County Track Meet Date Not Yet Fixed
The county track meet may occur April 23 or 30 depending on other local meets. This year’s event could be the largest yet with new schools planning to send teams from Kalona Wellman Riverside Keota Westhester Crawfordsville Ainsworth and possibly Brighton, under the Washington letter club.
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Jdeaty
Kalona
Wellman
Riverside
Keota
Westhester
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Brighton
Washington Letter Club
Coal Elevator at Baxter Yard Stuns City
A tall reinforced concrete coal elevator rises in H. A. Baxter’s East Third street coach yard. At over seventy feet, with eight compartments, it will store coal sand gravel and crushed rock. One operator will empty cars via a bucket system, costing Mr. Baxter twenty to thirty thousand dollars.
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H. A. Baxter
East Third Street
Washington
Baxter
Clara Wallace Named New County School Superintendent
By a 20 to 2 vote Miss Clara Wallace of Ainsworth was elected to be the next county superintendent of schools, succeeding Kathryn Montgomery. Wallace, principal of Ainsworth high, thanked the convention and pledged to do her best when she takes office in September. The gathering also re elected Rush Helwick and S. R. Wallace to six year terms on the county board of education and chose B. C. Foster for the unexpired Dayton seat. Will Twinam was elected to a six year term over A. C. Hasty.
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Clara Wallace
Ainsworth
Kathryn Montgomery
Mies Wallace
Highland Township
Ainsworth High School
Iaw
Shout Deerte
Teting Ton
Wescote
Dallas Center
Iowa
Emde
J. M. Godfrey
Washington School Board
Tmeeting
A. L. Griffith
Miss Wallace
Wallace
County Board of Education
Rush Helwick
Jackson
R. Wallace
Highland
B. C. Foster
C. C. Dayton
W. G. Robertson
Will Twinam
Crawfordsville
A. C. Hasty
English River Township
Mrs John Hazen of Ainsworth Dead
Mrs John Hazen of Ainsworth died Monday evening April 4 after a long illness at age 87. She was Ellen White born October 8 1828 in Dearborn County Indiana. She moved to Washington Iowa in 1855 married John Hazen in 1867 and left eight children with twenty one grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm in the United Brothern church with Rev Co BE Riddington officiating.
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Ainsworth
John Hazen
Ellen White
Dearborn County
Indiana
Washington
John 8
Hazen
Alice Brun
Ottumwa
Mary Woodside
Loren
Ain
Y W C A Gathering Open to Public at High School
The Young Women’s Christian Association high school unit invites all friends to attend the officer installation tomorrow at 2 45 in the high school auditorium. Mothers of the Y W Girls are specially invited and the officers’ annual reports will be presented. Chandler Six is noted.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Y. W
When creatures speak in impossible ways the ad men will stop
A satirical poem imagines absurd natural and social reversals to argue that true change will come only when people stop trading in hype and illusion. Until then the pretense of advertising remains.
Streets Set For Thorough Spring Flush
Street Commissioner Fred Werner and his crew begin a major cleaning to remove winter dirt from downtown pavements. The effort follows prior carting and sprinkling, with a plan to flush regularly through summer and keep streets clean in winter and spring.
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Fred Werner
M. D
White Shrine Meets in Chicago Instead of Louisville
Mrs. Fred Reid, Supreme officer of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, reports the Supreme Shrine meeting moved from Louisville to Chicago due to the Derby. Opening reception and ball set for May 9 at Medinah Temple with sessions at the Oriental Consistory. Nazareth Shrine Chicago plans May 6 ceremonial with Blanche F Wheeler and officers present. Damascus Shrine No 10 of Washington with over 200 members expects attendance.
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Fred Reid
Jerusalem
Chicago
Supreme Shrine
Louisville
Medinah Temple
Reid
Nazareth Shrine
Blanche F. Wheeler
Damascus Shrine
Washington
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