Deweese Family Visits from Wisconsin Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Deweese and their son Gaylord with his wife and daughter Dolores traveled from Madison Wisconsin to visit friends here over the weekend. Deweese left the area years ago to run a dairy business in Morrisonville Wisconsin and recently returned from a trip to California. Mrs Randolph Kelsey and Dorothy Turnipseed went to Omaha Nebraska for three days to attend the Montgomery Ward fashion show at the Rome hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Deweese
Gaylord
Dolores
Madison
Wisconsin
Deweese
Morrisonville
California
Randolph Kelsey
Dorothy Turnipseed
Omaha
Nebr
Montgomery Ward
Rome Hotel
Davenport
Mrs
Lloyd Fredmund
Y M C A Table Tennis Meet Seeks More Entries
Entries for the Y M C A table tennis tournament are rising with 10 blanks signed and more expressions of interest. Boys and men lead so far though organizers hope enough girls enter to ensure competitions in all classes. The event is set for Monday evening March 1 at the Y gym with a Feb 26 deadline and a 25 cent entry fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemas Brown
Brown
William Hatcher
Y.M. C.A
Comets to Play Here Wednesday Evening
The Washington Sport Shop Comets will play in Iowa City at the Y M C A gym Wednesday February 25 at eight o clock A preliminary game is planned but entrants have not yet been announced The first game will start at seven The Comets beat the Iowa City team 60 to 52 in a prior meeting and another close game is anticipated tomorrow night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Sport Shop Comets
Iowa City
Comets
Junior Church League Saturday Scores
United Presbyterian 19 Presbyterian 18. Methodist 26 Christian 14. St James won from Baptist by forfeit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terian
Methodist
Christian
St. James
Baptist
Church League Tonight Showdowns At Local Homes
Games schedule lists Presbyterian versus Christian at 6 30 p m Baptist versus Methodist at 7 15 p m and United Presbyterian facing Christian Tabernacle at 8 00 p m in a church league double header night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SR. Church League
Presbyterian
Christian
Baptist
Methodist
United. Presbyterian
Christian Tabernacle
Local News Notes Residents and Births
Mr and Mrs Don Norton formerly of Des Moines have moved to Washington and stay with Mrs Nortons parents Mr and Mrs Oral Mayo Norton works for Cargill Inc while Mrs Norton begins work at Annes Beauty Salon. Birth announced for baby boy to Mr and Mrs Ellwood Meschter of Chicago. James L Morrison remains critically ill after surgery Saturday at DeKalb County Hospital Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Norton
Des Moines
Washington
Marsh Bailey
Ellwood Meschter
Chicago
Meschter
Josephine Bailey
James L. Morrison
DeKalb County Hospital
Illinois
Soybean Oil Could Replace Linseed in Paints Base
Chemically treated soybean oil may substitute linseed oil as a base for paints linoleum and other products. Domestically produced soybeans expected to replace a large portion of imported flaxseed.
Washington junior high cagers win county title
Saint Hearty congratulates Coach Glenn Hall and his Washington junior high team for a convincing county junior high championship. The article lauds the players and Hall for teaching fundamentals. Also notes a new shipment of Remington target and sporting shotguns and rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Hall
Washington
Hall
Remington Target
Remington
Washington Wins Jr. High Tourney in County Championship
Washington junior high casers defeated Kalona 42 to 14 to win the county championship while Wellman beat Brighton 17 to 11 in the consolation. In the semifinals Washington beat Brighton 49 to 14 and Kalona edged Wellman 24 to 18. Paul Thayer awarded trophies for the Schoolmasters club and urged making the tourneys a regular feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kalona
Wellman
Brighton
Paul Thayer
Schoolmasters Club
Thayer
Washington County
Lloyd
Waggoner
Messenger
C Williams
McClure
Truax
Beenblossom
Kimmel
Thornton Ee Leyden
Brock
Gingerich
Shalla
Yoder
Dawson
Allen
Fee
Wahl
Ehrenfelt
Griffith
Netser
Nester
Henderson
Adams
Paxson
Miller
Robinson
Schneider
Loefler
Thornton Se
Leyden
Green
Reece
Conklin
Spicher
Marner
Butterbaugh Ropp
Ethylene Ripening Discovered in Ancient China
Ancient Chinese practice used burning incense to ripen pears in a closed room. Researchers identify the gas as ethylene causing the ripening. Ethylene gas is now produced commercially to ripen green fruits.
Prohibition Party’s First President Nominee Identified
Prohibition Party founder James Black of Lancaster Pennsylvania who proposed setting up the party in 1871 was its first presidential nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
James Black
Lancaster
United States
High School Quintets Open Tourney Play
High school basketball sectional play begins in Iowa with 96 towns involved. Washington Demons start Friday Feb 27 at Keota in class A, while West Chester and Wellman face Richland and Tiffin respectively. Other area games include Kalona, Lone Tree, Riverside, Mount Pleasant, New London, Winfield, Cotter, Crawfordsville, Wayland, and Wyman. District dates not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington High School Demons
Keota
Richland
Wellman
Kalona
St. Patrick’s
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Riverside
Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
New London
Winfield
Columbus Junction
Cotter
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Wyman
Washington
Cigarette Sales Reach 351 Billion Last Year
The report states total cigarette purchases reached 351 billion units last year. It notes the figure equates to nearly seven cigarettes per day for each person in the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Speaker of the House May Be Nonmember
The article notes the speaker need not be a member of the House yet the body elects the speaker and officers freely. It also states that in practice the speaker has always been a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
House
Cardinals Face Muscatine In State JC Tourney Opener
Washington junior college basketball team prepares for the state junior college tournament opener against Muscatine at Webster City. After two losses to the Muskies the Cardinals aim for an upset to reach the next round. Ten fans have signed to fly to Webster City to support the game, with a chartered bus contingent planned if enough reservations are collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Muscatine
Webster City
Wayne Chamberlin
Washington
Sport
Wayne Marston
Skelgas
Printing office to move into former Whitlow building
Walter Farrell expects to relocate his printing office supply business to the West Washington street site once renovation is completed. State Farm agent Karl Libe attended a Des Moines convention and ranked 30th among 6 060 reps in life insurance promotion in 1947. The State Farm claim department, led by Claire Whiting, moves to Iowa City this week, with Whiting's family and secretary Jane Casey following. Roy Bakehouse, formerly of Washington County now in Owatonna Minnesota, will receive the Skelly farm achievement award on a Chicago radio program March 28. Technocrats from Keokuk Ottumwa Newton and the Quad Cities met Clyde Pettit of Chicago in Washington Hotel to plan his March lecture tour. Attendees included Frank Jungwirth Walter Scott Clyde Wilson Emil Buerklan C L Larson Herbert Schutte Wayne Snook and Donald Danks. Mr and Mrs H T Carris of Keota returned from Hot Springs and stayed with Mrs R A Melville and the Seth Carris family in Packwood. Ralph Melville left for a ten week east lecture tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
Whitlow
Walter Farrell
Karl Libe
Des Moines
State Farm
Libe
The
State Farm Insurance Company
Claire Whiting
Iowa City
Whiting
Jane Casey
Washington
Roy Bakehouse
Washington County
Owatanna, Minn
Skelly Farm Achievement
Chicago
Keokuk
Ottuptwa
Newton
Iowa
Quad-Cities
Senay
Clyde Pettit
Frank J. Jungwirth
Walter Scott
Rock Island, Ill
Clyde Wilson
Emil Buerklan
C. L. Larson
Herbert Schutte
Wayne Snook
Ottumwa
Donald Danks
Relatives Attend Mrs Kephart Funeral in Iowa
Out of town mourners joined a local gathering for the Mrs Robert Kephart funeral. Lincoln Nebraska’s Mr and Mrs Perry Kephart Burling ton’s Mrs 8S P Telford Fort Madison Mrs Catherine Corbin and Jessie Burling ton Mrs George Jarard and Kenneth son Mrs Letha Nicholson Mrs Mildred Lutz Conesville Mr and Mrs Grover Taylor Bettendorf Reynolds III Mr and Mrs J E Benson Also visitors Mr and Mrs Ray Yousling da Grove visiting at the home of their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs John Yousling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kephart
Perry Kephart
Lincoln
Nebr
P. Telford
Fort Madison
Catherine Corbin
Jessie
Burlington
George Jarard
Kenneth
Letha Nicholson
Mildred Lutz
Conesville
Grover Taylor
Bettendorf
J. E. Benson
Reynolds, III
Ray Yousling
da Grove
Mrs
John Yousling
Special Tenders and Local Social Notes From Speedway Ad
Speed way news item lists multiple sales and promotions including Young tender boiling beef 36c per lb and Kraft Macaroni Dinner 2 for 25c. Corrections note Sidwell ice cream at 20c per pint. Social notices cover visits, church group travel, new charter members, an emergency appendectomy in Ottumwa, and family visits across Washington Davenport Blairstown and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway
Births and admissions listed from local hospital across weekend
Saturday through today the hospital records show births including a daughter to Mr and Mrs For rest McNeil Crawfordsville at 3 52 pm and a son to Mr and Mrs Earl Kolosiek Ainsworth at 12 19 am, plus a son for Mr and Mrs Donald Dusenbery. Admitted and dismissed entries detail multiple patients including medical and surgical cases with several residents named and addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest McNeil
Crawfordsville
Earl Kolosiek
Ainsworth
Donald Dusenbery
S. Avenue B
Ella Crawford
Tom Duncan
Carl Phillips
Don Benéit
Hedrick
Dan J. Gates
David Caldwell
Alvin Kephart
Sara Jane
William Rarick
Iowa City
David William
Richard Hammes
Sigourney
Karen Kay
Pat White
Robert Arthur
Philip Kneen
S. Iowa
Mollie Jane
Jay Hemringhouse
Iowa
Sap to Syrup: 32 Gallons Sap for One Gallon Syrup
A traditional maple process requires 32 gallons of tree sap to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup or eight pounds of sugar. The ratio highlights the lengthy evaporation and concentration needed in sap processing.
Nellie Wilson Interview Highlights North High Latin Teacher
North High in Des Moines features Nellie E. Wilson a Latin and English teacher with a rich travel record. She speaks of Iowa roots and travel from Bermuda to Europe and the Americas while noting a stamp collection formed in eighth grade and hobbies like needlepoint and bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie E. Wilson
North High School
Des Moines
North High Oracle
Miss Wilson
C. W. Stewart
Eva Denny
Bermuda
Oracle
North High
Iowa
United States
Canada
Europe
America
Mexico
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
New Orleans
New York
Boston
Bridge
Fairfield
Carlsbad
New Mexico
North
Wilson
Birthday wishes light up Wellman community notices
Birthday greetings for several local youths and adults appear in a Wellman brief. Richard Durst and Leland Gingerich celebrate with multiple candles on their cakes, James Orr and Joyce Widmer mark ages six and nine, and others receive good wishes. Wedding anniversaries for Vernon Cavan and C Niffenegger are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard LeRoy Durst
John D. Durst
Wellman
Leland A. Gingerich
Aldine Gingerich
Vernon Cavan
C. C. Niffenegger
Early Herb Records and Ancient Garden Cultures
The text traces early herb records to 3500 B.C. and notes Sumerian gardening along the Indus valley civilization. It mentions Dravidian garden culture in prehistoric India and Greek medical tradition from 1250 B.C. with the staff of Asclepius, the caduceus symbolizing renewed life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indus
India
School of
Aesculopeus
Greece
Thyme in Medicine and Cooking Through the Ages
The herb thyme long used for epilepsy by the Roman naturalist Psy is still a component in modern cough syrups and medicines. This small sweet-smelling shrub, about six inches tall with tiny purplish flowers, is also a common culinary herb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psy
Mrs William Murphy Honoree at Shower
A pink and blue shower was given Friday afternoon by Mrs Albert Simpson for her granddaughter Mrs William Murphy with Mrs Stanley Jones of Olds as co hostess. Guests included Mrs J F Simpson great grandmother of the honoree. Donald Merle Tellin and Marcia Lee Simpson brought gifts in on a small wagon. Refreshments were saved by the hostesses and decorations followed a patriotic Washington birthday color scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Simpson
William Murphy
Stanley Jones
Olds
Simpson
Donald Merle Tellin
Murphy
Marcia Lee Simpson
J. F. Simpson
Washington
Shoe making involves hundreds from hide to shelf
The article notes that more than 350 people contribute to a single leather shoe from hide removal to arrival on retailers shelves, highlighting the extensive labor behind footwear production.
Grain needed per beef pound rises to five pounds
The estimate shows about five pounds of grain required to produce one pound of choice grade beef, reflecting high feed efficiency costs in beef production. This figure highlights the nutritional and economic factors influencing livestock farming and grain demand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmie Durante
Russia
Sin
Wulf
Mary McConaughy
E .M. McConaughy
L. E. Maurer
K. P. Hall
Verne Chapman
Kansas City
GO. V. Crull
John W. Lex
Fern Pastry Shop
Y.M.C.A
Fern
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
JR. Church League
United Presbyterian
Ed Davis
Cora Davis
Lillian Crone
A. L
Saint
Chamberlin Bros
Washington Demons
Cardinals
H. T. Carris
Hot Springs
R. A. Melville
Seth Carris
Packwood
Melvilles
Mrs. Carris
Ralph Melville
Leo McCready
San Francisco
McCready
George Loos
Oskaloosa
Edward Blatter
Cedar Rapids
Santha Temple
Hubert Lehrer
Clayton Bear
Warren Stewart
Allen Hunsaker
J. Bernard Walker
Martinsburg
Ottumwa Hospital
Hubert Walker
Sidwell
Bing’s
Elaine Schlebeker
Blairstown
Lloyd Marek
Ralph Scott
Phoenix
Ariz
Dan Cordova
Cordova
Richard Myers
Mrs. Scott
Arizona
van Camp
Tues
Wed
Madora Patterson
W. Jefferson
Cr. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
Optometrists
Nellie Wilson
State University of Iowa
Columbia University
New York City
Colorado University
Drake University
James Kenneth Orr
Don Orr
Joyce Widmer
Dale Garrett
Rennie Dawson
C. R. Barr
A. C. Schulze
Dale Fuhr
W. T. Hobbs
Phyllis Irene Owens
Glen Owens
Mary Ardith Jarrard
Carol Elizabeth Tellin
Vince Tellin
Pearl Houseal
Pleasant Ridge
Robert Lee Hesseltine
Herb Records
Will Its Motor CO
Delaware
ABC
Martins
ORLD
Willits Motor CO
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