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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1938
Page
2
The Eve ning Journal calendar for January lists key dates and figures from American history. Entries note events from Paul Revere’s birth to Lincoln era emancipation, Wilson and League of Nations calls, battlefield deeds, discoveries, treaties, and notable leaders, with patriotic commentary.
Miss Veda Twinam, a Chicago teacher vacationing at the W. W. Twinam home, returns home to resume school work on Monday. Local social items note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gorham of Springfield and others, family celebrations, and travel to Des Moines for Kennedy's School of Beauty Culture. Several funeral attendances and holiday departures are mentioned along with local business notes and an auctioneer ad.
Miss Elizabeth Sherman visiting at her parents home Mr and Mrs Don Sherman will depart for Spencer at the start of the week. Edna McCarty of Jackson Michigan left last night after a week with her McCarty family and planned to visit friends in Chicago before returning to Jackson tomorrow.
James Scoval of Montezuma was admitted this morning for treatment at the local hospital.
Frances Anderson of Duluth Mina has spent 19 years as a mail carrier. She was once the only woman in the United States to hold such a job. She has missed only one day on her route and plans to continue until 30 years of service or retirement.
Washington ministers decided there would be no union services for the annual week of prayer the first week of the new year. Individual churches will hold their own services next week with notices in this week’s church announcements.
Riverside report notes Ardell Gerot won hardest smoking man at the Farmers School box supper and programs, with $21 cleared. Awards went to Mrs. George Gerot and Mrs. Peter Gerot. Alice Watkins was voted most popular lady. Gwendolyn Marner stayed with relatives in Kalona, while Ray Miller family visited Des Moines for a reunion.
County supervisors Boyd Foster Harvey Wilson and Fred Bauer closed the court house on year end to count cash on hand in all offices. The board visited every office after hours to take a record of money on hand as required by state law.
Young people are urged to attend Happy Hour in the YMCA lobby after church services Sunday evening. The program includes New Year stunts and promises a good time for all attendees.
Linton Indiana January reports say 13 year old boy and 12 year old girl who bore a baby seek marriage. Governor Townsend says he may support setting aside marriage laws to allow the birth to have a name and for the couple to wed.
OTTUMWA The first concrete for the new 125000 dollar Wapello county home was poured after a month long weather delay. Twenty men were at the site as excavation work neared completion before the frost set.
Miss Alice Banks daughter of Mr and Mrs Harve Banks west of Washington married Harold McFarland of Moline Illinois this morning at 7 o clock in a single ring ceremony at St James Rev H J Corcoran officiated The bride wore wine colored velvet and a black hat attendants were her sister Kathleen Banks and Edward Wolfe Both families include Washington graduates 1934 Mrs McFarland worked at McCleery Calendar factory and Mr McFarland studies at Washington Junior College before taking a job with International Harvester in Moline They will reside there after a short wedding trip.
Mrs Mayme Squire and Miss Nellie Dodder hosted the Nurses Alumnae at the nurses home. Miss Frances Minick led a business meeting, announcing Christmas greetings from distant nurses. Officers elected: Mrs Lucille Anderson president, Mrs May Jay vice president, Miss Althea White secretary treasurer, Miss Hattie McConnell reporter.
Illness and bad roads reduced turnout as Sunset Circle members met with Mrs John Widmer Thursday afternoon. Guests included Mrs Bert Spangler Jean Holmes Mary Cherry Holmes and Viola Hering. Mrs Merle Twinam gave a lesson on Color and Design in the Home. The Christmas exchange and a cooperative luncheon followed.
The Friendly Circle and Nulla clubs held a potluck supper at the city hall last Wednesday to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson and their family who are moving away. About thirty five attended due to road conditions and illness. After the meal pinochle was played at five tables.
Helen Kay Felder and Dale Harold Eckerman announce their marriage on December 29 1937 at Wayne Nebraska. After February 1 they reside at 15 East 68th Street New York. Eckerman is son of Eva McCobb Eckerman of Loveland Colorado and employed in a New York City wholesale grocery firm.
New Year's Day brought clear skies to most of Iowa with temperatures near 35 degrees. Keokuk reached 62 degrees while Iowa Falls fell to 12 degrees, the state's lowest.
Genoa hosts a peculiar hall of fame dating back about five centuries. Collier’s Weekly notes that any citizen could nominate themselves by donating money to earn a statue, bust, or tablet in a seated, standing, or tablet form with gifts ranging from under 25 000 lire to over 100 000 lire for prominent statues.
The Christian Missionary and Aid societies held a meeting at the parsonage with Mrs. Vernon Carter as hostess. Officers elected include Mrs. Carter president and Mrs. Georgia Larson vice president for the missionary society, with Mrs. Ettiene Spenser secretary treasurer. In the Aid society, Mrs. Frank Haney was named president, Mrs. Claude Tucker vice president, Mrs. Genn Holden secretary, Mrs. Ralph McCreed treasurer, and Mrs. Mert King reporter. Twenty-five attended, with devotions led by Mrs. Carter and a social close with a refreshment committee.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society met yesterday at Miss Clara Huber's home. President Mrs. Rh G. Cherry led the session with a talk on Christian Citizenship. Mrs. Leo Hoover taught from Rebuilding Rural America while Mrs. Jessie Brindley led enigmas and Mrs. Orville Dayton gave a reading. Tea followed.
Mr and Mrs Hal W Richards observe their silver wedding with a Christmas noon turkey dinner at home for family. Gift of silver and a Christmas exchange follow. Attending were their son Willis and wife Martha, Eva Harvey, Floyd Ellis of Corydon, Boyd Sanders of Keota. The couple wed 25 years ago in Crawfordsville with a 6 o’clock wedding dinner for 30 guests officiated by Reverend Swickard.
Four members of the Three Quarter Century club celebrate birthdays in the New Year. Names include Mrs Anna Wooley aged 85 and George E Pratt aged 82. Other listed celebrants hail from Wellman Pilotburg Max Leichty and near Havre. First babies of the year in the county are named with birth years from 1926 to 1937.
James Lemley of Keota celebrates his birthday today and his sister Mrs. Joe Schlatter of Crawfordsville will have a birthday tomorrow.
Several ancient Indian tribes worshiped the jaguar, the largest American cat. In the forest encounter, Mayens knelt and awaited death rather than kill the beast, reflecting blasphemy laws and fear. The jaguar is described as both gentle and deadly, with humans at risk once it tastes flesh.
Ice cream began commercial production in 1851 in Baltimore. By 1900 annual consumption reached 25 million gallons, and current figures stand at about 200 million gallons.
Social calendar lists various gatherings: Pilotburg Ladies Aid dinner at Congregational and Presbyterian homes, D of V officer installation, White Shrine bridge party, D A R St Distoff program, Pythian Sisters officer installation, Friendly Social Club postponed, Linger Longer and Just Us clubs, Eureka Ladies Aid potluck, Navajo club comforter event. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stransky, Mrs. Joe Wright, Mrs. Mary Genkinger White, Mrs. P. H. Genkinger, Mrs. J. A. Porter, Mrs. R S Warfel, Ralph Waggoner, Pearl Conrad, Mrs. Ward Easley, and Mrs. F L Broadgate.
Riverside January 1 announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Marjorie Kerr of Iowa City to Albert Waldschmidt of Riverside. They will wed January 25 on a farm near Iowa City. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Kerr and attended Chicago school. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Waldschmidt, Riverside, and has been farming.
The Belly River rises in Glacier National Park Montana, flows north into Canada and joins the Bow River to form the South Saskatchewan River system through the region.
Miss Wilms Boller daughter of Mr and Mrs Jason Boller of Kalona Iowa married Joseph Kauffman son of Mr and Mrs N V Kauffman of Manson Iowa in a December 30 ceremony at the bride’s home Rev D J Fisher officiated The maid of honor was Ruth Brenneman Best man was Roy Kauffman The couple plan to reside on a farm near Kalona after two weeks visiting in Manson A reception followed with 56 wedding guests and a 3 tier wedding cake The bride is a Kalona High School graduate
C L Gorham and wife of Olds mark their golden wedding with a noon turkey dinner for about twenty relatives. Out of town guests include Bert Glade of Winfield and others from Pella Springfield and Atchison. Open house 3 to 5 p.m. as friends offer congratulations.
Notice from the Knights of Pythias announces work in the rank of knight to be conferred Monday night at an unspecified hour. Signed by Ralph Misick, C. C. 2732.
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