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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
4
London reports Scotland Yard joined the admiralty in inspecting a suspected Communist arson plot on the aircraft carrier Illustrious. Three magnesium flares were found in the boiler room during a May Day voyage carrying senior officers and secret aircraft to Ark Royal launch. No explosions occurred.
Arlene Knupp, worthy adviser, presided over the Rainbow Girls meeting with forty three members present. A discussion on the upcoming initiation was held and June 15 was set as the initiation date. Mrs. Victor Blattner and Mrs. Maynard Brown were present as mother advisers.
Eleven members of the Oco-wa-sin Campfire Girls plus their leader Mrs. G F Moothart and sponsors enjoyed a three mile hike Monday afternoon. They gathered at Homer Godwin’s home for a weiner roast and learned how to make a bed roll demonstrated by Colleen Godwin. No damage or casualties reported. investigations stated by the admiralty are ongoing.
Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn. Thursday livestock sale at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa. Wednesday sale at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction. Tuesday sale at Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa at 1:00 PM. June 1 closing out sale of household goods 222 East 6th Street Glenn Harris starts 1:30. June 17 sale of household goods 11 North Iowa Avenue Ed Squire.
A miscellaneous afternoon shower honored Joan Siegle at the home of Mrs. Frank Longwell. Guests from Wayland and Washington attended. The bride to be will marry June 7. Gifts were presented in a large gift bin after a reading, with recipes shared and bouquets as centerpieces.
Hava Bickhart hosted Monday evening surprise shower for Mary Stevens a June bride to be. Fifteen guests arrived and hid gifts for the honoree to discover. Shirley Curtis won a prize for bidding her gift best, with pink and white colors decorating the flower bouquets and refreshment table.
A pink and blue shower was held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Dean Cox honoring Mrs. Harry Marlowe Jr. Co-hostess was Mrs. Bob Swift. Contests were won by Mrs. Carl Dalimeyer and Mrs. Howard Schneider. Corsages were given to winners, and the gifts were in a pink blue bassinet with a verse. Canasta followed with a diaper centerpiece and blue pink imitation flowers.
Mrs Glen Miller hosted a get acquainted party Friday afternoon honoring her new daughter Mrs Daryl Pearson. About 15 attended as guests played icebreaker games and penned best wishes from a refreshments table tended by Mrs Laird Simpson Jr and Mrs Cleo Orris. Attending were Mrs Delbert McGuire of Waylana and Mesdames Earl Miller Dick Been blossom Ben Fitzgerald Hugh Hazelett Al Hazelett Paul Hazelett Wayne Bitting Claude Carson Larry Trotter Paul Campbell Everette Meeks Virgil Herings and Kenneth Beenblossom.
Mr and Mrs Paul Howell of Columbus Junction announce the engagement of their daughter Patricia to Jack Rasmusson son of Mr and Mrs Elmer E Rasmusson of Cedar Falls A wedding is planned for Sunday June 25 at 3 00 p m in the Central Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Animal hospitals widely use blood banks and transfusions to save critically ill dogs. Unlike humans, dogs typically do not require matching blood types, reducing delays and risks in emergency treatment.
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