Community Forum to Feature Jack Shelley in Washington
Des Moines radio commentator Jack Shelley will speak at the Community Forum at Washington High School on Thursday evening March 16. The talk is the third in a winter series sponsored by the Washington Y's Men and partners including Rotary, Fortnightly, and YMCA. A fifth program, free for forum season-ticket holders, will present Mexican folk dancers Senora Elizabeth Camacho de Camp and Senorita Maria Del Lourdes Calvez after a program in Fairfield. They will visit Washington April 13 at the high school.
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DeMolay Officers Meet in southeaster Iowa District
A ten year ago report notes a DeMolay officers meeting at the Masonic hall with reps from Burlingoon Davenport Keokuk and Washington. Tom Gray led the session as master councilman.
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Iowa
Masonic Hall
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Davenport
Keokuk
Washington
Tom Gray
Hogs Lead Market With Top at 16.90
Regional cattle and hog market notes show hog prices reaching a top of 16.90 as traders monitor feed costs. Weather outlook calls for cloudy skies with occasional snow turning to mixed precipitation tomorrow, affecting transport and scheduling.
Senate Leader Comments On Gubitchev Case And Acheson
Senate leader criticized Secretary of State Acheson over his handling of the Gubitchev case and the Russia issue. He accused Acheson of appeasement and meddling in justice to free a Russian spy, arguing the moves undermine US credibility in the cold war.
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Washington High School Band Opens Concert in Fort Madison
About 200 attendees watched the Washington high school band perform under director Melvin Hill. The program featured Flandria, Hora Staccato, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Wedding of the Winds, and solos by John Winga and Shirley Blattner, with Mendelssohn and Brahms selections, ending with Dark Eye.Future dates announced include a solo contest April 1 at Fort Madison and Festival on May 11.
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James Hooke
Betty Kunik
Margarette McCleery
Sybil Bagge
Felix Mendelssohn
John
Artemas Brown
Wiedoeft
Shirley Blattner
Shirley
Mrs. Brown
Norma Eatinger
The
Hudson
Herbert Clarke
Smith
Richard Tweeten
Claire Davis
Harry Duensing
Phillip J. Lang
Hill
Fort Madison
New Baby Joins Sjostedt Family in North Weymouth
Dr A W Clow reports the birth of Ann Clow to Mr and Mrs H A Sjostedt in North Weymouth Massachusetts yesterday Beth Clow is the mother The article also lists numerous visitors to hospitals and planned travels including Mrs Gerald McGaffey heading to New York then England on a three month visit and many local residents from Kalona Wellman Washington and nearby towns visiting hospitalized relatives.
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H. A. Sjostedt
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Washington Hospital
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Kalona
Lewis BE. Yoder
Wellman
Edgar Bandy
Keota
Earl Hobbs
West Chester
Washington
Charles Custer
Gerald McGaffey
South Washington
New York
South Hampton
England
H. P. Laverack
Welton
Jane
Sentencing Reported for Coplon and Gubichev in Spy Case
Moscow papers carried a Tass dispatch from New York detailing 15 year sentences for Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubichev, both convicted in federal court on espionage charges. The report notes the sentences and the limited commentary in the papers.
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New York
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Valentin A. Gubichev
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Foreign Ministry
Tass Dispatch
Dispatch
Community donation drive catalog raises local support
Jayceescharger from Willits Motor and Dougall brothers provide pop cases while Stewart hardware offers a first aid kit. Donors include Sneppel's Phillips 66 station and Piggly Wiggly with cans of carlube and refrigerator deodorant, West End grocery sorghum, M O service station cigarette dispenser, Long Implement Prestone, Brown's garage oil change, Modern Appliance range and stoves, Wittmer Grocery groceries, plus many more items. Mr Kneen today notes scores of other items donated and some donors not yet contacted.
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West End
Long
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Veo Locals roundup visit and local social notes
Donald Daw s of Davenport visited C C Dana home. Roy Rogers family hosted Sunday dinner with Jeannie and Dannie. Elbert Elmore family visited Eugene Elmore near Germanville. Irma Bray returned to Ottumwa after tonsillectomy. Pleas ant Plain school closed due to muddy roads. Coffin Mendenhall and Hosler families sick with flu. Marilyn Hosler guests with relatives after caps ceremony for 25 student nurses at St Josephs Ottumwa. Gowey family dinner guests in Roy Rogers home.
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W. L. Bray
Donald DaWs
Davenport
C. C. Dana
Roy Rogers
Jeannie
Dannie
H. C. Jones
Elbert Elmore
Eugene Elmore
Germanville
Irma Bray
Otttumwa
Pleasant Plain
Everett Coffin
Hersnel Mendenhall
Glen Hosler
Marilyn Hosler
St. Josephs Hospital
Ottumwa
Herman Gowey
Carola
Kathy
Solon denounces attack on American ships at sea
Sen. Hugh Butler of Nebraska condemned the recent attack on American vessels by Chinese nationalists during a Senate speech. He urged that the flag be respected and American rights recognized by friends and neighbors on the high seas.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
Neb
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Butler
Out of Town Shoppers Visit Washington Retail Center
The Washington shopping column lists numerous residents from Keota Wayland Columbus Junction Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville and Dublin among yesterday’s shoppers choosing Washington as their shopping center. Names include Mrs Mabel Morris Winifred Mayer Eva Sodergren D MecKinahan Mr and Mrs Albert Nunnally Mrs Wayne Mangold Mrs William Zieglowsky Helen Hesseltine Mrs Pete Koehler Mrs Howard Pearson Mrs Don C Simmering and more.
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Winifred Mayer
Keota
Eva Sodergren
D. MecKinahan
Wayland
Albert Nunnally
Columbus Junction
Wayne Mangold
West Chester
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Ainsworth
Helen Hesseltine
Brighton
Pete Koehler
Crawfordsville
Howard Pearson
Don C. Simmering
Ainswieth
Sam Bowser
Ralph Schoonover
J. A. Wieneke
Edwin Ver Steeg
W. C. Robertson
Dublin
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