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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
2
Secret sisters for the new year were drawn by members of the U and I club which met with Mrs Ira Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon. Ten members and one guest Mrs Frank Scranton were present.
The business meeting was presided over by president Mrs J B Hoxworth. Wahoo was played at three tables with Mrs Hoxworth and Mrs Heal er assisting the hostess in refreshments. The July 2 gathering is planned with Mrs Rhinda Coppock.
Taft appears to have won the South Dakota presidential primary by a hairline margin over Eisenhower with 1 955 precincts reporting 1 937 tallies for Taft and 63 658 for Eisenhower. An Eisenhower backer cautioned no concession while results were not complete. The count shows Taft 64 485 to Eisenhower 63 658 with about 285 votes unrecorded.
About ten head of purebred swine including Berkshire Hampshire and Yorkshire will be shipped by air from Des Moines on June 24 to South Korean farmers. The sale is arranged by the Inter Faith Rehabilitation program with Dr Carl Wein secretary and Deane Knotek Brothers of Riverside providing stock and supervision of feeding and care en route.
A damaged vehicle window can be temporarily sealed with a strip of cello tape to stop wind and rain until a replacement is installed. This quick fix helps keep the interior dry and protected during delays in repair.
Clover Leaf 4-H club hosted by Phyllis Lowe on June 2 with seven leaders sixteen members and four guests. Members answered roll call with bed making, voted to sell homemade candy and popcorn at baseball games, and organized Rally Day and a mothers tea on June 25. Delores Schaffer spoke on Lackawanna Valley and Joyce Smith on Banks of the Seine. Leaders Mrs Kenneth Rhea and Mrs Cleo Pletcher demonstrated correct project methods.
Des Moines A UP report says Herschel Loveless mayor of Ottumwa declares 61 percent of Iowa Republican voters view Gov Beardsley record as backward and unsatisfactory. He responds to James Schramm Burlington GOP chair who praised Beardsley as progressive and competent. The bulletin notes drought harms spring wheat germination and crop prospects while oats barley and flaxseed show varied effects.
Mrs Lyle Lowe and Mrs Floyd Fisher hosted refreshments for attendees as Betty Howell reported on the social gathering and its highlights.
Pvt James L Morrison son of Mr and Mrs James C Morrison Burlington has returned to Fort Riley Kansas after a furlough with his parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Morrison and others in Burlington AEO military hometown brief.
Mrs. James A. Morrison of Washington and other relatives note his address as Pvt. James L. Morrison RA 17553477 Co. D SSth Inf. Reg. 19th Inf. Div Fort Riley Kansas in a military family notice.
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