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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1944
Page
3
A county page recounts Christmas events and visitors from Iowa City to Keota. Families hosted tea parties, dinners, and gift exchanges at homes on Johnson Street and in Davenport and Moline and Chicago travelers sent cards and updates. The piece notes memorial services, church gatherings, hospital and county home celebrations, and local residents planning travel and medical care in the New Year.
Real estate transfers include Ledgers selling to Mr and Mrs Sellers and Minnie Beech selling the Henderson Wallace house on West Jefferson to Mrs Charles Palmer. Ray Box takes over Congress hotel management with hopes to open a restaurant. Obituary notes the death of Alice Weidenbeck Chillson in California. Michels parties highlight daughters Betty Joan and Ruth with music by the family.
Measles stir school children as teachers welcome holiday break. New postmaster M C De Long named by Postmaster General Farley. will take office January 1. James White to manage Washington Lumber and Fuel, moving from Keota with his wife. Baby beef at Crone market drew 1080 guesses, Ethel Wanerus won with 542 pounds. Joe Te Bockhorst second with 543 and correct weight 542. Christmas parties at Don Benblossom’s and YW party with 164 gifts. Mrs NeNe Quinn Carris dies at 82. Mrs Lillian Inez Carris Augustine dies at 55. Mrs Myrtle Fisher Craven visiting in California died November 11, 1934. sister of Frank Smith. D C Kilgore named clerk of court. West Chester supervisor R C Ferguson, Alice Lemmon to become first woman hospital board member. M W Bailey to remodel Farmers and Merchants bank building for $50,000 with offices and suites.
Local hospital activity reports a birth of a four pound fourteen ounce son to Mr and Mrs Ken Jennings on Sunday night. Several patients were discharged including George Ainsworth and Clara E Huber, while others were admitted for medical or surgical care or transferred to University Hospital Iowa City. Notable births include a nine pound twelve and a half ounce son to Mr and Mrs Karl Wood and a seven pound thirteen and a quarter ounce son to Mr and Mrs Dale Beenblomson.
Frederick Reid hosted a Christmas party at his home with Jos Mc Elhinney Jr assisting. A Christmas dance at Military Hall drew 225 couples, among the largest here. Horseshoe Club marked its second anniversary with a weiner roast for forty members and a bun and weiner count. New club officers include Chas Caldwell president and T J McElhinney secretary treasurer. A cold snap hit December 27 with 20 degrees below zero. The Miller Gallup wedding attendees returned to find their garage and car destroyed by fire. Changes to New Officers anticipated in the county variously.
Harold Ross and Donald Mc Laughlin return home from Monmouth for Christmas. The cold spell drops to 19 below zero on December 26. George Dempsey slips into a cold air shaft while checking a water leak. the safe is undamaged and he suffers only a bad jolt. Local picture shows sold to Ramsey and Rath. City children sing at the Christmas tree in the park. Lydia Eicher, Harriet Keck, Ruth Wells, Edie Bovee, Mary Forman, Wade Gardner, and Harold Buckley are listed as homes from various colleges or cities. Practical Business College opens December 26.
Alph Jacobs was accidentally shot when Bertie Miller, playing with him, pulled the trigger on the gun he held. The incident occurred during a casual moment, and no intent was involved. Authorities are investigating the events surrounding the mishap.
Hanna Eicher hosted a dancing party for twelve couples last night in the large attic with Bairds orchestra providing music. A watch party featuring Pearl Fox Helen Anderson Ruth Winters Jeanette Cherry Fanny Harwood Vern Rogers Katherine Kenally Lillian Norton and Bessie Curran is planned at the Fox home with their gentlemen guests.
The notice records the December 28 1904 weddings of Cora Huldah Smeltzer to Dr Roy W Allen in Anthony Iowa with dinner by Frank Bergquist and Laura Rich, Myrtle Sage to Walter Graves, and Mark Pratt to Johanna Knecht at the Methodist parsonage. Florence Parrish to lead the Academy music school. Prof E S Luce and wife relocate to Montana to head music at the State Normal school.
Several butcher shops report selling bear meat and deer meat this Christmas as game becomes scarce. The meat is imported from Kansas City and sourced from native haunts, highlighting high demand and rising prices for game across markets.
Public bathhouses in Washington state report robust business with steady patronage. Operators note daily crowds, citing affordability, privacy options, and evolving health standards as key factors driving demand. Community leaders discuss regulation and safety measures.
Christmas in Washington brought excitement with two fights and a raffle before a horse race at the Wagner track. Mia Clark of Winfield was a guest of Mattie Moore on Christmas.
The sweet orange arrived in Europe about 50 years before Columbus’s voyage and was cultivated by the Spanish in St Augustine roughly a century later.
A humorous survey of social gripes detailing why kindness matters and how honesty, aging, and manners shape public perception. The note playfully critiques meanness and self disclosure while musing on habits from hotel smells to old age vanity.
Christmas week brought family visits and travel as families like Hazen and Wheelan celebrated and some served abroad. Washington area residents reported weather extremes, church services, and a flurry of marriage licenses and community updates including hospital changes and local events.
Mrs Daryl Statler died at County Hospital on December 26 after a weeklong illness. Edna Mae Turnipseed Statler, 26, was the deceased. She was daughter of Roy and Mildred Turnipseed. Minnie Belle Zook, 66, died at her North Ave home on December 27 after several weeks illness. She was wife to L C Zook and survived by a son, a brother and a sister.
A 65 year old woman died Wednesday morning at her sister-in-law's home in Wellman after weeks of illness.
The community of Ainsworth reports a flurry of holiday visits and travel. Listed families include Evans Stephens Nash White Wheeler Cox Butterworth Lowry Crawford Prats and Alexander among others. Guests arrive from Muscatine Davenport Washington Manchester and Cedar Rapids for Christmas and vacation time with relatives and friends.
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