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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1949
Page
8
A Republic era vignette during filming of Hell Fire at Fox Theatre features Elliott and Windsor in a scene with two horses. One horse vanishes from the set prompting a humorous, never-fully-explained escape attempt beneath the cave location amid a busy crew and cast.
The county adjutant Vir gil K. Hering announced at Monday evenings regular county meeting that All In A Lifetime ville will occur on Sept. 19. The statement outlined upcoming plans and local participation.
Local students head to higher education with several names listed. Dick Maxwell leaves for Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Dean Hasty to Iowa University in Iowa City, James Eckels to Drake University in Des Moines, and others including Helen Falk aiding sorority rush in Iowa City. Carla Guther Joyce Montgomery Virginia Griggs set for Iowa University, Mary Martin Barbara Dare and Bob Noonan bound for Iowa Wesleyan in Mt. Pleasant.
Gale Heacock 57 publisher of community weeklies in Los Angeles area died of a heart attack at his home in South Gate California. Heacock founded Baldwin Park Bulletin and published South Gate Press Tribune and Maywood Journal. He left a widow two daughters a son his mother two sisters and three brothers with funeral services forthcoming.
Legionnaires of Wadshington County convene at Crawford’s to organize meeting details and collective activities. The event aims to coordinate local chapter efforts and community outreach.
The United States steel industry, already the largest globally, is expanding capacity to produce more goods. The effort proceeds despite scrap shortages, low grade ores, inferior coal quality, and rising costs in an inflationary economy.
Admitted yesterday Charles Messenger of Washington for a surgery. Dismissed today Mrs LeVernon Helscher and her daughter of Keota. Births yesterday a daughter for Mr and Mrs George Kurtz of Pleasant Plain at 4 48 p m. Today a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edwin Delaney of Iowa City at Scot 2.
A witty classroom moment turns on verb forms as a bright student quips that the pattern love, loves resembles a triangle where someone gets shot, adding humor to language lesson context.
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