Community Notes From Washington County
Local news brief gathers arrivals departures and events across Washington County. Cadre includes soldiers home on leave from Cornell and Fort Ord postings, college students visiting families, clergy movements, civic anniversaries, charity drives, and community church events with updates on hospital, Blue Cross service, and fire safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Steingraber
Burlington
Blue Cross Hospital Service Inc
Washington County Hospital
Abbott and Costello film Little Giant at State Theatre
Abbott and Costello star in Universal's Little Giant directed by William A. Seiter. The advance notice says the film delivers new laughs and a credible plot about a country boy who goes to the city to make good with Brenda Joyce Jacqueline De Wit Elena Verdugo Mary Gordon and George Cleveland in support roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Universal
State Theatre
William A. Seiter
Hollywood
Seiter
Brenda Joyce
Jacqueline de Wit
Elena Verdugo
Mary Gordon
George Cleveland
President Urges Readiness for War and Global Peace
The president argues universal training, not conscription, to mobilize all citizens if war comes. He defends UN-led diplomacy, economics aid, and a regional defense pact in the Americas while stressing responsible atomic power use and ongoing Good Neighbor Policy.
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Tory
Congress
New York
United Nations
UN Security Council
Europe
United States
America
Argentina
Mrs Patterson Hosts Women’s Missionary Society Meeting
The United Presbyterian church Women’s Missionary Society afternoon division met at Mrs D J Patterson’s home with ten members. Devotions by Mrs D N Anwyl on The church moves forward. Delegates named for the Woman’s Presbyterial to be held April 18 at the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
D. J. Patterson
D. N. Anwyl
Leta Glenn
C. H. Davis
J. A. Porter
Miss Glenn
Clara Tate
Walter Kyle
W. J. Masson
Cooking Vegetables Quick Boiling Preserves Vitamins
Modern science says start all vegetables in boiling water to shorten cooking time. Faster cooking reduces vitamin losses and preserves nutritional value.
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Gma
Columbia Pictures Presents
Tai
United States Coast Guard Novelties
Spars
Alfred Janet Marc Drake - Blair
Platt Sid Caesar
Jefe Donnell
Stooges
Washington
Gloria
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
International
Don Applegate
Mr. Metzger
Ansley Hotel
Pfc
Urban M. Walker
Hq. Co
11Th Airborne Division
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Bernard Walker
Hedrick
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Mary Voorhees
Barbara Etter
Margaret DeLashmutt
Sara Lu Miller
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Geraldine Bartow
Shirley Dunlap
Betty Stewart
Millard DeLashmutt
Mitzi Smothers
Des Moines
Pvt
Richard Applegate
Fort Ord
Mrs
Camp Robinson
Ark
H. P. Mahin
F. M. Maehin
West Main Street
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
Navy
Nichols Hospital
Veterans Administration
Louisville, Ky
Louisville Hospital
Shirley Brown
Frances Whisler
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Central College
Pella
Virginia Shepherd
Parsons College
Fairfield
Frank Shepherd
Nena Wilson Badenoch
River Forest, Ill
Frank L. Wilson
Ralph Melville
University Hospital
Iowa City
F. J. Oetjen
Jefferson City
Missouri
Zion Lutheran Church
Marcus Bach
Evangelical Church
Ass’t
School of Religion
S UT
Methodist Church
Journal
Emma Barnett
H. C. Finney
Finney Feed Aid Supply Co
J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Harriet Dougherty Horton
Pasadena
C. B. Dougherty
Wellman
The
Masons
Jack Mace
F. W. Eastwood
New London
Eastern Star
Reo
Harry Sutton
Africa
Italy
Christian Church
Brotherhood
Franklin
Ladies Aid
Gracehill
Mildred Kephart
Monna Schlatter
Ellen Caldwell
John Liska
John
Fred Kolesick
Melvin Bash
Lyle Lantz
Joe A. Soukup
Joe Picken
C. J. Wilson
the Baptist Church
Walter Halbert
Smart Implement Co
Ida Meer
Mabel Meer
Jesse G. Grout
Sharon Church
Izaak Walton’ League
East 2Nd Street
Harriet Horton
Tankar Station
Iowa Ave
All IN
Yolanda
FOX
Abbott, Costello
el Grove Cemetery
G. C. Springman
ELM Grove Cemetery CO
Sec’y Treas
TATE
Costello
Cont
Jacqueline Dewit
U. S
Mrs. Patterson
Sherman
J. Funeral Shermans Home
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