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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
2
Mrs. Winnie Beller of Denver arrived Sunday for a two week vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Deal and to call at their home.
Columbus Junction October meeting hosts Columbus school teachers, club members and guests with dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Columbus high school gym. Radio figure Jack Shelley of WHO Des Moines delivers the main address in the auditorium.
Sister Mrs Ted Givans is mentioned along with Mrs Bei ter who taught in Washington county schools before moving to Denver. The latter now works in the insurance division of the Veterans Administration.
A United Presbyterian family night on Thursday October 7 features a pot luck supper at 6 30 p m followed by a program on Women's Part in Peace. The article also lists Louisa County sixteen rural schools totaling 244 students with teachers and enrollments across multiple communities.
The text notes that first cousins may wed in New Jersey New York and other states but not in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania courts recognize a cousin marriage as valid if legal where contracted reflecting interstate recognition rules.
The navy outlines a plan to expand its rotary-wing fleet to 88 aircraft once current orders are delivered. Forty-six HO3S observation helicopters will join existing ships and shore units for rescue transport and observation missions. The HO3S can climb at up to 1,200 feet per minute at sea level.
The campanero or bell-ringer is a pretty white jungle bird about blue jay size. It has a black tubercle on its head above a long black bill and a club-shaped feather that Indians say stands erect when it sings. Its call resembles a melodious bell strike.
The article explains hawks are beneficial, feeding mainly on rodents. It divides hawks into three groups Buteos Falcons and Accipiters and notes Buteos are called chicken hawks while many gunners target them for supposed poultry destruction.
Tom Will returns to Restopia nursing home in Columbus Junction after four months at home near Ainsworth. Iowa State College marching band adds Robert Bell from 4128 4th Ave to its 101 piece group under Frank Piersol, debutting at the Cyclones versus Kansas game. Various social visits and hospital updates from Ottumwa Des Moines Washington reports.
About 900 Iowa men will report for pre induction physicals next Monday at eight induction examination stations in Iowa and in Omaha and Sioux Falls. Local draft boards will send from seven to 15 men each, with about 175 to be inducted in November and under 200 in December. Some conscientious objectors are noted with routes to medical corps or exemption if sincere.
Admitted yesterday was Mrs. Robert Hoch stedler of Kalonia for surgical care and Grant Humston for medical treatment. Discharged today is Mrs. Irvan Rich. Birth yesterday notes a boy born at noon to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cox at 725 S. 2nd.
Banns published in St Marys church Riverside for the marriage of Eleanor Ruth daughter of Mrs Bertha Ruth and Walter Droll son of Mrs Genevieve Droll both of Riverside The wedding is set for Monday Oct 11 at St Marys church Riverside The bride elect is a graduate of the nearby school.
The prospective bridegroom, a farmer, is a St. Mary's high school alumnus and Marycrest College graduate from Davenport. The bride is connected to St. Mary's high school and works in public education in Kalona.
Mr and Mrs Dean Cox welcome son Douglas Lee born yesterday at noon weighing 7 lb 11 oz at the county hospital.
Red Tomahawk, an Indian police sergeant in the Dakota territory, shot and killed Sitting Bull in 1888. The event marked a pivotal moment in the late 19th century conflicts between U.S. authorities and Sioux nations.
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