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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1952
Page
3
War bond auction proceeds totaled over 46000 dollars with appreciative bids noted. Local items report arrests during pilot training, street work plans, farm and business moves, a soup kitchen opening, and community events including a melon day celebration and school music program developments in Washington.
The journal’s Nineteenth annual Three Quarter Century club dinner was held August 22 at the Washington Golf and Country club. Other items note sentencing in county jail, injuries from a auto crash near Washington, local business openings, school notices, personnel changes, and a large funeral for Thomas Curran McCutcheon.
Report notes Tuesday traffic with rough-shod horses and wagons on new black tar surfacing in Washington causing considerable street damage. Several injuries are listed from Saturday accidents including Richard Zieglowsky 21 who suffered head and internal injuries after a car crash and a four year old, son of Mrs. Paul DeWitt, who fell from a car and sustained a severe head injury. Other incidents include polio diagnoses in University of Iowa City patients and local social updates from Keota and Brighton areas.
Readable items show polio concerns across towns with Ray Whitehead at University Hospital and Mrs. Max Owen at home. Grinnell hosts Darlene Stevens wedding to Earl Brown. Riverside reports pupil registrations by grade and high school counts. Local licenses issued, traffic safety talk by patrolman Ton, and county budget plans emerge alongside 4 H ribbons and community visits.
Ed Flanders aged 62 died Sunday night at his home after a critical illness. Funeral services were held at St Marys Church in Town City today. Mrs J M Finn reported yesterday from Stafford, Kansas the death of Mrs Sam Wallace, cousin of Mrs Fine in Washing, formerly identified as from River W435 ppm Ta ek.
In Richland Clarion and neighboring papers, Saint Peter and Paul church near Keota is noted for its parish clergy including Bishop William Adrian of Nashville and two monks. Michael Schmitt of Dickinson, North Dakota was ordained there in 1912. Fourteen young women have entered the religious order from this church. Keota Eagle highlights a Palmer grain gathering chute featured in Capper’s Farmer September.
Hospital notes list births and admissions across multiple towns including Columbus Junction, Washington, Ainsworth, Keota, and Wellman. Entries record new babies, surgical or general admissions, and dismissals, with names like Richard Zieglowsky, Mr and Mrs Richard Bordwell, Mr and Mrs Virgil Hering, and Mrs. LeVernon Helscher among others. The bulletin also mentions a milk-housing project in Nicollet County, Minnesota and a BrightOn Enterprise road report noting a life saved by improved road conditions near Coppock.
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