yarmouth, Keota, Grandview, West Chester, Washington, Kalona, and Smylie. many sales feature closing out or public auctions, livestock and machinery, with start times mostly around noon or late morning.
Chicago market summary shows soybeans trading up across contracts. Prices advance for May July August September and November oils with modest gains. Trading ranges noted for soy, corn, and other grains reflecting steady demand and near term futures activity.
Rubio Community Club holds its annual meeting at the hall Monday evening with a 6:30 potluck supper. At 8:00 a president for 1963 and four board members will be elected. Receipts from the recent box supper funded baby beds high chairs and play pens. Activities include church events and local engagements in Richland Tipton Mathews and Sigourney.
Haskins reports slow news with residents indoors due to cold weather. Quilting with Marie Whetstine followed a Monday visit by Cleo Orris, Ronnie, and Ralph Boyd. Sunday guests included Mrs. Lloyd Burr and the Edmonds pair from Oxford. Evening callers were Allen Conrad, and the Conrys of Ainsworth with George Murphy.
Mrs D H Watson of Rubio was elected president at the Rubio Community Club annual meeting. Four new directors from surrounding areas were named Richard Bond Delbert Fleig Raymond Dickinson and Victor Parcell. A birth and travels of local residents are noted with several family relations in Richland Keota and Brighton.
Mrs. Melvin Miller held a birthday dinner Sunday in Kalona honoring her daughter Helen. Attendees included Mrs. W. R. White and Edith, Mrs. Harry Showalter and Dorothy, Dorothy Gingerich and Mrs. Amy Hoch, and Sue Ann Skola who traveled to Davenport by train for a weekend visit with sister Sally Skola. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fry and Connie and Tracy Ann. Steve Reif of Cedar Falls visited the Logan Reif home. Zelda Smith of Sumner and Cheryl Walker's roommate Miss Walker joined the weekend at the Walker and Koob households.
A dense schedule of daytime and evening programs across multiple stations includes news weather and sports blocks, classic reruns and children’s programming such as Flintstones Twilight Zone and Mighty Mouse, with late night talk and feature slots.
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