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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
3
At the city council meeting Councilman George Maxwell of the first ward announced he would be away all winter and part of the spring in Long Beach California. He was granted a leave of absence with duties reassigned to other council members. Mrs Maxwell will accompany him.
Co. F. Larkin of the Washington National Bank was elected to the cashiership of the Wyman Savings Bank last week and will assume duties January first. He began banking at Wyman in 1915 and is praised for efficiency and friendliness during his year as assistant at Washington National.
Mayor J. B. Boyce today received a bill of lading for a new fire truck with engine equipment ordered months ago from the American LaFrance company of Elmira New York. The machine was shipped on December first and is expected to arrive within two weeks.
Fortnightly club notes two changes in the Mallebay concert company for the evening recital at the high school. Germaine Mallebay will lead the program from Paris with Washington anticipation for the Paris violinist, but Jack MacMahon will replace the violinist and Stewart Wille will replace the pianist as accompanist. The committee regrets the late notice yet expects a strong turnout for the performance.
Washington will host one of the first electrical colleges in the United States. H D Smith plans an eight week intensive course in automotive electrical engineering starting December 20 with practical shop equipment and daily lectures. He expects strong demand and will launch a national advertising campaign.
The report says McCarty's duty includes guiding the hook and ladder wagon. An auto truck was hired to assist and was behind a Ford when they tipped the wagon on a corner. Roy Littrel, a driver, lost a tire and rim. the incident occurred between Washington and Verdi with slim chances of recovery.
Members of the Delta Alpha class recall a social at Mrs L M Eicher after noon on Thursday with a Christmas gift exchange set at twenty five cents. Children attending bring gifts too.
Lawrence Ridge of Quincy Illinois claims Nora T Schultz was his wife and that her marriage to Jesse E Merick should be annulled. Ridge says he took Schultz to Quincy and plans no court action was confirmed as Merick is away.
J. G. Highbarger of Centerville finished ten weeks of binding and covering county record books at the courthouse and will return home then proceed to another binding job in the northern part of the state. He placed canvas covers on 9 448 of the permanent records and rebound several books nearing collapse.
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