Roses and missteps in a small town editorial
Washington Evening Journal notes a misquote about roses, corrects the record on a volunteer rose bush planted by Dick Powers, and humorously reflects on editorial oversights and eye opening anecdotes. The column underscores local pride in cared for plantings and the need for accuracy in print.
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Gene Turner
Watson Cleaners
Dick & Bill Produce
Dick & Bill’s
Dick Powers
TLC
Changes of Forty Years at Wellman High School Reunion
Dorothy Durian Rugg recounts the Wellman High School class of 1929 reunion. She recalls the 1929 commencement, the town’s crash, World War II, social changes, and the enduring faith in American education. The address reflects on resilience, progress, and hope for today’s youth and future generations.
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Dorothy Durian Rugg
Wellman High School
Charles Bundy Wilson
University of Iowa
Iowa
Wilson
Public praise for Washington High graduation talks
West Chester readers commend the Journal for printing four Washington High School 1969 commencement speeches and urge more publicity on local youth. Mr and Mrs Clark Bauer.
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Washington High School
Mr. and
Mrs. Clark
Bauer
Dear Abby column on family, guardians, and honesty
Abigail Van Buren replies to readers about a psychiatrist's blunt methods, a baby-sitting pay dispute, guardianship fears in a will, and relationship dilemmas. Abby urges patience, clear agreements, and open discussion while preserving honesty and fairness among spouses and families.
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Abby
Phila
Real estate transfers in Rousseau Subdivision and Town of NE Washington
Glenn B. Holden and wife transfer Lot 22 in Rousseau's Subdivision of Outlet 9 to Mabel L. Dunbar. Mabel L. Dunbar and husband transfer Lot 7 in Block 3 in Town of N. E. Washington to Charles S. Crone and wife.
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Glenn B. Holden
Mabel L. Dunbar
Rousseau
Outlet 9
M. Robert Everetts
Charles S. Crone
N. E. Washington
ARCO moves agricultural HQ to Fort Madison Iowa
ARCO Chemical Co. says its agricultural division headquarters will relocate from Chicago to Fort Madison Iowa on August 1. The facility east of town will house the fertilizer plant capable of 1500 tons daily of mixed fertilizer and 1000 tons daily of anhydrous ammonia. George T. Stocking is named vice president and general manager of the division, returning from Sinclair Oil Corp after its merger into ARCO.
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Chicago
UPI
Arco Chemical Co
Fort Madison
Iowa
ARCO
Atlantic Richfield Co
George T. Stocking
Arco Chemical
Sinclair Oil Corp
Atlantic Richfield
Baseball Player Finds Best Steaks Headlines
A 1969 Evening Journal column blends humor and trivia. It notes where pro baseball players dine, jokes about titles and books, and surveys odd facts from fashion history to weathering knowledge, ending with light curiosities and named-entity observations.
Unusual squeeze yields high finish in rubber bridge game
In a rubber bridge hand West led king of hearts against South in four spades. East showed hearts and clubs from the play, and South, deducing East held ace of clubs, avoided a club lead. West discarded a club, allowing South to secure the tenth trick with the jack of clubs after a strategic endplay.
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South
West
Declarer
East
Fea
Res Syndicate, Inc
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