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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1964
Page
5
Experts foresee a carpet revolution with sponge-bonded flooring replacing traditional woven or tufted carpets. The material bonds nylon or wool to rubber, enabling ceiling or wall use, easy removal and repair by homemakers, lower maintenance, and cheaper installation.
Prairie Flower Baptist Church pastor Rev Charles Hawkins visits Mens Fellowship at the Baptist Camp at Clear Lake this week. Reports note a 110th Anniversary at Prairie Flower Church on Sept 29 with a large dinner and a program including history and remarks by Dr T W Schwartz.
West Chester news notes a Cub Scout trip themed Nature on September 24 at Duvall timber. Scouts identified leaves, collected specimens, and mounted them in scrapbooks. They toured Bob Waterhouse’s sawmill and viewed elm and sycamore logs from the Lawrence Miksch timber near Skunk River.
Nylons last longer when chosen to fit, washed properly, and worn with care. Sally J Smith explains sizing for comfort, buying multiple identical pairs, and washing methods to keep stockings flexible and cling well. Suds prior to wear and prompt laundering are recommended.
Grandma Ford keeps a cherished Pineapple Cookies recipe for visiting family. Frances Hawkins of Columbus Junction shares a meat stuffing for meatballs and a tomato sauce variation. Ice Box Cake by Laura Edmondson is a chill dessert with pineapple and whipped cream. Ari an Lowe from Columbus Junction offers a Ham Loaf blending onion ham pickle and milk with tapioca.
Paul Shearer and Dr. Theodore Schwartz participated in the installation ceremony for Bishop James S. Thomas in Des Moines. Schwartz led in the procession with Shearer in the receiving line while Dr. Fred Miller, formerly of Washington, presided as District Superintendent. Journal photo by Dallas Kinney.
Donna Yoder, employed at Cherry Burrell in Cedar Rapids, visited her parents Mr and Mrs Bill Yoder in Keota over the weekend. She traveled to Cedar Rapids by plane for Chicago where she has been transferred with Cherry Burrell. The Yoders added visits to Marion and Burlington relatives, meeting twin granddaughters Sheryl Lynn and Carol Sue, and joining family events surrounding a new baby girl born in Washington.
Crawfordsville notes report the induction service for Bishop James S. Thomas as Iowa Area Methodist leader held at First Methodist Church in Des Moines. Also covered are the Crawfordsville Softball Team’s end of season dinner with attendees, Crooked Creek 4-H Club meeting, and Medipolis Presbyterial attendance.
Devereux Chesterton, president of Chesterton Packing & Seal Co., urges government and business leaders to remove a mental block on foreign trade. He notes American firms are trained to see themselves as high-cost, hindering overseas sales. Chesterton’s company earned a Department of Commerce E-for-Export Award for a 600 percent rise in overseas sales over about three years.
Goshen area residents named to the Goshen College a capella choir include G. Ardell Swartzendruber and Kathleen Yoder both of Kalona and Myrna Carol Yoder of route three Wellman.
The Illinois State Medical Society urges parents to take responsibility for sex education to curb teenage pregnancies and related harm. It cites insufficient parental involvement and offers booklets from church groups and medical bodies for guidance. The Child Study Association of America promotes a new book What to Tell Your Children about Sex to aid discussions.
Wellman Rebekah Lodge met on September 24 with Dorothy Topping presiding. Thirty members attended along with thirty-one visitors from Iowa City, Washington, Keota and North English. The meeting included readings on the origins of the Rebekahs and the Wellman lodge, a poem, remarks from senior members, and a donation to the Odd Fellows Lodge. Refreshments followed and bingo was played. Next meeting set for October 8 at 7 30. Also fourteen Wellman Odd Fellows attended the flag program in Iowa City.
New York UPI reports Airways Club members call for routine luggage bomb testing at airports. Club president David Quinn says a detector prototype tested in a blockhouse could identify about 90 percent of concealed bombs and destroy them during checked baggage handling.
Kalona reports a Saturday tea by the Cadette Girl Scouts in the Farmers Savings bank community room. Guests included Alpha Club members and scouts mothers. World Friendship themes and country flags adorned the room with slides from a Springfield, Illinois trip narrated by Susan Kinsinger, Sandra Wagamon, and Linda Plank.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Bruce Cowden contributing editor Howard Hazen production superintendent and notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th It also notes postal and press association affiliations and audit bureau membership.
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