Debris cleanup starts after fire at Neiswanger building
The Fred Neiswanger building on Solowa avenue faced a basement and first floor fire with smoke in the second story. Cleanup begins amid insurance adjuster reviews. no injuries reported. Modern city notes include local deaths, baptisms, and community updates plus postmaster reappointment.
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Fred Neiswanger
Solowa Avenue
Mr. Neiswanger
Ralph Shannon
Washington
Frank B. Miller
Washington Golf and Country Club
Lester B. Orr
John H. Timmerman
Washington Evening Journal
Sixty Avenue
American Pearl
Delmar Miller
Ralph Dougherty
Millers
R. E. Arthur
East Main Street
South Fourth Avenue
Ralph “‘Dinty
Moore
Patton Theatre Star Heads Graham Melodrama
W P Patton of 10-20-30 fame headlined at the Graham theatre playing the lead in The Deadly Female to a large audience. The Good Fellows plan 128 benefit baskets, using a $100 nest egg from last year.
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W. P. Patton
Graham Theatre
Good Fellows
Ella Woodford
California
Woodford
Will Stewart
Helen
Florida
J. B. Crooks
Helen Sturges
James McFarland
Cora Teeter
Minneapolis
Local notices roll through Washington area events
Mrs. P H Frank returns to Waterloo after visiting her mother Mrs Wilbur Miller and sister in law Mr and Mrs Earl Limerman. Community personnel attend welfare and Legion events while Christmas carols by Sorden band air on WOI. Health and public service updates include mail volume rise and hospital visits. many residents travel to Kirksville and Davenport for tasks and holidays.
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Carl Voorhees
Des Moines
Mr. Voorhees
Veteran's Hospital
P. H. Frank
Waterloo
Wilbur Miller
Inlaw
Earl Limerman
Charles Miller
Des Plaines, Ill
Earl Simmerman
Insists on Factual Scenes for Corvette K-225
The Realart World War II film Corvette K-225 features Lt. Sturdy RCN as technical advisor. He inspected leading actors clothing and helped supervise set construction to reflect Canadian streets naval offices and wharves.
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Howard Hawks
Realart
Atlantic
Sturdy
R.C.N
Fox Theatre
Randolph Scott
James Brown
Barry Fitzgerald
Robert Mitchum
Graduation at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago
Rev and Mrs W L Sanford, along with David and Monnie Hope Bausch and Phyllis Tisor, attended graduation exercises at Moody Bible Institute Chicago on December 14 to witness Grace Sanford graduate.
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Columbus Junction
W. L. Sanford
David and
Monnie
Hope Bausch
Phyllis Tisor
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Grace
Sanford
Community Notes From Washington Feature Local Events
The Methodist church hosted over 500 attendees as part of a 10 day Evangelistic crusade across the state. United Presbyterians prepare to welcome Dr. Evert Haney as new pastor, and local leaders including Howard L. Wittrig are re-elected in county agriculture efforts. Christmas decorating contests, Campfire Girls activity, and gifts to churches are highlighted alongside park improvements at Sunset Park and local winter shoveling cautions.
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Iowa
Evert L. Haney
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Haney
Lloyd
Sterling College
Sterling
Kansas
Haneys
New
United Presbyterian
South
Lawa Avenue
The
Methodist Church
Burlington
United Presbyterians
Evert Haney
Synod of the
Friday Guests and Local News From Washington Area
Friday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spangler and Mrs. Aletha Horton plus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glandon from Washington, honoring Mr. Shrader’s birthday. Rob Krause, of Keota, sings with Iowa Wesleyan choir here Thursday. Cpl. Don S. Lambert, now in Seoul Korea, writes home seeking letters. New baby Mary Joanne Guffey born Nov. 26 to Frederick Oklahoma pair formerly from Columbus Junction. Ralph W. Ewing heads to San Antonio after Iowa duty. Mrs. W. W. Twinam returns home from Crawfordsville.
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Opal White
Crawfordsville
H. S
Raymond Dutro
Davenport
Jacob Shrader
Fred Spangler
Aletha Horton
Robert Glandon
Washington
Mr. Shrader
Rob Krause
A. R. Krause
Keota
Iowa Wesleyan Choir
Cpl
Don S. Lambert
Ordnance Field Group
APO
San Francisco
Cal
Sam Lambert
Seoul
Korea
Howard A. Guffey
Frederick
Oklahoma
Mary Joanne
Guffey
Columbus Junction
Brighton Enterprise reports property sales by Kasten and Willis
From Our County Papers The Brighton Enterprise notes Adolph Kasten and wife sold their acreage to Earl Jackson of Washington and purchased Keith Willis property. The Wellmaan Advice reports Father N V Kuebrich returned December 7 from a seven week tour of Europe. Keokuk County News covers the Delta couple Gether McNabb and Marvin Smith wedding December 7 at the home of Rev W H Crein Sigourney.
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Brighton Enterprise
Adolph Kasten
Jennie Horton
Earl Jackson
Washington
Kastens
Keith Willis
N. V. Kuebrich
Wellman
Kinross
Little Creek
Europe
Keokuk County
Gethel McNabb
John McNabb
Delta
Marvin Smith
W. H. Cre
Sigourney
Pozzuolana Cement Used In Montana Dam Project
Pozzuolana, a volcanic dust from Pozzuoli near Naples, Italy, is used in the Hungry Horse Dam construction in Montana to enhance cement. The Romans reportedly used the material as far back as 2,500 years ago.
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Montana
Pozzuoli
Naples
Italy
Hospital News and Obituaries Summary
Hospital brief lists a series of births and admissions. Readouts include births to Witthoft Keota Dempsey Simmering and Jaspering Washington. dismissals include Mrs Eagle Fairfield and Richard Anderson. Admitted Claude Shrock Kalona. deaths not reported. dates reflect yesterday today and weekend timings.
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Clem Eagle
Hospital Admissions And Birth Announcements
Admissions include Jimmy Speed of Washington for appendectomy and Mrs Lester Snow under surgical care. Today a tonsillectomy is listed for Larry Richards of Washington. Monday entries note Mr and Mrs Leo Finke of Columbus Junction and the birth of a son at 4:27 p.m. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Clofd Willits Jr with a son at 1:08 a.m. and Mr and Mrs George Wheeldon, R. 1, with a daughter.
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Jimmy Speed
Washington
Lester Snow
Larry Richards
Leo Finke
Columbus Junction
Clofd Willits Jr
George Wheeldon
Births Reported Across Iowa Regions Yesterday and Today
Submitted yesterday Elizabeth Tiwin of Washington had a medical entry. Mr and Mrs Dave Plank of Wellman welcomed a son at 4 27 p m. Today Mr and Mrs Giles Es cher of Kalona welcomed a daughter at 2 10 a m.
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Lizabeth Tiwin
Washington
Dave Plank
Wellman
Giles Escher
Kalona
Local Notices Highlight Mrs Finke Simmering and Gregory Families
Today notices name Mrs Leo L. Finke and her son of Columbus Junction, Mrs John Donald Simmering and her son of Washington, and Mrs David Gregory in a sequence of family notices.
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Leo L. Finke
Columbus Junction
John Donald Simmering
Washington
David Gregory
Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Galley Held in Molitgag Church
Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Galley were held today in the Congregational church in Molitgag Ill. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Miller who formerly operated the Western Union office here. She died Sunday night in Moline. Word arrives of the death in Orlando Fla., of Elmer C. Keck.
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David Blankenhorn
C. A. Galley
Congregational Church
Molitgag
Ill
Orlando, Fla
Elmer C. Keck
Obituaries: Mrs Earl Ferguson and Infant Catherine Dunn
Mrs Earl Ferguson of Crawfordsville died today at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a period of illness. Catherine Dunn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James K Dunn Jr of Wyman died Thursday morning December 14 restoring the family noted as Mary Frances Lackey before marriage.
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J. A. Cochran
Joe Cochran
Rev
University Hospital
Iowa City
Earl Ferguson
Crawfordsville
Mercy Hospital
Ferguson
Catherine Dunn
James K. Dunn Jr
Wyman
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