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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1948

Page

6

Rotary Club Meeting and Court Visit in Chicago

The author describes a large Chicago Rotary Club gathering at Hotel Sherman with about 800 attendees and visiting guests from Florida and New York. He notes the speaker Rilen W. Doe of Safeway Stores on vocational service, then details court visits in the county building, a jury including a Negro woman, and impressions of theaters, including Brigadoon and High Button Shoes, plus a busy Randolph Street Triangle restaurant oyster counter scene.

Chicago Rotary Club Hotel Sherman Lake Wales Florida Tupper Lake New York Des Moines Arthur Brayton Chamber of Commerce Washington Rilen W. Doe Oakland Calif Safeway Stores, Inc Rotary Clubs Rotary Prystalski Randolph Street

Classified Ads Publication Deadline Notice

All classified ads received before 1 30 p m will be published the same day. For further information call Ad taker phone numbers 6 or 54.

Adtaker

Boston Oyster House Hat Lady Remembers Patrons

At the Morrison hotel basement in Chicago, a long-serving woman who tends evats and hats for patrons impresses with memory beyond her seventy years. She gives out no checks to men who leave their hats with her.

Boston Morrison Hotel Chicago

Hidden talents at a busy social center

An observer notes a woman and an elderly man at a club who instinctively pick the correct coats and hats from racks as patrons arrive. A former Pullman porter recalls similar knack. A Salvation Army center in Brooklyn displays single shoes by size for handicapped individuals with one foot.

Salvation Army

Community weekly livestock sale notices in Iowa

Community notices list weekly livestock sales across multiple Iowa venues. Whittaker sale barn hosts Friday journal sales while Midway Sales in Columbus Junction and Kalona Sales Barn in Ericua hold weekly sales on Wednesdays and Thursdays respectively. Ollie Livestock Exchange in Ollie runs Tuesday sales at 100 PM and Hi Dollar Sales in Sigourney holds Monday sales.

Whittaker Sale Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Sales Barn Ericua Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney

Closing Out Public Sale Notices at Rural Barns and Roads

A sequence of public sale notices details weekly Friday sales at Keota Junction Sale barn starting December 21 at 12 30 with closing out sales 1 mile West of Way land and 1 mile North and 1 2 mile West. John C Hinkle listed December 28. Cy Bush hosts a 5% miles Southwest of Washington sale at 11 00 January 11. Harlan OLoughlin presents a closing out sale 7 miles Northwest of Washington starting at 11 00.

Wayland John C. Hinkle Washington Cy Bush Harlan O’loughlin

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