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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1948
Page
3
A large crowd packed the Washington Methodist auditorium for Handel’s Messiah presented by the church choir with guest singers and organist John Yousling. Decorations were coordinated by Owen Hayes as Mrs. Elouise R. Sorden directed the choir.
Charles Chuck Bendlage is named to replace Harleys Strater in the Iowa Highway Patrol guarding the Washington area. He relocates to 308 South Iowa Avenue and will base his duty in Washington. The local post had been vacant since Strater resigned weeks earlier.
A visitor arrived Sunday to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brown and Mrs. Emma Hardy.
Mrs. T. L. Dodds of East Washington street remains at the county hospital for treatment but shows considerable improvement. The report notes ongoing efforts from noon to knot a quilt for her.
Officers in Louisa and adjacent counties search for two men driving a car with Wapello county plates accused of robbing Or ville Long, a Crawfordsville youth, last night. Long says the pair took 75 dollars.
East of town a major road project will remove several jogs and straighten the route including around the No 11 school corner and a quarter mile south. Appraisers appointed by the state supreme court assess Fred Palmer and Melo Kallous farms. The Wright brothers marked 25 years since their first flight in North Carolina on December 17. Miss Mable Livingston returns home from Monmouth for Christmas. Washington county Red Cross reports 35 members as quota set. Mike Flynn relocates to a farm near Wyman. Grant Huston family escapes a fire by leaping from a second story window. Mr and Mrs Ned Fisher welcome son Robert Eugene born December 16. W F Carrico electrocuted repairing a transformer at 42 in Keota.
Mrs. J. A. Guest received a six inch German shell from her son Ray in France. He sent the shell to his mother with the idea it be used for a jardiniere. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Curris also received a letter from their son Kenneth about his trip to France.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wiley drove to Monmouth with their son Bill a Monmouth College student to spend vacation at home. Pat and Nancy Patterson came from Grinnell College to spend the holiday. Mr and Mrs Robert Patterson drove to the college town to fetch their daughters. Jean Freshwaters another Grinnell student will arrive tonight. John Simerman and Robert Logan attend Monmouth College and have returned home for break. Mrs Karl Simerman drove to Monmouth for the boys. Wesley J Custer USN son of Wesley Custer serves aboard USS Princeton in the western Pacific and China Sea area as task force 38 trains.
Wyatt Marbourg married Winnie Adams at the bride’s home with close friends present. The Ladies Aid at the Methodist church raised 125 dollars at their bazaar and the paper booth run by Alice Fluke and Josephine Babcock cleared 25 dollars. Dennis Bush sold his farm to Ira Rathmel for 165 dollars per acre, and Bush will move to Texas to work for the Keiser brothers. The Skipton twins are praised by their mother for their matching dress and good looks. A set of solid silver spoons was presented by the Bethlehem Commandery to Wyatt.
Roy Patterson hosted his 19th birthday party at his Highland Park home on December 13 with 25 young friends in attendance. Among guests were Dudley Crone Lieyd Lytle Bert Ragan and Miss Cora L Schofield chair of Constitutional History at Wellesley College who is visiting for Christmas and the Stichter Fulton wedding. Miss Ida Roberts hosted a pre nuptial party.
Henry Devore aged ?. a resident for many years died at 7 30 p m Saturday at his daughter Mrs F L Armstrongs home north of Columbus Junction.
Hugh Thomas age 67 longtime Louisa county employee died at his son Elmer Thomas home eight miles west of Columbus Junction Monday at 7 40 p m after a six week illness He had recently returned home from the hospital last Thursday and was ill for six weeks prior.
Mrs David McElhinney, 79, lifelong Morning Sun resident and mother of Mrs Neill Trotman of route is noted in a local obituary. The notice honors her long life and family ties within the community.
Saturday to today hospital notes report Howard Jones Columbus Junction medical case and Thomas Stewart surgery. Charles Lord Ainsworth tonsillectomy. Dismissals include Mrs. John Jeffries and daughters Richland and others. Births list Elmer Adam Keota and W R Reed Keota. Merle Dickinson Keota daughter. Wayne Knupp R4 daughter.
The notice lists multiple admissions including William Moore at 635 W 2nd for surgery, Andrew Hoekstra in Richland for surgery, Mrs James Greiner and daughter from Keota, Robert Ross of West Chester, Mr and Mrs James Lyle with a daughter, and Mr and Mrs Stanley Foster with a daughter. Additional entries show Eldon Ayers of Wellman with four daughters born at 9 48 a m and 7 36 p m yesterday and today.
Two short medical notices list Mrs Isaac Maule of Keota undergoing a surgical procedure yesterday and Mrs LeRoy Dann of R 5 with a tonsillectomy today at 60 North Second Mary Galdwell reporting the surgical.
Yesterday Edward Stout of Brighton was discharged after a medical. Ronnie Bomber of West Chester discharged after tonsillectomy. Howard Jones of Colum bus Junction Thomas Stewart Mrs James Lyle and daughter Fred Zieglowsky Columbus Junction Mrs David Kleese R32. Birth today Mr and Mrs Norman Shalla Kalona a son at 5 40 am.
An obituary notice reports Washington passing Monday at the Gerig Nursing Home in Wellman. The brief item notes the death occurred in Wellman and records the facility involved.
Mrs Bennie Miller learns of the death of her brother in law Charles Thompson of Mapleton Minnesota who died Wednesday Funeral services are set for Friday in Mapleton with burial to follow there Coordinates not provided as the text is limited to a local notice.
Graveside services for William H Hopkins 64 formerly of this community will be held at Columbus City cemetery Sunday afternoon December 19. He died at the Soldiers Home in Gaullt California. His son Earl went to California to bring the ashes home. Frank B Hopkins of Columbus Junction is a brother.
Mrs Mary Beese aged 86 died at her Wayland home at 1 15 this morning after several months illness. The obituary notes her residence and death details.
Members of the U Go I Go club held a Christmas luncheon at Mrs BE Ward’s home on Thursday at 12 39 p m with Mrs George Baker attending. The table featured a small tree and pine cones. Pinochle on three tables crowned Mrs John Shebeck high while Mrs Val Fuhr held low score. Mystery sisters were revealed during the gift exchange.
Harold Mineart Paul Pacha of Brighton and Earl Guengerich of Wellman completed their first solo flights. Charles E Carriker made dual cross country flights to Newton Ottumwa and soloed to Quincy Muscatine in a Piper Cub. Recent Wash graduates.
The Y timetable lists December dates with Junior Church, Grade School Swim and Gym, Jr High and High School swims and gym times, Senior Church activities, craft classes, boys and men’s volleyball, basketball games, and holiday events across December 20 to 31 at multiple venues including Grade School, Jr High, High School gyms, and the Y facility. Names or final outcomes are not provided. it reads as a schedule digest with recurring daily blocks and holiday close times.
The statement asserts that American republics with carp as a leading cereal have never experienced a serious famine, framing the region as having abundant food stability.
Wayne A Limerman Jr and Keith V LeValley of Keota earned private pilots licenses. Allen E Van Vranken of Winfield received a commercial pilot license.
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