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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1968
Page
4
Weekday column recounts Thanksgiving with grandchildren playing Candyland with the author, who laments losing to Laurie and Beth while praising their colorful lessons. The piece blends family anecdotes with notes on a related Iowa RBC News column about fatherhood and first steps of the author's grandson.
A devotional reflection explains that Jesus invited people to follow him in Galilee as in biblical times and urges readers to answer his call today, emphasizing personal commitment and response. It ties the gospel message to present faith life and invites introspection.
If you have not been in the Library to see the Andrew Wyeth book of paintings or the wish book Sears Cata log for 1897, do take time to come and see. They are treasured books, each in a world of its own.
Several groups toured the Library during National Book Week with about sixty five guests visiting as part of the special week. The narrator enjoyed guiding and showcasing the building’s many learning facets.
A recent massive order yielded several notable titles. Maurine Glen non's No More Septembers set in Ireland targets both young readers and adults. Time for Glory by Robert O’Neil Bristow follows a Negro Mexican youth saving a bus of children. D E Stevenson’s Sarah’s Cottage continues Sarah Morris Remembers. Randall Jarrell’s Pictures From an Institution offers sketches from a girls’ college. Elizabeth Bowen’s Eva Trout follows a young heiress discovering herself.
Noel B Gerson writes a biographical novel about Sam Houston. The article notes Conrad Richter disguises as a fifteen year old boy to narrate a mining story in The Aristocrat. Agnes Sligh Turnbull returns with a pleasing tale titled Many a Green Isle.
A reading list spans The Dresden Green and The Brink to The Salsburg Connection and The Hurricane Years, highlighting fast paced plots and brisk political suspense. Nonfiction titles include travel memoirs Mrs Marco Polo Remembers and It’s a Small World Till You Try Walking Round It plus A Passion for Sicilians.
Donna Sue Stewart daughter of Earl and Mrs Malloy of Washington married Ronald Oral York son of Oral York of Lovelock Nevada at 6 p m on Saturday November 23 1968.
David Elder Editor and Business Manager William Shannon Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Bob Shaffer Local Advertising Howard Hazen Production Superintendent Published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3 1879 at post office Washington Iowa United Press Leased Wire Members Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn Audit Bureau of Circulations Mail Subscription Rates.
The list highlights Martin Luther King Jr as author of The Trumpet of Conscience and Gerald Kennedy for The Seven Worlds of the Minister. It also cites cat themed books The Complete Book of Cat Health and Care by Joseph J. McCoy and A Lifetime with Lions by George Adamson, Elsa series author.
Non fiction titles include It's Easy to Become an American Citizen by Caro lyn Bain Introducing Screen Printing by Anthony Kinsey and Sorry I Kept You Waiting Madam by Vidal Sassoon hairdresser. Concluding with Fun With American Literature by Linda R and E Richard Churchill offers material to test literary knowledge.
A small two and a half foot tall wooden figure from Oberammergau, Germany, called The Bookworm, has been seen at the library. Standing enshrined with a dark stain and a gentle expression, the carving seems to be engrossed in books, hopeful for more to read.
A snapshot of Washington life with news on local students and visitors. Sigma Sigma Sigma elects Miss Patricia Lu cille Peiffer as pledges president at Highlands University Las Vegas New Mexico. Iowa State students Bill Sherman Dick Boettcher Larry Shalla and Eddie Crane home for Thanksgiving break. Families from Des Moines Keota Mason City Davenport and Chicago visiting relatives here for the holiday. Local events include a Junior College play Lucky Star and a Rome of community meetings set for December 1 with Dr Arch Owen as speaker.
Michael Miller, 15, of Alta, Iowa, steered Blue Again to junior grand champion steer at the 1968 International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Shenandoah, a 1,100-pound Angus, took reserve grand honors for Sheri Coulter, 18, of Congerville, Illinois, as the 69th annual event opened with cattle judging and horse show activities.
A collection of light items and quips from an era past. Topics include futures for farming, a CEO joke, World War II songs, a stutterer’s humor, an oyster eater, a Nevada divorce note, perceptions of fear in marriage, women's views on aging, coffee and cosmetics, pro football passers, and solo living habits. Notables: Kitty Carlisle, Moss Hart, Joe Garcia, Don Maynard, Lance Allworth, Dave Williams. Evening Journal, Washington Iowa, Nov 30, 1968.
Bette J Plecker of Clinton daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Plecker Route 3 Washington became the bride of Gary L Houzenga of Fulton Illinois in a Friday November 22 1968 ceremony at Zion Lutheran Church Clinton Rev Martin S Bredow officiated at 8 pm The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Jake Houzenga Route 1 Fulton Illinois.
In a four hand team event Becker notes two contrasting results from the same deal. At table one South made four hearts after West misled by cashing the spade ace. at table two South failed to handle a spade lead and went down two, highlighting the impact of defending spade and diamond shifts and the dangers of a spade continuation.
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