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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1929
Page
7
A Brighton chapter meeting was held at 5 o clock Tuesday evening with Mrs Carrie Miley presiding. The agenda included initiation and a report on state convention. A committee served a two course luncheon using P E O color yellow in the decorations as members prepared to attend a later play.
A flood of local visitors spent Sunday and Monday with families in Meadville Missouri related to Mrs WEO George Bray and others. Roads were crowded with cars, farming reportedly halted by rain, and community events including a high school play and church service were referenced amid broader chatter of neighborhood visits and upcoming travel plans.
Professor Floyd Field of the Georgia Tech has bought a new Model A Ford after his old car logged 150,040 miles, burning 19,000 gallons of gas, and wearing out 17 sets of tires. The Lincoln plant houses the world’s largest Ford power press used to shape tenders wheel housings and radiator shells. it weighs 250,000 pounds and stands over twenty feet tall.
Pontiac plant operations at Oakland Park face strain from booming demand as production nears peak capacity. Shifts remain tight despite a multirail expansion plan including a new Pontiac Six model to be launched in April, following a record year for the six. The facility sits on a large undeveloped plot that could support further expansion to meet rising sales.
Notice announces a Muscatine meeting on May 20 for phase planning and banquet. secretary Mrs Rene Bickford must be notified by Monday. A large attendance is expected at the initiation ceremony and a Sunday afternoon march and memorial service at the Baptist church.
Mrs Ralph Williams and her daughter Helen Johnson arrived home after a trip to Ainsworth. They attended the Stickley sale and related activities yesterday.
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