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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
4
The Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Preston Wolf at 323 East Polk Street. A good attendance is desired and members with cars are asked to offer rides to those without transportation for a better turnout.
Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian church held an evening meeting with Mrs. Leland Carris and Mrs. Tom Berdo assisting. Frances Fetcher led devotionals and the group planned a year end name change to the McCleary Circle. Members brought gifts for Christmas Goodfellows baskets. Mrs. Leland Morrison spoke on Mrs. Myrtie McCleary’s Africa work.
Washington JC Cardinals led 14 13 at halftime but Albia rallied with five quick baskets in five minutes of the fourth quarter to pull away. Wayne Reeves led Albia with four field goals and two free throws in the second half while Washington’s Marshall and Tucker paced the Cards with strong scoring and free throws. The upcoming schedule shows Albia visit on Jan 15 and Marshalltown next Tuesday with no other games yet set.
Fairfield High Trojans travel to Washington for a Little Six clash with Coach Kenneth Kimberlin’s Demon quintet in a game shaping as a real test after last week’s 32 to 13 loss to Fort Madison. Washington held nearby Bloodhounds to a tied halftime in the conference opener and prepares to defend home court.
Secretary Leigh Soule of the Y M C A outlines a two week Christmas vacation gym program with daily activities from 9:00 a.m. to late afternoon. The plan includes basketball practice, free throw contests, juniors and high school leagues, volleyball tournaments, ping pong, checkers, outdoor hikes, sled parties, and a 2:30 swimming team workout with sign up at the desk.
The Washington Y M C A volleyball team went four of five in the matchup, achieving three wins in four league games. Washington beat Keokuk Burlington and Quincy, lost to Monmouth, and will face Hannibal next. Players listed include Casey Franklin Whitehead Cantoni Kiesey Luthe Kiesey Hoover Negus.
University of Iowa basketball team lines up a five game road trip before the Big Ten opener with Purdue on January 11. The sequence starts Saturday at St Louis against Washington University, then Decatur Illinois to face Millikin, then Milwaukee for Marquette, with Indiana at Bloomington and Northwestern at Evanston to follow.
The Palazzo Doria in Rome is claimed to be the largest private residence in the world, over 400 years old, with as many as a thousand people having lived there at once.
The University of Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team will travel to Louisiana for six to eight games as part of a late March training trip for the 1937 Big Ten race. Coach Otto Vogel schedules contests with LSU and Louisiana Tech and hopes to announce exact dates next month. From 1925 to 1931 Iowa ventured south yearly, posting 22 wins 15 losses and 1 tie, with trips paused during lean budget years.
Alex McCreedy traveled to Emporia Kansas to attend the funeral of his sister Elizabeth McGuire who lived with her son Harry. Funeral services were held in Sharon and he plans to stay about a week visiting relatives and a second sister nearby.
Pilotburg notes report Phyllis Jean Stransky celebrated her first birthday on December 7 with ice cream and cake brought by Aunt Mur ial Anderson. Attending were family members and several neighbors, while relatives visited hospitals and discussed community events and missionary society activities.
Franklin District reports Daryl Hoyle broke an arm after a runaway incident and later fell on ice, resulting in a cast. The Hoyle family, plus relatives, shared visits and gatherings as small town news details unfold.
Ohio settlers faced many struggles keeping cabins lit without friction matches. They started fires by bringing embers from a neighbor, a practice known as borrowing a fire.
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