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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1962
Page
6
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and help after sorrow. Local notices mention visits, family picnics, church weddings, open house anniversaries, supper guests, and a Buick owner. Various names and towns appear including Ernest Green, Wm Havel, Lawrence Lide, Jones family, Coon family, Ralph Unterrainer, Martha Speake, Sugar Creek Church, Evergreen Farms.
Livestock figures show hogs at about 6 000 with gains of 25 to 50 cents, cattle running 14 500 with slaughter steers and prime lots up 25 to 50 cents, and sheep around 500 with all classes steady. Prices vary by weight and grade across hogs cattle and lambs with several lots reaching high 20s per hundredweight.
The Keota W S C S held its June meeting at 8 p m with 42 members and six guests. Elizabeth Leitsinger opened with A Fathers Ten Commandments. Lori Rose Levyen born June 10 at Keokuk County Hospital weighing 8 8, welcomed by siblings and grandparents. Local residents attend music recital in Kinross and visiting relatives noted.
The final session of the Bible School at Salem Church in Round Grove ran June 4 to June 8 with daily afternoon classes for families. Mrs. Wm Murphy led as superintendent assisted by mothers and older girls. 32 children enrolled. Mrs Raymond Coon visited Mt Pleasant with daughter Joanne during a breakfast by Independent Women at Iowa Wesleyan College.
A listing of multiple sale dates and locations across Iowa. Includes Meek's Grocery in Haskins on June 25 at 10:30 a.m. and Sarah Pearson Estate sale at Washington County Fairgrounds on July 7 at 1:30 p.m. Regular livestock auctions occur weekly at Smylie's, Kalona, Ollie, and Wapello venues with hogs, veal, sheep and cattle specified.
UPI reports a price table listing live poultry roasters and White Rock fryers with various weight based prices. It also notes cheese, butter and egg price levels including cheese grades and egg sizes with steady butter and fluctuating scores.
A dense OCR listing of TV programs across networks with show names like Pete and Gladys, The Price is Right, The Rifleman, Surfside Six, The Untouchables, and news/weather slots. Includes multiple channels, time slots, and notes on sports, dramas, and variety programs for a single broadcasting day.
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