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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
5
Riverside residents gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs C J Karel to welcome Sgt Obert Petsel back from the Pacific theater on a furlough. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Clarence Forbes Mr and Mrs Duane Petsel and Mr and Mrs Victor Burich.
A note shows a series of personal visits and greetings. Rose Dautremont returns to Riverside after two weeks with her nephew Harold Dautremont and family. Joan Schnoebelen spends the weekend with her mother Mrs. Geneva Schnoebelen. Riverside High School home economics will host a tea for girls mothers on Friday December 22. Henry Scherrer visits Iowa City to see his sister Mrs Kasper and asks about Marie and Bergie Larson who lives in Ferndale Michigan. Marie teaches in a city where Bergie and family reside. Bergie enjoys reconnecting with a former neighbor from the farm community.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Strum hosted twenty one neighbors for a card party in Salem. High score prizes went to Mrs. Leroy Krotz and Dwane Shalla. travel prize to Dale Marek. low to Kathrine and Dewey Weeks. Annabelle Zeck had a birthday but chickenpox kept guests away. Jerry Zeck’s illness prompted candy gifts at Jackson Center school.
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the legion hall with Mrs. E. E. Ward presiding. Catherine Swift reported 10.57 in clothing and a birthday gift. 20 pounds of carpet rags were sewn for Knoxville. The committee sent 3 to the Des Moines gift shop and Christmas greeting cards to 70 service members.
The Auxiliary collected 11 tons of paper for 91 dollars and 94 cents. They hosted doughnuts cakes and coffee for Legionnaires in S W Easter's office. Members sent Christmas remembrances to Gold Star mothers. 126 paid memberships to date. They voted funds for Christmas seals collar for the YWCA party Goodfellows fund and two hundred dollar series E bonds. A joint Legion Auxiliary meeting in Washington January 25 will include lunch. Carols were sung with Mrs Carl Voorhees at the piano.
A technique using a medium thick layer of hay as mulch over silage reduces freezing. Workers can lift the hay to access silage, then replace it, saving time versus trying to thaw frozen silage.
Elm trees in the United States are valued at more than 750 million dollars, according to forestry experts. The statement notes two thirds of Scotland’s population occupies one tenth of the land area.
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