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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
2
The Russians finished their first long distance gas line of the year, stretching 524 miles from 22 wells near Saratov in the Volga region to Moscow. Construction began during the war in 1944 and the route crosses 80 rivers and lakes as well as swamp land.
Local shop closures and personnel moves appear alongside social visits. Mrs Burham and guests travel for vacations while Kathleen Bruty resigns to direct welfare work in Grundy county. Sparse business items include shipments of Ball freezer jars and Waxtight containers.
Mrs L R Baker attended the Fairfield funeral for Teresa Marsh a former Iowa Womens Relief Corps president and national junior vice president. Baker and other W R C officers met at a luncheon hosted by the Fairfield Corps. Baker and Food sale Copppock Ladies Aid Saturday May 29 Modern Appliance Store.
At the hospital today two tonsillectomies were performed for Gary Romaser of Keota and Richard Meeks of Ainsworth along with Rog er and James Altenhofen of Harper. Dismissals include Mrs Merlin Gibson of Harper and Arthur Long of Richland. Yesterday Virginia Arnold was transferred to University Hospital in Iowa City.
In Merrimac Ruth Smith had her tonsils removed at Fairfield hospital on Tuesday. Rev and Mrs T N Deguisne and their daughter drove to Muscatine on Friday to visit the Lutheran home there. Local residents including Mr and Mrs Junior Hinkle Mr and Mrs Andy Crile and families and Mr and Mrs Chas Ruby and families were callers in the area.
The Franklin Cubs 4-H club gathered at the H Brinning home for a Monday meeting. Richard Brinning was chosen to represent the club at the Ames convention, with Victor Kliopfenstein and Ronald Sheetz named as district camp delegates. The group recited the pledge, discussed Crop Creation, and enjoyed refreshments before planning a club tour for the next gathering.
Sunday visits centered on the E. C. Hinkle home with extended families from Fairfield and local households. The day included gatherings with the Trabert, Wieneke, Amrine, Lowe, Baldosier, and Smith families plus Joyce Baldosier visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Baldosier.
Damascus Shrine No. 10 W. S. J. held its May 25 meeting in the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Claude Rhodebeck as Worthy High Priestess. Reports from leaders covered the Atlantic City 54th Supreme Shrine session May 4–6 and the event’s ceremonies, officers, and 2008 votes, plus side trips and social events. Five thousand attended. installations, banquets, and a social hour followed with birthday wishes for Mrs. Rhodebeck and Mrs. Art Swift.
Pittsburgh's board of education votes a five dollar annual head tax on every city adult to fund schools. The measure, reported by Municipal Finance Officers, also imposes a mercantile tax of one mill on retail and half a mill on wholesale sales and a two mill personal property tax on stocks and bonds. The mercantile tax is projected to raise just over one million dollars this year.
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