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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1940

Page

5

Two Blue Racers Slain By Snake In Pleasant Hill Yard

June report from Pleasant Hill notes Mrs. Ben Bruegee killed two blue racers found near a porch and inside a warden area. The first measured 62 inches, the second slightly longer, with villagers expressing relief at quelling the snake threat. Social visits and church events fill the rest of the column.

Pleasant Hill Ben Bruegee Aha Ghonné Oie Bruegee Wittrig Dale Darbyshire It L. Wittrix Harold Crowsett Wellman Will Miller Frank Kephart

Dinner guests from surrounding towns visit local families

The article lists numerous Sunday visits with families from Wapello Pleasant Plain Crawfordsville Kenosha and Mullen Nebraska plus extended relatives visiting Mrs Anthony Chalupa and others in the area. It notes social calls at multiple homes and ends with a prompt to read the Want-ads.

Clyde Lambert Sam Rey Knotts Edd George Chalupa Sunset Park Cloid Carpenter Mullen John Gamon Clarence Booth Ben Bynlegge Ray Steele Betty Harold Wilmer Kanffzman Fred Beau Will Harvey Leonard Wright Wapello John Erlenbush Leslie Beenblossom Billy Wilma Jean Mack and Harold Beenblossom B. C. Johnson Pleasant Plain L. B. Hanan Lee Hesseltine Will Saville Don Darbyshire Crawfordsville Orville Foss Mr. Pleasant L. A

Children’s Day Program At Crawfordsville Church

In Crawfordsville on a Sabbath morning June 12 the Methodist children presented a radio style Children’s Day program with Merlyn Finke as announcer. Rev. C W Cochran of Mt Pleasant led a baptismal service and spoke urging children to keep attending Sunday School.

Mary Menners Crawfordsville C. W. Cochran Mt. Pleasant Merlyn Finke C.D Phyllis Anderson Russell Boshart Gene McCall Donald Rex Huston Jackie Howard Billy Mitchell Kermit Owens

Penne Origin Wand to Form the State of Tenne See

A fragment notes the origin of Penne wand and a reference to the creation of the state of Tenne see after cession by North Carolina at Fayetteville in 1789.

Tennesee North Carolina Fayetteville

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