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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
8
Periods listed show class blocks and room numbers for May 4 201. Includes Speech 201 Caesar 105 Home Management and Music Appreciation 201 Girls Agriculture 201. June 3 Bible 104 Virgil 105 French 203 Sociology Period 2 Physiology arithmetic solid Geometry 112.
Lincoln kindergartens cut wood to make bird houses for wrens and study birds, recognizing about fifteen species. The garden is productive with vegetables thriving. In first primary, David Hender is absent with chicken pox and Billy Askew out with a cold. A class spelling group includes Owen Gingerich, John Haygreen, James Logan, Robert Logan, and Bobby Leebl.
Homestead Farm May 19 report notes seed corn is small causing planters to drop excessive kernels in hills. James Chaulapa assists with planting Joe Helka’s corn and prepares fields, while Mrs. Albert Stumpf improves from neuritis and rheumatic pains. Egg prices show two cent per dozen gap between No 1 and No 2 white Leghorns. Showers fall and tractors stall on hillsides and low lands. cherry trees show promising fruit with two year crop prospects if weather stays favorable.
Read Weekly News covers second grade readers and two editions of the magazine with topics on fishing boats and animals. The class splits into groups reading Our Friends at Home and School and Round About. Arithmetic focuses on penny nickel and dime with a money chart. Several students out with illnesses, coronation address lesson, and grade progress notes include division practice and high marks.
The forecast lists showers for tonight and Thursday with a warmer trend expected. Top hog market price noted at 11.87 dollars, reflecting futures or regional livestock activity.
In a busy meet, Thompson dominates the dash while Hustle wins multiple sprints. Fink displays a javelin throw and a vault effort, with MeAwoy, Honts, and Owen contributing in field events. The Woodford and Howard relays showcase strong team depth, and Whittle and Mikec headline the hurdles as Whittle’s team edges the field.
A quirky recap notes Virginia Crull’s husky voice and Gin’s beaming face in a Carnival week memory. Owen resents returning from the side show while George Freshwaters and Johnson clash with Mr Gingerich over an Andrew Jackson Washington travel debate. Headlines hint at future track team ideas and sprint notes.
In world history pupils study conditions before and after World War I while Miss Anderson’s freshmen write business letters. Biology students learn conservation and national parks. Typing work expands this week. Bible class finishes Paul study with maps of his three journeys and letters to churches. Reports reflect postschool career plans and wages. Junior French dramatizes The Rise of Silas Lamb on Wednesday with four participants. Mother's Day booklets by high school and junior college students are sold at Nicola Harmon. Miss Keeney rehearses Senior Class play A Full House.
A statewide study shows 75 Iowa cities with populations under 5 000 spent 7 04 per person for the year ending March 31 1936. Total operating costs reached 1 613 829 with Independence highest at 11 96 and Mystic lowest at 1 76 per capita.
RKO Radio presents You Cant Buy Luck a drama of superstition and romance starring Onslow Stevens and Helen Mack at the Fox. A race horse owner clings to luck through charitable deeds leading to tragedy as an orphanage worker helps him face true values. Stevens recently returned to film after Stage Door.
Robert Barrat plays a harsh villain in Mountain Justice as the cruel father who disciplines his daughters with a whip. The portrayal is harsher than any stage villain and aims to shock with sheer brutality.
The article notes two actors named Robert Barart from Mountain Justice and credits Mrs Hutchinson Geor George Brent under Michael Curtiz directing. The film will screen at the State Theater on Thursday.
Marshalltown officials announce a June 8 water festival drawing about 1500 people to mark the dedication of a new 50000 dollar swimming pool featuring numerous contests and events.
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