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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1945
Page
6
Certificates for used farm implement tires, used passenger car tires and all inner tubes are no longer required. Certificates needed for new tires and used truck tires. Regular vehicle inspection every 6 months or 5,000 miles. Various gasoline and food stamps valid through specified dates, with some endings in 1945. A note that no new stamps are validated until May 1.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month. Victor Blattner is W M and A W Yard serves as secretary.
Westbound buses depart Washington for Chicago and Cedar Rapids with multiple routes and times. Tickets available at Wingas Cafe depot on North Side Square with through-country travel options.
Frank Blumenstein remains recuperating from a heart attack. Mrs. K E Yoder sprained wrist and bruised chin from a fall. Bill Martin bought the Bill Harvey farm southwest of town. Rotary drives clothing aid with volunteers 1 to 5 daily at Dr Wirts building. W C T U meeting and Kipling tribute noted. Rotary drive urges warm clothing for devastated countries.
Lieut Anthony Flanders and his wife visit Mr and Mrs Henry Flanders and Mrs Mengerhatsen for a brief furlough. Hilma Dodds leaves for Red Cross duty at Camp Wolters Texas. Mrs Roy Marner recuperates after surgery at Washington County Hospital with her mother Mrs Erb nursing.
Columbus Junction news reports 1 H. E. Northey reelected superintendent for two years with prior service, plus multiple faculty reelections. Also notes Pvt Lester Johnson injured in Germany, Robert Griffin 17 in training at Great Lakes, and Dr Tom P McWilliams opening osteopathy office in Guthrie Center. Funeral for Mrs H W Griffin held near Columbus Junction. survivors listed.
Wayland residents recount a busy social period with Sunday basket dinner at the Jesse Davison home near Wapello. Attendees include the Klopfensteins and Wyse family members, plus visits by Mrs. C. Boshart and others. A Kansas City couple traveled 1600 miles on a motorcycle from Fargo to visit relatives.
The Burlington district conference of the Wesleyan Service Guild convened at the Methodist church in Mt Pleasant on Sunday afternoon and evening, April 22. Rosemary Fletcher of Cedar Rapids is visiting Verlee Roth and other friends this week.
Pleasant Hill residents and guests share weekend visits and meals. Lists of visits include Will and Mae Miller, Virgil Barnett, Glen Pratt, Orville Foss, Mae McClure, Ray Rathmett, Victor Meuller, Howard Caldwell, Glenn Pratt, Harold Beenblossom, Lacey Lines, Andy Farrier, Fred Hecks, Ora Greenfield, Anton Kacutfiin, and others across multiple households.
The record lists Sunday and Monday visits among neighbors. Maxine Lambert and Beulah Heck's afternoon together. Frank Redeker and family visiting Fred Kupka. Mrs. Fred Kephart and Karen with her mother Mrs. George Hopping. Lacy Lines and children at Wilmer W Kauffman. Wilmer I Kauffman and children at Frank Redekers Wednesday evening.
In Havre on April 25 a large family dinner at the Zieglowsky home celebrated Pte Theodore Zieglowsky’s birthday with his parents Mr and Mrs John Zieglowsky and siblings from Galesburg. The event was described as a joyful gathering with other local relatives and guests joining in the Sunday celebration.
Local notes record visits and social events among Riverside residents. Guests include Reverend Phillips at Henry Lunning home and numerous Wittmers visiting Mt. Pleasant, Iowa City, and New York. Events feature Iowa National Women's Guild meeting in Wheatland and Wotar Society activities at Riverside Trinity church. Birth announced for William Hunter Knebel Knebel family in Arlington California.
Mrs Mae Spessard returns home from a two week stay at the Boice Kurtz residence in Moline. Ainsworth O K S sent a box of 100 dozen cookies and 16 pounds of candy to Knoxville Schick hospital Clinton and Veterans Hospital Des Moines. Community members attend memorials and visits including Mr and Mrs Lee Norris and son Tracy from Chicago.
Mrs. Elmer Scherrer hosted the Fortnightly club at her Riverside area home. Members enjoyed an afternoon social and a luncheon at the close of the gathering.
A drink combines half glass of orange juice and half glass of milk with a tablespoon of sugar shaken with ice to create an orange milk shake.
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