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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1949

Page

5

Visit Relatives In Clinton on Sunday

The Leser Luckenbill family spent Sunday in Clinton with the Lewis Whitted family. Charles and Cherry stayed for a week's visit in Clinton. They will be accompanied home by their cousins Jim Dan and Jo Ann Whitted who will visit in the Luckenbill and George Masson home for a few days. The Hunter family drove to Mt Vernon Sunday to visit Minnie Paul who is ill at the J. H. Wiggins home. Mrs. W. J. Marie Jr. and her mother visited Harper Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beauchamp and family were guests at Claude Rhodebeck home. The Claude Rhodebeck Leo Beauchamp and Dale Kellogg families attended a cooperative birthday dinner in the Earl Kellogg home at Winfield. The blood test is a means of detecting brucellosis in a heard of swine but not reliable for individuals.

Lloyd Humston Young America Leser Luckenbill Clinton Lewis Whitted Charles Cherry Jim Dan Jo Ann Whitted Luckenbill George Masson Hunter Mt Vernon Minnie Paul J. H. Wiggins W. J. Marie Jr Lena Schmitt Harper Leo Beauchamp Claude Rhodebeck William Bell Leo Marie Fred Heck Carl Phillips Henry County Hospital Mount Pleasant Jim Phillips Wisconsin C. L. Horst Leon Harold Schnoebelene Robert Will Marie, Sr Mary Jane Rhodebeck John Cherry Earl Kellogg Winfield Dale Kellogg Frank Wolf Lou Rhodebeck Cy Bush Charley Welsh Lioyd Humston

Debut in The Westward Trail for Trail Queen Eileene Hardin

Eileene Hardin, crowned Queen of the Santa Fe Trails Rodeo, makes her screen debut in The Westward Trail the latest Eddie Dean PRC film at Fox Theatre this Thursday. Advance reports praise her performance though she had no prior acting experience. Ray Taylor directed the movie produced by Jerry Thomas with cast including Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Lee Morgan Budd Buster and The Plainsmen.

Santa Fe Trails Eddie Dean Fox Theatre Eileene Eddie Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Lee Morgan Budd Buster the Plainsmen

Ottumwa Medal Tourney Attracts Golf Contenders

The 1949 South eastern Iowa medal play amateur golf tournament draws a heavy field for August 10 at Ottumwa Municipal course. Last year Harold Skow of Newton won with a 36-hole 137 and a course record 65 on the final 18 holes. The event began in 1937, paused during 1942–45, and set a 307-entry record in 1946.

Southeastern Iowa Harold Skow Newton

Ottumwa Courier Sponsored Golf Tournament Details

Sponsored annually by The Ottumwa Courier the event acts as a school of experience in competitive golf with costs kept low. Contenders pay only regular 18 hole greens fees for the qualifying round and may qualify on any of the first four days of the meet.

The Ottumwa Courier

Canadian Pacific at State Theatre Returns Pioneer Rail Epic

The new Twentieth Century Fox release Canadian Pacific is now playing at the State Theatre. Filmed in Cinecolor, the film is billed as cinema's first big pioneer railroad epic in a decade and stars Randolph Scott with Jane Wyatt and J. Carroll Naish.

Twentieth Century-Fox State Theatre Randolph Scott Jane Wyatt J. Carroll Naish Vic

Railroad Epics Lead Newcomer Nancy Olson to Screen

Jury and screen newcomer Nancy Olson highlights early railroad sagas. The Iron Horse by John Ford (1924) dramatizes the Union Pacific's building and the golden spike moment. Cecil B. DeMille's Union Pacific expands the western rail epic, with Canadian Pacific as the third installment in the saga.

Iron Horse John Ford Union Pacific Railroad Cecil B. DeMille Union Pacific Canadian Pacific

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Iowa City Will Marie Chester Holcomb George Miller, Jr Roy Finke Michael Schmitt Dickinson, N. D W J. Marie, Jr Fred Palmer D. E. Cherry Lester Luckenbill Samily Mrs Luckenbill Mrs. Lord Stephens Michael McAleer Leo Marie Boys Eldon Roth Noble Harold Stephens Tommy Lois Humson Washington Laundry Eileene Hardin Ray Taylor Jerry Thomas Hotel Sherman Shermen Notel Sherma Phillips Phillips Country Greenville Ohio Yakima Washington Phillips 66 Philips America Kansas City Kansas Ne Journal Ottumwa Nancy Olson Ford Mace Motor Company Iowa Avenue Washington, Iowa Fashion Academy
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