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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1942
Page
8
The note encourages planting July 2 to 15 for the first vegetable group including carrots beets and celery cabbage for later storage. It advises a second planting July 15 to August 1 and lists celery cabbage turnips koh rabi endive and Winter radishes as options. It also covers strawberry mulch care potato pests and beetle control with calcium arsenate lead arsenate and Bordeaux mixture.
Kev. Bob and Martha Stevens of Nevada Iowa start a ten day meeting Wednesday night July 15 at the Christian Tabernacle. It is their last visit before they leave for Dayton Ohio where Bob will assist Dr Sidney Correll in his church. Bible school and radio programs. The public is invited.
Private Gimlet Grogan of Camp Walters proposes a comic war ending idea in The Longhorn. He suggests dividing the Pacific Ocean fifty fifty with Japan receiving the bottom half, a humorous take from the Texas publication.
Local society notes describe the Williams family visiting Washington and Newell Williams headed for intensive training. Marguerita Williams plans to visit Iowa City. Rev C B Williams and wife are noted missionaries. There are short items about a Burlington scene, a nurse marrying Edsall Brown, Dr. Henry Hull’s garden outing, and a plan to reuse a Battle Creek sanitarium building for government use.
Cedar Chip edited at Camp Hantesa honors Mrs. George Dowell guardian of local Camp Fire girls for years. She has taken 250 Washington girls to Hantesa and the bulletin was brought home by Patty and Nancy Patterson.
Three years ago rubber heels and low shoes were a first class privilege at the Naval Academy but now they are worn by all midshipmen, reflecting changing dress norms aboard the training institution.
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