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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1952
Page
8
Readers note a small social item describing visitors on Thursday at the home of Mrs Karl Simpeon and Mrs Henry Unenbach with a brief mention of who called.
Ten years after a cadet class, Matt J Redlinger Jr will graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point New York on May 24. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M J Redlinger of 52 North Iowa Avenue Washington and expects to be commissioned as an officer in the field artillery.
Fragments report births and family visits in Ames with relatives from University City and Morton. The text notes summer travels to Lake Miner and Los Angeles and mentions Wesleyan campus events and a Winn commencement service. Further, Mrs. Winnie Weidlein is reported to be leaving the hospital and returning home.
The text notes Mrs. Weidlein, a longtime nurse at the county home, connected to a Cedar Rapids family at 1317 11th Street Northwest, and mentions her friends in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hafferty and Rex and Kathleen of Newton were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Crawford. Dennis Miller stayed with Kenneth Weber. Mrs. Mary Crawford visited her daughter near Fairfield. Ad and Dale Henry moved to summer with Verda Gillies and Jack Gillie after wintering in Washington. Sikki Temple visited in Washington. Billy Crawford helped with farm work Saturday. cooperative dinner at Clarence Smith home in Brighton honored Set and Mrs. Joe Half-.
Mr and Mrs Henry Mombed were Wednesday morning callers at the Hubert Sheetz home.
Short subjects headline the program with Movieone News covers Truman White House tour and Ike farewell, plus Tokyo riots, Wasp-Hobson rescue, Apple Blossom Queen, Kentucky Derby, and The Man Killers. New Color Cartoon Crop Chasers and Oklahoma Annie headline. Judy Canova cleans up in a western tale. Kids can catch King of the Congo chapter 6. Club cards urged.
Star slugger Ralph Kiner disclosed a back injury and plans surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore with a possible operation on Monday. He is having his worst batting season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, with trainer Dr. Charles Jorgeson diagnosing a sciatic nerve muscle pinch in the lower leg.
Mr and Mrs Delmar Henry and Mrs W KF Henry and son Dick were in Gilman Wednesdays for unspecified reasons, a brief local sighting noted in the paper.
Night gathering for high school commencement included David King, brother of Mrs. Detmar Henry. The group stayed overnight and returned home Thursday morning.
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