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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
4
A devotional note cites 1 Samuel 16 7 and contrasts human judgment with divine insight. The piece emphasizes that outward looks deceive, while the Lord regards the heart, urging inner virtue over appearance. No further details are provided.
Ellen R. Fenn offers playful, if dated, mushroom foraging tips aimed at 1967 readers. She humorously urges going hatless, avoiding paper sacks, and ignoring others to maximize finds while cautioning about safe targeting of edible species and local backyards.
A 1918 magazine ad recalls the Apperson Eight and the iconic Jackrabbit radiator badge. The history traces Kokomo, Indiana origins from 1894, key Firsts like the float feed carburetor, early 4 speed transmissions, and 1923 leverless gear shift. Despite engineering, lines, and price, Ford domination led to demise by 1926.
John J. Williams, a Delaware feed merchant turned longtime U S Senator, earned the nickname the conscience of the Senate for his one-man FBI style investigations. He exposed pension fraud and the Commodity Credit Corporation scandal, kept a quiet, facts-first approach, and despite a tough 1964 bid by President Johnson, won a fourth term.
Riverside May 12 Mr and Mrs Wilfred Thomann moved to a new home on West 4th St. They have farmed southwest of town during their married life. Numerous local families visited and hosted Sunday dinners and gatherings at various homes, including the Duwa and Moss families, with Mercy Hospital visits noted for ailing relatives. The column details Mother’s Day gatherings and multiple rural visits extending to Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport.
The Social Hour Club visited Burlington on May 5, dining at the Holiday Inn and touring Crapo Park before a stop at the Don Umphrey home. Eleven members elected new officers and the group returned home for a business meeting. Many social and family notices follow, including church conference travel and a new baby born to Karen Lee Swanson.
Mrs Verne Dill spent Mothers Day visiting her daughter Mrs Helen Gersh in Oxford and visiting Ruth Miller near Ainsworth with a vacation from the Iowa Southern Utilities office where Emmaline Trier served as substitute. She will attend a Washington meeting Tuesday evening. The piece notes family gatherings in Sigourney Keota and surrounding communities with extended relatives from St Louis Davenport Cedar Rapids What Cheer Kirksville and Mediapolis.
Washington community life highlights include visits by local families to California and Ot tumwa, YMCA leadership changes with Jim Anderson arriving as general secretary, and Navy electrician mate third class Robert Godwin preparing for projector school. Plans for a soap box derby, new well drilling, and YMCA addresses are noted alongside high school graduations and prize winners. The Washington High School track team heads to Cedar Falls, and rural and Muscatine County graduation events are announced with speakers and processions.
Poem titled Flowers of Peace laments war scarred hills now green again. Anona McConaghy credits resilience and hope as soldiers, civilians, and distant readers nurture peace. It envisions shared humanity crossing skin color and origin, blossoming on common ground.
A serialized discussion contrasts rubber and duplicate bridge, focusing on overtrick value. It cites a four spade contract and a lead choice, then explains how duplicate players prize precision and concealment of distribution to maximize tricks.
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