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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
7
Auction notice states one 850 watt Delco generator in No 1 shape with a set of 32 volt batteries, motors and bulbs for sale. Seller D. D. Owens located in Crawfordsville Iowa advertises the equipment as like new with contact details.
Two Kalona tuberculosis inspectors were in the Dayton Grove area this week. J B Moore and Robert Stephens visited Wellman Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Dusenberry and son Donald of Rock Island visited the Schenius home over the weekend. Mrs Charlie Thapp visited Wellman Thursday. Robert Stephens and Charlie Thrapp helped J B Moore saw wood. Miss Lucy Leet of West Chester visited Willard Leet Wednesday.
Governor and Mrs. Wilson received a $350 electric stove as a Christmas present from state employees. About 200 contributors raised around $330 for the stove, a gift meant to let the governor, an amateur chef, host the Christmas tree celebration at home in the morning and dinner later that day.
Chicago markets show hogs at 12 060 head with prices up then weak. good and choice pigs 190 to 240 pounds 6 70 to 7 00. butchers 6 50 to 6 90. Cattle 5 000 head with calves 1 000. fed steers 11 50 to 14 00. cows 10 to 16 cents higher. Sheep 8 000 head. fat lambs steady with best Western and Texas loads 9 40 to 9 85.
Chicago market summary presents wheat soy corn and hog futures with varied openings. May wheat at 84 85, soy futures around 79 80, corn near 60 61, oats in the mid 30s, rye around mid 40s, reflecting unsettled trading sentiment for year end.
Chicago prices for cash grain show mixed corn at 63 percent and 61 percent across samples, with yellow offerings around 56 to 60 percent. Oats and soybeans appear in mixed samples with varying percentages and weights, indicating fluctuating market values in December.
Chicago markets report unsettled produce with receipts totaling 8 082 cases including extra firsts and fresh traded firsts 2114 current receipts 21 percent with dirties 17 percent. Poultry strong with receipts 29 trucks geese 13 to 14s capers 2 to 22 small hens 14 percent heavy hens 16 percent 12 springs 18 to 20 colored broilers 18 percent with other prices unchanged.
The report notes that in the early afternoon the family will gather for Christmas dinner and that Martha Wilson, aged 15, will join the household for the celebration.
Closing out sales announced at multiple locations in Iowa with dates and hosts. Listings include Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction with weekly community sales and December 26 sale near Keota and Tom Singmaster ranch, plus January 7 near Keota and January 6 near Havre and Washington.
East Union church in Kalona hosted a community Christmas program with the associate Mennonite chorus performing Messiah portions and carols. O.B.S. officers held a meeting electing Velma Way as Worthy Matron and Ora Stumpf as Worthy Patron among others. The week brought word of L. R. Feldman’s sister M. Bailey’s death in Clearfield.
Everette Chorpening traveled to California while Mr and Mrs Harold Schulty and others from the area visited in Kalona and Iowa City. Local people called on friends in Kalona Des Moines and Lexington. A Christmas exchange and lunch were hosted by Mrs Le Roy Schulty and others at the Lexington church.
The Worth While Girls hosted a Christmas party at the Baptist church basement for seventh and eighth grade girls. Florence Godwin led games and managed the crab bag gifts, refreshments were provided by Mrs. Bush and Godwin, and the group closed with a theme song and prayer. The next meeting is January 7 at Dorothy Pratt's home.
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