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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1947

Page

8

Prairie Flower social notes and visits around Washington

Prairie Flower column lists weekend guests and local visits. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs Richard Thomas and Mr and Mrs William Rees call on relatives. FE L. Smith accompanies his daughter to Iowa City. bus driver Kenneth Hines serves Prairie Flower students. Vacationers include Mr and Mrs Clayde Knupp and Mr and Mrs Louis Relier of Pittsburg. Numerous calls at Hering, Roberts, and Rees homes. missionary society postponed. farm chores shared during State Fair week.

Martha Thrasher Prairie Flower Richard Thomas William Rees Chicago Washington Rees Robert Roberts Thomas Robert FE. L. Smith Poats Iowa City Kenneth Hines Clayde Knupp Louis Relier Pittsburg Don Beatty Storm Lake John Killian Carl Hering Mr. Beatty Clyde Rouse Ponts Cedar Rapids Clarence Marguerite West Chester Louise Witthoft Henry Witthoft Melville Donaldson Prairie Flower Missionary Society Ezra Smith Paul Columbus Junction Roy Littrell Walter Smith Keokuk Salem Henry Rees

Dayton Grove Supper Guests At Shulte Home

Mr and Mrs Leonard Bomber and family were Wednesday evening supper guests in the parental Finee Shulte home near Harper in Dayton Grove.

Dayton Grove Mrs. Leonard Bomber

Community social notes compile a busy weekend

Mr and Mrs Bob Stephens host birthday cake ice cream at Dewey Stephens Jr home in Unsworth. Several locals attend State Pair events including Lyall Moore Dean Moore Ted Anderson and Hi D Disenvery families. Nearby trips include Merz visiting Texas and Jeri Judi Anderson Batterson birthday supper.

Bob Stephens Dewey Stephens, Jr Unsworth Bob Lyall Moore Dean Moore Ted Anderson Hi. D Lester Merz Texas A. L Batterson Walter Duvall Mary E. B. Warner

Start Operation Of New City Well

The new city well in Columbus Junction is completed and functioning. Drilled by D. E. Edwards Bert Berkempel and Travis Parker of West Branch it reaches 76 feet depth with a 12 foot water vein and a new pump is in service.

Columbus Junction New City D. E. Edwards Bert Berkempas Travis Parker West Branch

Adults Children Sunday Matinee at One Night Show

An obscure schedule item announces a Sunday matinee with adults and children priced at 50 cents, noting a single performance starting time and venue details obscured in the OCR. The fragment references a children rate and a final admission price, typical of mid century entertainment notices.

New Tax Structure Plan Submitted by Treasury

Washington Sept 10 treasury recommends replacing the complex estate and gift taxes with a single transfer tax payable before or after death. Treasury experts say the change would eliminate overlap where donors might face both gift and estate taxes. Changes to be recommended to Congress next session.

Washington Treasury Congress

Joyce Ann Hauenstein Born in Wayland at Henry County Hospital

Wayland residents note the birth of Joyce Ann Hauenstein, a G% Ib daughter born Aug. 20 at Henry County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hauenstein. Community notices recap local meetings, gatherings, and family visitations through early September with multiple family and club activities highlighted.

Ezra Wiltmer Wayland Willard Hauenstein Joyce Ann Henry County Hospital T. T Ilarold Kauffman Abe Lincoln Boone A. R. Meyer Roy Payne Peoria Kauffman Lyle Zehr C. Boshart

Kansas City Visits and Reunion Highlights

The text notes Kansas City's last week with sister Mrs Jacob Graber and relatives, Glen Miller of Los Angeles visiting then leaving for an Oklahoma school. Sugar Creek members attend Iowa Nebraska Conference at Wellman. Peneil family from Waterloo visit Everett Pencil family. Troutman reunion at Sunset Park Washington. A note on milk scarcity impacting frontier deaths, with cows later added to ships.

Allen Wenger Philtathea Walter Sauetreg Luzern Clarence Rhum Helen Graber Los Angeles Alis Willard Mitchell Kansas City Jacob Graber Glen Miller Chicago Oklahoma Sugar Creek Wellman Ralph Peneil Waterloo Everett Pencil Troutman Sunset Park Washington

American dental paste delights Finnish children in Kouvola

American Red Cross distributed dental paste to school children in Kouvola. The sweet taste of the paste attracted curious youngsters who, on returning home, found the tubes empty as they savored the foreign gift during a seven year candy shortage.

American Red Cross Sch Kouvola

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