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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1947
Page
8
A reflective note on snowy town life. The writer watches Sunday morning churchgoing, praises Calvary Baptist’s early service and Christian Tabernacle’s volunteer operation, and recalls a charming moment with a waving admirer as traffic halted briefly.
Mrs Helen Friedman of Lancaster Pennsylvania leaves the British Embassy in Washington after appealing to Ambassador Inverchapel for her brother Dov Bela Gruner a Jewish underground fighter. Gruner 33 was granted a reprieve by the British commander in Palestine pending Privy Council review in London.
Local drugstore invites customers to bring prescriptions for filling by a registered pharmacist. Store emphasizes availability of a licensed professional to dispense medications.
Readable items note Bessie Busby at Hershey hall Mt Pleasant enjoying her work and friends. Dr John Canon Black of Chicago, longtime Washington figure, dies at seventy, with family details and moves. A light anecdote about a boy and a dealer stands out. Public Affairs Incheon event hosted by Mrs Emma Barnett with Mrs Dave McLaughlin and Mrs George Rudiger, a spring gathering with discussion.
Havre January 30. Leslie Hiering attended the Town Hereford association tenth anniversary show and sale in Des Moines on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Evert Westen helped with meat canning Wednesday. Various local visits and gatherings followed at multiple homes in the area.
The Noble consolidated school board met in special session to discuss hiring a teacher for the term at Stringtown. Nearby residents visited, with multiple families hosting gatherings and Sunday dinners across Noble and surrounding towns.
Burlington households hosted Friday evening meals with Mr and Mrs Virgil Wuilmer and family and Mr and Mrs Elmer Bontrager and relatives. Friends Fern Judith Ann Herine Maude Hering and Mrs C Swartzendruber visited Mrs Rose Nebergall on Monday. Ralph Wenger and daughters moved into a new home on Saturday.
Drafts must not be fully closed on permit draft furnaces. When firing guard against extinguishing flames by adding coal to one side of the fire pot.
Friday evening visitors at the Noah Wittmer home in Mt Pleasant included Mr and Mrs Otto Frey and Vernon.
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