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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1954
Page
7
The Crawfordsville Daily Vacation Bible School will hold a Sunday evening program at the Federated Presbyterian Church. Parents relatives and friends will see memory work songs and handwork from students with a free will offering to fund next year’s school.
Excessive heat this summer caused tomato and snap bean blossoms to drop off, reducing fruit set and leaving sweet corn ears underfilled. The stress impacted yields across gardens and fields.
U S WAF band member Phyllis Lantz stationed at Lackland Texas will join the group on a mont sens tour through California to Seattle Portland and Montana. She formerly lived in Columbus City and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Lanitz ofuitis horo.
Parents may enroll children by mailing forms to Dr Peterson or Dro Brune. A youth center session runs June 9 to 11 for ages 11 and older at Lake Darling Youth Center with a $7.50 fee per boy.
Mrs. Lee Norris hosts a gathering in Ainsworth on June 1 with Stella McCaleb and guests from Wichita Bartville Marion Marshalltown Des Moines Brooklyn Iowa City Keota Moline Davenport Columbus Junction and other towns. Local families and out of town visitors joined Mrs. Stella McCaleb and Mr and Mrs. George Miller for a two day holiday event with a large attendance.
Mrs Milton Maas reports visits in the Route 4 area as Cecil G McParland and Kathy join Mabel Caldwell of Denver Cole in Washington. Maas family hosted and mutual calls continued with Bill White Kenneth Watts Alan banduet in Kalona and Meredith Maas guests from Iowa City and Washington.
Lake Bluff residents on a trip home from Florida made a detour to visit the Milton Maas residence. Mr and Mrs Cecil G McFarland and Kathy called on Roland Benson Friday. Kathy and Mabel Caldwell departed for Denver Colorado via Fort Dodge Saturday morning.
Workers at the nation’s first iron works in 1644 enjoyed tax exemptions and were spared the duty of watching for Indians, unlike other colonists.
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