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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
6
Washington Dairy adds table chairs for fountain patrons and expands with an automatic bottle washer copper enclosure. Manager Mr Tweeten has continued monthly equipment upgrades to keep processing free from exposure. The dairy offers a full line of pasteurized dairy products.
The Davenport Agency of Investors Syndicate led 211 agencies in new business sold during 1937 and received a silver loving cup. LeRoy Pratt, present at the banquet, was among those rewarded for production. King Merritt of Minneapolis and V B Bjorga of Des Moines attended.
H. I. Barker of Sigourney formerly of Washington and with the R. H. Martin agency of Bankers Life qualified for the President's Premier club. He joined the Premier club school at the Waldorf Astoria in New York January 6 7 and 8 and attended a second school at Edgewater Gulf hotel Biloxi Mississippi January 11 and 12. This was his third qualification for the honor since joining Bankers Life.
Wyman students show steady achievement with four girls on the first semester honor roll and multiple grade level recognitions. Basketball games are listed for January with Wyman competing at Wayland and Mt. Unton, while spelling contests crown Evelyn Johnston and Frieda Rees as top sixth graders.
Washington Iowa residents put $83 000 into U S Savings bonds in the year ending August 31 per the Treasury Department. Average per resident about 17.41 dollars ranking 52nd among Iowa second class post offices.
In Crawfordsville on Friday night the junior high team led 13 to 7 and the Cy clones trailed 24 to 22 with Gibbs of Columpus Junction refereeing. A distressing moment saw Wayne Davia slip and injure his left arm.
Twenty lost time accidents for every 1,000 600 man hours of labor is the current record of the Iowa Works Progress Administration. State Safety Consultant J. D. Smith defined a lost time accident as one that prevents a worker from returning to his customary work on the next shift or later from performing it.
Third and fourth grade pupils include Marjorie Lantz Wilma Love Jane Mullen Loris Davis Donna Hughes Dixie Stuart Anthony Yohe Walter Ferguson Willard Love Richard Kracaw for perfect spelling. Six week standouts Wilma Love Dixie Stuart Willard Love on honor roll. First and second graders work on clothing Eskimo booklets and village building. Perfect attendance six weeks: Joan Christner Joy Davis Patricia Davis DeWayne Finke Gordon Huston Allen Johnston Kenneth Long Billy James Peek Marjorie Peek Erma Cooper Joyce Finke Dickey Hamilton Betty Harter. Average 90 plus first semester: Dickey Hamilton Betty Harter Joyce Finke Joy Davis Patricia Davis Allen Johnston Marjorie Peek Audrey Nees Gordon Huston. Visitors: Mrs Paul Huston Terry Mrs Huston Merlin Evans Mrs Join Evans Shirley Robertson. Second grade adding three column numbers. First grade pupils write numbers to 100.
Washington Maid Rites lost to Fairfield last night on the Y court 28 to 20. The locals struggled with shot consistency in the fourth period while Fairfield’s John Jackson and Jones contributed to the scoring as Ahrens and McClure led Washington. In the earlier game the Washington Whites defeated Ainsworth 49 to 34 with Westermark scoring 11.
A city hall bowling league kicks off tomorrow evening with nine teams including three sponsor squads Sitter's Auto Parts Crone and Stewart and Martin's Cleaners. Teams include Bears Panthers Pirates Giants Cubs and Lions and a full schedule runs from January through March with matches each week.
Wapello high school run pulled a 26 to 22 victory over Columbus Junction on Friday night with Columbus leading 9 to 6 after the first quarter and 19 to 14 at halftime. Stroup scored a single digit for Wapello and Duncan had 8 for Columbus. The Wapello second team also won 34 to 17.
The medieval navigator John Cabot is credited with discovering Newfoundland in 1497, shaping early English claims to North America as the oldest English colony foothold.
Pete Molesworth of Washington, a Bears veteran, scored a 7 yard touchdown on a kickoff return quarterbacking a 19 to 10 victory over an all star team in Houston Texas.
An early advertisement in a London paper states Christoph Willibald Gluck would give a concert on musical glasses tuned with water with orchestra accompaniment.
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