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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal argues against Philadelphia school officials revising Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn to tone down violence and alter language. The piece invokes Samuel Clemens and urges preserving the original novel as a cornerstone of American literature, praising its status among the greatest American works.
In Davis County two papers share a building and press. The Davis County Republican appears Tuesday and the Bloomfield Democrat on Thursday. One editor writes both editorials, yielding a mixed political voice and occasional misprints. The Bloomfield staff are praised for a bright, energetic style, quoted in full today.
A powerful column contrasts white insistence on keeping Black people “in their place” with a Birmingham civil rights scene. A mother guides her child through a protest line, signs in hand, while police, dogs, and water hoses loom ahead. Back home, a quiet room holds a mother praying for a just outcome.
Poppy Day will be held in Keota May 25 with the VFW Auxiliary and Junior Unit girls selling poppies. Attempts will reach homes and nearby towns West Chester Kinross and Harper. Dinner and supper at Lake Darting Sunday noted.
A long UPI piece notes daily 350 inventors seek patents, many fail to profit. It recounts Gutenberg, Cristofori, and Cyrus McCormick while detailing delays, manufacturing hurdles, and shifting markets that thwart most creators. The story cites Power steering case and historic patent numbers.
Brighton reports Pleasant Valley Club hosted its annual tea and guest day at K P Hall with 37 members and guests attending. Mrs. John Kurtz welcomed entrants. program featured a clarinet duet, local dance numbers, and a bird habits talk by Mrs. Florence Sherman of Washington. A luncheon followed hosted by multiple members.
Television star Dinah Shore married Palm Springs contractor Maurice F. Smith in Redlands California on Sunday. The ceremony came two days after she collected final divorce papers from her first marriage and was attended by Shore’s two children. The surprise nuptials shocked friends in Hollywood amid news of her separation from actor George Montgomery in December 1961.
Robert Gary Adams of Keota will receive a Bachelor of Arts in business administration at Coe College in Cedar Rapids during the June 9 commencement in the college auditorium. Adams has worked in a Cedar Rapids public accounting office and as manager of Hillside Mobile Home Court. He and his wife reside in Keota. His mother, Fern Adams, one of fourteen seniors finishing at Iowa Wesleyan College, will also take part in a commencement and earn a BA in education. She attended University of Town, Simpson College, and Iowa Wesleyan College and teaches in the Keota Community Schools. Sunnyside Pinochle Club met at Mrs. Beth Holmes home for May party. eleven members and one guest, Mrs. Agnes Sigler, attended. Prizes went to Ruth Ehr, Eve Cooley, and Vel Catherine Romine, with gifts from mystery sister. June party planned with Mrs. Betty Shaw.
A detailed account of a World Championship practice match in New York in 1962. It describes a West hand opening with eight hearts, a sequence of responsive doubles, and the pivotal diamonds bid leading to four spades by the South, with the defense executing a powerful endgame.
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