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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1949
Page
5
Real grief struck the Kermie Jones home when the dog catcher killed a family dog and a church dog. town orders to leash dogs trigger debate on shooting. The Atwood dog also died after following a passerby. Residents discuss dog safety and feelings amid spring cleaning and health recovery.
The note explains planting potatoes before Good Friday and trying hybrid seed potatoes in a Scorpion sign. It mentions ten hills of hybrid seed potatoes and promises to sell extras next fall if abundant. A reader asks how hybrid potatoes perform and invites reports from gardeners.
Crawfordsville April 22 residents apologize to a neighbor after cabbage plants thought lost due to freezing staged a comeback by noon. The note mentions local routines with Richard Lease and Lee McCiull sweeping the station area across the street and social visits among area families including the Leases and Whiting households.
A long list of guests visited the Perry Deal home over the Easter period and nearby towns. The report records visits from Mrs H J Mangold of Dublin Texas and Mr and Mrs Effie Crosby and two children from Corpus Christi, plus Mr and Mrs Bill Crosby of Chicago. Many local families hosted dinners and attended meals with friends during the week. Betty Griggs will teach Dutch Creek Center school for another year.
Ralph Oldfield bought a new Farmall tractor last Monday and the next day they received baby chickens. Mrs Letty Moore, Mariana Tesso of Des Moines and Mr and Mrs A L Fry attended a dinner.
The text muses on seasonal heat differences between the South and North and claims favorable celestial weather in the South across months from October through June. It reads as a poetic, reflective note rather than a news item.
Primary and first grade note birthdays and new members while reporting visitors and smiles. Second and third grade share charity packing for Junior Red Cross overseas and classroom rewards for review words. Fourth and fifth graders celebrate spring bouquets and puzzles. Ninth grade and seniors cover exams, exhibits, seating changes, projects, and upcoming events.
Mrs Irvan Hesseltine enjoyed a birthday surprise with a large gathering of relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Leonard Worrell and guests from Wayland Crawfordsville Coppock and Winfield. The group also noted Jo Ann Chalma and Fern Woodyard will join a music contest April 22 at Crawfordsville High School.
Mrs Ernest Woodyard performed at Pleasant Hill church services on April 14 for the Ladies Aid group singing I Know That My Redeemer Liveth. She was accompanied by Mrs Howard Benn. On Easter Sunday she sang Were You There at the sun location.
The Gidest Printing Shop claims status as the oldest printing operation west of the Knockies, founded in Hawaii in 1622, 76 years before Hawaii joined the United States.
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