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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
8
A mosaic of local items and anecdotes from town life. Notes on magazines addressed to Mrs. Orville Elder, a flight diverted to Moline, Frances Sherlock with husband location unknown, and Delitte Marsteller taking a two week vacation. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. C G Lewis’s Ames trip and a coffee club presidency.
The report notes hog prices at $14.75 top, with weather expected to be cloudy and showery. Officials forecast considerable cloudiness and scattered showers across the region.
The note tours Etna Dawsons, Mrs A L Griffiths and other neighbors gardens showing abundant roses and unique features. It mentions American Beauty and Black Beauty roses, a pool with goldfish and an alligator, overseas cups and dishes, salt and pepper shakers, and a large collection of cut glass. Families visited include Havel Rath Prymek and Marbles households as sun and weekend gatherings are described.
Mrs Henry Prymek reports on East Highland social notes as Mr and Mrs Frank Mincer and Leona Ann of Lone Tree visited Sunday afternoon at the Frank J residence.
Washington June 14 former senator Guy M Gillette who will leave the war surplus property board chairmanship around July 1945 will either remain in Washington or return to Iowa. He has been offered other jobs including a New York federal judgeship which he declined citing lack of recent law experience. A Washington Post editorial praises his diffidence and humility in turning down a federal bench and notes whether his status as a former senator influenced his views on confirmation.
Lewis Weber came home Saturday after examination at Jefferson Barracks. Mr and Mrs John Weber Mrs Lewis Weber Sandra and Johnny shopped in Lone Tree Saturday forenoon. Omer Rath hauled lime to the Henry Prymek farm.
The 1943 accident toll on the nation s farms and ranches reached 29 000 dead and 2 000 000 injured with an estimated money loss of a billion dollars.
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