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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1966
Page
4
The Journal notes editor Allen Green recently turned 86 and spent much of the day crafting this guest column. It highlights his long life in the community, his initiation into the Washington Masonic Lodge on March 21, 1901, and his enduring, youthful writing style appreciated by readers.
In a guest column marked by wry humor and aging perspective, the author laments political shifts and social changes. They critique welfare, television pundits, and the Great Society while musing on gender roles, fashion, and youth. The piece closes with hopeful return in 1967.
A London byline recounts Africa’s postwar independence surge. It lists 37 sovereign states with dates from Algeria in July 1962 to Rhodesia events, noting Ethiopia as the oldest and The Gambia as the youngest, with Malawi and Tanzania among recent entrants.
Hospital today lists Mrs. Ralph Chorpening and Mrs. Johanna MacLachlan in Washington as medical patients and notes births for Raymond J. Miller Jr in Washington and Omer Fountain in Iowa City. Dismissals include Bauer twin daughters and several Washington residents. Other entries record admissions and births across Kalona Wayland Harper Wellman and Brighton with multiple families and dates.
Deaths reported Monday include Leonard Bailey 76 of Davenport and Lester H. Raymond 58 of New Orleans after illness. Services planned for Mrs. Lester Weineke in East Pleasant Plain. John A. Hoch-Stedler 84 of Kalona. Casper Rowe 58 of Grandview. Mattie Williams 76 of Columbus City. Remembrances note Jason Kleese, Ralph Kleese’s brother and Mrs. May Fleming’s nephew from Wellman. Burial and service details noted across towns.
The Kalona Odd Fellow hall hosts the fifty fifth annual Rebekah Convention for District 92 with officers Mrs. Joe Fisher presiding and Mrs. Alma Michel as vice president. Attendees include state officers led by Assembly President LaVada Peterson and guests from multiple Iowa towns. Plans call for the 1967 convention in Washington.
A brief item from the March 26 1966 edition notes local events in Washington Iowa with concise coverage of community happenings and notable names referenced in the Saturday issue.
Poem of the week reflects a speaker longing for wealth and fame then realizing life’s treasure lies in sharing with all mankind. The verse contrasts worldly aims with a found sense of peace when life is given for human betterment. From Writers Notes and Quotes.
In Kalona on March 22 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chody and family honored their daughter Rosemary Chody for her fourth birthday with a Sunday birthday dinner. Cousin Patsy Bermel also marked her seventh birthday March 17. Attendees included relatives from Muscatine Wilton Junction Coralville and Kalona with extended family from nearby towns. Additional social visits featured the Levis Miller family and other guests during weekend gatherings.
In the 1962 board‑a‑match final in Phoenix two NS pairs both reached 3NT after Stayman. One table earned plus 600 when South played solidly, while the other also netted plus 600 despite defensive misplays. The double 600 scores puzzled scorers until later correction clarified both were correct.
The Washington Evening Journal masthead lists David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer in Local Advertising, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4, with second class matter under a 1879 act. Rates shown include carrier and mail options within and outside Iowa.
Donna Peters visits from Monmouth College for Easter. Keota hosts piano contest prep for Iowa High School Music festival in West Liberty. Dick Boettcher named Washington delegate for UN Pilgrimage by IOOF and Rebekah lodges. Rodney Campbell joins Alpha Tau Omega at ISU. Marilou Robertson returns to Minneapolis for Hamline nursing studies. Ale Donald Gardner completes four years in the air force and re enlists. to Maxwell AFB. George Olmsted of Des Moines speaks to Y's Men's Club. candidate for Iowa governor. Mrs. W D Booth to New York. husband resumes American Airways job. Housing: Hesseltine and Putman build two veteran houses on East Harrison Street for sale. public sale if not sold in 30 days. Harve P Wilson runs for board of supervisors. Daryl Fetters elected Wash band president. plans summer work. Wash HS earns Class A state play production superior, Finders Keepers. Fourteen Y's Men visit Muscatine Club. charter presented. Jeannette Karel places second in district declamatory. Lawrence McKune fourth in oratorical. Martha Godfrey visits from Galva for spring break. YMCA carnival raises $563.81. $248.22 Thursday, $315.59 Friday. Barbara Bauer wins Brighton spelling contest. to Des Moines Registry state contest. County schools represented: Crawfordsville, Brighton, Wellman, West Chester. Barbara is daughter of Fred Bauer.
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