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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1963
Page
5
The piece urges loving God and then treating others as God does, urging readers to love their neighbors as themselves. It reflects a devotional tone stressing moral duty and compassion as guiding daily conduct.
A long personal reminiscence recounts experiences delivering the Evening Journal in Washington County. The author recalls delivering to patients, meeting Bill Sitler and W H Simmering, a delivery room scare, a store encounter, and a brotherly prank that ended with a kiss gag and mutual payback. The piece closes with a note about a brother named Bob who died in World War II.
Narrator recalls childhood stunts by his brother Bob including unbreakable pen tests by dropping them from a tall building. He also recounts a loudspeaker prank at a University of Iowa game heard by about 55 000 fans and Bob’s later job as a salesman for Iowa Southern Utilities, billing the light and setup to the family account.
A Des Moines speaker Don Ross from Better Homes & Gardens headlined the Iowa Daily Press Convention in Des Moines. He emphasized the theme Brother, You Are Important while praising his old hometown and noting frequent visits and city plugs during his tour.
In Gloucester, Rhode Island, a privately owned $500,000 underground computer center opens beneath an apple orchard. It will handle accounting for the Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island and is designed to withstand atomic blasts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and external explosions.
A reminiscence celebrating T R Phillips’s 50 years in the Washington drug trade and his community leadership. The piece recalls his role in founding the Rotary Club, promoting the country club, and maintaining the local golf courses and tournaments. It notes he is the only long-time businessman still leading a Washington enterprise. A separate tragedy nearby recounts the death of Ann Russell in an automobile accident and the author’s condolences to her family.
In a county oriented tour, the Chevie II and I visited Kalona with guides Paul Welte Glee Stumpf and Mrs. Joe Lafourek, Mr. and Mrs. L. Glen Guengerich. We saw one room schools Evergreen Middleburg Maple Grove Pleasant Hill Snake Hollow and Dumb Hundred names noted. Highlights included Dutch College Iowa Mennonite School and Johnson county Washington Township Consolidated. We passed Enos Miller’s print shop saw mill and sorghum mill on Highway 1 and visited a country store run by Lizzie Miller north of Kalona with plans to return on market day. Samuel Earl Miller five years old featured with his grandmother Lizzie.
A nostalgic survey of Noah Yoder and neighbors highlights outdoor bake ovens smoke houses and historic structures. The walk visits a log cabin at Mr Figgins and patches of cane and sorghum, noting the Richmond Metropolitan Band stand the old park carvings and a horse treadmill at the Welte blacksmith shop. No grand monuments linger. the day ends with a peaceful return home.
Speaking of YOUR HEALTH Dr Lester L Coleman discusses wart causes and myths. The article cites Dr E William Rosenberg on infections virus factors, location varies and prevention uncertain. Treatments include electrocoagulation dry ice caustics acids with doctor guidance recommended.
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