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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1937
Page
5
Officers are Samuel Wittmer president Tom Gray vice president Beverly Baker treasurer and Bertha Reinert secretary The 1937 class colors are green and gold The class flower is gardenia and motto reads The past forever gone the future still our own.
Homestead Farm May 28 reports a speedy poison-based gopher control using strychnine treated potato slices placed in a box and dropped into tunnels via an anther stake. The method claims faster results than trapping, with cautions on handling and safety.
A fragment recounts a violent figure who hunted and killed wildlife in English River township, leaving no wild home remaining. The narrative emphasizes the role of a mysterious white man in the ongoing destruction and extinction of local animals.
Mrs Harry Bishop returns home to Crawfordsville after two weeks helping care for newborn Richard Lee at the Cole residence. Visitors from Ineworth and Durant joined local residents including Miss Olive Moore and Mrs Rose Moorehead attending events and observing commencement in Sigourney.
Moorhead will remain here for a longer visit, extending the originally planned schedule and keeping the guest in the area for additional days.
West Sunset May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Waktes Prot man and daughter and other Missouri friends visit the Will Mitchell home for breakfast. Local gatherings include guests from Bowling Green Descheines Chariton and Washington with various family visits and Sunday meals.
Verdi Mayor Cedar school closed Friday with a pot luck supper and a short program. Mr and Mrs T T Hendrin and Myrtle Nita and Charles Crandal of Brighton visited the Bairds. Stanley Baird visited the Hoxworths Tuesday. Ray Miller and Cecil Catman with their families spent Sunday at the Ed Miller home. Ray Miller is using his time locally.
Orville Sparrow owner of the Columbus Canning factory received 150000 tomato plants shipped from the south. Farmers and truckers in Columbus Junction will plant and harvest tomatoes for the factory. Rev S F Bishop former Columbus City Methodist pastor dies at 86. Survived by son Walter C Bishop and sister in law Jennie Bard. Mrs Katherine Rosa breaks left wrist. Rosalie Morgan suffers broken rib and arm from home incident. Arthur Barnard opens a fish market on town east edge. Girls circle of United Presbyterian church met Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Peter Widmer were surprised after church Sunday as their son Paul and his wife invited relatives and friends to a basket dinner celebrating the couple’s 30th anniversary. Attendees included Rev EF Welty and many Widmer family members.
Edd Miss Evelyn Hoxworth Miller helped his father and stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. Charles Crandall is spending a week with his sister Mrs. Stanley Baird.
Riverside reports a Corpus Christi celebration at St Marys church with a 7 am high mass and solemn procession to benediction at three altars. A 1 pm low mass is planned. The town also logged a storm darkening streets with three fourths inch rain.
Local notes from North Prairie Flower record visits and family news among residents. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Fd Kleinberg, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bear, Clifford Freel, Harley Davison, Mrs. Elizabeth Youne, Edna Wittrie, Elizabeth Schully, Fred Jarvis, Joe Lease, Caseie Patterson, Allen Patterson, F. M. Smith, Mikle, Donald Smith, Ralph Oldfield, Alice Oldfield, Jessa Shalla.
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