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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1962

Page

4

Faulkner Family Guests Visit Kalona Area

Mr and Mrs Alfred Faulkner of Muscatine and sister Miss Clara Faulkner called at the Wayne Down home near Kalona earlier this week. Mrs Clarence Shaffer and family planned a three week trip to Seattle and the World’s Fair. Leonard Bain and wife returned to Clarinda after visiting Emma Nordyke and Wilma, and other relatives.

Alfred Faulkner Muscatine Clara Faulkner Wayne Down Kalona Clarence Shaffer Ruth Shaffer Carla Caldwell Leonard Bain Clarinda Emma Nordyke Wilma

St. Mary’s School Plans End of Year Activities

Riverside report details St. Mary’s School closing June 1 after a busy May. Altar boys and choir girls hold a May 14 picnic in Iowa City with lower grades on site. Seventh graders entertain eighth graders May 17. Eighth grade graduates May Crowning in the chapel, exams the week of May 21, trip May 24, and closing day June 1. Public school children attend vacation religious instruction 7 to 8 p.m. May 28 to June 1.

Riverside St. Mary’s School Iowa City St. Mary's School

Parkview Favors Noted Through Finley Class Event

Wayland May 9 report lists multiple families visiting gardens and hosting relatives across towns including Lake Darling Cedar Rapids Washington and Des Moines. A Mother-Daughter Tea at Sugar Creek Fellowship Hall drew forty eight attendees with mothers or guests present.

W. J Simon Leichty Orval Miller Meredith Maas Near Riverside Ted Tschantz Ronnie Bair Des Moines Bair Tschantz M. J. Haberman Mary Haberman George Ed Haberman Tama Mabel Rinner Mervin Gross Washington Cedar Rapids Dean Rinners Fannie Zehr Sam Elder Duwaine Hirschy's Rock Island Eli Saltzman

Community Program and Storm Damage Report

Roth chaired the program with a Welcome by Joan Gerig and a reply by Mrs Milburn Gerig. Dorothy Roth read a poem and music was performed by Mrs Levi Roth and Donna, and by Mrs Ivan Yoder and Sandra. Talks on mother daughter teas in other lands and a group song followed. A punch tea service was handled by Linda Boshart, Shirley Wyse, Elaine Gerig and Elaine Leichty. Separate notes describe a storm with trees down on Drexel and property damage at O'Hare and in Skokie, plus seiche warnings for Lake Michigan and historic floods in 1954.

Drexel Blvd 47Th O'Hare Field Northwest Airlines Skokie Chicago Grand Rapids Mich Weather Bureau Lake Michigan Grand Haven Michigan City Ind Chicago Lakeshore Montrose Harbor North Ave Chicago Weather Bureau

Storm Rips Roof In Chicago Slum Building

High winds collapsed the roof of a Chicago apartment building as a line of thunderstorms swept the city. Neighbors freed sisters Caroline Ingram and Patricia, both sleeping on the third floor, and they were hospitalized with no serious injuries.

Chicago UPI Caroline Ingram Patricia Ingram DuPage Kane Counties Chicago Fire Department

May sale dates for household goods and livestock auctions

The column lists multiple sale events: May 19 closing out sale of household goods at 513 South Ave B starting 1 p m by T. E. Hafferty. May 26 morning sale of household goods on Hwy 1 opposite Rose Motel starting 10 a m by Doug Allen. weekly livestock sales at various Iowa markets: Washington Livestock Sales Co Friday, Smylie’s Livestock Market Columbus Junction weekly, Wayland Mondays at noon, Kalona Sales Barn weekly hogs Wednesdays, Ollie Livestock Exchange Tuesdays, and Wapello Livestock Auction on US 61 Tuesdays.

South Ave. B Kalona

Pacha Completes Training At Fort Sill Artillery Center

Army Pvt. Gerald A. Pacha son of Mr and Mrs Albert P Pacha Route 1 Brighton Iowa completed eight weeks of advanced individual training at The Field Artillery Training Center Fort Sill Oklahoma April 27 He trained in loading firing maintenance of artillery guns howitzers and heavy machine guns and in artillery communications and ammunition handling He entered the Army last December and is a 1956 Pleasant Plain Consolidated High School graduate.

Fort Sill Okla Gerald A. Pacha Albert P. Pacha Route 1 Brighton Iowa Field Artillery Training Center Pacha Army Fort Carson, Colo Pleasant Plain Consolidated High School

Clerical Field Offers Best Job Prospects

Walter E. Parker of the Illinois State Employment Service advises that many job openings lie in clerical work. Government, insurance, retail firms and financial institutions provide opportunities, with typing skill still a near universal requirement.

New York UPI Walter E. Parker Illinois State Employment Service Parker

Summer Movie Series Ticket Request Note

A student requests a ticket for the 1962 Summer Movie Series for School. Pick up between June 9 and 16 at the State Theater. Coupon to be mailed to the YWCA in Washington with parent signature and contact details. Reservations will be made for the youngster's tickets.

State Theater YWCA Washington

TV Listings for Wwoc and Related Stations

A dense schedule listing daily broadcast lineups for Wwoc and sister stations. Includes program names such as Gunsmoke Perry Mason The Defenders The Tonight Show and various daytime and evening segments across multiple channels with time blocks and recurring news segments.

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