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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
8
In Tazewell Virginia the celebrant townsmen dunked Mayor T C Bowen in a water trough after he was convicted of breaking a no shave edict during the sesquicentennial observance.
Grant Davis of Waterloo stopped in Washington overnight with his parents on the way to Burlington. Several families from the area traveled to Winnetka Illinois for the McCleery-Hollister wedding this evening, including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Logan Mr. and Mrs. Verle Gallagher Ted Brown Mrs. Lee Holland Dan and Kay Holland and others. Cpl. Mervin Kern from Camp Campbell Kentucky arrived to visit family and report back by Monday. Lois O’Loughlin from Glendale California joined her mother in Washington for a week’s stay with relatives. The gathering includes Mrs. H H McCleery of Washington and Mrs. Cloyce Bogle of Long Beach California and Mrs. Morrison of Chicago with other relatives attending.
Vic Westphal defeats Sidney Smith in the final match of the championship flight to establish himself as the premier golfer of the Washington community and the country club.
West Chester WSCS met at the church with 28 members and three guests. President Mrs. Troy Forinash announced a forthcoming “galloping breakfast” event and briefed on September plans with Wellman WSCS as guests. Committees for the anniversary were named and quotations from Faith, Key to a Victorious Life were read.
Darryl Statler reads devotion based on Pillars of Earth about raising a central pillar in a small African church. Mrs. Kenneth Cuddeback introduces four Christian Crusade exchange students Mary Ann Bauer Mrs Leland Griggs Mrs Edgar Slemmons and Phyllis Disney who discuss benefits of missions and abroad schools. Wedding notice and town social details follow with garden flower display and Irish-themed gatherings.
Admitted yesterday Don Gardner of the city underwent surgery. Births announced include a son born at 2 00 p.m. to Mr and Mrs Frank Gretter of Keota and a daughter born at 11 00 p.m. to Mr and Mrs James Meek of Brighton.
LARMRE Wyoming Mrs Helen B Cleveland 34 mother of ten says anyone who wants to learn has time to study and has completed University of Wyoming extension courses in eight months She plans to continue education next fall while caring for her large family through pregnancy and beyond
In a North Dakota post office in 1927 a harvest worker bought a 75 dollar money order and walked off without paying. Decades later a South Carolina man admitted the theft, and the debtor finally repaid 75.20 to the post office after investigators traced the case and located the clerk.
A student completed the academic year with university certificates in clothing construction and in typing. She earned certificates for beginning and advanced typing as well as beginning and advanced bookkeeping, reflecting a broad skill set in practical applications.
Sacramento gallery files reveal a life drawing of a male dodo, its mate, and offspring by Roelandt Savery, possibly the only preserved life sketch of the bird. The exhibit argues the birds appear in motion with webbed feet and natural wing placement, challenging prior depictions. The dodo likely vanished around 1681 due to hunting and tail feather value.
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