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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
3
A driver recalls a trip with his three year old grandson R J West from Des Moines to Oskaloosa. The boy’s curious questions about horses, cemeteries, pigs, and life frame a humorous portrait of childhood curiosity and hard lessons learned through playful road games and shared meals.
A clergyman in a rural English church was about to begin when four British soldiers entered. Two sat down while the sergeant and a man described as a pirate approached the aisle. The sergeant announced names, identifies the men as Jock McTavish of Glasgow and Willie Hope of Belfast, interrupting the service.
A newspaper father scolds his son to attend school to become a great editor, the boy quips he’d blame the mistakes on the print, and the father rejoices at a worthy editorial successor. The piece then shifts to a scene of romance and brief humor involving a couple and later a punchline about an insurance policy.
A misty scene unfolds with a guide and pilots joking about Scots. A mother forbids Nancy from going out in heavy rain and howling wind, insisting the weather is unfit even for a dog to venture outside. The exchange highlights brisk, practical humor amid a stormy day.
The Clover Leaf girls Fourth club held a post nuptial shower for Mrs. Robert Coon at the Rees home. Shown also are showers for Mrs. Mary Kemp Geiger and S Sgt Ray V Y Gipple on furlough. Columbus Junction defeated Morning Sun 40 to 20 in a Southeast Iowa league game as Kistler led with 21 and Johnston had 7. Letts game slated for Jan 30. Reverend Hahn of Correctionville spending time here.
A daughter-in-law visit with Mrs L B Deedrick, nurse Kathryn Woodruff from Mercy Davenport returning home, and the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Everett Thompson on January 20 are noted. District Masonic instruction in Burlington drew W S Randolph and A Dwinell as attendees. Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge installs Charlotte Morrison as noble grand and new officers Veda Jones, ah Hawkins, Merle Schahilion, Myrtle Jennings. Royal Neighburs officers also listed.
The article lists lodge officers Myrtle Jennings Florence Billings Ella Van Viiet Mary Owens Maud Powinell Ade Lewis Hazel Billings Tuttle Browning and Ethel rbriel. Mrs Chares Wall of Sandwich Michigan visits relatives there and Marie Boysen, Montezuma teacher, spends the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Poyd Boysen.
Mullet crabs and oysters each account for three to six per cent of the total catch along the South coast, while all other species appear in smaller quantities.
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