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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1948
Page
8
A holiday greeting extends thanks and best wishes for joy, happiness, and prosperity. Signed byGeo. L. McDaniel Merritt McDaniel Neal Burton Alice McDaniel Norma Krotz Vernon Stagner.
The civil service commission recessed the first of six Ottumwa police appeals today until January 3. Attorney Charles Bookin for patrolman John Stark filed a motion requesting more specific charges yesterday.
Reports show hog prices climbing to 22.76 per hundredweight with market momentum. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow, with temperatures remaining mild.
Four officers were discharged including Captain Paul Laird and patrolmen Roy Stanton and Nial Weimer after present misconduct charges. Detective Clayton Casady and desk sergeant Adrian Pard were suspended for 60 days for an incident in 1947 described as officers seen taking a drink.
Keota Methodist church choir aided by community singers will perform Handel's Messiah on Christmas Eve. Soloists include Mrs. Jerry Stewart Pepper Janet Hulse and others with Mrs. George Freshwaters accompanying. Mrs. J R Helscher directs. Also planned are carols by Mrs B B Brown and a 4 p m pantomime by the speech department.
A hearing is set for 1 a m December 27 in Muscatine County District Court before Judge Matthew Westrate on the referee's proposal to sell 109 acres in Cedar township to Everett and Elizabeth Orris for 40000 to settle Earl Bedwell estate. Bedwell died November 19 1947 in a car train crash without a will. Guy Hafner seeks to start probate actions for 1/91 share. the estate includes other real estate. Columbus High School will present a Christmas pageant.
Richard and Emma McChesney McCormac born nearby. Mrs Leight of Grimes Virginia and daughter Mrs Olin Affleck of Winchester Virginia survive with son Horace Leight of Grimes sister Mollie Turkington of Letts five grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services held in Winchester. Royal Neighbor lodge held Christmas party with gift exchange. Robert Teeter earned a freshman football numeral at Cornell College Mt. Vernon. Shellbark club to meet Friday December 17 at Hollis McConahay home. Federal reclamation projects yield record crops 1947 totaling 225 million 235 thousand 236 dollars up from 1946 210 million 337 thousand 163.
The Tom Thumb, the first locomotive built in America, was placed on the rails by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1829 marking a milestone in U S railroading history.
Des Moines dispatch reports Corporal Bobby Lee Dyer 22 got back his Swiss watch taken by a Japanese during Okinawa fighting. Found on a Japanese prisoner in 1946, the watch was a 1944 Christmas gift with a new band.
A marine spent three years seeking Dyer and meanwhile wore a newly formed band. The pursuit included bearing Dyer’s name and a serial number in records.
Field tests show a single application of BHC in pine oil kills ear ticks on an animal and leaves ears tick free for over two weeks.
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