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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
4
In a day of shifting economics and opinions, the enduring fact remains Jesus Christ does not change. His ethic and teaching stay relevant for every age, offering steadiness amid reform and debate.
Ellen Rebecca Fenn recalls a hometown ritual of Saturday nights in a Midwest town as merchants closed early, families shared markets and dances faded with time. The piece contrasts nostalgic play nights with modern habits, recalling olives, pops, and the enduring memory of simple joys.
The Ottawa Journal notes that a 1914 purchase of 100 IBM shares costing 2750 would now be worth about 13.478 million, plus 879 thousand in dividends and 101.9 thousand from stock rights. The investor likely would have sold long ago.
Waco High School held its awards assembly naming top scholastic and extracurricular honorees. Recipients include Galen Howsare LaMar Widmer Dianne Hesseltine and Terry Conrad among others with awards in citizenship merit reading chorus and band, plus sports and club recognitions.
The library hosted seven guided tours this month with the Headstart Mothers group visiting for home making and arts insights. Mrs. Brown, head librarian, spoke at Rotary while rural students learn blue school card call ins and summer cards renewals. A new batch of civil rights themed books arrives, including Tomorrow's Sun, The Shadow That Scares Me, Tell It Like It Is, and Goals for Urban America. Additional titles explore Carnegie, hobo history, Alcoholics Anonymous, and educational concerns with Your Child is Dying to Learn.
Harold Stephens memoiry tale placed in memory of Joe McKeown by Mr and Mrs Dave Elder. It recounts two young men on a wild adventurous automobile trip circling the globe.
The library lists new fiction including Asimov's Mysteries by Isaac Asimov and Endless Night by Agatha Christie. Other titles are The Pepper Garden by John Slimming The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Babs H Deal Waters on a Starry Night by Elisabeth Ogilvie The Deep Silence by Douglas Freeman A Hilltop in Hazard by Ann Rider. June 10 through July 5 feature Story Hour for ages Kindergarten through 5th grade, 9 to 11 a.m. Monday to Friday, with Vacation Readers Go Everywhere.
In a Becker column, Bobby Reynolds and Arthur Robinson tackle a grand slam after a clubs opening lead. Reynolds discards, ruffs, and later finesses the trump eight to secure the grand slam amid Blackwood inferences and midhand deductions.
A Washington High School and Junior College panorama covers local residents, students, and visitors. Navy leave taker Oren Jarvis prepares for Newport and a possible Brussels World Fair visit as families travel to Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Iowa City, while faculty, clergy, and students plan events from memorial services to the senior class play Dulcy.
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