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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1946
Page
5
West Chester seniors express enjoyment of subjects including history and public speaking. Juniors describe a festival vacation and upcoming speed tests, with football and band activity noted. Sophomores discuss Wellman victory and upcoming game, while fifth and sixth graders outline Indian unit projects and insect studies.
Ducks can be plucked more easily by first dipping them in a hot water and melted paraffin mixture. The method aims to loosen feathers and simplify the plucking process.
The item notes canned applesauce tinted green and lightly flavored with peppermint for use with lamb stew in the winter months.
AINSWORTH Oct 2 The following students have been chosen to edit the Newslites for the first semester of school Editor in chief Betty Herr associate editor Betty Koehler class editors Virginia Kane Frank Wood Betty Meeks Lois Ernst pressman Peggy Koehler Wilma Young Vanita Owens Alice Howell Typists Betty Miller Bruce Pearson Margaret Pfieffer Myra Edmonson Business Manager John Elliot mimeograph operator Pauline Gosling cartoonist cover artist Pat Elliot Adviser Mr Butterworth Mrs Ben Fitzgerald visiting relatives Ruth Telford of Winfield visited here over the weekend Supt and Mrs E R Butterworth attended the teachers meeting in Davenport and Saturday visited with friends in Princeton Mr and Mrs Bill Trotter and family moved into the home they recently purchased from J KK Freelands Mr and Mrs G F Trotter returned from Canada where they spent several weeks Mr and Mrs Boice Kurtz of Moline visited with Mrs Kurtz s mother Mrs Spessard Sunday Mrs Estella McCaleb has received word of the arrival of a granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs Eugene McCaleb of San Francisco Calif She will be named Mercedes Janice.
North Oregon October 2 Mrs C A Thompson reports Mr and Mrs C A Thompson and Charlie were dinner guests at the C B Reed home in Washington. They enjoyed pet and costume parades and music groups with festival attendees noting the parade was lively and well received. L G club met at Bryan Swift home for pot luck supper and social time. John Sullivan attended as a guest. Next meeting planned with Mr and Mrs Louis Pruess on October 4.
The report records multiple social events including a wedding of Donna Darbyshire and Charles Hanna at Pleasant Hill church. It also lists numerous Sunday and weekday gatherings with the Pruess, Mikseh, Walton, Thompson, and Griffith families visiting, hosting, or traveling to Burlington, Iowa City, and Riverside.
Bethel hosts a world wide communion service at 9 30 a m Sunday followed by Sunday school at 10 30 a m The article also notes local social visits and family news among Bethel residents and nearby communities.
Dickie and Doris Jane spent Sunday evening at George Canott home. Mr and Mrs Frank Henderson cared for the Robert Miksch home while Miksch visited Dan Richardson home in Cincinnati Iowa this weekend.
United States servicemen mailed three billion letters annually during the war. Free mail for soldiers and sailors cost the post office department about 91.9 million dollars per year.
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