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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
2
Margaret and Emma Mc Lennan of Long Beach California and Mr and Mrs Will James of Williamsburg visited Dr and Mrs J M Lloyd yesterday. Fresh eggs sold retail at 17 cents per dozen by Reister Bros. tf
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Everett Wallace are parents of a son born at 4 10 this morning weighing seven pounds four ounces He has been named Robert Lewis David Franklin was dismissed last evening Ralph Keller was admitted last evening Dick Kennedy of Washington Mrs Basil Derby and two daughters Nancy and Virginia of Keota underwent tonsillectomies this morning.
Dr and Mrs M H Sartor and family returned home after a ten day vacation at Clear Lake and Des Moines visiting relatives. Ethel Taylor of Beloit Wis arrives to stay two weeks with Mrs H R Crayton. Mollie Therion error corrected to 46 dollars in hospital payroll. Mrs Clyde L Boice of Iowa City and Burnette Bohen of Marshalltown visited. Carol Schwartz of Indianola visits with Caroleen Sartor and Nan Hoover. The Margolins and daughters Phyllis and Jo Ellen stopped in Washington en route to Yankton with I Rothschild grandparents.
Funeral services for Aaron EK Batterson were held yesterday at L A Jones funeral home with Rev Carl W Klein officiating. Pallbearers included William Wasson Tom Dewis Lyle Snyder Jack Stockman Leslie Payne and Martin Brown. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
A Benson school reunion drew 84 former students teachers and friends as an alumni society formed with Robert Ferguson of West Chester as president Grace Anderson Ferns as vice president and Edna Witting as secretary. The event recalled the log school house replaced around 1869 and noted enrollments and teachers from early years.
The Tarkio college quartet will give a concert in the United Presbyterian church at West Chester Friday at 8 p m. Fifteen minutes will be devoted to movie scenes of campus life. No admission charge. The public is invited.
Iowa City site once hosting 1921 22 Hawkeyes football and Big Ten titles will be buried under nearly six feet of Iowa River mud. The WPA built dredge pumps silt behind a sea wall as riverfront work advances with $107,396 spent and $350,000 more expected, creating a 20 acre park lake for winter and summer sports before university building use.
The Baptist church schedules an Automobile Sunday next Sunday at 10 46 AM with carload arrivals for the worship service. Pastor Rev J Fredmund will speak Traveling over the Highway of Life as the choir led by Miss Wilma Walker and Mrs Wm Hesseltine perform. Bible school meets 9 30 AM and the Senior Young People gather after.
The notice states services will not be held on Sunday evenings during August and that the next event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the evening.
A J Votruba has returned home from Washington County Hospital and is slowly improving. He welcomes visitors and appreciates the inquiries from friends during his hospital stay.
The American League standings show New York leading with 63 wins and 32 losses, Cleveland 36.613, Boston 55 39 .585, Washington 52 50 .610, and Philadelphia 35 59 .372. The National League lists Pittsburgh 62 36 .633, Chicago 56 44 .560, Cincinnati 54 46 .540, Brooklyn 47 51 .475, St Louis 43 66 .394, and Philadelphia 80 66 .313. Wednesday’s results include New York 12 Washington 11 and Cleveland 9 St Louis 6. Today’s schedule features Cleveland at St Louis, Boston at Philadelphia, Washington at New York, Detroit at Chicago, and St Louis–Pittsburgh games postponed by wet grounds.
Mrs. Alfred Neale of Des Moines came to care for her ill mother Mrs. C. M. Hazen yesterday noon. Mrs. W. B. Dupuis and daughter Ruth with Doris Klepfer returned from a Colorado trip, visiting Manitou and Pike's Peak at sunrise on a moonlit night. Kate Buckley plans to leave Sunday for Cincinnati after a month with sister Muble Buckley.
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