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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1952

Page

4

Otis Vien Returns Home After Hospital Stay

Otis Vien came home from Mercy Hospital where he spent two weeks after a shotgun accident injured his knee during a hunting incident. A church food sale by the Home Builders Sunday school raised funds with a carefully arranged display of many foods and hand crafts. Christmas parties and gatherings followed in several local Sunday schools, with multiple gifts, meals, and plans for holiday activities.

Wellman Otis Vien Mercy Hospital Mis Home Builders B.D. Miller Hot Springs Merce Raymond Iowa City University Hospital Thomas Anthony Henry Flanders van Gaard Arthur Wright Methodist Church School A. M. Wehrle Troup D. C. Bissinger Lewis Belcher Bill Bidwell

Local Business Notes Include Sales Force Hire and Barber Shop Opening

Wade and Co. adds John Robinson to its sales force. Wayne Karr opens a barbershop in the former Copper Cutter Shop premises.

Baxter Freeze John Robinson Wade and Co Wayne Karr

Ivor Davis Family Entertains Sunday

Crawfordsville news notes a Sunday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Davis with guests from Davenport Wayland and Crawfordsville. Robert Olds, in the army in Korea, will miss Christmas at home and return in February. Other local visits and shopping trips are listed along with a new baby named Douglas Wayne and hospital stay for Hal Huston.

Jack Howard Crawfordsville Ivor Davis Sandra FM. Olds Robert Olds Rickey Davenport Leona Sellantz Wayland Russell Zickefoose Davis Armee Korea Olds Art Rathmell Winfield Leona Sehantz Sandra Davis Lois Anne Engle Muscatine Robert Wells Clint Rhea Ottumwa Kenneth Rhea DAR Mt. Pleasant Dwight Graber P. P. Graver Douglas Wayne Leona Schantz Iowa City Donald Blankenhorn Towyn Davies Richard Allen Stephens Burlington Clyde Huston Des Moines Huston Hal Huston Mercy Hospital Lee Lease KR. G. Williams Iowa

Thanksgiving Gatherings Highlight Local Family News

The note mentions Mrs. John Mitchell hospitalized at Mercy hospital and visits by relatives. Thanksgiving turkey dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Lem Davis with their sons’ families, plus guest Mrs. Hugh Jones from Wymore Nebraska. Readers are urged to renew Journal subscriptions and consider gifts.

Merle Coltons Visit At Clearfield Iowa

Round Grove reports Merle Colton and family visiting the Dwight Morey home near Clearfield on Saturday and Sunday. Guests included Joe Podaril and Ox Allensworth of near Washington. The Podrails installed a television. Clifford Bell joined Karl Marshall’s supper group. Mrs. Bell celebrated a birthday. WK A Mathers family now at Travares Florida DC address. Judy Skubal and Ainsworth band students attended a Ames concert.

John Skuball Round Grove Merle Colton Dwight Morey Clearfield Joe Podaril Oxcar Allensworth Washington Clifford Bell Karl Marshall

Mrs Homer Stephen Returns From University Hospital

Mrs Homer Stephen has returned from the University hospital at Iowa City where she had been a patient for three weeks.

Homer Stephen University Hospital Iowa City

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