Richards visit relatives in Des Moines Corydon and Keota
Mr and Mrs Hal Richards visited Des Moines and Corydon with sister in law Mrs Marshall Gannon and family. At Christmas Mr and Mrs N E West hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Jimmy Bowen of West Chester Lon Baker and Mr and Mrs Kermit Jones of Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Richards
Marshall Gannon
Des Moines
Corydon
N. E. West
Jimmy Bowen
West Chester
Lon Baker
Kermit Jones
Keota
Mrs Crayton Returns After Davenport Visit
Mrs H R Crayton returned home yesterday after visiting friends in Davenport Rock Island Ill and Muscatine. Martha Richards and Mr and Mrs Willis Richards joined Christmas gatherings with Hal Richards celebrating their twenty fourth wedding anniversary. Auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa advertises services. Fresh eggs sell for 22 cents per dozen. Mrs T J Lewis and daughter plan to leave Friday for Nashville Tenn where Miss Lewis teaches at Peabody College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Crayton
Davenport
Rock Island
Ill
Muscatine
Martha Richards
Willis Richards
Hal Richards
Boyd Sanders
Keota
D. F. Macon
Washington
Iowa
Black
Hospital dismissals list names and affiliations
At The Hospital Edward feslick Riverside was dismissed yesterday afternoon. Mrs Lyle C Wilson and Beverly Joyce were dismissed yesterday afternoon. Other dismissals include Mrs John Lasek of Ainsworth, Mrs Elite and daughter Karen Elaine Wayland. Dismissed this morning were Marshal Shaw of Washington and Herbert Dawson of Icota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward ‘Feslick
Riverside
Lyle C. Wilson
Beverly Joyce
John Lasek
Ainsworth
John
Elite
Karen &Aine
Wayland
Marshal Shaw
Washington
Herbert Dawson
Icota
Crawfordsville couple attends John Deere demo in Moline
Robert and Lee Shaffer of Crawfordsville spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Moline Illinois attending a John Deere demonstration. Mr and Mrs C M Livezey and Mr and Mrs Milo P Smith all of Wellman were business callers in Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert and Lee Shaffer
Crawfordsville
Moline
Ill
C. M. Livezey
Milo P. Smith
Wellman
Washington
Pleasant Hill Local News Recaps Christmas Guests
The Pleasant Hill community lists Christmas Eve visitors and host dinners. Families including the Kepharts and Lambert households share meals and tree celebrations, with many members visiting relatives in Washington and Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Sigafoose
Miles Stont
Wanda
Jake Ernest
Clyde Lambert
Wm. Wasson
Washington
Lamberts
C. G. Anderson
Lloyd Anderson
Music Home
Floyd Wieland
Albert Schultz
S. BE. Sigafoose
John Pratts
H. L. Witting
Sam Wittmers
Earl
Roy Kephart
A. BE. Kepharts
Will Miller
Henry Ballard
Pleasant Plain
George Chalupa
Earl Schneider
Homer Kephart
Harry McConnell
Harold
Charles McConnell
Phyllis
Mable Gamble
Richard Leet
Arnold Jr
Helen
Florence Carr
Ruby Gordon
Frank Scranton
West Chester
Charles Biklen
Wapello
Edd Chalupa
Silas
Howard Caldwell
Edd Sim
New Year's Program At Y M C A Open House Event
The Y M C A and Y W C A announce a New Year's Day program with free activities from 2:00 PM onward. Guests can enjoy receptions, sport tournaments, ping-pong, a stamp exhibit, Washington products, and performances by the Washington Municipal Band plus swimming exhibitions and multiple basketball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lobby
East Lobby
Washington
Hi-Y
Heights
Wallace
Washington Municipal Band
Centennial
Brighton
W. H
Thanksgiving Socials Span Many Local Homes
Numerous families from Swan Creek to Washington and Fairfield gathered for holiday meals and visits. Recurring names include Simmering Coffman Kephart Gamon Beenblossom and Erlenbush households with assorted relatives and friends sharing turkey, goose, and casual calls.
Walnut District Christmas Visits Reported by Mrs Nelson
Walnut District notes Christmas visits including Swisher Wilson family from Moline TiL and Dr Dwyer at the Wilson home. Beverly Joy named by Lyle Wilson as baby. George Hopping visited Charley McKay. Miller and Taylor Stout joined Christmas Eve visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Nelson
Walnut District
Swisher Wilson
Janice
Mylo Wilson
Moline
Til
Martin Wilson
Dwyer
Wilson
Lyle Wilson
Beverly Joy
George Hopping
Charley McKay
Kephart
Howard Miller
Frank McKay
Taylor Stout
McKay
Will Songers
Walker
Christias
Joss Nelson
Jessie Dunbar
Monson
Tin the All-Purpose Metal in Everyday Life
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer proclaims tin as among the most important metals shaping civilization. It fills daily life from kitchenware and food cans to telephones and cars, and it serves in aviation, marine engineering, coatings, and even toothbrush tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Peculiarities of Earth Sun and Moon Explore Cosmic Facts
The Sun is a radiant globe about 864100 miles across with a mean Earth distance near 92 million miles. The Moon, Earth's satellite, measures about 2162 miles in diameter and orbits Earth every 27.3 days, keeping the same face toward us as it shines by reflected sunlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Earth
Deepest Texas Well Reaches 12786 Feet
The New York Herald Tribune reports a Texas dry well in Upton County reaches 12 786 feet with bottom temperature 182 degrees Fahrenheit and 10 630 feet depth at 149 degrees. The final 2 000 feet rise 33 degrees and boiling temperatures may occur soon. Practical heat extraction remains doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald Tribune
Upton County
Texas
Spiders’ Webs Replace Fine Instrument Scales in Science
Spiders and their webs aid astronomy by providing very fine lines for telescope eye pieces split with varnish. An York instrument maker hires a man to collect a rare cross marked spider that winds about 40 feet of web on forks for use in delicate scientific instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Eperira
Tit-Bits Magazine
Underground Lapp Schools Burrowed Beneath Earth
The piece compares Lapp schools with British ones, noting that Lapps burrow underground with only rooflines visible. Six months of darkness and three with sunlight dominate, and fresh air is resisted. Heating is kept on while windows and vents are blocked, a climate their people tolerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Formula for Hard Porcelain Invented by Bottger
The text states that true hard porcelain was formed around 1709 by Johann Friederich Bottger of Dresden Germany. The claim is presented as a historical formula developed in that period by the German alchemist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johann Friederich Bottger
Dresden
Germany
Cardinals vs Ex Cards Battle Tonight at High School
Washington junior college Cardinals coached by George Freshwaters face the Ex- Cards, a 1931 32 state champs lineup, in a New Year’s Eve showdown billed for 7 30 p m at the high school gym. Fans expect a great game as Pops Harrison officiates with 25 cent admission and 15 cent children pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College Cardinals
George Freshwaters
Freshwaters
Cardinals
Pops” Harrison
State University of Iowa
Hal Williams
Yarmouth
Theest
Williams
Fuhr and
Kiesey
Ahrens
Little
Turner
Lester Blick
Mr. Williams
Walt Wells
Burdette Westermark
Iowa City
Rollie Williams
Bob Kester
Winfield
Severt
Wellman
Stewart
West Chester
Tucker
Humphher Eicher
Marshall
Newnam
Ree
Collegians
High School Team Tops West Chester In Tight 35–30 Win
The Washington team with six players beat West Chester 35 to 30 in a well played game. McClure led with 18 points followed by Jackson 6 Kupka 4 Cantoni 4 Dusenberg 4 and Jack Lytle 4. Chester counters included John Lindenmeyer Fred Lindenmeyer Gardner Foriash and others. The win signals strong opposition for the Ex Cards at the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Washington
McClure
Kupka
Cantoni
Jackson
Dusenberg
Jack Lytle
Chester
John
Fred Lindenmeyer
Gardner
Foriash
Washington Teams of Four or Five Years Ago Recalled
A brief line recalls Washington teams from four to five years ago, mentioning their prime condition and performance in a historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roberta Lynn Contracts Whooping Cough at Grandmother’s Home
Local brief notes Roberta Lynn is ill with whooping cough at her grandmother Wilson’s house in Keota. The item also lists Christmas gatherings across families in Brighthon Wellman Crawfordsville Washington and Waterloo with multiple households hosting relatives and friends over the holiday period. School resumes January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lynn
John Webr
Wilson
Keota
Ernie Fulton
Mervin Fulton
Baby
Anson Woodford
Brighton
Art Hamilton
Maplethorpe
Wellman
Marjorie Loeffler
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Lemley
Louis Lemley
Washington
Jimmy Lemley
Dave
H. T. Carris
Winifred
J. EK
Lemley
Joe Schlatter
Crawfordsville
Jesse Page
Darlene
Oxford
Ben Hier
Glen Little
Walt Wolfe
Glen Miller
Elmer Miller
J. M. Pulver
Sam
Marguerite Sexton
Johnie
Alice Wehr
Waterloo
John Wehr
Chas
Grisham
Kate Aller
Harper
Betty Schlatter
H. T. Carria
Lester Macon
Frank Macen
Curtis Snyder
Elmer Vincent
Vincent
J. C. Bowen
N. K E. West
Tom West
Bonnie West
Bowens
Marjorie Robertson
Demons Lose at Bloomfield in Rough Road Tilt
Washington high school Demons lost 34 to 24 at Bloomfield after a strong first half showing. The team attacked the basket well but tired in the final two periods following a long trip, with Bloomfield leading 14 to 12 at halftime and extending the margin in the third. Coach Kenneth Kimberlin assisted as second team, which fell 20 to 9 in its game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School Demons
Bloomfield
Washington Boys
Bloomfiew
Washington
Kenneth Kimberlin
Funeral Services for Mrs McKee Held at Sherman
Funeral services for Mrs McKee were held yesterday afternoon at Sherman’s home with Rev B Fulton in charge. Burial followed at Elm Green cemetery with pallbearers Ralph Dougherty Ralph Smith Rete Livingston Ted Bailey and W Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
CC. McKee
Sherman
Foment
Rev. B. Fulton
Elm Gree Cemetery
Ralph and
Crewe Dougherty
Ralph Smith
Rete Livingston
Ted Bailey
W. Wilson
Pall Teeers
Local Births and Holiday Guests Notebook
Mr and Mrs Warren Tame welcomed a daughter at 4 this morning. Gam Davis, formerly Mile McCarty, serves as a town correspondent. Christmas visitors included Mrs Scheaty and daughter Miss Myrtle Worey with Dan Carnie from Chicago, Mrs E A Erskine and Grimes family, and Bis Wright with Mr Carney Teta who left Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Tame
Gam Davis
Mile McCarty
Jowrm
Schmitt
Scheaty
Myrtle Worey
Dan Carnie
Chago
E.A. Erskine
Grimes
Jows
Bis Wright
Mr. Carney Teta
Three Coaches in Attendance at Convention Huddle
Three noted coaches gathered in a huddle during a convention. From left to right they were Harry Duveher of Wisconsin, Bob Harlow of Harvard, and Harry Kipke of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Duveher
Wisconsin
Bob Harlow
Harvart
Harry Kipke
Michigan
Grid
New York
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Nicola & Harmon
Pleasant Hill Homes
Nal AS
Appeea
Oetjen Seed Store
Doz
Pascal Celery
Ben Davis McIntosh Winesap Grimes Golden
Jonathan
Maxwell House
Glen Valley
Ashington Fruit Market
Pat Swift
Howard Henn
Norman
Ernie Nelson
Silas Caldwell
C. R. Beenblossom
Howard Baker
Harrison Alliman
Blaine
Lawrence
Virginia
Roberta
Swan Creek
Ihl
Leslie Beenblossom
Billy
Wilma Jean
Milton Coffin
Fairfield
Cloyee Burham
Glenn Pratt
Mack and Harold Beenblossom
Patricia
C. G
Libbie
Mildred Musil
Hazel Simmering
Warl Kephart
Bertha
Eugene Chalupa
Blaine Alliman
Homer Kepharts
George Harvey
John Erlenbush
Charles Simmering
Erlenbush
Alvin Kephart
Harold Stephens
Bill Ballard
Juanita Miller
Lee Hesseltine
Walter Gardner
Edd
Edd Simmering
Lewis Baker Home
Cox Motor Company
Tunity
COX Motor CO
Studebaker Garage
Spiders and
Challenge
Snoddy
McCosh
Ewess Jones
Levis
Carstensen
Snyder
Watson
Booth
Quint Keesey
McKeee Funeral
Preveria Coles
Vicks Va
Harry Stuhidseher
Harry ‘Kipke
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