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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1962
Page
2
Society notes warn about serious food poisoning from perishable items like turkey salad and cream pie. Emphasis on proper preparation refrigeration sanitation at home and in public settings with summer swimming schedules at the YWCA included.
Hugh Jones and John Hughes, longtime Washington residents born in Wales, will travel by train to Ontario then sail from Hudson Bay to Liverpool for a summer visit. They expect to reach Wales June 15 and stay about a month or more, returning after September 1.
The Stewart PTA honored teachers leaving the school at a coffee gathering. Honorees include Alice Hunter Mary Shafer Katherine Witt Janice Lawless Joyce Rittenhouse and Lynette Thomas. Gifts and tokens of appreciation were given to honorees and contributors such as Georgia Dempsey Mr Earls and retiring president Merle Allison.
On The Record Admitted Tuesday Mrs. June Wiliams Wellman medical Yesterday Otto F. Vorhies Lock ridge medical Births Tuesday Mr and Mrs Kenneth Volks Columbus Junction a son Yesterday Mr and Mrs Ray Smith Riverside a son Yesterday Mrs Theodore Herr and son Columbus Junction Mrs Walter Krantz and son Washington Kenneth Weber Keota Today Bert Booth and Donald Tucker Washington Mrs William Mangold and daughter Keota
Social calendar lists events for Thursday through Monday with times and locations. Bethlehem Commandery holds Ascension Day dinner at 6 30 p m with meat and sides to pass. Shirts and Skirts meet 8 10 30 p m with Tom Clark as caller. Past Matrons Club 6 30 p m. Rebekah Lodge 8 p m at IOOF Hall. VFW Junior Unit 4 p m and Family Living I 6 30 p m with cooperative salad. DAV meeting 2 p m at Farm Bureau Building.
Fashion adviser Miss Hackim shares jewelry guidelines for daily wear through school, parties, and formal events. She highlights pearls as timeless, advises on bead and chain choices, warns about rhinestones, and suggests jewelry to soften slim figures while accenting waists and faces.
Local Memorial Day observations bring families together in New London and nearby towns. Notable mentions include visits of Wasson Lambert and Whit ted families for Ed Kolkman’s funeral, and greetings to Masson relatives in Washington and Fairfield.
Janice Davison was honored at a linen shower Wednesday with nineteen guests. Hosts were Mrs. Donald Davison Mrs. Donnie Hertig and Mrs. Rod ney Letts at the Davison home. She will wed Jerry Flory on June 10.
Ellen Jean Walsh of Riverside earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing as one of 17 nursing graduates at St Ambrose College in Davenport last Sunday. Two marriage licenses were issued locally to Harry David Kunn and Linda Rae Martin, and to Ray Alex Bozarth and Myrna Kay Schauf.
The report shows non agricultural employment rising to 68.8 million the highest on record as the jobless rate falls from 5.5 to 5.4 percent. Deputy secretary Sey mour Wolfbein notes employers adding workers but cautions against linking trends to stock market swings.
About 200 dollars damage was done to Paul Thomassen's parked car at 11 45 p m Wednesday police said Ed Lukovsky of route two Washington drove into it causing 175 dollars damage to his own car Both cars were on the west side of the square Fountain Washington Centennial fountain in Central Park resumed operation for the summer drawing a crowd Wednesday night to see it turn on for the first time this spring
Lee Hamilton, a former Miami Beach hotel executive, and Cecil Lee, an agronomist, grow lettuce in flower pots on a Venezuelan mountainside to cut imports. They aim to produce iceberg-like heads, expand to 45 000 pots, and eventually supply Venezuela with fresh lettuce and related products.
Industrial stocks led gains with the Dow Jones average up 9.03 at 612.99 as volume neared 6.42 million by 11 a.m. EST. American Telephone and Telegraph climbed after a 100000 share block sparked early buying while brokers reported 60 to 75 percent of orders were buy. In Hong Kong, Church World Service launched a hunger program to feed about 70000 children daily, led by Rev Elbert E Gates Jr.
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