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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1947

Page

4

West Chester School News Highlights and Class Reports

West Chester consolidated school parents report $69.12 in Christmas seals. district-wide total pending. Senior News celebrates Christmas vacation with no classes and class activities including history committee work and a Christmas exchange. Junior Jottings note semester review, resolutions, and illness absences. Sophomore Sparkies cover Medieval history, Hamlet quote memorization, and a science unit. Freshman Flashes describe Yuletide attitudes, upcoming semester tests, Silas Marner readings, Earth and planets unit, and a hoped basketball win over Richmond.

West Chester Silas Marner Richmond Jeam Ann Cherry

Keith Lords Erect New Prefabricated Home Near Edgars

Crawfordsville Jan 6 People watch the first prefab house erection near Edgars. Keith Lord and wife place a 138 by 40 foot structure on the William Edgar farm two hundred feet from the Big House with water pipes tied to the pressure system. Local visitors include John Wooley of Columbia and Etta Buxbaum.

Crawfordsville Keith Lord William Edgar John Wooley Columbia Etta Buxbaum Hollis Whiting Robert Mildred Des Moines Charles Veterans Hospital Mildred Whiting Mt Pleasant A. I. B. College John Holmes Everette Rees John Lease Davenport Cleo Fletener Larry Kathy Lou Miller

Vacation Returns Spark School News Then Financial Report

Readers catch up on a vacation return and Christmas festivities in the Sth and 6th grades with gift relays and birthday treats. A quarterly financial statement for the Washington Independent School District outlines balances, receipts, expenditures, and district funds with numerous supplier transactions and a sworn statement by the district secretary.

Cevelia Ann Klopfenstien Miss Combs Washington Independent School Dist C.Y. Crull Karl Little Webster Publishing Co Donald R. Bover Independent School District of Washington Washinton County Iowa Ralph W. Thompson

Births and visits mark Pilotburg news round

Mr and Mrs Daryl Oldfield welcomed a son Carl Rickey at Abrey hospital Iowa City on Dec 31. The Kennards enjoy Florida sun. Christmas bathing noted. Mrs Ralph Astby and Larry Stransky ill. O H Hammond plans Des Moines move for work. Grandparents host Hun. Travel to Indiana for visits. Carl D Anderson family from Loveland, Colorado arrive for two December birthdays. Various local milestones including anniversaries and a Masonic funeral in Kalona.

Pilotburg Daryl Oldfield Abrey Hospital Iowa City Carl Rickey Clyde Kennards Florida Ralph Astby Larry Stransky O'Hare Hammond Des Moines Hun Carl T. Anderson Wayne Strausk Indiana Carl D. Anderson Wenona Marsha Loveland Colo Frank Stransky Mackie Stransky Edith Pribyl Harold John Kiene Marion Stransky Jamwily Lydia Horak Carl Do

Vanilla Flavoring Sources and Origins

Flavoring vanilla is derived from fermented dried pods of several species. Most vanilla used comes from southeastern Mexico.

Mexico

Brahman Cattle Thrive in Coastal Semi Tropical Climates

Brahman cattle, an Asiatic breed, are numerous on the coastal states where the semi tropical climate is favorable.

Electrification of Farms Reaches Vast Majority Network

About 4 100 000 farms or three quarters of all occupied farms are now connected to power lines or within a quarter mile of such lines. Five eighths of all farmers are receiving electric service.

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