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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1946
Page
4
Sunshine Community members sponsored a carnival Friday at the Jesse Stout home to entertain families and friends with 179 present. Fifteen booths drew rapt attention as members oversaw games and refreshments were served.
At the booth the committee handed the event over to Mrs. Burdette Stover Mrs. Wilt Richards and Mrs Clyde Thompson. A clown team of Lyle Wilcox and Don Simering delighted the crowd followed by a minstrel quartet with Mrs Wilcox Pete Koehler Elmer Wenger and Jesse Stout. Mrs Henry Sutherland read. A play Never Contradict a Man was presented by women from Ainsworth Eva Clegg and others.
Mrs Lou Bauer hosted the Chester W C T U in her West Chester home for the first meeting of the year with the theme Let Our Neighbors Know. Mrs Mary Ross led devotional on Child Welfare with scripture from Matthew 19:16 and Mrs Ethel Bauer spoke on The Drink.
Mrs Lou Bauer was elected local president replacing Mrs Lloyd Bauer who became county president at the county W C T U convention. Mrs Mary Ross was elected local treasurer to succeed Mrs Lou Bauer. A lengthy discussion followed on parenting and spiritual training before a short social hour with light refreshments.
In Chicago on September 23, the price of short leaf yellow pine rose by about $1 per 1009 board feet across Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The OPA order lifts board, dimension, timber, flooring and other pine products and adds a six percent freight surcharge to cover a mandated profit margin.
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