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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1936
Page
3
A Christmas Day feature notes many Crawfordsville families hosting dinners. Guests include the Yeagers with visitors from Davenport Washington and Burlington, plus Clark and Orris households hosting relatives from Crawfordsville and nearby towns. The report mentions Latimer Davis and son David Henry missing due to illness.
The report lists multiple Christmas dinners and reunions across families in Fordsville, Spring Run, and surrounding towns. Guests include the Bishop family, the Holmes and Rhea clans, Hagie and Lee families, and others from Winfield, Columbus Junction, Washington, Davenport, and Denver. A large decorated cake and a three course turkey dinner mark the celebrations.
The social calendar lists gatherings from Monday to Thursday including Handcraft at 7:30 p.m. at 323 East Washington Street, West Chester Queen Esther circle, Booster club and B O W club meetings, Rosemary club, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs ball with Jack Lee's orchestra, Sunshine luncheon, Navajo club and Rainbow Girls tea, Pythian Circle, Mothers and friends event at Masonic Temple, Just Us club, and a W H M S notice. Other entries include Miss Keith Reed and Miss Babcock coordinating times at various addresses.
A long list of families hosted Christmas meals at homes in Ainsworth Muscatine and nearby towns. Ed and Ruth Mayhew entertained in their home with noon and evening dinners. Out of town guests included Orville Kemp of Lone Tree and Thelda Tracy in town from Omaha. Many relatives visited and joined in holiday celebrations across several households.
The Parthenon’s chief architect was Letinus with assistant Callerates who designed the miniature Temple of the Wingless Victory. Phidias directed the overall project, guiding the monumental structure.
The name Walter is English and derives from Teutonic roots meaning powerful. It traces to old Germanic elements and reflects a tradition of strength in naming.
Today in Washington Mrs. Vic Crone Mrs. Lawrence Ryan Mrs. Ernest Salladay Andy Kaufman Ralph Lemley Mrs. J H Campbell celebrate birthdays. Elsewhere Walter Wolfe Dublin Vera Priley Bagot Crawfordsville Dorothy Owens Crawfordsville Jimmy Custer son of Mr and Mrs F L Custer is sixteen Bobbie Schirmer son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Schirmer is six May Lou Gregory daughter of Mr and Mrs EB Gregory celebrated her third birthday December 26 with a chocolate cake. Shorty Mace presented the cake at the Journal office yesterday was her birthday.
Twelve Rainbow Girls reach their majority at a tea in the Masonic Temple with mothers and friends present. Elizabeth Brown, worthy advisor, leads arrangements for the event at 8 o'clock.
Mr and Mrs J B Lockwood near West Cheater hosted a Christmas day turkey and chicken dinner with eighteen covers. The table featured a small tree and a large angel food cake reading Merry Christmas. Hazel Burham aided by Margaret Custer and Zenna Brown served, as guests exchanged gifts in the afternoon.
The Women Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday at 2:30 PM. Mrs. Leo Hoover will lead the program at the home of Mrs. P. B. Babcock, 308 East Jefferson Street, noting the one day shift from the regular schedule.
Relatives arranged a noon dinner at the C Hering residence cafeteria with well filled baskets. J W Nebergall played violin Grant Humston and Mrs Carl Hering performed on piano and harmonica. Photos were taken of the group including Mr and Mrs Y Lewis Hering of Havre and others.
Wedding took place Thursday at the Baptist parsonage in Fairfield with Rev. Bell officiating. Miss Marguerite Waggoner, daughter of Mrs. Myrtle Waggoner, and Louis Stockman, son of Will Stockman, were married before ten guests. They planned to reside in Rock Island.
A Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting will be held Wednesday at 9 30 in the home of Mrs J B Randle 409 Hast Madison Street 27012
A survey of Iowa press history highlights pioneering editors such as James G. Edwards James Clarke Alfred Sanders John Mahin and George D Perkins. It notes their influence on politics temperance and community development plus the 1938 Master Editor Presenter honors and early journalism milestones in Sioux City Davenport Burlington and Keokuk.
The forthcoming Iowa legislature session will lack two clerical elements of the past special session and no lame ducks will give swan song speeches. Speakership hopefuls spoke at length during the special session with four taking the floor in one debate, leading to Akers' endorsement and appointment in line with party law.
In a special session lawmakers pushed through over 50 pages of law in three days, averaging about 17 pages per day. The burst aimed to finish the unemployment bill before year’s end, leaving some legislators behind in the rapid pace while a house member lamented unclear explanations of the entit security bill.
The State Auditor Storms prepares a homecoming for J J Foarde who is currently assistant at torney general. Foerde is said to push as deputy state auditor replacing Cloyd Burns who quit to return to private business. Foarde previously worked in the auditor's office until months ago.
The article critiques state hiring practices for political applicants requiring party endorsements. It notes that sometimes a candidate is chosen first and endorsements follow, giving as an example W. W. Akers, head of the Iowa bureau of investigation, who lacked his home county’s endorsement until Gov. Herring intervened to request the chairman’s support.
With the new administration in control Friday Alma Berry the best political tightrope walker in laws leaves the attorney general's office after a long tenure.
Mrs. Berry served four years as secretary to Democratic Attorney General O'Connor while aiding Republican Senator L. J. Dickinson's campaign and participating in London preconvention and preelection efforts. She also helped organize Democratic women for London and earlier worked 18 years for H. M. Havner, a chief figure in the Sioux City inquiry. Observers call her loyalty and secrecy remarkable amid indictments in the attorney general's office.
Merrimac notes show Farm Bureau club women plan an all day meeting Thursday December 31 led by Mrs. Arthur Salzman with Mrs. Glen Shafer hosting. The item also mentions visits and local errands around the Amrine household and Christmas wishes from the Journal staff.
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains, expect much cloudiness and unsettled conditions. Period runs December 28 through January 2 with outlooks covering multiple days.
The forecast notes higher than normal temperatures with occasional precipitation. In the far north, colder tendencies are possible late in the week, suggesting a sharp contrast between regions as the week progresses.
Explains evolving sense of kin terms from country or kindred to acquaintances and friends, then to include ancestors and family connections. Notes shifts in usage over time and how old forms like hith ano appear in lexicography and etymology discussions.
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