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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1949
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Carl Phillips attended a family picnic at Mt Pleasant Sunday. Raymond Humston and family, staying at Gray Town, spent Sunday with his parents.
The Washington Evening Journal lists subscription rates for its readers with a 25 cent weekly carrier price in Washington and a 12.50 annual rate by carrier. The notice names staff roles including Shannon Elder Publishers and editors.
Johnston Road Construction workers shared a dinner at the Lloyd Humston home with Orval Meeks and son Mark. Several Cedar Rapids visitors attended July 4 at Grant Humston’s home. Bonnie Miller celebrated a double birthday with meals in the George Miller and Roy Finke households. Nearby families hosted guests from Chariton to Council Bluffs, including Jack Simons and navy buddy Robert Armbruster, while Ida Devers visited the Hunter residence and Mary Solomon and Gilbert Christopher were also noted residents in town.
A Cedar Rapids family network shows frequent calls and visits among neighbors and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Clovee Tinnes and Janet Tinnes, George Miller Jr., the Humston and Phillips families, and others. Mrs. Will Marie Sr. returns home from Mercy Hospital. County home canning activity and a new motion picture projector add local color to daily life.
Riverside July 18 Leroy Cernys hosted a picnic at their cabin with many neighbors and relatives including the Cernys Wollrab Kloppfer Sojka Knotek and Rath families. Other notes mention visits to Atlantic West Branch Marion and a birth in Omaha.
Riverside reports Kenneth Radda received the first bonus check. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Younkin and family for Mrs. Alice Younkin’s 6th birthday. Cedar Rapids residents stop by, Gail and Bobby Howard visit, and others travel for weekends, vacations, or hospital stays.
Mrs. Mary King spent Wednesday and Thursday at Rev. and Mrs. Howard Ball family home in Mount Pleasant. From there she visited Dwight Messover, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wheeler, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whiting, with calls at the Washington county hospital. Further visits included Mr. and Mrs. Tony Yohe to Chicago and various calls by Mrs. Cloyce Messenger and Mrs. Ernest Beauchamp among others.
The Adirondacks region includes hundreds of mountains with 46 peaks exceeding 4,000 feet in elevation, highlighting the range’s rugged high country and notable summits.
Soap manufacture notes speed gains from hydrolyzers a stainless steel unit eight stories high and barrel diameter. Culling flocks urges regular removal of unprofitable producers and diseased stock to protect herds and markets.
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