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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1963
Page
5
Editorial notes quote Daniel 1 17 praising God as the giver of knowledge and skill and the ultimate teacher guiding how to use the mind. The piece presents a religious reflection on learning and divine guidance.
A collection of light local notes about TV schedules, a persistent Washington visitor, and a birthday treat tradition at the Coffee Club. Dean Stanley discovers his birthday surprise came via a tabbed order, while Ira Gastman repurposes newspaper coupons to gain sales leads in Minnesota.
A week of pungent odors in a family home ends when the wife identifies the smell as a dead possum under a car hood. A memorial note recalls Clint Stewart, longtime community figure and president of the Washington Golf and Country Club, who died after a long cancer battle, with tributes from friends and details of his sports career.
A humorous meditation on country auctions shows how buyers chase bargains and end up with quirky bundles.Jars of mystery, 14 frames, a century of oddities become keepsakes as Grandma’s battered items gain new life and value.
The National Institute of Mental Health identifies melatonin as a pineal gland hormone guiding the body's rhythmic functions. Bio rhythm regulates respiration heart rate temperature and other systems, with Dr Coleman answering readers' questions when possible. Bernard Grant and Dr Fletcher once part of The Guiding Light team The Wry Guys troupe performed in New York clubs.
Kalona Iowa residents hosted a succession of visitors and birthday gatherings from Sept 4. The list includes Paul and Jane Harper with Iowa City ties, the Burkley and Yoder families, and the Shalla TeBockhorst reunion at Sunset Park in Washington. Frequent overnight guests and dinners marked a community filled with family ties and local events.
The Washim Evening Journal lists editors and staff including David Elder as editor and business manager William Shannon as vice president Charles Morris as advertising director Bruce Cowden as news editor and Howard Hazen as contributing editor The paper is published afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th It is entered as second class matter under the March 8 1879 act at Washington Iowa with United Press Leased Wire It is a member of Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association and Iowa Press Association and part of Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscriptions are rural and per carrier by the week in Wash ington per year and three months rates appear 320.00
Sept 4 and weekend social notes from Kalona detail guests and visiting family members. Names include Ollie Manatt Iowa City Blanche Cartwright Cedar Rapids and local residents such as Lena Mikesell Victor Gary Troyer and Norma Tilden Des Moines. The record lists multiple Sunday dinners and Monday suppers with extended relatives and friends across Iowa Minnesota and Illinois communities.
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