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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
6
Weather scientists develop an instrument to “finger print” a snowstorm by recording shapes sizes and frequency of snow crystals. The device, aided by simple mathematics, counts crystals to reveal relative numbers of fine nuclei in the atmosphere needed to sustain a storm.
Akron Ohio August 3 Certificates of meritorious achievement in soil conservation will be awarded to 127 Iowa farmers announced by the Soil Conservation Awards committee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Selection was by local district bodies for work during July 1 1947 to June 30 1948. Washington county winners include Carl T Anderson Wellman Herbert Campbell Ainsworth Otterschmitter Richland Orie Roth Wayland.
Wayland Consolidated School announces opening dates and staff for the new term. The roster lists junior-primary through manual arts teachers with names and hometowns. Residents note several visitors and family travel events accompanying the school notice.
Roy Humphrey age 65 died after a short illness in Syracuse New York. His body was brought to Haskins funeral home Fairfield for services Sunday at 3 00 p m conducted by Rev S P Williamson. Burial followed in Brighton cemetery. He was born near Pleasant Plain November 30 1882 and survived by three brothers Emmet Oskaloosa Charles and Alonzo Humphrey Fairfield and two sisters Iva Humphrey and Mrs Zona Rosenbaum Fairfield.
Pleasant Ridge reports Mrs Mary Woodyard notes Paul and family attended a Week park reunion in Muscatine on Sunday August 22. The Chalupa family held a Mt Pleasant park picnic with many relatives present including Elliott McKinstry Fry Jacoby Marsh and Koehler families. Fern Woodyard returned from six weeks with relatives in St Paul Minn enjoying Como Park Como Lake Milaca and Pulaski Lake outings.
Brighton residents attend the Friends yearly meeting at Oskaloosa. Families including Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Coffin and Mrs. Willard Jones travel west. Several visitors, reunions, and local trips are noted across the region with trips to Iowa City, Des Moines, and Washington to visit relatives and attend gatherings.
Mr and Mrs John Lieberliech of St Paul visited with Earnest Woodyard Fern and others then headed to Burlington for a two week vacation with Mrs Sieberlichs cousins. The area saw visits from Frank Schneider Betty Chalupa Geraldine Chalupa and Ben Jacoby. Pleasant Ridge school received painting oil burner and ceiling updates and will start Aug 30 with eleven pupils and Lois Ann Hesselline as the new teacher.
Rochelle Hudson stars in the Falcon thriller Devil's Cargo at Fox Theatre opening Wednesday. The noted screen actress, famed for varied roles, portrays the exotic wife of a murder suspect in a suspenseful mystery that sparks curiosity about her screen hiatus.
The article notes Chinese origins of steel needles with Nuernburg's 1370 needle industry. It also records Koch and brother Verle Koch and family visiting Mrs. McAfee’s parents in Stockport with daughter Joyce, who traveled home with them, and the McAfees’ weekend trip to the Ozarks. It mentions Mrs. Loren McNeese and daughters visiting Mt. Pleasant to stay with her sister Mrs. Harold Robb.
Columbus schools will open August 30 under Superintendent H. Ek Ross in Columbus Junction. Faculty includes Leighland Johnson as principal and a long list of department heads and teachers across elementary and junior high, with vocational agriculture and veterans' training among programs.
It is estimated that around 15 million British workers now receive holidays with pay. Most vacationing families, especially higher income groups, choose the seaside as the natural playground. On national holidays from Easter to late autumn, thousands ride excursion trains and coaches to seaside destinations within easy and cheap reach.
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