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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1965
Page
7
Hollywood star Clint Walker recalls filming Maya in Mysore where he towered over elephants and tigers. He describes diet challenges and saddle-sore days, but praises Indian hospitality and people.
Harmony Club met in Brighton on May 10 with 14 members and one guest at Mrs. Howard Shaffer’s home. Mrs. Clarence Brown presided, a Mother's Day poem was read, and two births were noted for Mrs. Beatrice Tracy and Mrs. Howard Shaffer. Birthdays cakes, gifts, and a luncheon closed the afternoon. Additionally, local families welcomed a newborn boy to the Dunbar family at Jefferson County Hospital.
Mrs Flora See of Keota receives a telephone call Sunday evening from her son Harold See in Montgomery Alabama. She shares a Mothers Day dinner with her son James See Joyce and Jim, with Grace Parke as another guest. Several local relatives and friends visited or traveled on Mothers Day and weekend visits are noted among the See and Scheibel families.
Wayland May 11 report details Social Hour Club members with a May 6 trip to Keosauqua and dinner at Hotel Manning. The piece also notes numerous Mother's Day visits, hospital stays, relocations, and family gatherings across Iowa and Indiana, including Methuen and Kalona connections, plus upcoming June meeting plans for Wayland and Trenton women.
Mrs Clara Kent joined dinner guests in Keota for Mothers Day. A baby boy, Donald Ellis Hale, weighed eight pounds at Washington hospital. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Ellis Hale of Denmark and Mr and Mrs Don McCrabb hosted relatives. Golf opened Lagos Acres with locals and visitors playing. Families Mr and Mrs Keith Kent and others hosted Mothers Day visits across Kinross Wellman Maquoketa and Ottumwa areas.
Iowa Wesleyan College junior Robert K. Wilcox will perform in a student organ recital at First Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant on Monday May 17 at 8 p.m. Prof. Carl Moehlman will present several of his students. Wilcox is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wilcox of Washington.
The Time for Coffee Club gathered at Mrs Joyce Martin's home on May 5 with 10 members attending. A luncheon was served by officers including Mrs Joyce Martin Mrs Marleen Crock and Mrs Betty Kinzler. A surprise personal shower honored Mrs Joyce Martin with gifts. Dena met with Mrs Robert Stout after school and the group worked on maps for emergency stations and recreational areas for a booklet My Home Town.
A sequence of May auctions listed for multiple Iowa locations. Sales include consignment at Brighton gym led by Edwards Auction Service starting at noon May 15, closing out in Wayland at 1 p.m. at Dutch's Antique Shop, and tools at Washington County Fairgrounds starting 1 p.m. Also May 17 closes out household goods in 421 West Main, and May 19 household goods at 1126 East Washington. May 24 farmland and farm equipment near South English with real estate at 2 p.m., Hal and Beatrice Huber. Regular weekly livestock sales occur at Kalona, Wayland, Ollie, Washington, Wapello, Columbus Junction, and Smylie's markets.
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