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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1940
Page
3
The writer recounts a homeward trip on the Californian from Los Angeles to Washington IA. They describe budget berths and meals, humorous encounters with a pink haired brakeman and a fond memory of solitaire Chinese checkers, plus social chatter about fellow travelers and small town happenings.
Walnuts planted by Ernest Lemmon tomorrow with 3500 trees on his Dutch Creek property. Boy Scouts invited to plant in a designated square. Oliver Todd noted leading a twenty pound dog by a three quarter inch rope through city streets. Married couple Announced for April 8 at Presbyterian church. County health unit activity under Dr. C W Stewart and Leona Allen. Damage case from 1928 railroad collision opens. Mumps illness at bank employee Harry Sizer. Pauls Lumber Co to sell two yards in Knoxville and Bussey. Farewell party for Rev J A Glendinning before Idaho move. Local labor strike seeks higher wages. Model Shining parlors relocate near Lemmon pharmacy. West Liberty elects W H Harding as district superintendent. Easter day cold with snow and 14 degrees. Washington fires total 35 last year, Keeley residence noted.
A girls' missionary society was started at the United Presbyterian Church among high school age girls following Miss Kate Halls visit, marking 20 years of activity for the new society.
At the hospital on Saturday Joe Simmering had an appendectomy this morning. Leonard Leichty of Mount Pleasant also underwent an appendectomy this morning. Charles Long Jr. had an appendectomy yesterday. George Howard of Washington Route 1 underwent an appendectomy last night.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Mundt of Washington welcomed a son born yesterday at 6 10 p m weighing eight pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Edward Teslik of Riverside greet a daughter born this morning at 2 15 weighing seven pounds thirteen and a half ounces. Mrs Delmar Keller and baby daughter Audrey were discharged home at Ainsworth. Thursday Mrs Asa Row of Washington route 3 was admitted yesterday for observation.
Death notices report the passing of a Reynolds Washington mother aged 85, widow of Robert Reaney, with surviving family. Also noted is the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Simmering who died Monday, leaving her parents and sister Virginia as survivors.
Breitenbach of Valley kills six wild geese with a Winchester repeater in a single rise. Folger dies on April 6 1910 aged seventy. He married 175 couples as Justice of the Peace and invented sorghum machinery. Elder returns home from Cart bad New Mexico after winter with Grace and Pearl Lewis families.
Graduates include Clyde Boice of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who plans to practice in Chicago with his father Dr J C Boice. The piece covers local notices from military anniversary events to social clubs, school bus accident details, and community achievements.
Jacob A Knapp a well known Kalona resident aged 75 died Friday morning after a three year illness following a stroke Mrs Hugh Dougall a prominent Washington woman aged 54 and wife of Hugh Dougall died Friday from inhaling gas in her Washington home.
Havre resident Lloyd Lytle will clerk for Arthur Chalmers at Havre this summer, continuing a family tradition of clerical service in the area.
A broad weekly roundup notes O. M. Hensleigh winning a suit to repossess a farm from Levi and Denny Simmons, who must vacate by April 9. Other items include a county jail referendum set for June 3, six new driver licenses issued, a new J W Morton home conversion into four apartments, and several local social notes.
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