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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
8
Washington County AAA chairman announced the 1942 corn allotment at 76 828 acres matching the 1941 level. Normal yield raised to 50.8 bushels per acre. no marketing quotas due to national emergency. carryover from 1938 1939 1940 supports livestock needs and the Food for Freedom campaign.
The Ryan family expresses gratitude for the kindness and sympathy shown by friends during a time of loss.
Robert Flynn, son of Mike Flynn, arrived home for a 20 day furlough from the U S S New Orleans at Bremerton Washington. He is stationed abroad and near Seattle. The report notes other local happenings includingTaylor Flynn's hospital return and various visits.
Mark Campbell Jr and Mrs Campbell recover from hay fever asthma. Lois writes from Manfield Ohio for audition in New York. Christian Ernest family join Donald Holmes for Sunday dinner. Wieland family visit Holmes. Oscar Davis builds a new chicken house. Mrs Wayne Gideon undergoes dental work. Grand Prairie pupils enjoy watermelon brought by Robert Niffenegger and Luella Sojka. Mrs Mary Swolensky visiting Charley Horak family. Archie Horak congratulations on birth. Riverside guests included Joseph Pailliotet Rupert Rummelhart and Edward Muller. Lewis Leeney visits from Fort Benning with wife and baby joining local relatives.
Riverside mourns John E. Florang of Cedar Falls killed in a Monday night auto taxi collision while cycling home from an American Legion meeting. Survived by widow Eleanor Keelan and three children Nadine Glenn Johan. five sisters and a brother. Funeral at St Patrick’s Cedar Rapids with burial there.
Pleasant Ridge reports a busy week of neighbors visiting and hosting. John Van Syce and Lydia Reed welcomed guests from Hills and Sharon City, with many local families listed as dropping by or hosting gatherings and a teachers meeting fun day off for students in Iowa City.
Two young Paul Gingerich children playing with matches in a barn near Riverside Kalona set fire to the barn and its contents including a new silo valued about 400 dollars two calves a horse and around 20 pigs perished. Firefighters kept flames from spreading to a second building.
Washington Lodge No. 6 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Lee Holland is the WM and A W Yard serves as secretary.
Railway timetables list Westbound and Eastbound trains with their local stops, including the Golden State Limited and Californian services with specific departure times. Knoxville Branch details, mixed trains, and West Bound Davenport to Kansas City local times are provided alongside Burlington Trailways local bus routes with daily schedules and a note on ticket purchasing locations.
In Wayland on September 24 Evelyn Schrock was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Mel Haberman. The afternoon featured games and recipes for the bride and yielded many lovely and useful gifts from a long guest list including Mrs. L. R. Schrock and many friends.
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