Town notes on moves, remodelling and community aging
Local column recounts residents moving into the Mrs. Jeanette McElhinney home and the Bollers occupying the former Keeley building, with Mrs Stella Latehem remodelling upstairs. It also covers health updates, welcome home notices, charity gifts, church redecorating, and obituaries including J B Crail and Peter Witting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim White
Jeanette McElhinney
O. F. Boller
Keeley
Boller
Stella Latehem
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Daily hospital notes show admissions and discharges for numerous patients including Elizabeth Brown admitted Saturday as medical patient and pending discharge, William Panzer admitted Saturday and dismissed today, and several surgical admissions such as Lee Stacey and Mrs. Jesse Quigbey. Births noted include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Lakin Hole and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Owen.
Washington News Highlights From The Past Week
Local notices report newspaper ownership changes in Grinnell mergers, a death in Wayland, and a farm flour delivery blocked by snow. Celebrations include Jesse Harvey’s 95th birthday, marriages in Oskaloosa and Waterloo, and a new Spurgeon store manager in Villisca. A proposed supervisor candidate and a hospital hip fracture update are noted along with a farewell for the Gardners and a veterinary partnership formed by Drs Downing and Reid.
Roads Still Impassable Across County After Mud
Twenty years ago after days of sun, roads remain largely muddy and impassable. Kalona road is fair but north to Iowa City is very bad. Birds are plentiful and the trees are full of red birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Iowa City
CAPTAIN CROSSBONES high school operetta slated for March dates
Spanish setting play to be directed by Helen Wilson Mrs Howard Freshwaters and Bertha Hay. Cast includes Max Mc Call Carolyn McCleery Martha Shalla Leone Simpson Josephine Bailey David McCreedy Lawrence McKune Marion Stanisky Mable Livingston Clifford Baker Clifford Brady. TAKE YOUR MONEY Florida trip urged with living costs and limited jobs as tourism surges. NICE GIFT Parsons college endowment of 40000 from Mr. Winfield Smouse in Long Beach California with Dr Howard McDonald dean. AUTO INSTRUCTION Leslie Eicher to teach eight week class in auto instruction in the women’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Crossbones
Helen Wilson
Howard Freshwaters
Bertha Hay
Max McCall
Carolyn McCleery
Martha Shalla
Leone Simpson
Josephine Bailey
David McCreedy
Lawrence McKune
Marion Stanisky
Mable Livingston
Clifford Baker
Clifford Brady
Winfield Smouse
Parsons College
Fairfield
Smouse
Long Beach
Calif
Howard McDonald
Wilson Heating Co. Buys North Iowa Establishment
Arthur and Matucha have sold their North Iowa establishment north of the Colenso hotel to the Wilson Heating Co. The stock will be moved at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Arthur
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
The bulletin records several admissions and discharges: Mrs. Mattie Salladay, 1159 East Van Buren, admitted as medical patient. Mrs. Larry Arnt of Brighton admitted as surgical patient. Mrs. Ralph Zeck route three re admitted as medical patient. Murray Coon of Keota discharged. Mrs Marie Berger route three admitted. Mr. and Mrs. Burke McCreedy of Ainsworth welcomed a son born last evening at 6 o'clock. Harold Kurtz of Pleasant Plain had a tonsillectomy. Norman Brenneman and daughter Nedra Ann of Wellman, Mrs. John Blum of Harper, Mrs. Frank Smith route three, and Mrs. Johnnie Brenneman of Keota are noted among other entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harrison
South Iowa Avenue
John Jeffrey
Mary Chuck
East Pleasant Plain
Margaret Pratt
Dale Denison
South Avenue B
Ray Hough
Sharon Kay
West Chester
Elizabeth Brown
South Third Avenue
William Panzer
North Second Avenue
Lee Stacey
Brighton
Frank Smith
Route Three
Wayne Dickinson
Keota
Kenneth E
Ters
Wellman
John Blum
Harper
John Richard Maple
East Second Street
Harry M@onnell
Route Four
Earl Foss
East Third Street
Benford Thompson
Patricia Joanne
Delmar Yoder
North Sixth Avenue
Mattie Salladay
East
van Buren Street
Larry Arnt
Ralph Zeck
Murray Coon
Marie Berger
Burke McCreedy
Ainsworth
Harold Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Norman Brenneman
Nedra Ann
Johnnie Brenneman
New McLaughlin Welcomes A Twelve Pound Son
Dr and Mrs W W McLaughlin announce the birth of a son born Saturday February 4 weighing twelve pounds. He will be a good running mate for that fine girl. PAVING PETITION At city council a petition asked paving on West Washington street with remonstrances read at the same meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. McLaughlin
West Washington Street
Engagement of Ellen Reid and Charles E. Babcock Announced
Ellen Reid daughter of Mr and Mrs Asa Reid and Charles E Babcock of Chicago announced engagement at a party hosted by Josephine Babcock on North Iowa Ave. Tom Berdo visits Washington Pa to see his daughter Hallie a local schoolteacher. The base ball organization met electing John H Steck president Marion Anderson vice president Frank N Wilson secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Berdo
New York
Washington
Ellen Reid
Asa Reid
Charles E. Babcock
Chicago
Josephine Babcock
North
Iowa Ave
Penn
Tom Berdo
Washington, Pa
Hallie
Washington, Penna
John H. Steck
Marion Anderson
Frank N. Wilson
Sec’y and
Treas
8. W. Neal
James Brookhart
Alma Brindley
Alma McCutcheon
Hallie Berdo
Madola Fleming
Frank Barnosky
Ottumwa
Logan
Iowa
Barnosky
C. C. Reister
Washington county school age population cited
Five to twenty one year olds in Washington county number 6189, a local snapshot of youth. Percy Pollard’s Cape of Storms draws critique as readers compare it to Washington D C and Kipling, with mixed opinions on the frontispiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Democrat
Washington County
Percy Pollard
Washington
Iowa
India
Kipling
Percy
Bradley
Hetter
Plane Crash at Elk Mountain Claims Several Lives
Rollie Optenberg recalls Elk Mountain air crash news. Two Hicks youths Joe and Ed from Saratoga aided in rescue and body recovery, arriving ahead of an organized party. The report also lists unrelated local moves and obituaries including Livingston in Chicago, Snyder in Denver, Wagenknecht family, and Barnosky relocation to Logan Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Optenberg
Wyoming
Elk Mountain
Joe
Ed Hicks
Saratoga
Mr. Optenberg
Hicks
Deaths of the Week List From Area Clippings
A roundup of local death notices includes Elmer Wells Hughes of Milwaukee at 39, Dora Goodwin Bolar widow, 88 from Fredonia, Mary Woodside 84 of Ainsworth, John Stephen Wooley two day old infant, William Henry Harrison 71 rural mail carrier, Riverside resident 77, a former harness dealer age 80, a long time dry goods merchant aged 93, and other regional passings with brief survivor details and burial notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Harrison
Loretta Dewney Harrison
Local figures named Latchem Rankin Haigler McCleery McGaughey Lee
May Latchem Birdie Rankin Myrtle Haigler Helen McCleery Eva McGaughey and Millie Lee are listed as individuals connected to the notice. The source item reads as a sequence of names without further context or roles specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Latchem
Birdie Rankin
Myrtle Haigler
Helen McCleery
Eva McGaughey
Millie Lee
Review of the 7 Weeks News in Cedar Rapids region
A collage of local notes includes social events at Cedar Rapids hotels, marriage intentions in the courthouse, and community updates. Reports cover military inductions and discharge, school staff changes, births, anniversaries, obituaries, and civic activities in Washington and nearby towns.
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the Rocking Chair Brigade
T. W. Harwood
Mary Louise Harwood Pike
Santa Ana
Ralph Thompson
Don Bell
Marilyn
Rock Island
John Lytle
Austin
Texas
John
Richard
Jack
Lola Winga
Holland
Ludwig Simon
Simon
Sol Rich
Frank L. Wilson
Hattie Wilson
Baptist Church
Vernon
Howard
Iva Wittmer
James Clegg
State Theater
J. B. Crail
West Side
Jim Crail
Julia Smiley Crail
Mr. Crail
Rodney
Hubert
Nora Holden
Ella Warren
Ethel Tillotsen
Harry S. Ward
Crail
C. E. Beaty
The
Journal
Bessie Tucker
Peter Witting
Mr. Wittrig
Tie
Elizabeth Henke
Elmer Wells Hughes
Lola Hughes
Milwaukee
Elmer Wells
South Marion Avenue
Susie Johnson
Earl Little
Harold Jarvis
Littles
Four Square Tabernacle
South Marion Ave
Southern Utilities Co
C. J. Wilson
Joe Pickens
Wilsons
Do. J
George Clark
Clark
R. E. Dougherty
John Reeves
Charlie Reevs
Ethel Kerr
North Second Ave
Jesse Quigbey
Lakin Hole
Dwight Owen
Crawfordsville
Dallas Rettler
Alber Janecek
Billy Crandall
Roy Benson
Davenport
Chas. K. Needham
Grinnell
Wayland
Alex Miller
Agnes Miller
Badrige
Henry Berdo
Ann
Jesse Harvey
Osky
Floyd Harvey
Harriet Bolland
Oskaloosa
Villisca
Harold Johnson
Walter Johnson
Lincoln, Ul
Spurgeon
R. E. Brown
Board of Supervisors
Godfrey
Milt Godfrey
Mt. Pleasant
Boyd Foster
Catharine Ridget Wheelan
Joe Lohberger
Herstood
Alice
Son
al Wagner
East Washington Street
Waterloo
Allie Drake
Wagner
J. G. Hise
Ezra Gardner
Lexington
Gardners
Tom Downing
Fred Reid
Mrs. Reid
Alice Crone
D. M. Crone
Edward M. Davis
Maude Beenblossom
Agnes Swilt
Florida
Leslie Eicher
White Way Garage
Lou Cunningham
Earl Lewis
Nelle Samson
Ralph Manners
Eva Hunt
George Sayles
Mario Boyer
George Buckley
Myrtle Morton
George de Long
Ethel Montgomery
Villa McCullough
Harry Boyer
Tegie’ Haight
Clara Lanning
Ed Smith
Miss Winters
Roy MacGugin
Miss Campbell
Wallace Barnes
Sketch Club
Mattie Moore
D. P. Livingston
Illinois Lumber Dealers Association
Howard Snyder
Denver
Colo
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Joe C. Snyder
Tipton
Charla Lou
Roy Mallory
Chiago
Max Timmins
Blue Island
Burdette Wagenknecht
State University of Iowa
WSUT
Rudolf Wagenknecht
Claire Keiper
Zimmerman, Minn
Rebecca Marcus
Rochester
N.Y
Rochester City Hall
Ogden
Minneapolis
Minn
Mary Watson
Bob Foster
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Foster
R. L
Lola Wells Hughes
Milwaukee Normal College
Homer Burton Bolar
Dora Goodwin Bolar
Kansas City
William Gabriel
Fredonia
Mary Woodside
John Stephen Wooley
Nellie
Crossett) Wooley
W. H. Harrison
Frank Hirt
Riverside
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Iva Wiltmer
Presbyterian Church
David
Lou Steele
Haney
Jane
Jean
Harry Haney
Cedar Rapids
Frank Haney
Richard Pratt
Hap’ Freidel
Thurs
Montrose
Court House
Allen Marshall McMath
Clearfield
Town
Mazel Pauline Patterson
Winfield
Orval J. Mecklenberg
Morning Sun
Guy Alsip
Legion
Ralph RR. Stuart
Hampton
L Omar Bradley
Fort Snelling
Wilbur Lee Moore
John Edwin Baldrige
Paul Gilbert Moothart
Dennis James Brinkley Richland
Robert Alex Jugenheimer
Eber Glen Diener
Franklin Swartzendruber
Mrs. C. E. Beaty
Paul Grecian
Alameda
Mrs
Riley Grecian
Gerald Graft of
George C. Stewart
Harry Montgomery
Richland
W. A. Ward
Max D.see
M. D
Enid
Okla
Robert
Orville Carter
Edith L. Hayes
Elmer Hayes
Samuel G. Cannott
U. S. Navy
Geo. Cannott
Ainsworth Bank
Boyd Humble
West
Washington Street
Ralph Sehilling
Palmer Sehilling
Dave Livingston
Anna Lucas
Stephen Barrett
Phillip
Barretts
Springfield
Berkeley
WRC
Lincoln
Midland Air Inc
Lyle Oldfield
Clerk of Court
Milford L. Cook
Darlene Cook
Bertha A. Schantz
Henry
County Legion
Joseph N. DeLaurentiis
Ithaca
Martha J. Harvey
Mable Gray
Tom
Russell Conner
Los Angeles
Ed Conner
Woodrow Wade
Sandra
Baraboo
Wise
J. C. Penney
Wades
Harvey Holden Y
Evelyn Hexworth
P. L. Fenn
Fenn
John Cherry
Godfrey Juzeler
Harvey Waggoner
Anna
Martha Jo Harvey
Joe DeLaurentiis
AS Maas
Bainbridge
Maryland
D. E. Newland
John Tucker
Dale Booth
Guam
Wells
Glen Davis
Donald P. Davis
New Orleans
Zona Gail
U. S
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