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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1962
Page
4
John Eagle returns home from hospital after tonsillectomy. Cedar residents host cooperative Easter dinner with numerous guests including the Libe and Hill families from nearby cities. Several families from Moline Burlington Muscatine and Coppock share visits and holiday greetings with local residents and relatives.
The Board of Supervisors will accept the lowest bids for 8,000 gallons of Prem Diesel Fuel and authorize the chairman to sign contracts and performance bonds with bidders including Cities Service Co Des Moines Sunray Oil Co Waterloo Sinclair Refining Co Kansas City Mo Standard Oil Co Des Moines Farm Service Co Washington. The lowest bid by Standard Oil Co was accepted with a discount and the contract will be subject to adjournment on the chairman's call.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Johnson and family spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartholow Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodson and George McClintic of Brighton spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Olds. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kafka and son Bill of Fairfield spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Clem Eagle and family. The ladies are sisters. John and Garry Schnicker, who are attending college in Cedar Falls spent their Easter vacation with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schnicker, and returned to Cedar Falls Monday evening.
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I wish to thank everyone for the calls and cards while in the hospital. Special thanks to Dr. Montgomery and the nurses. Mrs. Pearl Meeker.
Jim and Edward Ossman hosted the Washington Hustlers 4-H Club meeting on Tuesday with members answering roll call by naming a flower. Tim Trotman demonstrated Germination Testing and Jim McCarthy with Joe McCarthy showed How Plants Take Up Water and Minerals. Rosann Crayne spoke on Giving Oral Reason. Refreshments were provided by Millers and Ossmans. The Crooked Creek Cyclones meeting opened at 7 40 with Leonard Schantz presiding. Minutes were read and approved and roll call had 31 members present. John Hamil and Mike Suter were listed as attendees.
Committee members present noted clothing inventories while Mike Suter delivered a report on staking and pruning tomatoes. Attendees included Bob Wells Ernie Whiting and Larry Williams.
Friday sale at Washington Livestock Sales Co. Every Wednesday sale at Smylie's Livestock Market in Columbus Junction. Sale Mondays at Wayland. Hogs sale every Wednesday with veal sheep cattle every Thursday. Kalona Sales Barn Kalona. Tuesday sales at Ollie Livestock Exchange and at Wapello Livestock Auction on Highway 61 Wapello Iowa.
Television guide details schedule sections across Saturday Sunday Monday and Tuesday listing programs, times, and channels for Huntley News Perry Mason Gunsmoke Jack Benny Candid Camera The Andy Griffith Show and various daytime soap and sports programs. It includes network news weather reports and late night movies with multiple regional listings.
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