Stringtown Social Notes Reflect Visits and Forthcoming Army Call
Don Brooks of Chicago visited the Brooks family from Thursday to Sunday before leaving for military service this week. Local events include a 4 H livestock show in Washington with Deane Widmer winning prizes in Guernsey, Holstein, and Duroc classes. Family gatherings featured at the Rich, Widmer, and Boshart households with picnics, dinners, and a car trade for a 1936 V-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Don Brooks
Chicago
Ethan Brooks
Don
Edna Widmer
Weiner
Carl Johnson
Rex Swan
Herbert
Johnson
Burlington
Ivor Davis
Lease
D. C. Schantz
Kathryn Widmer
L. H. Rinner
Washington
Deane
Atlee Wolfe
Burger Wolfe
Lone Tree
J. J. Widmer
Win. Widmer
Raymond Rich
Roberta
George Unkrich
Boshart
Wayland Park
Grace Boshart
Raymond
Jannette
Arthur Davison
Noah Widmer
Norma
Grandma Widmere
Sunday Dinner Guests Honor Don Brooks Before Army
A series of family gatherings marked by Sunday dinners at multiple homes. Don Brooks prepared to leave for military service as relatives from Hulmes, Witting, Schantz, Swan, Cum mings, Brooks, Graber, Westenhomie and others gathered, including Harlan Cummings and Grace, George rooks and Jimmy, Ira Graber family, and J. C. Graber kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Widmer
Arthur Davison
John Dill Hulmes
Joan
Margaret Witting
Geo. Herzog
Dan Schantz
Rex Swan
Don Brooks
Harlan Cummings
Clara Hebel
Grace
Edd Cummings
Fred Cummings
Georgerooks
Jimmy
Ethan Brooks
Donald Madge
Pete Widmer
Jakie
Harn Westenhomie
Ira Graber
Jake Gerig and
Milburn
Elmer Boshart
Mary Conrad
Barbara Beshley
Books at the Y Offer Second Hand School Volumes
Readers seeking school books next week can visit the Y to find second hand volumes. The notice advertises affordable options for students and families looking to save on supplies.
The Rocking Chair Brigade finds old coins and cautions
A builder, Ralph Minick, uncovers an 1841 coin while laying a sidewalk near L A Jones Funeral Home and recalls a 1849 penny found earlier while digging for the McCuffey home site. The narrator also warns a hurried pedestrian about a near accident at an intersection, urging safer crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Minick
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Local Notes Highlight Residents and Evangelistic Events
Mrs Elmer Wells visits Milwaukee with niece Deborah Duke who plans a North Side Cafe dinner. Mr and Mrs Melvin Gingerich report the town quiet as soldiers head home. Army doctors urge normal treatment for returning troops. Dr Ruth Church to move into Mrs R L Livingston house with her father nearby. Mrs Jean MecChurch arrives from Ft Madison to help in the furniture store. Lola Wells Hughes visiting Washington. Park crowd enjoys a sermon by Dr Mastwood despite rain. Boyd White celebrates 85th birthday with cards and a plan for a 95th party. Evangelistic meetings led by Rev LeCour and Rev Diddams draw good attendance. Pvt Joe Haller in a San Diego hospital. Farm Bureau picnic at Washington. Harold Horak shines in 4-H Berkshire project. Clarence Leeper family to move to Ottumwa. Marguerite Vodicka home from Kirksville teaching Lookout and Marie Stewart in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wells
Milwaukee
Deborah Duke
Deborah
North Side
LeCour
Oskaloosa
Earl Erbe
Prairie Plower Church
Diddams
Joe Haller
San Diego
Calif
Farm Bureau
Washington
Harold Horak
Clarence Leeper
Ottumwa
Lester Leews
Marguerite Vodicka
Kirksville
Marie Stewart
Marguerite
Lookout
Marie
Lexington
Tyrone Hi Y Club Runs Annual Community Book Exchange
The Hi Y club operates a week long book exchange at the Y.M.C.A. headquarters each August, inviting residents to donate second hand school books for Washin gton and rural schools. Readily available books will be sold to local students enrolling in the coming school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Y Club
Y.M.C.A
Washington
Seed shelf life varies by vegetable type
Seeds endure varying storage periods with most vegetables offering three to six years of viability. Lettuce lasts six years, tomatoes and several others four years, beans and greens three years, peppers two, and onions and parsley one year.
Nira 4-H Prizes Highlight Billy Letwiller Win
Nira highlights Billy Letwiller as he secured first prize on a cow at the 4-H club event. Mrs. J. B. Hanly notes the neighborhood pride in the win and community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hanly
Nira
Billy Letwiller
Heifer, Dorrance Family Visit and Picnic Planned
Will Dorrance's family hosts their California daughter Ona visiting. Fairview Aid schedules a Wellman Park picnic Sunday. Majerit Barrett sold a large hog batch to Grady on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dorrance
Ona
California
Fairview Aid
Wellman Park
Majerit Barrett
Grady
Here Come the Lumberjills in the Lumber Industry Surge
The lumber industries report nearly 28 000 women workers today versus about 8 000 before the war. Women fill mill jobs once held by men and handle timber up to six feet in diameter across sawmills and planing mills.
Harvest Runs Slow as Rains End
Pilotburg notes farmers resume work after rain pause. Joe Cortum runs the only threshing machine in town for several jobs while Will Dunn from near Kalona threshes for Raymond Chalupa. Baling crews operate, Carl D. Anderson bales a second alfalfa crop to free barn space. Wayne Siransky recovers from a motorcycle accident, breaking his collarbone and injuring a shoulder. Fred Mouser is mentioned as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilotburg
Joe Cortum
Will Dunn
Kalona
Raymond Chalupa
Carl D. Anderson
Wayne Siransky
Fred Mouser
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