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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1965
Page
4
An October editorial notes John 3 18 on belief while a tale recalls a kitty hiding under a wood pile. Bill warns fail to stop Ted from cornering the cat as a father arrives to pull Ted away just as a fatal shot occurs, followed by a grim tobacco moment.
In a nostalgic Four Seasons of anecdotes Ellen R. Fenn recalls a brother Bill who defies warnings, meets a skunk's lesson, and endures a bath of lye soap and turpentine. The piece pivots to a 1950s picnic mishap with cement blocks and a flooded riverside cottage, ending with a sly note on a French Navy Sunderland sale and a floating nightclub idea.
State Superintendent Paul F. Johnston said 10 to 12 area vocational schools may open by next September with four as a minimum. Funding includes 6 million for capital outlay and 2 million for operating expenses, plus 3 million in federal funds for post high school operation. An advisory committee will guide site selection, capital priorities, and approval standards.
A narrator recalls coming to Washington on his 16th birthday with the Cowden family, working at Crawford's laundry and early Journal sightlines. He details family hardships, sibling work, and his first tasks at the Journal printshop under foreman Nate Black, leading to a decisive shift to reporting after a conversation with Mr. Elder.
In a four spades contract West leads king of hearts and the player ruffs. After cashing K A spades and a club to the king the crucial choice is whether to play a low club or the queen. The queen is the percentage play because it risks fewer tricks in most layouts, except when clubs split 4-2 where the ace doubleton scenarios alter outcomes.
Keota October 18 Detweiler family from Cedar Rapids spent weekend with Mrs Elsie Greiner and Cecil and with Earl Baker family at dinner. Baker relatives attended. Luann and Perry Palmer stayed overnight with grandparents Doyle Palmer. They visited Clinton for Charlie Coverdale funeral. Keota Boy Scout Troop 54 hosts pancake supper October 26 from 5 to 7 pm. Adults $1.00, children 50 cents.
Books on junior and senior high school reading lists are placed in a special rack on the west wall of the main reading room. The note appears in the 4 Evening Journal of Washington Iowa dated Saturday October 23, 1965.
Patrons read Truman Capote's true detective four part article on a Kansas multiple murder nine years past. The library holds four New Yorker magazines containing the entire account for perusal.
A child found six old photographs tucked in a returned book. Staff cannot identify the people pictured. Based on attire, the photos appear from the early 1900s. Readers are invited to help identify them at the desk.
A special collection of poetry volumes is displayed on the mobile book rack near the desk for readers to browse.
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