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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1947

Page

6

Crawfordsville Social News Shares Local Events

Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Maxwell visited Harry Olsen and Joan Maxwell on her birthday. Nan Ritchie broke her left wrist and sprained an ankle at Montgomery Wards in Washington. The local doctor suffered two broken ribs in an auto accident and closed his office temporarily. Rural Carriers Christmas Dinner at Brighton drew 45 to 50 members, followed by a gift exchange at L. A. Horton home. Melville Donaldson attended the Mrs Myrtle Genkinger sale near Ainsworth while Mrs. Donaldson and sons visited William Caldwell. Jerry plans to return to school after a two week absence.

J. A. Raymond Crawfordsville Mrs. Lisle Maxwell Harry Olsen Mrs. Olsen Joan Maxwell Nan Ritchie Montgomery Wards Washington John Mitchell Ernest Clark Brighton L. A. Horton Melville Donaldson Myrtle Genkinger Ainsworth

I H C Side Delivery and Farm Equipment Listing

Catalog of farm machinery and supplies including a thrashing machine blower on skids a Lantz hay fork Deering binder windrow oats Great Western manure spreader 7500x20 tires Humbolt manure loader buck rake heavy two wheel trailer tractor fuel barrel 255 gallon capacity Iowa Cream separator 1000 gallon capacity 300 feet of new 1 inch galvanized pipe and other items noted as never used and in excellent condition with wood feed banks and other articles too numerous to mention

Gase R. C. Case John Deere Airbanks Morse Hammer Mill R. C Oliver Corn Deering Great Western Iowa

Prairie Flower Social Notes and Local Visits

Prairie Flower reports social activity in Cedar County with visits by Mr. and Mrs. Merle Turnipseed to Cedar Rapids, family gatherings at the Ellis Finke home in Pella, and a Farm Bureau kick off with an oyster supper for about 125 people. Roy Finke sold a truckload of hogs to Washington buyers, while others assisted in kitchen duties and attended homemaking and American Home sections events.

Prairie Flower Clayde Knapp KE. L. Bartholow Merle Turnipseed Cedar Rapids Jon Kirk L. W. Turnipseed Alfred Johnson George Miller Bonita Ellis Finke Pella Farm Bureau Stoutner E. P. Booth Wayne Knupp Roy Finke Washington Clayde Knupp Arthur Wiley Donald Ross

Weekly and Holiday Farm Sales Across Iowa

Classified notices list multiple livestock and farm sales across Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Ollie Washington Crawfordsville Wayland and Washington with events at Midway Sales Company Ollie Livestock Exchange Cyril Greiner Walter Anderson Tony Davis Martin Gerig Howard M Stewart and others Starts times range from 10:30 to 1:40 and dates December 18 December 22 and January 5 with closing out and public sale actions noted.

Whittaker Midway Sales Columbus Junction Iowa Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie North English Cyril Greiner S. W Washington Brighton Road Walter Anderson Crawfordsville Tonyn Davis Wayland Martin C. Gerig Howard M. Stewart

Margarine To Replace Butter In New York City School Lunches

New York city public schools will substitute margarine for butter on school lunch sandwiches after the first of the year. The board of education expects savings of about 124000 dollars yearly, about 53 cents a pound, after attorneys ruled state margarine bans do not apply to public schools. Kitchen staff say margarine spreads more easily.

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