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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1964
Page
5
In the May 30 1964 issue readers laugh at costume quirks and beard debates as locals joke about moustaches beards and a humorous bearded display. Dr M J Cruise Mitch Miller lookalikes and friendly barbs pepper a lighthearted column reflecting small town wit.
A mother tells her children about integration with a birds themed story. The kids listen as she explains robins marry robins and bluebirds marry bluebirds. A red winged blackbird crosses the yard and the son quips that a cardinal must have married that blackbird. Mr and Mrs Ira Morrison had their poodle clipped for summer comfort. A Morrison child asks whose dog it is.
About fifteen Washington business men pooled funds to purchase an old school bus for a Canadian fishing trip. A breakdown in Vinton forced a bus change after reaching Waterloo and repairs, then another bus was rented to complete the journey. A local youngster learned to whistle, while a motherless moment led to a humorous miscue. Mrs Burr Bordwell Jr and daughters wore matching gowns for a 125th anniversary display, and a bearded delegation spoke on Channel Six about the town’s anniversary.
Joe Picken visits Washington and laughs about keeping up with his four year old grandson who explained the difference between translucient and transparent. The boy has not yet started school.
The piece recalls a Poppy Day where one seller rose to second place by selling more poppies and notes gratitude for Mrs. Vernon Crull and her dollar contribution. It also highlights Virginia Powell, wife of the new golf club professional, decorating graves of a friend’s parents on Memorial Day.
The Main Lines by W. H. Marriott offers brief musings on caution and speech. It notes the value of choosing words carefully when ice is present and observes a centenarian living up to the expression time tried, suggesting weathered wisdom endures.
Samuel H. M. Byers of Oskaloosa, Civil War veteran and author of Iowa works, wrote the famous song “Sherman’s March to the Sea” while a prisoner in Columbia South Carolina. He later served 20 years as a diplomat in Europe, authored Iowa war histories, and died May 24, 1933 at St Helen Terrace Road California.
A tribute praising ordinary kids and their varied talents from simple curiosity to achievements. It celebrates those who are shy or self assured, who love animals, learn, create, or just observe the world with questions and enthusiasm.
In a detailed bridge analysis, South faces a lead sequence and the defender East must choose a card that maximizes the chance to defeat the contract. The writer emphasizes planning the hand as a whole, with a long-term view guiding the defense and attacking the declarer’s potential lines of play.
The year’s philatelic highlights include the Summer Olympic Games in Tokio and the World's Fair in New York. Afghanistan honors the fair with a multicolor globe stamp, while Hungary and Albania issue Olympic themed stamps. Guinea, Yemen Arab Republic, Bulgaria, Austria, France, Ryukyu Islands, Mexico, and Persia also release stamps marking these events and related motifs with various formats and overprints.
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