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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
8
Catherine Little, a student at the University of Nebraska, spent Easter with the John Winga family, joining them for holiday time and shared meals and activities.
Mr and Mrs Lamont Kelley hosted a dinner Tuesday night for their daughter Jo Ann s second birthday anniversary with family friends including J J Kelley Charles Marek Shalla TeBockhorst Urban TeBockhorst and others. Earlier students from Stony Point No 11 Plank township Keokuk county visited the rural building with teacher Marie Spiess after touring American Pearl Button Co and Lincoln school.
In Audubon a man fell from a leaning ladder as a haymow door swung, fracturing his skull after climbing to catch stars. Jerry Peters visited a hospital for his friend Wilbur Smith, only to learn later he had given flowers to the wrong Wilbur. Big day for Milton Strait family as two sons become fathers on March 18. Wheatland ring find tied to Oxford resident. Hawarden hogs set sale records in Sioux Center ring. An Independence driverless semi truck damaged meters and gas pumps. A Rhode Island Red hen laid a three yolk egg with six inch circumference.
President Truman warned potential enemies he would not hesitate to use the atomic bomb again if the welfare of democracies is at stake. He said he hopes never to need such a decision, recalling authorizing Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, and cited the North Atlantic pact as a preventive step.
West Chester school notes report a $407.40 donation to the American Red Cross from the community, praise volunteers for canvassing, and highlight a Iowa State College Y M C A quartet performance. The column covers class news, spring fever, ongoing plays, biology lessons, and student reports from freshmen through eighth grade.
Kalona community notes include Mr and Mrs Jason Youer returning from the south, Allen hospitalized in Des Moines, and Ren Boone awaiting surgery at University Hospital Iowa City. Local families attend a Des Moines Sports Show and visit relatives in Davenport Moline and Iowa City with a busy week of guests and travel.
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