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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1966
Page
2
Prize winners in the float division were announced for the Washington High School homecoming parade held Friday. The junior class float featured a giant shoe with the slogan Walk AM Over tem and showed the shoe walking on the prostrate figure of a HOMECOMING FLOATS.
A condensed 1940s style directory lists lawyers such as Kehn, Day Meeker Bates. Morrison Lloyd. Owen. Stewart Shearer. and doctors M L Tweeton P L Etter plus ophthalmic services by John W. Lemmon. Includes office addresses on West Main and West Washington, and phone numbers like 653-3994 653-2147 653-2924 653-2874 633-2351 and 853-2987.
The Cedar Valley Division of the Iowa Heart Association led by president C. Hoos will hold a quarterly board meeting at Captain's Table on Tuesday evening October 4. Eight county representatives Cedar Benton Linn Iowa Johnson Jones Louisa and Washington will attend. County president reports and a briefing on new division projects by John Venenga will be presented. Local members Dr. Ed Vosika John Wattes and T. M. Nelson are noted. Public invited. reservations via Captain's Table.
Mrs. Eldon Roth of Colorado Springs plans to return home today after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Humston for several days here. She attended the funeral of Mrs. Robert Risk this week. Also departing is Mrs Grace Miller of Chula Vista California. Others attending the Risk funeral included Mr and Mrs Clifford Beggs and Mary Beth of Des Moines and Mrs Ethel Parcell and Mr and Mrs Charles Nesham of Davenport.
Yesterday Mrs Minnie E Van Meter of Washington admitted for medical care. Births yesterday include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Ernest Haifley of Conesville. Today Mr and Mrs James Richards of Washington welcomed a daughter. Dismissed today Mrs Bruce Rich and her daughter of Brighton.
Galen Howsare writes about National 4 H Week and explains what 4 H means to him. The piece highlights meeting new friends, balancing work and play, having a project, and developing leadership while inviting Washington County youths ages 10 to 19 to join.
Four Kansas convicts including a life term for murder escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary near Lansing by climbing a cellblock ceiling, crawling through an attic, and boring through a five inch wall with hidden tools. Deputy Warden T A Rice noted the escape likely took months and that the men may be armed and dangerous. Names include Randy L. Miksell from Carthage Missouri and John Oscar Engberg Bucklin Missouri. William E. Hunt Altus Oklahoma. Oliver Cromwell Harde Wagoner Oklahoma.
A South Vietnamese Skyraider crashed during a jamboree at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Eight Vietnamese and one pilot were killed with sixteen injured, including American servicemen. Ky aided rescue as monsoon rain aided fire suppression. A second passenger possible, not found. Nearby boy scouts witnessed the tragedy. Purdue Student Health notes nearly 4,800 monthly visits.
Girls and women planned to join the Make It Yourself with Wool contest should pick fabrics and patterns now and mail entry blanks to the national director and district director. After sample fabric is tested, contestants receive a free sewing and pressing booklet. Miss Opal Roberson will discuss clothing principles at the MIUWW contest at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant on November 19. Write Mrs Norman Barker for details.
Governor Harold E. Hughes told a Democratic dinner in Waterloo that the upcoming legislative session will push to raise Aid to Dependent Children grants to full subsistence needs. He criticized welfare program distortions but defended supporting the 35,000 dependent children who rely on the program for a healthy education and future.
A Fortnightly Club program at St James School highlighted women from varied backgrounds sharing family histories and discrimination experiences. Moderator Melvin Struthers and president Harold Gamon welcomed guests. duties included dues, a towel order, and notices for the Williamsburg district meeting on Oct 13 and an anniversary dinner Nov 3 with a Hope hospital ship doctor.
The Martha Washington chapter of the Daughters of American Colonies met Friday with Mrs. Warren Statler in Keota. The session, led by regent Mrs. Robert Kurtz, featured a program by Mrs. Bessie Wead titled Climbing the Family Tree. Guests included Mrs. Harvey Holden, Mrs. Gertrude Ragan, and Mrs. Leonard Pickard.
Halcyon House residents enjoyed a week of visitors from Spokane, Mt. Pleasant, Cedar Rapids, Grinnell, Oakland, Chula Vista, Colorado Springs, Green Bay and Waterloo. A Tuesday lounge recital featured Mrs. Leo Stone with piano pupils Rita Fisher, Sue Berdo, and Mary Ann Marn, plus instrumental pieces and songs by Mrs. Edgar Stewart.
Social calendar items list meetings and activities for Cedar Two and surrounding towns. The schedule includes dances at Legion Hall with calls by Bob and Nora Giffith, Farm Bureau at Prairie Flower School, Sunday Gaddle Club trail ride at J B Letts farm, Moose Family Picnic at Bill McDole cabin, White Shrine and Rainbow activities at Masonic Temple, Tops Club YW rooms, YWCA council and mixers, nurses association speaker Ann Hernandez, public affairs sessions, CBS Masonica Temple programs, DAR lineage research, and various senior and young adult gatherings with meals, entertainment, and crafts scheduled across multiple venues and dates.
In Georgia, Democrat Lester Maddox and Republican Howard Callaway spar over federal school desegregation guidelines. Maddox vows to end the guidelines in Georgia, risking federal subsidies, while Callaway pushes the fight on Capitol Hill and notes his congressional campaign to weaken the guidelines.
A Social Security representative from the Burlington office will be at the Washington post office on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. He will assist visitors with Social Security questions and services during that window.
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