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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1952
Page
5
A column mixs reflections on citizenship, space travel fantasies, and tax policy. It argues against cropped political shirt protests while musing on Collier's space plans, then shifts to local social notices and family visits around Washington and nearby towns.
Ainsworth locals Mro and Mrs Charles Chapman longtime Oakdale sanitarium workers now at sanitarium media Ottumwa. Dinner guests at Malcolm Montgomery home included Mr and Mrs Ralph Howell and daughter Janice of Cotter. Fred Walker of Oakdale visited weekend. Eth Henderson returned to work in Oskaloosa after visiting sister-in-law Mrs Myria Henderson. John Davison of Stanwood and the Montgomerys were neighbors once in Prairie Flower. Dr J Ho McCall and Will McCall of Allerton attended Dave McLaughlin funeral. Harold Jones hosted dinner with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Arthur and daughter Joan and Mrs Esther Arthur of Cotter. Bruce Pearson left for Seattle to fly to the Aleutian Islands after time on Kodiak Island. Sunday guests at Ben Witzgerald home were Mr and Mrs Orliss Wood and Wayne of East Moline, and the Joe Wieland household.
High scorers Maurges ISS and Rothsehilds die7 headline a table of scores while Rothsebilds OSA Marges O78 tops the high team game. Havel leads the high individual series with strong marks.
Eleanor Wolf 191 and Hazel Sither 185 competed in a local standings update with Sitler 499 and Wolf 442 noted among top performers.
John Jo Mattes addressed the Washington Rotary Club outlining IRS taxpayer rights. He noted the bureau targets deliberate fraud and stresses keeping complete business records and answered questions on income tax matters and deputy collectors.
Professional directory notices list attorneys Louis J Kehok Jeffrey Bld and Morrison Morrison firms with street addresses and phone numbers. An entry for Bailey at 17 West Main and Morrison & Morrison notes D W Morrison Jr with Morrison Building phone 245.
In the Melody Strikers League Monday results at Melody Lane Snack Bar the Lane defeated J C Penney 2 to 1 with total pins 1750 for Melody Lane and 1767 for Rothschilds. Marges beat WEW Auxiliary 2 to 1. Washington Cafe prevailed 3 to 0 over Nash Ramblers. Rothschilds totaled 1767 pins, Craw Crawfordsville 1720. Marges 835 pins. Washington Cafe 1652 pins. Nash Ramblers 1511 pins.
JoAnn Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs GL Wilson is honored by an invitation from Mortar Board the national honorary society at the State University of Iowa for achieving a B average or higher for the semester's work.
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