Washington County Club notes and county figures
A Washington County Club meeting report from Des Moines on February 22 highlights officers and the main speaker Esther B. MacGugin. The piece references war service by local youths, tributes to George Washington, and profiles of judges and notable locals, plus auction notes and community reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Foster
Washington County Club
Des Moines
Orville Hardin
Grace Juber
O. H. Williamson
J. B. McCleery
Howard Hammond
Miss Foster
Washington County
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guards
Seabees
WACS
WAVES
SPARS
Europe
Robert Shannon
George Washington
United States
Ed C Bicher
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Raymond Alberson
Bankers Life
Louise Kellogg
Alberson
Chas. A. Dewey
Federal Court
Smith W. Brookhart
C. K. Needham
Clifford Thorne
Yale
Elizabeth
New York City
Charles R. Brown
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Divinity School
Jean
Beik and others move farms near Columbus Junction
Harlan Beik relocates to the Walter McDaniel farm east of Columbus Junction. Oepping leaves the McDaniel farm for a farm north of town. Paul Sehafer moves to the Heabert Sehafer farm and Carl Anthony to the tenant house there. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Fulton also relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Harlan Beik
Walter McDaniel
Here
Jert Oepping
McDaniel
Paul Sehafer
Heabert Sehafer
Carl Anthony
Milo Fulton
Pompeii Rediscovery Noted Amid 1594 Excavation Tale
Story mentions Pompeii ruins uncovered by chance in 1594 during tunneling for an aqueduct. The article also lists local residents and families with wartime promotions and relocations including Renett A Trawley promoted aboard an Atlantic ship and Pvt. David W. Gabriel heading to radio school in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Solomon
Renett
Atlantic
Baker
David William Gabriel
John
Pompeii
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thur
Linda Darnell
Edgar Buchanan
Michael Duane
Glenda Farrell
John Loder
Ruth Ford
Wigan
Ted Dalton
Hot Springs, Ark
Egypt
Rocking Chair
Esther B. MacGugin
New Haven
Conn
Whyte
Old Stone Church
Cleveland
Chase Brown
Charles and
Margaret McCleary
India
Margaret Cowden
Persia
Washington
Howard A. Burrell
Alex Miller
Orville Elder
of Iowa
State of
Iowa
George Buckley
National Bank of New York
Gertrude Bowman
Arthur Shields
Robert Shields
Fred Miller
Brigade
Wayland
Ralph Dougherty
Danny Lynch
Graham Opera House
Jessie Smouse Dougherty
Carrie
Tat) O'Loughlin Harvey
Mayme Morton Cunningham
South Iown Avenue
Jim Boyd
Charley Langenberg
Belle Stewart Montgomery
Ida Cavender
Effie van Siehile
West Chester
T. W. Harwood
Westphal Jewelry Call
Hue
Fence
Montrose Hotel
Gio
Moenos
Stratoliner
Hurdle & Halter
Monatrose
Ae. Ih
John Shields & Sons
Tokyo
Algiers
Georg von Kuechler
Koenigsberg
Hitler
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Dane Clark
Robert Hutton Warner Anderson
Late Pathe News
McDaniel Farm
REDS
Helsinki
Nileaborg Uoulug
Ak Sladoga
Leningrad
Tinue Advance
Finland
Russia
Pskov
Baltic
Walnut Street
Hawley
Victorville
Caul
England
Ernest Kemp
James Manley
Pvt
Robert Manley
Ralpon
Roy Harris
Dunn
Leland Love
Granville Love
Avalon
Calif
Carl E. Kemp
William Dunn
Mangold
Mangolds
Frank McFarlane
Mer
Nice Country
Staley's Syrup
Chile
IST
Campbell's Tomato Soup
K. C. Baking Pwdr
Sun Maid
Ford
Farmers’ Co-operative
North
Iowa Ave
Pennsylvania
Cee
Poplin
Montge
Dewwsylan
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