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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
1
A program listing multiple parts of a Christmas concert with mixed chorus, boys and girls glee clubs, baritone soloist Charles Luckenbill, and guest soloist. Selections include O Come All Ye Faithful, Sleep My Jesu, The Drum, Winter Song, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, A Little Prayer, Soon Ah Will Be Done, Dry Bones, and A Merry Christmas. Also notes performers such as Sybil Bagge and various named choirs and participants.
Washington high school vocal music department presents a concert tonight in the high school auditorium. Director Robert Ferrell leads the mixed chorus and smaller groups in Christmas music with soloists and a double mixed quartet. Season tickets may be used and a surprise guest soloist is planned.
President Truman warned that lasting peace depends on a continued buildup of military power. He spoke at the Aero Club of Washington dinner marking Wright brothers flight anniversary and opening a year-long air age celebration attended by 1,200 aviation readers.
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank M. Mast will be held Saturday at 11 oclock in Jay's funeral home Ottumwa. Burial will follow in Ottumwa cemetery. She is mother of Mr. T. M. Mast of Washington and died in Edinburgh Texas where she is spending the winter months.
In Chadwick Illinois a streamliner ripped open a money filled bag from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. Currency was scattered along tracks to Savanna and townsfolk joined authorities in a search. Bank president W J Schretner expected full recovery and the bag was dropped near Chadwick Wednesday. The mail sack was sucked under the wheels of the Empire Builder as Arthur Frommell, station agent, alerted Postmaster Balk and the sheriff aided in the operation.
Funeral services for Henry Hagie were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 in the Crawfordsville Methodist church with Dr. C. R. Reed presiding. Burial followed in Crawfordsville Cemetery with pallbearers Glen Arthau d, Dr. J. M. Wilson, William Youngman and Lloyd Zickefoose. Jones Funeral Home arranged.
Jesse Paul Davis died on December 1 in Holly Colorado after living years in Ainsworth Nebraska. He married Nora Sands of Ainsworth and they had ten children. Survivors include his wife nine children one brother and a sister. The couple moved to a farm near Syracuse Kansas after their 1907 marriage.
Mr and Mrs Manuel Mendez recall that their daughter Paulina was the 102nd baby born in Tahoka hospital in 1950 and their son Manuel Jr the 102nd in 1951, both in the same facility.
Names drawn at the courthouse designate the 1953 county grand jury and petit jurors for the January district court term. Grand jurors meet January 13 at 10 AM. petit jurors report January 19 at 1 50 PM unless notified. Judge J G Patterson to open the term January 12.
Washington high school vocal students from the mixed chorus will perform on a thirty minute television program Saturday afternoon. Robert Ferrell the vocal music director will take the group to Rock Island for the WHBF TV telecast between 5 30 and 6 o clock in the evening.
Paris report says the NATO Council ordered military chiefs to set 1953 targets for Western European defense by February 28 and to emphasize quality over quantity. The plan includes improving efficiency before expanding Ridgway’s 50 divisions and 4,000 aircraft, with some nations seeking financial aid or indirect help to maximize current forces.
Mrs. John Mitchell 65 of Crawfordsville died at 2 30 this morning at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after months of illness. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Saturday December 20 at Crawfordsville Federated Church with Rev. Earnest Smith officiating. Burial follows at Crawfordsville Jones Funeral Home. Anna Blanche Cunningham born August 25 1887 near Crawfordsville widow of John C Mitchell spent her life in town and was active in the Federated Presbyterian Church Women's Guild and Rural Mail Carriers Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include her husband two children Everette G of Waterloo and Mrs. H E Kratter of Iowa City four grandchildren and a sister Mrs. Grace Williams of Crawfordsville.
The President's Health Commission proposed a state managed health care for all program funded by the federal government to assist the poor and aged while expanding health insurance nationwide. It would rely on states and local bodies to implement the plan with federal support and private groups. President Truman welcomed the report and urged serious study rather than emotional opposition. The AMA said it would study the proposal before commenting in full.
In Chicago doctors attempted a groundbreaking 12 hour 40 minute operation to separate 15 month old Brodie twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee who were joined at the skull. Roger Lee showed signs of shock and poor prognosis while Rodney Dee fared better as transfusions were used to replace blood in both infants.
More than 100 men will start a fresh search in Naperville for six year old Jean Petersen and three year old Edward Rosenstiel who vanished from the Chicago suburb. Milwaukee police pursue reports of a man and woman who boasted of slaughtering the youngsters while volunteers drain about 90 000 000 gallons from an abandoned quarry without finding remains.
Billy Cook the six victim killer was buried in a private quiet ceremony in a graveyard named Peace in Joplin Missouri. Relatives ordered the secret burial after canceling a public funeral planned in Comanche Oklahoma amid crowds and media attention.
The Washington Moose hall will stay open daily from 1 p.m. to 11 30 p.m. except Sundays. Lodge officials emphasized that women of the Moose are cordially invited to the hall.
Firefighters from Washington and Brighton battled a roof fire at the Indian Creek school near Brighton on Wednesday night. Neighbors helped move furnishings as the blaze was contained with the main structure spared though the roof suffered heavy damage. The cause remains unknown and sessions will resume in a vacant home on the Guy property.
Plans for installing officers were made at the regular IOOF meeting Tuesday night. Officers will be installed during the week of January 6. The next family social was announced for December 29. Reading of official communications and other business filled the evening. Refreshments were served.
Editor Jim Elliott explains why precise farm records are vital for management. Records of production, sales, expenses, and investments aid credit, tax filing, and landlord negotiations. They enable benchmarking with area standards and identify strong and weak points for better decision making.
Merced California UP Charles K K Spurlock a lumber company executive says he has developed a perpetual motion machine inspired by Bible faith He plans to start operation on Christmas day The device named Ezekiel Wheel consists of two 24 foot diameter wheels weighing 312 tons with 16 four pound weights on bearings claimed to supply continual motion and 5000 horsepower demonstrations contradict established physics claims.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce reports early results of its 1953 membership drive with dues paid by firms listed, as the committee plans weekly releases. The goal is a $10,000 budget to align with similar towns, with members including Willits Motor, House of Flowers, Lackey's Coffee Shop, and others.
Santa Bruce Claus announces a last minute Washington visit on Tuesday near Christmas. He will bring a convertible sleigh and riders if snow allows, or ride with ponies if it does not, noting that reindeer will rest.
Near Laredo Texas two jet trainers collided in formation killing three men. Four hours later another jet crashed inside the city limits but the pilot was unhurt. An instructor and his student rode one trainer while an aviation cadet piloted the other.
The historical figure Confucius the Chinese philosopher is recorded as born in 551 B C in the state of Lu during the Zhou dynasty era, with his ideas shaping later East Asian thought.
Members of the Presbyterian church Sunday school will present their annual Christmas program in the church Friday evening December 19 at 7 30 o clock. The event organized by Mrs Charles Bartholow will feature Christ mas readings and songs followed by a pageant and social hour with refreshments. A musical program by the Munsons and Calvin Wolf closes the evening.
Des Moines reports cloudy conditions tonight with a drop in temperatures. Forecasters expect lows from 8 to 14 degrees in the northeast and 15 to 18 in the southwest with stronger cooling. Friday will be mostly cold with light winds and occasional light precipitation possible over the weekend.
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