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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1951
Page
8
Local notes show the Lyle Fry family and others attending a Snodgrass reunion in Delta on Sunday. Several Kalona and Riverside residents are listed visiting relatives, with Mother's Day gatherings and baccalaureate services noted for area families.
Small Jimmy Jones travels from the Nether lands and visits friend Sammi. Conversation centers on two cities he enjoyed most, with playful mispronunciations about Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Sammi notes the corrected names and Mama’s warning about bad words.
New York mob figure Louis Weber received a maximum five year term and a $2000 fine for lying to the senate crime investigating committee. James J. Moran, allied with ex mayor William O Dwyer, drew the same sentence for the same offense. Willard Bell and family relocate to Washington from Davenport to begin a new home. Bell works at Tucker Chevrolet.
Washington County ministers gather at Wellman in a church visit after a cooperative dinner. Attendees include Rev. Vernon Pike West Chester Rev. C H Boos Crawfordsville Rev. Lawrence Jones Kalona Rev Claude Cooper Muscatine Rev B H Finch Wilton Junction Rev Roger Crabtree Winfield and others. Local visitors and Mother's Day guests are noted along with community changes and the town flower project urging planting petunias.
Garden club women supervised planting while Lloyd Bull recovers at home after major surgery in Mercy hospital Iowa City. Mrs Detweiler suffers foot infection. Mr and Mrs Ray Wittrig drove to Blocton Friday for the commencement. niece Marilyn Thrig, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merton Thrig, was a graduate.
Local notes recount neighbors attending Viescha Days in Ames and Niota while others host relatives from Des Moines Sacramento and Trenton. The dry spell spurs spring planting with gardens being hoed and crops started, as town streets show few daytime visitors.
Arthur Barnes associate professor of journalism at the State University of Iowa will address West Chester seniors at commencement Thursday evening May 24 at 8 o clock. Barnes is an Iowa native born in Eagle Grove and has served on the university staff since 1945.
A three block wide tornado struck Olney Texas killing two people and injuring thirty. It caused substantial property damage with estimates ranging up to a million dollars, demolishing about 50 homes and damaging many more.
Michael A Dietroit 17 suffered second degree burns after a Cass Tech aeronautical club initiation used an electric magneto. Douglas Brisbee was stripped to the waist painted with silver, flames arose when instructor Arthur Elges touched him. He was saved from worse injury by rapid intervention at hospital.
Parcel post rates will go up 25 percent on October 1 after Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson received clearance from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Congress typically sets rates, but an old law allows the ICC to pave the way with its consent.
The 1950 total of 397 700 acres planted by trees in the United States shows private individuals and organizations owning 73 percent. This reflects an increase of 131 300 acres from 1949, indicating growth in tree planting over the prior year.
At the hospital Mrs. John Miller of Brighton underwent surgery Friday. Others admitted include Roy T. Quinn of Columbus Junction and Loretta Dacy for surgical procedures. Dismissals include Mrs. Harold Cline and Carol Letts plus Larry Thornton and Roger Booth. A mother and her baby daughter are listed as discharged in Wayland. Births: Keith Yoder of Kalona and Don Norenberg of Kalona welcome daughters.
Ten years ago today a federal census bulletin was issued, sharing additional Iowa data and details on Washington County not disclosed in prior 1940 census reports.
Round Grove reports the Milwaukee Bug passenger trains no longer run on the track this week. Eastbound service ended May 5 with the westbound route changing days. residents note the whistle and routine morning checks no longer occur. Corn planting advances as Eddie Miller is first known to plant. Local families share news of hospital visits, dinners, and Mother's Day gatherings.
Orville Courtney son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Courtney has arrived from Versailles Missouri to spend a week visiting friends and relatives.
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