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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
7
Chicago notes open high low and close figures for corn oats and soybeans with July September December and January maturities. Corn trades around 184 for July and 181 for September while soybeans show July near 294 and November around 274 with a mix of small percentage shifts.
City report notes southeast residents cooperate in tying into the sanitary sewer installed two years ago. Noncompliant owners by next month will have city work done and costs assessed, delaying street improvement programs until sewer connections are completed.
About 162 attended the Columbus Junction alumni banquet at the high school gym on Friday May 16 with Craig Huston of Cedar Rapids as toastmaster. The event featured music from a girls trio and a barbershop quartet, and Gladys Rees and Cecil Sehliech were the pianists.
David W. Hanks, age 100, has enrolled in an algebra course at a school in Princeton Iowa. The milestone highlights continued learning for senior citizens and shows active community education offerings.
Weather disruptions force a last day of school picnic reschedule from Sunset park to the Round Grove schoolhouse. The piece notes mothers and families attending a cooperative Mother’s Day dinner at Terry Mathers home and lists several visiting guests from Mason City Avoca Ames Mt. Pleasant and California along with weekend social visits and travel by local families. Robins are described as singing outdoors.
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