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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1944
Page
4
Ration dates no longer require certificates for recapping truck tires and for purchase of inner tubes or used farm implement tires. This marks a policy adjustment easing possession and replacement costs for transportation and agricultural needs.
Periodic inspection of passenger car tires is discontinued but owners must keep inspection records. Inspection is needed before a ration certificate to replace specific tire grades. Commercial Vehicle Inspection occurs every six months or five thousand miles. Coupons A12 B3 C3 Ba C4 R and R-1 forms govern various gasoline allotments and issuance dates.
Washington Lodge No Zea l. & A. M. reconvenes on the first Friday of last month with EK D Morrison Jr, W M and A W Yard serving as secretary.
Mixed, fragmentary timetable notes show Westbound No 3 Davenport Kansas City local at 9 58 am and Eastbound No 25 Southwest Limited at 1 43 am with several Californian and Golden State Limited services. Additional notes specify sleeping car and coach stops at Washington and Kansas City beyond.
The notice lists eastbound Omaha to Chicago and Washington departures for several bus numbers with times from 6:00 am to 8:50 pm. Tickets are purchasable at Winga's Cafe North Side, with full coast to coast trip options at the local depot.
BEE LINE TRANSIT operated routes from Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Ft Madison and Winfield with departures at 6:35a m 10:35a m and 6:50p m from Washington and arrivals at 7:50a m 11:44a m and 7:00p m. From Cedar Rapids to Washington and to Mt Pleasant and Fort Madison schedules list several daily departures and arrivals. A depot at 107 Wend Mekers sells tickets to destination.
Don Ross writes of Washingtons Chautauqua days recalling notable locals and events. He envisions a postwar Homecoming Chautauqua with speakers such as Judge Dewey and performers like Wilma Miller, plus reminders of old friendships, community ties, and local anecdotes from Washington and surrounding areas.
East Highland notes a host of guests including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Quinlan and others at the Anna Lear home for Sunday dinner. The report lists visitors, callers, and students from Oak Grove No.1 and Lone Tree high school with several families mentioned by name.
Mr and Mrs Alvah Heck and family visited James Dvoraks while Mrs Frank Mincer Hester and Leona Anne returned home from Weingarten Missouri where they stayed with their daughter and sister and family Cpl Wasson is stationed at Weingarten camp Mrs Paul Dvorsky hosts her father Mr Fritz visiting with her family
Pleasant Hill locals report visits from relatives including Mrs. Howard Benn and family in from Roseville Illinois. The Swift reunion at Sunset Park draws families like the Wittings and Johnsons plus Kepharts and Californians. Local youths attend school in Davenport and Iowa City while several households share meals and chores at Kepharts, Lambert, and Miller homes.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Du Mond lauds Governor Dewey as a practical, farmer–oriented leader. He credits Dewey with the broadest farm and food program in state history, run by qualified experts and guided by farmers, not political hacks.
The piece notes various local visits and gatherings in Merrimac and surrounding areas. Mrs. Clara Knerr Hoover and the Amrine and Brann families are mentioned visiting and hosting relatives. Also referenced is Mrs Emerson Schafer, patient at Tumwa hospital, with others attending reunions in Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant.
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