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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
9
West Chester students from first through sixth grades report on Christmas decorations plays and birthdays. High school updates include an illustrated lecture on Life Behind Prison Walls and a freshmen radio program with winners Virginia Eckels group.
Mrs Homer Birney entertained the Living Lake school district ladies at her home with a noon potluck. Mrs P F Whisler led the second and third lessons on business women’s points, promising a final session in January. The piece notes festive Christmas preparations and community activity.
The passage notes plans for Christmas visits and gatherings as Laurence Whisler returns home for two weeks, Richard Birney and Donald Marek travel from Ames, and the Sackett family from Tama plan to join the Donald Brown family. Mrs Rennie Dawson hosts a Christmas party for her Presbyterian church class, and Living Lake school hosts a district potluck at six thirty with a program afterward featuring five young girls.
Congratulations are extended to Mr and Mrs Glenn Thompson on the birth of daughter Judith Ann. Eliza Stafford of Waterloo is recovering from a broken hip after a car wreck. South Prairie school held a Christmas program and tree on Wednesday. Bethel church will host a Christmas program Friday with a tree treats for children and Santa expected to attend.
An industrial newsletter notes development of a high purity 98 percent nickel alloy that does not spark even under heavy use, aimed at oil refinery applications and safety improvements.
Servant girls in Friesland Holland are described wearing jewelry valued at around a hundred dollars. A new automatic processing equipment boosts the South’s cottonseed oil output by 45 million pounds annually.
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