Williamsburg Shopper, The (Newspaper) - June 26, 1941, Williamsburg, Iowa SHOPPER Official and City Newspaper 1641 THE PERISCOPE By Albert Hogan t M like to have my son see a rain Atlantic to his home Carried Over Last Week Once I stood before a but honest old Board of President in a small Iowa I had handed him a sheaf of written recommendations that I had beguiled from charitably inclined I considered them very good and implicitly be everything they I watched the old fellows face ex any instant to see it light up like a great store at Christmas time as he read through those glowing from the old But Not a sign I was getting pretty nervous as a fellow will when he badly needs a Finally he looked out from beneath shaggy brows and with the slightest trace of i sixteen now And I just happened to recall that story of the Irishman who tried un successfully to persuade Noah to let him come aboard the said Just cant do The Irishman was standing on his and the water was tickling him just under the so again he begged to be taken But Noah was adam he had a pair of every thing on board and could take no Orders is he This made the Irishman pretty ang so he told Noah he Noah could turned up his squinted at the clouds and sneered Its only goin to be a The other day I fell to thinking what an instrument grace and utility is the human And to state of precision and per fection it is trained in the expert the master the skilled pianist and the deft dig its of the operating The numerous bones of the the day Sunday dinner guests at the Ralph Bahr home were and John Haas and family and Will The little daughter of and Ivan Schafbauch of Sumner nearly drowned in a pool at the home Sun They her and went to hunt They found her just she came for the last and Everett Wiedemeier and family attended a reunion of the family at Marshalltown and Ralph Davis and sons spent Sunday evening at the John Dietrich Donna Bishop is spending this week at the home of her Henry John Brown and two Ed Dietrich and two sons and Ray with smile These are all from of the hand the spent Sunday at Lake Mc ur arent they three bones in each finger and each your The late Fred Lazell used occas to remark that to him the drip of rain on a tent pitched be neath a tree was sweet These last two weeks with night showers east Iowa the patter of rain on my roof has reminded me again of Dad LazeUs philosophy of pleasing Its relaxing to lie abed half half awake listening to the soft thud of raindrops on your At first they as if fearing to be rebuked by the sleeper Like the advance skir of an army they feel their way emboldened they come heavier and faster unti you can imagine ten thousand tiny soldiers conducting a blitzkreig above your For indeed they are the battle has been joined and those parachutists of nature on either slope of your roof are mak ing determined effort to seize and to hold the If you listen closely you can fol Idw the First one army drives towards the objective with a rush and a scurry that sweeps ev before Then there a lull but it is only the opposing troop reorganizing its placing its field pieces and awaiting the sig nal to So goes You can hear it if you listen with your It is a pleasant You do not jump in great fright and hurl yourself into a gloomy cavern below ground far from it you smile at the harmony and relaxin into blessed Rain is a great though man has seen it so often that he ac rainfall as a matter of course and emits quite a yell if his share isnt forthcoming when feels it should Consider a moment the of Nature to produce a rain the sun lifts the water from millions of thousands of feet air currents carry the tures tank times hundreds of miles where the raindrops are out to fall on the grateful finger being opposed by the thumb enable the hand to grasp Some philosophers declare mans advance has been due to his rather than his Certainly if man had a in place of a hand civilization would have been dif one thing we wouldnt toe so quick on the m Then theres the deft touch of the the outthrust palm of the the weight of the butchers the thumb of the hitch the gesture of the the reach of the star boarder and what Even a perfect lady can twine her fingers around a hamper handle and hit a naiL If it is the right nail she remains a perfect To be certain she will never hit the nail she should seizes the handle in both Wednesday night Messers Conn Louis will proceed to fold their hands into huge hams and contact the other fel lows Years ago I broke a It is to confess even at this late date that I did it by smacking one of horses on the It seems we just couldnt agree on the most efficient way to turn at the end of the corn The 2nd day the pain became so intense that I dropped office of I had to ex plain how the thing The old fellow looked at me rather I Ive heard of fellows fighting each other but youre the first Ive known to pick a fight with a earth Then the process is repeated over and over as it been for uncounted Unless you have figured it out you will hardly believe the weight of the rain that fell on your garden or lawn last Let suppose 1 rain fell on a single acre of your estate about 170 tons of water That would be about or more than 600 If your town lot is 40 x your share was over 60 bbl of 45 gaL If youd like to know the weight of inch rain on all Iowa you can it out shortly if you have patience and dont blunder you fe it x 94Q x X x by 30QQ will be the Recalling story a Texas ident an where yaia se fejL Talking te a towM one day Gosht I wish it ud OHIO Carried Over From Last Week Kettell returned Sunday from Atlantic where he a conference He will pastor of United Brethern church near Russell who has been in charge a church at Barnes City will come to the Ohio He is a and has one Patty Tanner has the chicken Miller of the Colonies was a business caller in vicinity last Isola Eggert went to the Chris Kelting home Tuesday afternoon to attend the wedding of her Mildred Kelting to Ralph Jones which occurred the same Isola and another Rachael Cashman of near Vinton were the She remained over and Clarence McQuire and son were Sunday guests at the Lester Jordan home near Deep Charles Dietrich is driving a new Studebaker Eggert and Isola were Cegar Rapids Johnny Has has been Sunday guests at the Earl Davis were anj and Lerts Nancy spent Friday at the whP del conference and Tom Davis were in Iowa City Verlyn Davis had a carbuncle the last of the Bert Thomas spent Friday night and Saturday Naomi Scandridge is spending this week at the Burdette Lortz Bernice Madison of Marengo who had been visiting at the Earl Davis home returned to her home Sunday evening guests at the John Haas home and Bur dette Nancy Naomi and Henry Morse and Alice Jane and Fred Kel Ed Leonard and Ray Frances Henry Brown and Gene and and Dehnar Dietrich and family and Mr and Tom Davis and family attended a Hooker reunion and Verlyn Davis and Willis Davis were in Williams burg Wednesday and Thursday as sisting Ella and Mae Fuller with some John Haas and Milford Langlas received a truck load of heifers from Wisconsin last Lloyd Maudlin went to Des Moines Sunday to attend Hawkeye Boys State camp this and Grant Brown and family in Victor Sunday at the Anton Rosek The father had been home for a few days from the hospital at Iowa City but returned Sunday He will be operated on the first of Betz and family went to Blairstown to visit and Bob home AU left from there homes Tuesday Ervin Fred Smith were Sunday guests at the Monday evening and Otto Freundt were Relatives in the Betz family had a picnic dinner at the Merwin Betz home Those present were and Dale Maudlin and Howard King and family Mr Elmer Fiser and Molly Betz Mrs Charity Tyler and Ada Clark Forney and Leland Betz and Orville Schultz and Norman of are visiting at the Clayton Fuller James Talbot of near another daughter is also visiting there this Other guests Sunday and Monday and Fred Doty and Rollin Fuller and Claude Fuller of Fuller of Marengo who has spent the past two weeks at the home of her Fred Doty returned to her Saturday ev this and Leland Betz and Barbara of Missouri came Friday to Deep River to visit in the home of their and Clark Saturday Forney to the home of her IOWA CORN GETS GOOD START Iowa except in small got off to a according to Charles Director of the Weather Division of the Iowa De of Planting was much earlier than usual and while the early planting lay for some time in dry showers dur ing the last ten days of the month insured a fairly good stand for prac all areas of the As usual the northwest and the Raccoon Valley counties were ahead of other parts of the State in finishing the Additional acreage was planted this year with hybrid corn which has demonstrated to a remarkable degree its ability to withstand weather All of this hybrid strength to prolonged heat may required this year if the warm springtime is followed by a warm summer as has been the case within the period of recorded weather his says MISS HUMPHREY RETURNS AFTER TENT DAY VISIT Miss Teresa returned Wednesday of last from a ten day visit at Portage and Wisconsin and At Portage she visited with her aunt and of cous ins of Miss who were al so in accompan where they spent a to ore for M Digest Milk We ore now able to furnish pasteurized with a cream that is the cream will separate from the milk and raise to the idp of the A large number of hew customers have been added to the pasteurized milk pro duct which we are furnishing to the follow ing stores CENTRAL FOOD MARKET SHELLADY FOOD MARKET WILSON LITTLE CHICAGO Why dont you try a bottle a bottle of Milk to It Is health food for hot y uu work Creamery
