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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1932
Page
5
The Women’s Relief Corps gathered at the courthouse on Saturday to review clothing relief donations and plan sewing for relief work. They reported $10.25 in relief efforts over the past two weeks and set tasks for refreshments at the next meeting.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 36 A F A M Regular meeting first Friday of each month Glenn Mace W M A W Yard Secretary Damascus Shrine No 10 W 8 of J Regular meeting fourth Tuesday of each month at Masonic Temple rooms Mas Grace E Twinam W H Mrs J W Bidwell W Scribe
Railway schedule lists eastbound and westbound trains with numbers and times including No. 80 Local Freight and No. 12 Pass Train Apache daily. Notes indicate limited stop services for California passengers and county seats. Multiple agents and local branch listings are provided with daily and Sunday exceptions.
Regular meeting of the K of P and several local church groups announced. West Chester Baptist and United Presbyterian Sunday school picnic set for Friday at Cra po park Burlington. transportation from Hoover and Porter store at 9 a.m. Walter Leet, supt.
Six men died in a blaze that destroyed the west wing of the old Maywood hotel in Waukegan Illinois. Five victims John Dozol 55 Albert Zarnetsky 46 Alex Grankie 46 Daniel Clack 46 and Felix Ciliandri 56 suffocated while Frank Marcunas 39 was fatally burned as he lay in bed. The fire started in the boiler room and swept through the wooden structure.
Mrs Frances Lieberknecht and her three Beloit daughters return home after visiting Mary D Newell and relatives. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs B H Henderson plus Mrs BE Mc Mahon and Mrs J Speck from Moline visited Mr and Mrs John Curtin in Cones.
Local society items list post notices for August events. Sunday school requests attendees to Kamp Kory West Chester. Democrats host a pot luck dinner for Ed Eicher at the Y. Young Women Missionary Society picnic at Sunset Park. Sunshine Club picnic at Cone Lake. Dorcus Society meets at St Pauls. Alma Hearne Holland missionary meeting at Sunset Park. Follow-up notes mention funerals, family visits, and travel.
The Rosemary club meets with Mrs Shirley Augustine on Wednesday afternoon. Pansy Hill club joins Mrs Roy Kephart the same day August 10. Lady golfers breakfast at 7 30 Wednesday. Harmony club picnic dinner at Sunset Park bring ice cream. West Chester M E Ladies Aid holds monthly social August 10. Just Us club meets with Mrs Howard Kerr Wednesday. Kolah club meets with Mrs John Cherry Thursday. Prairie Flower Mission circle rescheduled to August 18. Wellston Social basket dinner Thursday at Sunset Park. W G T Bridge Club meets with Mrs Howard Anderson Thursday. W C T U with Mrs Anna Hayes August 11. John Speidel speaks on citizenship followed by officer election. Relief Corp sewing Thursday at 1 00 at Mrs L R Bakers 415 BE Madison. Wyman threshing crew picnic at Columbus Chautauqua Park closes season.
Ten Girl Scouts accompanied by Capt Lois Winegarden and Lt Wilma McIntosh will depart Sunday morning for a week at Clear Lake. They will stay in a cottage and enjoy swimming and rest. The Maplecrest Hatchery truck will transport them. Some fathers will drive up Aug 14 to bring the group home.
Jim Reed of Bullington visited Sabbath with his daughter Mrs Arch Huston. Mr and Mrs Clifford Heacock of Iowa City spent weekend at Sam J Miller home. Mrs Horace Crawford accompanied them home after a week at Miller home. Lillian Anderson visiting aunt Mrs Julia Stephenson in Burlington. Ethel Carper returned from Greeley Colorado after month. Robert Chandlee ill with flu. A H Huston visited Kilmer Reed home near Amer Sabbath. Clemmie Breseh of Burlington visiting Basil Huston. Mabel McTee returned home from visit at Jim Marti.
The Washington Cow Test Association reports July averages of 645 pounds milk and 26.9 pounds butterfat. Top herds include Fred Palmer 14 Holsteins at 1035 pounds milk 89 pounds butterfat and Daisy Palmer 1786 pounds milk 60.7 butterfat. Spot Fleig Son produced 1420 pounds milk 69.6 butterfat. Charles Palmer 21 cows averaged 717 pounds milk 21.1 butterfat. R B Stafford 13 Guernseys at 733 pounds milk 34.1 butterfat. Charles Ashby 13 Guernseys at 707 pounds milk 31.6 butterfat.
Gibson, extension dairy specialist at Iowa State College, will speak. The program is organized by committee members W. W. Fleig and W. Stalker. Further details will be announced soon.
Mr C L Fitch will visit Washington county on August 17 to review potato test plots grown by Mrs Martin Ed Lins Joe C Miller and Fred Donaldson. Northern grown seed and fertilizer tests are used. Northern seed shows better results in these conditions. Results come after the 7th and growers are urged to follow proper cultural methods to produce good potatoes yearly.
The annual Cow Test association picnic for Washington County will be held at Brighton City Park on Tuesday August 16. Ben
The list covers August 10 to 12 with 4H livestock show at Hayes Barn on August 10, a Washington Co Farm Bureau picnic at Sunset Park on August 11, the Martha and George Washington Pageant at Sunset on August 11, and Girls 4H Achievement Day at City Hall on August 12. Also noted are August 16 and 17 events including C. T. A. Pienie and C. L. Fitch potato test plot check and a reference to the Iowa State Fair.
Rev M C Leiman and family on furlough visited with neighbors Mrs Lydia Miller and the Hustons. Funeral for an uncle in Fairmont Minn occurred early week. Lyle A Anderson moved to Nebraska to work for Burlington Soap Co with brother Warren in Kansas. De Yarman families held Sabbath reunion at Grover De Yarman home Olds. Democratic women luncheon in Mt Pleasant hosted by Legion Auxiliary. Boshart family gathering honored newly married Loraine Boshart. Ice cream addition noted.
Towa poet E Leslie Spaulding faced arraignment on drunken driving charges after his car collided with a Marquette man’s vehicle. Spaulding was arrested yesterday. his wife was lightly injured. No one else was hurt and Veet’s car suffered heavy damage. Spaulding is known for contributing verse to national magazines.
Cake and socializing marked a community evening as residents attended the Henry county fair in Mt Pleasant. Miss Edith Boshart arrived from Quincy for a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs John Boshart. Taylor recovering from illness is improving and able to sit up briefly each day, enjoying calls from friends.
Mildred Kauffman a 25 year old noted flyer died from injuries after her plane collided wings with a craft piloted by Don Moss. Moss and his passenger 12 year old Jack Leftwich escaped unharmed while Kauffman passenger Russell Shaw had minor injuries. Kauffman held the women's looping the loop record.
Rome rests on rock and has three banned strata exploited for building stone. Tufa litoide enabled vast catacombs the most extensive known. Engineers formed vertical gallery walls and arranged burials in the stratum for easier construction.
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