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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
7
July corn shows values around 81 with highs near 84, contracts for Sept and Dec range mid eighty numbers. Soybeans hover around 29 to 32 with Sept and Nov figures near 29 and 28, while January and March contracts sit in the high twenty to low thirty area.
Mrs. Mary Fleming of Los Angeles visits her sister the Baldosier family in Merrimac and other locals share social calls. Karen Kientz visits with Mrs. Dale Baldosier and family. Lydia Hinkle and Kenneth Paul celebrate a high school graduation in the community.
Fry family from Kalona dine with the Millices in Wellman. Rev. Ada Hillis visits Cedar Falls relatives. Decker family visits Shell Rock relatives. Susan Decker returns home with grandparents. R H Peterseim visits Davenport and attends a recital with Nancy Edge. Dean Feldman and Mia host visitors Monday night.
Riverside report details the Iowa Des Moines Conference running June 5 to 10 1961 with Trinity Methodist pastor attending all sessions. Women attend Thursday youth service Sunday June 10 at 10 30. no service that day due to pastor’s absence. Junior and Pioneer institutes scheduled mid June with $15 per session. Also notes furloughs for Privates Pailliotet Dutler Veggy and local community updates and visits.
Wilbur Wheeler his wife and Robert Lee departed Crawfordsville for three weeks visiting relatives in Washington state. Local social notes include Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gerdes at Columbus Junction, Janet Fletcher’s return from Moline, and social visits by Forrest McNeil family in Letts and the Lease household in Mt. Pleasant. A Memorial Day softball tournament at Wyman saw the local team reach the finals but lose to Washington.
A Riverside reader laments unmarked or unreadable rural mailboxes making farms hard to locate. The piece recalls a Memorial Day visit to St. Vincent's cemetery and praises legible, reflector-style name mounts readable from the road, especially after dark.
Weekly livestock sales at Kalona and Midway barns in Kalona and Columbus Junction Iowa occur on Thursdays and Wednesdays respectively. Tuesday afternoon auctions at Ollie Iowa. Household goods sales set for June 7 14 16 and 20 with start times around 1 30 p m at listed addresses and sales hosts.
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