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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1965
Page
3
Dear Abby discusses a son ready to marry a 17 year old and living with parents after marriage, urging the mother to withhold support. The column then addresses retirement for housewives, noting a wife’s exhaustion and a husband who dismisses chores as “women’s work,” concluding some women never retire. The reader ends with another 18 year old note.
A sixteen year old writes Abby about boys, morals, and dating at college. She discusses how some girls are judged for being good, while others seek popularity. The column emphasizes home habits shaping behavior and proper manners for social settings.
Sympathy is offered to Dr and Mrs S C Picken on the death of Dr Picken s sister Mrs Buchanan in Des Moines. Memorial service held there with burial at St Charles. Home staff and visitors include Mabel Pringle, Rock Island. Dr and Mrs C B Lunan of Palm Springs. Dr Robert French in Washington. Irene Florence May McDill and Eleanor Davidson visiting staff and residents. Ella Gordon s niece Mrs Harold Morris from Portland Oregon. meetings about Wyoming Camp with Rev and Mrs Lee Mitchell. numerous locals visited the Willmington cottage and attended gatherings at the Canaan Methodist Chapel. Miss Glendine Lundquist spoke to a women s group. plans for Mrs Mary Holmes to take charge of the Home health department start Monday July 26.
A Kalona area sale column lists public sale dates for July and August. Items include household goods at 810 4th Street Kalona and antiques at Riverside residence of Mrs. Ann Rath, with times 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Additional auctions cover a 140 acre farm near Wellman and West Chester, estates of Tipton executors, consignment sale at Brighton Park, and Wayland real estate sale. Regular livestock auctions occur weekly in Wayland, Ollie, Columbus Junction, and Kalona with specific livestock schedules.
Crawfordsville announces the marriage of Karen Fay Coon to William Howard Stapp on Wednesday July 14 at the Presbyterian Church in Ballston Spa New York. The groom works as a fireman in training with the U S Naval Nuclear Submarine Training Unit near Schenectady. The bride visits with her sister in Hartland Four Corners Vermont for the Washington County Fair in August.
Eleven members of the Washington Jaycee-ettes and three guests from the Ft. Madison Jaycee-ettes met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Dan Allen's home. Committees were appointed to assist the Washington Jaycees in planning and organizing the upcoming beauty pageant.
A terse reflection contrasts dining at home with restaurant meals, noting confidence as the factor that permits a man to enjoy hash in private while restraining him from ordering it in public settings.
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