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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1946
Page
6
North Oregon reports Mrs. C. A. Thompson noting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guy and their nine month old daughter Mar.
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington states she suffered for years from rheumatism and arthritis and now is free from pain and able to work. She offers to answer inquiries and provides her P O Box 825 address with NUE-OVO Laboratories.
An advertisement touts Dr Hess Antu rat killer with Antu as a track poison and claims it can kill 38 rats per ton. The note also mentions weather and cloudy cooler with occasional rain tomorrow.
Lake Klopfenstein hosted an L. G. club picnic with members and former members enjoying a noon meal at Sunset Park. Former members L. Hazen and the Lins family attended. Other gatherings included D.A.P. and Tenant Purchase group events with visits to various homes in Washington and Sunset Park.
Former president Herbert Hoover returning from a 92 000 mile tour charges Yugoslavia used UNRRA aid to sustain Marshal Tito's army. He says world famine is ending except in India and China and warns Russia aims to consolidate communist control east of the iron curtain.
Aug 26 Pilotburg items note Fred Mouser’s 18th birthday with cards and visits. Families plan a Washington 75th/quarter century picnic. Eben Ashby and daughters visit Ralph Ashby’s restaurant in Chicago. Carl T Anderson and family attend a niece Gretchen Anderson’s funeral in Des Moines. Local visits, fairs, and church Bible verse readings accompany hog sales and bread quality musings. Private furloughs and travel wrap the week as Emmett Frame’s death brings Seattle return.
Mrs John R Veggy Mrs Duane Perkins Mrs Wayne Harrison and Mrs Donald Meeks all of Riverside hosted a surprise birthday party for their mother Mrs Fannie Meeks on August 18 at the Meeks home. Guests enjoyed visiting bingo and afternoon refreshments prepared by granddaughters Mary Lois and Martha Ann Vessy. A dinner followed with nearby family and several attendees phoning in greetings.
Mrs. Lloyd Farrier entertained the Indian Creek club in Sandy Hook with ten members present and guests including Mrs. Roy Hafferty Mrs. Oscar Carlson and Mrs. Harold Hobday Roll call followed a Chautauqua feature with several members paying the 50 cent penalty Grace received a coin vase contribution for home use.
Death of Rev G W Hanna at Statesville hospital ends long tenure as pastor of United Presbyterian in Crawfordsville. Funeral at Harrisburg North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. Survived by wife and three daughters.
Thomas L. Curran, 65, former state secretary of agriculture during the Nels Kraschel administration, died at his Ottumwa home. His death was reported from Ottumwa, Iowa, on August 27.
Riverside residents report visits and family updates with clergy from Davenport visiting parishioners. Rev. Carl S. Rice, ordained June 1, attends daily mass during his Riverside stop with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rice. Other items note Mrs. Nettie C. Hahn’s Cedar Rapids return, Henry Friese of Claver Washington visiting Riverside, and property transactions involving John Kloppfer, Albert Schulze property, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lantz. Robert W. Deatsch ends 10 day leave and reenlists.
Glenn E. Mace of Mace Motor recounts his life from Highland township to Washington Iowa. He details early jobs, schooling, pharmacy study, and progression into the Ford agency, purchasing the business in 1930. He praises Washington, thanking the community and his family. Guests included Homer Brinton, C. Oldfield, Jack Ross, Mick White. No meeting next Monday due to Labor Day.
A chief warrant officer stationed in the personnel department at the Veterans General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Ainsworth locals note the Kensington club gathered on a Wednesday in August 27 with members in attendance. The brief item records the meeting as part of community social activity.
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