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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1943
Page
3
A summer storm dumped over seven inches of rain causing flooded basements, washed out sewers, and widespread damage. Residents aided by volunteers, while others moved belongings to safety. Nearby towns reported heavier rainfall and lingering damp conditions linger.
Saturday and Monday medical notes record multiple discharges from area hospitals. Surgeries include appendectomies and tonsillectomies for patients from Rock Island to Wayland, with several births noted and new parental details. A real estate dealer complains of no rental listings. A tropical hurricane in Texas caused extensive damage and homelessness, with Mrs. Lillian Trotter sharing personal impact.
A nostalgic meditation on how graduates view future classes, the certainty of those with answers, morning noises spoiling sleep, and the balance between talking enough and too much. The piece muses on memory, truth, and restraint.
News from Washington includes local items about residents’ music school returnees Carolyn Hamilton and Helen Harvey in Evanston, Illinois, and the Falk family moving back after five years away. Obituary notes report the death of Gib Bailey at 79 from a heart attack and praise Samuel Hall, a longtime respected Black resident born in 1818. Other items cover Bermuda plans as a gift for a fortieth anniversary, a weather drop, county budget cuts, a Colorado vacation tale, and measles in the Booth family.
Jay Brown plans to return to Washington from Mt. Pleasant Iowa where he once led the Independent Oil station on North Iowa Avenue. Omer Jones, formerly in charge at the local Dodge garage, will move to Muscatine to head its distributing plant. Louise Livingston travels to Kenosha Wisconsin for welfare work with associated charities. President Harding dies at 11 30 p m on August 2 1923. Joe Link suffers facial injuries from a car crank accident. Kalona sees a political battle as Rev T L Stotler seeks Mayor Ben Boone’s removal over a Sunday movies vote ruling.
Villa McCullough McCreedy described as a single schoolteacher by remarking neighbors. Dan Aughey named janitor at Heights school replacing George Tripp. Coppock dam removal and mill dismantling planned. Burlington visitors Miss Poor and Miss Alice Hosford stay with M W Bailey. Pavers to begin work on east square, six weeks projected. Edythe Wilson travels to Columbus Junction to visit Mrs Harry Owen.
A house owned by Harry Work and occupied by the Ward Shafer family was burned to the ground Sunday night. The family was away. no insurance. Ray Frederick Westbrooke becomes pastor of Crawfordsville Methodist Church.
Mrs J D Glasgow hosted a chicken dinner honoring nieces Vera Rogers Bailey and Cecil Rogers Shields. Notes say seven county rural schools lack teachers with possible closures or mergers. Red Brick south of town to close, pupils to attend town schools. Betty Redlinger to wed Lieut Robert E Porter August 7 in Needles California. she left for California. Eleanor Cupp of Mars Pennsylvania to wed Lieut J Merrill Robb Aug 14. Dr F W Eastwood travelled to Red Wing Minnesota to visit sister after recent surgery. Maude Hott returned to Dundee, Sr. after two weeks here.
Local column captures daily life during late summer with weather impacts, social events, and wartime updates. Mentions Rainfall damage, Molly Pitcher Day bonds drive, school start August 30, arrivals of visiting relatives, and soldiers on leave, plus civic notes from Washington County.
Edward Florang, 69, died Sunday after a week's illness. Survived by one son and four daughters. Prominent Pilotburg farmer, northwest of town, died Monday night after brief illness. Born in Richmond. Wife, one son, one daughter and seven grandchildren survive.
Hettie Irene Harvey 26 daughter of Charles H Harvey Washington Iowa completed specialist training at U S naval training school Cedar Falls Iowa has reported for duty as a yeoman third class at Great Lakes Illinois Assigned to district education office prior to enlistment she did general office work for H B Green Transportation Co She is a Washington High School graduate Barracks life at Great Lakes includes chores for personal belongings and living quarters morning formations meals with men and station routine rules then liberty or on base activities in her daily schedule
The readable fragments show dated musings on gender patterns and etiquette with observations about women dislike, fashion, church collections, and intergenerational views. The tone suggests a nostalgic, opinionated excerpt from a longer social commentary.
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