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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Bowens and their son Michael will spend Christmas weekend in Janesville with the Bowens parents.
Harold Leet of West Chester underwent an appendectomy yesterday. Clifford Parcell of Richland was admitted for treatment.
Raymond Rittenhouse of Des Moines plans a Christmas weekend at home. Chicago visitors C. B. Hamiltons arrive to visit relatives including Ralph Martin family and Wiley Anderson. Des Moines residents Eliva Denny and Nellie Wilson travel to Philadelphia to join Vincent Keesey family. Frances Stewart heads to Philadelphia from Chicago. Keesey hosts Mrs. C. W. Stewart. Princeton Illinois visitors R. L. McGuire and Russell Knott plan Prairie du Chien Christmas. David Letts of Glendale visits Bethel home. Letts to east on business, Mary Gale Letts to Nevada for vacation. Josephine Bailey from Chicago to spend Christmas with M. W. Bailey. others join Gardner and Letts families in Burlington. J G Nicolet and Robert Ide of Urbana arrive to visit G A Haygreen. Mrs. J. Peterson of Princeton to spend holidays with Car son home. H and H club holds Christmas party with Randel Neill. bridge and exchange. James Davidson and son Jimmy to spend Christmas with Harry Davidson family. Davidson noted as athletic coach.
Entries for the Washington Golden Gloves tournament at the new armory on January 18 and 19 are increasing with local troopers from Troop BE joining ten men from Ottumwa and hopes for about six more. Troops F from Washington already entered eight men with expected turnout reaching a dozen. Pending entries from Lone Tree, Columbus Junction, Mt. Pleasant, Muscatine, Iowa City, and Fairfield, plus university boxing hopefuls, including former Iowa QB Al Coupee, are anticipated.
Crawfordsville Cyclones narrowly defeated Ainsworth Tigers by three points on Crawfordsville floor. Nor ris led Ainsworth with 18 points, Jones paced Crawfordsville with 12, and Lou Koehler fouled out late as reserves won 27 to 25.
St Marys high school basketball swept Solon teams in Riverside, winning 34 to 18 in the main game and 19 to 17 in overtime of the opener. John Jacob Frank led St Marys with six field goals and five free throws, while Kron scored five field goals and one free throw for the winners.
Washington junior college coach Fred Massdam keeps the Cardinals in conditioning with no game until Friday January 5 when they meet Albia junior college at home. Meanwhile Demons coach Ken Kimberlin keeps practice active as Mt. Pleasant visits December 29 aiming to snap a losing skid.
Keota Crawfordsville Brighton Hoskins and Ainsworth residents shopped here yesterday and this morning. Monticello instructor Vaughn-Auornburg arrived to spend Christmas with Helen L Heilman. Mrs Fleming celebrated her 87th birthday with family Tuesday and guests included the Robertsons and others.
Manda Davies from Co college returns to Crawfordsville for Christmas with parents. Carol Rae Anderson of Des Moines, two and a half months old, will live with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Anderson. Betty Ann Gilbert travels to Ottumwa for Christmas break. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rice of Muscatine expect to escort their son-in-law Milo Soerden and his wife to Atlanta, Georgia for two weeks with Robert Rice. The Webster family, Glen Sorden and Evelyn, head home for holiday time. John Yousling plans Christmas with Kay Yousting’s family in Ida Grove before resuming work Wednesday. Olive Ringheim of Canton, SD, arrives for a two week Christmas visit with sister Ruth in Cedar Rapids.
Raymond Gros of New York was arrested in Philadelphia while negotiating the sale of bonds stolen from the Bankers Trust Co. of Des Moines. The $13,000 loss occurred Oct 3, 1938 and was paid in full by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Officials said the theft appeared to be the work of local sneak thieves with no insider bank connections.
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