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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1966
Page
4
Editorial note cites 1 Corinthians 6 11 urging repentance and washing in God’s grace. A humorous exchange recalls a cannon with a line about not voting in his district, reflecting local wit in the September 3 1966 Washington Journal edition.
In a July 22 1896 Evening Journal item Reverend J P Davis a former Ainsworth U P pastor staged a practical joke at a picnic by rolling a watermelon into a buggy and urging to hurry away causing confusion before the prank was revealed as harmless.
A Washington balcony moment with a captivating woman prompts Rep. Joseph Cannon to reflect on stars as possible worlds. The exchange hints at universal human concerns and the practical politician’s skepticism about distant inhabitants.
A light exchange between a high school girl and her grandmother centers on fashion and propriety. The girl jokes about her short skirt while the grandmother recalls past expectations about courting and modesty, remarking about knee caps.
On the first day of school a boy declares he will grow up to be a lion tamer with fierce lions. He plans to walk into the cage and hear the roars, while his mother stays by his side.
A Jew and a Christian debated their faiths in a lighthearted exchange. The Jew claimed Christians borrowed many good things, including the Ten Commandments, while the Christian conceded the point but quipped that they had not kept them.
Deaths reported include Frank Evans farmer southeast of Crawfordsville who died Sunday in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after illness. Also Clyde Foster 82 Muscatine. Ward Shafer 52 Los Angeles native of Washington. Mrs Roy Oakes 70 Iowa City. infant James Farrel Hotle Muscatine. Melvin Bare Kalona killed in tractor accident. Harry Taylor Wellman noted as retired carpenter among others. Ward Shafer service details listed for Riverside Cemetery.
Des Moines reports the first September primary under the new law, with an expected light turnout around 230000 voters. Key races include GOP governor contender Robert Beck and Democrat Gary Cameron in the senate race, amid questions about endorsements, advertising, and weather effects on turnout.
A Becker bridge column discusses playing the nine of diamonds and signaling from dummy to defeat a contract. The piece also covers Cameron's bid for Iowa’s U.S. Senate, noting his age, timing, and potential Democratic backlash to endorsements.
A young man pawns a camera at a shop then buys a ring. The next day he returns with his bride and pawns the ring, redeems the camera, then photographs his bride in her wedding attire. They later return the camera and dress, select two suitcases, and depart on their honeymoon.
Admitted yesterday Everett Haytock Washington medical Mrs Glenn Hoover Brighton medical Dallas Dyer Troy Mo medical Births yesterday Mr and Mrs Herman Slabach Kalona a son Today Mr and Mrs Leo Schrock Kalona a son Dismissed Saturday Mrs Richard Harvey Washington Yesterday Mrs Ethel Miller Brighton Mrs Minnie Miller Washington Robert Watson Ainsworth Mrs Gladys Mayhew Washington Mrs Wesley Drayfahl and son Washington Mrs Donald Shelangoski Washington Today Wayne Limerman Washington Mrs Kenneth Meiners and son Washington Frank Dittmer Washington TUESDAY Yesterday Mr and Mrs Iddo Yoder Kalona a son Today Baby girl Harvey Washington Mrs Earl Wood Ainsworth named Yesterday Mrs Myrtle Meyer Washington medical Today Dennis Crawford Washington surgical Today Mr and Mrs Jerry Coblentz Kalona a son Today Mrs Herman Slabach and son Kalona Larry Kerr Washington Edwards Thomas Cotter THURSDAY Yesterday Carl Atkinson Brighton medical Today Mr and Mrs Richard Ferlein Wapello a daughter Today Dallas Dyer Troy Mo Mrs Leo Schrock and son Kalona Yesterday John Henry Brooks Crawfordsville medical Today Curtis Rogers Richland medical Charles Price Washington medical Today Mr and Mrs James Walker Washington a daughter Today Mrs Glenn Hoover Brighton John Donaldson Washington Mrs William Bosart Washington Mrs Iddo Yoder and son Kalona
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Bohlman Stout were held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Sherman-Eden Funeral Home with Rev. M. C. Smith in charge. Burial followed in Sandy Hook Cemetery. Mrs. Cla Keating sang as soloist. Pallbearers were Ronald Stout, Kenneth Stout, Roger Stout, Harold Stout, Frank Stout, and James Barnes.
Washington pupils returned for a half day on Tuesday with full day sessions to begin Wednesday under Supt M M Schell. First day enrollment reached 1322, up from 1296 last year, as district plots for the 1956 57 term proceed amid other local notes and civic updates.
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