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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1952
Page
7
A column of miscellaneous musings contrasts warnings against propaganda with reflections on elections and public life. It cites Jeremiah, notes the value of exercise, ponders time changes, and weighs constructive versus destructive political tactics amid national concerns and local campaigns.
In Wilmington Delaware two unidentified bodies were recovered from the Delaware River after a collision between the tanker Michael and the coastwise tanker A C G Dodge in a driving rainstorm. Eight crewmen remained missing as both vessels burned and exploded, with Coast Guard and other vessels fighting the blaze.
The Independent School District of Washington County Iowa seeks condemnation of Lot Six in Block Four in the town of Washington for public purposes. An application for condemnation is on file with the county sheriff. Executed by heirs and interested parties of W L D Booth and others.
An Iowa to Washington county hearing notices eminent domain for an addition to the school building and the necessary ground. The Independent School District of Washington seeks to appraise damages and the commissioners will view the premises on the specified date. Stewart and Shearer, attorneys for the district, announce the meeting.
Community organizers in Ainsworth call for volunteers to aid memorial day efforts. Teams are needed to assist at ceremonies, cleanup, and related events. Local residents and groups are encouraged to sign up and support the town’s commemoration.
Evening ceremony planned at the schoolhouse on May 29 at 7:30 led by Mrs Mary Townsend with volunteers organizing wreaths for war veterans graves.
Major Ethel A. Lamansky returns from two and a half years in Vienna Germany and Nuremberg Germany. She will visit Sioux City with her sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs Charles Larson. They plan a California trip. Maro Lamansky reports for duty at Letterman General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Richard Wright of Des Moines visited relatives in Washington. Hill Mitchell Crawfordsville.
Cadet Carl C. Yoder of RR No 4 Washington Iowa will attend a six week reserve officers training camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma. The camp runs from June 7th to August 1st and after completion he will be commissioned a second lieutenant of artillery at Iowa State College.
Mitchell, a junior in physical education for men, has been elected secretary of Lambda Gamma Nu, the local social fraternity at Iowa State Teachers College.
Happy Birthday congratulations go to Mr and Mrs William W Brown and Mr and Mrs Gene Tucker as they observe their 50th wedding anniversaries today. Mr and Mrs Don Nicholson and Mr and Mrs Louie W Larsen also celebrate. Gladys Ruth McNeill turns 10, Harold Harter also 10, with Roberta Ann Whiley and several others on the birthday list.
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