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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1946

Page

6

Lexington Society Adds New Members at February Meeting

Lexington Ladies Aid welcomed two new members Mrs Daryl Oldfield and Mrs Robert Stephens at the February gathering hosted by Mrs John Flading Mrs Wayne Norman presided. Guests enjoyed a two course luncheon table decorations contests led by Mrs Evert Huber and Mrs Ralph Blaylock and entertainment from rock and table games.

Lexington John Flading Wm. Flynn Orr Mapel Lexington Ladies Aid Society Wayne Norman Daryl Oldfield Robert Stephens Evert Huber Ralph Blaylock Wayne Blumenstein Ransom Amlong Griggs Lloyd Griggs Low Doyle Palmer June Gardner Hoyt Marion Pence Donald Fleming Everett Fleming Opal Bickford Joan Durst Fred Thatcher E. Huber Walter Reid John Wierman Weeba Wierman Irvin England John Fladung

Meat-packing to Automate Pork Loin Cutting

Once the meat-packing industry adopts automation, power machines will slice a whole pork loin into chops in 30 seconds. Currently a butcher needs at least 10 minutes to perform the same task.

Lime Use Promotes Clover Growth and Soils

Lime is needed to help grow legume crops such as alfalfa red clover sweet clover crimson clover and other clovers and to improve the filth and physical condition of heavy compacted soils.

Mrs Roy Fisher Hosts White Way Club in Westminster

Mrs Roy Fisher entertained the White Way Club in Westminster with altruistic work items discussed. Donations to Red Cross were approved and comforters prepared for Oakville flood victims. Dorothey Greiner led supper hosting and six tables of pinochle awarded prizes to McCrabb Griffith Richlow Beekels and McCrabb.

Westminster Roy Fisher White Way Club Floyd Crayne Oakville Red Cross Fund Keith Stewart Dorothy Greiner Westminster School Donald McCrabb

Lexington Locals shows farm employment shifts and visits

In Lexington on March 1 the Bill Martin family moved to the Ralph Tadlock farm to work for the Tadlocks. Wm Norman, a student at Ames, spent the weekend with the Wayne Norman home. Dorothy and Bertha Flading also visited. The Farm Bureau dinner in Washington drew many locals. The Harold Reiger family moved from Mrs. Howard Gardner’s employ to a farm near Nira, and the Lewis Acord family will rent the Gardner tenant house and work there next season.

Morton Emde Lexington Bill Martin Prighton Ralph Tadlock Tadlocks Wm. Norman Ames Wayne Norman Dorothy Bertha Flading Farm Bureau Washington Harold Reiger Howard Gardner Nira Lewis Acord Gardners

Noble Locals News Briefs from March

Noble and surrounding area social notes list weekend and weekday visits among residents. Names include Matson, Goff, Alliman, Graber, Nebel, Widmer, Wyse, Boshart, Youder, Stoopes, Freyenberger, Wenger, Des Moines relatives, and Ben Miller of Olds with funeral services at Eicher church conducted by Rev. Reigier and Rev. Gingerich.

Vernon W. Frey Noble F. L. Matson Burlington E. W. Goff Wayne Alliman Ronald Johnson David Allen Graber Bluffton Ohio Clayton Nebel Northampton CPS D. W. Widmer J. R. Kauffman Ed Wyse Irving Boshart Henry Youder James Stoopes Washington Milton Nebel John Widmer Jacob Wenger Wm. Freyenberser Havre Dennis Graber E. J. Freyenberger W. R. Schantz Des Moines Ben Miller Olds Eicher Church W. H. Reigier Simon Gingerich

Vanishes on Nylon Hunt at Eicher Cemetery

The report notes Mr. Miller aged over 92 as the oldest member of the Eicher church. Nearby, Bergh Plumbing of Wayland did work for Ed Springer. Several families visited homes and purchased property in Wayland as a Noble district school board met to buy large maps for three schools.

Ment Eicher Miller Bergh Plumbing Company Wayland Ed Springer Otto Frey Vernon EB. F. Kra Bill White Oak Lloyd Kempf and Elmer Wyse Lee Swartzendruber J. R. Kauffman South Wayland Noble Consolidated School District Weicher School Lola Celli Columbus Ohio West Mansfield

Card of Thanks from Mrs. Cleo Fletcher

Mrs Cleo Fletcher thanks friends for cards and letters while she was in the hospital.

Cleo Fletcher

Roy Rogers Stars In Utah At Fox Theatre This Week

Roy Rogers the Republic king of the cowboys headlines the lavish Western Utah at the Fox Theatre Sunday through Tuesday. Dale Evans stars opposite him with a top supporting cast including Gabby Hayes Peggy Stewart Beverly Loyd Jill Browning Grant Withers and Vivian Oakland. The film follows Rogers busy career of acting radio work tours and charity appearances with the Sons of the Pioneers providing musical support.

Hollywood Roy Rogers Republic King of the Cowboys Utah Fox Theatre Madison Square Garden Mutual Rogers Sons of the Pioneers Rogers Pictures Dale Evans George Gabby’ Hayes Peggy Stewart Beverly Loyd Jill Browning Grant Withers Vivian Oakland

My Reputation Opens Sunday at the State Theatre

Warner Bros drama My Reputation opens Sunday at the State Theatre. Barbara Stanwyck stars in a warmly moving tale of a woman's desperate search for happiness with a solid supporting cast.

State Theatre Warner Bros Barbara Stanwyck

My Reputation saga of a heart rending love and headlines

The film adaptation of Instruct My Sorrows follows the emotional arc of a woman as secrets and public scrutiny test relationships. It features stars George Brent Lucile Watson Warner Anderson John Ridgely and Eve Arden with screen adaptation by Cath erine Turney from Clare Jaynes novel.

George Brent Lucile Watson Warner Anderson John Ridgely Eve Arden Catherine Turney Clare Jaynes

Woman Finds Second Chance Amid Scandal With Family

Barbara Stanwyck stars as Jess Drummond an attractive widow and mother of two in a tale of romantic renewal and the vicious scandal that tests a family. The plot follows a hopeful path toward love despite social uproar and personal heartbreak.

Jess Drummond Barbara Stanwyck

Raccoon Prolific in South Lumber Output Note

A brief note remarks that raccoons are most prolific in the southern region which produces about half the nation s lumber largely from second growth forests.

South

Midsummer Sun Effects on Unexposed Skin

It is estimated that at noon midsummer sunlight will redden unexposed skin after 20 minutes, cause vivid redness after 50 minutes, produce a painful burn after 100 minutes, and blistering burn after 200 minutes.

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