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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
2
Vera L Sands reports from South Hill on a letter from Cpl Norman F Wood in New Guinea. He describes the climate and hardship but says he cannot complain. The note arrived by air mail two weeks after sending from the front.
Corporal Wood reports heavy rain wading mud and dense jungle with thorny bushes while stationed abroad. He notes mosquitoes swarming on cots covered by nets and ongoing movement across mountainous terrain over nearly two years.
The Y M C A basketball team coached by Ray Whitehead meets Crawfordsville at eight tonight on the Y court. Both teams improved since their pre Christmas clash. Jones and Bob Marshall join Crawfordsville and Y respectively. Referee Art Bielefeldt to handle the game with no admission charged.
Riverside Iowa February 23 Ainsworth boys down Riverside 58 to 28 at Riverside public school gym. Miller led Ainsworth with 23 points Canott 21. Kron 15 for Riverside. Reserves Ainsworth 27 Riverside 16. Curtain-raiser score 27-16.
Cpl Keith Willis arrives on furlough at Brighton to spend time with his wife and infant daughter Sheryl Loren e. Funeral attendees Mr and Mrs Ralph Bauer return to Tren ton Mo from Washington. Various families announce moves addresses and new births including Carla Jean to Carl Zieglowsky and others relocate within the area. Captain Wendell Booth departs for Edmonton after a brief visit.
Ed Col ton moved part of his household goods to Haskins from the late Mrs. Sue Thoma property now owned by Thornton Alfred of Coneville. Several families visited Washington for shopping and Sunday dinners. changes of residence and move notifications are listed among local residents including the Edwards, Wehr, Stout, Hayes and Bradford households.
Mrs Parl Smith visited Mrs Emma Diers Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Carl Amrine called on Mrs Merlyn Anderson Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Will Brannon spent Wednesday afternoon at a farm north of Washington they bought from Marion Robertson.
Mrs. Floyd Murdock and others led three day style clinics at the Y M C A Community Room sponsored by Opinion Research of Princeton New Jersey. Yesterday 75 women attended PTA day and door prize packages of greeting cards were awarded.
The report lists several social visits including Joe Graber at the Crile family home with Delmer Crile and daughters Sharon and Elizabeth, Ruth Smith visiting Otis Waggoner, Donale Lantz with Boyd Lantz at Carl Amline’s home, Florence Hill staying with Mrs Kenneth Crile, and Lou Hyde visiting John Baldosier’s home.
Agricultural extensionists report that sprinkling a pound of borax around olive tree bases corrects boron deficiency. This treatment has reduced branch discoloration and fruit drop and reversed monkey face deformities, yielding remarkable increases in both quantity and quality of olives after years of poor crops.
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Aldine Gingerich Wellman are parents of a son born last night at 10 48 weighing nine pounds two and a half ounces. Charles Davis 515 West Washington Street Mrs Harry Keith Willis and daughter Sheryl Levene of Brighton were discharged this morning. Discharged this afternoon were Mrs Wayne Romaine 320 West Washington Street and Mrs Bert A Williams 300 East 13th Street.
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