Local residents set travel plans and receptions across states
Donna Christner leaves by bus for Cedar Rapids to visit her uncle and aunt in Iowa. Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Hunt attend a Mt Pleasant Legion Auxiliary reception. Mrs. Nebergall travels to Cedar Rapids for the weekend with friends in Long Beach. The Gates plan a westward motor trip stopping in Albany Inglewood Glendale Trinidad and Colorado Springs. The Jacobses take a Smoky Mountains trip through the southern states and Florida. Richard Applegate writes of a promotion and new address in San Francisco APO.
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Donna Christner
Cedar Rapids
Mrs
Kiff Christner
EF. E. Ward
Lee Hunt
Ainsworth
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Abraham
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
W. L. Gates
West
Albany Oregon
Inglewood
Glendale
Calif
Trinidad
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clarence Jacobs
Forrest Jacobs
Mason City
Smoky Mountains
Florida
Key West
R. Applegate
Richard
Sgt. 1
Applegate
Richard Applegate
Finance Office
Eusak-Apo
San Francisco
Local Graduates and Residents: Nursing, Military and Education News
Mrs Earl Redlinger reports Mary Louise and Duane attended St Luke s School of Nursing graduation in Davenport with Joan Fields a class member. Pvt Clarence E Pulse son of Mr and Mrs Pulse begins indoctrination at Lackland AFB Texas. Donald Beenblossom enrolled as a Kirksville College of Osteopathy sophomore. Barbara Godwin enters Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls for sophomore year majoring in kindergarten primary. Thelma Luther from Des Moines was in Washington this week.
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Earl Redlinger
Mary Louise
Duane
St. Luke's School of Nursing
Davenport
Joan Fields
J. W Fields
Clarence E. Pulse
Ainsworth
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Donald Beenblossom
John Beenblossom
Kirksville College of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Homer Godwin
Barbara
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Miss Godwin
Brighton WSCS Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Meet
Brighton The Woman's Society of Christian Service held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Clarence Grosseup to mark the society's tenth anniversary. Mrs. Myrtle Helmick led devotions, Mrs. Cora Pringle led the lesson, with a fellowship hour led by Mrs. O Dale Jones. A large white and yellow cake with ten candles was served with ice cream by Mrs. Paul Rynor and her committee.
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Brighton
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Clarence Grosseup
Myrtle Helmick
Cora Pringle
O. Dale Jones
Paul Rynor
Jet pump avoids well-site placement for deep wells
The jet pump is not advised for wells with water levels over 80 feet below the pump. Its main advantage is that it does not need to be located directly over the well shaft.
Washington Fire Truck 1915 Contract and Town News
The 1915 Washington city council agreed to buy LaFrance motorized fire truck for 3300 dollars, to arrive by October. Other items include a Main Creek carrier picnic with named participants, a potential city hall move to the old Methodist church, cemetery improvements, a Burlington Rock Island boardwalk issue, traffic posts at square intersections, and a freshman sophomore tug of war at Highland Park lake ending with freshmen in the water.
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Washington Fire Department
la France
Woodlawn Cemetery
Burlington
Rock Island
Burlington Railroad
Highland Park Lake
R. G. Whitmer
Bergie Larson
Ned Brookhart
William
Des Moines state shoot and local notices recap
The text lists a Company K rifle team trip to Des Moines on the Fire Fly for a state shoot with Capt. Earl Hout and others led by Major Smith W. Brookhart. It notes bond elections for a new high school failing and later votes for a $150,000 bond, plus various local events including a Harvest Home festival, speeches by Governor Clarke and Lt. Governor Harding, and community notices about clergy changes, theater openings, police, farming updates, reunions, evangelistic meetings, and new teachers start in Muscatine and Pleasant Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company K
Des Moines
Earl Hout
Leigh Bell
Harold Putnam
Edward Hammes
Allen Hayes
Asa Jones
Francis Ross
Edgar Porter
Charles Barrows
Floyd Harvey
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
G. W. Clarke
W. L. Harding
D. J. Palmer
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
National Capital
Oscar Solbrig
Formosa Missionary Speaker of Eicher
Rev. J. Phillip Hogan of Springfield Missouri spoke at the Eicher church on furlough from Formosa. He previously served in the China mission field and worked in Formosa with Glenn Graber. The Ladies Mission Society presented a program and an offering for missions. Mrs. McMurchie left for Sioux City after visiting the Fast family. Henry Sexton and family planned a Nashville Tennessee visit. Nelson Well Drilling Co reports a new well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Frey
Noble
J. Phillip Hogan
Springfield
Formosa
Eicher
China Mission
Glenn Graber
Ladies Mission Society
Hogan
Nelson Well Drilling Co
Seventeen-Year-Old Tommy Cook Convicted of Murder
Tommy Cook, 17, sits in Long Beach jail after a conviction for second degree murder in the robbery slaying of Dominic Calacro. He claimed the shooting was accidental. International report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Cook
Long Beach
Calif
Dominic Calacro
Cook
Calacro
International
Remodeling Work Underway on Washington Properties
Ten years ago today two remodeling jobs were started in Washington. One at the National Bank of Washington and another on East Washington Street at the Dougherty building, home to the Gidley Cafe and the Washington Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Bank of Washington
East Washington Street
Dougherty
Gidley Cafe
Washington Dairy
President’s attack on Marines sparks debate over military service
A reader condemns the president for criticizing the Marine Corps, noting the ongoing Korean War deaths, while apologizing afterward. The letter questions national judgment in governing the armed forces amid wartime tensions. A birthday celebration for “My Dad” is hinted for next Tuesday, urging restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Korea
Marine Corps
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