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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1963
Page
11
In the scene students sit before a Roman chariot as part of the decorations. Schantz leads as president of senior days and served as student chairman for prom arrangements. Mrs Ki chairs the faculty committee with Bob Eliott helping. Rhea is involved in the prom plans.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Hendrickson of Council Bluffs visited Sunday with sister in law Mrs Merle Smith as they travel home from a vacation through Tennessee Kentucky and other southern points. Washington residents Mr and Mrs Clyde Dawson returned by plane from Lemon Grove California to visit relatives and tour San Diego landmarks and Mexico. Mrs Ward sister of Rodney Arnold joins the group in California. Muller enters Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Mrs Lyle Sehulty returns from Marycrest College Davenport with Gladys. Han of Rockford Illinois visits relatives Lyle Schulty and Reid Boyd. Mr and Mrs Howard McCleery celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary.
New cars listed include a Chevrolet truck for Theodore Kaberle at Wellman Lumber Co. and a Ford truck for Richard or Violet Erwin. Other items mention a Hilton mobile home, Joseph J. Wolfer, a Pontiac, and a Chevrolet truck for Paul P. Bands.
The Rebekah Lodge held Friday night meetings welcoming back Mrs. Glen Anderson after illness. They planned a Mother-Daughter dinner at the hall on May 13 at 6 30 pm with entertainment by Mrs. Wayne Brock and Mrs. Keith Williams. They arranged June activities and refreshment duties. Cards and handkerchiefs were sent to ill members and refreshments served by Mrs. Madeline Anderson and committee.
A new neighbor faces gossip after a tea tale spreads about her. A reader asks if thinness before and after childbirth should guide her weight goals. A mother recounts twins and a delivery room mishap urging husbands to stay out of the delivery.
Mr and Mrs Ted Schantz celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary with a free square dance on Thursday May 9 at 8 p m at Wayland School. Bob Gillesby will call. All square dancers invited. They request no gifts.
Dave Lynch former Washington junior high guidance head spoke at the Rotary meeting. He outlined social emotional and physical problems of 11 to 18 year olds and how teachers parents and patience aid in solving them.
Dairymen using individual calf stalls reduce losses by preventing disease spread says Harold H. Van Horn Iowa State University extension dairyman in Iowa Farm Science Magazine May issue. He recommends keeping calves in separate stalls until weaning with solid three walls and wind protection.
In Columbus Junction on May 3, Chapter CX PEO will observe its 60th anniversary at a May 6 meeting hosted by Mrs. James Helmick. The chapter originated in May 1903 with Mrs. Sidney Neuman to lead the program Anniversary Memories. The Columbus Community High School alumni banquet is set for June 15 at the high school. Margaret Diller chairs, with Clem Cecil, Robert Meeker, Doroth Morrison and others serving as committee leads.
Fifty eight women attended Richland Women's Guest Day at the Methodist Church with Mrs Ralph Steel as hostess and Mrs Fen Young as program chair. The May Day theme featured pastel aper dolls around a May Pole and performances by an all girls chorus, a flute quartet, trumpet and clarinet trios, and a saxophone solo by Carolyn Pepper.
An incomplete newspaper snippet lists staff names and roles and hints at a United Press dispatch. The readable portions reference the Washington Evening Journal, the Inland Town of Ash eon, and a vast Bureau, but lack a coherent event or outcome.
Chairmen are decoration Mrs Max Dickey and menu Mrs Clai Clingman for nominating officers next year Lloyd Bottortf. A Sadie Hawkins May Day party was held at Pekin high school sponsored by the Torch Club Honor Society with John Adams presiding Initiation of members was held. The first annual F F A banquet of Pekin School will be held there Friday May 3 with Ollce president Arlen Wonderlich as master of ceremonies. Parents and others who helped will be guests. Musical numbers will be presented and awards given. Louis Doty is vocational instructor Tom Hafferty of Ollie returned home from University Hospital. Ollie Baptist Girls’ Guild met with Cynthie Baumgartner. May baskets were delivered to elderly and shut-ins. Pekin Community high school band will participate in music contest in Williamsburg Saturday. Pekin Church W S C S will meet May 8 at Mrs Raymond Sheridan’s home. Vugger Peakie Home Cafe, motel and gas station opening is Saturday from 5 am to 10 pm with refreshments and prizes on Highway 78 west of Ollie. Packwood sixth to eighth grade program postponed to May 6. Triangular Junior high track meet held at Richland. Frank Andrews reports $40 for Red Cross in Jackson Township. Five women from Packwood Christian Church attended A W FE Workshop in Albia. Michigan railroads comments noting 32 railroads operating on 6 95 miles of track.
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