December 8 1948 Council Proceedings and Claims
Council met in regular session with six councilmen present. Harry Sowden was appointed mayor pro tem as the mayor was absent. Minutes and monthly treasurer and water department reports were approved. Finance committee approved numerous claims including salaries, labor, materials, and services for city projects. Cigarette license granted to Witting and Wittmer. beer license referred for investigation. Meeting adjourned. G. E. Mace, Mayor. John K. Lowash, City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Rudiger
G. M. Humble
R. J. Arthur
J. W. Fields
Harry Sowden
H. F. Freshwaters
H. IF. Freshwaters
RK. E. Arthur
Ern Garrett
Ban Waters
Orville Long
Mueller Co
Farrell’s
Offick Appies
Great Western Lab
Ea Po
Iowa Mach. & Supply Co
Stewart & Crone
PNR
Ewinger Supply Co
James B. Clow & Sons
Gardner-Denver Co
Tam Perofs
Neptune Meter Co
Carson Plb
Htxg
Sieg-Ottumwa Co
Supe Pups
Sovony Vacuum Co
Arctic OS
Witting and Wittmer
R. E. Arthur
Simmering
HH. F. Freshwaters
G. E. Mace
John K. Lowash
Mrs Genkinger to Spend Winter in Rock Island With Daughters
Mrs Stella Genkinger will spend the winter in Rock Island Illinois with her two daughters Mrs Herbert Frost and Mrs Walter Stuart The Bergs family from Goodland Kansas arrived to visit relatives and friends in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Genkinger
Rock Island
Herbert Frost
Walter Stuart
Ant ‘Oes
Clifford Bergs
Goodland, Kans
Christmas Carol Quiz Draws Prizes at Host’s Home
Mrs A C Wenger led a quiz on Christmas carols with prizes going to Mrs Harold Cross Mrs Eldred Berkshire and Mrs Oral Conrad. Nineteen members attended with six guests including Mrs W C Khoshart Washington and others. A social hour and gift exchange followed the program and holiday refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Wenger
Harold Cross
Eldred Berkshire
Oral Conrad
W. C. Khoshart
Washington
Max Gisel
E. C. Allen
Frank Boshart
Laurence Shaeffer
Oss
Marriage announcements and a windstorm casualty report
Announcements note Grace Elise Krieg and Walter J. Hood set to wed at River Edge New Jersey with Hood family ties to Yorktown Heights New York. Velma Jarrard visits Sigourney and Grace Krieg-Hood news appears amid a windstorm casualty in Washington causing two plate glass windows to break at Harold Miller's new building.
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Grace Elise Krieg
Walter J. Hood
First Congregational Church
River Edge
New Jersey
Walter S. Hood
Yorktown Heights
N. Y
Hood
Washington
Washington Democrat
R. C. Fergeson
West Chester
Last Sundias
Harold Miller
Progress Club Holds Annual Gift Exchange in Wayland
WAYLAND The Progress club hosted its annual gift exchange and Christmas party Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Lyle Zehr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Progress Club
Lyle Zehr
Britain Uplifts Draft Age to Fifty One
The government raises the military draft age in Britain to 51. All fit men between 18 and 41 are drafted unless assigned to essential civilian work or deemed irreplaceable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
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Frances Zubrod
Chicago
Jacqueline
Carolyn
Kathleen
Zubrods
International Soundphoto
Council Proceedings
Hart Moran
Labor
Gareld Pryor
Edward Long
Riser
Harold Crossett
H. R. Green Co
Bérvides
Une
Midwest Contracting Co
Merchants Nat. Bank
Co. P. Weldin
Mary Chapman
Irene Coffman
Ralph Minick
Carl Hancher
G. M. Smith
Fred Riley
Raymond J. Miller
Frank Embree
Wash
Sal
Glen E. Johnson
Eva Garrett
Lhdrsl
de Ban Waters
Earl Moran
Gareth Pryor
Mite Smith
Red Herman Marion
Turgas
Fields Motor Co
Freshwaters Coal & Supply
Moothart
John Shield’s & Sons
the Evening Journal
Hooker Supply Co
Edwards
Nicola & Harmon
Office Suoanese Son
Aoe Lee Shell Oil Co
W. S. Darley & Co
Moline Imp. Co
Power & Light
Peter's
Eclipse Lumber Co
R. A
Turo Test Corp
House UN
Pioneer Drug
Coca-Cola Company
Burlington
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
The
Coca Cola Company
Esquire
Klein Klothing Ko
Dixie Dugan
McEvoy and
Striebej
Joe Palooka
MR. Walsh
Knobby
By Ken Reynolds
Vom
Ine
Velma Jarrard
Sigourney
Mrs
Homer Jarrard
Currie Berdo
California
J. Merle Scott
Helen Work
Scott
Los Angeles
Mrs. Berdo
Carmel
Betty Hollingsworth Martin
Long Beach
San Diego
Horace Vike
Santa Ana
Caliornia
San Antonio Texas
Judge Advocate’s Department
Pike
Mary Louise Illarwood
Captain Truman
Harry S. Truman
Cuba
Carlos Piio Socarras
MID Way Sales CO
Columbus Junction, Lowa
Colorado
Fk. OD. Smylie
MGR
G. L. Dutton
Richland
Montis
McCormick-Deering
Benoix
G. L. Dutton Estate
Fred W. Beehler
J. W. Hendrickson
Union State Bank
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