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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1923
Page
3
John Shields retires fifty years at the same site while John Shields and Sons continues the firm. Milan and Henry Shields lead the next generation as Oliver Hicks Ralph Williams George Williams and Carl Kelly are honored for long loyal service with the Shields team.
Post office will observe holiday hours tomorrow with limited city delivery and no rural mail. Stamp window open until eleven. Courthouse closed all day. Board of supervisors meets Wednesday to organize for 1924. Banks and many businesses closed while some church dinners and parties proceed.
The Good Fellows Club and many volunteers distributed 167 baskets last week. Names of Washington helpers are listed along with trucks and drivers from White Way Garage and Washington Motor Company. The statement expresses gratitude for cooperative spirit and emphasizes no remuneration for helpers, delivering baskets to the city's worthy.
The article notes that men who have driven teams in the service department work in all weather, not a summer picnic or winter sport. Messrs Shielda and Sons value their hard work, exposure, and loyalty. The writer credits John Shields with starting point but vouches for Shields as a fine gentleman and good citizen, wishing him long, happy years ahead.
Rev. W. B. Shelley moved to Washington with his family and began his pastorate at the Washington Christian Church. In his first sermon he stressed repentance and the gospel as the foundation of his ministry, calling for constant watchfulness against evil. He preached a New Year’s sermon titled The End of the Harvest. Funeral services for Mrs. N. L. Phlack, conducted by Rev. J. H. Briasley, were held at Jones & McElhinmey with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs D M Crone were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 20 at the residence on North Iowa avenue by her pastor Dr W W Bowers with a vocal duet by J J Miller and Mrs Gladys Warner Williams Pall bearers were Jobo George Wade and Raymond Crone Marty Wat kins and Merle Wilson Interment was at Elm Grove attended by many friends of Mrs Crone
Prof. Moses Stephen Slaughter aged 63 head of the Latin department at the University of Wisconsin died Saturday in Rome Italy. He had left in September for a year of travel and previously taught at Iowa College.
Ainsworth Iowa dedication of the new United Presbyterian church completed recently with morning service led by Rev Dr M Davis and sermon by Dr T H McMichael. Afternoon service featured Rev W G Robertson with talks by Rev J Reade McCrory Rev W Jamieson and Rev W S Moore. Church seats 500, includes choir loft classrooms balconies dining room and a modern kitchen. nine memorial windows enhance the auditorium.
A steady stream of automobile owners visited the county treasurer in the morning with many licenses issued by 9:30 and a large number of applications awaiting processing. By evening, registrations were expected to exceed last year as owners seek licenses in January before the January deadline. After today, every car in use must display a 192 license plate.
Washington endures a first real winter storm of the season with freezing rain and fresh snow. Temperatures hover around 11 to 33 degrees as a cold wave from Iowa to the Midwest resets activity and forecasts promise continued frigid conditions.
A telegram to the Younger Set Dancing Club committee warned of a cancellation from Wisca fat2 Bana of California for New Year’s dance night. The committee filled the engagement with seven top local musicians at the Armory, reducing member charges while promising the same enjoyable evening.
A sharp legal quip attributed to Horace Walpole criticizes extracting knowledge from a modest expert and disguising it as independently acquired by law. The remark warns against erasing the source and misusing learned insights.
Washington county will pay pensions to 20 widows and 73 children in 1924, totaling 58 016 a year. The increase comes from more beneficiaries and higher grants after district court hearings led by Judge Charles A. Dewey. Each week 167 is paid to each widow and child group, with a two year carryover before reapplication.
Charles P. Craig, executive director of the Tidewater association, says President Coolidge signal boosts to build a Great Lakes St Lawrence seaway will speed early action after preliminary work. Craig spoke in Omaha and Iowa about Canada joining to complete canal arrangements, with Parliament expected to act within sixty days once Canada yields.
Conference talks between Canadian and U S commissions follow delays from political shifts. Mr Craig cites Hoover on early Canada participation and says a private bond issue will fund construction so neither government funds the project. He predicts dividends from power and transport savings for Chicago and the central west via a tidewater canal.
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