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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1945
Page
4
Certificates are no longer needed to recap or buy used farm implement tires and used passenger car tires and inner tubes. Certificates remain required for any new tire and for used truck tires. An inspection is required to obtain certificates.
The notice lists coupon validity and usage rules for fuel and heating season coupons. It covers A coupons 4 gallons each valid through March 21, dead-named B0 coupons 5 gallons each now valid, R-1 and R-531C non highway gasolines, and heating season coupons valid through August 31, 1945. It urges timely use of Periods No 4 and last heating season coupons and notes Sugar Coupon No 34 Book 4 1 pound now valid.
Washington Lodge No 26 announces its regular meeting on the first Friday of each month at Morrison, Jr., W M. A W Ward serves as secretary.
A collection of train timetables and station notes listing westbound and eastbound departures, regular stops, and sleeping car or coach passenger restrictions. Officials Goodman Goodlander and Anderson of M&StP&P rail report departures for Nos. 8 26 12 44 4 48 93 and other mixed trains with daily, daily except Sunday, and special provisions for California and Washington passengers.
Burlington paths local bus schedule lists bus numbers and departure times from Washington daily. Eastbound services head to Chicago with tickets purchasable at the Bus Depot and at local vendors for intercity travel nationwide.
A collection of bus times shows departures from Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Ft Madison and other towns with numerous inconsistent timestamps. Tickets are sold at the local depot and routes include east and westbound services with varied arrival and departure times.
Five new blue stamps C2 to G2 become valid Monday Jan 1 under Blue Stamps Book 4. Meats fats and cheese Q5 R5 S85 Red Stamps Book 4 gain five new stamps T5 to X5 valid Sunday Dee 3. Shoes stamps No 1 No 2 No 8 in Book 8 allow one pair each. loose shoe stamps invalid. stamps must be removed on purchase.
Mrs. Silas Caldwell and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Benn hosted a cooperative Christmas Day dinner at the Benn home in Pleasant Hill with attendees including Caldwell, Chalupa, Mayhew families, and others. Several locals spent Christmas and Sunday dinners at various homes in Washington and neighboring farms.
Families and friends spent Christmas week visiting various households including Clyde Lambert, W F Miller, Andy Farriar, Anton Kauffman, Glen Beenblos Somes, Wilmer Lauderman, George Weston in Washington and other relatives. The note also thanks the Journal for a Christmas letter and theater tickets.
Snowball community notes Christmas gatherings list attendees at multiple Keota and nearby homes. Ralph Jherr and Harold Palmer hosted a Christmas dinner while the Plecker and Herdlicka households shared meals and visitors from Washington.
Neighbors and friends shared meals at the Glenn Knapp and Russell Plecker homes during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Local families including the Plecker, Herr, Fuhrer, Sass, and Kyle households joined gatherings in Muscatine and South English with oyster and turkey dinners. Several couples visited relatives around Sharon and nearby areas.
Two boys ate dinner Monday at the Val Fuhr home in Washington. The brief incident records their meal location and day without additional details.
Mr and Mrs Paul Benson visit Tama relatives while Mr and Mrs Robert Benson stay with her sister in Packwood. Allison Maas family hosts a Christmas turkey dinner with Ruth Stones and Maas kin. Clifford Freel leads a one week Union school vacation with a pot luck and light entertainment as Santa Claus misses the visit.
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