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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
9
A colloquial column reflects on summer outtings at Sunset Park and rural life. Observations cover picnic scenes, bluegrass, cattle shade, billboard debates, weather squalls, neighborly sympathy, and a pop corn farm joke. A Washington county service station anecdote closes the piece.
A woman accused a shop of selling her a faulty inner tube and grew furious at staff. The dealer denied the sale, but after a confrontation he swapped in a new tube. Two days later she returned, admitted she was mistaken, paid for the tube, and became a steady customer.
A head on collision occurred Monday morning on a dirt road northwest of Brighton involving James Morgan in a pickup and Rudolph Hoover in a touring car. Morgan's passengers Walter Hagans and Charles Robison were bruised and shaken. both vehicles were badly damaged.
F A Hoskins pickup was hit and rolled over by a truck driven by Mr Steele of Washington at the Roy Lamansky corner south of town Monday morning. Hoskins was pinned in the cab and badly shaken with bruises. the other truck was damaged.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lahr and their three children relocate to Ottumwa on Tuesday to buy property and take jobs with Continental Oil Co. They sell their Fairfield property to Mr and Mrs Doughty. Mr and Mrs Boskee sell acreage near town to Frank Hoskins with possession in ten days. The Boskees plan to return to Detroit. their son Robert Wahl, a Brighton High graduate, has gone back to Detroit.
The first quiz master named Nameo teases the crowd with wit and mystery recalling a staged line about a lady in the balcony. The remark hints at a playful, dramatic quiz night atmosphere and audience intrigue.
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