Local residents update and social notes from Washington Iowa
Mr and Mrs M Tomlin moved into 726 South Third avenue, coming from Ottumwa while he works in the internal revenue office. Ella Reister sprained her hip and remains in Washington County Hospital in good condition. Annual meeting of the Ainsworth shipping association set for January 20 at 7 30 p m at the Ainsworth school. Fresh eggs 17 cents a dozen. Various locals and visitors frequenting homes of scanned families and business trips, including William Goodlander returning to Rock Island railway office after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tomlin
Carl Hedges
South Third Avenue
Mr. Tomlin
Internal Revenue Office
Washington
Ottumwa
Ella Reister
Washington County Hospital
Ainsworth Shipping Association
Ainsworth
W.S. Reister & Sons
Lewis Goodlander
Rock Island
Herbert Kort
Elmhurst
Harold Thomas
Morning Sun
Hugh Thomas
Cotter
Griff Humphreys
Local notes highlight visits and family events
Local residents share weekend visits and travels. Charles Ruebsam of Iowa City visited grandparents James Zeck and other relatives. Arthur Atack Jr. spent the weekend with his parents in Mount Vernon. Several families, including the Randalls and Dawsons, attended gatherings in Kalona and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ruebsam
Iowa City
Ruebsam
James Zeck
Arthur Atack, Jr
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Arthur Atack
D. F. Macon
Rodney Arnold
C. A. Ruebsam
Des Moines
G. W. Wiegman
U.L. Robertson
Robertson
Younker
Iowa Territory
R. Friedman
American School of Beauty Culture
Sears Roebuck and Company
Oskaloosa
Gerald Boshart
Gordon Engstrom
Kalona
Ryan
Charles Faulkner
Marjorie
Brighton
William Decker
Virginia Breitenbach
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Joe Falk
Chicago
Palk
Mildred Hauenstein
Columbus Junction
Washington
Lawrence Dawson
J. W. Dawson
Waterloo
R. A. Dawson
Lloyd Conger
So and Sew Club Meets at Mrs Crawford Home
DAYTON GROVE Jan 12 The So and Sew club held an all day meeting at Mrs Ernest Crawford’s home. Thirteen members attended with guests Mrs Richard Leet of Washington Miss Betty McCall and several children. A pot luck noon meal was served. Vice president Mrs McCall led the meeting in President Mrs Embree’s absence. Officers elected: Mrs Carr president Mrs Irena Oldfield vice president and Mrs J B Moore secretary treasurer. Social time followed with entertainment committee members named Thrapp and Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Ernest Crawford
Richard Leet
Washington
Betty McCall
Embree
McCall
Carr
Irena Oldfield
J. B. Moore
Thrapp
Moore
Funeral Held For Elmer J. Lyle In Keota
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM in the Federated church Keota for Elmer J. Lyle 71 who died Saturday in his daughter’s home near Washington after a stroke. Interment was in Keota cemetery. Surviving are five sons and three daughters, plus a sister and four brothers. Lyle was a Republican active in county and township offices and belonged to several fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Elmer J. Lyle
Vern Butler
Federated Church At
Lyle
S. A. Minmison
Washington
Pennsylvania
James Lyle
Elizabeth Shaub Lyle
Iowa
Scotland
Himer
Miss Sophia Hagist
Mr. Lyle
Board of County Supervisors
Masonic
KR. of P
Lara Munson
Glendale
Wilhelmina Gregory
Harper
Jean Palmer
Wellman
Guys
Leland Lyle
Grace Lyle Wilkins
California
Will
Adair
Walter
la Porte
Jacob
Rockwell City
Alva
South English
George J
Clarence L
Melvin C
John
George A
Dr. Whiting Reports on Korea China and Japan to Rotary
Dr. H C Whiting of Fairfield addressed the Rotary Club, recounting Korea and China's histories and Japan's rise as a world power. He described Chinese resilience and religious motivation for soldiers, asserting China cannot be conquered and will endure despite Japan's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Whiting
Fairfield
Rotary
Whiting
Korea
China
Japan
Chuck
Miss Dolliver Former Dean of Women Dies at 71
Margaret Day Pelliver of Fort Dodge Iowa died at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital Mount Pleasant after a long illness. She was dean of women at Morchingside college Sioux City from 1906 to 1912 and later supervised East hall at Iowa State College Ames for eight years. She was sister of the late Senator J. P. Dolliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Margaret Day Pelliver
J. P. Dolliver
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Company K officers elected at World War unit meeting
Ike Hutchinson of Fort Madison was chosen captain of Company K at a city hall Legion rooms meeting. Others named were Charles Minick first lieutenant Orville Speese second lieutenant Dale Atkinson clerk Lloyd Crawford quartermaster Tom Dodd musician Lawrence Hohrer and Bobe Kurtz sergeants. The group plans a June 12 picnic at Fort Madison and the sixth annual reunion since the unit organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Hutchinson
Fort Madison
Company K
Legion Rooms
Charles Minick
Washington
Orville Speese
Ft. Madison
Dale Atkinson
Lloyd Crawford
Tom Dodd
Lawrence Hohrer
Bobe Kurtz
Camp Dodge
168Th Infantry
Washington National Guard
Iowa
Walter Barnett
Bob Kisk
Mort Chance
Everett Burham
Edgar Porter
Ed Squire
Bill Brown
Dale Denison
Harold Putnam
Floyd Harvey
Leslie Payne
Ralph Moothart
Bunny Layton
D. W. Harvey
Charles Denison
George Oakes
John Wilson
Wapello
Roy Pine
Knoxville
Harold Edmondson
Clyde Curry
Harry Church
Columbus Junction
Co. J. Lambert
Sigourney
Jay Brown
Walter Conner
W. G. Eldridge
Harry Donaldson
Max Donaldson
Merritt McDaniel
Dinner Honoring Anniversary and Second Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gretter and Mrs. Florence Smith hosted a dinner in Keota for the second birthday of Deborah Joan Brenneman and the Gretters ninth wedding anniversary. An angel food cake in pink and white themed the table as guests, including J. L. Meshaw and family and H. J. Brenneman, gathered at the Brenneman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gretter
Florence Smith
Deborah Joan Brenneman
Mrs. Gretter
Brenneman
Keota
Ernest Herring Charged With Driving While Intoxicated
Ernest E. Herring, brother of Senator Clyde L. Herring, waived to the Guthrie county grand jury on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was arrested last week by Sheriff F. E. Beunkle and a highway patrolman and arraigned in Justice Court of KB H. Wolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jubice Center
C. H. Taylor
Ernest E. Herring
Atlantic
Clyde L. Herring
Gutherie County
Grand Jury
FE. BE. Xunkle
Justice Court of
KB. H
Invention of the early stop watch
The first stop watch appeared around 1800 but lacked full practicality. Edward Massey of London (1772 1852) was a leading maker, with Swiss firms also producing these watches during this era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Massey
London
Switzerland
Local Couple Honors Newlyweds With Social at Kalona
Mr and Mrs Lewis EF Yoder entertained at a Kalona home reception honoring their son Donald and his wife married New Year’s Day. Attendees included numerous Yoder relatives and friends from Wellman Harper and Washington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Fisher
Pauline
Virginia
Lois
Wallace
Robert
Miss Geaser
Monroe Bontrager
Lloyd Durst
Wellman
Riverside W R C Installs Officers in Joint Ceremony
Riverside Iowa January 18 An all day meeting of Robert Allen Woman's Relief Corps at the Masonic hall featured installation of local officers by visiting Kalona corps with Alma Michel presiding. Newly elected officers include Ola O'Loughlin president Ella Knittel junior VP Edna Craig chaplain and others. Maude Cress Edna Bush ek Ellen Krebs to be installed later. Kalona members attended with Wanda Feldman Gladys Drollinger and Grace Kessler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Robert Allen Woman's Relief Corps
Masonic Hall
Kaiona Corps
Cedar Basin
Kalona Corps
Alma Michel
Grace Tilden
Chapalin
Nora O'Loughlin
Viola Walker
Ha Bern
Gladys Swartzendru- Leona Kessler
Eunice Rogers
Ola O'Loughlin
Ella Knittel
Edna Craig
R. H. Heitzman
Clara Fitzsimmons
Bena Leeney
Rose Sleichter
Anna Griffin
Carrie Iden
Hazel Hiythe
Ketelle Critz
Kate Ingram
Cora Flynn
Anna Younkin
Maude Cress
Edna Bushek
Ellen Krebs
Kalona
Wanda Feldman
Gladys Drollinger
Mias Grace Kessler
Florence Feldman
Addie Felzke
Flossie Swartzendruber
Edith Welte
Maude Yoder
Ethel Beck
Announcements for Ww. coc meeting this Thursday at 2:30
The group Ww coc will meet Thursday at 2 30 pm at the home of Mrs A Anderson with Mrs Jennie Acheson as leader. Scripture readings will cover Dent 8 18 and Joshua 1 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. Coc. T. A
A. Anderson
Jennie Acheson
Dent
Joshua
Social Calendar Weekly Community Meetings and Dinners
Tuesday events include Pythian Sisters 7:30 p.m. K P hall and Royal Neighbors 7:30 p.m. Woodman Hall. Wednesday features Just Us club afternoon and Valley Ladies Aid Silver Tea at church, Legion auxiliary 2:30 p.m., Harmony club noon dinner at Manford Wilcox home, and potluck for Knights of Pythias and families. Thursday lists Baptist U P church circle, Wallace T A meeting 2:45 p.m., Pythian Past Chiefs 8 p.m., Past Noble Grand circle 7:26 p.m., American Legion and auxiliary box supper at Legion rooms, and Chapter 1 P BF O 7:30 p.m., Frank L Wilson noted. Friday Baptist ladies social and luncheon at 1 o clock with New Year’s help and dish to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
K. P
K. P. Hall
Woodman Hall
Just Us Club
Max Cook
North Second Avenue
Valley Ladies Aid Society
Ehurch
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Harmony
Manford Wilcox
Knights of Pythians
Wives
Pythian
Hall
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Baptist and
U. P. Church
West Chester
Wallace P. T. A
Pythian Past Chiefs Association
George Baker
South Marion Avenue
Noble Grand Circle
Arthur Ruebsam
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Frank L. Wilson
C. B Yard
Birthday Greetings From Merri Mac And West Chester
Floise Sheetz celebrates her birthday today. Harold Amrine turns eleven from the Merri Mac community. Katherine Benson and Mrs. T. W. Harwood mark their birthdays. Harold Nieho!, first grade student at West Chester, observes his sixth birthday with classmates and teacher Lucile Bowie. Journal staff also joins Howard Hazen in birthday wishes with a nut cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Nieho
West Chester
Lucile Bowie
Randy
Journal Office
Howard Hazen
Desperate Woman Offers Body for Medical Sale
Mrs Farr Garrison, 34, of Avoca, in a five year poverty struggle, offers to sell her body for medical purposes for $1,000. She says only six loaves remain to feed her husband and seven children while her husband, a plasterer, has found only sporadic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proverty
Farr Garrison
Invented Writing Machine by Worcester Inventor
Charles Thurbin of Worcester Mass started a project for an artificial writing machine using a cylinder for letter pacing. He notes that the device resembles a typewriter and anticipates payoffs from related want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thurbin
Worcester Mass
January Clearance Adds New Prints And Dresses
Just before the sale began new prints arrived and sold quickly. A shipment of shirt blouses for school girls is priced at 1 dollar in sizes 32 to 40. New silk print dresses arrive in sizes 14 to 42 at 7.95 and 12 to 20 at 4.75 with tailored, washable, light woollike fabric. The sale continues this week with many items at cost or below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Presbyterian Cottage Prayer Meeting Set for Wednesday
A prayer meeting will be held Wednesday at 9 20 AM in the home of Letitia Shields located at 609 North Second Avenue. The notice appears in a local classified section marked 2R712 A Classified pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Cottage
Letitia Shields
North Second Avenue
Women
New shipment offers women's suits in grey brown navy and black. Tailored by a man tailor, the fit hinges on real tailoring and workmanship. Priced at $16.95.
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W. P. Moore
Geo. J. Breitenbach
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Rollins
E. M. Bridges & Co
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Logal News
Sew Club
Dr. Whiting
Club
Hutchinson
Ernest Herring
Mrs. L. Yoder
Will Hoylman
Hilda
Shirley
Elrey
Rufus Gingerich
Ben Boone
Faye
Edith Maxwell
Dan Boone
Sam Yoder
Ruth Kyle
Joella Antes
Virginia Hibbs
Melack Kolosick
Marvin
Mr. Kolosick
Frank Pribyl
Melack Marek
Joe Belka
Anton Kupka
Joe
Adolph
Anna
Mary
Elmer Marner
Joe Kolosick
Emily
Roy Krotz
Norma
Jean
Loretta Eagle
Anna Kolosiek
Michum
Dennis
Lorraine
T. V. Knerr
Ivan McCormack
Chas. Righter
Alpha Club
H. V. Snodgrass
Mary Fry
Riversidee
Floise Sheetz
Harold Amrine
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Katherine Benson
T. W. Harwood
Hanson’s
MR. Read
Chatelaine
Dorothy Perkins
Chuckerspan Rayons
The
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Eugene
Globe Beauty Shop
Chocolate Shop
E. M. Bridges and Co
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