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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1945

Page

8

Pleasant Hill Social Notes and Community Visits

Pleasant Hill July 12 hail wind and rain damaged corn oats and gardens in parts of town. Residents and families including Redekers Lambert Meullers Kauffmans and others hosted and visited at various homes, with birthday dinner for Mrs Kephart and reports of relatives in Okinawa. Citizens stopped by hospitals and homes, shared meals and ice cream, and noted neighborly gatherings across the week.

Clyde Lambert Pleasant Hill Frank Redeker Louise Wasson John Ganons Victor Meuller T Roy Kepharts Anton Kauffman Helen Jank Shhod Wilner Kauffmans Howard Benn Eugene Chalupa Sigourney Charles McCreedy Homer Kephart Neema Kephart Jake Earnest Howard Caldwells Arlene Maxine John Giun Lacy Lines Cloyce Burnetts Paula Tunner Boonville Boyd Stephens Myrlay

Doan's Pills Advertised For Kidney Relief

An old Doan's Pills ad promotes a diuretic remedy for kidney function problems. It cites symptoms such as backache, swelling, and frequent urination and urges readers to ask a druggist for Doan's to cleanse waste from the blood.

Doan

Family Surprise Birthday Party for S C Wittmer

Havre reports a surprise party Monday evening marks S C Wittmer s birthday. Family and friends from Iowa City Fairfield Mt Pleasant and local neighbors attended with ice cream cake and good wishes. Local merchant S G Wittmer was praised for community support as coal deliveries drew praise from patrons.

S.C. Wittmer Lewis Hering Havre Wittmer Willis Wittmer Larry Samuel Wittmer Iowa City Virgil Wittmer Kay Fairfield Dwight Wittmer Wayne Noah Wittmer Mt. Pleasant S. G. Wittmer

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society Meets

The Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society met at the Community building with 13 members and one guest, Hazel Strohm of Poteau. They quilted, heard Psalm 54, and a poem, then discussed Sunday services, a ten cent social, and future meetings plus a basket dinner plan.

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society Hazel Strohm Poteau, Oklo Nelson Woodford Ellen Gates Ed Libe Luke H. A. Engel Alfred d’Groot Wolver Grace Hill Shurch Charles Johnson John

More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH

A concise advertisement for FASTEETH denture powder. It claims to hold upper and lower plates firmer with a pleasant, non gummy taste. The product is alkaline, non-nocid, non sour, and claims odor control. Available at drug stores.

Writer Morton Executed by Germans in 1945 Camp

German forces executed Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton on January 24 1945 in a Nazi concentration camp after his capture in Slovakia. Morton had joined an Allied mission of 17 Americans and Britons aiding Slovak patriots last fall. the entire group was captured and reportedly killed.

Oseph Morton Associated Press Slovakia Morton International

R L Dircks Spends a Furlough at Junction Home

Columbus Junction on July 11 reports S/Sgt Robert Leo Dircks waist gunner on a B24 Liberator bomber spent an 84 day furlough with his father Leo Dircks and his aunt Mrs Lorrain Lukenbach. He earned the Air Medal after flying missions with the 4915th heavy bombardment group in the Eighth Air Force. He joined the Air Corps in 1943 and trained at Lowry Field Harlingen Mountain Home. He returned to the United States in June 206. Lt Gilbert Dickinson Jeanie Dickinson

Martha Butler Columbus Junction S/Sget Robert Leo L Leo Dircks Lorrain Lukenbach Second Air Division Eighth Air Force England Direks Europe United States Air Corps Lowryfield Colo Harlingen Tex Mountain Home Idaho H. W. Eliason Great Lakes Mr. Eliasson

Held for Manslaughter After Fatal Altercation

Laverne Boeckmann, 22, of Sumner, waived a preliminary hearing in Bremer county on manslaughter charges after Rupert Bullard, 74, of Waterloo, died in a Fort Dodge hospital. Bullard died from a skull fracture after an altercation following a June 7 automobile collision. Boeckmann admitted striking Bullard as his car hit Bullard’s vehicle after it was parked on the highway.

Woods Temperature Readings Differ From Adjacent Fields

Observation shows woods stay about one degree cooler in hot weather and about one degree warmer in cold weather compared with surrounding fields.

Woods

Justice Impartial Justice Discards Party and Friendship

A historical note describes impartial justice as blind, represented by the figure of Addison. It emphasizes that justice ignores party ties and friendships in its application, presenting a symbolic image of equality before the law.

Justice Addison

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