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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1941
Page
7
Eight families and teachers gathered at Prairie Flower for a noon potluck as students wrapped up the school term. Miss Martin furnished ice cream. it was her final year, leaving fond memories for the group including the Davises, Martins, Fishers, McAvoys, Allers, Dunnes, and other local families.
Burlington residents gathered for a Robertson family picnic with Warren and Margaret Davis and Bob and Belta Ann joining. Nearby visits included Everette Schmitt and Harold Humeston of Washington at Clarence Aller’s, while Beverly and Diana Sprague of West Chester visited Glen Sprague’s home this week.
Mr and Mrs William Shannon visited Iowa City with their two year old Edward for a possible operation. Mr and Mrs Bert Dunbar spent Mother's Day with daughter Mrs Elmer Wade in Keota. Mr and Mrs G A Hess visited Ward McCutcheon home in Washington. Helps Care for Mother Mrs Clarence Aller helps care for her mother Mrs Harry Long of Keota who has been ill. Clarence Aller family shared Mother's Day dinner with Anton Aller and Harry Long families.
May 20 market opened steady then slow with hogs mostly 9.15 to 9.40 for under 260 lb and 9.30+ for 300 lb plus. sows steady and 400 to 500 lb hogs 8.75 to 9.00. Cattle and calves 11,000 with yearlings 10.00 to 11.25, best yearlings 11.00 to 11.26, weighty heifers weaker. one prime load 12.26. Sheep 500 with lambs 9.60 to 11.50, ewes 4.50 and below. Estimated Thursday receipts Cattle 5,000 hogs 12,000 sheep 3,000.
Chicago grain report lists prices for corn oats and soybeans with multiple lots and grades. Mixed, yellow, white varieties show prices and percentages for futures or cash bids. Noted values include mixed corn 73, yellow 7414, 3 yellow old 74, oats 2 feed 6, soybeans 1.42 to 1.424, and other line items.
Chicago May 21 market report shows unsettled produce with receipts totaling 25,699 cases for extra firsts 23 percent and firsts 24 percent. Current receipts 2,914, dirties 21,447. checks 20 percent. Poultry market steady to easy with receipts 34, No 2 hens 15 percent and leghorn hens 17 percent.
Chicago open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats and soybeans across May July and September contracts. Data shows small gains for some grains and losses or flat movement for others with several percentages and price figures in the May 21 release.
Sunday visitors and callers populate the Brighton area as Dan Kleinschmidt and A L Funston with Jean Donovan of Santa Paula California visit the C L Brown and Kenneth Donovan homes. Harry Hamilton and Doyle Brown join Sunday dinners others travel from Coppock Fairfield Keota and Keota area. Mrs Terry Gowey remains ill.
It is the poorest sort of economy to let equipment and buildings run down for the purpose of saving on paint bills, according to paint authorities. Paint not only adds years to the life of the property, but newly applied paint in proper colors increases natural illumination, eliminating eyestrain, speeding production and enhancing employee safety.
Mr and Mrs Walter Fisher visited Sunday with cousins in the Dr Phillips home in Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Glen Watson of Burlington were Mother's Day guests at the Bert Dunbar home. Mrs Watson and boys stayed until Tuesday. On Monday Mrs Imer Wade and Donna of Keola visited at the Dunbar home and on Tuesday Mrs Cloyee Dill was a visitor.
Miss Heber led the Junior primary on a train ride to Olds and they returned by school bus. A summer physical check up event in the high school assessed eyesight, vaccines, and general health for incoming students, with multiple staff assisting. Eighth grade diplomas were awarded, joyfully noted with a Rocking Chair gift to Miss Ann McElhinney, who recently resigned to marry.
Riverside entries recount Mrs Anna Griffin and daughter Mary Gertrude returning from Portland after five months, visits by Gerald Welte and Vivian in Washington, Roy Greeny from Chicago, and numerous Iowa City and Delta visitors. The item fragments mention the Sehlabaugh, Cress, Kosner, Sujka, Soika, Sweeting, Cooney, Page, Keota, and Delta connections amid broader rounds of guests and family travels.
Sunday visitors and calls populate Prairie Flower society page with multiple families and neighbors from Wellman Williamsburg and Iowa City. The piece notes a school picnic closing the term Leonard Booth seventh/eighth grade awards and various visits including Mrs Turnipseed Mrs Thrasher and neighbors.
May 21 in Ainsworth a short end of year program awarded letters for basketball declamatory and music. David Edmondson and Samuel Canott earned first basketball letters others earned second letters with service stripes. Declamatory letters went to Evelyn Powers and Mary Louise Gardner with stripes. Helen Pearson received four. Girls glee club members receiving letters are Lorene Anderson Doris Canott Betty Colthurst Shirley Conry Martha Davis Corrine Edmondson Lois Fitzgerald Mary E Gardner Hazel Hunt Edith Jolly Marion Marston Mildred McCaleb Geraldine McCreedy Martha McGinnis Virginia Miller Betty Olinger Mary Belle Olinger Helen Pearson Mildred Pressly Mary Lea Richards Marion Stephens Connie Stephens Lucille Telford Mabel Thomas. Mrs Trotter II Ward reported Mrs G F Trotter underwent major surgery in Des Moines Iowa Lutheran Hospital. room 214. Returns to Linnville Aletha Macy to Linnville for summer. Lt Col Howard Storee retired and his mother of Sioux City visited Ainsworth last week. Goes to Nebraska S B Sands with daughter and son-in-law Ronald Hay to Lincoln Nebraska for a few weeks. Rev Marion Kilpatrick and wife returned to Clarion after visiting J B Pressly home.
A history traces barn geometric signs to Egyptian origins for soil fertility and livestock, while a Mennonite historian links them to religious freedom. The designs center on star and tulip motifs, with tulips derived from the Rose of Sharon and tied to Christian symbolism.
A community sale notes a large last Friday with 150 cattle sold and 70 cattle current listings. Hogs are scarce with 50 head shares and boars offered. Sheep, hedge posts, hay, straw, and furniture including a kitchen cabinet are sought by Whitaker & Son managers.
Regular meetings of cC.R.L & P. Westbound Washington Lodge No. 26 led by W M Lee Holland and Sec A W Yard. Train westbound No 3 and No 4 Golden State Limited stops, No 2 Local eastbound, and Calfornian No 44, plus Knoxville Branch No 4380 with departures and local connections. Burlington Trailway buses No 8 to 9 and No 2 to 6 to Chicago and Omaha, with depot info and tickets via AL CANTONI, Agent.
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