New Year Reflections From Rocking Chair Brigade
The piece looks back at 1944 and 1948 in a small town column. It notes friendships in Washington between Blackie and Blondie Miller spaniels of Rev. Fred Miller and the Frank Miller families, mentions high school principal Paul Dixon’s induction into the U. S. Army with a three week furlough, and recalls L. S. Patterson, longtime reader and Presbyterian, alongside Sam Forman. It also highlights Josephine Bailey's Red Cross training, a Vienna visitor, hotel boiler work at Congress hotel, and a Christmas Eve fried chicken decorating tradition at Theodore and Gertrude Bailey’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jonathan
Washington
Cross
Blackie
Blondie Miller
Paul Dixon
U. S. Army
Fort Dodge
Glenn Laffer
Mr. Patterson
L. S
Rocking Chair Brigade
Sam Forman
Josephine Bailey
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Josephine
William Moi
Vienna
Bailey
Austria
Mother
Washinton
D. C
Mary Berry
Maude Roberts
M. Wailey
Henry
Theodore Bailey
William Moll
Grandville
Peg
Remembrances From Washington A Christmas Update
Christmas reminiscences highlight community lives with Carr ie Scofield Marshall’s death noted alongside Mrs Smith W Brookhart and Laura Felton messages. Messages recount church ties, family journeys, military sons overseas, and social rounds from Des Moines to Seattle and Palo Alto.
Christmas Hospital Births and Discharges Chronicle
Local hospital notes list births weighing from seven pounds to nearly ten, with times on Christmas morning and night. Several families from Keota Crawfordsville Brighton Ainsworth Wellman and Columbus Junction are named among new arrivals and discharges along with routine appendectomies tonsillectomies and medical discharges.
Arrow Shots and Christmas Habits in Washington
A collection of quips on gift giving and social expectations. It notes women not being fully ready for Christmas and men aging, while reflecting on church divisions, busyness, and customary gifts. The piece also jokes about courting routines and daily chores before turning playful about a barber shop scene.
Passing Years in Washington News Year 10 Years Ago
A jumble of local items recounts holiday visits, marriages, and events. Bob Livingston gifts candy and money to Santa, egg prices rise to 12 cents a dozen, and residents remark on a cold day and a hopeful view of neighbors. Hospital updates note Ellen Morrison and Bob Godfrey improving, while John Bergquist suffers a car collision. Barbara Cuddy marries William Ashmore in Waterloo. Christmas visits by Mort Keeley and daughter Patricia. church and community notes. Local real estate agents Higgins and Parkinson named official immigration agents for Rock Island system. University of Chicago Glee Club concert features local singers Edward Richer and Adelbert Stewart. Old Siwash play at Opera House stars T. L. Brookhart and others.
Traveling Men Trivia in a Baldheaded Bearded Jest
A humorous note remarks that some people stay poor and a baldheaded man with dyed beard amuses onlookers. It ponders whether traveling men never tire of seeing one another.
Ship Production Advances To 36 Percent Of 1939 Ocean Tonnage
American cargo vessel production planned for 1943 will total tonnage equal to 36 percent of the entire 1939 ocean going tonnage of the cargo fleets of the present United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Scarlet fever cases reported in town and sale of newspaper
Health director Dr. C W Stewart reports twenty two scarlet fever cases with only one new case recently. Paul Appleby has sold the Washington Democrat to J Elliot Grayson and Don Ross, who will take possession on January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stewart
Paul Appleby
Washington Democrat
J. Elliot Grayson
Don Ross
Fire damages Gamma Phi Beta house in Iowa City
The Gamma Phi Beta sorority house in Iowa City suffered a 6000 dollar fire loss. Esther Hay an officer was at home and all her belongings were spared. The Ainsworth United Presbyterian church recently completed was dedicated on December 36 with Dr. McMichael of Monmouth delivering morning and evening addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Gamma Phi Beta
Esther Hay
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
McMichael
Monmouth
Notable local Black woman dies in Chicago home
Mrs N L Black, a well known and respected colored woman in town, died at her sister Mrs Ida Calloway’s Chicago home on December 26. Mrs D M Crone, 74, died at her North Iowa Avenue home on December 27, mother of eleven. Mrs Margaret Coffman, 74, mother of Mrs Carrie Blake, died December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Black
Ida Calloway
Chicago
D. M. Crone
North
Iowa Ave
Margaret Coffman
Carrie Blake
Movement Against Useless Gifts Sparks Society Trend
Thirty years ago Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New York City launched the Spug movement the society for the prevention of useless gifts aiming to curb wasteful presents and promote thoughtful giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. P. Belmont
New York City
Society For the Prevention
Christmas Homecomings and Happenings in Ames
Edie Bovee, a student at Ames, is home for the holidays. Edith Fox and William Hem mings wed at the Fox home on Christmas Day. Rev. J. M. Wishart, new United Presbyterian pastor, will arrive next week. Edward Grefe of Mt. Vernon reportedly died by self harm by swallowing his sock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edie Bovee
Ames
Edith Fox
Ed Fox
William Hemmings
J. M. Wishart
United Presbyterian Church
Edward Grefe
Mt. Vernon
Four decades ago special edition recalls local churches
A 1903 special Evening Journal edition notes pastors and others writing church history. Rev. L. B. Shreckengast covers the Methodist church, Rev. F. O. Ross writes on the First United Presbyterian, Rev. W. R. Sawhill on the Second U. P. church, and Rev. B. Jacobsmeier on St. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Ll. B. Shhreckengast
Methodist Church
F. O. Ross
First United Presbyterian
W. R. Sawhill
Second
U. P. Ccurch
By. Jacobsmeier
St. James
Imprint to Open in Crawfordsville with Frank Wolf as Publisher
The Imprint will debut in Crawfordsville with Frank Wolf as owner and publisher. S. 5S. party details a Gertie Ball Sunday School event with all members taxed for a sack of flour for the needy. Allen House Hotel Colenso to be renamed the Allen House, previously Bryson house, with pharmacy owned by J. M. Lytle and J. D. Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Frank Wolf
Gertie Ball
Allen House
Colenso
Bryson House
J. M. Lytle
J. D. Glassgow
Columbus Junction Army Notes and Local Holidays
Pvt Richard C Pugh is hospitalized at Camp Dodge Iowa since July 12 with rheumatic fever. He graduated Columbus High in 1948 and joined the army July 7. Pvt Jack L Estle on furlough from Camp Blanding Florida. Richard Dircks visited his brother Robert at Jefferson Barracks. Local harvest certificates note Dennis Christianson and Delbert Eversmeyer for corn and soybeans. Several residents spent Christmas or holidays with relatives in Iowa City Omaha Detroit and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Richard C. Pugh
Lewis Pugh
Station Hospital
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Columbus High School
Army
Jack L. Estle
J. L. Estle
Camp Blanding, Fla
Richard Dircks
Leo Dircks
Robert Dircks
Jefferson Barracks
Louisa County
Dennis Christianson
Delbert Eversmeyer
Wapello
Kenneth MM. Arington Scott Field
K. M. Arington
Blanch Sheldon
Oak Park
Ill
J. Lewis
Mina Law
Thomas Wadell
Rock Island
Gordon Todd
Forrest Snyder
Margaret Huston
Iowa City
D. R. Marshall
Arian Lowe
Sigourney
Isabelle Latta
Columbus
Ohio
Kathryn Overholt
Frank Spaethe
Rose von Dresky
Muscatine
Joan Huston
Omaha
Anna Robertson
Jean
Detroit
Mich
Bryce O. W. Wolford
California
Set
Bryce O. Wolford
Camp Cooke
Dutch Naming of the Hudson River as Mauritius
The early Dutch explorers referred to the Hudson river as Mauritius, a name recorded in colonial era maps and accounts. This note highlights the historic European naming of the river before it became widely known as the Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Mauritius
History of the Academy issued by Floyd Shaw
Floyd Shaw has issued copies of the history of the Academy. Carroll Lemley, sixteen, was fined five dollars and costs for failing to heed a stop sign. The Farmers Mutual Insurance truck went to Packwood in Jefferson county where a small boy was killed and another injured. Capt. and Mrs. John Lytle have moved to Austin Texas. Wayne Knapp and son David plan to move from East Main to Prairie Flower. Mrs. J. O. Brown and daughter Joan were guests at dinner before leaving for San Antonio. Marie Landau is well and active in Milwaukee. Mrs. Robert Duncan moved into upstairs at 603 East Washington. Opal Kern seeks a divorce from Arthur Kern. Auto fatalities in the county last year were two. Wayne Chamberlain appears in Guadalcana Diary at the State theatre. Stores closed for New Years Day. Arthur Hora and wife welcomed a daughter born Thursday. Jordon Emmert Zaiger arrived Thursday night. C K Snyder and Jack Trotte sold two saddle horses now bound for Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ingham visiting from Pacific Grove enroute to Chicago. Ezra Ingham is a physician in Lincoln. J J Green opened the Congress hotel with a cafe. The first baby of 1944 will be honored with gifts from local merchants.
Fire destroys Knottnerus home on Christmas Eve
A family escaped a blaze that destroyed the R. T. Knottnerus Jr. residence one mile north of Bethel Presbyterian Church. The elderly Mr. Knottnerus and a two and a half month old baby were safe, neighbor Doyle Plecker helped transport the family in night clothing. Household goods burned, no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Knottnerus, Jr
Doyle Plecker
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Harris House
R. T. Knottnerus
Deaths of the Week Mrs. Sarah EK Godfrey
Mrs. Sarah EK Godfrey widow of Samuel A Godfrey died at Washington County hospital Sunday at age 74. A farmer and resident of the county she was killed in an automobile accident near Kansas City. She was a sister of Mrs. Harry Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah EK. Godfrey
Samuel A. Godfrey
Washington County Hospital
Kansas City
Harry Bishop
Obituaries Roll In From Across States
Mrs Christina Meyer 73 died at her daughter’s home in Chicago. Mrs Jennie Hearne Holland Brockhart widow of former Senator S W Brockhart died in Prescott Arizona aged 74. Former prominent man died of a heart attack at his daughter’s home in Fort Dodge Iowa aged 82. Carrie Scofield Marshall widow of Ben Marshall died at her Des Moines residence on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Marshall
Des Moines
Christina Meyer
A. J. Kelly
Chicago
Wee
J. Paul Neal
S. W. Brockhart
Jennie Hearne Holland Brockhart
Prescott
Arizona
Glenn Laffer
Fort Dodge
Carrie Scofield Marshall
Magazine Editors Predict One Million Homes Annually
Thirty one magazine editors project postwar housing surge, expecting one million homes built each year for ten years after peace, reflecting strong confidence in reconstruction demand.
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Brigade
Aimee Semple MacPherson
Mrs. Laffer
Congress Hotel
Theodore
Gertrude Bailey
The
Presbyterian Church
Smith W. Brookhart
Hearne
Florence
Laura Felton
Long Beach Calif
D'Wayne
Penney
Santa Barbara
Kay
Maine Ave
Apt. 1
Long Beach 2
Calif
Chas. Patterson
Seattle
Bess Scofield Maas
E. S. Maas
First Ave
Palo Alto
Mondas
Richard Hagist Or
Wellman
Kenneth Jennings
South Ninth Avenue
Earl Zook
East Third Street
Dave Erwin
Route Four
Jerry Bean
Norman Bean
Ainsworth
Larry
John Hough
Keota
John Davison
Brighton
Charles Wahl
Velma
Virginia Weaver
Viola Littoral
Martin Greiner
Helen Knapp
Dale Cole
Henrietta Stewart
South Avenue RB
Milton Nebel
Pleasant
Kenneth Ornduff
William Barden, Jr
South Avenue C
George Stout
Herman Wagenknecht
Janice Heck
Benjamin Stout
Ellen Elizabeth
Lloyd Howsare
Alice Kirkpatrick
South Marion Avenue
Paul Butterhaugh
Harold Fulton
Ed Hite
North Seventh Avenue
South Avenue B
Harold Dettwiler
West
Madison Street
Ralph Leffler
North Avenue D
Mack Metcalf
Janice Elaine
Winfield
Garold Wehr
Larry Wayne
Harry Dettwiler
Anna Ruth
Bill Davidson
South
Iowa Avenue
W. L. Alcorn
East Main Street
Jay Lynn
Methusalah
Santa
Bob Livingston
Dave Livingston
Santa Claus
Harry Whittaker
Ellen Morrison
Bob Godfrey
Athough
John Bergquist
Barbara Cuddy
C. M. Cuddy
Waterloo
William Ashmore
Mort Keeley
Evanston
T. T. Keeley
Patricia
Smith College
Win Smouse
the Presbyterian Church
E. F. Neal
First Baptist Church
D. J. Masson
Associate Presbyterian Church
Will Walton
Trinity Chapel
Episcop
Ml Church
W. C. Allen
Reformed Presbyterian
Glee Club
University of Chicago
Edward C. Richer
Adelbert T. Stewart
Opera House
T. L. Brookhart
Marjorie Hebner
J. E. Edgington
Phil Mercer
Henry Steck
Besse Darbyshire
Carl Hedges
Davis Livingston
James V. Cunningham
Clayton Neiswanger
Geo. Dempsey
Nellie Bowman
Helen Wilson
Mary Steck
Frank Shearer
Charles Anderson
Lee Ward
Everett Bailey
Ethel Dean
Jack Wilson
Floyd Shaw
the Academy
Carroll Lemley
Farmers Mutual Insurance
Packwood
Jefferson County
John Lytle
Heinie
Jack
Austin
Texas
Wayne Knapp
Prairie Flower Community
J. O. Brown
Joan
San Antonio
Marie Landau
Milwaukee
Robert Duncan of
Cotter
Will E. Jones
East Washington Street
Opal B. Kern
Riverside
Arthur James Kern
Wayne Chamberlain
State Theatre
Arthur J. Hora
P. M
Jordon Emmert Zaiger
C. K. Snyder
Jack Trotte
Holland A
Arthur Ingham
Pacific Grove
Ezra
Lincoln
Neb
J. J. Green
Sylvester Mineart Farm
Vida Casper
Moline
Army Hospital
Fort Jackson, S
Pearl Allsup
Sam Lambert
A. R. Dewey
June Knotek
Joe Knotek
John Owen
Don Minick
Mrs
Howard Crozier
J. M. White
Excelsior Springs
Lawrence Kozak
Davenport
Mary McConaughey
R. L. Livingston
Wayne Simmerman
Bill
Garner
W. S. Eldridge
Annabelle Jackson
Washington County
Maplecrest
Stanley Wallace
Foriash
Mrs. Everett Wallace
Wabash, Ind
Ray Phillips
North Ave
Petie” Pratt Jones
Lester
Linda Diane
Janet Sue
C. A. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Logan
Bedford
Lem Logan
Wanda Bowden
William Bowden
Australia
John A. Davison
Navy Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
John A. Babcock
Herman Gaethe
Orville Elder
Anna Lee of
Gilbert W. Frits
Wellman Methodist Church
Harry Sowden
Elsie Bratten
Auc
Tioneer
White Elephant
A. E. Baldrige
Civil
Military Gov't Is
Penn
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Satuday
W. L. Edwards
Silver
Geor Lawthorn
Royal
Harold Jarvis
East Jefferson Street
Kennedy Tate
East Main St
East Main
Minnie Green
EK. D. Morrison Jr
United States Navy
el Schmidt
Morrison
W. Glenn Eldridge
William
Eldridge
Frank Casey
Frances Jane
Roehk Ter
Minn
Glenn B. Holden
Minden
James Larsen
Karl Galloway
Mary
Garden City
Kan
Sat
M Day
Geo. Paster
Town
Olster
Helen
Halsted
Phyl
Raebert
Rudy Schmidt
Bessie
Betty
Harley Brook
Rirchard Holden
Toledo
Glenn
Tim
Kilmer Masons
Elme
Margare
Kalona
Curtis Brenneman
Navy
Grace Derte
Miller
Deming
N. M
John D. Rothylingsberger
Chas, Churchill of
Wesester
Voiglander
W. S. Kyles
Cpl
Paul Kyle
Harwinton
Kans
W. S. Kyle Pige
Tue
Don
Walter Carl
Myrtle Rambo
Minnie Chance
Jack Dewees
Olympia, Ore
L. S. Patterson
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