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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1972
Page
3
A Riverside reader chronicles the garden back yard weeds and tomato spoilage while contrasting Texas and Iowa produce. The note mentions a Richardson Texas wedding couple named TLE FLOWERS and shares a smothered okra recipe with detailed ingredients and steps.
A Democratic fund raising dinner will be held Sunday evening at St. Marys Hall in Riverside hosted by the Iowa Township Democrats with Jack and Ellen Walsh as chairmen. Ed Mezvinsky, candidate for US Congress, plans to attend along with other state and county candidates. Receptions opens at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
Television listings for channels 2 through 12 cover Friday to Sunday. Programs include Jeannie News Lucy Olympics CBS Movie On The Double Big Valley Bonanza Sesame Street Masterpiece Theater and other late night features. times vary by channel.
If state officials approve, Sammy Davis Jr would become the first Black entertainer to hold a gambling license in a major Las Vegas Strip casino. The move signals a potential landmark in casino ownership and entertainment history on the Strip.
Crawfordsville Aug 29 starting at Waco Elementary Center saw 328 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Various teachers and aides are listed for each grade, plus new principal Fred Stone in his eighth year and Marian Waters as secretary.
The Washington County Nurses Association schedules an educational program and tour of the Mental Health Institute at Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday Sept 5 at 7 pm Doris Ferguson and May Peterson will present The group will meet at the hospital parking area at 6 pm Attendees should notify Mrs James Gorham or Norene McGraw and will proceed to Iris Courts after the program
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs. Gary Bausch Columbus Junction medical Mrs William Besser Harper medical and Lee Lease Crawfordsville medical. Births record a son for Mr Mrs Richard Neff Washington and a son for Mr Mrs Richard Horak Washington. Dismissal today includes Mrs Edward Slabaugh Kalona.
Professional directory item listing the Livingston firm of Day Everett Meeker Bates with Abstract Dept in office on 112 South B and phone number 653 2147.
Grace Kerr reports on a Nauvoo trip by 52 seniors including a bus and cars, a visit to the Mormon Restoration Center, and a plan by the Washington PAC Senior Center Council to pair volunteers as Adopted Brother or Sister to assist older residents. A death of council member Ella Miller is noted. A separate item covers a barn fire in Barn Burning Sage, Germany, caused by a party rocket with 861,112 damage and 40 poultry losses.
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