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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1940
Page
3
A reflective column blends religious quotes with social commentary. It critiques overproduction farms and the Grand Coulee Dam project while noting national debt and housing growth. The piece muses on personal freedoms, infrastructure spending, and everyday absurdities through compact anecdotes.
The union church service used none of the Y chairs Sunday. The program holds real value in community life. The Rotary club enjoyed the event and its fellowship.
Iowa highway patrolmen praised as districts report duties. Washington County Soil Conservation ladies and Farm Bureau chorus rehearse in the community room. Y pool activities fill days with large groups before a storm damages the filter motor. Cedar Rapids help fixes pool motor. pool reopens Saturday morning. Y boys serve dinner for the Three-Quarter Century club Saturday.
Community notes mix local travels family visits and church events with brief mentions of loans, vacations, hospital, and school activities. Names such as A A Jackson Lloyd Roth and others appear alongside trips to Detroit Lake of the Ozarks and Chicago with occasional hospital and convention references.
Ralph Livingston becomes one of the first farmers in the United States to serve on a Y M C A city association board. He is active in Y activities, attends meetings regularly, and contributes time and effort to the Y’s success. His two grand-nephews from Chicago join him each summer in the Y program.
Wayland reports several residents departing for extended Western travels. Mary Roth and Barbara Widmer with J C Wenger leave for a month visiting Oregon and California. Freyenberger family members head to the western coast, and Ezra Freyenberger with relatives visit Colorado Springs to see Alta Cunningham and family.
Mrs Laura H Morrow of Philadelphia had one of the most unusual wills probated. The document was written on heavy cardboard in longhand and covered with cello phane. Her estate was valued at 8500 dollars.
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