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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1949
Page
8
Mrs Bruce Jones attended the funeral for her uncle Robert Lincoln in Grinnell last week. Mrs Wilber Bennett hosted the Happy Hour club gathering last Wednesday afternoon.
The newsletter notes Ned is back on the job after vacation as the shop handles a heavy workload due to chilly weather. It urges customers to expect prompt service, highlights the quality of materials and workmanship, and invites free estimates. Keith Williams offers a used stoker for sale.
Donald Bray of Lowe Construction Northwood spent Labor Day with home folks and reported a frost there one morning last week. Ottumwa visitors include Irma Bray and Mrs. Richard Chiles and infant Beverly Louise visiting the Bray and Dana households. Mr. and Mrs. William Kann of Fairfield joined Sunday dinner at the C. C. Dana home.
Veda Twinam resumes her post with Chicago public schools after a year spent with her mother Mrs Jennet Twinam in Crawfordsville Sept 9. The report lists weekend visitors and local family movements including Mr and Mrs Forrest McNeil Mary Letts visiting near Washington and Cedar Rapids deaths in polio cases among relatives.
A large crowd attended a household goods sale at the Buxbaum apartment Wednesday afternoon. Davenport residents Mr and Mrs Bruce Lease and family joined Sunday dinner at the Lease home. Cc E Cobault of Guthrie Center, visiting in Washington, called on the Wells home and is Mrs Wells' grandfather. Parks family uncle and aunt visited over the weekend with Cobault accompanying them home.
Local residents recount a Davis family reunion at Towyn Davis home in Crawfordsville last Sunday with six siblings present. Charlotte Huff and Shirley Robertson visited in Washington and with Mrs Clara Davis and Tom C Davis. Whit Davis of Columbus Ohio, Mrs Mary Isaac of Los Angeles, Mrs Margaret Mae Jones of Rome NY and Dave Roberts of Red Bluffs CA joined relatives. Two sisters had not seen each other in twenty years while J E Glick attended a Charis corsetieres district meeting in Davenport.
Yesterday’s item cites Mrs Flav Hagist Keota in medical as did today for Mrs Lloyd Lytle in city medical. A birth recorded for Birthard Gant in the city with a son born in the p.m. at 8:20.
Funeral services for Harry W. Jordan 52 farmer and Louisa county native will be held Sunday at 2 PM in the Methodist church. Pastors J B Pooley and Lesher H Bill will officiate. Burial in Winfield cemetery. Dudgeon funeral home of Wapello in charge. Jordan died Friday at Hershey hospital Muscatine after a 10 day illness. Born May 17 1897 he was son of Horace and Gertrude Huston Jordan. Surviving are his widow Alta Lauer a son Harry J Mt Union three daughters Madalene Rees Margie Keltner and Torna McLean, six grandchildren, and brothers Lee Jordan Cleghorn and the parents.
About 65 percent on the feld spar mined in the United States comes from Spruce Pine area of North Carolina.
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