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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1962
Page
2
Notices for the column are due by 10 a.m. on the day of first publication. The schedule lists Saturday events at Central Park and numerous meetings including Rainbow Girls DAR Log Cabin YWCA and YMCA programs with times and locations such as Saint James Hall and Ma sonic Temple.
Halcyon notes list of visitors to Halcyon House including Mrs Clifford Thorne and daughter from New York City. Attendees of the Three Quarter Century Club enjoyed dinner and a speech by Mr Hershberger. Several locals visit friends and family, with Miss Anna Dawson celebrating her 91st birthday and preparing to move from the infirmary.
Mrs Clyde Jacobs and children Jeannie and Jeffrey of Ventura California are staying a month with Mrs Jacobs parents the Ernie Kriners Phyllis Kriner of Davenport returns to work after visit with her parents and sister Mr and Mrs Earl Ferrell received a call from the Warren Underwoods Spearfish South Dakota announcing the birth of a baby boy Wesley Ferrell weighing eight pounds two ounces Brenda a sister is at home Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ferrell and George Underwood of Lincoln Nebraska Underwoods and Brenda plan a brief visit before traveling to Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Ferrell will accompany them home to meet her new grandson
At Friedrichstrasse crossing the French assume rotating chairmanship of the Western Allied Kommandatura and station an army medical team to aid refugees shot near East Berlin. The move follows the death of Peter Fechter and heightens tension as Khrushchev and Ulbricht meet in Russia with reports of anti-aircraft missiles around Berlin.
Gilman town marshal David Mills was wounded in a shoulder shot during a tavern break in. A burglar fled via the front and a second gun battle ensued behind the building as two other Gilman residents aided in the pursuit. A truck driver reported a green and white 1958 car linked to the suspects.
Fourteen members gathered with Mrs. Charles Ort for coffee on Wednesday. Mrs. George Koehler assisted with the serving. Roll call referenced an unusual vacation sight. Next meeting set with Mrs. Don Simmering on Sept. 17. Y's Men’s Bridge Club held a swim party and cooperative picnic at the Day home Friday evening. A swim preceded supper and five bridge tables were played. High score went to Mr. and Mrs. Dave Elder, second to Mr. and Mrs. William Boshart, consolation to Mr. and Mrs. Logan Heilman.
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Mrs Lillian Lewis will spend Sunday in Kirksville to enroll son Gary at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. Lance Churchill returns to Richmond Kentucky after a long stay with relatives here. Dr M H Sartor recovers from cataract surgery as the Sartor family holds a 20 year reunion. Charlotte Earll and Jean Kennedy plan a Cedar Rapids visit with Virgil Earll and family, staying through next Thursday.
Forty one signed the guest register Thursday during a DAR cabin tour with visitors from Texas and Iowa. Hostesses for the afternoon included Mrs. Tom Davis Mrs. Lauder Kennedy Mrs. Albert Mills and Mrs. Hattie Carpenter. The cabin opens Monday Labor Day from 1 to 4 p.m. for the public with no admission charge and donations encouraged for upkeep. Hostesses for the next event are Mrs. Joe Schlatter Mrs. John Cherry and Mrs. M. J. Cruise.
CBS features To Tell the Truth with guest panelist Emmy winner E G Marshall and hosts Bud Collyer at 6 30 p m CDT plus Lucy Goes to Sun Valley and Password daytime slots. NBC airs 87th Precinct Sentry Abroad Tonight while ABC presents Ben Casey Hennessey and Joey Bishop updates with color broadcasts and late night lineup.
Art Swift is in Chicago attending the annual convention of the Pearl Harbor battalion of Seabees. He will return Labor Day. Mrs. Swift could not accompany him due to a sprained ankle.
The Jackson Jills 4-H Club met at leader Keith Horn's home with assistant T. J. Berdo. Members discussed plans for the coming year and committees were appointed for the next meeting. Fathers of members attended as guests.
Admitted yesterday Rose Marie Lentz year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lentz Brighton medical John Orr West Chester surgical Births today Mr and Mrs Stanley Crooks Letts a daughter Dismissed today Mrs Ralph Chorpening West Chester Mrs Charles Lowe and daughter Brighton Mrs Leo Vittetoe Washington Corliss Crawford Washington John Wilson Washington Bert Wolfe Columbus Junction
A Chevrolet with Illinois license plates is noted in connection with Gilman about 12 miles southeast of Marshalltown in Marshall County, indicating a location based reference in the area.
Southern members may push Senate Judiciary to seek contempt citations against four major steel companies and executives for willful defiance of a congressional investigation. A judiciary subcommittee voted 5 to 2 to pursue legal action, with Kefauver led antitrust subcommittee backing contempt for executives who refused subpoenas to testify.
Kefauver noted it was the first time a witness refused to appear before one of his investigations into steel pricing. He said officials could refuse to answer or invoke the Fifth Amendment if they did not want to respond.
A bride of three days, Mrs. Adienne Pugh, 21, Ames, died when the car she rode in crashed with another vehicle on U S 30 at the west Cedar Rapids city limits. Her husband Dr. George Pugh Jr., 28, and Ray Donley, 62, Vinton, were hospitalized but not believed seriously hurt. The couple married in Washington D C on Tuesday and were returning home.
The right wheels of Pugh's car ran onto the shoulder, causing the vehicle to drift into the opposite lane and strike the Donley car head on in a collision on the highway.
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff roles including editor David Elder and manager William Shannon with ads director Charles Morris and news editor Bruce Cowden. It notes published afternoons except Sunday and holidays, entry details under the 1879 act, and paid readership rates of 2.50 for months, 9.00 year.
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