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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1945
Page
8
A rambling column from a Washington town features social anecdotes and homespun humor. It recalls a matinee drain tip, a ninety year old mother, cheerful gossip about women, a clerked fall in a store, and a Washington woman who excels as a quick selling agent. It notes Forest Hoffman’s Christmas medical recovery and ends with a reflection on wartime sentiments about Berlin and Russia.
A Technicolor adventure promised to blaze color and romance arrives at the Fox Theatre Sunday. Universal’s Gypsy Wildcat stars Maria Montez in the title role with Jon Hall and Peter Coe, produced by George Wagener.
The notice lists the widow and a daughter Judith Yvégte aged one, along with the deceased’s parents.
Columbus Junction notes confirm Cpl Raymond Paul Gunnells died January 1 in Luxembourg after being severely wounded in action. Born July 1915 he served since May 1942 and trained at Edgewood Maryland and Fort Bliss Texas. Surviving are his parents, a brother, and a sister. Pvt Thomas W Bland, 26, died January 1 in Belgium from injuries suffered December 31 1944 after enlisting March 1944 and landing in France. Margaret Eland is his wife.
Mr and Mrs Fred Duncan plan a 420q wedding anniversary January 28 near here former Della Orris. Rev R J Allred of Des Moines observes his ninth birthday January 27. Grandchildren in service include V Kh Boulton Elisabeth M Boulton. Wayne Singleton returns from Oregon and California trip. Social Circle hosted January 25 at Kane Hantt home. John Gabriel of Davenport visited his mother Prisca Gabriel in Columbus City. Lavisa county basketball tournament pairings set with Wapello Grandview Cotter Morning Sun Columbus Junction bye. Columbus Junction meets Cotter Morning Sun winner in semi finals.
Cotter school notes recount Josephine Owens returning home after a leg injury, a large attendance at the Crawfordsville game with Cotter's Josie Owens scoring 21. Junior High girls sold posters. several students earned 100 in spelling and grade students made snowman posters and book reports. Intermediate and 4th 5th 6th graders participated in health lessons and art projects while birthday celebrations and classroom readings mark January activities.
Sixty percent of teachers in rural elementary schools have one or two teachers with less than two years of education beyond high school, compared with ten percent in cities with populations over 2,500.
Children assist in making salads and simple desserts while a mother provides a nutrition lesson, combining hands on cooking with basic healthy eating guidance.
The Des Moines Register estimated the distance from Muscatine to Des Moines as the path to a planned route. The discussion centers on wartime tasks ahead and the necessity of completing them despite lingering atrocities.
Fire blight was first found on wild crabapples in 1780 in the Hudson valley. Grape mildew appeared before the Civil War and caused the abandonment of thousands of acres in southern Ohio in 1869.
Never soak wool. Wash by hand if possible. Squeeze suds through fabric. Rubbing shrinks wool. If using a washing machine, avoid crowding wool and wash quickly. Never boil wool.
A historical note explains brain-to-body weight differences among animals. It cites that humans average about 1.9 percent brain mass, rats about 3.6 percent, and a tiny hummingbird around 8.3 percent of their body weight.
Many illnesses and injuries require care that hospitals provide yet many patients can be safely cared for at home by one family member who acts as the home nurse, offering relief to crowded medical facilities.
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