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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1939

Page

6

Spelling Meet and Rural School Contest Names

Names of students and townships announced for the spelling meet this Saturday and the junior contest for second to fourth grades. Multiple townships and districts list participants with many named pupils and local elected officials noted.

Brighton Township Iether Chorpening Walnut Rose Anne Hesseltine Indian Creek Butt Chorpening Clay Township Katherine Gene Barnes White Hawk Lucille Kasowsky Pleasant Valley Shirley Burris Rubio English River Ernest Yoder Pleasant Hill Vivian Kron Palestine Emma Mast Middleburg Highland Township Jean Havel East Prairie Betty Meeks Center Leona Mincer Jackson Township Lois Hines Pleasant Plain Raymond Lasek Grand Prairie Patricia Brown South Prairie Marion Township Elanore Suni Cer Gray Helen McKune Eureka Robert Marek Oregon Gladys Hopping John Lee Johnson Joan Schroeder Washington Township Mildred Garner Havre Helen Schwartz

Directors Named for County Schools Across Several Towns

Voters in Crawfordsville Chester Keota and Riverside elected school board members with low turnout. In Crawfordsville J W Rich was reelected to lead the four-candidate slate. Howard Anderson replaced Griff Davis. Chester kept Port er and Kleese on the board. Milo De Lone and Glen Cuddeback were defeated. Keota saw 17 votes with incumbents Reelect Frank J echer Lester Smith and no opposition. Riverside elected Joe Knebel and Mrs Rupert Doud to two year terms while Rupert Rummelhart won a seat amid light participation.

Wilbur Darnell Paul Hann L. W. Durst Roy Durian A. C. Gingerich Frank Hicks Wayland J. R. McKirahan Amos Wyse A. A. Jackson Pr. McKirahan Mr. Wyse Omar Roshart A. J. Wyse Peters Kk. J. Frey G. C. Eber Paul Crawfords Crawfordsville J. W. Rich Howard Anderson Joseph Jones Robert Hall Rich Homer Porter David Kleese Milo DeLone Glen Cuddeback Harry Dusenberry Walter Bauer al Huber Tmly Keota Kkota Frank J’echer Lester Smith H. W. Statler B. B. Brown Frank Stoutner Richard Marguerite Stewart Riverside Riverside School Board Joe Knebel Iubert Doud Rupert Rummelhart

Top on hogs seven eighty per hundredweight

Market note lists hog prices with top at 7.80 dollars per hundredweight. Weather forecast shows cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with a drop in temperatures as another cold spell approaches.

Federal plan to subsidize consumption through relief stamps

The article explains a government scheme where Dairy Products Marketing Association sells butter to the Federal surplus agency which distributes it to relief families via stamps. Wholesalers sell to grocers who redeem tickets with the Treasury. The plan could raise demand for products and alter pricing, resembling a multi-tier subsidy program.

Dairy Products Marketing Association Government Sponsored Association of Producer Cooperatives Federal Surplus Commodiies Corporation Treasury

College Singers Here Tomorrow at United Presbyterian

Sterling college men's glee club will perform at United Presbyterian Church on Wednesday at 8 15 PM. The group draws members from six states and includes students from all departments. Repertoire spans sacred secular popular and novelty numbers with no admission charge though an offering will be taken.

Sterling College United Presbyterian Church S Serling College Kansas Glee Club School of Music Harvey Luce Roy Adams Bob Gray Frank William Montgomery Alvin Mitchels

Penney's store marks anniversary with long history

Penney's celebrates 87th anniversary as manager D F Barnes recalls Kemmerer Wyoming origins in 1902 and growth to 1542 stores showing community focus and Golden Rule business ethic. Local staff and community notices follow including births and church group reports.

Penney's D. F. Barnes Penney Kemmerer Wyoming Golden Rule Omaha Nebraska Mr. Barnes J. C. Penney Company S. A. Dickerson John Wickert Woodrow Wade Loren Sutherland Dora Minick Gertrude Crawford Dorothy Babb Laura Felton Dorothy Denison Merle Simpson Vincent Krabill Betty Hamil Alice Walker Lucille Clark Anna Polis William Sickel Delbert Bailey Mr. Penney Pay Day Washington Store

Lawrence Cutkomp Accepts Ithaca Research Post

Lawrence Cutkomp, son of Mr and Mrs Fred M Cutkomp of Wapello and former Iowa State College entomology student, left Friday for Ithaca New York where he will be employed in research work.

Louis Burns Rock Island Arthur Mewhirter KE. G. Brent Paul Brent Fairfield J. A. Sprague Cedar Rapids Marjorie Harbison Mary Medges Fremont Parsons College Esther Glaspey University of Indiana At Indianapolis Ladies’ Aid Society of the Reformed Church Devil Billings Ladies Aid Society The Plesant Grove Bethel Church L. M. Dallmeyer Fred Bonnichsen Walter Humiston Rudolph Schlichting Martha Butler Columbus Junction Mar Lawrence Cutkomp Fred M. Cutkomp Wapello Iowa State College Ames Ithaca N. Y

Low Wages Hit Broad And Narrow Groups

The passage notes wage concessions affect extremely low wage earners more than a larger segment, with two-thirds of the value redirected to a better fixed group. It implies a skewed distribution benefiting a small group while minimal gains reach the poorest workers.

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