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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1963
Page
2
Society and club news outline preparations for a county flower show. Residents countywide will display blooms in rural school houses with separate tables for African Violets and single specimens. Exhibitors should bring their own containers and plan to stage exhibits Monday morning August 15. Hostesses from northern towns on Tuesday and southern residents on Wednesday will oversee arrangements.
Funeral services for Rev and Mrs E. E. Voss of Brighton were held Saturday afternoon at the Brighton Methodist Church with Dr. Paul Hann and Rev. Banks Doggett in charge. Burial followed at Crawfordsville with Gould Funeral Home of Brighton in charge. memorial fund established for church building completion.
Mr and Mrs W C Robertson hosted last evening to honor their 45th anniversary and Mr and Mrs Larry DeLong first anniversary on July 8. Neice Mrs Sheldon Kongable cut a two tier cake as relatives gathered including the Skillings, Blair family, Erlenbusch and Kratzer. The group traveled and visited in several states during summer and returned to their homes in Perrysburg Ohio and Waterloo.
Today Dennis Gwin of Washington is listed for a surgical procedure at the hospital. The record notes an active procedure entry and patient location.
Social calendar items list meetings and events for Thursday through Sunday. Highlights include CES Sunset Park Picnic 6:30 p.m. at Sunset Park, Martha Group 7:30 p.m., Priscilla Group 7:30 p.m., Friendship Club 6:30 p.m. Sunset Park picnic with cold drinks, Ainsworth UPW 7:30 p.m., Dorcas and Esther groups in afternoon sessions, Brighton CBS 8 p.m. at Masonic Temple, Nina Bowers Baptist Circle 1:30 p.m., Washington High School Class of 193 Reunion 5 p.m., Country Club social hour and dinner 6:30, Shirts and Skirts 8:30–11:30 p.m. at H Building Fairgrounds. Includes transportation meetings and potluck notes. bring own table service.
Rev and Mrs Hawkins of Prairie Flower Baptist Church head the Regular Baptist Camp at Clear Lake for a week long session. They serve as athletic directors and plan to return Saturday as the group ends its gathering. Meanwhile Mrs Boyko leaves Colorado to return home after helping care for her father. Otto Sheetz remains in hospital in Washington County. Canteen ladies honor residents with refreshments and games. Pratt family hosts relatives from Omaha Audubon Cedar Rapids. Debbie Ruble joins for a weeklong visit.
Zane Whitzell Craig pled guilty before Judge LR Carson to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated second offense. He faces a $500 fine or five months in jail. In other news a List Reference Service report notes bald spots in married couples can occur, with emotional factors linked to the condition. A Chicago couple showed a striking cross-identification and emotional dependence in their similar bald areas.
A Cedar Township graveyard near West Chester reveals early settler life through stone inscriptions. The Roberts' Chapel cemetery, 1.36 acres on Lot 2, NW of Section 28, holds veterans and descendants of the Young and Eyestone families, with notes on John A Young and Alexander Young lineage.
City of Hope hospital near San Francisco faced a flood of button ideas after a fund raising sale yielded 12 million buttons. Public relations manager Jack Eshleman announced the contest was over two months old, while Mrs. Gladyse Soeth of Orland, California won by proposing patients turn the buttons into ornamental objects for sale to fund medical and research programs.
Berlin reports say Joern Lehmann a 16 year old pupil at Rahnsdorf High School faced expulsion after listening to Western radio during recess and having his photo published. The incident sparked debate in East Germany over Western broadcasts and civics instruction with the principal criticizing students and the Communist Youth paper defending the ban on Western tunes.
A national park ranger warns visitors that friendly looking bears can be dangerous. A Dubuque man encountered a bear and cubs, getting a severe arm scratch, while other tourists mishandled bears. The piece notes bears can imitate human behaviors, stress caution to observe from a distance, and avoid provoking or feeding wildlife.
Engineers at Valley Forge Space Technology Center build a jet propelled land based shuttle simulator to model docking with an orbiting space station. The device weighs 1,000 pounds, stands seven feet high and five feet wide, rests on air cushions, and uses gas jets to mimic weightless docking maneuvers.
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