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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1938
Page
8
Washington residents share news of health, travel, and public affairs. Notables include Kenneth Norton visiting from New York, the Carson Plumbing firm’s long-standing local presence since 1914, and upgrades to the sheriff’s office flooring. Spring vacation set for April 11 to 16, with tax collections ahead of 1958 target.
Riverside residents will attend a week of evangelistic services at the Methodist church starting Monday at 7 30 p m and running through Friday April 8 Rev Stuart C Peterson leads with Wilbur Morse as song leader Topics include Our Helpless God Less Than Half a Man You re All Wrong If You Think The Great Question of Paganism and The Great Question of Christianity The Tuesday Lenten supper moves upstairs for evangelistic meetings.
Item notes replacement of railroad gates with light signals. Kodak film processing 25 cents per roll. George L. McDaniel Drugist offered hogs at eight dollars ninety five cents. Weather forecast shows fair tonight and Sunday with frost tonight.
The Heights operetta drew a large crowd as students performed a sequence of dances and scenes from Pocahontas to a sky scene. Ruth Michels and Ruth Stewart led acts with graceful solos and original costumes while multiple student performances and a pow-wow dance impressed the audience.
Manchester fishermen estimated 300 anglers arrived by autos trailers trucks bicycles and on foot for the trout season opener on Spring Branch. Early crowds crowded restaurants by 4 a m as anglers gathered at multiple holes using salmon eggs angleworms and flies.
An exclusive photo shows Greta Garbo strolling in the Ravello villa gardens with Leopold Stokowski. The pair then traveled to Taormina in Sicily, where reports said they planned to marry, though Garbo denied any marital intentions.
Mrs. Warl Bickford spent yesterday in Davenport and returned home with Pearl Gardner who had visited there. Virginia Moore Virginia Lemley John Coulter and Bd Hammer students at University of Town spend weekend at homes in Washington. Mrs. Vic Westphal and Mary Briley left for Chicago for the weekend. Mrs. Westphal will visit her husband. Mrs. Tom Downing returned from relatives in Moline Geneseo and Cambridge WI. She has been gone since January 18.
Ames-Fred White head of the Iowa state highway commission reports plans to relocate Highway 65 69 onto a new four lane road from Des Moines south to the Warren county line. The project, estimated at 240000 dollars, aims to cut traffic hazards and provide over 100000 manhours of employment, with completion expected this summer.
In Waterloo John dD Staley, 73, was released after the shooting of his stepson Glen Staley 23. Police say Glen admitted responsibility for the incident while recovering from a gunshot wound at a hospital. The elder Staley claimed his stepson was drinking, demanded money, and knocked his mother down before he fired twice with a .32 caliber revolver.
Virgil M. Hancher, a Chicago lawyer and University of Iowa alumnus, was elected president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association. Hancher, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, holds a bachelor’s, a law degree, and a jurisprudence degree, and succeeds Clyde Chariton of Des Moines. He was unopposed and an honor student with extensive extracurricular leadership.
Rockwell City proprietor Bill Chresecos of the White Front cafe sat to breakfast as a beetle of fuzz and wire appeared on his wheats and salt from a private sugar bowl sweetened his coffee. A rodent ran across the floor and water dribbled from a glass. A loud crash followed as the kitchen floor received a pan of cracked china and the staff blamed an April Fools prank.
Washington merchants announce the creation of the Credit Reference Exchange of Washington County to standardize credit terms and extend service. Raymond C. Dayton and Mildred Dayton will manage the bureau with aid from Cedar Rapids and Ames credit bureau officials. The plan envisions exchanges of credit records with other communities to support prompt payments and balanced stock levels.
The Crawfordsville school board re elected all current teachers for another year. Local social notes mention Mrs W J Wagner and her grandsons traveling to Princeton Michigan to stay with her son, while Mrs Harold Graham and daughter Jane visited from Mt Peasant. Also, BRY‑Davis remains in Iowa City hospital improving slowly. Two independent basketball games were played in the school gym with an Ainsworth team victory over our boys 50 to 26. The funeral of Mrs Thomas Riley was held at the Methodist church with Rev E E Voas officiating and interment at Crawfordsville Cemetery.
Ames Iowa April 2 The state highway commission asked bids for 0.8 mile bituminous surfacing in Weg county on Routes 78 and 249 and No 218 east and north to whip field. Bids will be opened soon.
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