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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1934

Page

3

Washington County Farm Bureau March milk totals report

Washington County C T A records 258 cows on test in March with an average 745 pounds of milk and 32.9 pounds butterfat. Nineteen members fed balanced rations. ten top cows include Speckle and Lilly, both of W W Fleig & Son, with high milk averages. E P Hayes leads herds at 801 pounds milk and 41.3 fat with notable cows Pet Babe and Jewel among others.

Speckle W. W. Fleig & Son Lilly W. W Babe FE. P. Hayes Lady Marvin Matthes Baby Washington Co Bossy Noah Brenneman Jean Dean Dan Johnson

Prizes for Women's Achievement Day at Farm Bureau

At a Washington County Farm Bureau meeting prizes were set for Women's Achievement Day: $10 first, $8 second, and $3 to each participating township for hauling a load of women to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Plans include a noon dinner served by men and an address by Mrs. O. FE Milner, with more features announced.

Washington County Farm Bureau Iowa Farm Bureau Federation O. FE. Milner Mt Pleasant

Clay Township Farm Bureau Program Highlights Readings

The Clay township Farm Bureau met last Friday at Clay church for the regular monthly program and business meeting. The event featured readings, music by a quartet of brothers, an address by Representative John Speidel, and moving pictures afterward.

Clay Township Farm Bureau Clay Church John Speidel

Many Farm Bureau Meetings to be Held

Cedar township Farm Bureau will held its regular months meeting this Thursday evening in the Lexington church. Friday evening, Jackson Farm Bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting at Grand

Joseph Jones Crawfordsville Crawford Township Farm Bureau Cedar Township Farm Bureau Lexington Church Jackson Farm Bureau Grand

Two More Teams Seek Place in City Softball League

Two additional teams expressed interest in joining the city softball league but eight clubs are already full. One unchristened squad is led by Dr. A W Clow. The other candidate is the Little Demons, managed by Peter Jungbluth and Leslie Richer, who were prominent last summer.

A. W. Clow Little Demons Peter Jungbluth Leslie Richer

Roosevelt to Meet Railway Heads on Wage Talks

President Roosevelt will meet this afternoon with railway managers in Washington for the first of several discussions on the wage controversy between the railroads and their employees.

Washington, D. C Roosevelt

4-H WHooster Meeting Scheduled for Saturday Evening

4-H Livestock Club invites members to bring parents and prospective members to a planned program this Saturday evening. The session will be in the basement of Washington Presbyterian Church, one block north of City Hall. Attendance urged promptly at eight o'clock.

Washington Presbyterian Church

Mrs. John Cooper Dead in Colorado

Mee John Cooper, aged 64, longtime resident of Longmont Colorado, died two weeks after a fall that fractured her hip. She was born Cinthia Tucker and left a husband John Cooper 91, civil war veteran, and three living sons James Illinois Mart California Charlie Kansas. Calvin died thirty years ago. Stella Anderson was his wife.

Ola Jacobs Longmont, Corp Mee John Cooper Calvin Stella Anderson

President weighs McLeod banking bill amid rail labor talk

The president plans to discuss the controversy with railway labor executives later in the week. He opposes the McLeod bill to pay depositors in closed banks affiliated with the federal reserve system, saying its terms are too indefinite for administration support.

McLeod Federal Reserve System White House

Iowa Clubwomen Hold Towa Day and Style Show

The Fortnightly club American Home department hosted Towa Day for section one with a spring fashion show by section two. Officers were elected for both sections, and a program on Iowa Beauty Spots and local authors accompanied a display of Brid ges' Graham and Harwood stores fashions. Nearly 45 members attended with Mrs. Loyd Morrison presiding and Mrs. John Timmerman in charge of the show.

American Home Department Ception Two T. W. Harwood Bridges Graham Harwood Shoe Loyd Morrison John Timmerman Guy Carlton T. A. Flenner Phyllis Flenner Hilda Brown Rosemary Morrison R. McCutchen Apaper FE. BL. Hammer O. F. Schmitt Filmer Wells James Swift Joe Falk Walter F Messer W. J. Masson A. H. Twitham Iowa Backbone State Park Delaware County Strawberry Point Alice Rownd Maj. S&s. Ho OM Tigers Herbert Quick Ellis Parker Butler Ruth Suckow Jay CG. Sigmund Mildred Fowler Field MacKinlay Kantor Orie Turner Towa Lowa Towa Industrial Survey Turner

Church chicken supper and farm bureau meeting announced

The Christian Ladies Aid Society hosts a fifteen cent chicken supper at the church on Wednesday evening April 18 from 6 30 to 7 The public is cordially invited A Jackson township farm bureau meeting will be held Friday evening April 20 at a Grand Prairie school with a movie and a talk by Mr Speidel Everyone invited.

English River Township Middleburg School Alva Miller Farmers Association Dean Feldman Eunice Kessler Bill Spenner Thomas Miller Leo Snider Claude Kauffman Floyd Niffinegger Christian Ladies Aid Society Jackson Township Farm Bureau Grand Prairie School Speidel

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