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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1948
Page
8
Mar 12 report from Haskin notes movers settled their transfers. Buck Edwards returns to the east farm, Elmer Jennings shifts to the Edwards vacated site once known as the Vane Wallace farm or Jeffry estate, per Mrs. Clara Godlove.
Lt. Gov James Coughlin Shannon takes oath in Hartford to succeed Gov James Lukens McConaughy who died suddenly of coronary thrombosis. The event drew labor leaders and four children. The report notes lengthy business sessions and plans for a silen auction and apron sale at the next meeting with Mrs Wanda Skubal. Local social items mention church events and family notices.
Jennings moved to the west farm of the estate where Paul Edwards lived. Lynn Allen moved to the Tobit farm near Haskins vacated by Dale Beenblossom. Beenblossom left for Cairo area and Mrs. Meyers returned to Iowa City. John Irwin and Agnes Kamerer visited Muscatine for the weekend. School election turnout was low with 11 votes: 7 for George Murphy and 4 for K A Mathers. Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Earl Seheurman’s country home with 26 attendees.
In Sioux City Iowa the United Packinghouse Workers of America CIO says Glaser's Provisions will stay open during the national strike. About 25 Haser workers will continue working and the firm will accept settlements with other packers. Similar deals were made with Esther vile local and Davis packing plant. About 3,500 workers expected to walk out of Armour Swift and Cudahy plants at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday.
At the hospital admitted yesterday are Mrs. Mary Beggs and Mrs. Merle Statler and Mrs. Maria Caldwell all with medical conditions. Today Mrs. L B Trask is admitted for medical care. Births mentioned in the notice.
The 1948 Iowa high school boys basketball sub state finals determine the last qualifiers for the state tournament at Iowa City. Final games feature Carroll vs Perry Boone vs Forest City Laurens Ottumwa vs Central Catholic Oelwein vs Dysart Ames Moorhead Fontanelle and Loras Mason City duel for AA and other class spots. Winners include Ankeny Conesville Galva Hudson Manning Boone Ottumwa Ames. Proceeds from the event support the high school Letter Club.
Mr and Mrs Paul Troyer We ota announce the birth of Gordon Duane at 493 p m yesterday. Mrs Clifford Tate 302 E 8rd welcomed Michael Frank yesterday. Today Mrs Ella Haifley Brighton Mrs O E Schmitt 208 W Washington Mrs Lawrence Moore Ainsworth Mrs John Miller Brighton and daughter Jean Carolyn are listed.
Six high school faculty members will play a post season basketball game against the senior Daemon squad in the high school gym Monday evening March 22. Faculty players include Bowman Weber Thayer Hall White and others.
Mr and Mrs Harry Dye returned from a three month winter stay in Hobart Oklahoma. En route home they encountered a blizzard near Gar net Kansas and were carried northward by the storm. They plan to return to Hobart next winter and have purchased property there.
The text states hens must consume more feed than maintenance needs to lay eggs. It argues that if a hen can lay, increasing feed above maintenance raises egg output and lowers cost per dozen produced.
The government resumes wheat purchases on a trial basis in Chicago as the PMA says about 1.9 million bushels will be bought daily for export. Officials expect only a minor price flutter, with April commitments needing 8.8 million bushels and May purchases likely.
Sharon Richardson age five died at University hospital in Iowa City from burns suffered when she slipped into a pan of hot water at her Columbus Junction home. She was born May 10, 1944, and is survived by her parents, six siblings, and two half siblings. Funeral plans were not yet set.
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Pugh hosted the Marthena class in Presbyterian church parlors with a pot luck supper at 6 30. John Lee Peters celebrates his third birthday on March 13 as family guests arrive. results of Columbus high prelim junior high speech show Billie Moran and others in various categories with two more contests planned March 17 and 24 for twenty more contenders.
More than 96 percent of New Zealand's population now has access to electricity, signaling widespread rural and urban electrification and improved living standards across the country.
A claim from historical accounts places Abner Doubleday as originator of base ball in Cooperstown New York in 1839, marking the sport’s earliest credited inception.
The piece praises Contractor Earl Woods for Tucker project work and Mrs. Wilbur Miller for kind words on gas heating installed last fall. It mentions Chamber of Commerce Sales School forming to train staff in fundamentals of salesmanship and improves public courtesy. It also salutes local oil distributors for solid service and notes a heating unit convertible from coal to oil or gas in the future.
Scientists at the Washington experiment station predict the new aryaklyl thi onophosphate insecticide may perform as differently from DDT as DDT did from older sprays. The compound is still in experimental stages and could redefine pest management.
A local supplier advertises a fine new assortment of modernistic plumbing fixtures ready for immediate delivery and installation. The notice invites customers to visit before buying, noting pricing remains the same through next week.
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