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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1948
Page
5
The C E Society of the Eicher church elected officers for the coming year on Sunday November 21. New posts include president John Witt ing vice president Robert Beatty secretary Lola Von Bontrager treasurer Junior Graber pianist Mary Johnson assistant pianist Treva Bontrager chorister Mrs Erwen Graber and assistant chorister Ronald Johnson Ash Paul Martin and Erwen Grafta.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission sets December 14 1948 10:00 AM in Des Moines Iowa for a hearing on a petition by Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative Davenport Iowa for a franchise to erect operate and maintain electric transmission lines across multiple sections in Washington County Iowa. Objections must be written in triplicate five days before the hearing.
Mt Pleasant Iowa November 27 Clarence Pounds 23 Mt Pleasant was killed last night in an auto crash. Two other youths were injured in the accident according to UP reports.
Henry county Sheriff Manning Cline identified the injured youths as Richard McBeth and Jack Cantwell, both about 20, from Mt. Pleasant. The three youths were returning from a basketball game at Wayland when the accident occurred.
In 1947 the American Red Cross recruited 404 nurses to support nursing staffs in five cities across 18 states facing infantile paralysis outbreaks.
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