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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1949
Page
9
A collage of light vignettes and humorous lines. It contains shifting topics from color choices and a joke about life versus laundry to travel plans, cherry harvest robins, a commencement quip, and an Arkansas mule tale. Notable bits include a horticulturist firing a thief and a European tour dream for June Knotek.
Entomologists estimate at least 90 crops rely on insect pollination or yield more with abundant insects. They say honeybees account for more than 6 percent of all insect pollination.
Sunday visitors included Walter Krantz and Adrian Johnson from Chillicothe. Other local guests hosted by Ernest Krantz and family over the period included Ethel and Harold Schulty, Clyde Crile and family, Arlene Chorpening, and multiple Brantz, Patterson, and Oldfield households.
In Bethel on June 5 the Howard Applegate family recounts caring for three infant squirrels after their mother was killed by a live transformer wire. The children scatter nuts under the tree and observe the young animals returning to the corn crib as they hope to raise them. Strawberry season is noted.
Events across the region include high school graduates, weddings, family dinners, and church services. Notable mentions cover the Gearse Reed family, Walt households, Dale Horak’s nephew’s wedding, and local farming on the Ray Niffenegeer and Oy Bideon properties. A Cornell agronomist notes storing nitrogen via organic matter as crops demand.
Dillon Sharp and company plan a new stone quarry near Burlington tied to E De Wayne Brown. What Cheer’s Anwyl named general manager of What Cheer Cl Products. Local residents and former residents visit Rock Island La Porte Sioux Falls Madison and California areas. Navy aviation tech James C Alloway son of local residents noted.
A daughter to Mr and Mrs Ernest Fink of Packwood is named Jane as the granddaughter of Ami Fink and Mrs Vincent Peiffer of Brixton. Patricia Longwell returns from Iowa Wesleyan College with friend Patricia Buchai of Chicago. Mrs James Buck and Mrs Dewey Weeks are on vacation from Spurgeon. Dr and Mrs Ever attend Cornell graduation exercises with visitors from Washington. Rev H W Munster visits Washington and will attend the Town-Des Moines Methodist meeting. A Morgan family reunion occurs at Columbus Chautauqua Park. Sharks are described as ferocious when blood is in the water, with dangerous bites on large prey.
Mrs Harriet L Clark of Chelsea Vermont announced the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth Clark of Ames to Harold L. Poulton son of Mr and Mrs George C Boulton of Columbus Junction. The wedding set for June 18 at the First Congregational Church in Ames with Rev Murray Allen officiating. After a Canada wedding trip the couple will reside in Ames.
West Chester scene over the weekend includes visits by Russell, Roger and Bert Pore of Chicago to their parents Mr and Mrs Gore Poore, a birthday party at the C Niffenegger home, and Rev A V Pike traveling to Muscatine then Ottumwa for Methodist events. The Fox Theatre opens Thursday with five tunes reportedly aimed at parade status, including A Fine Fin Bay and The Leprechaun Song, featuring Peggy Ryan in Eagle Lion release with Ray McDonald dancing.
Evelyn Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Wilson of Fairfield married Sgt Jack Robertson son of Mr and Mrs Charles Robertson of Brighton Sunday at two in the afternoon in the Lutheran church Fairfield Dr Edward Piper officiated. The couple left for a short wedding trip to Omaha. Robertson is a Brighton High School graduate who later enlisted in the air corps and reenlisted after two years in Alaska. A road vacation notice from Washington County also appears with a July 16 1949 deadline for objections.
The notice lists subscription options and yearly rates for carrier delivery in Washington Journal. It notes annual prices and payment terms while mentioning advertising staff and promotional details. The fragment references Shannon Banpienere and Daly Prose and shows billing figures such as 5250 and $430.
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