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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1966
Page
3
Fragmented gossip and vignettes from New York UPI column sketch small fry problems. A supervisor recalls a lost boy in a supermarket, hemline jokes spark mix of laughter and discomfort, while passerby sayings and homilies mix with tiny tales of coins at church plates and a peddler quip about waiting wives.
Washington social calendar lists weekly gatherings across clubs and churches with times and venues. Highlights include the Saturday Shirts and Skirts Square Dance Club at Legion Hall with Russell Penn as caller, and multiple meetings at Masonic Temple, VW rooms, and churches with potlucks, crafts, and guest speakers slated through midweek.
Mrs Keith Stewart presided over the West Chester Women's Society of Christian Service meeting with 21 attending. Reports announced Study Group on Oct 19, church cleanup Oct 20, Quiet Day Oct 28, UNICEF fundraisers, and a chicken pie supper planned for Nov 8. committee chairs to meet Oct 25. refreshments featured autumn motif.
Californians Mrs Thomas Morris of Glendale and husband visited Crawfordsville with stopovers at Amana Colonies and Hoover Birthplace. They toured Lake Odessa and Wapello nursing home, and joined a Cot ter Church smorgasbord. Mrs Ida Howell, 93, celebrated at Hi Way Pantry. American Legion Junior Auxiliary elects new officers and plans Veterans Day program workshop.
Admitted today Foster Bickel of Washington in medical care. Also listed today Mrs. Warren Polzien of Brighton in the hospital roster.
Local notes document the Applegate family heading to Moline and then McChord AFB near Tacoma for Korea assignment. Mrs Applegate and daughters remain in Washington during the absence. Other visits include Dallas Kinney on his way to Louisiana Missouri for a Missouri University short course in photography and writing. Carris visits Rutland Vermont, and Walker family hosts visitors from Richmond California while Shunicks meet Eddy Arnold in Davenport. Mrs Meek McVety tied to Brown City Michigan.
Ainsworth residents report a fall drive to Nauvoo Illinois to celebrate Joey and Debbie Orris’s birthday with multiple families from Washington Columbus Junction and near Haskins Also noted are hospital transfers school visits farm purchases and local club gatherings The piece mentions C F Trotter Willard McCracken and others attending church studies and a forthcoming meeting at Mt Pleasant with May Carson hosting plans to move onto the newly purchased Jess Pearson farm southeast of Ainsworth
Kalona area social notes list numerous visits and dinners. Rev and Mrs Fred Peeper of Hubbard and other families from Iowa towns hosted meals at Roy Pewitt, Arthur Bachman, Elam Christner, and George Fry households. Visitors included Lloyd Knepp, Alice Eimen, Chris Yoder, and many relatives from Iowa City and Town.
The United Presbyterian church manse, sold to Richard Tompkins, was moved on Oct. 7 to his farm two miles west of Columbus City. Built before 1900, it housed Rev. Monroe Drew 1899 to 1902. Since 1958, the Columbus City United Presbyterian and Columbus Junction merged, using the manse for pastors and Sunday School and choir rehearsals.
Mrs. Spangler hosted a WWE Club evening in Crawfordsville with gifts won by Mrs. Harold Spangler and Mrs. Carlton White. Guests included Mrs. Rita Mariott and others, as Fall Conference events were noted. Local visits covered birthdays, anniversaries, and family gatherings across Ames Mount Pleasant and Crawfordsville, with travel plans for Major Frazer to Fort Bliss and a Vietnam advisory role anticipated around March.
Eleven members of Kalona's Alpha Club traveled to West Branch to see Hoover's birthplace and the Presidential Library. A noon luncheon at Century House followed. Social leader details included new member Mrs. Carl R. Miller and district convention plans for Williamsburg October 12.
In Riverside Vet 11 Brown Troop 9% held its first meeting at St Marys School with 14 new Brownies in second and third grades eligible to join. The group received the Brownie promise and planned a nature hike led by Nancy Veggy with treats to be brought to the October 24 meet.
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