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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
4
A religious note quotes a Bible verse and thanks God for guiding triumph in Christ, reflecting a postwar spiritual tone. The fragment references a national association and a churchly sentiment without specific events or dates.
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau club met at the Saunders home in Brighton. Officers elected for the coming year: President Mrs. Harry Bagby, Vice President Mrs. W. O. Schafer, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. Verle Porter. Refreshments served by host Mrs. Olive Bender.
Evelyn Chalupa travels from Pleasant Hill to Mt Pleasant to enter Iowa Wesleyan College for a summer term. Her departure was marked by a sendoff at the Ed Chalupa home with family and friends. Several local residents attended eighth grade commencement at the Methodist Church. The Pleasant Hill 4 H club attended Rally Day in Washington and many parents supported the event with a supper and program. Discharge news notes Glen Lambert received a medical discharge from the U S Army and plans to live in Tulsa Oklahoma. Replanting corn due to heavy rain and cool weather affects several neighbors.
Mrs J B Moore notes heavy rains disrupting farm work in Dayton Grove and reports a severe 1390 hailstorm near Rubio that damaged gardens corn and oats. Hail broke north house windows and a storm arrived June 6 after early school dismissal.
Maxine Mangold of Washington and Dean and Boyd Taylor of Milwaukee visited Mrs. J. B. Moore on Wednesday. Parence Timmons and Bruce Moore worked in Lexington cemetery Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of Memorial Day, with Boyd Taylor visiting his aunt Mrs. Sadie Moore before returning home. The apples’ peel is five times richer in vitamin C than the flesh.
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