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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
5
Primary pupils received new readers with work books and film strips to aid understanding. First graders brought Christmas dolls and trucks. some shared read aloud books. Second and third graders held spelling contests as a culmination of the term. Seventh and eighth graders prepared for state tests on Monday and Tuesday.
The report notes Kalona's team with one win and one loss. It mentions Mrs. Dunbar as Junior class sponsor and describes a freshman girl with a dark complexion and hair who plays basketball, sings in glee club, and arrives just before the last bell. A double header at Richland is planned for Saturday night, January 13, with former Richland superintendent ties.
Columbus Junction reports the Business and Professional Women's club announces the opening of an ice skating pond at the Louisa fairgrounds. The event marks a community winter attraction with planned public skating sessions and hours through the season.
Washington Rotary club members forecast 1950 at their first meeting. Predictions include a wider East Washington pavement and a public pond project at Columbus Junction with a lighted 300 by 60 foot pond to be flooded on race grounds. Funds come from the show Laff It Off. Local guests included Martin L Hunter and Rev Lawrence Jones.
Two women's organizations meet in Columbus Junction in January. The 9 o'clock club met at Mrs. Ralph McKean's home with a book review of Mary by Mrs. J E Henson. January 18 gathering at Mrs. Warren May's home includes a talk on Social Security by Mrs. H E Ross. WSCS of the Methodist church met with Mrs. J B Pooley and Mrs. Vinnie Sargent as hostesses. Mrs. T A Lewis led the lesson. Grace Sanford and Mr and Mrs John Sanford of Chicago visited Rev and Mrs W L Sanford.
Betty Prebys begins as bookkeeper at the Washington State bank. Archer Spiedel of Detroit visits his grandmother Mrs. N. M. Spiedel and friends. John Atkinson, Crawfordsville engineering senior, joins Eta Kappa Nu at the State University of Iowa. Phil Antonoff of Beverly Hills visits old friends on business. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lohberger in Rock Island. Lohberger son undergoes surgery at St. Anthony hospital and is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bauer Faith and Keith of West Chester drive to Davenport for Esther’s school work. Esther spends weekend with her parents. Annie Campbell of Wayland visits Mrs. Ezra Christner, a patient at Washington County hospital.
A letter from Cedar Rapids resident Mrs. Paul Birney thanks the Local News for keeping locals informed. The item notes multiple moves and visits by community members, including A L Kane returning to Chicago and Mrs Mina Paulsgrove's travels between Ainsworth Crawfords ville Ottumwa and Burlington.
Kansas shows the steepest declines in horses and mules with 68 percent fewer horses and 82 percent fewer mules from 1920 to 1945, far outpacing national trends.
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