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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1948
Page
2
A lively senior clash featured players Doc DiGvemg Gibson and John Tucker. The write up notes a terrific struggle with the hungriest team prevailing in a dinner game context.
Local residents and visitors are listed with their recent travels and hosting duties. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chance and Mary Ann toured through Des Moines en route home from the Y's Men’s conclave. Jean McCall spent the weekend with her parents in Muscatine. East Moiline Illinois residents and the Beaty family hosted relatives for the weekend. Tom Carson hosted family from Ames and Nashville. P. J. Clancy returned to Park Rapids after two weeks with his sisters. Dr. and Mrs. Etter attended Founder's week in Kirksville. Mrs. Churchill visited Webster City and her grandson with Howard Bailey.
Saturday admissions include Mrs Rosella Moore in Crawfordsville and Carl Gosling in Ainsworth for surgical care. Sunday adds Waren Shafer from Ottumwa and Mrs Norman Bean in Ainsworth and Kenneth Cadwell in Columbus Junction for surgical, with Kenneth Fuller in Crawfordsville undergoing tonsillectomy. Dismissals list Mrs Roy Henderson, Mrs Robert Keyser, and Mrs John Hyde in Brighton, plus Mrs Emerson Swartz Endruber and her son in Wellman. Birth records note Mr and Mrs Everett Spanier Packwood welcomed a daughter at 6 05 a.m.
Mr and Mrs C C Courtney tour the west visiting many states. John Humble of Kansas City visited his parents in town and drove his mother to Dubuque. Numerous households host relatives and friends from Dubuque to Lamont with weekend visits and church dinners noted.
At Fenway Park Boston hosts Cleveland in the first AL pennant playoff for the right to meet the Boston Braves in the 1948 World Series. Red Sox favored 7 to 5, Yankees out, Braves awaiting the outcome, Feller unable to stop Detroit in another crucial turn.
If fence posts are cut and peeled treat them with coal tar creosote or pentachlorophene before using them as replacements or for new fences.
Ted Kesting surveys waterfowl decline from 1934 to 1946, noting marsh drainage and drought. He cites U S Fish and Wildlife Service fights to restore habitats, sanctuary networks, and rising hunter pressure after World War II, urging shared stewardship and conservation.
First prize goes to Mrs George E F Boller of Wayland for seven dollars with three errors. Second prize shared by Robert L Clark for three dollars with five errors. Third prize eleven winners receive eighteen cents each. call Journal office for prize money.
Mrs. George KE Boller of Wayland won first in last week’s football contest with only three errors. Bob Clark took second as eleven others trailed by one mistake. Official entry blanks are at local firms. entries due Thursday after noon. Results include Cornell 12 Navy 7 Notre Dame 46 Pittsburgh 0 and Kansas 49 Colorado 7 among other games.
Northwestern climbs into co favorite status in the Big Nine after a 21 to 0 upset of Purdue. Minnesota prepares for its league opener as the two teams meet in Evanston, while Indiana preserves an undefeated league run with a 7 to 0 win over Iowa. Wisconsin edges Illinois 20 to 16 as conference play continues.
The article notes modern industry utilizes about 1,100 different cordage kinds from twine for bundling to heavy hawsers for ocean vessels, illustrating the range of rope products in commercial use.
School notes from West Chester Chronicle cover football victory 20 0 at Kalona after a heavy penalty. It highlights class reporters and student progress in English Macbeth government history biology and math with student scores in typing and time tests.
Permelia R. Lay, manager of the Washington County Employment Service, reports September activities including 423 receptions, 16 new work applications, 66 job interviews, 32 employers contacted, and 49 employer orders for 80 workers. Of referrals, 34 women, 86 veterans, and 45 non veterans were sent to non farm jobs with 11 handicapped. 36 to farm jobs. Placements totaled 22 women, 7 veterans, 20 non veterans in non farm jobs and 3 placements for veterans and 1 non veteran in farm jobs, with 2 veterans and 1 non veteran among those placed being physically handicapped. The high referral to placement rate reflects worker scarcity while seasonal work remains peak, as some construction workers seek indoor work for winter. This week marks National Employ the Physically Handicapped week encouraging employer inventories of suitable openings.
Harvey Hansen, 29, of Harlan, is jailed in Shelby County awaiting arraignment on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Sheriff Orrel Gearhart said Hansen fired a .410 shotgun at a car on Highway 59 near here early yesterday morning. no one was injured as pellets hit the rear of the vehicle carrying three people. He was captured yesterday afternoon at the edge of Harlan while returning from a county wide search. He is expected to be arraigned tomorrow.
Mineral services were conducted at the graveside in Clay cemetery Saturday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. H. J. Darrimple and Dr. Montgomery in charge. Pallbearers were Ray Waterman Frank Brown Bruce Robinson and R. E. Brown. Arrangements were by Jones funeral home.
Twenty seven members attended the Women's Relief corps session Saturday at 2 pm in the Legion room. President Mrs R J Daw son led the opening with America and the flag salute. Chaplin Mrs Charles Anderson read scripture as the Lord s prayer and American creed were recited. The relief committee reported 75 50 spent on clothing and cash and fifty six en a month. Plans for the district convention on November 10 were discussed. The meeting closed with the flag furling and Star Spangled Banner as refreshments were served.
The article notes that bright colors enhance spinner flies and highlights patterns such as Parmediene Belle Red This and Montreal as effective examples for attractors and visibility in fishing lures.
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