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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
6
Riverside high school seniors practice two one act plays titled Home to Mother and For. The group rehearses in Riverside with a contest in Wellman on March 12.
County officers include County Attorney John Owen County Auditor Stan Kiesery County Clerk R R Noonan County Engineer W P Shawn County Welfare Director Mrs Payne Marshall County Recorder Harriet Coulter County Sheriff Harold Putnam County Treasurer W E Howell County Supt of Schools Lester B Krabill County Coroner Dr W S Kyle County Supervisors Ned Morrow Clarence Fulton Arthur Wiley Dr Charles C Brown Chiropractor Office opposite Court House Washington Independent School District Superintendent M M Schell Principal of Junior High Miss Ethel McCreedy School Board: President Harry Gamsmeyer secretary C P Weldin Richard A Stewart Henry B Bailey B F Bostwick Jr Marion George A A Lodge No 26 A A M regular meeting first Friday Merle R Green W M A W Yard secretary
A festival at Wellman will stage Whom the Telephone Rings and another play on Monday March 18 in the Wellman venue. Earlier, both plays will be shown in the local high school gymnasium. Mrs Leola Dutler of Riverside runs Leola's Cafe and operates an adjacent ice cream parlor. Mr and Mrs Ira Waltman of Davenport and Mr and Mrs George Deutsch of Riverside visited Cedar Rapids this week to see relatives and friends.
Daily rail and bus timetables list arrivals and departures for local and regional services. Trains No 3 No 25 No 8 and No 26 run on weekdays with specific morning and afternoon departures. buses to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant and other points show multiple daily departures from Washington with notes on ticket purchases at the depot.
Relatives report the Feb 20 birth of a daughter to Ensign and Mrs M L Lesher in Pensacola Florida. Riverside residents note transfers, moved homes and new hires including William Pogge at Grace's Cash Grocery and Captain Ivan Shradel’s transfer to Bushnell General Hospital Utah.
Mrs. Sam Marsh and Mrs. Wm Hink el organized a pot luck supper at Shiloh school Tuesday evening last week to honor Mr and Mrs Orville Caldwell who moved Monday to their new farm home Nearby activity noted by Mrs Hl Schoonover in Shiloh items column
Mrs Joseph E Minecer arrives from London to settle in Lone Tree with her husband Navy man Joseph K Mineer on furlough. Local residents Henry Prymek and others visit and bid farewell as Gail Murdock family relocates to Lone Tree.
Gary Gayle and Lois attended a family dinner at the Frank Min cer home in Lone Tree Sunday. Don ald Dvorsky delivers mail after school due to bad roads, riding his pony.
The article argues leaves and almost any biodegradable organic material can form a compost heap. It advises keeping the pile moist, turning it occasionally, and waiting until the material rots enough to use as a fertilizer substitute. Bonfires waste valuable plant food.
Shorthorn milk cows sold from 108 to 140 dollars at the James Hoben sale on the Pierce farm south west of Columbus Junction. Broad sows brought 58 to 65 dollars, shoots 16 to 16 30, chickens 1 75, manure spreader 123, tractor and corn plow 500, harrow 69, wagon with hay rack 84, combo gas and wood stove 171. Mr and Mrs Hobin moved to an apartment in the Rube Wagner property in Columbus Junction. Klotz and Duncan acted as auctioneers.
The 1946 Harvester analysis shows wages rising after a January strike, materials costs climbing with steel up 8.2 percent, and frozen prices keeping profits down. Management says a large wage increase requires government price relief to cover higher costs, or production and farm machine output will halt.
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