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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1948

Page

6

Red Cross Gifts To Rose Quinn

Riverside resident Rose Quinn asks neighbors to donate Red Cross items. Donors should bring gifts to her home block north of Grace's Grocery or mail them in.

Riverside social notes and local visits listed

Miriam Heitzman returns home after visits with sisters in Moline Illinois and Davenport. Eugene Streb takes a new job at Midway Service in Riverside. Delbert Flynn resumes work with Kuchara Construction in Davenport after a Riverside visit. Women’s Society for Christian Service holds April meeting led by Verne Moss with poem by Delbert and a talk on Rural Churches. Plans made for Better Riverside supper and May 1 breakfast for Riverside high seniors and mothers. Guests include Emery Sharp family and Shirley Lemley at Miles Atkins home. Des Moines trip reports and Riverside social club host Mary Colbert’s Y Social gathering with guests and brief business session.

Washington Iowa Evening Journal Miriam Heitzman Blondie Riverside B. J. Unferth Moline Ill G. D. Patterson Davenport Glen Thompson Iowa City Eugene Streb Midway Gerald Armbruster Delbert Flynn Kuchara Construction Company Womens Society For Christian Service Verne Moss Delbert Carl Luckey Edna Lemley Miles Atkins Wayne Harrison Donnie Harrison Pratt Kansas Des Moines B. J. Harrison Elmer Ivan Meeks Mary Colbert Riverde Raymond Slaughter Walter Watkinson Robert Colbert

How to Keep Democracy Club Meeting Notes

Mrs Cloyd Chess wrote on democracy and the afternoon featured air plane banco games with high score to Mrs Anna Younkin and consolation to Mrs Charles Rice. Refreshments were served by Mrs Colbert with help from Mrs The next meeting on April 22 will have Mrs C Watkinson as hostess. Estelle Cruz visited Cedar Rapids with her sister Mrs Nettie Hahn.

Cloyd Chess Anna Younkin Charles Rice Colbert Walter Watkinson Robert Colbert C. Watkinson Estelle Cruz Cedar Rapids Nettie C. Hahn

Wells Cheneys at Horse Show in Waterloo Trip

Mr and Mrs Charles Wells and Mr and Mrs Henry Cheney attended the National Stallion Horse show at Waterloo last Sunday. They enjoyed a very good show and a relative’s horse earned several ribbons. Mr and Mrs Raymond Duncan and grandson visited the Carleton White home. A pickup driver and passenger escaped serious injuries when their vehicle slid on wet pavement and went through guard posts south of the Lone Creek bridge.

J. A. Raymond Crawfordaville Charles Wells Henry Cheney Waterloo Cheneys Raymond Duncan Carleton White Richard Romber Lone Creek Bridge

Des Moines visit fills weekend with family gathering

Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Anwyl and Janice of Des Moines spent the weekend with Mrs. Ollie Anwyl and a large group including Mrs. Dwight Brown and several others. The note mentions standing on the radiator and the boys walking home.

Lisle Anwyl Janice Des Moines Ollie Anwyl Dwight Brown John McCoy Clarence Hering Eben Davis Clair Holmes Marcia Joe Johnston Evelyn Robert Howell William Edgar Howell

Local Notices: Davis Event, Visitor, and Opinion on a Tragic Case

Davis attended a Saturday Washington music contest. S. E. Ward of Brighton visited the Henry Men efee home on Sunday. Readers react to a report of a woman who killed her two year old daughter, with some calling for hanging as punishment. Motorcyclists are cited as safer than common belief, with one accident every 315,459 miles.

Davis Washington S. E. Ward Brighton Henry Menefee

Comprehensive listing of tractors and farm machinery for sale

An itemized inventory of tractors and equipment including IHC models M a A U Z AC WC Earth Master pull and mounted corn pickers, JD units, M&M 4 row planters, plows, combines, balers, drills, mowers, hoes, cultivators, corn planters, discs, spreaders, elevators, loaders, trenchers, hammermills, hay choppers, silo fillers, ruck rakes, waterers, tire and chain supplies, and various attachments. Also includes Ford school bus with superior body and a mix of other brands like Oliver AC Moline Sears New Idea Case and farming gear.

M&m Bell City Innes Ford Oliver New Idea Sears Hammermill Harvey Corn

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Red Cross Rose Quinn Estelle Crutz Rose C. F. Fitzsimmons Earl Walton Wes Prahoda Emery Sharp Sylvester Sharp Shirley Clara Walter Nicholson South Second Ave McAllister Seed Farms Mt. Union Keota Spray Service Keota, Iowa Ph. Keota Purina America MAMA Ohic Ron Illinois North Marion S. E Wellman S. W Kalona Mary Jones Washington Rock Road W.E. Davis J. A. Osberry Sae Iowa Ave Skeleas Mateh R. J. Thornton WM. Bruty FOX Linda Elyse Knox Marie Wilson John Hubbard Eagle Lion Wells Smart Implement Company R. G. Wessler E. Second Wheatley Louis J. Kehoe Jeffrey Bldg Theodore B. Bailey Morrison & Morrison Edmund D. Morrison Edmund Dpd. Morrison, Jr Morrison Building S. W. Livingston Robert Day Attorneys W. Main George F. Morrison G. Giefford Morrison J. C. Penney Co Paul V. Shearer Ist Court House Wendell L. Shaffer Hotel Washington Optometrists John W. Lemmon East Side Square P. L. Etter F. G. Lavesay D.C Spinal Distortion Iowa Avenue Fisher Sales DO Joy M.linois Phone 66 Mercer County Aledo Wash N. Ave. B South Ave W.L Little Washington Dairy John Blick Gorham Baby Reister Hatchery the Journal Reister Bros. Feed — Hatchery Washington Concrete Co St. and Rock Island
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