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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1967
Page
4
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Miller and family spotted a stalled car near Washington on Highway 1. A motorist named Dr. Hoffman stood by as her 1956 DeSoto stalled due to a failing fuel pump. The scene prompted a moment of faith and aid.
Five men Ralph Martin Norm an Schoonover Gaylen Patterson Carl Messer and Melvin Messer spent a rugged night on Center Island Resort in Canada after a sudden 20 foot wind s gust hit their two boats They built a fire on a nearby island sheltered by the blaze and cooked a meager shore lunch The temperature dropped to 34 degrees and bears were feared but none appeared They returned to headquarters at daylight as resort staff had searched for them the previous afternoon The Washington men beat the local record by a margin of five to one.
Dr. Adeline Hoffman of the University of Iowa praises Everette Miller living at 614 East Second Street for helping her when auto stores were closed. The Miller family arranged a fuel pump for her 1956 DeSoto and gave her a tour of Washington, saying she would have been stranded without their assistance.
A local school faculty member recounted an early teaching anecdote. In a class of 41, he used a planned quiz routine when the principal visited, asking who knew the answer with right hand and who did not with left hand. The principal consistently gave the teacher an A for his method.
Last weekend a Richmond American Veterans club pig roast showcased a 175-pound pig cooked 11 hours with a king size Pig Twister device. Hosts included a son-in-law in charge of the barbecue and a daughter co-chairing the potato salad and baked beans department. The event left little meat for sandwiches and highlighted a hearty local appetite.
A local businessman recalls a rough week ending with family visits from a college son, high school friends, married daughters with children, and a long-distance call about relocation. He muses that if given another chance, he might not marry.
Dr Melvin Gingerich, Mennonite scholar and executive, describes the charter flight to Amsterdam on a KLM DC-8, Schiphol’s facilities, and his reflections on Holland. He recalls windmills, canals, beaches, museums, and train travel, noting July 1967 Mennonite World Conference tours including Texel and hospitality from Mrs de Grooth.
A long column lists visits and moves of local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Don Paul and family, Jack Genkinger’s Navy leave and return from Cedar Rapids to San Diego, church canning for youth clubs, reassignments, a home move to 121 W Tyler, and travels of several couples to Europe, Chicago, and Minnesota. It notes Boy Scout chair election, DeMolays Rendezvous, and a renamed high school athletic teams policy, plus local business openings and a city festival flag.
U S planes battled Communist MIGs over Haiphong in some of the war’s heaviest raids, striking oil depots near the city and antiaircraft sites while targeting bridges to Red China. A fuel fire rose 200 feet as pilots reported dogfights and a MIG was hit. one F105 Thunderchief was shot down elsewhere.
A compendium by L. M. Boyd includes playful musings on marriage affection, pillow talk habits, and car pulse rates, with brief Q&A about David Janssen and a mix of society observations. It riffs on spankings law in seven states, then notes a Scottish doctor linking heartbreak to TB, and ends with holiday dinner ideas and rapid replies to reader queries.
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