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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1943
Page
4
Norma ends up rescued by Fletcher Carey after a dangerous night on the trail. Carey apologizes for his earlier roughness and admits he has followed her. as they ride back to the ranch she concedes changing feelings and hints she knew he was tailing her.
About 1.6 million farm workers left farms during 1942. Industry absorbed 910,000 workers and the armed forces took 694,000 workers.
Virginia native Thomas Paine Westendorf wrote the ballad I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen while living in Louisville in 1875. An illness and a move to New York inspired him to improvise after reading a frayed old barney sheet, and the song found a Cincinnati publisher and Irish parishioners in Louisville adopted it.
Nova Scotia, though half the size of Ohio, contains nine areas named Ohio within its borders. Three of these Ohio locales are served by Canadian National Railways, highlighting a quirky cartographic coincidence across Canada.
Food production in Great Britain has risen about 50 percent since the war began, signaling stronger domestic supply. The increase reflects wartime measures to boost agriculture and allocation of resources toward staple foods.
In Crawfordsville on May 15 a large audience attended the high school commencement. Diplomas were presented by Supt. D W Githens and Frank Gault with program items including Mantle and Salutatory addresses, a Dr Fred J Hinkhouse commencement address, and medals to scholars pending end of the war. The blackout disrupted the event briefly as some country attendees waited to depart.
Pleasant Hill writer Mrs Naomi Kephart records a weekend of visits to homes of Kephart, Scranton, Wasson, Anderson, and others. The piece notes Sunday dinners, picnics, church activities, a baccalureate service in Washington, a Will Miller wedding anniversary, Bert Lambert birthday, and local graduation exercises at Keota.
Sunday dinner guests at multiple homes marked a day of visits. J E Adams hosted Will McConnell and others in Ainsworth while Myrla Stephens and Pauline Oxley joined Boyd Stephens and family. Henry Sears and Della Long visited the McGraw home as Debby joined H J Brenneman and family.
A string of local gatherings includes Stephens Mayer families hosting Young Married People in a Presbyterian class party at Luther Crom's home, and Ralph Kleese hosting. Barbara and Virginie Dare recover from measles. Mrs Cher ry's 80th celebration features 28 luncheon guests and a surprise guest.
Mrs Ella Cherry of Zion NL formerly of Washington observed her 80th birthday on Saturday May 1 and was guest of honor.
Members of the Junior Fortnightly Club enjoyed a picnic supper at Sunset Park. Twelve guests attended including Anna Waggoner Xinia Sheets Marjorie Thomson Margaret Applegate and Eselyn Biechmann. Departing early due to the cold evening.
A winter pig feeding guideline recommends a ration including five to ten percent leafy green legume hay to supplement winter forage.
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