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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1944

Page

4

No Strike Talk On Farm Front

Lexington reports farmers work 24 hours a day to plant corn amid weariness and isolation. Local service members are in many families with Marion Timmins transferring to the west coast and Harold Schuck mourned after a torpedoed transport ship death. Community notices note furloughs, schooling plans, and furloughs returning servicemen.

Wade Gardner Lexington Marion Timmins Coast Guard Boston West Coast Dean Emde Marie Stewart Kirksville Capitola Flynn State Teachers College Petterson Iowa Mary Oldfield Josephine Harold Schuck Chas. Schuck Wellman Methodist

Basket Dinner Honors Parents at Pleasant Hill Church

Pleasant Hill June 1 The Sunday annual basket dinner honored mothers and fathers with 64 in Sunday school and more expected in the afternoon. Other items note visits among local families and neighbors during the weekend.

Pleasant Hill Church

Local Social Visits Mentioned Across Several Families

Mrs. Margaret Pratt spent Sunday evening and Monday with her sister Mrs. Will Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Witting visited the Dale Darbyshire home Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Anderson and Beverly spent Monday evening with the Lloyd Andersons. Clyde Lamberts took Arlene to Mt. Pleasant Monday afternoon and she will enter summer school at Iowa Wesleyan. Martha Gammon stayed with her grandparents in Washington last week. Mrs. Jennie Lauderman visited Sunday with Leslie Beenblossoms. After dinner they called at the Chester Spranger home. Bill Coppock of Shenandoah stayed several days with Clyde Lamberts. Mr. and Mrs. John Gammon and children spent Sunday evening at the Bob Henderson home. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Foss and family of Mr. Pleasant with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rathmel and family attended Sunday dinner at L. A. Foss’s. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneider and Dale Darbyshire families spent Sunday afternoon after church with Bryan Swifts.

Clyde Lambert Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Church Lacy Lines Lloyd Farrier Brighton Fred Kephart Homer Kephart Lloyd Anderson Margaret Pratt Will Caldwell Howard Witting Dale Darbyshire Lewis Anderson Beverly Lloyd Andersons Clyde Lamberts Arlene Mt. Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan Martha Gammon W. R. Gammon Washington Jennie Lauderman Leslie Bryan Swifts Mary Schantz Cedar Falls Teacher's College Henry Leichty Oscar Miller Paul Miller Milton Nebel Roy Edwards Edwards Chris Garrick Olds John Garrick Eicher Church Myrtle Freyenberger Elmer Freyenberger William Freyenberger Anna Swartzendruber Leonard Leichty New Carlisle Ohio Orlin Vernon Frey S. F. Shockly Virgil Wittmer

Rev Orie Miller Speaks On Juvenile Delinquency

Rev Orie Miller of the Bellevue Mennonite church near Peoria Ill spoke on juvenile delinquency at Eicher church Sunday evening. Local residents and families appear in brief social notes with visits and small gatherings around church events.

Orie Miller Peoria, Ill Eicher Church

Farm Bureau Notes And 4-H Rally Day Observances

Virginia 4-H clubs and leaders report Rally Day attendance and community activities. Members from Northernite Happy Hustlers Cedar Clipper and other clubs show strong participation in salvaging, stamps, poppies and Red Cross support while planning parades and demonstrations.obo See details of vaccination guidance and farm practice tips.

Happy Hustlers Red Cross West Point Group Cclubs Tis Happy Hustlers Club Ainsworth Glass Jeffrey Herbert Glass Jo Ellen Clinger Farmerette Club Hazel Sojka Cedar Clipper Club Myrna Reeves Merry Makers Rubio Louise Sheraden Virginia Long

Melbarene Leonard Weds Ensign Flynn

announcement of Melbarene Leonard of Des Moines wedding to Ensign Clifford E. Flynn of Riverside. They wed May 16 in a candlelight ceremony at the U S Naval Receiving Station chapel Boston with Chaplain Harry C. Wood officiating. they plan a summer home in Wallaston Massachusetts.

Riverside Melbarene Leonard Des Moines Clifford E. Flynn United States Naval Receiving Station Boston Mass Harry C. Wood U. SN

Wood products and fibers in industrial use

The article notes sugar from wood on a commercial European scale. Bark fibers have been added to wool for felting or weaving fabrics. Much rayon is made from wood cellulose and housing has long been a major use of wood.

Europe

Carl Family Returns Home From Visit in Missouri

Mrs Walter Carl and her two children returned to Blue Springs Missouri after several weeks with the Leslie Turnipseed family. Mrs Carl and Mrs Turnipseed are sisters. Clarence Browns were Washington callers Saturday. Mr and Mrs Leslie Turnipseed were called to Moline Illinois Monday by the death of a nephew's child. They spent Sunday with their son Loran and family near South English.

Prody A. Borkoski Brigton Walter Carl Blue Springs Leslie Turnipseed Carl Mrs. Turnipseed Clarence Browns Washington Moline Mr. Turnipseed

Wyman News Highlights Local Visits and Accidents

Mardean Joyce, former music teacher, visited with Doraine Oldt. H. B. Oldt attended Mt. Pleasant commencement where daughter Doraine Oldt earned a degree from Iowa Wesleyan. Mary Lona Davis returns home from Parson's College for vacation. Mrs. Lloyd Curtis of Des Moines visits with her son Tommy at the Dewey Davis home. Richard Hakanson of Iowa City visits J. R. Rees. W. C. Huston remains hospitalized in Burlington after a truck accident caused leg injuries. Mrs. J. R. Rees and others are mentioned in local notes.

E. V. Humphreys Wyman Mardean Joyce Doraine Oldt H. B. Oldt Mt. Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan Mary Lona Davis Parson's College Lloyd Curtis Des Moines Tommy Duane C. Dewey Davis Richard Hakanson Iowa City J. R. Rees W. C. Huston Burlington E. V. Humphrey Betty Weber Lor

Davis Visits Relatives in Iowa City

Davis was visiting relatives in Iowa City on Tuesday, reported in local notes. The brief state of travel appears as a regional social item.

Is Davis Iowa City

Knoxville Judge to Be GOP Keynoter

Des Moines Republican Chairman Willis York announced that District Judge Norman Hays of Knoxville would be temporary chairman and keynote speaker of the Republican state judicial convention at Shrine Auditorium on July 26.

Des Moines Willis York Norman Hays Knoxville Repulican Shrine Auditorium

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Harold Mediterranean Schuck Carolee Cupp Gayle Cupp Willard Patterson Army Air Corps Willard Stockton Cal Bob Flynn Mike Flynn Wm. Flynn Bob Navy South Pacific Washington State John Stephen Washington A Ose Peoples’ Grocery Mrs Phil Vanerus Mrs. Vanerus Wanerus the People’s Grocery South Mr. and E. J. Blatter Vernon W. Frey Noble Bellevue Mennonite Church Peoria Ill Eicher Mathena H. L. Metzker Otto Frey J. R. Kauffman Wauneta D. F. Meyers Margaret Witting Arthur Davison Washington County Hospital Davison John Reschly Farm Bureau Publicity J. W. Chandler Ruth I. Foster County Home Art Fielefeldt Farm Bureau Office K. W. Stouder W. R. Whitfield Iowa State College Ches Harry Stacy Tony Meath Isabelle Combs George Dare Merle Twinam Max Waterhouse John Flading Joyce Gault Appie Mae Rittgenhagen Mary Lou Stacy Charlene Hesseltine Mary Duvall Helen Knupp Wilma Wooley Happy Finstlers Club Albert Jeffrey Lincoln Ensign Flynn Flynn Carl J. Leonard E. Fifth St Garden Grove A. J. Bryant A. S. Price Riverside High School Wesleyan College United States Navy Quincy Beach Street Wallaston G. W Jerry” Hunt Clayton County Republican Washington, Friends Lieut Beaufort G. Swancutt Camp Anza Swancutt California International G. E. Pickett IV West Point Military Academy George E. Pickett IV Young Pickett Fayetteville N. C Wyman News G.O.P K. A Ken) Evans Emerson Arthur Wiley Washington Township Board of Supervisors Mr. Wiley’s Cooperative Service Co Rexall Wrisley Southwest Corner Square
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