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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1963
Page
9
Iowa 4H clubs approve a two piece green and white dress with convertible collar and pleated skirt. Boys wear white shirts with 4 H insignia, dark green tie and trousers. Read made uniforms not available, patterns from county extension offices.
Mrs. Robert H. Barber died at her Wellman home this morning after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Asbury Methodist Church in Wellman. She moved from Boone in 1951 with her husband, who led Citizens National Bank in Boone and later ran Wellman Savings Bank with their son, Stanley. Survived by son Stanley, four grandchildren, one brother Paul H. Kan, and several nieces and nephews. predeceased by husband, a son, two brothers, and a sister.
Putnam Ryan leads the Y's Men's Bridge Marathon with 18 950 points after nine rounds. In second, Bert Britain pair with 18 170. Loren Robertson and Bruce Campbell are third and fourth with 17 210 and 17 040 respectively.
Washington residents faced a rain followed by a forecast of snow and colder conditions. An official report recorded 0.69 inches of rain by 7 this morning as rain persisted. Forecasters warned the change to snow could arrive later today with chilly weather by tomorrow.
Gilbert Bates, 68, died at his Columbus Junction home Saturday. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the Barlin McKasson Funeral Home in Winfield with burial in Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Born May 13, 1896, near Mt. Pleasant, he is survived by his widow, a son Gilbert of California, a daughter Mrs. Rose Brown of Columbus Junction, and three grandchildren.
A bill by Rep. Paul Knowles would reorganize the state comptroller’s office into five divisions budget administrative management purchasing public ties and architectural coding. It would authorize interdepartmental employee transfers and a central purchasing division to boost efficiency and potential savings. The measure argues broader authority mirrors other states and aims to reduce costs.
Communist guerrillas halted seven members of two missionary families north of Saigon and killed Elwood Jacobsen and Gaspard Mekil, wounded two children, and robbed the group before fleeing in their land rover. Wives escaped with five children, including four Makil children and two infants. The families belong to the Summer Linguistic Institute translating the Bible into Vietnamese. Makils in Viet Nam about a year, Jacobsens six months.
The high court without unsigned opinion upholds lower court ruling allowing railroads to eliminate unnecessary work by crews. About 13,000 firemen and 25,000 other jobs to be removed over five years with wage and rule changes. unions threaten strike, advisories pending emergency fact finding.
The Christian Tabernacle sent Pastor W J Stevens on a preaching mission to Hawaii. He will minister at Honolulu and Maui mission churches, aided by local associates once led by W R Arnolds. Stevens plans a visit of four to six weeks to support island congregations.
Peru declared a successful, peaceful turnover as Gen Nicolas Lindley Lopez took over the junta role after Ricardo Perez Godoy resigned under pressure. Soldiers watched from key points and riot-ready units were stationed around the presidential palace.
A five day home nursing instructor course starts Wednesday in the local area. Mrs. Chester Eatinger of Washington, home nursing chairman for the Red Cross chapter, says the training runs through next Tuesday with Miss Beatrice Streit, state Red Cross nursing consultant, in charge. Participants include residents from Clinton and Louisa counties and the surrounding locality, who will become qualified to teach home nursing in their communities.
A midwestern quake centered near the New Madrid area rattled Missouri Illinois Kentucky Arkansas and Tennessee with magnitudes near 5.0 The tremor lasting seconds in its source and minutes outward caused broken windows and alarm but no major damage Observers in St Louis Dexter Sikeston Paducah and Memphis reported effects while seismologists called it a large quake for the region and linked it to a readjustment along a fault trend.
The Red Cross will run a water safety instructor course at the Iowa Wesleyan College pool in Mt. Pleasant from April 15 to 19, evenings 7 to 9. Open to Washington County chapter members and qualified applicants. contact Mrs. Richard Ciebel or the local chapter for enrollment. Participants must be 18 or older, hold current lifeguard certificates, and have completed part of the instructors course. Part 1 will be held in Washington before Mt. Pleasant sessions.
Starold Durst, director of the Alumni Association of Iowa Wesleyan College, led a Saturday meeting where alumni leaders unanimously adopted a resolution urging the board of trustees to reject any plan to discontinue intercollegiate athletics for men. The action followed trustees’ February 16 notice of a special March 30 meeting to consider abandoning men’s intercollegiate athletics at Iowa Wesleyan in Mt Pleasant.
Sam West of Washington Future Farmers of America won first place in the junior pen at the Spring Market Hog Show in Cedar Rapids. He earned fifth and eighth places in individual awards. A local FFA team also took part with members Sam West, David Birney, Dennis Crone, Tom Duensing, and Jim Witthott contributing to the judging event.
Washington Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau members will convene Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the YMCA. All retail merchant members are urged to attend this session of the bureau.
A shuttle bus carrying hospital employees plunged from a Welfare Island pier into the East River. Police say three bodies have been recovered and two people rescued, with conflicting counts of passengers. Rescue teams and Coast Guard vessels searched the frigid water as the current carried the bus downstream.
Temperature outlook shows light snow in the northwest and extreme west with rain and snow shifting east and south central through tonight. Colder in the southwest and extreme west, Tuesday remains partly cloudy with low 15 to 20 north and 30s south, high near 30, outlook for Wednesday for little change. Five day temps average 3 to 5 degrees below normal. normal highs upper 30s north and lower 49s south, lows 15 to 25. Precipitation expected to fall tonight and again Friday.
Seaman William Alfred Snell and Seaman Milford R. Newsom, aboard the USS Renville, jumped ship in Japan and fled to the United States with up to 90 million in blank Treasury checks. Held in Dallas, they allegedly planned further looting and cashing schemes, while police recovered thousands of checks and cash.
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