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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1948

Page

6

Smiths Car Blazes Blame Short Circuit

Columbus Junction April 2. Lynn Sanford Wheaton college student and Laura Nelson a Lanark teacher visited the Sanford home. Howard Smith Columbus City mayor saw his car burn in his yard Tuesday evening likely from a short circuit.

Smith Martha Butler Columbus Junction Lynn Sanford Wheaton College Wheaton Hl Laura Nelson Lanark, Il W. L. Sanford Howard Smith Columbus City Merna Gilkey Iowa State Teachers’ College Cedar Paris Dorothy Edmondson University of Town Paul Weber Cornell College Mt. Vernon Jean Hotle Jeanne Dawson Marion Jones Drake University Des Moines Jo Anne Morris Musseatine Junior College

Cotter High to Stage Comedy “Everything Happens To Us”

The Cotter high school senior class will present the three act comedy Everything Happens To Us in the school auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday April 6 under the direction of English teacher Mrs Margaret Reaney. The cast includes Keith Peters Josephine Owens and Bill Podaril.

Martha Glass Missionary Society United Presbyterian Church Manse Ella van Vliet Fourth Street St. Paul, Minn Russell Eyrnest Ford Omaha Neb Ted Overholt Des Moines Kathryn Overholt

Fourth through sixth grades listed names

Russell Dunsmore Paul Bell Eleanora Miller Alice Orris Bob Stapp Harriet Jones Marvin Hobbs Norman Bender and Darlene Stapp are noted among fourth fifth and sixth grade groupings.

Russell Dunsmore Paul Bell Eleanora Miller Alice Orris Bob Stapp Harriet Jones Marvin Hobbs Norman Bender Darlene Stapp

Community livestock sale schedule and local notices

Friday sales at Whittaker sale barn and weekly livestock auctions at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Kalona and Ollie Hi Dollar Sigourney with specific dates listed for Purebred Hamp shire and Poland China entries. Local social notes mention visits from Johnnie Sullivan and Easter trips, funeral attendance, and theater party in Keota plus multiple social visits across households.

Whittaker Sale Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Poland P. M. Swartezndruber Wellman Penringroth Bros Hampshire Swartzendruber Lorin E. Oxley & Sons West Liberty

Pupils Prepare Puppet Show Between Acts One And Two

Pupils plan a puppet presentation between acts one and two using puppets they designed and dressed for the performance.

Supreme Court Jurisdiction Under the Constitution

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving ambassadors ministers and consuls and in cases where a state is a party. In all other cases within the judicial power, its jurisdiction is appellate and subject to congressional exceptions and regulations.

Supreme Court United States Congress

Clint Rheas Visit The Moline Rheas

FAIRVIEW April 2 Mr and Mrs Clint Rhea were weekend visitors in Moline with Mr and Mrs Gerald Rhea. They traveled to Des Moines for Deere Co plant business and visited Geralds brother Kenneth and family. Easter dinner guests included Glenn Thomson and family and Doyle Jarrard and family of Washington.

Stanley Johnnie Sullivan Burlington Robert Henderson David Henderson Russell Williams Fairfield William Willis Wood Jeannette Wooley Montezuma Harley Rhea Farrell Young Iowa City Manford Wilcox Ainsworth F. Blankenhorn Fairview Clint Rhea Moline Gerald Rhea Des Moines Gerald Deere Co Ankeny Kenneth Dale Darbyshire Glenn Thomson Doyle Jarrard Ant Washington Don Darbyshire West Chester George, Oral Ann Clavuper Darbyshires Will Kyle Claire Darbyshire Pam Wm. Darbyshire Ed Rees

Used Farm Machinery and Tractors Auction Listing

A catalog of used farm equipment includes IHC model M and JD ea and A, M and M TT, WC, with 2 and 4 row mounted or pull type corn pickers, Bell City No 2 shellers, multiple discs, mulchers, hoe, planters, plows, combines, balers, harvesters, drills, mowers, rakes, cultivators, and related implements. Also listed are grain loaders, posthole diggers, trenchers, hammermills, burr mills, hay choppers, silo fillers, manure loaders, buck rakes, waterers, feeders, spreaders, blowers, windrows, and end gate seeders. Includes Oliver 7, AC WC, and other brands with multiple rows and attachments.

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