Visit With Donaldson Relatives Over Weekend
Burdelle Donaldson of Enosville accompanied by his sister Mrs. Ted Cross and son Wayne of Colfax visited Donaldson relatives around Washington and Crawfordsville. Melville Donaldson and sons hosted guests at the Warren Donaldson home. John Killian operates the Hering farm this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Burdelle Donaldson
Enosville
Sistr
Ted Cross
Wayne
Colfax
Donaldson
Washington
Crawfordsville
Melville Donaldson
Warren Donaldson
John Killian
Hering
Navy Air Corps Reserve
Olathe Kansas
Petl
Irene Anderson
Lucile Cupp
Cedar Township
Donald Meyer
Ted Meyer
West Prairie
Sigourney
Robert Roberts
Hugh S. Davis
Easter Sunrise Service and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs. Joe Shalia spent Sunday at the Louis Reller home. An Easter sunrise service was held at Prairie Flower Church. Mrs. Cloud Cornick visited the BE bl. Smith home. The group called on Walter and Ezra South. The Bartholomews and the Scotts were dinner guests at FB Is. A Prairie Flower Youth Rally drew attendees, including someone from New Orleans. Roy and Ellis Finke received a surprise letter from Ellis, a newly married lieutenant in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shalia
Louis Reller
Prairie Flower
Cloud Cornick
BE. Bl. Smith
Walter and
Ezra South
Howard Duvall
Kalona
E. L. Smiths
Merle Turnipseed
Kirk
Robert Lowe, Jr
Lloyd Fredmund
Davenport
Robert Roberts
Harvey Davis
T. Roy White
Carl Rotzinger
West Chester
Wayne Knapp
Lee Hesseltine
Don Darbyshire
Robert Darbyshire
Wellston
Joe Knotek
June
Joe Shalla
Martha Thrasher
Clarus Hall
St. Madison
W. A. Hall
Henry Leichty
Oscar Miller
Amasa Miller
Wayland
Orie Miller
Bellvieu
9Icher
Clayton Nebel
Gilbert Roth
The
Distric
Leonard Leichty
Everett Roth
the Fisher Sunday School
S. S
Washington Evening Journal masthead details
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff roles including Shannon & Co publishers R. K. Shannon and Dave R. Elder as editor and business manager Bruce Cowden as editor Charles Morris as news editor W J Shannon as advertising manager Max Marble as plant superintendent. It notes publication schedule afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and specifies circulation rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Town Elder
Shannon & Co
R. KE. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce
Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Pres
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Easter Social Notes and Community News Summary
Local items recount Easter events in Washington and area, including church services at Salem Presbyterian and Methodist churches, and a host of visits and gatherings. Guests span Cedar township, West Chester, Ames, Kalona, Daven port, and Baldwin Park with several farm and school activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Voss
Methodist Church
Ainsworth
The
Methods Church
Tthe Presbyterian Church
W. E. Littlewood
Ira Saunders
Fairfield
Anna Shaffer
Washington
Turner Hotel
Ollie
Mrs Flora Dunbar Visits With Daytons
Brighton early spring social notes show Mrs Flora Dunbar traveling from Temple Arizona to join the Daytons in Brighton for a weekend with Mr and Mrs Ralph Frazey. The Equality club gathered at Mrs Paul Ryner s home with Mr and Mrs Richard Keep hosting activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Crile
Brighton
Clarence Dayton
Sioux City
Ralph Frazey
Dayton
Flora Dunbar
Meredith Polpitt
Temple, Ariz
Equality Club
Paul Ryner
Richard Keep
Church Decoration Nears Completion
The Salem church at Highland Center nears completion of interior redecoration with two coats of white exterior paint and varnished pews and woodwork. Plans remain to paint the vestibule as volunteers thank all helpers including Mr and Mrs Randall Hobben and family and others across the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kula Mae Coon
Highland Center
Scheel
Salem
Sunday Socials Reach Across Iowa Farm Homes
Iowa families gathered for visits and meals across several towns. The Hoesemeyers, Brumfields, Conrys, Wagner family, McCreedys, Harrisons, Lenzs, Cook and Sommers, plus guests from State Center and Columbus Junction, shared Sunday dinners and calls at multiple homes.
Mrs Bushek Attends Auxiliary Meeting in Riverside
Riverside reports Mrs Edward Bushek attended the Johnson county American Legion auxiliary session in Iowa City on Tuesday. The piece notes furloughs for recruits Donald Kiefer and Richard Dutler, plans to return to Ft Bliss Texas, and their promotion to private. It mentions Ivo Schnoebelen of Los Angeles recovering from major surgery and other local family visits and movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey
Riverside
Edward Bushek
Johnson County
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa City
Donald Kiefer
Richard Dutler
Henry Kiefer
Stanley Dutler
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Carl Craig
S?f
Ivo Schnoebelen
Los Angeles Calif
Easter notices and local gatherings across the Iowa region
Community events fill the week with Easter dinners and visits across Mt. Pleasant Kalona Riverside and Wayland. Families hosted relatives from Des Moines Kirksville Lone Tree and Iowa City while Illinois and Tennessee connections were noted. A son Edwin Lynn Rushin born April 20 in Iowa City is recorded. Community meetings and school district plans were announced along with local sale notices and farm auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. L. Rushin
University Hospital
Iowa City
Edwin Lynn
C. J. Karel
Norman Sage
Linda
Kathy
Mt. Pleasant
Leon Karel
David
Laura
Kirksville
Glenn Baumgartner
Wm. Edwards
Jane
Southwest
South Dakota
Cooperative Dinner for Goff Families
A cooperative family dinner at Clarence Goff home in Washington Foster Sunday included Kenneth and Mrs Goff. S F Shockley and family of Vinton visited. Sundstrump family from Bereford SD stayed with Ronald Johnsons. A skid incident near Hess ton involved Jacob Leiehty and Mildred Unternahrer. minor injuries reported. Easter dinner guests at their mother’s home included Arthur Davison and Karl Gingerich families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ohio
Anna ‘Graber
Orlin Frey
Chicago
Seminary
Otto Frey
Milton Nebel
Dan Nebel
Mt. Pleasant
James Stoops
Washington
Amos Graber
Wayland
Dale Nebel
Vernon W. Frey
Noble
Kenneth Goff
Clarence Goff
S. F Shockley
Vinton
Sundstrump
Bereford
South Dakota
Ronald Johnson
Jacob Leiehty
Hesston
Kansas
Mildred Unternahrer
Ruth
Jacob Unternahrer
Arthur Davison
Karl Gingerich
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van Lines
Washington Transfer
North Avenue
Clyde Tucker
Tait
Washington Dairy
BABY
Brooder
Ramseyer
Hatchery
E. Wash
Sentinel Radio Sales & Service
South Ave
W.L
Little
George Bartholomew
Donald
Orva Scott
Prairie Flower Church
New Orleans
Roy Finke
Ellis
Post
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bldg
Theo. B. Bailey
Leet
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
Morrison, Jr
Morrison
W. Livingston
Robert Day—Attorneys Abstract
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G Gifford Morrison
J. C Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
John C. Owen
Side Square
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Co. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Iowa Ave
Karl E. Frederick
E. Madison
Journal
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Finke
Burlington
William Finke
Alice Marie
Warren
Salem Presbyterian Church
Alice Marie Finke
Martha Griffin
George Miller, Jr
Bonita
Reeves
Myrna Reeves
Florence Kelsey
New York City
Stanley Jarrard
Ames
Stanley
Jarrard
Miss Reeves
Miss Kelsey
Wheaton
Wheaton College
Mt. Vernon
C. FE. Darnielle
Norman White
L. BE. White
Columbia
Mo June Thomas
White
Delta
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Club
James Johnson
Albert Saunders
George Mattock
Baldwin Park
Calif
King Johnson
Branson, Mo
Hough Henry
Mrs. Flora Dunbar
Daytons
Iece iv Ockerel
Ghick UO
Phone 97
Keisters
Randall Hobben
Melvin Soukup
Floyd Martin
B. FE
Bill Young
Sandy
McCreedy
Ralph Nicholson
Nicholsons
Melvin Soukin
Joe Krotz
Orran Carr
William Martin
West
Peters
MR. Peters
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Chester
F. T. Hoesemeyer
Delbert Brumfield
Robert Conry
Near Washington
Lee Conry
Ernest Wagner
John Wagner
W. R. McCreedy
Columbus Junction
Ilford McCreedy
Ben Harrison
Edd Lenz
West Branch
Jimmy Cook
Milford Cook
Paul Sommers
Milford McCreedy
B. E. McCreedy
Mitchell
State Center
Lee Coury
Charles Soukup
T. W. Harwood
Mrs. Bushek
Vate
Paul Heizman
Margaret Ann
Tommy
R. H. Hietzman
Pellagia Walsh
Mt Pleasant
George Deatsch
Rushias
Margaret Witting
Daniel Schantz
Allen Roth
Dorothy
Sam Nebel
Otto Frey and Sons
D. F. Richard
Junior Hostettler
Ellis Leichty
Doris Ann
Hostettier
Max Graber
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Towa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Keota Junction
Jim Stewart
Baty
Kalona Sales
Long's Sales & Service
Washington County
Madison Street
McAllister
Walter Nicholson
South
2Nd Ave
McAllister Seed Farms
Mt. Union
McAllisterss
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