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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
6
A note notes tires certificates are no longer required for recapping a truck and mentions purchasing inner tubes or used farm implement tires. It references periodic inspection of a passenger vehicle.
The notice lists updated ration policies including fuel and gasoline coupons, Sugar Book 4 canning sugar periods and Spare Stamp usage, blue and red stamp validities, processing foods stamps, and periods for home canning sugar applications with deadlines through 1945. It specifies vehicle inspection intervals and local War Price & Rationing Board issuances for tire grades.
Wasmiegton Lodge No 24 IF and A M schedules its regular meeting on the first Friday of each month with D Morrison Jr as W M and A W Yerd as secretary.
Bus and rail timetables show westbound and eastbound trains with speeds daily services from Washington to Davenport Kansas City and beyond. It lists Golden State Limited Southwest Express Californian and mixed trains with departure times and notes for sleeping car passengers coach service and California passengers. Also included are Bee Line Transit buses routes to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Fort Madison Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa and Knoxv local depot pickup and ticket notes.
Snowball News reports multiple local visits and gatherings. Ralph Herr and family joined Everette Dillon for a surprise party near Keota. Capper family at Plecker home. Neff and Jerry at Elmer Neff residence. KleinSchmidt family from San Francisco visiting. and others sharing meals at Plecker and Neff homes.
Spreading seed evenly over soil increases germination. Watch for issues from heating and spoilage when seeds are green and fresh. Store in slim bags and keep seeds upright to preserve viability, an old idea worth recalling.
An advertisement promotes Tromone a medical formula of vitamins and hormones for middle aged men promising renewed vitality and zest. It urges following label directions and lists Geo L McDaniel Drugist as a supplier.
Farm Bureau promotes October as 4 H enrollment month. The notice highlights nationwide 4 H stats, eligibility for rural youths, and aims to double 1944 enrollment for 1945. Enrollment cards are available at the Farm Bureau Office and urges immediate signups.
At a joint 4-H meeting the boys and girls committees laid plans for October enrollment meetings to recruit new members and inform parents. The girls challenged the boys to secure the highest new member percentage, with the loser hosting a county party. A special 4-H page will run in the daily paper and school superintendents will be briefed on 4-H work.
Announcement urges boys ages 1 to 21 and girls 12 to 21 to enlist in the 4-H Victory Army this month. It notes over 25 000 Iowa youth aided via 4-H in 1944 and invites pledges through 4-H members or the County Extension Office, with attendance at meetings and participation in projects and activities.
Parents are urged to consider 4-H benefits for their children. The program trains in food production and conservation for the Victory Army, provides leadership development, and builds practical skills used in home front duties as soldiers are trained.
Mrs Golia Miller, Headliners leader, notes she balances full time clerical work, managing a nine room home, and family letters to her sons in service. Despite longer hours and fewer meetings, she praises the club year, sees younger girls grow, and credits the loyal president for helping the 4-H program.
The report details girl participation in farm activities: 52 girls with 1,500 hours in the family vegetable garden, 51 girls with 2,100 hours in poultry, 46 girls as farmerettes aiding dads with tractors and machinery totaling nearly 5,000 hours, 55 girls assisting with daily chores for 5,700 hours, and six girls working 1,890 hours in other homes.
The Washington county 4-H group reports 359 yeast bread bakeings and 507 quick bread muffins during the year. They made 1 208 dozen cookies in four varieties and baked 544 cakes. They prepared 4 191 meals and planned 3 973 meals.
Ruth Norris Ainsworth reports 93 percent or higher averages and 90 percent or higher in department for first through eighth, sophomore, junior, and senior students listed by grade with names such as Karen Koehler Raymond Black James Wood Alberta Zeiglowsky Carl Hawkins Edith Simp son Leroy Hannen and many others. Perfect attendance noted for six weeks across grades with lists of students including Fred Dunbar Karen Koehler James Quinn Billy McFarland and Mary Lins.
Teachers publish a class roster listing Sophomores Myra Edmondson John Johnson Betty Miller Bruce Pearson Margaret Pfeifer Donald Zwicki Juniors Donald Bean Lloyd McCullough Fred Pfeifer Shirley Simkins Seniors Beverly Butterworth Harold Hall Julia Koehler Tracy Norris Ruth Telford.
Mrs. Lester Butterbaugh and son Leslie visited sister in law Veda Franks in Cedar Rapids. Families including the Lambert, Burham, Greenfield, Witting, Cannon, Pratt, Darbyshire, Kauffman, Caldwell, McCarty, Kephart, Miller, Wasson and Gamon households hosted or visited relatives across Pleasant Hill and Washington.
Mr and Mrs Howard Caldwell spent Wednesday evening at Clyde Lamberts and helped pack 13 overseas boxes for boys from the community to be sent from Pleasant Hill church. Mr and Mrs Bryan Swift and family spent Sunday evening at Glen Pratts.
East Highland reports Tuesday visitors at Frankie J. Mincer home and several local callers including Henry Prymek Eddie Lewis Moberly and Homer. Residents prepare for winter weather and corn harvest as road work returns after two months. Mrs Rose Lundquist spent weekend with relatives. Pvt Leo Rat visited. Frank Skala recovering. neighbors assist moving to a new house on the farm.
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