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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
6
Mrs. Lee Norris Ainsworth heads the Newslites staff with students listed as contributors. On October 19 the school paper previews its staff lineup and upcoming edition.
The seniors elect Jim Clegg as president and Quentin Jenkins as vice president with Bob Gerot as secretary treasurer and Audra O Connor as class reporter. Bob White leads juniors with Jeanette Wood as vice president Betty Wood as treasurer and Delores Stewart as reporter. Sophomores pick Ronald Crawford as president with Carol Gosling as vice president Lou Jean Spessard as treasurer and Dorothy Hunt as reporter. Freshmen name Dwain Crawford president Jo Ann Smith as vice president Dale Roberts as treasurer and David Stout as reporter.
Wilson and sister Mrs Mary Mc Creedy and Mr and Mrs Raymond Wilson and daughter attended a surprise dinner at the Ralph Howell home honoring Mr and Mrs Malcom Montgomery.
The piece describes meat transport as a continental job across the Mississippi, noting two thirds of meat produced west of the river and eaten east. It highlights the scale of production in 1947, the need for large machinery, and Swift’s nationwide system linking producers, packers, and retailers to keep markets stable.
A North Dakota Agricultural College program feeds pregnant sows a copperas enriched ration to raise pig iron levels and cut birth to weaning mortality from about 34 percent to under 10 percent. Benefits peak in spring-furrowed litters or confined pregnancies. Recommendation: one half ounce copperas daily per sow or half pound per 100 pounds of feed.
Prepare a cleaned hen in serving pieces season and dip in egg milk and cracker crumbs. Brown in shortening then bake covered with milk two hours. Uncover bake 15 minutes. Make gravy from pan liquids. Serve with Pickled Orange Slices made from oranges cloves vinegar and sugar boiled and simmered for flavor.
Mr and Mrs Clair Darby were business visitors in Springfield and Peoria Illinois on Tuesday as Montgomery celebrated its 55th wedding anniversary with community recognition and local notices.
Robert Young chosen as producer star for Colum bia's Western drama Relentless now showing at the State Theatre. He learned riding in 1937 for Florian and later ran the Bel-Air Riding Academy with Allan Jones, teaching many film figures.
Ann Borg, long cast as a meanie in films, survived a severe auto crash and reconstructive surgery to return as a leading actress. Now in Republic's Arkansas Judge at the Fox Theatre, she portrays the tougher roles she is known for.
Fragments list weekly livestock sales at Kalona, Columbus Junction, Ollie, Sigourney, and other towns, plus multiple timed closing out and club sales. Entries specify barn names, dates in October and November, times from 11:00 to 1:30, and sellers like Doris Robison, Fred D. Stewart, Frank Chalupa & Son, Grover Booth, and Dave Livingston.
Milk production in New York State totaled over eight billion pounds in 1947, matching peak levels seen in 1942 and 1945 and 7 percent above the 16 year average.
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