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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1934
Page
2
Chicago markets show slow demand with cattle and hogs easing. Hog totals reach 22 000 with top at 3.70 and 4.20 for the year. cattle and calves totals near 7 000 and 2000 respectively with varied range by weight and grade. Sheep runs around 13 000 with lambs steady and prices noted across weight classes.
Chicago market notes show steady prices across eggs butter and poultry with varied receipts and quality categories. Eggs receipts 39 635 cases firsts and dirties mix. butter receipts 20 582 pounds with several grade splits. poultry supplies include fowls sprinters broilers and turkeys, totals by category and truck counts. potatoes on track with shipments and steady market.
Chicago market notes show No 2 mixed corn at 49 No 2 yellow around 49 to 50 with new bills. No 5 yellow at 48 and No 2 white at 53 percent. sample grades run 43 to 49. Receipts listed at 42 cars.
Community social at Havre School Tuesday evening invites all with sandwiches and desserts. Baptist Young Women's Missionary Society meets at 7 30 with Mrs Aiken Reynolds in apartment No 2 over Lemmon's Jewelry.
Rev. A N Porter preached the baccalaureate in the school auditorium with the class motto Honor Waits at Labour's Gate. The ceremony featured a processional, prayers, and a sermon titled It's Up To You, citing figures like Booker T. Washington and Lincoln as examples of character and duty.
Wednesday plan lists a breakfast in the women s room at the Y M C A and a Kolah club meeting with Mrs Lauder Kennedy in the afternoon. Unit 9 of the Methodist Ladies Aid meets at 2 90 Wednesday at Mrs Hal Richards home.
D F Macon provides brief items from nearby towns through the Journal’s subscription representative. This column compiles civic happenings, local notes, and short updates reflecting community life and public interest.
Early Monday, C. G. Anderson, John Erlen bush, Jim Thompson and John Gamon of near Pleasant Hill joined farmers arriving in town to market hogs as stores prepared to open and purchases began.
Harry Bishop from west of Crawfordsville arrived in town early and donated four dollars for the home daily. The note praises his timely aid and the town’s early start as farmers rise around five in the morning to enjoy the fresh morning air.
Joe Arnold from north of Brigh ton says he is waiting to see a doctor or possibly to get medicine. The remark reflects local health access concerns.
L. V. Hazen on the Crozier farm northwest of Ainsworth has many pear trees that will bear fruit. Duane worked his fields while other youngsters visited Wildcat Den and took in Muscatine, a picture show, and a day of leisure by bus.
Wayne Lambert plants 125 acres of corn while his father I F Lambert travels to Peoria with a truckload of hogs.
Boyd Foster and Jack Mc Creedy undertake a roof project on Bethel Church using high quality shin gles praised as among the best wood shingles seen.
Lon Burris works on tile removal on the Smouse farm preparing for wetter weather as conditions stay dry today.
Mrs. W. P. Ramsay with Greta and Wesy have twenty acres of corn planted and ten more to plant. Neighbors report excellent farming conditions and notably fine oats for this spring.
The Ladies Aid of West Chester meets in the church on Wednesday May 9 with serving committee Mrs. Will Embree, Mrs. R. C. Ferguson and Mrs. Edgar Stewart. C. D. of A holds a regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm. The Harmony club meets with Mrs. Don McLaughlin on Wednesday May 9 for officer elections. Eureka Ladies Aid meets Wednesday afternoon May 9 with Mrs. Forrest Walker to sew a comfort top. Fortnightly club Child Study dept meets 2 30 pm Wednesday May 9 at the Y with a date and place change.
The Y W C A board met in the women's room to plan the annual drive set for Wednesday May 9. Some 50 workers will be hosted at an eight o'clock breakfast organized by Mrs George Stewart and Mrs Leland Morrison.
Neighbors report J W Lasek and Joe Lukovsky traded farms last spring and now live where the other did. Richard Have with wife left Kenneth eight months old with the Laseks. Frank Kallous family away. Carl Arlene and Betty home from school. hundreds of chickens fourteen setting ducks and other poultry plus puppies and kittens seen on the farm. Ruth Shalla has taught there for five years.
The piece describes directing people to Riverside by the Milt Wollrab farm with trees fruit shrubbery and buildings. It mentions parents Harry Donald and Verle maintaining the farm and notes field conditions and farming activity in nearby Cotter including Amory Peters and Kay Duncan. Norman Bean cites dust in fields and farm work moving toward completion today Tuesday.
Lee Sands near Haskins showcases some of the finest popcorn seen, highlighting quality kernels and local tasting interest.
Ainsworth residents extend thanks to Harry Duncan for faithful support to the town and daily home affairs. Gratitude recalls his favors since their acquaintance began.
Brewis aims to recruit more members by moving the annual date to May and plans a larger program. A new Older People department under Mrs Harry Turner will host a Woman's Exchange with items by older women for display and sale. The W. A. Shoe Fund reports 155 plus pairs bought for schoolchildren and new donations from organizations and individuals. Breakfast is served at eight with worker instructions.
The fifth and last lesson of the second year nutrition course studied by Jackson Township Party Bureau women featured a buffet luncheon at noon with twenty one women attending. The menu included chicken timbales baked potatoes half shell rolls jelly cabbage salad fruit Bavarian cream macaroons coffee and mints. Menus for future occasions were discussed.
County Agent Roudybush describes a mezzanine being built in the Farm Bureau office back room. The partial second story will store materials and hold a desk for office work. A collapsible stairway will access the elevated space over the small storage room.
Several hundred people attended the regular community sale Saturday at the Whittaker yard. About ninety head of cattle sold at good prices and a supply of 165 hedge posts from Illinois brought 39 percent of the sale. The events provide a convenient market for farmers to sell small consignments.
The Fortnightly club's annual May party winds up the year Tuesday May 22 at United Presbyterian church with a 6 20 dinner. The Literature and Public Affairs departments sponsor the event and a guest speaker is planned. Tickets are sold through departments and Bridges' store, with no reservations for unpaid plates.
Sunday night suppers and lunches marked the season as fourteen township meetings featured leaders Will Shalla Ray Bell and others. The group studied Meal Planning for the Whole Family and prepared a balanced one dish noon meal with rolled flank steak corn muffins butter jelly and canned pears. Thirteen new attendees joined the sessions.
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