Local News Briefs and Upcoming Events
A family trip from the Ozarks to Santa Fe and the Grand Canyon is noted along with a visit to Boulder Colorado. An Armory lot celebration featuring Snapp's Greater Shows is advertised. Iowa Wesleyan College names Norman Sage as business manager starting June 1. Also mentioned are a Des Moines visit by Mrs. Dora Steck and her grandson Bill Brammer, and Catherine Morris leaving Burlington for Houston to visit relatives. Sandal sale notice and Brown's Garage ad close the item.
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John Lemmon
Bruce
Jacqueline
Christine
Southwest
Colorado
Ozark Country
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Utah
Boulder
Colo
Dora Steck
Des Moines
Bill Brammer
Bill
Washington
Honeymoon trip notes and family visits across Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Max Owens return from a Ozarks Missouri honeymoon motor trip. Mrs. Lee Drollinger and grandson Russell Hill visit Muscatine at Mrs. Franklin Brennamen’s home. Mr. and Mrs. join Bauer go to Cedar Rapids to see son Ben Bauer. Mrs. Fred Reid returns from Des Moines after visiting aunts J. A. Gibson and Frank Bell. The aunts, twins, are fairly well but cannot get around alone.
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Max Owens
Ozarks
Missouri
Lee Drollinger
Russell Hill
Muscatine
Franklin Brennamen
Mrs. Join Bauer
Cedar Rapids
Ben Bauer
Fred Reid
Des Moines
J. A. Gibson
Frank Bell
Softball League Batting Averages Released
Elmer McFadden the Washington Softball association scorekeeper released batting averages for all players on six Greenfield rosters. The list details plate appearances and hits from the first two weeks of play, highlighting individual performance across the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer McFadden
Washington Softball Association
Greenfield
Softball slate set for Greenfield with four games this week
Four softball games are scheduled at Greenfield this week. Tonight YW Mixer hosts Columbus Junction following a 17 to 1 season opening win. Also at 8 30 West Chester meets Wayland in a non league tilt. Friday features Marines Washington vs Doudna Sluggers Wyman and Stewart Crane All Stars versus Rocke Hardware Fairfield, top regional clubs.
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Greenfield
YW Mixer
Columbus Junction
West Chester
Wayland
Marines of
Washington
Doudna
Wyman
Stewart & Crane All-Stars
Rocke Hardware
Fairfield
Iowa
Large Flat Head Catfish Entered in Chamberlin Contest
Walter Jarrard of Washington entered a 19 percent pound flat head measuring 35 inches from the Snunk river in the Chamberlin Bros Split Shop contest. The fish stands as the largest entry this summer. other catchers include Bob Crone and E. H. Seales with a 17 and a half pound catfish, 34 inches long. Fishermen in Washington County urged to register prize catches with Wayne or Dallas Chamberlin for full details.
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Chamberlin Bros
Walter Jarrard
Washington
Snunk River
Sport Shop
Washington County
Wayne
Dallas Chamberlin
Two Navy Training Planes Crash in Detroit
Navy authorities investigate the crash of two training planes that locked wings while in formation over Detroit. Both pilots died and several people were injured as one plane struck the Putnam machine shop, igniting a fire that damaged three houses, while the other plumed into a house near Norval elementary, destroying two more homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Navy
Putnam Machine Shop
Norval
Notice on Homestead Exemption and Local News
Notices warn that July 1 is the deadline to apply for Homestead Tax Exemption. Fred Bourgeois is the County Auditor. The item also notes residents visiting relatives, summer camp programs, scholarship recital at Iowa State Teachers College, and local sales at Farmer's Store. A separate notice reports hurtful court settlements from a Burlington schoolyard plane crash case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bourgeois, Co
Eugene Dunlap
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Moyart
Jean Cady
Mason City
Fred Bourgeois
Parents of crash victims win $11,500
Keokuk Iowa report states the parents of two youths killed May 18, 1947 when a navy plane crashed received settlements totaling 11,500 dollars. The update notes the families agreed to the compensation in a local settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Hagemeier
Richard Grant
Jacqueline Brunat
Allan Kelly
Keokuk
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Wolf’s Flower
Sant
Lucky Purchase
Folger’s Coffee
Toilet Scott
Pillsbury
Cudahy
Abe
Windsor Club
Calif
TREND
Kottle
All Popular Bars Inc
Hershey's
Washington Fruit Market
Snapp
Norman Sage
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Sage
The
State Banking Department
Catherine Morris
Burlington
Houston
Texas
Willard Glaze
Galveston
Brown’s Garage
Lytle
Softball League
Schmidt
Putman
Livingston
DeLong
Dawson
Maxwell
Scranton
Browning
Ross
Sweet
Green
Reed
Troop
Mitchell
Hyde
Clark
Buckwalter
Wee Dunbar
Edmondson
A. Edmondson
Little
Murphy
Patterson
Booth
Freshwaters
Boshart
Brown
McClure
Wv. F. Wab H Pet
Fuhr
Davis
Lowe
McFadden
Hampshire
Knight
Bealer
See
Orr
Kerr
Brotherton
Cole
West Chester Ab
J. Cherry
Green Field
W. Chester
Skunk
E. R. Meeker of
Clinton
Azuba Fark
Jim Freshwater
Camp Lincoln
Lake Hubert
Minn
Farmer’s Store
Gloria Marcum
Denver
Mrs
Hugh Morris
Ainsworth
Carlton Haven
Rockwell City
Mr. Haven
Mrs. Haven
Iowa Continental Telephone
Couetrous
MYRL
Orvilles
West Madison
Louis
Walcott
Joe Louis
New York
Edie Eagan
Jersey Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Jersey Joe
International Soundphoto
Mademoiselle
Doris Dodson
Jon Duncan
Wenstgomery Mer Ce South Side
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