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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1940
Page
4
Dictatorship talk and personal restraint echoed in clipping
Fragment from Orville Elder notes urges calm and privacy during anger. The piece contrasts cordial, understanding dialogue with hostility and notes rising federal payrolls and influence over industry as a warning about hidden power expanding in wartime and peacetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Elder
Corn Festival Dreams and Civic Reflections
A local column cites worries about freedom and governance echoing European trends. It imagines Washington streets themed for a corn festival, notes Fire Chief Reister may not seek re election, praises his service, argues for archives, and humorously recalls dairy and grace anecdotes amid social commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Reister
Claude Reister
Dayton Grove Society News and Local Updates
Mrs. Floyd Kinnan and family from West Chester visited Walter Leet's home. Charlie Stewart shows gradual improvement after illness. Cedar township assessor Everett Denison worked in the area Tuesday. Raymond Hammen recovers from illness with local help. Wilbur Watson from West Chester helped with Hammen's work and joined neighbors for supper. Des Moines Iowa Barn Dance Frolic attendees included Mr and Mrs Don ald Smith and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
J. BR. Moore
Floyd Kinnan
West Chester
Walter Leet
Charlie Stewart
Everett Denison
Cedar Township
Raymond Hammen
Donald Smith
James Corpening
Lester Chorpening
Elmer Bush
Iowa
Des Moines
North Prairie Flower social notes and local visits
In North Prairie on February 10, Wayne Stranskey and Lee Jones visited Katona with Mr and Mrs EK Grecian and children, and Mr and Mrs Keith Wilson of Iowa City joined the group with Mr and Mrs Harold Schulty. Elizabeth Young hosted the Merry Makers club on Wednesday afternoon. Mose Bontrager attended a community sale in Iowa City Tuesday. Mrs James Corpening had two teeth extracted Thursday. Lob Hoxworth installed new spouting on Elizabeth Schulty’s farm home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cb. F. Smith
North Prairie Flower
Wayne Stranskey
Lee Jones
Katona
E. EK. Grecian
Keith Wilson
Iowa City
Harold Schulty
Elizabeth Young
Merry Makers Club
Mose Bontrager
James Corpening
lLob Hoxworth
Elizabeth Schulty
Clay Township
White Hawk
Katherine Jean James
Lucile Kasowsky
Pleasant Valley
Joyce Jones
Rubio
Mary Tresa Chuck
Mary Lou Kasowsky
Ernestine Herr
Clay
Carl Kirchner
Hrighton
Will Stout
Westminster club changes prize habit to aid shut ins
Readers recall the White Way club of Westminster answering roll with humorous items. The group no longer awards prizes but does something special for shut ins. The column cites a Des Moines Register piece on motorist safety and aiding wildlife during deep winter, urging humane acts toward rabbits and birds along plowed highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Des Moines Register
Jokes and Vignettes Span Domestic, War and Social Satire
A collection of humorous snippets and quips. A father-teacher dialogue about manners, a girl’s dating embarrassment, Europe’s tense mood described as past tense, a warning about a lifetime war, a church anecdote on fairness, a quip about work and money, and a gender angle on eyesight.
Perpetual Bond Defined as Everlasting Interest
A perpetual bond cannot be redeemed or repaid. Its interest continues indefinitely without termination or principal repayment.
Historical February Dates Listed by Local Institutions
A compact ledger of February dates from various entities notes anniversaries, openings, and notable births and figures such as Dickens Edison Lincoln Washington Longfellow and a list including Lemley & Yard Insurance, Morgan’s Cafe, Lytle’s Super Service, Jacobs Tire, Dr. Fred Reid and the Farmer’s Cooperative Exchange among others.
WIN DOLLARS FOR FIRST YEAR PARAGRAPHS AT JOURNAL
The Journal invites readers to submit a 50 word paragraph about a listed firm’s first year. Three prizes of one dollar each will be awarded for the best entries. Each paragraph must concern a single business firm and be mailed or delivered by February 29, 1940.
Debussy's Children’s Corner Suite and the Golliwog Cake Walk
Claude Debussy in 1908 wrote The Children's Corner Suite for his daughter Chouchou, dedicating it with affectionate apologies. The suite, famed like Schumann's Scenes of Childhood, includes the popular Golliwog's Cake Walk inspired by an African American minstrel cake walk he saw in Paris. The piece reflects the child’s world through a parent’s artistic lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Debussy
Chouchou
Ebussy
Schumann
Debussy
Paris
America
Golliwog
Trifles Cast for County Play Festival Named
Brighton February report lists a high school cast for the County Play Festival to stage Trifles at Crawtownsville in about two weeks. Cast: Lewis Hale Richard Day Henry Peters sheriff Richard Arnold George Henderson Co Atty Raymond Garrett Mrs Hale Eloise Johnston Mrs Peters Helen Schooley Mrs Shaffer recently returned from Danville where she helped care for Mrs Harry Myers mother of Cecil Myers. Chapter AQ PEO met Tuesday evening with Mrs Elizabeth Lamancky. Birth of son for Mr and Mrs B Y Garbry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmieck
Brighton
Crawtow Yeville
Lewis Hale
Richard Day
Henry Peters
Richard Arnold
Geo. Henderson
Raymond Garrett
Hale
Eloise Johnston
Harry Myers
Cecil Meyers
Two Ways Proposed to Curb Lawless Drivers
Tulsa World suggests two options to handle persistently lawless drivers. One would place large stripes on their automobiles, the other on their clothing, as deterrents and public shaming measures.
Newborn Gary Lee Camp at Des Moines February
Birth announced for February 4 to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Camp in Des Moines. The infant weighs 7 pounds and is named Gary Lee. Mrs. Camp previously Calle Gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Camp
Des Moines
Gary Lee
Camp
Calle Gallery
Methodist Ladies Aid
Dora Saunders
Edgar Wise
Pleasant Valley Club
Robt. Edmondson
University
Special music for United Presbyterian worship services
The service features a morning Ocean prelude Legend Cadman solo Like As A Father Scott John Lloyd Hughes and Offertory pieces. A Stainer Crucifixion excerpt Orgin postlude Exultate Ave Maris Stella anthems Now The Day Is Over and Heart Divine with Dvorak soloists Tom Gray Cecil Replogle. Carolyn Hamilton directs. Helen Harvey is organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadman
Scott John Lloyd Hughes
Courtesy Presbyterian Choir
Offertoire d'Owlville
FRR
Stainer
Orgin
Ave Maris Stella
Bo Kreeket
Knight
Heart Divine
Dvorak
Tom Gray
Cecil Replogle
Rossini
Carolyn Hamilton
Driver's Wife and Baby Doomed Parole Appeal
DES MOINES Municipal Judge Don G. Allen refused parole for Edward Hoy of Mitchellville after Hoy brought his wife and infant to court seeking sympathy. Hoy was sentenced to 30 days in jail on a drunken driving charge, with the judge warning that parole would imply leniency for similar reckless conduct affecting Des Moines' 160,900 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Don G. Allen
Edward Hoy
Hey
Mitchellville
Tes Moines
Snowball Social Notes Show Local Activities
Snowball column lists funeral attendance for Mrs. T. N. Hunter and Sunday dinner guests at Clarence Fulton near Crawfordsville. Families including Knupps Jarrards Kilestones attend six o'clock church dinner while Mrs. Do C and Mrs. Russell Griggs go to the picture show at the M E church Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shebeeck
Cloyd Knupp
Walter Kyle
T. N. Hunter
Carl Jarrard
Clarence Fulton
Crawfordsville
Harlen
Do. C
Russell Griggs
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