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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1960

Page

7

California Residents Visitors in Keota

Keota gossip notes list weekend visitors from San Diego Redwood City Ottumwa and Perry. Trips include Jack Micklus Donald Dill Helen Williams Larry Sheetz and more. Local hospital checkups and a wedding near Rock Island are also noted with several extended visits and dinners.

Boyd Sanders Keota Jack Micklus San Diego Cal Walter Bower Micklus United States Donald Dill Redwood City Calif Verne Pill George Adams Des Moines Doyle Street Bud Trier Jack Mickius Helen Williams Zorana Dawn Harris Ottumwa Lyle Arnold

Local families share visits across towns and states

A flood of social calls fills weekends from Ot tumwa to Marietta and Atlantic with gatherings at the Bell Bishop Stoutner and Beck households. Visitors include the Crowell, Herr, Flynn, Malley, Gundy, Dayton, Pederson and Bond families, plus Mrs. Ball and relatives from Philadelphia and Cleveland spending part of the summer with local kin. Lt. Col. McDonald and Joanne Johnson joined the Oak household for recent visits, while church officers in Conesville elected new leaders at the annual meeting.

Susan Crowell Ottumwa Melvin Bell L.D. Bishop George Stoutner Illinois George Marietta Ill L.D Marshall Atlantic John Flynn Leo Malley Bob Malley Maude Sanders John Green Rusty Washington Roy Gundy Women’s Society of Christian Service Methodist Church Conesville Richard Singleton William Peterson David Fay Oliver Stewart Sam Cozad Russell Reed Donald Buckman Lewis Peterson Don Wehmeyer Amarillo Texas

Boat Races at Lake Odessa Set for July 31

The second annual amateur boat races are planned for Lake Odessa in Louisa County on Sunday July 31, sponsored by the Wapello Chamber of Commerce. No professional entries nor racing motors or hydro planes will be allowed. Conesville WSCS Mrs Elza Hamilton was elected.

Columbus Junction William Howard Rickette Wapello Louisa County Des Moines Burlington Lake Odessa

Dairy cow credited for eight hour day discovery

Elkhorn Wisconsin based dairy expert Will A Foster argues the eight hour day originated with cattle not labor leaders. He notes a cow grazes four hours, chews at 13 thousand nibbles per day and then milks, sleeps, and repeats the cycle in an eight hour span.

Elkhorn Wis UPI Samuel Gompers John L. Lewis George Meany Walter Reuther Will A. Foster Foster Bossy

Charles Spencers Guests at Wayland

Wayland notes list Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spencer of Imlay City Michigan as overnight visitors en route to Colorado Springs to visit Mrs Spencer's parents. A gathering at Edwin Roth's included several local families with refreshments. The item also mentions a wedding party for Carol Hochstettler and Royden Boshart in Kokomo Indiana and a church class social event.

Andy Sheetz Pauline Cady Karen Larry Sheetz Stevie James Sheetz Harold Sheetz Henry Sheetz Dale Dunbar Fairfield Walter Romine Mercy Hospital Iowa City Lyle Romine G.C. Timmons Daryl Bell Wellman George Bond Charles Bond Frank Jamison Colorado Springs Jesse Page Jamisons Gene Williams Junior Mery Oskaloo Ezra Wittmer Wayland Charles Spencer Imlay City Mich Vernon Gerig Colorado Spencer Paul Witting Edwin Roth Ray Wyse C. C. Wyse Mary Amy Elaine Carol Hochstettler Royden Boshart Kokomo Ind Arthur Boshart Harlan Hochstettler Wm. Eichelberger Vernon Leichty James Eichelberger Russell Conrad Dick Yoder Edwin Reschly Marcia Anna Freyenberger Gary Reschly Wilbert Graber Washington Sugar Creek Fellowship Hall Lydia Rittler Sam Gaston Birmingham Ala Mabel Witting Methodist Church Don Rich Russel Stern Russell Davison W.E. Schantz Ervin Stauffer Glen McCoy, Jr Fred Martin Warren Bergh Roy Boshart Cal Clark Everett Davison Lynette Aldine Marlin Wyse Will Leichty Gary Lynn Glen Leichty

Frankie Laine stars as cowboy in Rawhide segment

Hollywood UpI reports singer Frankie Laine pursues his lifelong dream to play a Western hero. He recalls owning a horse, preparing for filming, and describes a stunt on the Rawhide set. His wife Nan Gray co stars in the segment as Laine opens at Las Vegas.

Hollywood UPI Frankie Laine Hbelter Chicago Laine Windy City Frankie Las Vegas’ Dunes Nan Gray

Slums Seen As Better For Children Than Suburbs

New York University sociologist Ernest van den Haag argues in American Scholar that slums, with dirty vacant lots, offer more life and communal feeling for children than modern suburbia and institutional playgrounds. He says slum clearance fails to curb crime and harms city vitality.

New York UPI New York University Ernest van den Haag Iie North America van den Haag

Professional directory listings and medical ads

A compact page shows multiple professional listings including attorneys Richard A. Stewart Paul V. Shearer and firm Livingston Day Meeker with abstract dept in office, physicians Dr P L Etter and Dr R Q Eastland, optometrist John W Lemmon D D offering eye care for children, plus contact details and a note that Journal Building closes Thursdays. Possible references to Morrison firms and a Ford Morrison lawyer pair.

Stewart & Shearer Attorneys At Law Richard A. Stewart Paul V. Shearer East Washington Livingston, Day & Meeker Robert Day Everett Meeker West Main St

Good Wil Abroad Is Created By Soap, Stoves and Scrub Boards

American ICA and native extension workers improve rural life in underdeveloped countries by teaching village women simple innovations. Ashes with egg shells make a scouring powder. smokeless stoves, fireless cookers and iceless iceboxes spread with local adaptations.

Washington UPI International Cooperation Administration ICA

Sgt. Ernest McFarland Returns on Leave From Seoul

Sgt. Ernest McFarland arrived June 11 from Seoul, Korea, for leave with his wife and two sons. He served 13 months with the Marine Advisory group training Korean forces and will join the Reserve Infantry Battalion in St. Louis, Missouri, after leave. His wife and children will join him in St. Louis during service there.

Columbus Junction Ernest McFarland Seoul Korea Mediapolis High School Vannice Alice Davis Max Sellers

Temporary Pastor At Junction Church

The Rev. Dale Brehmer of Ainsworth will speak at United Presbyterian Church at 8:30 a.m. CST in July. The Rev. Melvin Meineke has been at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City since May 27 for a heart ailment and is improving. Mrs. Vera Saums received the Louisa County Association for Retarded Children scholarship.

Woodward Saums Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant Salem Louisa County Association Iowa Oliver Stewart Methodist Church Conesville Harry Abbott Harry Chapman Joe Gipple David Fay Don Buckman Lewis Peterson Richard Singleton Sam Cozad Elza Hamilton Columbus Junction Dale Brehmer United Presbyterian Church Ainsworth C.S.T Melvin Meineke Veterans Hospital Iowa City Vera Saums Pleasant

Filters and Their Limits in Color Photography

The article explains that colored glass filters are not cure-alls and reduce light entering the lens. It details two main filter types correction and conversion, noting they alter color response and raise exposure, and advises using film matched to the intended light whenever possible.

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