Notice of electric franchise petition by Iowa Southern Utilities
A petition has been filed by Iowa Southern Utilities Company of Delaware Centerville Iowa with the Iowa State Commerce Commission seeking a franchise to erect and maintain electric lines and fixtures for lighting power and heating. The petition requests rights to construct operate and maintain a transmission line over and across described public lands highways streams and private lands including a 7626 volt single phase wye connected neutral multi grounded system.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company of Delaware
Centerville
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Franchise Hearing Set By Iowa Commerce Commission
The Sixteenth day of January, 1951 at 10 o'clock a.m. in Des Moines is fixed for a hearing on petition Docket E-10020 regarding a franchise in the NE of Section 18 76 8 W. Objections must be in writing five days prior. Objectors should have full authority to act. Des Moines December 20 1950. 26912 W
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St. P. M
Washington County
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Des Moines
David EB. Long
Carl W. Reed
Rh. M. Richardson
Geo. L. McCaughan
Towa
Iowa State Printing Board Seeks Bids for Official Register Printing
The Iowa State Printing Board meets in Des Moines on January 12 1951 to receive bids for the Iowa Official Register and related printing including State House Miscellaneous contracts and education in home economics for ISU. Bids accepted until 10 00 am. bids opened and awards made at that hour. The board may reject all bids. Interested parties direct inquiries to Sherman W Needham Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines. 2aot3
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Iowa State Printing Board
Des Moines
Iowa
State House
Sherman W. Needham
Washington Evening Journal publication details and rates
The Washington Evening Journal is published afternoons except Sundays with offices in Washington Iowa. It is a United Press leased wire member and affiliated with Inland Daily Press and Iowa press groups. Subscription rates are listed for Washington carriers and mail outside Iowa, with monthly and yearly options.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co
R. E. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Hearing Aid Built on New Discovery
A Tonemaster Cameo hearing aid uses a new sound insulation system to eliminate static from clothing rubs. The device is compact enough to be worn secretly, smaller than a pack of cigarettes, with low-drain tubes improving amplification while conserving battery life. For details, write Tonemaster Inc. at 400 EB South Washington Street, Peoria, Illinois.
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Tonemaster, Inc
South
Washington Street
Peoria
Illinois
Lavish 35-Set New Orleans Scene For MGM Musical
MGM crews built 35 sets for The Toast of New Orleans a Technicolor musical starring Kathryn Grayson Mario Lanza and David Niven at the State Theatre The production reunites Grayson and Lanza from That Midnight Kiss Three Culver City sound stages were joined to create a 1905 Bayou New Orleans fishing village with shrimp fleet and a carnival scene for opening sequences
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M-G-M
New Orleans
Kathryn Grayson
Mario Lanza
David Niven
State Theatre
Miss Grayson
Lanza
Culver City
Bayou Country
Surprise Anniversary Party for Glenn Woodruff at Home
In Columbus Junction on December 31 Mr and Mrs Glenn Woodruff celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise party at the Woodruff parents home. A dinner was held with relatives and friends and a two tier silver and white cake was served, centerpiece by their eldest daughter.
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Columbus Junction
Glenn Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Arthur Woodruff
Woodruff
Enoch Sanford
Cuba
Act Hillis Woodruff
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Charles
Joann
Bobby
Ronald
Paul
Linda
Lynn
Larry
Mary
Christmas Day Visits Dot Wellman Area
Christmas day brought gatherings at Wellman and nearby homes. Mrs Lemley celebrated a birthday on December 25 while relatives joined the Thompson family in West Chester for a basket dinner. Additional visits and outings occurred among local families including the Lambert, Gingerich, Dickerson, Stutzman, Vincent, Ahrens, and Sanders households across Keota Washington Ottumwa and Brighton.
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Wellston
George Lemley
D. L. Topping
Wellman
Bill Kindred
Howard Gingerich
Kalona
Claude Dickerson
Hubert Stutzman
Washington
Flossie Sherbeck
Richard
Ruth
Roger Wright
Keota
George Wright
Lois Wright
Near West Chester
Gordon Shelman
Robert Vincent
George Ahrens
Barbara and
David
Ottumwa
Ann Sherman
Birthday greetings for several local residents dated today
Birthday wishes go to Mrs. J. M. Kelly Kenneth Lee Hines Hugh Dean Walker Larry Tucker and Eleanora Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Miller of Cotter On this date Mr and Mrs 8S W Easter and Mr and Mrs A R Ledger observe their wedding anniversaries Beverly Ann Shalla daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Shalla celebrates her 13th birthday today
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J. M. Kelly
Kenneth Lee Hines
Hugh Dean Walker
Larry Tucker
Eleanora Miller
Roy Miller
Cotter
W. Easter
A. R. Ledger
Beverly Ann Shalla
A. L. Shalla
Earll Relates Army Basketball Heroics On Okinawa
Duane Earll, Cpl. in the U S Army on Okinawa, starred as the 8104th Service Detachment defeated the M P cage team 80 to 53. A 1948 local high school graduate and former Demon cager, he sank 33 points and helped lead the island championship club to Japan for a tournament, reaching the semi finals.
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U. S. Army
Okinawa
8104Th Service
Duane
M. P. Cage
M. P
8104Th Service Detachment
Japan
Washington Federal Savings & Loan annual meeting notice
Notice for members of Washington Federal Savings & Loan Association to elect three directors for three years and conduct other business. Meeting at the Association office in Washington, Iowa at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday January 17, 1961. Signed by Secretary Ralph V. Bauer.
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Washington Federal. Savings & Loan Association
Association
Washington
Iown
Washington Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n
Ralph V. Bauer
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