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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1947
Page
5
Brighton residents learn from Robert Edmundson in New Orleans that he is safe after a hurricane. The call came Sunday evening and described some shingles blown off but no injuries.
Vacancies remain for an aviation cadet pilot class beginning October 15 at Randolph Field Texas. Regulations raised the minimum age from eighteen to twenty, creating openings for immediate applicants. Examinations will be held at Wright Field Ohio. graduates become Second Lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve on extended active duty with tactical units.
Judge and Mrs Archie McFarland of Jamestown North Dakota stopped at Brighton Monday while en route home from a visit in South Bend Indiana. They noted their roof was minus a few shingles.
Mrs Ira Schaefer visits her husband at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota accompanied by Judge Archie Mc Farland and wife. Several residents host relatives visiting from St Louis Spokane Anchorage Lima and California as servicemen finish leaves attend universities or relocate. Norman Schooley completes army course at Ft Knox en route to St. Louis for finance school.
A corn picker driven by Harry Vincent broke an electric wire, starting a pasture fire on the Mrs. Louie Warner farm two miles south of Columbus Junction. Two or three acres burned before the local fire department contained the blaze. the corn field was saved. Columbus high school elects DeWayne Finke as vice president of the Future Farmers of America chapter. The eighth grade forms a club with officers Davie Crawford president and others.
Des Moines reports Secretary of State Rollo Bergeson announces a large Iowa corn bar is being sent to a recipient in California on September 24 as part of a state program.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Jones of near Washington hosted a Golden Hour meeting with Mrs Alliene Cuthamp as hostess. Elected officers include Frances Cummings president Rose Christopher vice president Verna Baird secretary treasurer Mary Miller reporter and Jean Hotle Jean Dawson and Marian Jones enrolled at Drake University Des Moines. Past Noble Grand Circle of Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge met in Odd Fellows hall with Mrs Merle Schabi lion as hostess and Minnie Rabenold and Doris Snyder as entertainment committee.
Secretary of Defense James Forrestal says he will not be czar of the armed forces and plans to integrate services while preserving their integrity. He will focus on common passages and practices, work behind the scenes, and speak for national defense with few policy directives.
The Washington Baptist association met at Kalona Baptist church on September 21 and 22. A total of 131 delegates from local churches attended along with Rev. Walter Halbert and other Iowa Baptist leaders who spoke at sessions for youth, men, and women. Sioux Falls college gospel team provided music as plans for a busy year were discussed.
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