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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1935
Page
8
City warns against late arrival as parking will be tight during a big Christmas event. Santa will ride ponies, welcome children, and entertain with reindeer and camels. Free balloons, store displays, and early shopping advocated to ensure a joyful day.
Bethel Presbyterian women sponsor a Thursday evening performance by Methodist Unit 8 2 at Bethel church. The Ladies Aid at Mrs Martins present The Ladies Aid at Mrs Martins under Mrs Leslie Gates direction. Proceeds support church improvements and the M E Ladies treasury. Pie coffee and hot chicken sandwiches will be sold. Admission 15 cents for adults 10 cents for children.
In Lexington on December 2 a neighborhood family day included a scare when Little Bobby George, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip George, burned his hands on a hot oven door last Monday. The injuries are painful but not serious and are being dressed by a doctor every other day. The piece also lists numerous Thanksgiving dinners and gatherings attended by local families across Wellman Ames Washington and nearby areas.
A two hour theater shutdown hit Des Moines and four other Iowa cities when projection machine operators walked out. The labor dispute involved members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Picture Operators and Paramount Publix Corp.
A correspondent asserts Hoover is not pursuing the 1936 nomination yet. The piece describes Hoover at his California home looking confident and energised by recent speeches, while noting shifts in public reception and critics’ labels from Tory to liberal.
A Civil War era tale notes Alabama’s yellowhammer as the state bird chosen through history. A band of young Alabamians wore yellowhammer feathers in their hats and marched to battle.
Thanksgiving meals figure prominently as H Homer Kephart and family join A B Carr for turkey dinner. Other households including Glenn Wilson Wagner and Wilsons, Neiswanger and Vogt relatives hosted large gatherings with turkey or chicken dinners.
Bernard Manley chairman of the state liquor commission testified on the witness stand that he did not meet or negotiate with Mike Mercurio regarding the sale of state liquor seals. Mercurio faces perjury charges tied to his grand jury testimony about buying seals from Manley.
Freelan Wilford of Stavely Alberta Canada was named the wheat king of the world for his hard red spring entry weighing 66.6 pounds per bushel. John Haus of Corvallis Montana captured the barley and oats crown at the International hay and train show.
Everett Hayes received the Thomas B. Wilson scholarship at the International Livestock Show in Chicago for his long time 4-H record book. His mother Mrs. BE. P. Hayes accepted the message from Mr. Hayes in Chicago. The scholarship funds study at any agricultural college. Everett is enrolled as a freshman at Ames this year.
The Woodford family Thanksgiving dinner in Brighton drew 31 guests at the Anson Woodford residence. Attendees included Anson Ralph and Howard Woodford with relatives from Wellston Chicago Oskaloosa and Paola. Additional Brinton and Helmick family members joined for the holiday gathering.
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