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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1948
Page
6
The Towa State Printing Board is scheduled to meet in Des Moines Iowa with officials set to discuss agenda items. Local records indicate the gathering will address policy and administrative matters affecting printing operations and state communications.
On Friday December 17 1948 bids will be received for Hunting and Fishing Licenses Customer tickets for the Liquor Commission a Research book for Iowa State College Map paper and Maps for the Highway Commission Live Stock data reports and other printing. Bids close at 10 00 a m and will be opened read and awarded with the right to reject any or all bids. Specifications may be obtained from Sherman W Needham Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines Iowa.
Shirley Brown was honored as Queen for the Day at a miscellaneous shower given Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock in the home of Mrs. Lester Hendrickson in Grinnell.
A.M.E. church announces Rev. E A London as the new pastor and states the church is no longer connected to prior leadership. Only funds solicited by the new pastor and church officers are authorized, with signatures from Rev. HK. A. London, Arthur Ballew, A P McLamore, Kimma Black, and Ruth Mitchell.
Miss Brown will become the bride of Warren Dare this month in a shower hosted by relatives of the Dares. The guest of honor was crowned and seated in the Queen's chair to receive gifts. Attendees included Mrs. George Dare, Barbara, Virginia, and Mrs. Maynard Brown, with Marie Blattner, a Grinnell College student, also present.
Local coverage lists attendees for the interment service Saturday afternoon including Mrs Jerry Voorhis of Winnetka Illinois David P Livingston Jr a Wheaton College student in Wheaton Illinois and Nelle Samson of Mt Pleasant as listed observers or mourners.
Mrs Frank Lawler writes from Texas where Frank works this winter and reports she was badly burned by a gas oven spark. She mentions meeting Cal Cooper formerly of Brighton. Kenneth Guy and Harold Mineart drove the Harold Guy family to Ames for a visit. Harold Kay and baby daughter enjoyed Thanksgiving with relatives.
The fragment lists staff roles and publishing details for a Washington Iowa newspaper including publishers editors and managers. It notes publication afternoons with Sundays omitted and references press associations and postal filing. Subscription rates are partially shown, with carrier and mail options and a figure of $12.50.
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