Booster Club Hosts Silent Auction and St Patrick’s Event
The Booster club gathered at Mrs. Eliza Neill’s home with co host Mrs. Robert Lloyd. Nine members six guests and four children attended. New members Mrs. Doyle Jarrard and Mrs. Lloyd Duensing shared baby books for their new arrivals. The meeting led by President Mrs. Ruth Richards approved a $10 Red Cross gift and agreed on a penny collection at each meeting. A seed plant and bulb silent auction is set for April with a question box for the next meeting. Saint Patrick’s contest prizes went to Mrs. Donald Stout and Mrs. Hal Richards and two course refreshments were served.
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Eliza Neill
Robert Lloyd
Doyle Jarrard
Lloyd Duensing
Ruth Richards
Red Cross
Elwood Kreese
Donald Stout
Hal Richards
Appropriation Ordinance No. 327 Passed for 1948 49
City of Washington Iowa adopts Appropriation Ordinance No 327 for the 1948 49 fiscal year beginning April 1 1948. It allocates funds to salaries police highways sewage light street cleaning and other municipal needs with allocations from the consolidated fund and levies plus state gasoline tax receipts.
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Washington
Iowa
City OF
Shesela
State of
Officers elected at VFW Auxiliary meeting
The V F W Auxiliary elected officers for coming years. Officers include Marion MeaAvoy president and Raymond Glasgow senior vice president. The group donated 5.90 to Rock Island arsenal fund and Clara Faulkner sent books to a Veterans hospital. A Mt Pleasant hospital thank you note for 5.00 was read. Carpet rag sewing set for April 15 with Elwood Kleese.
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V. F. W. Auxiliary
Marion MeaAvoy
Raymond Glasgow
Ernest White
Truman Hysell
Bernard Weiss
Milo Steele
Dave McGaffey
Helen Hesseltine
von Bealer
Don Dusenberg
Mabel Lemnley
Elwood Kleese
Mars Atkinson
Dwight Hayes
Robert Swartzendruber
Harold Kerr
Fred Longer
Rock Island Arsenal
Clara Faulkner
Addie Wolf
V. F W.’s Hospital
al Bel
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Walking
City Officials Reed Minor Clarity On Roles
John K. Sowash, city clerk, and E. Mace, mayor, are referenced as local government figures in a brief notice outlining duties and authority within city administration.
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John K. Sowash
E. Mace
Steak Supper For Basketball Boys And School Officials
A March 13 report from Wayland details a steak supper held at the high school for the basketball team and school officials including coach and Mrs Schantz, Supt. and Mrs Berkshire, and others. Mothers prepared the meal. the event featured a large basketball trophy centerpiece, music, games, and after dinner activities.
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Wayland
Schantz
Berkshire
Mullanex
Niharthe
Theigh School
Charlie Davison
Frank Nebel
Ralph Roth
Thurlone Myers
Edd Richenberger
Andy Tschantz
Jean Davison
Keith Stewart Elected President of Westminster School Board
Westminster March 16 Keith Stewart was elected president of the Westminster school board for the current school year. Paul Delong and F C Slemwere noted as members at the meeting with other details not provided.
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Keith Stewart
Westminster School
Robert Eckes
Westminster
Westminster School Board
Paul Delong
Railroads vow to stamp out black market in reservations
Clark Hungerford of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway told a convention that railroads, with public help, are taking steps to curb the black market in passenger bookings. He noted orders for over 1,000 new room-type sleeping cars and a fleet of 120,000 freight cars and 2,500 passenger cars on order, with timelines of over a year for freight and about two years for passenger cars.
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Chicago
Clark Hungerford
St. Louis
St. Louis-San Francisco
Hungerford
American Railway Engineering Association
Convicts in Illinois May Will Eyes to Eye Bank
Illinois Attorney General George F. Barrett ruled inmates at Stateville Prison may legally bequeath their eyes to the Eye Bank run by the Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness. About 1,500 of 4,200 prisoners volunteered. surgeons will remove eyes after death and Red Cross Will County transport teams will ship them to Chicago in refrigerated containers for use in restoring sight.
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Chicago
George F. Barrett
Ilinois
Illinois Penitentiary
Stateville
John Troward Association
Illinois Society For Prevention of Blindness
Will County
American Red Cross
Statesville
Red Cross
Farm Debt Falls as 70 Percent of Farms Own Land Free
Government figures show seven of ten U S farms are now mortgaged free and clear, a stronger postwar result than prewar. Voluntary debt repayment marks improved financial security for American farmers and their families in recent years.
Exploding the Wood Lightning Fire Girdles Trees
A historical note explains how a lightning bolt heats moisture in wood cells to steam, causing explosive splitting. It says lightning can completely girdle a tree, cutting through its life.
Gigantic statues found in San Augustin ruins
Recently uncovered ruins of San Augustin in southern Colombia reveal a forest of gigantic statues some reaching forty feet in height. The discovery highlights ancient artistry and the scale of pre Columbian sculpture in the region.
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San Augustin
Colombia
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Booster Club
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Ed Rains
The
Scott Force
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Ics
Scott
Science
New York
Metropolitan Hospital
U. S. Army
Ezra Wittmer
Mons
Knights of Pythias
Ottumwa
Vern Escher
Robert Eckels
Lester Laubach
John Hough
Robert Eeckles
Keith Statler
Knight of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
West Chester
Gladys Ladehoff
Mildred Statler
Laura Orr
Guy Lyle
Shirley
Charles Lyle
al Huber
Bert Rittenhouse
Jim
Bob Redlinger
Donnie
Jim Rich
Rob Redlinger
Keota
F. FP. A
Rose Kiesey
Ted Kiesey
Max Haifley
Rowena Carter
Edna Carter
Meu
Dixie Dugan
Dixie
Fraternity
Hovse
BY Mevoy and
Striebei
RD Bradley
University OF Cincinnati
MIAMI
Russell Carter
E. C. Slemmons
Edgar Stewart
Lloyd Bauer
Perry Haifley
Floyd Slemmons
Jimmy
Atalissa
BE. C
North Carolina
the National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
AmtonGen Y
Riverside Deluxe
Riverside Supreme
Pegeed Shanks
Atchison
North Side Square
Coca-Cola Company
Burlington
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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