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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1965
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal offers a biblical reflection urging personal conscience before Christ with the phrase Our living writes the record in the book of life and a scriptural citation from Corinthians.
A Cedar Rapids engineer George Milligan visits town on company business and joins mushroom hunting. A Toronto Globe and Mail joke triggers claims of a Water Pressure Rating showing Judy Garland more popular than Ed Sullivan. In Iowa City a gas station incident and a 30 foot tank drop tie to TV viewing. Water works staff joke about rating shows and timing valve closures during hockey broadcasts.
Paul Sanford son of Rev Enoch and Mrs Sanford Guaranda Ecuador graduated May 13 from Alliance Academy in Quito He served as senior class president choir co captain of baseball and football He returns May 18 plans Columbus Junction Community High School commencement May 28 Will work in Harlan Iowa over the summer and enter Seattle Pacific College in fall The Santords formerly resided in Columbus Junction and he has visited relatives there.
Bruce Garrett will graduate from Johnson High School in Japan on June 4. He is the son of M Sgt. Ted A. Garrett and Mrs. Garrett of Yokota, Japan, and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Reed. After arriving in the United States in July he will attend the State University of Iowa in the fall.
The Iowa Senate approved a measure 46 to 1 to push the property tax protest deadline from today to June 20 for 87 counties declared disaster areas by the federal government. A House Ways and Means Committee vote was unanimous, but the bill’s fate before the extended date remains uncertain.
A lyrical portrait extols Madam May May as a benevolent flirt who dresses in Sunday best and decorates mannequins with emerald tafteta and jeweled dew drops. She guides May to fashion a path for June brides, spreading fragrance and charm across a dreamy landscape of Lovers Lane and picnic hamlets.
Tuesday program at the United Presbyterian Home featured song, pictures and stories. Miss Sarah Kephart sang three numbers while Miss Helen Lackey presented color scenes from Arizona New Mexico and California and spoke of winter trips from Phoenix. Miss Evelyn Cathcart recently arrived from Pakistan sought retirement housing. Cathcart attended MacLachlan Cottage. Fred Gessler learned of his brother Herman Gessler’s death in Chicago. Grace Kerr plans and Washington County Hospital appointments were noted. Grace Rogers remains in the Home sick bay after a recent stay. Pakistani missionaries visiting included Mrs Opal Clark and her daughter Mrs Dick Edmonds with Mrs Kathryn Gough and the Montgomery sisters.
Scenes from a kitchen window recounts a bemused observer overhearing locals discuss an unusually heavy mushroom find and a light local phase among youngsters. The piece blends rural musings with small daily happenings, including a fair number of homey tips and benign observations.
The writer recalls a block by block tour starting at the southwest corner of the square, detailing the Keeley building with T. T. Keeley and W. M. Keeley, Dr. Bell, Mrs. Tom Keeley, the Second United Presbyterian church, and memories of the merger era. He notes J. W. Lemley grocery, a drugs store, Star theater, Haight’s Singer, the First United Presbyterian church, Cook and Sherman drug store, Gus Ross’s shop, and Washington Car go plant, plus local buggy makers Bell’s Brown’s and Ditmer’s.
Dealer bids shown for five hands in a contract bridge scenario with responses and rationale. Each line summarizes recommended actions, with emphasis on point counts, trump suits, and payoff from varying contract levels.
The American Bible Society which is now in its 150th year has since 1816 aided distribution of scriptures in 1 232 languages and dialects across many regions and communities.
Fragmented newspaper masthead text lists staff roles and affiliations for Washington Iowa area paper including editor, advertising director, production staff and press associations. No clear event or report details.
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