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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1942

Page

3

Funeral services for Harold Dawson in community tribute

Harold Dawson known as Hal, who traveled to Rochester for an operation, was honored in funeral services. A respected local businessman from Denver previously ran a farm and loan operation for 35 years at 1261 Pennsylvania Street. The piece notes his wife’s death nine years earlier and that he left no close relatives.

Harold Dawson Hal) Dawson Rochester Minn Denver Pennsylvania Street

Hospital Admissions and Births Reported Across Town

A string of hospital admissions and discharges appears from West Chester to Kalona with surgeries including tonsillectomies and appendectomy. New parents are listed in Riverside Washington Keota and Kinross with multiple births and weights noted.

Peter Krabill Wayland Richard Johnston West Main Dwane Shalla Riverside Cornelia Keyser Ivan Little Keota R. 2 Richard Jean Koenig R. E. Redlinger East Pleasant Plain Harlow Engel Brighton Clarence Fulton Crawfordsville Kenneth Powers Haskins Aldine Orrin Calving Eichelburger Betty Alliman Washington Ruth Davis Elmer Stalder Guy Enke Columbus Junction Marcella Soukup Josephine Trayer Wellman Gordon Marner Kalona

Passing Years in Washington Chronicle Highlights Local Happenings

Community notes: Della Miller seeks empty fruit jars for canning needy families. New Farmers Mutual Insurance elects W. G. Huston to succeed the late Ed Kos. Pilgrims travel 500 miles from the west coast. Malcolm Ruddock impressed, Dave Elder enjoyed the trip. Joe McCreedy loses hay barn and other outbuildings in a Saturday fire. insured. State theatre adds a heavy transverter improving visuals and sound. Farmers holiday begins August 8 with price-boost plan. New library officers named Carl Hedges pres, Helen Wilson vice pres, Mrs. A Anderson secretary. Wisie Long to travel in deluxe trailer. Ira Shenefelt buys John Tucker's Studebaker stake. Five acres leased for school athletic field on South Sixth Ave. Reunion corrections note overlooked Patsy Wilson, Leon Motts, Alice Taylor. Grandson born to John Taylor in southeast Washington. Rev. Mills Taylor's son. Sabbath desecration comment. Joe Caner trio trips to Columbus, Ohio in three days. H. S. Class of 1997 holds Sunset Park reunion with many attendees and some absentees. Billy Chil Cote’s garden praised. Mattle Thresher Evestone to study medicine at Town City. Os Sutherland recounts catfish rise in Skunk River. 1898 class reunion at Will Walton’s. dinner with mixed menu including choctaw or French items. toasts by Edith Wilson, Daisy Hull, Kit Wilson, Ellen Reid. Professor Mullin attends. Wade Stock referenced. Verne Ash notes about Our Girls. Vera Van Sickle unable to attend toast. Several couples and individuals named among local residents and alumni.

Riverside incident and local notices round up in breeze

Rain cooled a heat Sunday while a car crash near Riverside injured five people with no serious harm reported. Local names appear in a flurry of family milestones, naval postings, births, vacations, and moves across Keosauqua, Dubuque, Sheldon, and California, including Donald Eugene Sanders and Frances Irene Sayre born August 1.

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