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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
3
A collage of reader questions to Abigail Van Buren includes a worried wife seeking financial and tax disclosure, a 15 year old girl asking how to gain a boy’s attention, a wife distressed by her husband’s late wife's portrait, and a golf note. The column invites letters for personal replies and offers Abby products.
Wellman residents reported a weekend of family visits and trips across nearby towns. Marvin Coles from Cedar Falls and Mrs. Ida Bull with Miss Maxine Bull of Davenport spent Memorial Day visiting relatives, then toured Albia and West Branch, with others noting gatherings at the Amanas Colony Inn and Hoover Memorial site. Local funeral attendance included Mrs Edna Bleumenstein at the Von Haney service in Williamsburg. Election day brought a quiet turnout of 140 ballots, 116 Republican and 24 Democrat.
Vacation Church School at Abury Methodist Church runs the first two weeks of June Monday through Friday from 9 to 11: a.m. For kindergarten through 6th grade and upcoming fall entrants. Other area programs include Lutheran Vacation Bible School June 1 5 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Baptist Vacation Church School June 1 5 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wellman Mennonite Bible School June 1 5 9 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. Arlis Swartzendruber directs. Several local residents are noted with weekend visits and guests.
The column records Wayne Riches and family visiting Hampton for Olds graduation where niece Dorothy Nebel also graduated. It notes a wedding of Tom Shumaker and Sheryl Allen at Olds, a death notification of Wayne Caldwell in Rome, and visits by the Crosby and Brieser families. It mentions graduations, a new baby, Bible school, and local farm notes.
The U P Home Lounge hosted a Variety Night exhibition with fifty articles reflecting diverse ages values and ownerships. After viewing, contributors explained why their piece deserved inclusion while residents’ comings and goings continued with several guests traveling from Iowa Alberta and Idaho for weekend visits and departures to the East and DeWitt.
A partial OCR shows numerous car makes and multiple individuals or couples, including Chevrolet brands, Dodge, Plymouth, Volkswagen, Oldsmobile, and a Mace Motor Co. fragment. Specific names appear with initials such as John C or Helen Owen and Ada R Whit Vie ing, plus references to International, Buick, and Nu-Wa Camper, though many words are garbled.
Contract transfers show Robert W. Redlinger and his wife conveying land to James L. Davison and wife in fee simple. Another transfer lists Aaron and Spicer and wife selling lot 17 in block 5 of Snider and Allen addition Kalona to Filen Bender.
George C Stewart returns to Washington with news of grandchildren Jeff Webb’s ninth grade graduation on June 2 Polly Webb’s high school graduation on June 3 with plans to enter Murray State College. Stewart Webb joined Alpha Kappa Lambda at Kan William J Roudabush to retire end of June moving to Cass Lake Minnesota. Judy Crone attends funeral and family reunion in Kalona. Boys clubs display live stock projects and tours planned including Jackson Jills tour at 4 15 and Dutch Creek Flyers tour at 8 30. Mrs Payne Marshall attends Des Moines welfare directors meeting chairing constitution and by laws. Mrs Mildred Horn and Mrs Irene Heck visit grandparents. Myrtle Chance’s birthday June 10. Evert L Han ey and Bruce Cowden attend Stout Johnson wedding in Washington.
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