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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1934

Page

6

Riverside Garden Club plans city beautification drive

Riverside Garden club met at Mrs. Birdie Godlove home with eighteen members. They discussed lawn care, beautification plans for town sites, and a spring flower show. By laws were amended to hold meetings on the first and third Fridays March through September. New members Elmo Knittel and Leona Bruegge joined. Next meeting will be a woods trip on April 20.

Riverside Garden Club Riverside Birdie Godlove Edward Bushek Elmo Knittel Leona Bruegge Rose Dautremont Henry Griffin Anna Kern Iva McCreedy John Tener Gus Hahn C. J. Karel Claude Flynn Leo Sueppel Norval Flynn William O’laughlin William Griffin Edward Ford Fred Krebs

Regular meeting notices and club event details

Announcements list a DP group meeting in the third rank Monday evening. The Eureka Ladies Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon April 11 at the home of Mrs Amanda Potratz with Mrs Lester Wagner hosting. Sewing will be provided.

Mureka Ladies Aid Lester Wagner Amanda Potratz

Ottumwa Wins Little Six Outdoor Meet At Fairfield

At a meeting in Fairfield during the Southern Town teachers convention Ottumwa was chosen to host the Little Six outdoor track and field meet on Saturday May 5 Four of the six league schools compete Burlington Muscatine Fairfield and Ottumwa Mt Pleasant lacks track teams and Washington joins this spring due to coaching limits. Coach Guy Carlton is tied to spring football and cannot oversee track. Last year Herbert Kort left for a Chicago suburb leaving Ottumwa with a single coach. The Fairfield session also adopted next season basketball dates with games scheduled across December January February and February 22 across Mt Pleasant Muscatine Fairfield Ottumwa Burlington Washington and Ottumwa.

Little Six League Fairfield Ottumwa Burlington Muscatine Ottummwa Mt. Pleasant Washington Guy Carlton Herbert Kort Chicago Mt Pleasant Otumwa Wairfield Washington Oat Burlington Mit. Pleasant Museatine Knairfield

Ecuador Decree Bans Foreign Clergymen in 1927

In 1927 Ecuador issued a decree forbidding the entry of all foreign clergymen regardless of faith. The measure targets ecclesiastical personnel across religious groups and reflects a policy shift on immigration for religious workers.

Ecuador

Farm group leader charges pledges ignored by administration

Des Moines April 9 Mi lo Reno president of the Farmers' Holiday association declares the administration violated the farm platform pledges and calls agriculture policy arbitrary coercive and aligned with the Russian idea He blames Secretary Wallace for the farmer's plight and urges price stabilization and restoration of congressional authority over errency control.

Des Moines U.P Milo Reno Farmers’ Holiday Association Reno Agricultural Administration Wallace Hitler Lenin Mussolini Congress

New Insurance Agent Resettles in Washington

Mr. A. White of the Equitable Life Insurance Society becomes a new resident of Washington with wife and two children. They plan to reside in the Frank McKay home on West Washington street this week. He will oversee Equitable Life business in the city, county, and nearby territory full time. The community welcomes the Whites and hopes they settle permanently.

A. White Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States Washington Frank McKay West Washington Street Equitable Life

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