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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1932
Page
5
Farm Bureau notes emphasize education as life blood for farm groups and urge Washington County to engage more fully. It cites 28, 26 persons encountered Farm Bureau work, averages 96 daily contacts, and frames agriculture as needing organized effort for prosperity and a better standard of living on every farm.
New Girls 4H club organized in Clay township with Miss Ruth Speidel and Mrs Max Waterhouse leading. Nine cows showed feed adjustments cutting daily cost from 74 to 61 cents with a 13 cent saving and butterfat price gains of about 1.5 cents per pound.
Oliver Constable reports December dairy results from Washington Cow Testing Association members. The 279 cows averaged 590 pounds of milk and 5.4 pounds of butterfat, with high individual producers Jen nie and Pansy yielding 72.8 and 61.0 pounds of butterfat respectively.
Farm Bureau announces counting school sessions across locations and dates. January 26 at 9 30 a m and 1 30 p m at the Farm Bureau office and Riverside. January 27 at 9 30 a m at Wellman Bank. January 28 at 7 30 a m at the American Legion room City Hall Washington. January 28 at 10 a m Miss Tregonning conducts 4H club lesson.
Friday January 22 marked Mrs John Smylie's 91st birthday with a family dinner at the Smylie home in Crawfordsville. Twelve people attended including four of five children, with relatives from Crawfordsville Ainsworth and Washington. Jessie Smylie unable to attend from California. A sumptuous dinner was served with a centerpiece featuring a refined display.
Mrs. Smylie reaches a notable age as Little Miss Beverly Butterworth and others serve cake under the guest of honor. The column then records light village happenings on Route Six including visits, farm chores, and a snake tale, with several local names and a shoulder injury noted.
Miss Nellie Manner reports from Crawfordsville on a Wyoming blizzard of January 12 and missing herder and sheep. The item also records visitors, church activities, births, illnesses, burns, and local social events across Wellman and nearby communities with multiple names and places.
The Wellman unit of the W. C. T. U. gathered at the Methodist church Tuesday January 19 for a Victory Day meeting. A noon covered dish luncheon followed in the social rooms, with guests including members of the girls temperance movement.
Misses Nellie and Viola Anderson visited at the Ed Simmering home. Mrs Florence Mimnen visited J Linder home. Homer Kephart spent Thursday at A B Carr home. Leslie Beenblossom and son Billy visited Glen Beenblossom. Helen Simmering, Hazel Simmering, and Viola Anderson visited Clyde Lambert. Edwin Davidson from near West Chester stayed at John Warnock’s. Eugene Chalupa called on Sunday.
O B Morgan visits weekend at the airfield calling on Mrs Morgan and their new son. Mrs Morgan plans to return home as soon as road conditions permit.
Sunday guests at the L B Hanan home included Mr and Mrs C B Morgan and family. Great grandparents of Kiane Erving are C B Morgan, with visits by Ray Parcell and George Marshall business callers in Rubio. O W Schmitter and C K Morgan loaded a sheep car for Chicago. Ruth and Jeannette Gowey of Richland visited Rubio relatives.
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