Community and farm sales schedule from Whittaker to Washington
A historical sale column lists weekly livestock events at Whittaker Kalona and Ollie Iowa venues with specific sale days and times. It also notes multiple September and October public auctions to dissolve partnerships household goods and farm stock including a Washington FFA boar and gilt sale at Green Field near the high school athletic field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Ainsworth Junction
A. P. Jeffreys
Toland China
West Liberty
Louis F. Ruess & Son
Webster
George & Charles Lown
South Second Avenue
Frank Hudspeth
Washington F.F.A
Green Field
High School Athletic Field
Washington
2Nd Ave
E. L. Rouse
Wayland Road
van Nostrand & Sowash
Closing Out Sales and Duroe Gift Sale Announced
October events list multiple sales starting at 1 30 p m with D W McClure at 421 East Main Mrs J A Hawthorne and Knotek Bros hosting the annual Duroe boat and gift sale beginning at 1 00 p m on October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue C
W. McClure
East Main
J. A. Hawthorne
Social calendar listings for community clubs and events
Notices list multiple social gatherings and meetings including Beta Sigma Phi Oddfellow Family VFW Rural Women’s Club Friendship Club West Chester WRC Fleur De Lis St Marys circles Family Night at the Country Club HJ and Child Study groups, Reda Horse postponement, and church missionary luncheons with times, places, and brief participation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellow Family Social
Sso
Loof Hall
VFW
Rural Women’s Club
Sunset Park
Friendship Club
Alvin Shaw
West Chester
K.P. Hall
Fleur de Lis Club
al Crone
St. Mary’s Circle
Frank Redeker
Ray Redlinger
H.J. Club
Joe Te Bockhorst
Earl Loveless
St. Anthony Circle
Martin Whittaker
Edward Nardy
Robert Schwartz
Ear corn husking moisture standards noted
Under normal conditions mature ear corn is husked and cribbed at a moisture content of 18 to 25 percent.
Pythian Sisters Vote Donation to Polio Fund
The Pythian Sisters voted $5 to the polio fund at a Tuesday meeting in the K.P. hall with Mrs. Les Woods presiding. Appointed to the Oct. 4 sandwich committee were Mrs. Ted Dalton and Mrs. Sam DeLong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.P. Hall
Les Woods
Ted Dalton
Sam DeLong
Riverside Garden Club Meeting Highlights Flowers and Ivy
Riverside's Better Riverside Garden Club met Friday with Mrs. George Deatsen. Members named their favorite flowers in roll call. Victoria Griffin spoke on ivy potting care while Mrs. Fred Yordi discussed planting and growing African violets. Co host was Mrs. Hazel Allbright. Guests included Mrs. Rudolph Simon and daughters Jan St and Lara Belle, Feen Allbright and Mrs. Austin Moody. Next meeting with Mrs. Edna Muller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Riverside Garden Club
George Deatsen
Roll Sall
Victoria Griffin
Ivy Pottson
Fred Yordi
Hazel Allbright
Rudolph Simon
Janst
Lara Belle
Feen Allbright
Austin Moody
Edna Muller
VFW Auxiliary to Sponsor Buddy Poppy Sales Saturday
VFW Auxiliary announces Buddy Poppy Day sales this Saturday with Camp Fire Girls assisting. Local meetings covered delegate elections, upcoming talks by Mrs. W E Pitka, and a joint post meeting next Tuesday. Evening fundraisers include a 6:30 p.m. potluck, fall parade plans, and a fried chicken supper for the softball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Poppy
VEW
Raymond Glasgow
Glasgow
Harold Kerr
H. R. Edmondson
Kwight Hayes
Don Bealer
Phillip Kneen
Roy Rotzinger
Raymond Rowe
Marion McAvoy
Truman Hysell
Keokuk
Marsh Atkinson
Milo Steele Jr
W. E. Pitka
Montezuma
Europe
Mary Foster
Kerr
Delbert Gre
Harold Dunham
Steele Jr
Dave McGaffey
Atkinson
Kneen
VFW
Ralph Borman
Dwight Hayes
McGaffey
Moody
Man
Francis Bellamy
Bozman
Rs. Rotzinger
Hysell
Steele Sr
Jar] Dusenberry
Vera Anderson
Martha Nicola
Auxiliary
Garden Club hears Hazen Petit on beauty spots
Mrs. Hazen C. Petit of Oskaloosa spoke to Garden Co members in the home of Harry Lowden on Tuesday evening. She shared travel tales and color slides of town parks, colleges, and Mississippi and Des Moines river scenes. New members joined. thirty six studies attended. notes on YWCA Officers' Training and district convention were given. Dues due by Oct 15 and towel chair appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Petit
Oska
Hazen
Garden Isa
Harry Lowden
Iowa
Petit
Don Maxwell
Mississippi
Des Moines
Fred Moore
Oscar Burham
M. Bb. McCreedy
YWCA
Ralph Bauthe
Ft Madison
Richard Skipton
B. Co. Briley
Activity Bluebirds Name New Assistant Leader
Mrs. Floyd Sturgis was introduced as assistant leader of the Activity Bluebird group at a Tuesday 4 pm Camp Fire room meeting. Eleven members attended with four guests, Karen Gray Janice Boyd Sandra Batterson Beverly Jarvis, introduced by the hostesses. Jackie Lemmon, president, presided as discussions covered making meetings meaningful and activities included cereal candy balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sturgis
Bluebird Group
Camp
Karen Gray
Janice Boyd
Sandra Batterson
Beverly Jarvis
Jackie Lemmon
Booster Club Meeting At Darnell Home
Booster club attendees numbered 11 with Mrs. Hal Richards presiding. Guests included Mrs. Robert Lloyd and her daughter. roll call revealed each member’s first school teacher. Mrs. Elwood Kleese organized entertainment. refreshments were served by hosts Mrs. Delbert Darnell and co hostess Mrs Donald Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lloyd
Booster Club
Delbert Darnell
Donald Stout
Hal Richards
Elwood Kleese
Handcraft Group Morning Luncheon at Crawfordsville Church
Mrs. R I Williams of Crawfordsville and committee hosted a cooperative luncheon for 21 members and 3 guests at the Crawfordsville Federated church parlors. Fall fruit and vegetable decorations, a club constitution quiz, towel orders, and summer highlights were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. Williams
Crawfordsville
Lee Lease
Ernest Beauchamp
Ernest Enke
Department of Handcraft
October Hostess Named for Local Club Event
The article notes several members including Mrs. M. C. DeLong Harriett Coulter and Edith Shields served refreshments and that the October hostess will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esses
M. C. DeLong
Harriett Coulter
Edith Shields
al Crone
Mixers Plan Chicken Supper Next Tuesday
The YWCA Mixers met in the YWCA room and planned a Tuesday chicken supper with a special program. Members did warm up exercises and volleyball, worked on metal tooling in the craft room, and prepared invitations for mailing. New young adult residents and other Washington women are urged to attend and bring a dish to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Washington
Presbyterian Guild Has Cooperative Supper
Presbyterian Women's Service guild met Tuesday evening at the church sharing a cooperative supper at 6 30. Mrs R J Dawson chaired the dinner committee with Mame Shearer Dade Shearer and Mildred Kupka. Mrs Clarence Booth led the meeting and devotion was by Mrs Irv Whitham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Women's Service Guild
R. J. Dawson
Mame Shearer
Dade Shearer
Mildred Kupka
Clarence Booth
Irv Whitham
Harvey Davis
Archie Euwer
Cheerful Bluebirds Plan Sunset Park Roast Tuesday
The Cheerful Bluebirds will host a weiner roast at Sunset Park next Tuesday afternoon. Leaders Mrs Walter Lance and Mrs Daryl Tucker sponsor the event and the group meets at Lincoln School at 5 PM with transportation home provided. The group met Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln School gym with all 14 members in attendance and approved purchasing caps and pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Walter Lance
Daryl Tucker
Lincoln School
Funeral notices and local family updates in Des Moines area
Relatives attend funeral for Mrs. M. P. Miller with many from Iowa City Chicago and Washington D C listed as mourners. Gerald Humble enters Rockhurst College as a sophomore. Roger Lance and family welcome a son born at 6 30 a m in Clinton hospital. Ed Wood family from Fairfield and Galbraith from Gibson visit Mrs Milo Bosworth in Louisville. Bosworths return to Louisville after visiting. Dorothy Turnipseed and Mary Waggoner due home from Chicago vacationing. Robert Spera area residents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Miller
Ben Wallace
Nancy Wallace
Jack E. Weich
Charles W. Gay
Iowa City
Thomas Ss. Miller
Chicago
Martin D. Miller
Alexis T. Miller
South Bend
Ind
Maxwell P. Miller
Rockforea
Ill
Frederick C. Miller
Peru, Ill
Maxwell P. Miller, Jr
Washington D. C
Miller
Gerald Humble
Grant Humble
Rockhurst College
Kansas City
Gerald
Washington Junior College
H. C. Hotle
Roger Lance
Maquoketa
Here
Lance
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Ed Wood
Kay
Jimmie
Fairfield
Ronald Galbraith
Sue
Gibson
Milo Bosworth
Roy Wells
Visitors in San Antonio Stay with Morris at Heck Home
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Morris host guests from San Antonio who are visiting over at the Ed Heck residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
Charles Morris
Ed Heck
Birthday Greetings For Local Residents
Mrs Kyle Schulty observed a wedding anniversary yesterday and has a birthday today. Others on the list include Mrs Ea Stouben Mrs H J Mangold Mrs Jay Brewer John Lloyd Vince Sojka Phyllis Jean Boone Betty Jean Schmidt Robert uy Noonan Wesley Robbins and Mrs Dorman Danville of Ashland Virginia. Mr and Mrs Richard C Young celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Schulty
Schulty
Ea Stouben
H. J. Mangold
Jay Brewer
John Lioyd
Vince Sojka
Phyllis Jean Boone
Betty Jean Schmidt
Robert Uy. Noonan
Wesley Robbins
Dorman Danville
Ashland
Richard C. Young
Dead Sea Birds Avoid Regions of Poisonous Air?
Medieval travelers claimed birds avoided the Dead Sea due to poisonous air. Modern understanding shows birds avoid the area because it lacks fish and little plant life grows from the water’s extreme salinity.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Fider, Shannon & Co
R. EF. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce (. Cowden
Charles Mortis
W. J. Shannon
Max
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Towa Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Zenith
Motorola
WOC
Sentinel Radio Sales & Service
Soute Ave
D W. 1
Col
Little Phone
Chicken Waterers
E. Waeth
Ramseyer’s
Che
Stanley G. Newton
Ledgere
Taits Radio & Appliance
Simpson Finance Co
Harry
Finance GO
the Journal
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Journal
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bldg
Theo. B. Bailey
Leet
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Bldg
W. Livingston
Robert Day
Main
F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
O, Kenney Co
Paul V. Shearer
McCreedy
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Solowa Ave
Beaty Beauty Salon
S. 7Th Ave
van Lines
North Avenue
LO A. m
Beta Sigma Phi
Women’s Council of Christian Church
Rita
Paul Horak
Ladies Bible
Mrs. Ass
U.P
Women’s Missionary Society of Baptist Church
Parents Magazine
Booth & Horak
Bluebirds
D. Darnell
Handcraft Group
Crawfordsville Church
Presbyterian Guild
Enbar
Jom Duncan
Dorothy Turnipseed
Mary Waggoner
Robert Spera
Dead Sea
Beauty
East
Mildred Lefever
Ww. Co
Methodist
Rothmoor
Maybelle
KBIZ
Ottumwa
Clara Miller
High School
EM. Bridges & CO
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