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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1939
Page
8
Assistant superintendent Miss Nellie Wiley serves as secretary treasurer with help from Margaret Votrupa. The district employs over thirty officers and teachers across the staff.
Des Moines visitors Paul Long and Lloyd Ferns joined W H O broadcasts Saturday. Families from Snowball Keota Wellston and Fairfield frequent the area with dinners, visits, and a Davenport wedding. A mix of travels includes Iowa City Rock Island Davenport and Marshalltown stops with multiple local households hosting and visiting friends and relatives.
Preparations are under way for a Christmas party at the Baptist Bible school and congregation in the church auditorium and adjoining classrooms on Wednesday at 7 20 p m. All pupils from youngest to oldest invited, with parents and friends welcomed to share in the fellowship and program led by Miss Carol Forgey and Miss Isabelle Combs. Santa Claus rumored to visit. attendance last Sunday surpassed 206. C V Brown is superintendent. Wayne Kendrick is mentioned.
Des Moines reports an all-day session where Republican congressmen heard a wide range of farm views. The variety and contradictions left the panel without a clear sense of prevailing sentiment or solutions.
The Iowa state liquor control commission ended its temperance education plan after an attorney general opinion said funds cannot be used for it. James M. Pearson, hired to lead the campaign, left after Fred Porter refused to approve his $192.50 salary warrants. The commission also rejected petitions to open new liquor stores at Nashua and Sheffield near the Little Brown Church In the Vale, where protests outweighed support.
A modern Zeppelin requires eight million eight hundred thirty thousand cubic feet of helium for its power and propulsion. The report notes helium needs tie to any specific program as a general requirement.
The Home Art club met at the Ferguson home in West Chester on Friday afternoon December 8 with all members and two guests present. A lighted tree and Christmas decorations enhanced the gathering as the annual exchange revealed each member’s sunshine sister for the year. President Mrs James Briggs led the business meeting, with Mrs Will Reif as vice president and Mrs Ben Holt as secretary.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Judge Thomas B. Powell added a religious admonition to a $25 fine for Claude Maupin 52 charged with violating the plumbing code. The court said regular church attendance was included in the sentence after Parson P D O Bell asked. Maupin testified he had little time for church due to his wife’s church work and his need to cook supper.
Daughters of Union Veterans held their anniversary dinner in the G A R room at the courthouse with a Christmas theme. Mrs. Warfel, Mrs. McConaughy, and Mrs. Blake organized the event. A gift exchange, carols led by Mrs. Shields, a reading by Mrs. Dupuis, and a social period followed. The next meeting is January 8.
The Haskins Happy Hour club met Thursday evening at Evelyn Murphy’s home with ten members and one guest, Dorothy Apple of Mount Pleasant. A Christmas gift exchange occurred and many useful gifts were given. The group played cards and light refreshments were served. The January meeting will be at Dale Peters’ home.
In Carroll, policeman Lloyd Owen fired into the air as a transient fled. The man turned as if to shoot, and Owen shot him through the body, killing Arthur Boyd of Davenport. Boyd had a criminal record from intoxication to grand larceny.
A survey by MEDICAL BUREAU Hall of Waters Excelsior Springs Mo shows 843 415 treatments given to 87 500 patients in recent years. Of these 48 837 had rheumatic diseases and 44 440 received relief. Write today for information Box 1010.
Mrs Claude Tucker won a 5 piece Pyrex oven ware set from W L Rukgaber hardware after a WH0 radio contest broadcast morning hours. Washington county's sole entrant among 11 000 entries, she was among 100 grand prize winners state wide and the only winner in the county.
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