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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1947
Page
5
Christmas of 1946 passes with pleasant weather and a wintery start to 1947. Mrs Rennie Dawson notes a school party Friday evening where Maxine and her pupils invited all families of the district to attend, marking a festive close to the year.
A pot luck Christmas gathering with a story read by Beverly Palmer and a children’s pantomime. Afterward a tree was decorated and mothers received handmade gifts by their children. Mrs. Dawson hosted a Sunday school class with a Christmas dinner and carols in church.
McEvoy and Striebel note Kenneth Keller and family from California visiting parental Deb Walker for Christmas. Various local families held Christmas dinners, guests traveled from Ames and Williamsburg, Edith Reed plans return to teaching after vacation, and cattle moved to Chicago for Rennie Dawson's locker.
Report notes that roughly half of global coal output is mined in the United States, highlighting U S dominance in coal extraction and its impact on energy markets and employment.
A pressure saucepan cooks in about one third the time of an ordinary pan and even less in some cases. Useful for foods that usually require long cooking such as pot roast dried beans beets and long cooking cereals.
Magnesium ladders with all welded magnesium construction are now being manufactured.
In 1945 the United States averaged about 104 million local telephone calls each day. This figure reflects broad adoption of fixed lines and rising urban networks, highlighting postwar communications expansion across major cities and towns.
The Young Men's Christian Association built its first swimming pool in 1885 and expanded to 550 tiled pools operated across the United States.
A simple kitchen tip adds a tablespoon of wine vinegar to water to poach eggs. The vinegar helps set the whites quickly for neater, piquant yolks.
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