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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
6
Fall festival days reveal lively street carnivals and rides near Central Park. Promoters push badges while residents like Chris Hornung note the noise and excitement grows as booths and shows take shape with visitors from town and nearby stores enjoying the events.
A plan to move into the Rev Philippi house where Gastmans lived includes Rev Philippi keeping a room. A Wednesday event drew long lines as people bought beef, with quick sells and hamurger in short supply. A nan sold beef liver, explaining that three beeves were ground into hamburger, liver spared likely for a fall festival.
Brighton residents attend the first meeting of the year with a tea at Mrs. Harry Stacy's home. Mrs. Cecil Walker reads an original story. A surprise birthday event honors Mrs. Pettit's mother Mrs. Millard Jones. Numerous neighbors and relatives join in. others travel from nearby towns. Funeral notices, visits, and local club activities fill the page with community updates.
Calvin Hugh Maxson leaves Conesville high school to join the University of Idaho in Moscow as religion and philosophy instructor after studying at Dubuque seminary and Iowa graduate work. He was licensed last week as a minister. The Columbus schools plan to miss Thursday and Friday for a Southeast Iowa teachers convention in Lavenpoint September 26 and 27.
A fragment lists weekly and single day sales in Iowa towns including Whittaker sale barn, Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction and Columbus City. Entries note dates in September and October with start times and sellers such as W. S. Randolph Milt Noller Harry Jones Earl Kellogg & Sons and E. R. Brenneman & Sons. Continuous farm and household goods auctions are shown in October listings.
Riverside residents hosted a series of visitors from Iowa City and Chicago. Charles Hawthorne of Iowa City visited with his sister and brother and friends while Leo Jean’s newborn son was welcomed at Mercy Hospital. The Kuehns relocated from Massachusetts to Riverside and occupy the William Ingram property. Frances Gross and Frances Hardy were among those visiting local families. nursing students from Mercy Hospital spent weekends home. Bernard Kleopfer of Chicago and Mildred Schneider of Iowa City joined relatives in Riverside.
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