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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1950
Page
8
Local column lists Cedar Rapids and Washington residents visiting relatives across Iowa and points beyond. Families from Cedar Rapids, Xenia, Ohio, Des Moines, Chicago, Davenport, and more share travel plans and weekend visits. Several remain near Washington for Fourth of July celebrations with kin and friends.
Captain Howard Thomas Orville, longtime navy meteorologist and new Bendix Engineering director, doubts dry ice can reliably induce rain or disrupt hurricanes. He recalls attempts that produced unintended rain and failed to follow forecasted paths, highlighting ongoing uncertainties in the process.
Ten years ago Howard Miller was elected commander for the coming year of Leon Beatty Post American Legion. Plans were made for the installation of the new officers at the annual fried chicken picnic on August.
Mrs Helen Heilman and Vaughn Thornburg were in Sigourney Sunday visiting friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Ralph Kleese and Mr and Mrs Ralph Kleese Jr and son Gary of Williamsport PA are expected tomorrow.
Bruce Cowden surveys a new Washington telephone directory listing 2 500 to 3 000 names from Acheson to Zieglowsky. He notes name frequency, with Millers and Stewarts most common, recalls historic numbers and who held them, and points readers to inside front cover usage notes and the yellow pages for FBI and other contacts.
A short note describes a several day stay at the home of their cousin Ralph Kleese and his family. It notes hospitality and family ties during the visit.
Clarence Logan, who maintains Washington’s official weather data, says June temperatures and rainfall were near normal and similar to last year. No extreme heat, though humidity caused discomfort on two or three days. Two days reached 91 degrees.
The text notes June 1950 was slightly cooler than June 1949, with a high of 93 degrees in June 1949 and low of 41 this past month. Rainfall reached 6.10 inches in June 1950, vs 5.88 inches in 1949, with two heavy rainfall days totaling 8.55 inches this year and 2.69 last year.
Poultrymen start chicks on grains for two to three days to aid feeding. Ground and screened chick grain helps prevent vent pasting compared with mash alone. Feed is sprinkled on clean flats around and under the hover to initiate eating.
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