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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1962
Page
7
A collection of reader questions to Dear Abby covers experiences of a blind teenager dealing with sightless bias and misperceptions, a man seeking approval to grow a beard, and concerns about Little League fundraising. Letters reveal social friction, personal autonomy, and suggestions for respectful interaction.
The article promotes farm management to prevent hog cholera and introduces Colracine. Developed by the Corn King Company of Cedar Rapids and Cutter Laboratories, Colracine is grown in tissue culture under controlled conditions, offering greater safety, longer protection, and regulated potency as an improvement over older vaccines.
The Womens Relief Corps first district school of instruction convened in Keota with attendees from Muscatine Tipton Williamsburg Oxford West Chester Sigourney Lone Tree and Iowa City. Guests included district president Mrs. Nellie Hanley and chaplain Mrs. Ethel Henly plus senior aide Mrs. Faye Elliot. Eight members were initiated after a noon banquet hosted by local churches and banks supported by area businesses.
Ruth Gideon reports from Bethel on October 1 detailing Bethel Missionary Society members Mary Crandall Tom Walker Keith Hardy Towyn Davies Bill Wulf Dean Sandburg Grove Letts and Ruth Gideon at a Presbytery workshop in Crawfordsville. The Apple Gate Conservation project work began after bulldozers arrived and a bridge was removed. Travel east through the field is hindered by rain and chained driving is expected. Ruth Gideon and Rose Anne Payne visited Mrs John Masson on Friday.
Mrs Merle Waller hosted a Royal Neighbors potluck dinner in Keota with Oracle Irma Hahn presiding. Members exchanged birthday gifts and planned Bingo prizes while guests from Washington Princeton Burlington and Abingdon shared visits and meals with local members.
Ronald Snyder and Keith Thomas, students at State Teachers College in Kirksville Missouri, spent the weekend at their homes in Richland. Janet Houseal and Karen Seaton, Burlington School of Business students, visited parental homes of Keith Houseal and Roy Seaton. The Friends Missionary Aid season opens with a work meeting Tuesday at the church hosted by Mrs Earl Gillis and Mrs J E McCracken.
Rev and Mrs Waldo Hicks left Sunday for Greely Colorado after a weekly revival at the church. They will open special services Thursday in Portland Oregon and then meet in San Diego California. Mr and Mrs Ray Gillette of Whiteland Indiana left Monday for home after visits with Rufus McCracken and the Harold Smiths at Hedrick where a family dinner was held Sunday. Ten Priscella Club members and 16 Rubio Ladies Society members toured the Amana plant visiting woolen mills refrigeration plant winery bakery and butcher shops. They dined at Ox Yoke Inn and visited the Luthera n Kitnen gift shops. Mr and Mrs Robert Capps and family attended Baptist Rally Day in Sewal and visited the Johnny French home, with Lyle Keiser and Toby Yaeger at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
Bachtold Rotary Mowers and 1442 H. P. Automatic Hog Oiler listed among miscellaneous farm equipment. Describes 1 7 horse power mowers and other used farm gear. items described as too numerous to mention.
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