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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1952
Page
5
An advertisement promotes Du Pont Duco enamel as easy to apply and suitable for cars and refrigerators with a range of colors. It highlights Eclipse Lumber Co and Quality Construction, a positive drive self aligning bearing, and a tractor spreader priced at 376.50 with contact for Fred Lo Stewart Howe.
A coroner's jury ruled the deaths of Mrs Edith Lake and Mr and Mrs Howard Wiener Stein from a Sunday crash near Melbourne as accidental. The car hit a parked truck on Nikhaway 664 seven miles SW of Melbourne. Truck driver Clifford Heathcote, 26 Des Moines, was fined 100 dollars for failing to place warning flares.
The report blends commodity figures for corn oats and soybeans with notes on plastics coatings offering hardness flexibility and adhesion. It mentions Canadian nickel shipments including timber explosives pipe and machinery and ends with a line about a quilter's precise stitches.
Local residents gathered Sunday and Saturday visiting friends in Grace Hill and nearby homes. Mrs. Williams of Grace Hill quilts a beautiful piece at the John Williams home, showcasing expert design and eye for beauty.
A Monday project in Pleasant turned into a full kitchen papering when neighbors Mr and Mrs Ralph Chorpening extended help. The yellow wallpaper with brown flowers brightened the room as the team worked from ceiling to walls and shared supper. Community notices follow with family visits and birthday celebrations through the week.
The Keota JayCees chartered civic group aims to upgrade the city park with new benches tables cooking facilities and playground equipment. Mayor and council approved funds from the tax budget and the project will rely on volunteer labor. A special election to authorize a bond up to 50000 for adding to the crowded school building will be held April 17 at the Keota school from noon to seven.
Kalona area residents share family visits from Cedar Falls and Des Moines, travel to Detroit and Miami, and a birth announcement for a Des Moines couple. Dedication of the Veterans hospital in Iowa City draws many locals, with weekend calls to relatives in Illinois and DeWitt.
Nellie Stutsman of Iowa City visited with the Skola and Spreacker families on Sunday afternoon. Lyle Fry and his sons were guests of Mrs. Fry’s parents the Snodgrasses in Sigourney. Raymond Spicher enlisted in the Navy and heads to San Diego for boat training. Eugene Hochstetler of Chicago spent the weekend with his Hochstetler relatives in town.
Multiple sale notices list events near Washington and Columbus Junction with start times. Clarence Booth holds a March 24 closing out sale 3 miles southwest of Washington starting 11:00, and John Little's sale at 520 North Marion Ave begins 1:30 on March 26. Livestock auctions recur weekly at Midway Sales Company, Ollie, Whittaker sale barn, and Kalona Sales Barn with various days and times.
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