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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
2
Jimmy Arnold has returned from Chicago where he spent the summer working with Western Union. Judy Warren visited here for a few weeks with her grandparents Rev. and Mrs. BP. S. Hehner.
The article states that the average person consumes 16 pounds of candy per year. This figure reflects per capita dietary data and highlights consumer patterns in confectionery demand.
Ruth Anderson spent days in Des Moines for the state fair and visiting friends. Several listed friends and relatives from Ainsworth Mt. Pleasant Kalona Winfield and Monmouth area called on the town yesterday. Community bake and food sales are scheduled including St James Ladies Food Sale and Ainsworth Methodist church bake sale. Mrs W R Gross visits Monmouth Ill and Mrs Anna Springer spent yesterday in Des Moines with Eloise.
Jane Baldrige captured the Rothschild cup at the city women s golf tournament after defeating Helen Breese in the championship flight 19th hole. Mrs Milo Sorden won Class A and Mrs E E Stutsman won Class B with close matches attracting a sizable gallery at the country club.
National League standings show Indianath leading with .676 and Pittsburgh at .541. Wednesday results include Chicago routing Anton 6 0 in one game and 6 4 in another, plus Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 2 and St Louis 8 New York 5. American League lists New York 85 44 .659 and Boston 66 61 .520 with several day games across cities.
Roy Huston a farmer living on the Missouri side of the Des Moines river bridge southwest of here is in Graham hospital with a broken leg and other injuries after horses hitched to his grain bin der ran away and one animal kicked him.
The 1939 construction year outpaced 1929 as the strongest period for U S construction activity, reflecting a rebound in public and private projects. Industry analysts note gains across housing, infrastructure, and commercial segments, signaling a robust turnaround.
Donald Eugene Bush of Washington was dismissed this morning. Clover Luckey of Riverside underwent an appendectomy. Carl Cross of Washington and Cloyd Cornick of Mt. Union had their tonsils removed this morning. Mr and Mrs McDonald Shull of Crawfordsville welcomed a son at 9 20 with a birth weight of nine pounds ten ounces.
Mrs Milo Sorden captured victory in the Class A flight yesterday and posed with the cup. Runner up Mrs Nels B Westermark received a Spaulding golf bag as its prize.
Lime Creek township quiz derby team with sponsor Marie Stewart left for Des Moines for the state fair semi finals after earning 170 of 250 points. Members Mary Hery Mildred Rowe Montflanders center school attended the first round Monday and will compete in finals expected this afternoon at the Exposition building.
The American Legion auxiliary meeting at 3:30 yesterday afternoon in Sunset park was well attended by members and guests. The informal gathering featured reports from Mrs. Oscar Lane on a July Mt. Pleasant veterans’ hospital visit and from others who attended the Marshalltown state convention. Plans for the year were outlined by Mrs. Leo Hoover and the Junior Auxiliary chairwoman expressed optimism for a growing junior program.
The Merry Maids 4H club held an ice cream social at Betty Colthurst’s home. Members brought cakes or cookies and sewed Red Cross articles. They rode a pony and bicycled on country roads. September meeting set for evening due to school session.
Duane Peterson of Des Moines visited here with aunts Mrs. Frank Broan gate and Daisy McConnell of Minneapolis. He works in KSO and other stations and recently received a shipment of $1 handbags from Moore's Bootery. Mrs. John Kiene and Duane of Olpe Kans plan to return home after ten days with Mrs. James Prebyl and Harold Prebyl. The evangelist Dillon tent on E Washington St presents Tsaiah's Visions with a closing address tonight.
Ruth Gibson of Fort Madison arrives with Mrs. William Herbrechtmeyer and sons Billy and Dick of Charles City to spend the week with the Freshwaters and Gibson families. Miss Gibson plans to return to Fort Madison High School teaching. Johnnie, traveling spokesman for Phillip Morris, will be at McDaniel drug store Saturday at 9 AM. Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Telford of Fort Madison and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sayre of Detroit visit Washington and Pleasant Hill before returning home.
Georganne Rudiger travels to Cedar Rapids to stay with the Shirley Clark family through Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H J Myers and Dean Hasty spend the day in Burlington visiting Leonard Johnson at his home.
At the 52nd Iowa Library Association annual meeting in Ames from September 6 to 9, librarians and trustees will hear speakers including Prof. John T. Frederick W. W. Waymack Charles H. Brown Paul Engle Mrs Horace M Towner and W Earl Hall among others.
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