Potters clay theme leads to reunion in Washington editorial
In Washington Iowa a thoughtful biblically themed reflection cites Jeremiah 18 4 about the potter reshaping clay. An anecdote follows of Ed recalling his Iowa roots and a California Bank executive secretary candidate from Washington High School class of 1936 who shares Iowa lineage as she connects with his family. Ed learns the two may meet his father and aunt Marjory Means.
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California Bank
University of Iowa
Iowa
Kay Hardy
Washington High School
Washington
George
Marjory
Olaf the St Bernard Turns Up in Berdo Pickup
A familiar Washington scene shows Olaf the St Bernard, chained at home, escaping and wandering at night. He ends up in the Lake Trio area, then returns to the Berdo yard after hitching a ride in Charlie Berdo’s matching blue and white pickup, reuniting with his master at dawn. The nearby Burt family note the growing local St Bernard presence.
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Washington
Charlie Berdo
Olaf
Lake Trio
Bob Burt
St. Bernard
Burt Appliance
Skip
Charlie
Bob
Berdo
A Day At A Time And Odd Column Echoes
The column mixes aphorisms and humor with brief anecdotes and reader letters. It includes quips from Elmer Keutz, Josh Billings, and Thomas Fuller, a church joke, Abby letters on marriage and privacy, and a Montana wife note, all in a daily humor style. Named figures like Robert Louis Stevenson and references to P. T. Barnum appear among lines about daily life and relationships.
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Abby
Montana
L M Boyd’s Q and A Capsule of Odd Facts
The column offers trivia on language origins, such as motel coinage by James B Vail and Route 101 signage in San Luis Obispo, plus notes on Hawaii’s volcanic duo Mauna Loa and Kilauea. It cites life expectancy shifts, insomnia in wives, home recovery versus hospital, Pill effects on hair, and a 1950s salary record for Joe DiMaggio. It also mentions an Arabian alchemist Jabir Ebn Hayan and Ray Rock joining Proper Job Club. Address: L M Boyd Weatherford Texas.
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James B. Vail
San Luis Obispo
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
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Ray Rock
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