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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
2
Readers write about jealousy in a toddler and marital misunderstandings. Abby urges consistent affection, warns against withholding, and advises seeking counsel for annulment questions. A caller asks if a bad dinner justifies choking down a host's dish, Abby suggests polite retreat and humor.
Community notices list events through the weekend at Sunset Park and local venues. Activities include Friendship Club picnics, Double Deck Club meetings, Country Club dinners, Loyal Women's Class at the Baptist Church, Rebekah Lodge, Shirts and Skirts at Central Park, and family reunions at the Cooperative Dinner site. Contact details for Y Wives Coffee are provided.
The Dutch Creek Flyerettes 4-H Club held its annual achievement night with nine members and family present. Mrs. Terry Palmer judged projects as Julie Sheetz and Shirley Conklin were selected for county Dress Review and teams were chosen for county judging across junior intermediate and senior levels. The Starliners 4-H Club also held an Achievement Show with judges Mrs. Margaret Tuttle and multiple members named for county fair judging and demonstrations. A cooperative noon dinner featured mothers as guests.
Local notes include Mrs. Hal Figgins of Richland moved to Mercy Hospital Iowa City for surgery this morning in room 238. Baby Denise Ann Hahn born July 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hahn in Washington with Kennedy and Hahn families as grandparents. Avis Busby admitted July 16 to McCleary Thornton Minor Hospital Excelsior Springs Missouri in room 339.
Twenty seven mothers and friends joined sixteen club members for the Cloverleaf 4H Club annual achievement day in Crawfordsville. Judges included Mrs Kenneth Ornduff and Mrs Harold Gamon. Senior demonstrators Linda Johnson and Marna Simmering presented Putting in Side Zippers. The Busy Bees show at Isaac Walton League Building featured performances by Marilyn Thatcher Jean Ann Barclay and Charlie Davison with committees handling welcome ribbons judging and refreshments.
About 200 people attended the Izaak Walton League ice cream social held at the Mobil Oil Station driveway at Iowa Avenue and 2nd Street. Proceeds will support formation of a Washington County Conservation Board.
Federal officials studied possible criminal charges against the owner operator of a grain elevator tied to a 96000 bushel corn shortage. Two Iowa shortages were reported by CCC at Iowa City Grain and Feed Service and Farmers Elevator Mason City. Investigators review records and plan to unload grain to verify storage amounts while a court appointed receiver controlled Alan T North Grain Co Vail Iowa.
A marriage license was issued here to David Allan Bell of Washington and Mary Clarice Brewer of Coggin.
On The Record Hospital lists admissions yesterday including Mrs. Charles Friese and Mrs. Cora Godfrey both in Washington with medical conditions. Discharges today feature Miss Josephine Pacha of Brighton and multiple Washington residents plus Keota and Crawfordsville entries.
Crawford township Silas Finke Jr Alvin Jones Dascal Hamilton Ernest Merer and George Dare compete alongside Dutch Creek Leland Sheetz Francis Wright Gerald Feltz Howard Alterbernd Robert Waterhouse English River Richard O Scott Clifford Small Mark Koenig Oran Birkey Raymond Cortum Franklin Wilbur Wright Clyde Crile Robert Stout Bruce Campbell Kenneth Cuddeback Highland Donald Swailes James Soukup Paul Beard Willard McCracken Richard Soukup Iowa Charles Thompson Ted Gerot Charles Skubal Elmer Schneider Larry Gerot Jackson Robert Marek Lloyd Duensing Harold E Strum Dean W Luers Ralph C Witthoft Lime Creek J F Litwiller Henry Berger Carl Oldfield Oral Norman Charles Coleman Marion Howard Caldwell Leonard Novak Edward Kauffman Orville Coakley Ralph Schoonover Oregon Duane White Carl Roberts Glen Lord Pat Tobin John Frame Seventy six Edgar Stewart Lawrence Romine Lyle L Palmer Cletus C Reed Robert Flynn Washington Edward Wolfe Raymond L Bonar Harold Sobaski Eugene F Reed Duane Redlinger
Mr and Mrs Roger Schloss celebrate Kristy five and Patrick four with a Sunday party at home in Riverside. Guests include the Youngs, Grants, Cress, and Winglers from nearby towns plus a family reunion at Warren Ernest farm near West Branch. Meanwhile the Perkins family visits Iowa City and Rock Island relatives. Vacationing Sojkas and Kleopfers enjoy a Weed Park picnic in Muscatine.
Virgil Shamblin a 46 year old Fairfield auto mechanic missing since Wednesday was found dead in his car in a farm field north of Farmington. Officials said carbon monoxide from the exhaust likely caused his death and that it appeared to be a suicide.
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