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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1935
Page
8
Local note: Mrs. J. J. Weldin once of this city has been moved to Arbor Rest home 1209 East Lexington Glendale California. She is remembered here as Phoebe Lemon indicating a prior identity.
Reports from Young America span illnesses visits and family gatherings. Gerald Rowe improves from illness and Helen Rhodebeck took eighth grade Standard tests at the courthouse. Various families including Lewis, Rhodebeck, Jackson, Embree, Cherry and Porter host dinners and visits, with Porter relatives moving to Colorado. Glenn Schwartz recovers from measles and multiple residents share Sunday meals and errands.
Sunday afternoon and Saturday evening gatherings centered on Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kron. Attendees included Henry Kiefer family Leonard Lintz family Carl Kos family Clair Kron family Charles Vondrasek family Dor othy, Marie, Viola Kron Leo Sellman from Iowa City and others. Cards and games followed by luncheon and visits at Wm Kron home.
Mrs. Herman Harder and son Carl spent the weekend with Carl Steele. Will Krotz and children visited the Krotz home with Frances McGill stopping by. A corn hog meeting occurred at Harrison schoolhouse. Mrs. John Krotz visited relatives near Wellman. Elmer Steele shredded corn fodder while Mrs. Harder helped cook for the men. Verle Wollrab aided Uncle Harry Malichky with fodder prep. Measles affected two homes. Victoria Canott, a student at Ainsworth high, fell ill. The Martins and Mrs. Earl Steele visited the Murphy and Busby homes. Alma Krotz assists her grandmother Klein.
Marie Von Drasek reports social notices from Palestine. Kron siblings and relatives helped with house work and summer butchering. Roy Kron and son, Joe Soukup family, and Alex Mahaffey group visited Albert Novy. Clement Kron returned from Washington juror duty. Ronald Horn stopped by as locals visited with families.
Ward Essley reports the death of Mrs. Harry Essley of Philadelphia wife of his brother. She had been ill for months and is survived by her husband a son Harry Jr and daughter Agnes. She was about fifty and once visited Ward Essley and Claude Hasstey homes near Brighton. A Montrose Colorado girl, she met Mr Essley while he worked on government projects out there.
Mrs. Carl Zieglowsky and Mrs. Ida Koehler visited Albert August Zieglowsky. D C Lchantz moved to a father’s farm near Noble. Wilbur Schantz to Havre, Mrs. Henry Hunt to Ainsworth for Miss Effie McCreedy. Fred Burger aided thawing pumps. Birthday party for Lyle Herring attended by Mason Kupka Zieglowsky siblings. Several couples traveled to Mt Pleasant area for a sale and to Winfield for visits. Basketball game attendance noted.
Ezra Hoch-Stedler remains unconscious in Iowa City hospital after a fractured skull. Miss Mae Snider recovers from pneumonia at Wayside Inn. Alva M. Kepler returns to post office work. Cleola Grady helps during absence. New daughter Bessie Louise born to Chas and Mrs Bivens. Various local visits, moves, enrollments, and measles cases noted. Jackie Reece to undergo lung surgery. Cleola Grady to join Beck's Grocery. Jay Figgins visits Kalona.
To the many friends whose acts of kindness were such a comfort during the illness and death of our father we express sincere thanks also to all who assisted in the services and for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr and Mrs Cleon Noffsinger Mr and Mrs Chas Faulkner Mr and Mrs H J Myers Mr and Mrs Raymond W Hasty Mr and Mrs Alfred Faulkner Jr Miss Clara Faulkner
The article notes 42 distinct termite species identified across the United States highlighting termite diversity and distribution.
Crawfordsville Mrs. A R Smith spent Friday afternoon at the W C Richards home.
Cream Station opened yesterday in connection with Crone Grocery and Market Wash by Crone Biteway store management. Clarence Dodds manages the new unit.
Auctioneer D RB of Macon Washington Iowa advertises new spring shoes and a contact number. Miss Mary Louise Harwood will teach the first primary room at Whittier school Water loo this semester with a higher salary after leaving Fairfield. She was elected to teach in Waterloo and will begin Monday, a promotion noted by the Fairfield school board’s recent action.
Mrs. Ola House of Ainsworth underwent a major operation last night at Washington county hospital. Mrs. Charles West and the baby left the hospital yesterday afternoon for their home here.
In Rubio Town Jan 1 Mrs Arthur Lambert reports visits by J J Fleig from Ottumwa and Chester Holcomb from Wellston. Clarence McNurlen of Keota stayed at Arthur Lambert’s for wood saw work. Rev Wines of Richland preached Sunday morning and Rev Dillon preached in Richland. Gene Snider travels to Cedar Rapids and plans return by late February. Fred Thompson visited Ottumwa on business.
Mr and Mrs EF D Morr son Jr and Miss Helen Coffes traveled to Iowa City to hear their sister Diane Cofy sing the lead in the high school operetta Joan of the Nancy Lee. Mrs Fred Reid and Mrs T V Knerr traveled to Morrison Illinois for a White Shrine guest night and officers led by Rev J Richmond and his wife were listed. Mrs J M Lloyd and son John returned from Williamsburg after visiting Mrs Lloyds uncle Edward Evans who plans to stay a week.
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