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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1944
Page
4
Nellie Tripp leaves her longtime role at the Livingston law office after forty three or forty four years of service. She is celebrated for flawless health punctuality and deep knowledge of files. A passion for antiques and a planned garden future accompany memories of her exemplary work record.
A home recipe for Brownie Pudding is shared with steps and ingredients including flour cocoa sugar and nuts. The column then recounts farm women events at the Y featuring a cooperative dinner with Ruth Church visiting Florida, 4-H involvement, and a lively account of social gatherings, birthdays, theatre events, and local church dedication in Washington county with notes on attendees and notable locals.
Between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning a total of five babies were born at the hospital. Parents listed include Samuel Murphy Ainsworth and wife with an 8 lb 8 oz son, Maurice Krabill and wife with a 6 lb 13 oz son, Jack Fuhr and wife with a 7 lb 12 oz son, Bill Crayne and wife with a 7 lb 4 oz daughter, and Rosemond Redlinger and wife with an 8 lb 8.5 oz son. Discharges include Walter Schoenfelder’s and Cora Williams homecoming, plus Orin Kepper and Leonard Horak leaving for residences.
Obituary notes Vic Van Sickle dies in Denver with burial in town. Local items record Camp Fire girls birthday service, moves, a demonstration bus, long-term renters, church construction plans, Mrs Amanda Conard’s death, junior high page, Centennial school opening, residents returning home, Coe College vacation, tax increases, divorces rising, a water softener, potential Country Club work, a Des Moines caravan trip, Cicero class debate, a musicale invitation, Meek sells his livery, and Jack Heath’s illness at Excelsior Springs.
40 years ago the Chicago Chronicle noted William Mort Keeley’s graduation from the University of Chicago with cum laude honors the highest ever awarded to a western law school graduate. Other items mention anti-pavers mass meeting, Fitzwilliam leaving town to learn linotype, a sash lock invention, a Wesleyan Glee Club concert, and an Easter party in 1894 with multiple performances.
Carl Hancher returns from a three week stay in Excelsior Springs Missouri. His daughter Mrs David Allen accompanied him for two weeks. Also visiting were Dale Duncan family from Dubuque and Lyle Shermack from Cedar Rapids.
Ruth Morrison writes of a Red Cross rest camp experience and notes a received letter from Jean Coffey. The piece covers local club events, weddings, anniversaries, birth news, school plans, Red Cross drives, and civic notices across Kalona, Washington, and neighboring towns with multiple local names and community happenings.
Twenty years ago a High School Agricultural Club was formed with Hugh Boyd as president William Darby shire as vice president David Letts as secretary and Lloyd Gallagher as treasurer Meetings were set for monthly gatherings and to continue ongoing activities.
Nick Roth acquires Robert Patterson's stake in the White Yard also known as the Wilson Karel Lumber Co. Patterson plans to relocate to California to settle permanently.
The Improvement League voted to cooperate with Superintendent Harding and the school board to organize a Parent-Teacher Association in Washington. It reported $102.50 cleared from the lecture course with Mrs. Fred Reid, chairman.
Thursday Mrs August Peiffer of Brighton was admitted as a medical patient after noon. Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson of West Chester welcome a nine pound three ounce daughter born at five o clock Friday. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stout of Brighton have a seven pound three ounce son born at 9 42 last night. Mrs Donald Stapp and Lois Ellen Columbus Junction were discharged yesterday. Mrs William Trotter and Pamela Sue, Ainsworth, and Mrs John D Davis and Brian Humphrey of Columbus Junction were discharged this afternoon.
Dora Clapper daughter of O K Clapper and Fred Steck son of Mrs H F Steck were married at six thirty in the morn ing at the Clapper home on West Washington street. Rev Wishart officiated. The couple will visit Owosso Michigan for three weeks after the ceremony. Nearby accident story notes Mrs A Claire Dewey was struck by lightning while under a thunderstorm umbrella with a steel rod in park causing burns and numbness.
The paper notes Ray Foley, described as chief hustler and factotum, has left for Sigourney on a vacation described as a bum.
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