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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
6
The President and Cashier sign and acknowledge the instrument for West Chester Savings Bank in West Chester Iowa dated October 28 1968. The document states execution on behalf of the bank and its official capacity.
Union Fork and Hoe experts in Columbus explain that sun wind and timing matter more than cold alone. Harden plants before cold snaps by avoiding south side placement and foundations, placing on north or northwest exposure and a steep bank, mulching with two inches of organic matter, watering carefully seasons, and spraying evergreen foliage with anti-drying agents in November and February to reduce evaporation.
Local notes recount a hay ride organized by Mrs. G. H. Mayer for Joyce McClelland and sixteen friends from Iowa City and nearby areas, with a wiener roast at her parents home and a party at the community building. Several visiting guests and weekend stays are listed along with updates on community members.
The Merry Ten Club met at the Kueneman home in Ainsworth for four tables of Pinochle with Mrs Raymond Hammen and Erwin Wulf and Raymond Hammen sharing high men scores and Mrs Grove Letts winning the consolation prize while Mrs Charles Rademaker took the traveling prize. Guests included Mr and Mrs Dean Swenson. December 7 plans were set for the next meeting with Grove Letts. Carl J Wulf suffered a knee sprain in a farm fall and was treated at Washington County Hospital. The Sewing Circle met with Mrs Ronald Ornduff and planned a December 21 Christmas party at Mr and Mrs Max White Jr. home. Mrs May Carson has returned home from Washington County Hospital. Mr Orin Carr and family moved into the Bergens' recently purchased property formerly lived in by Mrs Fred Jarvis. the Carrs relocated from south of Ainsworth.
A sequence of farm sales and auctions listed for November includes a closing out sale near Kalona at 11 a.m. hosted by Edward E. Miller, a special cattle sale of yearlings calves and stock cows in Donnellson at 12 noon by Donnellson Livestock Sales Inc, and a household goods closing out sale at the Washington County Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. for the Carol Forgey estate.
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