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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1962
Page
3
Readers share mixed lessons from weddings and family finances. A friend’s sudden church wedding prompts a critique of privacy and taste. A divorced couple hides their new marriage from their children, raising questions about honesty. A disputed will leaves lasting guilt and calls for lawful estate planning advice.
The Ainsworth Fredonia Methodist Circuit plans Laymen's Day with services at Fredonia and Ainsworth churches this Sunday. Clarence McConkey will speak at Fredonia in the 9:15 a.m. service on Wide-Angle Living. At 10:45 a.m. in Ainsworth guest speakers from Columbus Junction Methodist Church include Dwight Duncan on Wide-Angle Living Mrs. Victor Stacy on A Christian's Vocation and Hugh Dunn on A Christian's Use of His Possessions. Local participants include Preston Edmondson Fred Hawkins and Willard McCracken. The senior choir will sing Rise Up O Men of God. In Columbus Junction Robert L. Greene will be the special speaker for Laymen's Day services.
A Washington feature extols a group where overweight individuals discuss problems to curb eating. The founder says talking replaces eating and reduces tension. Seifert's shop promotes holiday fashions including crepe dresses by R and K and California Girl Velveteen outfits with fur trims.
Charles McCampbell returned home Sunday from Mercy Hospital Iowa City and is reported to be getting along fine. He observed his birthday at the hospital last week and was presented a birthday cake by the Lee J Henry family.
A long list of Sunday and Friday visits from Wellston to Corpman and surrounding homes is reported. It includes families such as Robinson Kessel Hotle Graf Shants Neese Harvey and McClelland with various local guests and hospital trips in Washington Rubio and Keota.
The Rev. Arthur O. Kaul of St. Louis will keynote Trinity Lutheran Church Mission Festival at 2 p.m. Sunday October 21. He directs the Concordia Tract Mission and edits World Wide Evangelist. A noon potluck follows morning service. public invited.
Iowa Mountaineers will show a color film and lecture at Macbride Hall State University of Iowa Sunday at 2:30 pm Tickets available at the auditorium The program titled Exploring Our Western Wonder Lands will be presented by John Ebert
Dr Burton H Fern explains that modern Cesareans are far safer than historic cases. Emergency cesareans protect mother and baby, with detours used when head placement or labor stalls threaten outcomes. If a womb heals, normal labor may be possible, but readiness for emergency surgery remains.
A weekly program at the U P Home featured Miss Mary Ellen McNeill Mrs Jim Rossen and Miss Betty Donnelly performing folk songs and hymns with guitar ukulele concertina and wooden German flute. Attendees praised the music and invited the trio to return.
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