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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1966
Page
5
The Plain Jones Club celebrated a Christmas party with Mrs Kermit Jones hosting. Mrs George Miller joined the club. A gift exchange revealed seven sisters. The next meeting is planned with Mrs Terry Fenn on January 4.
A compiled list of farm sales and auctions across Iowa counties from December to January, including locations such as Ollie Ainsworth Wayland Kalona and Washington. Entries note sale types closing out farm goods and livestock markets, start times, and seller names like L & E Angus Farms J C Hirschy Carl Patterson Leonard Novak and John Butler executors of the Hamilton Estate.
Dr M L Tweeton based at 108 North Marion lists phone 653 2351 and notes Wednesday closure. Dr P L Etter osteopathic physician offers rectal disease treatment with contact 653 3303.
Mrs William Putman hosted a Christmas tea with Harriett Clendenning and Mattie Black assisting. Miss Martha Glass attended. Mrs Percy Holder and Mrs Charles McClung poured. Claude Tucker spoke on The World of Great Madonnas. Mrs M D Lee and Mrs Clarence Goodwin presided at a Rebekah Club Christmas party with new officers elected. OBS Mrs Leo Beauchamp named worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. Just Us Club held its annual Christmas dinner with readings and a nativity segment.
Square dance lessons progress with a full class. The Christmas dance on December 17 at the Legion Hall features a potluck supper at 6 30 p m. Members bring two dishes and table service. A 50 cent gift exchange is planned. Caller Skip Shippers hosts. Guests welcome.
The Iowa Accountants Association District No. 6 held a Christmas party at the Willows Club hosted by Mr and Mrs Roger Chapman and Mrs Dorothy Gray. Guests included Elmer Heckinger president and Mrs Heckinger Hugo Thode district director and Mrs Thode with visitors from Donnelson Davenport Newton and Des Moines. After a business meeting a gift exchange followed. Members discussed the recent Tax Seminar in Des Moines and the next meeting is set for May.
The fragment outlines staff roles at the Washington Evening Journal with editors and managers listed, plus publication schedule notes and postal act mention. It reads as a partial masthead with names David Elder William Shannon Charles Mortis Bob Shatter Howard Hazen and others, including Inland Press and Iowa-based operations.
The writer notes fall and winter are peak times for buying spring agricultural needs and reports rising demand for insecticides and herbicides. Supplies are tight, with some suppliers not seeking new business and prioritizing established dealers. The piece recalls last spring’s shortages and the reviewer explains their cautious stance, aiming to recommend only effective products based on research from ISU Ames and Illinois State Urbana.
The Washington chapter of the National Hairdressers Association met at the Loren Robertsons for the annual Christmas party. Christmas carols were sung and a gift exchange conducted. Women played Court Whist while men played pool. Refreshments were served to nineteen attendees.
Timothy P. Dougall AF 16920487 of Combat Support Group Shaw AFB South Carolina is home on leave and left last weekend for South Carolina. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Felix Dougall.
Energy post hole digger, Helix 80 bu auger wagon, J.D. 4 section barrow with folding drawbar, Stanhorst 42 ft PTO elevator with truck hopper and PTO lift, rubber tired wagon with steel flare box and hoist, hay rock on rubber tired gear, J.D. oats feeder, and metal rapie saw with percent hp motor.
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