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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
4
An entry indicates mailing handling for postal transportation as second class matter with a stated rate of 1.75 dollars and 1.00 dollar, recorded at the Washington Indiana post office. The fragment shows a notice label No. 40 & 4 with unspecified context.
A column extols the Boy Scouts of America's social impact from 1910 onward, noting a 2 million membership by April 30 with growth since 1936, and crediting the movement with remaking troubled youths in Cleveland and beyond. It contrasts Scout work with noisy propaganda and cites typhoid death rate drops as medical progress, while describing community clubs and 4-H notes amid local life.
Shoals Indiana June 25 1937 W B Ward Purdue University expert led a Garden and 4 H Potato Club Tour in Martin County with about one hundred attendees from local clubs. Seven stops featured garden pest control methods, cabbage tomato and cucumber diseases, and insecticides. A noon picnic was held near Logotee at the Lyons home. Several local members joined a Gypsy picnic at Pin Rock Park.
Funeral services for Jacob Howell aged 84 were held at 1:30 PM at Waggoner Chapel south of Shoals. Born 1853 in Greene County, he was married to Martha Green and is survived by eightchildren, one sister, 47 grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren. Interment followed in the nearby cemetery with M. F. Baker in charge.
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