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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1922
Page
3
At a special meeting of the ministerial association and the women’s inter church committee it was decided to hold a four week vacation Bible school in Washington starting about June 10. It will be a union effort of all Protestant churches and modeled after successful programs in other towns.
The ad promotes a two week sale on new gas ranges emphasizing savings over old stoves and lower gas use. It highlights a $5 down payment plus monthly balance and a trade in allowance for the old stove, urging customers to visit this week to choose from a complete stock suitable for every home.
The ministerial association announces a union service for Russian and Near East relief at the Methodist church on Sunday evening April 30. Special outside speakers will address the meeting. Also, ministers are asked to speak next Sunday on General A S Grant for the hundredth anniversary of his birth on Thursday April 27.
A reunion of the Hornet's Nest Brigade may be held in Washington in early June with Crocker's Brigade possibly joining. A 7:30 p.m. meeting at the G A R rooms in the courthouse will discuss plans, with J E Kent of Perry Iowa attending to participate alongside local representatives.
A meeting heard petitions from property owners to extend paving from the water works north and east to the American Pearl button factory Brune seed house and Busby plant, potentially adding seven blocks this year. No action was taken while extra signatories may revive the measure.
At a congregational meeting of the First United Presbyterian church five men were elected to the session by ballot. Chosen were S. W. Livingston, R. J. Davidson, Dr. C. W. McLaughlin, Oscar George, and Mac Delong. Retiring elders Dr. J. C. Boice, L. D. Robinson, A. B. Dill, and T. J. McElhinney declined reelection.
Notices sent to owners who let 1921 licenses lapse yield renewed registrations or explanations. Over four hundred notices went out. about one fourth responded. The delinquent list will be published the first of May. Thirty cars are stored, thirty-two moved out of state. twenty-one addresses undeliverable.
County Agent H Y Ellis will study limestone deposits in Washington county near Tus to assess feasibility of crushed stone machinery. Ames tests show potential quality for soil treatment, with a portable crusher suggested to serve multiple sites. Local supply could reduce imports and cut costs for lime used in alfalfa clover and similar crops.
The school board elected ten new instructors to fill vacancies from resignations, nearing a full teaching staff for next year. Appointees include Mrs. A D Dickinson as girls physical director, Miss Clara Ellis as school nurse, Miss Hannah Jones as assistant principal at Lincoln, and Miss Jean Hay in physiology at the junior high, among others across high and junior schools.
The Social Hour club will meet at Mrs. Will Matucha's home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. The Navajo club will be entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. J A McCalle at Mrs. R T McCall Jr's home.
A baffling verse about Jim Baird and a muddy road is followed by notes that the cream station may rename to Reister Creamery. The town mentions shifting product handling to include ges and poultry, with kegs priced one cent higher and livestock adjusted by two cents, while the garbled ending remains unclear.
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