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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1947

Page

8

Noble Locals News Roundup and Local Meetings

A July Noble column reports: Ben Roth and daughter Mabel with Mr. and Mrs. John Roth of Hamburg Canada joined supper at the John Garrick home. Sunday school workers held a bi monthly Bieber church meeting with pie and coffee served after. Ronald Johnson visited friends in Wadsworth and Bluffton Ohio. Mrs. A H Miller of Pekin Ill. died, with funeral attendees including O D Miller and daughter Jane Henry Leichty Rev W H Regier Otto Frey Anna Graber Max Graber and Mrs. Margaret Witting. Clayton Nebel bought a new Allis Chalmers hay baler. Noble Consolidated school district elected W J Graber as secretary and Vernon Frey as treasurer. Kathryn Widmer of Burlington visited Lizzie Widmer and Harlan over the 4th. J M Rich and A L Duncan families visited Noble home.

Vernon W. Frey Noble Ben Roth Mabel John Roth Hamburg Canada John Garrick Bieber Church Ronald Johnson Wadsworth Bluffton Ohio A. H. Miler Pekin, Ill O. D. Miller Jane Henry Leichty W. H. Regier Otto F. Frey Anna Graber Max Graber Margaret Witting A. H. Miller Eicher Church Clayton Nebel Allis Chalmers Noble Consolidated School District W. J. Graber Vernon Frey Kathryn Widmer Burlington Lizzie Widmer Harlan J. M. Rich Clayton Nobel Anna Younkin Joseph Libenguth Mary Colbert James Rice Riverside I. C. Steele Atendance McCreedy Elmer Steele Paul Heitzman Margaret Ann Betten

Pre-Nuptial Party For Audrey Putman

Audrey Putman was honored at a pre nuptial courtesy hosted at the Wayland home of Mrs Henry Goldsmith with co hostsesses Mrs Ronald Roth and Mrs Frank Boshart. The event precedes her July 24 wedding to Claude Goldsmith and featured games, prizes, a miscellaneous shower, and pink white and green decor. Guests included Della Jorgensen Delmar Mrs Zetta Johnson Swedesburg Bess Allen Mabel Mitchell Oskaloosa Mrs Rex Levert Wellman and others.

Audrey Putman Wayland Henry Goldsmith Ronald Roth Frank Boshart Miss Putman Claude Goldsmith Liza Boshart Della Jorgensen Delmar Zetta Johnson Swedesburg Bess Allen Mabel Mitchell Oskaloosa Rex Levert Wellman O. ¥. Boller W. S. Kyle William Putman Dorothy Putman Howard Coakley Ralph Hesseltine Washington

West Chester W R C Hosts Second Hall Social

The West Chester Woman's Relief Corps held its second hall social at Chester. Members gathered for fellowship and community support activities.

W.R.C Chester Hall West Chester Woman's Relief Corps

Republican River Rampages Again

Cloudbursts dumped two to six inches of rain in the Republican river valley causing a flash flood at Culbertson and forcing Cambridge residents to higher ground. Medicine Creek’s flood waters drowned 18 persons at Cambridge 19 days ago.

Mccook Neb Republican River Valley Culbertson Cambridge Medicine Creek Lloyd ©. Richardson Republican Kansas

Floods and crops wiped out as Lincoln County towns reel

Destructive weather causes torrential rains and hail across McCook Culbertson and Cambridge. Floodwaters fill streets basements and fairgrounds with four feet of water in Culbertson and six inches in Cambridge. No casualties reported. Officials warn of further flooding along Medicine Creek and Republican River.

Curtis Creek Fox Creek Stinkins Water McCook Republican Culbertson Carl 4. Swanson Swanson Hitencock County Fairgrounds Cambridge

Germanys patents seized aid US articles sales abroad

The article notes 26,000 German patents seized after Nazis declared hostilities plus 2,000 more granted on pending applications. These methods become available for use in articles sold in the United States and will apply to goods sold abroad where countries accept international utilization of the German ingenuity evidences.

United States

Shradel urges thrift to buy U. S. bonds in Riverside

Ivan Shradel president of the Better Riverside club calls on business and professional men farmers and housewives to save more and invest in United States bonds. He notes dollars in savings bonds support the national debt and are not used for current government costs while stressing personal financial benefit and treasury cooperation.

Riverside Ivan Shradel Better Riverside Club United States

Truman to Send Economy Report to Congress

President Truman decided to send a mil year economic report to Congress within ten days to update on wages prices and production. The decision followed a cabinet and economic advisers meeting. Dr Edwin G Nourse summarized economic developments since the year’s start and noted coal contract effects on wages.

Nourse Congress House Senate Council of Advisers Council Washington Truman Council of Economic Advisers Edwin G. Nourse Economic Council John L. Lewis

Treasury urges broad individual bond purchases and payroll plans

The piece urges wide distribution of short term loan refinancing among individual investors. It argues that payroll savings and bond monthly plans raise dollars for bonds, sharing billions in annual interest and helping households buy more goods as inflation subsides. It also notes a veteran’s return and local club social events intertwined with community life.

Treasury

April Fools Day origins traced to Britain and Scotland

The text notes that April 1 was a general festival in ancient Britain, but practical fooling became common in the 18th century. In Scotland the practice was called hunting the gowk, with April fools termed April gowks.

Britain Scotland

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