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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1950

Page

6

Mrs. Celia Safourek Returns to Her Home

Riverside report shows Celia Safourek back home after weeks at Harold Shranger’s Atlantic residence. Her great granddaughter Susan Kephart, eight, who had polio in Silver Springs Maryland, is recovering at home. Local visits and family travel wrap the day’s social notes.

Marge Luckey Riverside Celia Safourek Harold Shranger Atlantic Susan Kephart Silver Springs Orvetta Rath J. S. Stoner Low City James Benish Cedar Rapids Virginia Luckey Robert Gates S. C. Ware O. C. Steigleder Milburn Krabill Waverly Kalona H. J. Bigelow Earl Fry Eugene Way Davenport Freda Fry Iowa City H. A. Swartzendruber Ohio Maryland Jerome Schnoebelen Miami Fla Gary Eugene Charles Schnoebelen

Recreation Spending Shares in American Budgets

A historic survey shows Americans allocate about twenty percent of spending to recreation. The study highlights shifts in leisure activities and consumer behavior across regions, ages, and income levels, noting rising demand for entertainment and travel options.

Mastering Duck Shooting Through Live Game Practice

A field note on duck shooting emphasizes live game practice over clay targets. It discusses lead timing, swing pace, and eye hand coordination, advising shooters to shoot birds over head and to swing through targets rather than stopping the gun. It also cautions against relying on experts and stresses personal judgment on daylight and lead.

Ray Holland

Kalona Faculty Honor Teacher Going to Service

Kalona Iowa October 21 members of the Kalona School Board and wives hosted the faculty for a dinner at the Kalona Chicken House to honor Donald Bean seventh and eighth grade teacher called into military service. Bean received a gift as the group returned to the school for entertainment.

Kalona Donald Bean Edward Hatchcroft Ray Byrnes Jay Hanson Robert Tilden Lowell Peck William Olson Tom Joslyn Mary Lou Jones Alpha Tagge Charles Reik Mr. Bean I. E Grady A. A. Jackson

Community and farm sales listed for October and weekly auctions

Weekly livestock sales occur at Whittaker sale barn Kalona Sales Barn and Midway Sales Company in Iowa. Specific auctions include a 2% Spotted Poland China sale near Winfield starting 1 PM October 2 and a Closing Out Sale of Household Goods at Columbus Junction and at 513 South Sth Avenue with start times noted.

Whittaker Kalona Sales Kalona Iowa Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Ollie Livestock Exchange Winfield Earl Kellogg & Sons Cecil Jong Hampshire Columbus Junction Fair Grounds Blair Duncan

Wallace urges UN reorganization if Russia withholds on Korea panel

Henry A. Wallace proposes reorganizing the United Nations without the Soviet Union if Russia refuses to serve on a UN Korea commission in good faith. He says an election under UN leadership should follow a UN victory in Korea and predicts Russia may later join, but argues division of the world could reshape the UN.

Russia New York Henry A. Wallace United Nations Soviet Union Wallace Truman U. S Korea

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