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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1950
Page
8
At the hospital an admission yesterday listed James Henry Wells R4 surgical and Mrs. Paul Eckey in Washington. Today Alberta Rathmel RI is noted in the schedule among admissions or transfers with no further details.
Ten years ago the Garden department of the Fortnightly club announced its largest beautification program. The plan includes landscaping and planting along the new cemetery road from South Iowa avenue to the Elm Grove entrance.
A baby girl named Gray was born to Mrs. Norbert Norris and husband in Washington. A son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoder in Kalona at 6:54 a.m. Roy Gardner underwent a tonsillectomy in West Chester. Dismissed Today reports cover these arrivals and procedures.
Seattle police held a sheet metal worker after he threw a coffee cup at a drive-in window and kicked in another plate glass pane. He told officers I was just trying to show the waitress a good time.
Mrs Frank McFarland hosted Gertrude Moothart of West Chester yesterday afternoon. Numerous visitors from nearby towns attended events and trips, including Ford school attendees in Detroit, Iowa students on county spelling contest duties, and residents traveling to California and Illinois for family visits.
Riverside schools and community raised funds for the March of Dimes led by Supt H E Colvin. Activities included a blanket toss during girls games netting 29, a house to house canvass 26, business coin boxes 60.72, student candy sales 3.92 and 7.21, and four basketball games raising 33.38. Total reported 161.24 sent to Mr. Kelly of Washington, about double last year’s Riverside total.
Keokuk police chief Louis Atkins testified again denying all charges from Mrs. Ralph Brust at a civil service commission hearing. She accused him of not investigating two girls linked to escapees from a women’s farm and of riding with one in a car after a local officer’s fatal shooting. Atkins says the girls were briefly held and he never rode in their car.
Miners meeting today and tomorrow will vote on George Lewis second order to end the two week strike that has halted coal production and worsened a national crisis. More than 55 000 railroad and industrial workers have been laid off as talks among Lewis operators and government mediators continue after three days of bargaining.
The saying that chop suey is entirely foreign is challenged as the term means miscellaneous pieces and the dish originated in the United States, not in China. The remark frames chop suey as an American innovation with diverse ingredients and cultural roots.
A group of shoppers from Brighton West Chester Lone Tree Richland Ainsworth Wayland Keswick and other towns were seen in Washington this morning including Mr and Mrs J C Bridges Mr Rex Widmer Tony Meath Charles Harley Betty Skala Jacquelyn Spenser Barbara Green and others.
The Long Island collision near New York involved west bound from Babylon and east bound trains, about 800 homebound riders and 200 returning workers. Motorman Markin survived with injuries. Keifer allegedly ran a red signal, prompting police action and later jail.
Instructions indicate that pears found on markets may be hard and require room temperature storage between 60 and 70 degrees with some moisture to prevent shriveling.
A calf failing to receive essential vitamins from its diet will lose appetite and weight and may die unless the needed vitamins are supplied. This reminder emphasizes proper nutrition for young cattle.
The program producers decide to discontinue a radio show after low listener engagement. The announcer asks fans to email ecards and letters about keeping it on air and receives about ninety thousand responses. A sample letter mocks various products before rejecting baby food, noting the writer has four babies and will not buy it.
Eveready members respond from Washington County with news and notes about illness letters from Mrs. Acheson in California, wedding anniversary wishes for the Zieglowskys, a school election preview, and an invitation to help move the shop to 107 West Second Street. The piece also warns of fire risks from damaged smoke pipes and offers remodeling help ahead of spring.
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