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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1952
Page
4
The county board reports a large food supply at the Washington county home. A detailed inventory lists hundreds of items including 690 dollars worth of fruits and vegetables, 250 bushels of potatoes, dozens of canned goods, spices, and staples like coffee and tea.
The county home and farm inventory lists every room item from chairs and beds to sewing machines and irons. It notes 12 mouse traps five extinguishers 26 loaves of bread 5 tons of coal and farm stock including 14 milk cows 900 bushels of corn and a valuation of 26983.07 with total operating expenditures of 58247.16.
Receipts of the county home and farm for the past year totaled 11 940.60 mostly from produce sales and board. Net cost for 1051 is 24 772.81 with an average of 5 percent inmates. Average cost per year 419 88 per month 54 99 per week 0 07. Of the inmates 1 men 28 women, of whom 11 men and 16 women are listed as insane.
Sheriff Charles Snyder reported a spike in OMVI arrests this year following 22 drunk driving arrests last year, the highest in county history. By early January four more arrests were recorded, including one on January 1. The first 1952 case saw two defendants pay $300 penalties.
A traveler with Minnesota plates seeks Indiana license renewal guidance after license expiry. Sheriff directs contact with state safety office driving tests in Iowa City. The column laments Iowa abbreviation usage and notes a Los Angeles mailed letter misread as Washington address causing delivery delays.
Rock Island lines announce early spring rebuilding of the Columbus Junction depot with only the walls remaining. Modernization aims to replace an outmoded structure once burned long ago. The Columbus Junction State bank adds a night depository for merchants. Other notes cover residents traveling, hospital patients, and local assignments.
Yesterday several residents were listed as patients at area hospitals including Mrs Dale Johnston of Ainsworth and Mrs Waldo Williams of Port Dodge with medical status. Mrs Jack Simons of Washington was dismissed this morning. Mary Jane Pacha of Wellman remains listed as a patient. Today Bill.
Mr and Mrs Bob Stout hosted a birthday dinner at Late Soul home for Louise Rouse Gueats with guests Doratiy Turnipseed Jos Pairchild Mary Waseeoner Lois Hameton Ruty Kindred and Charlotte Baril Mre CEE Whetstine Jr and children visit relatives while Lt Whetstine serves in Texas Mrs Whetstine will join Lt Whetstine in Indiana after maneuvers Sandra Jo Whetstine birthday today Pte James Hotchkiss arrives on boot leave from San Diego Marine depot to return to Air Force Pacifi c El Toro California State Senator Carl C Anderson and 45 others to appear on WOTYV telecast in House chambers Thursday to discuss Iowa school improvement program funded by Ford Foundation.
Robert Glenn Crone will be awarded a bachelor of science in commerce at the annual winter commencement. The ceremony, held Saturday at 1 45 p m, will take place in the State University of Iowa field house. He is among 347 graduates receiving degrees at this time.
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