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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
2
Multiple households share festive meals and gift exchanges during Christmas season. Ella Mae Little hosts relatives including Rocelia Pryor and Bill Pryor. Altenhofen, Kennedy, and Moore families also hold cooperative dinners with extended kin from Chariton Davenport Keota Iowa City and beyond.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Strickler left Saturday for Tempe Arizona to share holidays with son Sherwood Strickler and family. Mrs H L Walker flew to New Hampshire to visit daughter Mrs Donald Kelley and family. Donald W Yoder of near Kalona was admitted to Mercy hospital in Iowa City as a medical patient.
A retailer markets family friendly shoes with careful fitting for all ages from infants to adults. They promise proper support, growing room, and fashionable styles while joking about rating the store as both X and G.
The Washington Evening Journal lists pricing for delivery by carrier and mail. Rates include 50 cents per week in Washington, 40 cents weekly in nearby towns, and annual mail prices of 12 dollars in Iowa and 14 dollars outside Iowa, with six month options.
On the record hospital admitted Friday Leo J Fritz Washington Mrs William Nicholson Lockridge Raymond Scott Moore West Chester Mrs Florence Orr Washington Saturday Richard McKune Washington Ricky Garrett Washington. Yesterday Mrs Ernestine Kiesey Washington Births Mr and Mrs Joe F Mast Kalona a son Mr and Mrs Firman Hershberger Kalona a daughter Mr and Mrs John Goodlander Washington a daughter. Dismissed Friday John W Jones Washington Mrs Ernestine Kiesey Washington Mrs Vera Hoskins Fairfield Saturday Michelle West Washington Yesterday Frank Patterson Washington Mrs Joseph T Miller and son Iowa City Mrs William Smith and daughter Douds Today Mrs Eugene Bixby and son Washington Long term care Admitted Friday Mrs Grace Mineart.
Calendar notes a Tuesday 7:30 p.m. YW room meeting with a white elephant prize to wrap. The White Shrine Ceremonial at Masonic Temple is canceled. Also listed are a Wednesday Bethel Missionary Society meeting at 1:30 p.m. with Bible readings, a VFW Auxiliary breakfast at 9 a.m. and a Rainbow Girls dance 8 to 11 p.m. at the Masonic Temple with DeMolay invitation.
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