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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1952
Page
6
Washington 48 Muscatine 27 as Demons score only six points in the second half after leading 21 27 at intermission. Phil Leid en was the sole bright spot with five points. Next up is Pt Madison Bloodhounds on Washington floor Monday night.
Dr and Mrs G J Nemmers hosted a Y s Mens Bridge group at home Tuesday night with three tables in play. Ladies enjoyed a dessert before the men joined after the Ys Mens meeting. Cain Wolfe and Mrs Don Shepherd won high score prizes while Dr George Krogmeier earned ten score honors.
Ainsworth boys beat Olds 75 to 41 on Olds floor led by Roberts with 16 and Kilgore two point plays. Mc Marland added 4 as Saltzman topped Olds with 10. In the girls game Olds edged Ainsworth 42 to 37 with Bowls scoring 42 and Owens 37.
Two young men robbed the Ashippun bank at noon taking about $1000 in cash. The incident marks the sixth Wisconsin bank robbery since last October and the first rural bank hit in that period. Sheriff Herbert Schwantes linked the duo to a previous Neosho bank holdup last year. Both suspects, aged 15 to 20, implied vault money but fled after seizing cash from the drawer.
A farewell party was hosted at the Carson home honoring Mr and Mrs Glen Miller. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn Mr and Mrs George Lord Mr and Mrs Orville Thoma Mr and Mrs Roy Wood and Mr and Mrs Roy Marr. Mrs Miller received a handkerchief shower as her birthday was celebrated.
Service roster notes men U S Army unit 3 Co 6th QM BN CCR with Armed Division at Leonard Wood Missouri. Includes Mangold Lee HL Alvia Asel and various others in training and assignment.
West Chester beat Wellman 49 to 36 to move into a three way tie for second in the Ke-Wash league behind Williamsburg. Mitchell led West Chester with 14 points while Ehrenfelt had 12 for Wellman. The Trojans travel to Brington and then host Richland to close the season.
Robert Barham Audrey Steele and Jack Tanner have enrolled for second semester classes at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, continuing their education at local higher learning institution.
The Manchester Union Leader reports President Truman is favored to win the Democratic presidential preference primary on March 11. Kefauver faces a slim chance for credentials, with Farley and Adlai Stevenson also in the delegate race alongside Truman and Kefauver. Josaphat Benoit appears among contenders in Manchester.
Short subjects include CLOSE TO MY HEART and LIGHTER THAN AIR with Holland bicycle culture and a car toon AUDREY TAK RAINMAKER. Feature CLOSE TO MY HEART stars Ray Milland and Gene Tierney, tracing a couple and a baby’s impact. birthday club and free admission for uniformed members run through February 12. Records from the State and Fox shown. Sorden Music sells the soundtrack.
Morrell organizes a February 14 1952 Livestock and Meat Conference at Ottumwa Coliseum with meat displays grading beef pork and lamb. Dr Carl P Hog Thompson will speak while Rex Beresford leads an afternoon panel on feeds and silage samples from farmers.
The American Railway Car Institute reports that during wartime U.S. railroads handle 97 percent of all organized military travel and nearly all defense freight, highlighting rail's crucial role in national mobilization.
Legion Auxiliary members plan an all day sewing session Thursday starting around 1 00 a.m. They will take a lunch break at noon and continue work on carpet rag projects.
A 50th wedding anniversary open house was held February 5 at the J B Hoxworth home 305 South Avenue D. About 100 friends and relatives attended as Mr and Mrs Hoxworth, married near Washington, recalled thirty years in the area with out of town guests from Roseville Champaign Keota Van Horn Wellman and Kalona.
Brighton reports a busy week with out of town relatives attending the funeral of Dr. William Van Zanten. Local residents hosted guests from Oregon Arizona and California while other families hosted dinners attended PTA events and church services. A student visitor from Town State University spent the weekend, and Margie Michele Grove of Muroc California passed away with services held in California.
The article notes Elizabeth becomes queen as Britain faces a low ebb, contrasting with Victoria's ascent. It emphasizes a life trained for leadership of a vast empire and the global reach of the British mark under a new sovereign.
Russell Rother expects discharge soon after serving in the navy and reports meeting two Washington men in San Diego L A Jones and J Jungbluth. Robert Rother chief signalman on the battleship Missouri has been reassigned and faces another Pacific voyage.
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