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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1945
Page
5
A compact column contrasts holiday behavior with safety gains from Iowa laws on fireworks. It laments long post holiday mail, praises Congressman Tom Martin for prompt replies, recalls fire history in Spencer, and wryly notes sunburns and hot foods. It closes with Patton remarks and a public serenity message.
The 86 year old Bertha Meek enjoyed her first outing since a serious illness. A dinner at daughter and son-in-law P Fr Whisler honored grandson Captain Lawrence Whisler, recently discharged from the army, then a visit to another grandson Raymond Whistler.
Crawfordsville reports Junior Despain left Saturday morning to attend the University of Wyoming. The item notes other visitors over Sunday include Virginia Zeueh from Des Moines staying with her grandmother Mrs. C. H. Fishburn before graduate work in Chicago, and several Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Des Moines residents visiting local families.
A weekend of births baptisms and visitors unfolds across the community. Families from Chicago Grinnell Keota and Moline attend gatherings at churches and homes while servicemen return home from the air force and Red Cross workers resume duties abroad. A six and a half pound baby girl Carel Elaine is welcomed in Davenport and visitors from Mt Union and Collins share summer time with relatives.
Ainsworth announces the marriage of Lt Pauline Clegg to Lt Harold Brindell in Paris on June 29. Pauline, a medical corps officer and Rochester therapy graduate, served overseas and is now honeymooning on the Riviera in southern France.
A wartime note states that due to her marriage, the individual is reassigned from the CBIL theater to the 61st hospital unit remaining in Europe and will later return to the United States.
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