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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1966
Page
4
The editorial reflects on Proverbs wisdom and conceit noting a conceited man rejects advice and is despised. It also discusses interruptions while trying to write a column and mentions accidents not being recommended.
A Washington Iowa reader recounts a minor car crash involving his wife Elizabeth near North Second Street. Richard Mittag of Jefferson is described as a sympathetic driver. The letter mixes accident details with a campaign prompt for the upcoming November election. Elizabeth remains in hospital with facial injuries and a photogenic X ray. The writer reflects on luck and community support as the candidate receives a vote request.
Initial enrollment figures released by Sept M. M Schell show Washington public schools up 15 students from last year. Total on Sept 7 was 1 321, compared with 1 206 a year earlier.
A Washington County regiment fights the Union, one buddy dies in battle and asks the narrator’s grandfather to return his possessions to his fiancée Phoebe Freeman. The couple marries, sharing over fifty years of happiness, shaping the narrator’s sense of self and family history.
A nephew in the service named Jon West has acquired nicknames Sam and Honey from his comrades, teasing him by nicknames borrowed from television personalities with the same surname.
A series of death notices across Keota Columbus Junction Wellman and nearby towns report Milo Maxwell Patterson 56 at his Washington area farm died after a long illness. Bertha A Greene 82 Keswick died suddenly at home. Gerald Dean Peiffer 28 rural Keota died in Denver after long illness. Rollie A Jurging 63 Cedar Rapids heart attack after a year of ill health. James Robert Hoben 64 Town City Mercy Hospital death. Arnold Penningeroth 63 Town City hospital stay five days. Mrs Leslie Smith 54 Mt Pleasant killed in a four car crash on Highway 34 near Fairfield. two Smith daughters Donna Eva injured.
The notice lists numerous hospital admissions and discharges, births, and deaths in communities including Washington, Keota, Brighton, Ollie, Crawfordsville, and Wayland. Among the obituaries are Mildred Scheel er, Dixie Smith, Grace Church ill, Duane Isuegsegger, and Jennie Curl, with several residents noted as former local inhabitants. The record also notes a number of birth announcements and continued medical conditions.
Swartzendruber sustained facial head and neck injuries after falling from a ladder while painting at his Wellman residence. The report lists nearby relatives and neighbors, and notes the incident occurred Wednesday. Additional local notes include anniversaries and community notices from Wellman and surrounding areas.
The Washington Public Library adds 16 illustrated volumes of Broadway plays and musicals. Highlights include Poor Richard, Incident at Vichy, Luv, Tiny Alice, Inadmissible Evidence, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Devils, Marat-Sade, Barefoot in the Park, Generation, Hogan's Goat, and classics Golden Boy, Ben Franklin in Paris, Man of La Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, Acker Street, and more. Some items are on the Town Federation of Women's Clubs reading list.
In a team match South Desrousseaux and Theron faced a bold play by West who doubled six diamonds. West ruffed a heart, trumped, and East’s club king dropped, allowing the slam to make. East-West at the other table also fared well as South’s diamond club hand proved decisive.
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