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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1949
Page
4
Members of the 410 club gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Harding for a dinner and card night. Pinochle at two tables produced high score by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pratt, low score by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Murdock, and travel prize to Mrs. E. H. Messer.
Mr and Mrs Lester Laubaugh hosted members of the Industrious Club at a potluck dinner. The event brought neighbors together for an evening of shared dishes and conversation.
Worded as a social note, the report lists attendees including Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowen Mr. and Mrs Charles Grisham Mr. and Mrs Meeker Hess Mr. and Mrs Clarence Aller Mrs. Jack Wimmer Mr. and Mrs Walter Fisher Mr. and Mrs Wes Meyers Mrs. Will Shannon and son James and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Moothart.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Campbell and Mr and Mrs Curtis Snyder note wedding anniversaries on February 5. Birthday wishes go to Lee Howard Mangold Mary Lou Robertson Robert Lee Carter Mrs Frank Kleese Mrs Walter Lance and Gary Lee Hoyle.
Sunday Birthdays list includes Roberta Rich Marilyn Jeanne Robertson Marie Lee Mrs David Wittmer and twin sister Mrs K V Stevens. Mrs John J Simmering Mrs Albert Batterson Robert Beranek Omer Flanders Mrs Mae MecCreedy Allen Karl Simmering Phillip Albert Mills also Mrs E J Blatter Mrs Francis James Mrs George Weston and Mrs Francis Heck. Mr and Mrs Val Fuhr celebrate 50th wedding anniversary with open house at Presbyterian church social rooms. Movie feature notes laughter and tears in a picture about a teen girl and a horse named October with unique traits and psychol ogy twist. direction by Joseph H Lewis and production by Rudolph Mate.
Weekly sale dates listed for Whittaker Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie Sigourney Keota and Columbus City area barns. February auction schedule includes multiple closing out farm sales with locations near Prairie Flower church Letts Winfield Kalona Washington and Rubio plus aPoland China sow sale near Winfield. Auctions start times mostly 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. with various venues and parties.
Columbia presents The Return of October a Glenn Ford Terry Moore Technicolor romance at the State Theatre Sunday. The comedy features Albert Sharpe James Gleason Dame May Whitty and Henry O Neill in a film noted as one of those once in a great white pictures.
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