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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
3
Abigail Van Buren offers widowhood coping advice and letters from readers. A widow describes isolation after five months, urging church and social activities. A teen seeks romance with an older brother. Abby advises sticking with the minor and warns against age gaps. Other readers ask for privacy and share parenting bottle debates and general guidance.
A local shopper notes a 65 year old store Lytle's now delivers orders to customers homes, sparing treks downtown in hot weather. The service highlights convenience and enduring local presence.
The HJ Club schedules a picnic and reunion at 6 30 p m in Sunset Park on Wednesday July 21 inviting all current and former members and their families. Committee leaders are Mrs Dwane Shalla and Mrs Robert Maia.
A Wellman resident, Diane Meyer, suffered eight fractures when a piano fell on her foot at home on Wednesday. She is hospitalized at Washington County Hospital. The article also notes local social and church events and other residents' activities in Wellman and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs D J Knupp of Columbus Ohio will arrive Thursday or Friday to visit his brothers Clayde and Glenn Knupp and other Knupp relatives Mrs Knupp will visit her sisters Edna and Ruth Bridg es and Mrs E L Rouse Mrs B C Briley left Wednesday evening for Chok ie Minn to visit her sister Mrs John Weeding
On the record list names several new vehicles and owners including Plymouth Dodge Ford GMC Chevrolet Oldsmobile and multiple Bridgestone motorcycles. The entries cite buyers such as David E Slabaugh Bert E Tracy Ora J Gingerich Oren E Yoder Leslie O Bell Carlos H Walling Donald J Rich Dorothy R Elmore Donald E Wenger Dale M Thompson Ronald E Stout Don Alma Batterson Dale Eatinger John E Hauenstein Grant W Walker and others.
A new final disposition date of July 1 1965 is issued for oats used as approved rovers on normal conserving acres for farms in the 1965 Feed Grain Program. Day notes some producers used oat seeding as a nurse crop and clarifies land use for diverted acres. Diverted areas cannot be harvested. designated diverted areas can be grazed after September 30 1965.
Capt and Mrs Bennett spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ross Ray after three years in Japan they reside at Turner Air Force Base Albany Georgia. The White family from Chicago rented the Jungbluth farm house near Brighton and will move soon. Several local families hosted visits with relatives and friends including the Edmonsons marking their Golden Wedding on June 21 with open house from 2 to 5 p.m at the Methodist Church Brighton.
Willard Norrises visit at Ainsworth and nearby communities is recorded with many local names. Guests include Norval Norris and daughters Kathy and Mary, Howard Baker of Oskaloosa, Olive Miksch, and Washington High School 1915 alumni. A picnic at Eldon Conry home and a Mother Daughter coffee are noted among social events.
About 70 attended a morning event with juice coffee and rolls on a table decorated with roses and baby breath. A skit titled Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice was presented. Hostesses included several local ladies. The OES and Masons shared a potluck supper at the Masonic Hall followed by slides of travels to Japan the Philippines and Hawaii. Visits included Maurice Stone and family from Burlington and others at various homes in Cedar Rapids Muscatine Ankeny and Oskaloosa.
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