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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1946

Page

8

Birthday Dinner At Sidney Coon Home

Highland Center readers note a birthday dinner hosted at Sidney Coon home honoring Mrs. Elza Fitch Rodland and guests include Mrs. Mike Crone Kathryn Washington Mrs. Hubert Jones and Carol Jean Mount Pleasant. Carol Jean Coon shows polio recovery walking some alone after hospitalization and daily exercises with checkups at Iowa City.

Eula Mae Coon Highland Center Elza Fitch Rodland Mike Crone Kathryn Washington Hubert Jones Carol Jean Mount Pleasant Sidney Coon

Haskins Items Chronicle Local Happenings

Mrs Clara Godlove notes visits by Donnie Embree Una Gordon and L M Birney from Friday to Sunday. Clark Blackman leaves for Powersville Mo to take a new job. No agent at Haskins for now. Mr and Mrs M T Coon hosted guests John and Jennie Keating Ettiene Spenser. Jim Bean and Richard join birthday celebration for Lysle Hanry in Letts. School program planned for Dec 20. Graveling on street N near church and Edgar Whetstine home underway. Roy Steele of Washington hauled the gravel.

Haskins Donnie Embree Washington Una Gordon L. M. Birney Clark Blackman Powersville Will Xo M. T. Coon John Jennie Keating Ettiene Spenser Jennie Jim Bean Richard Letts Jim Lysle Hanry Norm Bean Roger Ie Street Edgar Whetstine Roy Steele

Ex-army major battered in strikebound plant area trailer

Burton E. Colby of West Allis Wisconsin a former army major and engineer attends a graduate training course at the Allis Chalmers plant when two men break into his trailer and beat him Colby and his terrified wife and child witnessed the assault as international soundphoto captured the scene.

Burton E. Colby West All's Wis Allis Chalmers Colby

Rural Homemakers Christmas Exchange at South Hill

Mrs Lee Lease hosted the Rural Homemakers club Christmas exchange with a noon pot luck dinner. Visitors included Frank Sands and Willard Lee at Joe Conrad home. Harley Rhea plans Denver trip with Ivyl Kenning family. Earl Monson and sons joined dinner at Farrell Young home. Larry Sands celebrated seventh birthday at grandparents Frank and Mrs Sands with Doyle Sands family from Winfield present.

Vera L. Sands South Hill Lee Lease Frank Sands Willard Lee Joe Conrad Harley Rhea Ivyl Kenning Denver Colo Larry Sanes Doyle Sands Winfield

Iowa ham story and border candy note amusement

Telegraph editor H Worth Jones of El Paso Times asks Gov. Blue for a ham as he jokes about sending Mexican candy in return. The item ties to news that 47 Iowa dams were sent to other states as Christmas gifts. Also noted are local health updates for Donald Sands and Cecil Horst, and a curious Nash county courthouse cornerstone reportedly containing Nash county brandy.

Iowa Des Moines H. Worth Jones Telegraph el Paso Tex Times Robert Blue Mexico-Texas Jone

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