Spring Arrives At Gracehill
Gracehill on April 1 reports a warm balmy day with budding magnolia and young plants. A robin tries to nest, dropping twigs as it gathers materials. Local social notes list visitors and gatherings, oats sowing, garden work, and church prep for Palm Sunday and infant baptism.
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Gracehill
Crass
Ladies Aid
Jarvis Appliance
Bill Hazelett
Paul Hazelett
Paul G. Hazelett
John Morrison
Columbus Junction
Our Church
Keota Scouts Camp Out With Sigourney Crew
Eighteen Keota Boy Scouts joined the Sigourney Troop for a weekend camp out from Friday after school to Sunday morning. They competed in several events and enjoyed the trip. The article also notes visits by Donna and Gene Sanders, and describes weekend activities including a Tyrone Pinochle Club gathering hosted by the Sheets family and prize winners.
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Keota
Boy Scouts
Sigourney Boy Scout
Donna Sanders
Cedar Rapids
Gene Sanders
Amana
Boyd Sanders
Donna
Donald Long
Ronnie
Rubio
Art Krause
Elvin Luers
Des Moines
Harold Sheets
Tyrone
Marge Horras
Charles Roberts
Adella Greiner
Keifer
Bonnie Lillie
Burlington Hospital
Cordelle Singleton
Bill Smith
Waukon
Louie Hermanstorfer
Wilbur Walkers
Barbara
Wilbur
Wilburs
Kansas City
Floyd Maule
St. Collins
Colorado
Dorothy Stoner
Las Vegas
Marion
Washington Evening Journal organizational details
The Washington Evening Journal based in Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bruce Cowden contributing editor and Howard Hazen production superintendent The paper publishes afternoons except Sunday and major holidays and is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act at the Washington post office.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Blackhawk 4-H Members Share Centerpiece and Food Talks
Black Hawk Maidens 4-H met April 1 with demonstrations on a breakfast centerpiece and milk for breakfast plus a talk on restaurant dining and a sandwich-making demo. Local families visited homes. tax exemption signups scheduled at city halls. church group hosts and skating party noted.
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Richland
Black Hawk Maidens
4-H
Carroll Fleig
Delores Spray
Judy Haskins
Ila Cox
Marlene Bond
Chester Carriker
Muscatine
Charles Carriker
Bill Bartholomew
Newton
Fred Oswalt
Otto Pfeifer
City Hall
Ollie
Robert C. Malone
Keokuk County
G. F. Hawley
Church of the Brethren
Spring Health Tips and Risks in the Home
This feature highlights spring home health routines from cleaning the medicine cabinet to safeguarding premature babies and emergencies. It covers medication disposal, professional diagnoses, Doctors Emergency Service, and cautions about boric acid as a poison in households.
Bethel Church to Celebrate 99 Years April 11
Bethel Church marks 99 years on April 11 with plans for a centennial celebration in 1964. The Bethel Community extends sympathy to Mrs. Alvin Shaw. Local residents share visits and health updates, including measles recoveries and new babies.
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Bethel Church
Bethel
Alvin Shaw
Rex Crandall
Ray Niffenegger
Randy Payne
Rose Anne
Bette Walker
Tom Walker
Ernest Gideon
May
Iowa City
May Rothlisberger
Alice
H Street
Marine Corporal Davis participates in California coastal exercise
Marine Corporal Gomer E. Davis of Crawfordsville Iowa took part in a major amphibious exercise off the Southern California coast March 2 through 10. The drill trained the First Marine Division and the First Fleet with more than 40 ships and 24,000 Marines and included antisubmarine activities amphibious landings at sea replenishment mine warfare aerial reconnaissance and simulated combat ashore.
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Coast OF California
Gomer E. Davis
Alfred E. Davis
Route 1
Crawfordsville
Iowa
California
First Marine Division
First Fleet
Keota Plans to Sponsor Little League Team
Keota Community Club met at the Recreation Hall with 12 members present and named Don Fagen as Little League chairman. A $100 donation was approved for equipment, and a meeting for interested adults is planned. Committee members were appointed to arrange decorative flower displays on Main Street.
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Keota
Central Cafe
Myrtle Genkinger
Washington
Larry Genkinger
Charles Fosdick
Francis Charles Fosdick
Vienna
Virginia
Francis Tucker
Prince Ranier
Monaco
Fr. Tucker
Fosdick
Father Tucker
John Dasher
Don Cooke
Walker
Minnesota
Frank Dasher
al Mess
Elvin Luers
Dasher
John
Robert Singmaster
J. E. Gretter
Russell Herr
Pella
Stanley
Ralph Herr
Russell
Forrest Green
Dick Stewart
West Chester
Herr
Mrs. Green
Contract Bridge bidding with five hands
Becker analyzes five hands after opening one heart and partner's three notrump reply. 1 pass to invite, 2 four hearts, 3 six notrump, 4 four clubs, 5 six hearts. Each shows different reasoning for potential slams and suit contracts based on point counts and distribution.
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Res Syndicate. Inc
Patriotic Booklets Placed At City Library By VFW Auxiliary
Booklets of a patriotic nature have been placed in the City Library by the VFW Auxiliary. Mrs Harold Haifley Americanism chairman says the items came from Fred Schwengel first district congressman. They cover the nation's capital inaugural addresses of presidents Iowa history and Communism. Public invited to read them.
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VFW
Harold Haifley
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Naval airman participates in Caribbean training near Roosevelt Roads
Donald R. Heck of Route 3 Washington Iowa, an airman with Patrol Squadron 16, takes part in Atlantic Fleet exercises near Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico. The squadron left Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida on March 16 for a two week anti submarine warfare drill.
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Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Donald R. Heck
USN
Fred P. Heck
Route 3
Washington
Iowa
Patrol Squadron
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
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