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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1972
Page
2
The April wholesale price index rose 0.1 percent while food and farm product prices declined. Unemployment held at 5.9 percent with 81.2 million employed and 5.01 million unemployed. white workers 5.4 percent, Negro workers 9.6 percent. Average weekly earnings rose to 132.83 dollars, up 1.10.
Garrett Leon Hough Eric Dean Stineman Nancy Leonilla Burbach Robbi Ann Christner James Lee West Tracie Elaine Polton Lynette Kay Hochstedler Eric Dean Bombei Heath Daniel Peiffer Delores Schrock listed as newborns with parent names and addresses in West Chester Wapello Washington Riverside Kalona Brighton Keota rural routes
A cooking note features a cantaloupe and cherry salad ring with lemon Jello, plus a Jelly Roll recipe baked at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Also included are Gingersnap Cookies and a brief notice of the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday May 10 at 8 p.m. in the Senior High library.
Mr and Mrs George Lutz of Wellman marked their 50th anniversary with a Golden Buckle event in Keota. About 35 dined and 350 attended an open house. Attendants and relatives from multiple Iowa towns joined guests from Minnesota and Kansas, with a three tiered cake as centerpiece.
Washington County Pork Producers and Porkettes held a joint meeting at the YMCA. President Marian Owens announced a district 9 Pork Appreciation Day on June 12 at the Junior High School. Earl Wright of Brighton is nominated as Master Pork Producer for district 9. Committees were named for centennial barbeques.
David R. Swailes 21 of Route 1 Ainsworth was promoted to Cadet Corporal in the Army ROTC at Iowa State University Ames. He attends ISU and expects a 1975 degree after graduating Highland High School Riverside in 1971.
Edmund Campbell of Harlan builds tiny wagons and hitches as a hobby. Slowed by a back injury, he started a year ago and relies on memory to assemble each hitch. He attaches wagons to plastic horses using wood from crates and laths and harness leather from a repair shop.
CRAWFORDSVILLE Chester Cherryholmes will complete 50 years as an employee of Fletcher Ford on May 12. He began on May 12, 1922 and has served three generations of the Fletcher family. He married Talma Sipe on April 24, 1924 and they have three children Glenn Jennie Sue and Danny plus three grandchildren Gail Kent and Kari.
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