Pupils to Promote War Savings Stamp Drive in Schools
Washington school pupils lead an essay contest on war savings stamps to boost purchases. Classes from kindergarten to high school will write essays under English teachers, with top entrants to speak in public venues. Rural schools join the effort as county superintendent Miss Katherine Stichter distributes literature. Lincoln school reports 128 of 153 pupils invested, with room standings listed.
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Cirta
Washington
Four Minute
Katherine Stichter
Washington Public
Lincoln School
Lincoln
Heights
Wallace
McKee
Lines
Garden League seeks more ground for war gardens
The War Garden League reports a shortage of plots for food cultivation along the Burlington right of way. Preference goes to previously cultivated tracts and nearby owners, with company employees prioritized. Inquiries should contact the local station agent or foreman to apply for available plots amid growing demand.
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War Garden League
Garden League
Kunath
Burlington Railway
Washington
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Fize
Clocks Set Ahead to Save Daylight Next Week
Public notices urge all institutions and households to advance clocks one hour to align with a new daylight saving law taking effect Sunday March 31 at 2 AM. Churches schools banks stores post office and trains will follow. Individuals must adjust at home to avoid being late and preserve daylight after work.
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Tsual
Bird house exhibit draws crowd at old Methodist church
Local notices urge attendance at the bird house exhibit held Friday and Saturday at the old Methodist church with afternoon and evening hours.
Presbyterian Choir Final Cantata Practice and Club Meetings
Final chorus practice for the Presbyterian cantata with full orchestra at 7 30 pm and soloists at 7 pm. Women's Missionary Society of First United Presbyterian meets Friday at 2 30 pm with Red Cross sewing and needs needles and thimbles. Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 50 pm to choose convention delegates. program by Mrs Emma Anderson and Mrs Nel Sexton. Lent offering requested. Port nightly club Music Department meets Monday at 7 30 pm with Miss Mary Kunter. members requested to attend and participate. A called meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the MKE church follows the Home Missionary meeting Friday afternoon at Mrs Cocklin’s home.
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W. M.S. Zed
First United Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
Women’s Missionary Society of the
W. A. Wilson
Jiome Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
S. J. Cocklin
Emma Anderson
Nel Sexton
Port
Mary Kunter
Ladies’Aid Society
M. KE
Woman's Home Missionary
Ss. J. Cocklin
Second United Presbyterian Church Adopts Daylight Saving Schedule
The church will follow the daylight saving plan starting Sabbath March 1 with service times shifted by one hour earlier, though clock hours remain the same.
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Second United Presbyterian Church
Social Tonight at Methodist Church in Old Style Attire
The Methodist church social is planned for this evening with a dress in old style code and penalties for noncompliance. Gent’s Furnishings owner Fred Jardon underwent a serious appendicitis operation yesterday at Washington County Hospital and remains in serious condition. A bird house exhibit at the old church opens tomorrow at 3 PM with hours through 6 PM and again 7 PM, continuing Saturday afternoon and evening. over a hundred entries by local students, free for school children, nickel for adults.
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The
Methodist Church
Fred Jardon
North Side
Gent
Washington County Hospital
Hirdhouse
Old Methodist Church
Hops Into Army
A telegram from Rev. John E. Simpson of Pineburn states his son has been accepted into the army, marking a new step in his military service.
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Simpson
John E. “Inpeon
Pineburnl
Army Y. MC
Pigs Sold for Shipment to Chicago Market
Eighty head of June pigs sold to Harry Whittaker for shipment to Chicago. They averaged 259 pounds each. The work was to be done in America for about five months before sending to France.
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America
France
Joe Wrist
Harry Whittaker
Chicago
Machinists enlistment surge in Washington county
Harry McCreedy of Haskins has applied to the exemption board for enlistment in the aero squadron machinist service. He brings the count to thirteen applicants from Washington county. Ralph Boyd of Haskins, attending an automobile and tractor school in Kansas City, is expected to Volum.
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Kolistos
Aero Squadron
Army
Washington County
Harry McCreedy
Haskins
Ralph Boyd
Kansas City
Draft Board Seeks Additional Applications in County
The board notes that an earlier request to reduce workers and fill a branch of the service was withdrawn before acceptance. There is no need to use the draft to secure the men desired in Lila county. The board would welcome a few more applications.
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Washington
Teer
McCreedy Uride
Lila County
Fire damages J and Busby home on East Main Street
Fire caused extensive damage to the J and Busby residence on East Main Street. A chimney spark, driven by the east wind, ignited the garret and burned a large roof area before discovery. Flames were checked by chemicals and the fire company, preventing deeper damage.
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J. & Busby
East Main Street
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