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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
5
A college freshman recalls an Abby Van Buren column urging gratitude to aging parents, sharing guilt over not visiting graves and stressing to tell loved ones while there is time. A father questions his infant’s interest in women, and a reader criticizes a dinner check dispute, with Abby advising caution and resolving to value true friends.
Mrs. Floyd Martin and her daughter Mrs. Donald Kline of Iowa City returned Tuesday after a week with Mrs. James Shaffer and family in Mulvane Kansas. Shaffer is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base Wichita. They visited with newborn Michael Shawn. Sacha Club met with Mrs. Pat Tobin. casseroles, seasonal table decor, new member initiated, convention report, officer correction, and garbage pickup project discussed. Next meeting Nov 14 at Mrs. Ronald Ornduff’s home.
The Journal acknowledges an error in a Tuesday article about Dr. Sam C. Wittmer. It states that Dr Wittmer's wife is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John A. Martin of Washington.
Mrs. Leon McNeil and nine others from Sa cha and Sorosis clubs attended the 59th Annual Conference of the First District Federated Women's Clubs in Fairfield. The Iowa State Federation celebrated its 75th anniversary. Tools included a Home Management workshop led by Mrs. Letts. Local visits and gatherings followed, highlighting club activities and community events through Sunday. Massachusetts had the first tax for free schools and the first school at Dedham in 1649.
Community notices detail a luncheon hosted at Brighton by the Past Presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary, a December Christmas party plan, and weekly gatherings of Harmony Club and Past Chiefs Club. Family visits from Clinton, Mt. Pleasant, Knoxville, Davenport, and Cedar Rapids are noted alongside travel plans for family members joining Travis AFB and West Point historical fact.
Captain Ron Sable, stationed in Tripoli with the air force for over two and a half years, arrived in the United States and will visit his wife before reporting December 11 to Jet Pilot School in Lubbock Texas. Local social notes include visitors from Little River Kansas Ottumwa and Truth and Consequences New Mexico and birthday observances for Mamie Oliver and others in Washington Iowa.
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