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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1963
Page
4
An editorial fragment urges Stir up the gift of Goa in H. Timothy. It asserts everyone has gifts from God and should use them for His glory, reminding readers that talents are meant to honor the divine.
A country drive ends in sorrow after a car runs over Skunky, the dog belonging to eight year old Marion Hayes. Marion witnessed the accident as he stood by the mailbox with his dog. The narrator offers sympathy and a gift to the lad, hoping for a brighter future with a new pup.
A group recalls old farming days and horse work, with a grimgnostic tale of digging and an axe used to cut horses’ legs after fatigue. Bertha Miller’s birthday on Mother's Day is noted with sympathy. A Wisconsin Journal item jokes about subscriptions, TV time zones, and a mushroom outing in Morton Grove Illinois.
A missionary elected president of the Coffee Club recounts a wild Africa encounter. Faced with a crouching lion and no weapons, he prays and looks up to find the beast kneeling nearby, the lion then remarking on the prayer.
A Washington businessman recalls a younger day when he and a friend hunted. They spotted an old white horse and the story describes a fatal shot to the eye, the hurried burial, and the difficult digging effort. The tale centers on a reckless act and its grim aftermath.
A Cook's Tour reports square pasta developed by Prince Macaron Mfg Co of Lowell Massachusetts. Tests at Lowell Technological Institute show square spaghetti cooks firmer, with 16 percent more surface for sauce, prompting ideas to cook with vegetables Sicilian frames using guitar or mandolin strings inspire shapes. Recipes describe preparing cauliflower with olive oil and herbs to serve with spaghetti for four to six.
Viktor Frankl, Vienna psychiatrist and founder of logo therapy, argues life’s core drive is the will to meaning. He recounts Auschwitz survival and insists love and suffering gain purpose through responsible, concrete meaning rather than Freudian pleasure pursuit.
In a contract bridge session Br Jay Becker examines a hand where East opens four diamonds and North doubles. South cue bids in diamonds and six spades is reached after careful play. South finesses to secure the slam while West leads diamonds and South avoids trump loss.
Charlie Ragan recalls growing up in Washington around 1900 and meeting Sousa, Brinton and Buffalo Bill. He recounts old parades, theaters, early electric cars, post office life, and a World’s Fair escort to Roosevelt in 1903 with Company D. He notes family ties and local figures like Wes Ragan, Cap Harvey, and Bert, a sharp newspaper man.
In Lansing Michigan Lions Club units run eye bank programs supporting about 80 area hospitals. Donated eyes are preserved in ice and transported by Lions volunteers to transplant centers within five hours of death. Donors aged 10 to 80 provide corneas for patients aged 3 to 70, with about 80 percent transplant success.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Sprague hosted a May 6 birthday dinner in Keota for Mrs Stella Bell of Williamsburg. Family members included Marion Bell Humboldt Theo Ressler Williamsburg Leslie Bell Wellman and others. A pink lavender cake, baked by Mildred Olinger, graced the centerpiece as visiting relatives arrived and departed for Hibbing Minnesota.
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