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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
2
Reister Bros. 3031f Howard Zillmer and Mabel Burkholder both of Kelona obtained a marriage license here yesterday.
Mrs Logan Gargus and infant gon Robert Allen were dismissed yesterday Glenn Stoutner Keota was dismissed yesterday Mr and Mrs Ray Walton Washington are parents of a daughter born this morning at 4 20 weighing six pounds twelve and one half ounces Mr and Mrs John Von Arb Washington have a daughter born this morning at 8 48 weighing eight pounds one and one half ounces Everette Miller Wellman admitted for observation this morning
Olive Moore and several Crawfordsville visitors shopped here yesterday. Mr and Mrs H E Sehneider will reside in Spencer for a period, while Mrs Sehneider directs the Methodist choir. Madonna Finke suffers heart trouble and will stay in bed for a month. John Yousling and his sixteen piece accordion band perform tomorrow in Wellman and Sigourney. Vince Tellin, ill with glandular trouble after flu, and the Wade family who rented Sehneider property at 714 South Second Street, plan a move next week.
The Fortnightly club expresses gratitude to the Lincoln school board for allowing its members to use the community room in the school building for a Friday evening meeting. Janet B. Gillespie, correspondence secretary, signs the message on behalf of the club and commends the room’s beauty and the school authorities’ permission.
A series of gospel services starts tonight at 7 30 at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev H B Palmquist and wife will assist. Palmquist is described as an interesting speaker with a fundamental gospel message.
Eight boxers represented Washington in the district Golden Gloves preliminary at Cedar Rapids. Four survived to the February 14 semi finals with strong odds to reach the finals the same night. Bob Anderson powered to two knockouts in the 135 pound class, while Clarence Hailey in 112 pounds and Solon CCC boxers Fred Bohr 118 pounds also advanced.
Kalona High School swept Riverside in a doubleheader with the varsity winning 41 to 21 and the reserves 26 to 19. Juengerich led Kalona with 17 points, C Yeder added 11, Riverside’s Fionn scored 9 of 21, and Horak 4.
Washington and Marshalltown junior college teams meet at the high school gym for a 7:30 tipoff refereed by Ted Swensen of Iowa City. Keiper of Washington may miss the game due to illness. Marshalltown sought to cancel amid heavy snow. A 6:30 preliminary features Fairfield and Washington freshmen and sophomores, with more games to follow including Washington vs Ottumwa second teams and a late Washington vs Muscatine junior college matchup.
Mrs Frey Williamson, wife of Mr William Williamson, died Tuesday at her Hillsboro Iowa home. Funeral services are set for Friday afternoon at 2 39 local time. The Williamson family formerly lived in Washington about nine years ago when Mr Williamson worked as an agent for a Des Moines life insurance firm.
Senator Guy M Gillette said he would accept the temporary nomination for vice president if offered this year but he is not an active candidate. The remark reflects informal talks amid political maneuvering in Des Moines.
Miss Gladys Bair a 21 year old sixth grade teacher at Redfield Consolidated School faced a likely nonrenewal as she began each day with Bible readings prayers and religious comments. School board president J H Quigley said no story and that they are not running a religious school though they believe in the Bible.
In Bishopstoke England a Boy Scout climbed a 60 foot church tower to save a cat. He became trapped on the tower top and parishioners then rescued both him and the cat. Tolbert Lanston invented the monotype printing press with basic patent in 1887 and perfected in 1897 earning the Franklin Institute Cresson gold medal in 1899.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bovnichsen a longtime Columbus Junction resident will be held Friday afternoon. She died Tuesday night at her home and the funeral is planned to honor her life and memory in the local church.
A funeral service for the daughter of Mrs David Owens will be held at two oclock Friday afternoon at Pleasant Grove Bethel church located east of town.
An excavation of King Minos palace on Crete reveals a bath tub of refined design hinting at luxury in ancient royal life. The find suggests sophisticated bathing practices in Minoan society and broadens views of early plumbing culture.
Rev Donald Zimmerman of Bloomington Indiana will serve as a missionary in Japan after a January board meeting of the Presbyterian Foreign Missions. Ruth Wylie fiancée of Zimmerman and a China mission kin teaches at West Salem Ohio and also joins the Japan post.
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