Junior College Wins Game 32 to 22
Washington junior college defeated Brown's business college 32 to 22 at the high school gym. Muscatine Wain provided modest opposition as the junior college displayed moments of fine passing under coach George Freshwaters. The performance suggested the team remains a strong contender for eastern Iowa junior college honors this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Brown's
Business College
Muscatine
George Freshwaters
Eastern Iowa Junior College
Demons Fall to Ottumwa 33 16 in Night Contest
Ottumwa Bulldogs upset Washington Demons 33 to 16 in a tough gate showdown. Ottumwa held nearly half their points in the second quarter, while Washington struggled for short shots and tallied few in the period. Officials tallied 28 fouls between the teams as the game swung with strong Ottumwa defense.
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa Bulldogs
Washington Demons
Washington
TP Kiesey
McAvoy
Lytle
Ae Raymond
Watson
Pie Simpson
Johnson
Melton
Ae Tees Warren
Cor
Boal
Fimmen A
Skein
Iowa
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Will Rogers Remembered In Hollywood Obituary
A tribute from Will Rogers' associates in Hollywood following his December death recalls his unique wit and philosophy. Dismissing sentiment, colleagues say his stage remarks and humor shaped a generation and his absence will be felt in dressing rooms and beyond. They anticipate Twain and the old gang joining him in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lywood
Calif
Hubbard
Indianapolis
Twain
Old Gang
Wedding of Doris McNeill and Owens at Cotter home
Doris McNeill daughter of Dayton McNeill and Albert Owens son of Mr and Mrs Dave Owens were married December 24 at the home of Mrs Clarence Owens near Cotter. Rev Parker presided under a white wedding bell. Attending were Mr and Mrs Russell Owens and family. The bride wore brown chiffon and lace. the groom blue suit. Doris is a 1921 graduate and nurse in Washington, later public health work. They will reside on the D R Jos farm near Cotter and be at home after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Doris McNeill
Dayton McNeill
Albert Owens
Columbus Junction
Dave Owens
Clarence Owens
Cotter
Parker
Presbyterian Church of
Russel Owens
Washington
Owens
Washington County Hospital
Chicas
Davenport
War Hero Joffre Near Death After Secret Operation
Paris December 27 Marechal Joseph Joffre rests in Saint Jean de Dieu hospital after an operation on his right foot eight days ago. A relapse today worsened his condition, with doctors noting the veteran leader's serious state. Monastic surroundings and black-robed monks accompany him as his entourage confirms the peril he faces.
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Paris
Mareshal
Joseph Jottre
War
United Press
Joffre
Mik
Ernest Labbe
Papa
Saint Jean de Dieu
Ministers to Welcome Guests at Union Service
The County Ministerial association will host wives of pastors and others at its Y M C A meeting Monday at ten o clock. Evangelists J H McCombe of Detroit and Harold Clase and wife of Ashley One will join as guest participants and give brief talks with musical responses. Seven ministers are on the program focusing on church year seasons. H F A Pauls remains confined after last Saturdays automobile crash near Ainsworth with several broken ribs and increased discomfort.
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Y. M
J. H. McCombe
Detroit
Harold ©. Clase
Ashley
Washington
A. Pauls
Ainsworth
Mr. Pauls
Gray School Christmas Program and Vacation News
Gray December 26 The Gray school held a program on December 19 with a Christmas dinner enjoyed by parents, children, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart of Washington, and others. A Christmas exchange followed. Mary Essley had a birthday. Teachers and pupils plan two weeks of vacation. Numerous local residents visited relatives for Christmas and several shipped stock for the Farmers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
McKay
Everett
Lloyd
Will Longer
Hareld Rath
Fred Kephart
Raymond
Bernard
George Hoppings
Fred Potsander
Jesse
Marjorie
Ryon Nicholson
Louis Rath
Dale Woodburn
Bryon Nicholson
Farmers Union
Paul Bell
James Benda
Packwood
Stolen Hogs Reported From Farm Feeding Lot
John Heck of a farm eight miles northeast of town reported nine hogs missing last night from the feed lot. The hogs weighed 225 to 260 pounds on average and appeared to have been hauled away in a vehicle by unknown thieves.
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John Heck
Clase Calls Meeting of Singers Sunday
A mass meeting of all city singers willing to help in the big chorus for the evangelistic campaign led by the McComb-Clase Trio is set for the Methodist church on Sabbath at 3 p.m. Mr Clase, a graduate in music with a charming personality, invites any person who can sing to attend the organization meeting. The campaign opens at 7:2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McComb-Clase
Methodist
Clase
Local Holiday Visits Share News Across Iowa Towns
Mrs Frank Ben visits Valley Junction to see her sister Mrs Bibson over Christmas and reunites Friday. The Misses Eaper and Pramkle Bennett spend Christmas and Friday at their mother Mrs Ice Bennett’s Davis City home. CH Works hosts a family dinner near Ainsworth with Mr and Mrs Charles Palmer and family from Washington. Irene Baker and her mother of Shenandoah visit their daughter Mrs Rob Davidson near West Chester. Estelle Davidson J J Davidson and Miss Irene Baker visit Stanwood relatives. Marginla Cunningham, Perry art supervisor, visits home for two weeks. Mrs Ethel Hixson of Wayland shops and spends part of Christmas vacation at Frank Lamp home near Davenport. Mrs Gordon Meeker visits at W H Bible home over Christmas.
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Frank Young
Clarence Young
Robert
Davenport
John Long
Washington
Charles Rodgers
Winfield
Hazel Anwyl
Peoria
John Anwyl Rey
A. N. Porter
H. J. Porter
Anwyl
Fred Anwyl
Ainsworth
John Anwyl
Hazel
Will Anwyl
Liste
Lee Lease
John Wooley
Columbia
Truce Lease
Zimmierman
Ottumwa
M.D
Marion Neal
Sunset Circle
Merle Twinam
Margaret Mull
W. @. Robertson
Margaret
Henry Robertson
Columbus City
Harlow Engel
Jean
Brighton
Catherine Buxaum
Cedar Falls
J. P. Buxbaum
Frank Ben
Valley Junion
Herwin
Bibson
Eaper
Pramkle Bennett
Freay
Thair
Ice Bonnett
Davis City
Iowa
CH. Works
Heir
Chas. Palmer
Famely
Irene Baker
Shenandoah
Rob Davidson
West Chester
Estelle Davidson
J J. Davidson
Stanwood
Marginla Cunningham
Perry, Lowa
John Cunningham
Ethel Hixson
Wayland
Beth Ralston
Iowa City
Miss Ralston
Washington County Hospital
Christmas Day Greetings Across Haskins Families
Mrs John M Godlove notes Christmas Day visits as relatives travel from Muscatine Town City Columbus Junction and Washington to celebrate with the Godlove family and others in Haskins. Several families including Hazen Wallace Hailey McCreedy Embree Gordon and Weber share meals and Christmas moments with grandparents and siblings.
Washington High School Orchestra at Y New Year Open House
Washington high school orchestra of 50 under Milburn McKay will perform from 2 to 4 at the Y open house on New Year’s Day. Tea, coffee, and waters served. horseshoe pitchers plan a checker tourney. activities include a boys’ basketball game, men’s volleyball, tumbling, swimming, and an evening Lions versus Y Leaders game. No charge. public invited.
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Leigh Soule
YM. C. A
Washington High School
Milburn McKay
Coffe
Waters
Soule
Horseshoe Pitchers
Wapello Lions
Orchestra
Persom
Brighton Boy Dies at County Hospital
Dee van Hesseltine Jr age years son of Mr and Mrs Dan Hesseltine of dy Hook died at Washington county hospital last evening about 6 30 where he had been taken yesterday morning for treatment for peritonitis He was sick a little over a week He attended Indian Creek school Surviving parents one brother Harrison and five sisters Vera Helen Margaret Mary Charline Rose Ann Funeral services Sunday at two in the house in charge of Rev M Helder of the Brighton Methodist church
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Brighton
Dee. van Hesseltine, Jr
Dan Hesseltine
Dy Hook
Washington County Hospital
Indian Creek
Dan Hesseltina
Harrison
Vera
Helen
Margaret
Mary Charline
Rose Ann
M. Helder
Christmas Funeral and Wedding Report From Haskins
Family members Mr and Mrs Frank Imbree and Lottie Birney attended Harve Custer s funeral Thursday afternoon. Paul Edwards and Alberta Farrington spent Christmas Eve with Paul s father near Gladwin. Mr and Mrs Jim Bean and Donald had Christmas dinner in Lone Tree with Mrs Bean s parents Mr and Mrs Geo Waal. The day s highlight in Haskins was the marriage of Dale Peters of Lewis Sn and Elma Dale Ebner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Imbree
Lottie Birney
Harve Custer
Paul Edwards
Alberta Farrington
Paul
Gladwin
Jim Bean
Donald
Lone Tree
Mrs. Bean
Geo. Waal
Haskins
Dale Peters
Lewis Sn
Elma Dale Ebner
First 1931 Baby Will Be Honored Again
Washington merchants offer sixteen presents to the parents of the New Year baby in the county. The first child born after midnight December 31 will receive the most. The feature honors five babies from prior years, including Wilbur Day, Henrietta Francis Stewart, Shirley Mae Brown, David Allen Delver, and Billy Relghart. The announcement comes from the merchants in today’s Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington County
Wilbur Day
Brighton
Henrietta Francis Stewart
Shirley Mae Brown
David Allen Delver
Wellman
Billy Relghart
Dutch Creek
County treasurer reports auto registrations and gas tax
Washington county collected 97 368 75 for 6 007 cars and 532 trucks plus transfers in the year ending November 30 1980. Cars paid 84 168 75 and trucks 11 108. Transfers totaled 2 867. Gas tax county share 42 990 02 from stations with two fifths sent back. Total county gas tax about 107 000. By year end 2 780 cars registered for 1931, about 300 short of last year. Three days left to license without penalty. new plates due after January first amid expected rush.
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Washington County
Marion George
Stat
Des Moines
George
Lcense
Liner's Com Numbers Crew of Large Atlantic Liner
The crew of a large Atlantic liner numbers about 880 members with six hundred in the stewards department. The rest are not sailors and include various service and deck staff under the ship's strict operating terms.
Undefined Load Measure Not Recognized by State Laws
A fragment notes that load measures vary by country with examples from Britain and states the event occurred at high noon in a church with seventy five guests and Rev. SP Weng er of Crawfordsville officiating, but no precise details are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Nutt Denies Nye Slush Fund Charge
Joseph R. Nutt of Cleveland, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, demands Senator Gerald Nye retract the slush fund charge. He says the special fund, about 50 000 dollars with 32 000 spent, was for bookkeeping and campaign races, with checks canceled and expenditures reported. Nutt accuses Nye of unwarranted accusations and calls for a public apology to the party and public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph R. Nutt
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Gerald Nye
Senate
Washington Bank
Nutt
House
Ainable
Nye
Himsel ‘Hhe
United States
Publican Nation Committee
Christmas Visits and Family News From Nearby Towns
A Christmas season record of family updates. The Cunningham family fights illness as Mrs. Cunningham and pneumonia threaten both, while son Andy cares for J F Woodburn and nurse Mildred aids. Relatives and friends like the Holland and Dunbar families visit from St Louis and Keota, with many travelers heading to Davenport and Des Moines for holidays.
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Junior College
ROWN
Muscatine Braten
Bena
Fat Fisher
Baker
Kort
Wilms
Ahrens
Wells
E Miller
Turner
Skola
Martin
Bekrat
Lanser
Mason
Wilson
Duke of Grinnell
Demons
Turdey
Will Rocers
United Presbyterian Entiren
Mia
Lois Rhea
Gladys Twinam
Frank Gault
Roy Whiteman
William Edgar
Margaret Daylaso St Clark
Lisle Maxwell
Will Twinam
W Carrick J
Mina McCleery
Thelma Eegar
Gwendolyn Rhea
Conn Whiteman
Jean Cherryholmes
Margaret Schmidt
Anna Mae White
Lucille Jones
Marshal Joffre
Army In
A. W. Strum
JA. Jones
A. A. Wing
8. P. Telford
Elm Grove Cemetery
Willis
Willis Wood
Baptist Church
A. A. Vine
F. W. Eastwood
Noraner
Abe Swift
C. L. Dayton
Aielous
Victor Blattner
Lester Orr
Frank Schneider
Kansas City Star
Wayne
Moorhead
R. W. Carson
Ken
Eva Crawford
Foodie
Gray
AsKea
Hon
Frank Lamp
Flridge
Gorgon Meeker
Iisi
W. H. Bible
Grandma Hailey
Geo. Taylor
Taylor
M.D. McCreedy
Richard
Charles
Billy
Lois Godiove
Town City
Frank Embree
Leo
Una Gordon
Godlove
Wenstruegge
Ethel
Gertrude
Frank Weber
LH Boughton
Jans
Muared Masson
Mary Pauls
Junior Cuddy
Henrietta Hull
Daisy Franklin
Marjories Pratt
Mifred Starr
Mary Julia Lemmon
Helen Melinski
Loretta Cantoni
Marjorie Robertson
Helen Masson
Betty Cunningham
Ruth Sartor
Vernette Johnson
Vida Casper
Vera Tucker
Willa Biiley
Hazel Longer
Vera Foss
Catherine Masson
Virginia Davis
Evelyn Crandall
Helen Sartor
Milan Thompson
Adrienne Warnerus
Lola Jean ‘Stewart
Maurice Mayo
Helen Jungbluth
Martha Manners
Donald C. Davis
Vera — Statamio Tucker
Jean Moore
Lloyd] Helwick
Karl Bevina
John Jackson
Donald J. Davis
Tommy Stewart
Harold Schneider
Ty Koch
William Schulty
Karl Rath
William — Stewart Fretor
William Masson
John — Lytle
Cherie McElhinney
William Cox
Jary
Mildred Masson
M. A. McKay
William
County
Mr. Nutt
Allen Francis Barclay
Charles Cunningham
J. F. Woodburn
Designeter
Mildred
Cedar Rapids
Bain
Holland Boys
St. Louis
William Holland
Dale Holland
Cildren
Beal
Holland
Kate Donovan
Hetty Babcock
Chicago
Ana Ars. F. . Wise
Mrs
Ruth Wilson
Kewaunee, Ly
Aliss Cecile Dunbar
City
Bert Dunbar
Keota
George Anderson
Orval Kort
Harvey Coulter
William Shields
Berne Ensiiz
Wayne Brown
Fairefield
George Duncan
Carma
Willa Briley
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