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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
5
Nature shifts through winter's face as snow covers the world and reshapes trees and autos into frosted frescoes. Faces the season with cold, damp days, runny noses, and mothers urging spring while autos balk and late arrivals mark the daily routine.
Washington joins Iowa towns in digging out after the season's first storm. Children in mittens and boots rush outside to play while adults and vehicles are blanketed in two inches of snow. Only Chris Woods, son of Mr and Mrs Ted Woods, seems unfazed by the snowy scene.
UPI reports painter Novella Parigini credits Paris starving cats with shaping her surrealist style. Cats’ eyes appear in canvases and in female figures, sometimes atop women’s heads or amid exotic flowers. Her Rome show at 15 made her a sensation as she moved to Paris for five years. She lives in Rome now, with a studio overlooking Borghese Gardens, and investors like Carroll Baker have purchased her work.
A reader confronts infidelity and broken trust after a four year affair with a married man who claimed the marriage was “in name only” and that divorce was not possible due to the wife’s pregnancy. Also a pupil-subject on a street‑corner barber exposing himself to girls and a grandmother’s gift mix‑up with hand me downs for grandsons highlights family and social stakes.
Abigail Van Buren replies to readers about shopkeepers and family disputes over exchanges and payments. The letter includes a merchant lament and a plea for Abby to avoid turning family quarrels into merchant burdens, with notes on weddings and age differences and a call to write for personal replies or her booklet.
Rev James Morris of Afton spoke to thirty members of the W S C S at United Methodist church in Keota on youth work with the topic Young People and their place in the World. A question and answer period followed.
The Highland Honor Roll for the first nine weeks lists students by grade. Seventh grade includes Carla Arndt David Bartman Randy Davis Jennie Dea Linda Goodwin Kathleen Kenney Mike Lord Cathy Miles Robert Putney Leanne Swailes Dennis Thomann Dean Walker Dennis Walker Nancy Jo Wood Virginia Yoder. Eighth grade features Jenny Bartman Carl Brush Janice Chalupa Randal Conry Carla Craig Paul Davis Patti Dutler David Horak Mary Jo Koehler Jennie Latta Chryse Lund Jeryl Miller Mark Sojka Randy Thomann Barb White Patty Yeggy. Ninth grade lists Joe Brophy Teresa Goodwin Jan Huffman Rhonda Jenkins Susan OConner Nancy Pogge Ann Swenka Jane Thomann Jane Trotter Nancy Waldschmidt. Tenth grade includes Linda Chalupa Sara Gerdes Sharon Goodwin Dee Kaufman Kathy Knottnerus Linda Orris Judy Ossman Ron Skubal David Swa iles Colleen Waldschmidt Kathy Veggy. Eleventh grade lists Janice Darby Vaughn Davison Mary Jo Duwa Linda Feehan Roger Fox Jim Frame Margaret Gerot Sharon Gerot Cheryl Herr Linda Kron Mike Latta Mike Roberts Don Schnoebelen Bev Sleichter Marie Strabala Rod Strabala Patty Yocum Kay Zachs. Twelfth grade includes Brooksie Brush Guillermo Desiervi Cindy Gosling Rose Gilroy Judy Gould Connie Horn Patty Kiefer Marilyn Kron Barb Metz Doug Miller Mike Miller Barb Pogge Cathy Reha Ann Sleichter Charlotte Sojka Scott Strabala Jane Swa iles John Thomann Sandra Wagamon John Kron Steve Rotter.
Gary Todd was elected president of the Columbus Community Club at the November meeting at Harold's Place with William Larkin as vice president Rev Hubert Sunderman re elected secretary and Sheldon Hawkins re elected treasurer Robert Hedemann retires as president Richard Utter notes eighteen entries in the soybean yield contest with preliminary checks showing five entries likely to exceed fifty bushels per acre Todd reports 4500 sandwiches served and club unanimously supports a Columbus Day program in 1969.
Dr M L Tweeton at 108 North Marion lists phone 653-2351. Office hours show closure Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
Waco High School World History classes toured the Jewish synagogue in Iowa City on November 5. Rabbi Diamond explained beliefs and ceremonies and answered questions. Students learned that a synagogue is a gathering place, a prayer service requires at least ten Jews, and any member can lead when warranted. The class also discussed non-missionary beliefs and the schooling needed to convert. The trip was very informative.
A discussion on how brand names evolve from simple peanuts into diverse products through intense advertising and competition. Brands strive to offer variety, satisfaction, quality, and value, and failing to meet promises risks losing their names.
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