Community notes touch on peace paths and civic programs
A collage of brief items covers Willard Goslin’s five paths to peace, a stop in regulation excess with Florida stencil lore, Iowa farms shifting from horses to tractors boosting hog and dairy output, rising liquor spending and tax take, farm safety focus in spring cleanup, and the Boulder Hoover dam name change upheld by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Sharon
Congress
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
May 15 Straw Hat Day Draws Attention To Gardens
The notes highlight Mrs Merle Lytle planting nas tuvium seeds in a stump and discovering baby rabbits two days later. Mrs Orva Scott is praised for green thumb plantings and hosting visitors to admire her shrubs and perennials including a new blue iris and peach blossom tulips. The piece muses on straw hat day and timeless women’s hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Lytle
Orva Scott
Catalogues and neighbors spark observations on life
The piece notes Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck catalogues as large books and jokes about their sizes. It mentions Mrs. John Lihe moving to South Second Avenue, her garden work, a vacuum salesman quip, Mrs. Karl Schmidt’s winter-kill thoughts, and a planned study on gardens. It also highlights concerns about highway danger and a young Douglas Harris Jr. showing early cartoonist promise from Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery
Sears
John Lihe
South Second Avenue
Karl Schmidt
Iowa
Schmidts
New York
Schmidt
Vet tor Attends Meeting of Soft Water Company
Keith L. Vetter, owner of Culligan Soft Water Service, and hundreds of operators from nearby states met at the Savory hotel in Des Moines for the first annual district convention. Culligan Zeolite officials discussed future water softening plans as the firm expands nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith L. Vetter
Culligan Soft Water Service
E. van Buren St
Culligan Soft
Savory Hotel
Des Moines
Vetter
Culligan Zeolite Company
Northbrook
Ill
Washington
New York
California
Hardscrabble social notes from Hardscrabble May edition
Mrs. John Robertson and daughter own a deluxe Plymouth from Miller garage Westchester. Dr. and Mrs. Wendell Shaffer of Iowa City stayed at the Robertson home. Mrs. Wayne Arnold visited family. Archer Augustine hosted Sunday dinner with Fred Zieglovsky. The Griggs and Lynn families spent time with relatives. Esther Bauer visited Virginia Grieš at school in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Griggs
John Robertsons
Westchest
Wendell Shaffer
Iowa City
John Robertson
Wayne Arnold
Archer Augustine
Fred Zieglowsky
Columbus Junction
D. C. Griggs
Clarence Lynn
Kyle
Laurel Statler
Lynn
Mr. Kyle
Esther Bauer
Virginia Grie&s
Washington
Scott Wilcox
Ainsworth
Robertson
Charles Robertson
Baccalaureate Services Held at West Chester
Mr and Mrs Glenn Gordon and families attended Baccalaureate services at West Chester Sunday evening. Mrs O J Rice Mrs Gordon Mrs Matt Wehr and daughters Mrs Griggs and Virginia were present. Cathlene Wehr and Virginia Griggs sang with the school chorus.
Wood Fire Basics for Heating and Combustion
A mix of hard and soft woods such as oak and pine makes a steady fire. Sparks come from chestnut butternut tamarack and spruce which should be burned behind a screen. Green wood has low heat value due to moisture content ranging from 25 to over 50 percent by weight. The energy used to evaporate moisture is lost as heat.
Washington Evening Journal Publication Details
The Evening Journal is published in Washington Iowa with R KE Shannon as publisher and W J Shannon as advertising manager The paper notes staff roles including managing editor Dave R Elder news editor W J Shannon and plant superintendent Max Marble It is printed afternoons except Sundays and entered as second class matter under the March 30 1879 act at the Washington post office It lists affiliations with United Press Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association Iowa Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription rates are per week by carrier in Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Evening Journal
Washington Lone Elder, Shannon & Co
R KE. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Boy Remembers Days On The Floor With Fun Nies
A fragment recalls a boy on the floor poring over the funnies, a childhood scene tied to newspaper culture. The line hints at nostalgia for Sunday comic pages and the joy of reading.
She Had It Coming On A Street Car Scene
Two young women ride a street car. One plots to stealing a seat from a man who jokes about being married. She greets him with a fake politeness, then the man rises and lets her sit, quipping about washing day and his wife’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Green
Tam
Jane
Also Mentioned on This Page
ABC
Agricultural Department
Ona
Cherokee County
Polk County Board of Supervisors
National House of Representatives
Don Herold
Florida
Trafic
Willard Goslin
Chools
Minneapolis
Town
Towa
Creston News
Lake Mills
C. L. Baker
Douglas Harris Jr
Waverly
Vettor
SOFT
Combine Fire Woods
Ee Sho
Scott Furniture CO
R. G. Wessler
Sterling
Yoder
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
EB. Wash
Limestone
Water’s
West Chester
Willis Richards
Mend Ruud and Smith
Permaglas
Owa Southern
Erwin Bros
Washington, Iowa
BE Chic Young
Blondie
Miss Teasley
Gus Stop
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Brown
Brown Finance Co
Court House
W. Main Brown
Finance Co
Wayne Roofing & Siding CO
John Wayne
Ben Fitzgerald
South Ave
Shield’s
Ea A
Mary Lee
Hollywood Box
Hollywood 28
Calif
Harry
Finance Company
Rayburn Land CO
East Side Sq
Washington, Ta
Barden Insulation Service
C. FE. Clark
Keota
BABY
New Hampshire Reds
White Rocks
Austin Whites
White Leghorns
Rock
Red Cross
Reister Hatchery
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
Washington Dairy
Fra
Reister
Creamery
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
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