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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
6
Ration dates indicate certificates are no longer required to recap tires and to buy used farm implement tires and used passenger car tires and inner tubes. Certificates remain required for purchasing any new tire and for used truck tires. An inspection is now needed to obtain certificates.
Public timetable lists semiannual vehicle inspection triggers and coupon validity. It covers A and F coupons for gas, R and T non highway gas coupons, fuel oil periods, sugar and red stamps, processed foods, black and blue stamp ranges, and notes possible new red stamps due December 3.
Washington Lodge No 26 A A M holds a regular meeting on the Friday following each month. Morrison Jr W M and A W indicate the officers and the secretary are listed for contact.
A timetable excerpt lists westbound No. 8 Golden State Limited and No. 11 Southwest Express times, plus eastbound No. 12 Southwest Express and No. 4 Golden State Limited daily stops. Noted are sleeping car and coach passenger restrictions for Washington, Kansas City, and California service.
The notice lists several mixed, local and limited trains with departure times from Washington and Davenport-Kansas City routes. It includes Westbound No 8, Eastbound No 2 and Nos 3 and 7, along with daily services except Sundays. It also mentions ticket purchase points at the local Bus Depot and North Side Cafe for travel nationwide.
Schedule excerpts show buses from Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Ft Madison and Winfield with multiple daily departure and arrival times. Tickets sold at the local depot 107 W 2nd for travel to destinations including Sigourney Oskaloosa Knoxv Westh.
Lexington Roundup notes Ruby Sharp hosting a courtesy dinner for the Lexington Circle at the Everett Green home near Keota with needlework and visiting. Other guests include Mr. and Mrs. Ell and Albert Paul. Upcoming meeting set for Dec 13 with Mrs. Ralph Tadlock and a Christmas exchange. Births and hospital visits are mentioned, along with Thanksgiving gatherings among local residents.
Mrs. Winnie Thompson visited Riverside relatives while Mrs. Oscar Gerot recovers from surgery at the Jugenheimer home. Albert Streb of Melrose Montana and Mrs Benedict Gelhaus of San Diego attend the death of their aunt Mary Gelhaus with services held Monday at St Marys church Riverside.
Six months after the Normandy invasion Allied forces linked beachheads from the Orne to the Cherbourg Peninsula and pushed toward Brittany ports and the Loire. British-Canadian troops neared Arnhem while American units breached the Siegfried Line near Aachen as the push to the Rhine began. The August advances followed the fall of Paris and new supply routes via Antwerp and Walcheren amid difficult weather and heavy fighting. Eisenhower warned Germany to make its last stand west of the Rhine.
Mary Gethaus died Wednesday night at 91 after a two week illness. Rev. J. J. Fath presided at the requiem mass with St. Mary's high school choir. Acolytes were Rene Droll, Robert Bushek, Louis Gase, and T. Rammelhart. Monsignor B. Jacobsmeier gave the final absolution and sermon before burial in Mount Olivet. Burial followed in the family lot. A welcome party for seven boys and seven girls joining St. Mary's societies was planned for Friday.
Crawfordsville residents learn that starting Monday, local schools will open at 9:30 a.m. instead of 9:00 to aid Country pupils with early light. The notice comes as Mary Manners reports on community travel and family illness, including visits by Clarence Hering and relatives to Des Moines and Knoxville.
Tyrone residents plan a community social at the Tyrone Schoolhouse on December 15. Local attendees include Mr and Mrs Burgest Van Sickle Lyle and Marjorie Otto Sheetz and others visited Washington on Thursday. Additional notes mention farm bureau meetings and a funeral service at Sherman’s funeral home.
The committee in charge is planning the next steps for the event. Details remain limited as organizers prepare a schedule and outline responsibilities for participants and venues.
A person named Young arrived at the Otto Sheetz residence on Friday evening, traveling from Chicago.
Wayland notices Ira Miller rents the Bigham estate farm from Irvin Riche while Orie Beese takes the Conrad farm Ira is leaving. Mrs Maude Meyer helped Mrs John Hensley move to her own home. Pvt Duane D Wittmer spent midweek with brother David and family in Burlington.
Mr and Mrs Everette Hileman and Mrs Wm Kauffman with daughter and Mrs D F Meyer visited Burlington Thursday. Mrs Meyer joined her daughter Mrs Warren Anderson and family. Mr and Mrs Ivan Yoder bought the Neff property vacated by the C C Ulvestad family in North Wayland. Mr and Mrs Chas Spenter bought the Milburn Borgstrand property.
Variety drying helps save surplus foods and diversify winter eating but should not replace freezing, canning, or proper storage. It can supplement preserved food stocks and broaden dietary options.
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