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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1947
Page
5
Lisle Hering attended the district plowing match at the Gingerich ranch near North English on Saturday. The report notes social visits with the Rich ard family, Kephart and Erlenbush, and a vacation trip by a local resident.
Mrs Lena Mason along with Clyle and Margaret visited her aunts Mrs Anna Krotz and Mrs Oscar Jugenheiner in Riverside on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Evert Westen with Larry and Mary Jo visited the Martin Westen home on Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Fred Kephart with Gerald Irma Karen and Mr and Mrs Bernard Kephart with Cleo Cristy were guests at Mt Pleasant on Saturday.
Wayland reports new sorghum on the market at 3 to 3.25 dollars per ten pound pail. Dry season hurt quality and yield. Stauffer and guests attended a Monday evening gathering. guests listed and refreshments served. Stauffers plan to move October 1 to Garwin. Gerald Sharpe serves as high school secretary this year.
Large notes of local social activity include Hixson and Payne families visiting Des Moines and Cedar Falls relatives in addition to Iowa City stays. The Roth reunion drew 150 attendees at Mt. Pleasant with annual plans. Also recorded are house purchases, weddings, and Progress Club meetings in the region with multiple host families and visitors across several towns.
A brief social item notes a Parenthood gathering featuring a social hour and a hostess serving refreshments.
Clayton Widmer and his father Dan G. Widmer attended seed corn day in Geneseo Illinois on Tuesday. Noah Widmer and others worked Saturday to cement a chicken house. Mr and Mrs Ethan Brooks, Mr and Mrs Roy Swan and Herbert joined Mrs Clara Hebel and Grace for dinner. Mralts Mrs Marvin Widmer and Diane shared Sunday dinner.
Women display empty shopping bags as a spokesman contrasts 1939 and 1947 prices before a New York joint congressional subcommittee. Senator Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont leads the inquiry into the rising cost of living on the international scene.
Local families hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. The list includes Mrs. Lizzie Widmer's guests, Olds Elsie Cummings and others from Chicago Wayland Washington Davenport and Crawfordsville areas attending meals, reunions, and shopping, with Mrs. Harry D. Suter recovering at home.
The world's longest tunnel is under construction in the Andes linking Chile and Argentina. Upon completion it will stretch 14.5 miles, surpassing the Simplon tunnel by 2.1 miles.
Ainsworth residents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stearns and their baby daughter traveled to Washington DC to visit Miles Stearns before Carl reports to Philadelphia to enlist in the U S Navy for two more years. He has served seven years in the Navy. They stayed with Carl's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Will and relatives. Mrs. Stahmer and son Daniel attended Presbytery in Crawfordsville while Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pressly and others joined in afternoon gatherings.
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