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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1931
Page
7
Local residents attend visits and gatherings across Keota Washington Goshen and New Sharon. Multiple households host relatives, travel for shopping, and attend sales while noting illness and holiday plans.
Elmer Meyer and family via model A Ford from Kent Ohio crash after rear truck collision on Lincoln highway. Miss Doris Finneman and Maurice Palmer severely injured. Mrs Meyer nose broken. Others treated at Lima hospital. changes to holiday plans noted. Local notices include weddings and Amish minister meeting shifted due to bad roads.
Mrs Chas Churchill notes impassable roads stop Sunday services for two weeks and a likely Christmas Eve postponement. High school students Ardith Tinnes Keota and Tommy Hartnell Marie Hartnell Richland home for holidays. school dismisses Dec 24 and resumes Jan 4. Mrs Zeno Times visits James Charpening near West Chester. Christmas wishes shared.
Mary Louise and Glenn Robertson shared Sunday dinner at the A J Robertson home. Families from Galesburg visited relatives and spent Christmas vacation with the Glenn Little family. P H Noel and sons joined Gilbert Hotle for a Saturday evening gathering. J C Bowen and N E West hosted visits. Artford Richardson and Doyle Pfeifer with Raquel Tinnis visited Gilbert Hotle. Matt Wehr drove to Muskeetine to visit kin. Curtis Snyder and Glenn Little families gathered at Gilbert Hotle’s Wednesday evening.
Mr and Mrs George Reed spent time in Illinois with Mrs Morrow Reed staying with Grandma Reed who winters here. Families visit, including the Fosters and Jones, as Lambert improves after lockjaw treatment in Iowa City. Plans for Christmas homecoming and health exams for Mrs Ray Lambert are noted amid weather and travel reflections.
Mrs. Stanleigh Henderson welcomed a daughter, Maryland Jean, born December 14. Mrs. Florence Smith is visiting Eddie Gretters. Mrs. Marvin Summit stayed with her sister Elsie in Washington. Mrs. Bert Gregory returned home after helping care for the newborn. Mrs. W. M. Shaffer visited with Mrs. Marvin Summit and others. Mr. John Romine visited the Romine household with Mrs. Arthur Romine and Mrs. Wm. Shaffer attended Hendersons’ Thursday afternoon.
Wayne and Elza Crawford and sons visited in Iowa City. Mrs. Korf spent Friday with the Enke family in Winfield. Rinner and Swan called on Mrs. Mast in Washington. Shoppers in Washington included Cecil Korf Paul Mast and Clarence Moorhead. Gipples returned home from Wy Man and cared for Mrs. Davis who is improving. John Krantz with Ralph and Elmer went to Washington on business. Mt Pleasant residents shopping included the Unkrich Sponberg Vollmer and Johnson households. Pauline Mast was absent from school due to illness. Heldt visited Washington. Mary Lilian Moorhead attended the Christmas program in Olds. Enke of Winfield dined with C F Korr. Forrest Davidson of Iowa City visited Moorhead and will spend holidays with Elwyn Davidson in Detroit.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Roberts and son Leland visited at George Drish home in Brighton. Jose Rice hosted relatives Manda Stats Charles Baker H C C Jones and families. Road conditions hinder Christmas shopping and town trips. Rice joined Ray mond Reimer in Fairfield for dinner. Walter Penker drove lambs to Chicago with EK A Hosler. Clarence Shaffer family Virginia Lee Robert Ruth visited Kinnesat Neville. Mr and Mrs Stussell Parsons mentioned.
Washington County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting with about 100 attendees despite poor roads. Officers were re elected including H L Walker president and Richard Stephens VP. The afternoon featured a talk by Mrs W Van Bloom on The Third Knot and a lengthy resolutions report urging tax reform and better distribution of farm wealth.
White Oak will have no school Thursday and Friday due to the death of Miss Eva Wagners grandfather. The M M Farm Bureau club met with Mrs Roscoe Bennett on Tuesday December 15 with eight members one visitor and seven children present. The lesson Laundry Methods and Equipment was led by Mada Dickinson and a Christmas exchange followed.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hahn and Mrs. Mary Duncan of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday with relatives in Riverside. Miss Magdalen Walsh of Clark College Dubuque and Louis Dautremont of St Ambrose College Davenport are home for the Christmas holidays.
Ted Radcliffe and Bob Harkness chase the Mexican bandit El Coyote as Morales tightens grip on border lands. The masked savior rides to rally ranchers while Morales plots to crush the rising revolt and avenge past wrongs. Ted seeks both vengeance and reunion with Adela Morales.
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