Washington area hospital notes and local moves
Washington residents visit hospital patients and staff at the Washington hospital. Families announce births Gordon Wayne Yo der and Dorothy Ann Harris. Local moves include Ernest Crawford family to Victor Peiffer farm and Lytle and Dempsey families reoccupying West Jefferson Street homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Crawford
Victor Peiffer
Ralph Lytle
Lucy Dempsey
West Jefferson Street
Miss Dempsey
Lytl House
Newt Davis
Lytle
Martha Glass Mission Group Meets March 2 at Junction Church
The Martha Glass Missionary society of the United Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday evening March 2 in the home of Misses Helen and Edith Orr. Edith Orr to lead the lesson. Attendance prizes listed for Paul Duncan Nancy Hall Donna Hughes Tommy Parsons Janet and Carolyn Lee. Irma Jean Williams returns from Colorado and takes a position at a Waterloo ENT clinic. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jordan celebrate 53rd wedding anniversary. Columbus High School auditorium repaint cost 150 dollars. Local drive contributions total 35.70 to March of Dimes. Reverend R H Aurand to preside at the Spring Sun and Cairo Evangelical United Brethren churches conference March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Martha Glass Missionary Society of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Helen
Edith Orr
United Presbyterian Sunday School
Paul Duncan
Nancy Hall
Donna Hughes
Tommy Parsons Janet
Carolyn Lee
Irma Jean Williams
Colorado
Waterloo
Mark
H. M. Jordan
Columbus High School
R. H. Aurand
Cedar Falls
Cairo
Dry Period Length Signals Milk Output in Dairy Cows
Studies show young cows require 70 to 75 days dry period while older cows need 40 to 45 days. Reducing the dry period consistently lowers milk production in the following lactation, highlighting the link between rest duration and yield.
Wonder Salve promises relief for skin troubles
Don’t suffer another minute any skin ailment from eczema to athlete’s foot can be helped by Wonder Salve. Developed for the Army now available for home use, it is white greaseless and antiseptic. Safe for children. Sold in Washington by Pioneer Phillips McDaniel and Osincup Walgreen Drug Stores or your hometown druggist. Money refunded if results aren’t achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pioneer
Phillips, McDaniel and
Osincup Walgreen
Children of Bethel Community Enjoy First Real Snow
Bethel residents report ten inches of snowfall and below zero temperatures. Bethel school children at South Prairie enjoyed a game of fox and goose and built large snowmen after recess. Community members attended birthdays, weddings, and family visits amid the winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
South Prairie School
Stewart Earl Kolesick
Earl Kolosick
Melo Horak
Dixie
Charley Kolosick
Elvin Graf
Maurice Alvine
Ruth
Mae Gideon
Baptist Church
Ray Sojka
Mrs
Howard Applegate
Richard Havel
Payments to living policyholders rise after five years
Payments to living policyholders by life insurance companies reached $1,790,000,000 in 1948, more than 40 percent higher than the amount paid five years earlier.
Building Church Fire Becomes a Gideon Family Tradition
Bethel reports a family tradition of serving as church janitors. Ernest Gideon starts the fire before dawn to heat the Bethel church for the 10 o'clock service. The role has passed through several Gideon generations including Ruth Gideon’s father Wayne and sister Mrs George Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon
Bethel
Ernest
Bethel Church
Carrid
George Wallace
Wayne Gideon
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Don
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Ed Horak
Walter Sojka
Washington Hospital
Thomann
Ottumwa
Pauline Eckey
Wilbur Quinn
Des Moines
I. D. Quinn
Walter Bauer
West Chester
Roy Gardner
Virgil Siegler
Keota
Dave Galloway
Wilbur W. Yoder
Kalona
Gordon Wayne
Little Gordon
Mrs. Howard Harris
Dorothy Ann
Roscoe Livesay
Donna Jeannine
Wellman
Howard Walker
Irwin Moothart
Charles Livesay
Charles Redding
Bess Redding
John Rand
Paul Thomassen
Harold Thomassen
Pella
Thomassen
Colleen
Barbara Goodwin
Pat Weldin
Pat Brown
Cedar Fall
Don Brown
Victor Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
August Becker
Donaldson
Mr. and
M. J. Redling
Colorado Springs
Cole
Inlaw
Major
M. J. Redlinger
Harvey Meek
St. Joseph Hospital
San Francisco
Albert Mills
Mt. Pleasant
Fred Townsend
Alvin Sherbeck
Gary
Melvin Hamilton
Salina
Kansas
Harold Durst
Durst
West Washington Street
Hilda Durst
Mr. Durst
Myrtle Jones
Merle Warner
Forrest Lance
Leta Glenn
Merion Rosehley
Baby
Carrol
Crawfordsville
Washington Today
Glen Pringle
Dan Pringle
Brighton
R. B. McDonald
Andy Wagner
Segit
Wolf’s Flower
Henry Little
Hank
Muscatine
Chamberlin Bros. Sport Shop
Martha Glass Mission Group
Junction Church
Paul Hoyle
South Prairie
Paul
Milt Birka
John Soukup
Iowa City
Mac Wallace
Life Insurance
Saita
JNO Hulls
Ruth Gideon
C. V. Grall
John W. Leer
Rapp
South Side Square
Jom Duncan
Mademoiselle
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Resistab
Devilbiss
Aytinal
ORLIS
June Arden
L. J. Kehoe
Kehoe
Washington Chamber of Commerce
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Anahist
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