Local Residents Visit and Job News Across Town
Della Workman and party arrived after visiting Mrs. Mar Man and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Curry. Guests include Mrs. W. J. Behrens of Abilene and Harry Townsend of Armington with Wayne. R S Warfel's family returned from Estes Park after a two week stay with F V Kerr. Ralph Thorp son office staff updates and Edwin H. Griffith takes Roosevelt High School post in Cedar Rapids as chemistry biology instructor after leading Greek school in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Workman
Andriffith
Don Moines
Mar Man
Russel Curry
W. J. Behrens
Abilene
Texas
Harry Townsend
Wayne
Armington
Iowa
Lucille
Carol Formey
Edwin H. Griffith
Roosevelt’ High School
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Griffith
Athens
Ile
Greece
Hospital Birth And Local Health Notices
Mr and Mrs Tom Carson of Washington announce the birth of a boy named Ben born Sunday at 4 45 weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces. Mrs T R Arthur and infant Susan Kay were discharged for home in Washington. Mildred Smith of Brighton had an appendectomy yesterday afternoon. Mrs Anna King of Washington was admitted for medical treatment yesterday afternoon. Dickie Harbison Ainsworth Robert Pill Glenn Dillon Glen Bower of Keota and Elate Amlong Washington route 3 underwent tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs KR Noonan of Washington was dismissed last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Carson
Washington
Ben
T. R. Arthur
Susan Kay
Mildred Smith
Brighton
Yeooter
Mra
Anna King
Dickie Harbison
Ainsworth
Robert Pill
Glenn Dillon
Glorn Bower
Keota
Elate Amlong
Stag Golf Dinner Set for Friday Evening
The final stag dinner of the season is announced by Rob Shannon chairing the tournament committee. It will be at seven o clock in the club house after a five o clock tournament start. A members only gathering will discuss important matters and a plan to provide showers and lockers at the club house will be proposed and carried into effect for the wolf season of 1941. Last Sunday eleven Washington golfers visited Fairfield. Washington won six of the eleven matches on the Fairfield course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Shannon
Eclub
Washington
Fairfield
Baseball Standings and Results Summary
American League standings show Cleveland Detroit New York Chicago Washington St Louis Philadelphia with wins and losses. Monday results include Cleveland 4 Washington 3 and Boston 7 St. Louis 6. Chicago at New York rain. Detroit Philadelphia rain. multiple games listed with results and rain delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Pet
Cleveland
Vinta Ee
Detroit
New York
Eostern - Cacane
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis Sound
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinati
National
Agul
Pet
Ci Innati
Louis Eonah
Ihicaro
Pocahontas Boy Wins Health Title at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines August 2. Bob Bolen 18 Pocahontas county farm youth won the A H club health championship at the Iowa State fair. Kenneth Johnson 16 of Dulphur Springs was runner up. Judges said both within one point of a perfect score. Fifty eight boys from as many counties entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bob Bolen
Pocahontas County
Kenneth Johnson
Dulphur Springs
Carson Couple Return After Week Visiting Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Carson returned home yesterday after a week spent with the latter's sister Mrs Justus Peterson in Princeton Indiana. They also visited cousins Mr and Mrs Hawin Alm and family in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Carson
Justus Peterson
Princeton
Mra. Hawin Alm
Rockford
Coach Geneva Opens Demon Grid Season With 42 Man Squad
Coach Geneva addresses 42 hopefuls on South Fourth Avenue in the opening session of his first season heading the Demon athletics. He demands peak effort, speed, and consistent conditioning as the team plans for a challenging schedule including New London opener and two tough Little Six tests. Captain Gallagher leads guards with several returnees vying for key roles as workouts continue twice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred “Peck
Geneva
Mhoaicum
Changig
Teuds
New London
Fairfield
Trojans
Demons
Ottumwa
Bulldogs
Joe Duca
Terry Anderson
Bop Birney
Willis Booth
Dick Marshall
Marshall
Bob Lowe
Joe Duea
Roger Lance
West Chester
Chester
Jim Gallagher
Richard Flynn
Bobates
Joe Pease
Tunis Venmartog
Bob Birney
Don Burger
Francis Ralston
Max Darnell
John Logan
Callistus Kern
Bob Bolleau
Paul Peiffer
Everett Squire
Bob Conner
Kimball Gates
Clifford Brown
Don Klein
Don Paul
Tom Richards
Raymond Kerr
Dick Moore
Bob Marble
John Perdock
Keith Hammond
Lyle Box
Bob Bostwick
Dick Crossett
Paul Maxwell
Arnold Smith
Junior Palmer
Bob Faulkner
Don Voorhees
Dick Peterson
Don Gingery
Lee Hoehle
Andersons Call to 59 Iowa Eleven Candidates
Iowa City Aug 27 Dr Eddie Anderson issued the official call for the 1940 football season to 59 University of Iowa candidates. He urged start of limbering up exercises, report Sept 14, and noted potential early position changes with a roster listing many named players across tackles guards centers quarterbacks and backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Eddie Anderson
University of Iowa
Anderson
Sophocres
Hiere
Kudie
Kenneth Pettit
Logan
John Maher
Springfield
Bill Parker
Des Moines
Joe Moore
Ida Grove
Wilford Burkett
Independence
Robert Black
Chicago
Paul Carney
Storm Lake
Glenn Mentsel
Elkadbher
Steve Mizen
Chicago, Ill
Jens Norgaard
Edward Thomas
Waukon
Mike Enich
Boone
Jim Walker
South Bend
Ind
Bob Otto
Ft. Dodge
Sorden Host House-Warming For Sorden Stuy Employes
Mr and Mrs Milo Sorden entertained last evening in their home for employees of the Sorden Stuy. A 6 30 three course dinner featured fiesta dinnerware, silver bells as place favors and a dessert of angel food ice cream cake with whipped cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sorden
Sorden Stuydies
Social gathering highlights at Yousting residence party
The event featured a lyre and a staff with notes and toasts from party members. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Yousting, Mrs. Clara Gilbert, Max Lee, Daryl Fetters, Robert Faulkner, Evelyn Sorden and J. I. Bickford. Attendees enjoyed Mr. Yousting's movies and a reel documenting the hosts' home building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Yousting
John Yousting
Clara Gilbert
Max Lee
Daryl Fetters
Robert Faulkner
Evelyn Sorden
J. It. Bickford
Surprising World Land Areas Compared by Size
The text notes Cuba as three times the size of Holland and Haiti Santo Domingo twice that of Switzerland. It compares West Indies lands with Great Britain, highlighting that the combined land area of these islands exceeds Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Cuba
Holland
Haiti-Santo Domingo
Switzerland
Great Britain
Patterson captures Washington women's golf title again
Mrs. Bob Patterson won the Washington women's golf championship for the fourth consecutive year and earned the Rothschild trophy for a second time by defeating Jean Moore 6 and 5 in the final. Mrs. W. D. Dwyer won Flight A, defeating Mrs. Robert Arthur 1 up in the final, with prizes awarded at the women's twilight golf pot luck at the country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Patterson
Washington
Rothschild
I. Rothschild
Patterson
Robert Arthur
Former Wellman Resident Earl Weidlein Dies
Earl Weidlein 58 a former Wellman resident died at his home in Sigourney Iowa after illness he had worked as a rural mail carrier from the Harper post office He is survived by his wife Winnie Jarvis son John and several relatives Funeral services will be held in Sigourney and Wellman with burial in the Wellman cemetery under Odd Fellows auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Earl Weidein
Sigourney
Harper Post Office
Wellman Methodist Church
W. F. Fowler
Wellman Cemetery
Odd Fellows Lodge
Karl Weidlein
Morristown
Henry County
Ilinois
J. G
Bertha Reader Weidlein
Iowa
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Wilma Smith
Keota
John
Winnie Jarvis
J. G. Weidlein
Floyd
Palisades
Colo
Ivan
Cleveland
Ohio
Guy
Viola Fash
Olivia Schlabaugh
Ivan Weidlein
Ice Cream Sodas on Battleships
The 70 percent naval expansion ships will be self sufficient communities for 1,300 to 2,000 men with soda fountains and ice cream at cost. Each ship includes a bakery butcher shop barber shop laundry gym medical and dental quarters entertainment facilities and a 25 piece band. Garbage is now processed on board by large incinerators to reduce waste for wartime safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Jane's Fighting Ships
U.S.S
Tennessee
Maryland
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Nevada
Rotarians Visit Mount Pleasant Inter-City Meeting
Rotarians traveled to Mount Pleasant last evening for an inter-city meeting led by Robert Hill of Columbia Missouri a former Rotary International president and noted national speaker. Hill spoke on thrift connecting his work with the Federal Loan Association urging faith in youths and a better understanding of the younger generation amid tougher times. Dr M J Cruise Washington Club vice president spoke in brief about Washington green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. J. Cruise
Washington Club
Washington Gree
Game Bird Census Tests Mobility Across California
The annual census of wild ducks, geese and swans in California used blimps, airplanes, autogiros, boats, automobiles and snowshoes to reach remote waterfowl concentrations, reflecting the era’s travel tools and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Family gathers at Coffey home before travels begin
The Wellman area family party at the Coffey residence included the Morgan and Coffey families with relatives from Chicago Omaha Miami Ellensburg and Iowa City. Helen Coffey will depart for Miami to teach music, while Evelyn Serden plans to return to Webster and attend Iowa Wesleyan College this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morgan
Chicago
E. J. Coffey
Wellman
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Coffey
Morgan
Wilson Coffey
Max Coffey
Omaha
Nebr
Helen Coffey
Miami
Ariz
Hubert Coffey
Ellensburg
Evelyn Serden
Webster
Milo Serden
Miss Serden
Iowa Wesleyan College
Group Holds Dinner and Theater Party for Honor Guests
A group of women formerly the Merry Maids gathered for dinner at North Side cafe then attended a State theater showing. The event honored Mrs Lola Wells Hughes of Milwaukee Wisconsin and Mrs Earl Eldridge of Indianola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Merry Maids
North Side Cafe
State Theater
Mra
Lola Wells Hughes
Milwaukee
Wis
Earl Eldridge
Indianola
Victim Makes Bigger Mistake than Driver
Ed Hillsman of Waterloo was fined 25 dollars after being found on Highway 20 by Gerald Clemmensen who feared a collision. Police said Hillsman, returning to consciousness at Sartori hospital, fought violently requiring six men to restrain him before he was jailed in Black Hawk county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Ed Hillsman
Waterloo
Justice C
Thorsrud
Hillsman
Highway 20
Gerald Clemmensen
Sartori Hospital
Hillaman
Black Hawk County
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R. S. Warfel
the Boyer
Estes Park
F. Vv. Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Keates Park
Boyer
Ralph Thorpson
P. L. Etter
SS. Iowa
Stag Golf
Pocahontas Boy
Miller's M&y Day
Petter Tim the Market
Wheaties
Colgate Palmolive
Farmers’ Co-operative Store
Iowa Avenue
Lance
T. J. Berdo
Bob Gates
Husky
George Gable
Albert Urban
Joe Byrd
Dallas
Tex
Paul Hessing
Quincey
Byron McCaughey
Rock Rapids
Matt Mileticn
Chariton
Charles Snyder
Charles Tollefson
Elk Point
Herman Snider
Max Hawkins
Miss
Henry Luebeke
Francis Curran
Delmas Dickerhoof
Tom McCauley, Jr
Wayne Miller
Tipton
William Stauss
Creston
Tom Farmer
Bob Bender
Davenport
Jim Youel
Ft. Madison
Anthony Komlane
Bob Patterson
Earl Weidlein
Mount Pleasant
Andy Peterson
Peterson
South
Tomomorrow
Miss Cottey
Carload
Colorado
U.S
Alberta
Washington Fruit Market
Pasy Pay
Liberal al
Lowance Oon
Rothschilds
VT Uluky A Fur Sale
Wat
Richter
Fatis
Franks
PRICH
Nelly Don
Gay Gibson
Donna Gordon
Rothschild's
Hudson
Swagger
Rothschild’s
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