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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1949
Page
6
Report notes a lively Mixers group gathering with food and singing after a fishing trip. Lloyd Turnipseet conveyed the Mixers in his truck as residents heard cheerful noise. Next Tuesday at 6 30 p m Marilyn Earls and Dorothy Turnipseed present conference reports.
In a shipboard tale, Mr. Otis Gill laughs at Arthur Forbes as seasickness hits the former when Forbes pretends to be the helpless passenger. The steward reveals the joke and explains a forward table is reserved for Gill’s discomfort on voyages.
The Grace Hill Ladies aid society gathered at the church Wednesday afternoon to clean and paint seats. During devotional time Mrs. John Williams read from Solomon and offered a prayer. Roll call noted each member’s favorite hymn. president Mrs. Nelson Woodford led the business. The group will meet again at the community building in two weeks.
At the Pleasant Hill church fair Friday evening about $36 was raised. Seventy people attended. Mrs Clyde Lambert chaired the fair committee. Prizes included an electric lamp won by Mrs Howard Benn and candy for Donna Hughes. Mrs Harold Rathmel won a chicken for guessing closest to the number of matches. Naomi Kephart identified baby pictures for a cake. The fair featured hobby overseas and handiwork booths and bingo.
Admitted yesterday were Clarence Miller of Kalona for a surgical case and James Arthur of Ainsworth for a surgical case. Dismissed today include Mrs Maude Ross of Washington Mrs Louise White of Washington Mrs Rebecca Long of Washington and Mrs David Plank and daughter of Wellman Barrett Johnson of Fairfield and Norman Merz of Washington Birth yesterday to Mr and Mrs Rich ard Hammes of Sigourney a daughter.
A single two foot long bar weighing four and a half pounds yields a filament 565 miles long. The fine wire, about one sixth the diameter of a human hair, is drawn at the Westinghouse plant in Bloomfield New Jersey and used in six watt light bulbs.
Pitcairn Island was found in 1767 by Captain Phillip Carteret aboard the British sloop Swallow. He named the island Pitcairn after the midshipman who first sighted it, noting its potential for colonization.
Haywood county North Carolina 4-H youths and four adult leaders toured Washington County Iowa spending a week with local 4-H members. The visitors mingled with Iowans on streets and at events forming quick friendships and sharing experiences. The piece notes Peggy Noland as a standout, mentions travel from camp, and contrasts water, windmills, and dialects while reflecting on mutual benefits of the exchange.
Dr Krigbaum will enter Cornell University for research work. Mr and Mrs Lester Pronga and family of near Dubuque spent the weekend at the George Zeck and Wolfe homes. The Krigbaums Wolfes and Prongas shared Sunday dinner with the Zecks.
Polyphosphates compounds are highly useful in industry for thinning clays and pastes. They are added to drilling muds to lubricate oil well drills and to float away rock cut by the drill. They also thin pastes of titanium dioxide pigment used on rayon to reduce shininess.
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