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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
8
A busy Stringtown day with a well attended sale at Mrs. Cora Widmer's. Mrs Widmer and daughter Joyce moved to Wayland on Saturday. A. Rinner and family joined Arnold Rinner for Saturday supper. Stringtown school hosted a Christmas program with Rev. Penner from Wayland and Santa. The teachers and pupils will enjoy a week’s vacation.
A snow storm delayed a film express truck, causing Washington's Fox theatre to substitute Tropic Fury starring Richard Arlen and Andy Devine with Legion of Lost Flyers. The missing Tropic Fury will screen early 1940 once the trucks are located.
Several families shared Christmas dinners and visits across Noble Havre Ames Mt. Pleasant and Iowa City. Notable households hosting included the Widmers Grabers Rin ners and Graber families with multiple generations present. More gatherings occurred at the Brooks Guegels and Swan households with relatives from Jopam West Chester and Iowa City in attendance.
The British Medical association conference reports that 40 000 to 50 000 doctors about 80 percent of the profession have volunteered for war work if hostilities break out.
Gracehill residents report numerous Christmas dinners hosted by local families. Attendees included Nelson Woodford, Wanda Bowden, Ed Libe, Dan Boones, Cherwinkers, Paul Harvey, and Riley Provance among others. Fire damage to the Fleming home, trades and moves between Cherwinkers and Schaffer, and a well attended community program capped the holiday period.
A barn and corn crib on the K. M. Elmore farm east of Brighton burned at about eight o'clock on Christmas night. No stock or grain was lost, though about two hundred bushels of corn burned with the crib. Insurance on the buildings was with the German Ville Mutual. The Elmore farm is near Brighton and W. S. Patterson resides there.
Wealthy Mrs Wallace Orr and her guest Mrs L B Donaldson dined in New York as the Yonker diamond valued at 1,000,000 drew attention. Numerous family visits and Christmas gatherings fill this local notes page with names including the Donaldsons, Henderson, Miller, Sigafoose, Lambert, Beenblossom, Godwin, Schantz, and Van Nostran among others across Wellman Ames and Newton.
Dee Shiloh 28 visits with Mr and Mrs Walter Neff of Wayland and Mr and Mrs Elmer Batterson of Washington for Christmas dinner at parental Herman Marion home. Mrs Dave Sehantz and Veda join in the gathering.
Families from Newton West Liberty Wayland Cop por West Chester and Washington share festive meals at relatives homes including the Van Nostran Marsh Schoonover Amline Coats and Cochran households with multiple dinners and gatherings noted throughout the weekend.
A miracle play dramatizes the life of a saint and the miracles associated with him, presenting religious narrative through theatrical performance.
Start the new year with clean clothes and regular cleaning and pressing from a service equipped to handle them. You will enjoy better appearance and longer wear, plus peace of mind. Phone 636 for information on your cleaning problems.
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