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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1949
Page
2
Bob Berdo was invited to a friend’s wedding and joined the line at the Christian Church. He reached the end of the line and realized he was at the wrong ceremony. He then went to the Baptist Church and arrived as the ceremony began.
In 1940 California led all states in wood usage for manufacture with Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin and Tennessee following in order.
Tonight at the Greenfield field a mystery about Mr Mrs or Miss Jones will be resolved during festivities. Holders of tickets may guess the identity for prizes. The Marston Skelgas Cubs meet the Odd Fellows in the first game and the Stewart Crone All Stars face Fairfield at 8:30.
Mr and Mrs George Birney and Mr and Mrs Hubert Lohrer will motor to Wisconsin visiting Appleton and other points. Mr and Mrs Robert Day return from three weeks in New England and Canada. Mrs Day's sister Mrs J Allen Jones and Angela meet them in Pittsburgh.
Freshwaters defeated IOOF 17 6 in six innings at Green Field after a doubleheader opener where VFW beat Benner 12 4. The night featured late scoring runs, two homerless anomalies including outs on technicalities, and Carr collecting three hits in four trips with a home run out of turn.
The American Veterinary Medical Association warns that a locality free of equine encephalomyelitis last year does not guarantee safety this year. The only dependable protection is vaccinating horses before the mosquito season begins.
A portion of a Brazilian bull shipment is now suspected of introducing foot-and-mouth disease into Mexico years ago. Authorities say cattle on this side of the border escaped infection due to plain luck.
Members of the Washington Golf and Country Club will take part in a Fourth of July 27 hole handicap tournament on the local course. Charles Wiele, the local pro, announced the event. Players will be arranged by handicap with ten or twelve in each flight and several prizes awarded to top men. Play may be completed over the holiday weekend, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.
Washington's Battery A will join eight teams in a July 4 tournament at Crawfordsville. The day starts at nine o'clock in the morning with consolation and championship games under lights in the evening. Teams include Wyman Columbus Junction Olds Wayland Morning Sun Crawfordsville and Winfield. Sponsored by the Crawfordsville American Legion.
Mrs Anna Rogers was brought to the Stanley Rest Home Saturday from Iowa City hospital where she had been for several months due to a broken hip. Mr and Mrs Marvin Stransky and family attended an Allen reunion at Fairfield. The Pilotburg church all day gathering has been postponed and will not be next Sunday July 3. Those with a day down may be a loss or only fit for bedding because of heavy rain.
Mrs Everette Curtis begins weekly Pleasant Hill community news writing inviting items from residents to represent the district. Neighbors are urged to cooperate by calling in news from as many families as possible.
A neutron and a proton are the two building blocks of atomic nuclei. The nucleus consists of these nucleons held together by the strong force.
Riverside reports Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schmidt and family spending a ten day vacation with relatives at Dike. The Wellman group Ray Marner and Herb Beachy return from a week in Kenora Canada enjoying scenery and fishing. Mrs. Charles Havel slips and injures shoulder, taken for x rays at Washington hospital. Carl Luckey and others visit Des Moines for veterans hospital exam. Maynard Haugen after leg amputation June 23 shows steady progress.
Ray Ernest Lamphere, 25, currently in custody in Racine Wisconsin, is under questioning in the Walter Peewee Eaton sex slaying case from Lansing Michigan. Police report Lamphere initially admitted then denied involvement and is described as an escapee from a mental institution.
The report notes the subject is still under observation while doctors have not yet determined the exact nature of the ailment.
A Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association report highlights a human case likely caused by handling ill turkeys. The infection likely entered through a thumb scratch and the patient recovered after penicillin treatment, the same antibiotic used in treating infected stock.
A simple method uses a strip of cello tape to seal the back of frames. This helps prevent dust from seeping into stored or displayed pictures and keeps interiors cleaner.
The Washington County Iowa County Board of Education will meet July 11 1949 at 8 p.m. at the County Superintendent Office Court House to hear taxpayers on the 1950 fiscal year estimate of expenditures under Chapter 147 Acts of the 52nd General Assembly creating a county school system.
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