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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1941

Page

10

Fifth Grade Highlights and Local Notes

The room features a boy who loves kite flying and ball games, a bike owner, new curtains, and a hopeful Easter lily. Reports from Lorens Evans and Donncha Hughes note spelling results, weekly tests, absences, and social visits. The seventh and eighth grades prepare for a Minstrel Show with practice counts.

Lorens Evans Margaret Sheldon Robert Humphreys Donald Davis Dixie Stuart Donna Hughes Wanda Hall Loris Margaret Mr. Schilder Malcolm Iowa Dixie Donna Diana May Lee Washington Leslie Huston Lockridge Donncha Hughes

School News From Wyman Freshman News In Agriculture

School Reporters cover Freshman through 4th and 5th News. Freshmen hold a six weeks test in agriculture and practice for a minstrel show while Home Ec has dressmaking and a successful Friday night entertainment.

Damascus Evelyn Johnston Sheldon Etta Mae Lantz Frances Metzter Mary Norma Shirley Donald Oldt George Sheldon Roger Terry Bobby George Merlin Evans 4Th & Sth News Rose Bloomquist Larry Jack Allen Johnston Loren Evans Wilma Williard

Father Daughter Banquet Attended by 150 In Ainsworth

The Father Daughter banquet hosted by two M E S circles in Ainsworth drew about 150 attendees. Edith Richards led a toast to dads, James Quinn answered, and local youths performed songs. Rev Keagy of Washington delivered an inspirational address as families visited from Mason City, Davenport, and surrounding towns.

Ruth Norris Ainsworth M.E.S Edith Richards John Nye Dads James Quinn Mildred Pressly Virginia Miller Lois Fitzgerald Connie Stephens Marybelle Olinger Marion Dad Rev. Keagy Washington Fitzgerald James Fitzgerald Mason City Rose Fitzgerald Mary Chihak Davenport EK. R. Rhodes Rhodes Grant Davis Waterloo T. C. Davis Ella Crawford Des Moines A. J. Lairds Ruth Putnam Seymour

Guardsmen Save Lives In Distress Incidents Rise

In 1939 U S Guardsmen aided distressed vessels in 9 383 instances, up 658 from 1938, per Encyclopaedia Britannica 1940 edition.

U. S Encyclopaedia Britannica

Hoover Phrase Echoed As General Policy Motto

A report notes a misattribution where Herbert Hoover is linked to the saying a chicken in every pot. The item discusses common puzzles over historic slogans and their origins, with attention to how phrases circulated in political discourse.

Hoover Herbert Hoover Henry IV France Varre

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