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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
4
A local editorial urges a house to house campaign in Washington County to persuade every eligible voter to cast a ballot on election day. It warns that voter indifference invites corruption and cites past turnout as too low while stressing civic duty amid wartime.
Washington County schools promote a hands on voting project. Students will visit homes the day before elections to urge residents to vote. Transportation may be provided and partisan cars are banned. The message emphasizes sovereignty derives from the ballot and warns against abstaining.
Oskaloosa Herald notes Toledo paper cites a housing shortage with a wanted ad seeking women past 65 to live with a wheelchair user. Webster City Freeman-Journal questions VP Wallace 1948 candidacy rumors and Roosevelt’s potential fifth term. Montezuma Republican recalls many false starts in higher education while Iowa Wesleyan expands secretarial, nursing, radio, law, and business programs.
A collage of light anecdotes and jokes from a wartime newspaper page. The items include a London coroner quip about a doctor signing the death certificate, a USO club scene with a dog playing checkers, and brief quips about amphibious meanings and stage experience.
Cotter notes visitors from Arlington Farms and Delta, a warm church lunch, and praise for junior class rings and a globe from Thertf-Jones Co. Basket ball practice starts. seventh grade maps Iowa history and Louisiana Purchase. Fire drill held. several students earned spelling stars while others were ill.
Noble October 25 The Eich er school will give a program and serve lunch on Friday evening October 27. Everybody welcome. Mrs Lizzie Widmer and Hanlan assisted the Harm Weston family who moved to Washington Wednesday. The Gilbert Roth family will live on the farm vacated by the Westens. Karl Frey of Haskins was a business caller in Noble Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs D W Nebel and sons were Sunday dinner guests at the Sam Nebel home. Rev Joe Graber of Elkhart Indiana called on relatives and friends here Thursday and was a dinner guest at the Henry Yoder home. Mr and Mrs Elmer Frey engerger entertained Sunday at a family dinner the following Mr and Mrs Wm Freyenberger and daughters of Havre Mr and Mrs Dennis Graber Mildred
Kephart and Myrtle Freyenberger of Washington Ina Mae Ekebert and Edward Freyenberger of Ind visited evangelistic meetings at Sugar Creek church and stayed with D W Widmer. Numerous local families shared meals and attended ministerial meetings while farm work and seed corn harvest continued nearby.
Havre notes report Mrs Jed Eisele returned home from two months of treatment at Excelsior Springs Missouri and is much improved in health. Local residents, including Elmer Mason and family, Will Krotz, Alf Erickson, B C Wittmer, Vernon Witting, Homer Hunt, Virgil Wittmer and Kay Rita, are mentioned in social visits and gatherings across Highland township and Valley area.
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