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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
4
A collage of editorial snips notes biblical prophecies of restoration, reflections on vanity in fashion, party allegiance in politics, and a skeptical view of flying saucers. It critiques labor-management tensions and praises cautious reform, then shifts to tax figures for General Motors and a wary eye on polio in Iowa.
Riverside Public school registration Saturday shows 92 pupils in grades K through 8 and 20 in high school across ninth to twelfth grade. Supt. H. E. Colvin expects a few late registrants as the community notes various local activities and visits.
The coronation joint committee announced a full royal program for next year. It includes a June 2 broadcast, Buckingham Palace banquets, garden parties, receptions, and state visits across the kingdom. A court ball may occur June 5, with Ascot Races Trooping the Colour and a Covent Garden gala in the following weeks. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland later in the summer.
A list of relatives travels from various towns as Mr and Mrs Fred Skubal Mr and Mrs C B Rice Marion Godlove Mrs Mary Colbert Mrs Anna Younkin and sons Elizabeth Sanders and Mr and Mrs Brown of Lone Tree join Mr and Mrs Frank Dvorak and Mr and Mrs Henry Prymek in leaving Monday for Chiloquin Oregon. They expect to be gone several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baldosier and Lon Hyde visited in Roll Hyde lane. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hinkle Jr. and children visited in the parental E. C. Hinkle home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Amrine and…
Saturday visits occurred at Cecil Riley’s home with son Donald. Will Bran non and family visited Sunday with the Max Wyse household. Joyce Baldosier and John Baldosier families hosted several days this week. Felgar and Alma Felgar from Mexico Missouri and Jay Felgar from Ft. Madison visited Saturday evening at the Glenn Schafer home.
Circus trainers struggled to distinguish polar bears by face so a trainer marked each bear with distinct spots to tell them apart while they learned the animals’ habits.
The State Theatre premieres The Belle of New York a Technicolor musical starring Fred Astaire Vera Ellen and Marjorie Main. Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer wrote the score with Roger Edens contributed a song. The film features airborne dance and a roster of lively numbers including I Wanna Be a Dancin Man and Seeing's Believing.
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