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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1941

Page

5

Riverside Bank Officers Named in Annual Meeting

West Chester School News from Riverside reports the annual Riverside bank meeting elects directors Marion Godlove George A Eglin R H Heitzman William Coughlin Henry Frank Hubert B E Doud and R I Marner. William O'Loughlin is re elected president and George A Eglin vice president with Hubert B Doud as cashier and Viva Knebel as bookkeeper.

Riverside The Peoples Trust and Savines Bank of Riverside Marion Godlove George A. Eglin R. H. Heitzman William Coughlin Henry Frank Hubert BE. Doud R. I. Marner William O'Loughlin Hubert &. Doud Albert Spenner F. Ratzlaff Ratzlaff Charles Brown Washington Audtioneer W. D. Hochstetler Wilbert Kinsey Iowa City Cheyenne Wyoming D. C. Sterett Albuquerque New Mexico Elmer Peechman Lone Tree Helen Tener John W. Tener

Mrs Jones Dies Former Crawfordsville Resident

Mrs William Jones died in Denver Colorado on January 3 following an operation that led to a heart attack and pneumonia. Her husband Rev William Jones died about seven months earlier. The couple lived in Crawfordsville years ago when he pastored the Presbyterian church. Surviving children are Anna Mae White Mary Lillian Moorhead and Ruth Martin who attend a Washington junior college.

Mary Manners Crawfordsville William Jones Denver Colo Lee Mak Waterloo Mak People’s Savings Bank Lee Swartz Rowland Watty Burlington Doll Swartz Hebner Washington Presbyterian Church Ile Methodist Church William Henss Nate Young Camp Powie Brownwood Texas Wendell

Sledder Killed by Car Bumper Collision

Elmer Pett aged 19, son of Mrs Vera Pett and a former West Waterloo High student, died in a sledding accident. He hooked his sled to the rear bumper of a car driven by Robert Wilson, 19, then released and the sled slid under a parked car. Pett struck the parked car’s bumper, breaking his neck, police said.

Waterloo Elmer Pett Vera Pett West Waterloo Robert Wilson Arthur Kietzman Pett

Youth Prospectors Strike five dollars in Lakeland Sand

In Lakeland Florida two young prospectors a boy and a girl unearthed five dollars in coins from sand beneath a newsstand. The boy shoveled the sand while the girl sifted it through a wire screen for the finds.

Lakeland Fla

Mortality Gap By Gender Among Insured Policy Holders

A study of mortality among industrial policy holders of a large insurer found fatal home accidents were about one and a half times as frequent in males as in females in the 15 to 64 age group.

Thief Steals Enid Man's 25 Year Old Iron Hitching Post

E L Swigert reports the loss of his iron hitching post kept on the Enid lawn for about 25 years. He blames antique hunters and asks who else would want it.

E. L. Swigert Enid Okla Swigert

Bombardment of Wilhelmshaven by RAF Rockets

RAF planes blasted Wilhelmshaven main base of Germanys North Sea fleet severely. Homeward bound airmen saw a ruddy glare for 130 miles as the raid targeted Bauhafen harbor with vital docks and factories. A German ship is shown at the Wilhelmshaven shipyards in a prior photograph.

Wilhelmshaven RAF Bauhafen Germany Wilhelmshafen

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West Chester School News Riverside Bank West Chester Eskimo Land Lloyd Bauer Donna Reis Betty Lou Ross Harold Nicola Esther Marie McDowell Helen Wilcox Robert Pennington Beatrice Gillespie Wilford Greiner Mary Anne Bauer Elda Ruth McDowell Donna Mullinix Janet Reis Leland Sprague Harry Bauer Jon Duvall Dramatic Committee High School News Hannah Ambling Charles Johnson Walter Johnson Virginia McCall Arlene Churchill Kenneth Cuddeback Capitolia Flynn Patricia Griffith Rosalie Smith Ethel Mae Sprague Virginia Eckels Preston Harvey LeRoy Hotle Jean McCall Marion McDowell Grace Munro Jeanne Strum Margery van Sickle Fred Bauer Mary Duvall Wilma Kleese Roberta Stout West Chester Trojans Ainsworth Richland Hasbeens Keith Stewart Shirley Statler Preston Chester John Bernard Helen Mr. Fenton Errol Flynns Clark Gables Dean Jeanie Jean West Marie O. K Capitola Edgar Stewart John Hough D. Sheetz J. Cherry O'Loughlin PANK Doud Sledder Harwood's Harwood Mrs J. A. Harwood & Son Shoe Store E. E. Clark Washington, Iowa Eolossal WRSN
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