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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
4
A June 14 1949 editorial notes Flag Day history and American pride amid doubts about current political leadership. It humorously cites typographical errors, laments media accuracy, and recalls church and social topics including women in church offices and rose season memories and a neighbor's rose petal jam.
The writer travels from Harrisburg to Philadelphia with Mr. and Mrs. John Winga en route to New York for a Rotary convention. He recalls staying at Bellevue-Stratford during earlier visits, describes Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, praises the Pennsylvania Turnpike ride, and notes driving distances and scenery from Washington Iowa to Harrisburg and beyond.
County extension director Floyd M. Goodell urges farmers to learn to recognize count and interpret corn borer egg masses on early planted corn to time DDT applications for maximum effect. He outlines sampling across 25 plants, calculating per 100 plants, and spraying when 50+ egg masses per 100 plants in corn 35 inches tall.
Mr and Mrs Giean Dunbar of near Richland drove to Ames to pick up Shirley who finished her freshman year in home economics at Iowa State College. Sunday they visited the Fuhr family in Geneseo Illinois while Shirley stayed on to work as summer playground assistant. Ray and Roy Fuhr will spend a week on the Dunbar farm before returning home.
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