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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1946
Page
5
The piece urges readers to use their gifts to make a difference. It cites 11 Timothy 1 6 as a guiding verse and frames small talents as powerful when activated by effort and faith. The July 13 1946 date anchors the message to a mid century church or community column.
The column collects varied notes from readers and editors. It lampoons wartime fears, government policy, and local curiosities. It cites Dr W B Kyle gooseberries, a Des Moines tea caper, and jokes about communism and barber fares.
A Washington woman was arrested in Newton Iowa for running a stop light. The officer asked for a driver’s license and she produced a previous year’s license she kept on her piano. She avoided a fine and had to drive around the square to prove she could distinguish red from green. Spectators watch the new Iowa Southern building construction from the south square aperture.
In a pre program moment a visiting lecturer is entertained by a social leader. When asked about clubs for women he replies yes but only when kindness fails. The note ends with a remark that worry kills more than work.
A man notes in conversation that a good wife on a South Pacific island can be bought for about three dollars, prompting the woman to call it terrible, while he remarks a wife could be worth such a price.
A child named Joan asks why the family bows heads for grace, learning they give thanks for daily bread. The professor quips about his glass eye and pupils as the scene ends with a playful, puzzling note from the writer.
Mary W. Packer reports the Crawfordsville Methodist WSCS met with strong turnout. Grace Stockdell spoke on forty years missionary work in Burma, with patriotic decor and corsage trays. Committee included Mrs. H. F. Fletcher and Mabel Anderson. Bank offering committee reported 117 dollars.
Leftover linoleum scraps can be transformed into eight sided flower pot mats. Cut into an octagonal shape to fit pots while providing color contrast and decorative appeal.
A special service collected 50 for an unspecified cause. Recent visitors at the Methedist parsonage included Ball's brother Franklin Knouse and his Wisconsin family, marking a notable social detail from the event.
A Twentieth Century Fund report states that about one third of the urban population live in slums and deteriorating areas, highlighting housing shortages and substandard conditions in the city.
The article notes about 700 wineries in California and explains that fine wines produced there and elsewhere have led to a decade long drop in demand for European wines in the United States.
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