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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
7
A Richland School man resigns as superintendent Wright elected principal of Douglas school in Vituhiva. He departs after years of service, while the community wishes him success in his new post. The item also lists holiday trips, visits, births, and a car collision with no serious injuries.
The nation counts about 14 million horses and mules in farm work alongside roughly 8,500 race horses and 7,500 trotting horses and 500,000 riding horses, illustrating broad reliance on equine labor and animal roles across sectors.
Mrs Mary Fleming of California visited her sister Mrs Dave Baldosier and family in Merrimac for several days this week. The community mourns the death of Peter Salzman Tuesday afternoon and extends sympathy. Mr and Mrs Dave Paul and others enjoyed a turkey dinner at Earl Smith home. Mrs Johnnie Baldosier visited Mrs Boyd Lantz. Truman Amrine of Sterling Illinois spent the weekend with Carl Amrine. Mrs Doyle Paul hosted the Merrie Makers club Thursday afternoon.
The notice records social calls over the weekend and into Tuesday evening among local residents including Will Brannon Elmer Reschley Truman Amrine Carl Amrine Mary Amrine Johnnie Baldo sier Mary Mieming and A L Zihlman. It ends with a seasonal wish to the Journal force and readers.
Prairie Flower column recounts visits and events from December including relatives in St. Louis Peoria and Galesburg Ill Esther Smith home for holiday vacation Mae Rittenhouse Ka lona weekend with Huber family C E Jarrard home visits E L Smith guests at Cloyd Cornick Mt Union Mrs Rit tenhouse and Huber call at Denison home Christmas program planned at church Prairie Flower school sessions for holiday break and Farm Bureau lesson at Snowball club Roy Finke Pfeister corn club Keota note to mark Feb
The calendar lists a Snowball Social all day at Mrs Adolph Guenthers home with potluck dinner. Mr and Mrs Joe Knotek and Mr and Mrs Dewey Weeks visited the Joseph Shalla home Sunday evening. Christmas program practice occurred Sunday afternoon. Willie Finke Elinor and Leo of Columbus Junction and Mr and Mrs Wm Finke of Washington called at the Roy Finke home Sunday. Everette Finke and Rev C W Klein were Davenport callers Friday afternoon. Arthur Witthoft is working at
Riverside Methodist church hosts an exhibit from the American Bible Society showing Bible pages printed in 1000 languages including a Welsh page. Rev. Stuart C. Peterson notes the Welsh origin of the British and Foreign Bible Society after a Welsh girl walked 28 miles to obtain a Bible.
Riverside public school pupils present a Christmas program on Thursday December 31 at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium The show features scenes from Kate Douglas Wiggin s The Birds Christmas Carol with prologue and epilogue The cast includes Darris Whitlock Glenys Marner Eleanor Frost Donald Fox Patricia McCreedy Mamie Weber Vaida Wingler Hal Cress Donna Whitlock Duane Murdock Hope Rae Stransky and others under the direction of Mabel Clark with Ema Lee Matousek and Helene Gaskill assisting.
Madge Brooks of Chillicothe Mo. comes home for Christmas. Local families share Sunday dinners and visits at multiple homes including Widmer Freyenberger Rich and Jarrard households. A closing out sale by Mrs. Edna Widmer is noted as she plans to move to Wayland.
Approximately 70,000 Filipino laborers work in island mines under American supervision. Named supervisors include Smola Carol Jean Murdock and Anna Mae Docer, with a long list of specialists and overseers such as Doran, Darrin, Donna and Velma Lou Whitlock, Hubert Doud, Duane Hartzell, and others.
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