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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1947
Page
8
Fair conditions tonight with light winds. Few scattered showers and partly cloudy skies are forecast for tomorrow, with potential brief showers in the afternoon and mild temperatures expected across the region.
Verne R. Boulton formerly of Columbus City and now at the University of Iowa presented his prize winning paper on Color Television at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers event at Notre Dame. The work won a state meeting prize in Des Moines last month. Mr and Mrs Fred Annas observed their 51st wedding anniversary May 14 at their Fourth Street home. Russell Green was named to the agronomy division committee for the open house Veishea Views Tomorrow at Iowa State College Ames this week.
Co G Little of Burlington purchased the Corner cafe from Mr and Mrs James See and took possession Thursday. The corner stone laying for the Simith eralt building occurred Wednesday May 14 with over 12000 cement blocks slated for use. A new electric Hammond organ was installed at Cine Methodist church this week and will be used in Sunday services.
The Rev Leslie B Deedrick, pastor of the Cairo and Spring Run Evangelical United Brethren churches, will preach farewell sermons on Sunday May 18 at Cairo 11 am and Spring Run 7 30 pm. He was elected Iowa conference evangelist at Cedar Falls and began his pastorate in 1935. He has moved to the Art Bush farm residence, 30 miles north of Winfield. His wife is a patient at Oakdale sanitarium. S/Sgt and Mrs Stanley E Hubrey welcomed an 8 1 2 pound son born Thursday May 14 named Frederick Charles.
Miss Lois Lambert and her husband, longtime Columbus residents, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on May 26 at their West Hill home. The Rev J Lynn Pace of Yarmouth and his wife are the parents of a son born Monday at a Burlington hospital, according to the report about local families.
China has about 60 million farmers who farm roughly 210 million acres of land. The figure highlights the scale of agriculture amid large rural populations and land use patterns.
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