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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1942
Page
8
Crawfordsville educator Bernice Shuppy resigns from seventh and eighth grade duties to take a high school teaching post at Sperry. Weekend visitors include Marguerite York of Stanwood Cedar Falls attendees and local residents Graham and Haworth families.
Attendees from the Miller family gathered for a reunion, sharing stories and photos from previous decades. The event highlighted lineage connections and family milestones as relatives from nearby towns joined the celebration.
The Louisa County 4-H girls clubs closed a three day session in Columbus Junction with about 80 attendees. Meals were provided by the Letts Methodist church Philatheas class, and camp activities covered health music and Bible talks. Mrs Harold McCormac of Letts served as camp matron. Washington visitors Mr and Mrs Lee Colton called Friday afternoon.
William M. Darbyshire Jr. of Rockwell City is rehired as Calhoun county agent after a ten year prior term ending 1941. The Farm Bureau urged action and his return follows H. H. Jones entering military service this month.
Mrs Charlie Thrapp has been ill and her daughter in law Mrs Merle Thrapp of West Chester stayed at the Thrapp home for several days. The D D Stephens family hosted Mary Martha and Barbara near Ain worth. William Carr Fern and others visited the Thrapps. Mrs Asa Row was hospitalized in Iowa City for medical care and returned home Friday. William Embree and Harry Dusenberry finished threshing at the William Carr home. Sadie Notts and granddaughter Donna Lumbeck of Fairfield visited Walter Leet and his wife. Walter Leet hosted a visit from Otto Newton and daughter from Fairfield. The daughter remained the week to visit relatives.
Fort Macon is garrisoned for the first time since 1865 marking a historic return of troops to the coastal fort. Officials say the move signals renewed strategic importance and could affect regional defense posture.
Cedar notes list numerous family visits in Iowa City Wellman and Muscatine. Included are birthday dinner at Wayne Rowe’s, a Marine leaving for San Diego, furloughs, weekend visits with Ernest Meyer family and extended relatives, and plans for the coming week.
Keota social notes list Jim Ginkens visiting with his uncle and family at Keota. Rev Keagy called at the Earle Libe home Friday afternoon. Mrs Duane White visited Willard Ginkens home two days last week.
Henry J. Kaiser of Oakland California testifies before two senate committees in Washington on converting his west coast shipyards to build giant cargo airplanes. He says he can produce the first flying boat within 10 months after plans, with 50 to 60 engineers working on the project.
In Chile’s nitrate fields workers gamble by betting who can hold a lit dynamite stick longest. The hazardous game ends with winners collecting winnings while others are harmed or removed.
A historical note indicates about one in eleven births in the United States is attended by a midwife. It states midwives deliver more than half of Black babies, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
The Better Vision Institute notes many people appear two faced with asymmetrical features. Eye specialists say spectacles can help mask facial irregularities through corrected perception.
A Sacramento trial uses a static trap to speed crop growth and improve efficiency, showcasing how static electricity may boost agricultural output in California.
Columbus Junction hosts the Louisa County fair August 11 to 14 as eastern Iowa’s first fair of the season. A derby on Wednesday features a $100 purse for a one mile 70 yard race around the half mile track. Vaudeville acts and a society horse show spotlight the program. the fair’s first was in 1892.
In Cornwall England a bird hospital treats seagulls harmed by ships oiling the coast. Founder Miss Phyllis Yglesias of Mousehole operates the clinic as protests rise over continuing tanker discharges. Fishermen and children bring injured birds for aid.
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