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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1946
Page
4
A mix of light anecdotes and local notices from the Rustler Herald recount minor misstatements and humorous exchanges. A storm incident recalls Michael Reardon near a live wire with only minor injuries.
A sequence of illnesses interrupts a spelling bee participant's run from tonsillitis to appendicitis pneumonia erysipelas with acromegaly poliomyelitis and neuritis. The text ends with a final note of continuation.
Fred W. Bell announces distributorship of Geerlings Hi-Brid feeds after moving from Macomb Illinois to Washington. He lists two purchase options at Ledger's store or direct contact. Bell, brother of Bundy Bell, has ten years in the feed business and recently bought a home at 412 South Fourth Avenue with Mrs. Bell and two daughters Betty Lou and Billa Lee moving to Washington last December.
A fragment recalls a gravestone inscription for Nicholas Riddle and a classroom moment with a tense exchange. The text mixes wartime inoculations and a spelling test with sharp dialogue between an instructor and a private.
Mrs. Margaret Marvin, 78, died after a months long illness. The body was moved from Richie funeral home to Rock Island for Saturday services at Wheelan funeral home. Survived by nine children including daughter Mrs. Frank Miller of Columbus Junction.
April 16 report from Columbus Junction notes Colum bus high school's senior class rehearsing Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring under Mrs Mildred Bensmiller. Cast includes Darlene Blankenhorn Leroy Evans John Pooley Jean Hotle Eugene Dulaney Douglas Hill Patricia Clark Wendell Teeter Jeanne Dawson Paul Weber Ellis Wood-
Riverside April 18 Holy Week activities at St. Mary's Church begin with Palm Sunday rites led by the Holy Name Society. Masses, confession times, and stations of the cross mark the observance through Easter Sunday with two masses and special music by the adult choir. Funeral attendees from Cedar Rapids and Chicago join local residents.
Marion Jean Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs Wendell Morgan and Donald Allen Rutt son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Rutt both of Columbus Junction will be married at 5 pm Tuesday April 23 in the Columbus City Methodist church. The couple are graduates of Columbus high school with Morgan formerly employed at Weber and Huston and at LouisIA County National Bank while Rutt attended Iowa State College Ames and recently exited the navy. They will reside in the tenant house on the Charles Nichols farm near here with Rutt to work on the farm.
The Columbus Community club will sponsor a series of Wednesday evening entertainments on Main Street tied to band concerts. Committees include Max Vannice and Mrs. Roundy among others, plus plans for a lighted ball park near the fair grounds. Also, Ed Smith and others named to the ball park committee.
Mrs. Clarence Richards of Ainsworth was installed worthy with priestess of Damascus Shrine at a ceremony last evening at the Masonic temple. Installing officers included Mrs. Fred Reid as installing officer and Dr. Harry Swartz of Burlington as installing scribe. A program followed with vocal solos and accordion numbers, and Mrs. Richards received a personal gavel from Lee Baird. The article lists numerous officers and committees and notes an invitation to attend Bethlehem Shrine’s public installations in Fairfield on April 22.
The article promotes moderation in diet for middle aged individuals while stressing the inclusion of essential must foods. It discusses balancing intake and nutrition to maintain health and prevent deficiencies.
Riverside on April 19 a birthday dinner honored John Goetz hosted by his grandmother Mrs. Nettie Shradel. Relatives and friends attended including the Nykals of Chicago, Rummelharts, Drakers, Havel family, Malichkys, Goetz family, Wes Sojka, Stanley Beranek, and Mrs. Anna Ritz.
Paul Weber and Evelyn McKee of Columbus High School earned second in oratorical and dramatic divisions at the state declamatory contest in Oskaloosa. Judges gave them high marks as certificates and scholarships were awarded to first and second place winners.
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