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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1967
Page
7
The nation’s home gardeners increasingly favor vegetables and fruits over flowers. A study of 712 garden clubs and 5160 families earning 6000 to 12000 yearly found a shift toward grow‑your‑own groceries to cut costs. The survey estimates about 81 million home gardeners and 45 million gardens nationwide.
Wayland July 19 Mr and Mrs Ray Good and son Stanley of Tucson visited sister Mrs Andy Tschantz and family. Relatives held a Sunday picnic at West Park. Rays plan to fly to Washington DC to see son Jim Good and return for a few days.Other items include church picnic, hospital surgeries, graduations, and local visits across Burlington and Mt Union.
Wayland High School Class of 1927 held a reunion dinner at the Captains Table on Saturday July 15. Attendees included residents from Des Moines Luzerne Bettendorf Yarmouth Wayland and Hesston Kansas with officers elected for the 1969 reunion.
A reader asks how to handle a lying husband who asks the babysitter to cover for him. Abby suggests quitting the sitting job, or confronting the husband, or telling the wife to ask him directly, and notes a note about proper anniversaries and a widow’s dinner gesture.
A column from Haskins notes social visits with the Morgans of Coralville and local residents including Mr and Mrs George Papatsakis and the Harmans of Sigourney. It mentions a nervous wife seeking Abby advice on marriage and divorce constraints, a sister-in-law's tale of a silver anniversary, and a bushmaster snake growing to eight feet.
The public adores Sherlock Holmes decades after Conan Doyle’s death. Holmes societies flourish in the United States and London, with 600 members in the London group active since 1951. Fans write letters, offer him jobs, and visit the Sherlock Holmes Pub near Trafalgar Square, a magnet for tourists.
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