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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1950
Page
4
The editorial page argues Taft Hartley shows need for law during coal pinch and critiques broad disease fund drives as potentially duplicative. It laments endless associations multiplying administration costs and cites a St Louis physician’s call for a single coordinated community chest.
L. M. Pitzer of Columbus Junction and Pat Holderness of Riverside were in Washington on business yesterday. Mrs. Ralph Young of Ainsworth, Howard Anderson of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Ed Wise of Brighton also made calls. Mrs. Roy Canott of Wellman traveled to Washington today on business. Mrs. Hammen, resting at an Iowa City hospital, has shown improvement and can walk with crutches after polio treatment.
A well-informed source says King Leopold III will end his five year exile and reclaim the Belgian throne after a 57 percent plebiscite majority. Parliament likely to repeal the 1945 ban, ending Prince Charles regency.
An instrument purporting to be the last will of Mayment MacCreedy Birney, deceased, dated January 3 1935, has been filed in Washington County Iowa. A hearing is set for March 22, 1950 at the Washington County Courthouse before the District Court or clerk. All interested persons must appear to show cause why the will should not be probated.
The UAW touts a new Nash Kelvinator contract offering a $100 monthly company pension and shared pension administration. The agreement, costing about 10 cents an hour per worker, mirrors Ford's plan and spans 20,000 Nash Kelvinator workers across Milwaukee Kenosha El Segundo Detroit and Grand Rapids.
Westminster residents report visits and greetings to neighbors and relatives in LaCrosse Wisconsin. Ted Griffith returns from a two month Miami vacation and helps with farm work this season. Community notes include garden planning, humorous local items, and a probate hearing notice dated March 1950 in Washington, Iowa.
Riverside March 15 The Wesley Players from Iowa City staged a family night program at the Methodist church after a community potluck. Mrs. Fred Kron is back in Mercy hospital for continued treatment and other local residents visited relatives and attended services at St James Church in Washington.
An advertisement touts AR-PAN EX tablets to relieve rheumatism and arthritis fast. Druggist Tr. Rk. Phillips at Washington endorses the claim and claims the product works through the bloodstream for blessed relief.
Notice states probate action in District Court Iowa No 8783. The document informs all potential interested persons and directs timely appearance or filing of claims as required by law. No specific names or details of the estate are visible in the text.
Marion high school defeated Washington 70 to 46 at the Iowa City field house. Gable and King topped the winners with 48 points combined, while Sehmitt and Manusser led Washington with 10 and 11 points. The Demon jitters vanished as Marion took early control and built a solid halftime lead.
Springfield resident Ernest Lawton, a church sexton, recounts a string of dramatic survivals from childhood near a London elevator shaft to a San Francisco hotel spared by the 1906 quake and narrowly avoiding a Titanic voyage reservation cancellation, all shaping his long life.
Sport Shop Comets will face Iowa City All Stars in a charity basketball game at the high school gym Monday evening March 2. Proceeds aid two Troop 83 Scouts’ trip to the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge Pa. A 7 pm prelim, 8 pm main event. Ticket prices 35 and 50 cents, available at YMCA and Sport Shop.
Des Moines Davenport and Washington YMCA teams will hold a triangular meet at the Washington pool on Saturday at 1 30 o clock. Twenty two Washington boys will compete and the public is invited to witness any portion of the afternoon program.
The notice lists weekly livestock sales at Whittaker sale barn Kalona Sales Barn Midway Sales Company and Ollie Livestock Exchange with dates and times. It also notes public sales including Yorkshires at Keota Keota Purebred Pavilion March 18 starts 12 30 and dairy heifers March 24 at Purebred Pavilion 2 miles south of Keota starts 1 00 with E L Conrad as owner and March 20 closing out sale for Harry Malichky farm near Riverside Washington and Richmond.
Yesterday's shopper list includes Mrs. Charles Wolf of Ainsworth and several others from Crawfordsville Ainsworth and Wellman. Names include Mrs Henry Cheney Patsy Fisher Mrs Howard McArlin Mrs Fred Anwyl Mrs Frank Carson and more.
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