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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1937
Page
6
Pleasant Hill residents gather for a family evening as Mr and Mrs Boyd Stephens and family join Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and family for supper at Clyde Lambert home. Mrs Earl Kephart reports the social event noting the short stay of Mrs Chas Cannon at her parental home.
Harold Gamon is ill with chicken pox at the Witting home as Mrs. Chas Cannon visits and plans to join her husband in Burlington where he works in a bakery. Velma Kephart clerks at McLellan store. multiple Kephart and Sigafoose families help with butchering. Charles Simmering returns from hospital and shows slow improvement. Edd Simmering buys a new Allis Chalmers tractor from Clarence Phillips. Sylvia Musil visits Mrs. Edd Sum morning.
Miss June Glendenning concluded her visit with Mrs. R D Van Dorin in Young America and returned to Rock Island. Weekend callers included Bert Dickinson at Packwood and the Pringle family at Frank Pringle's home. The Squire and Everette parties visited Clarence Jackson, with Keith and Donald Genkinger visiting.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M schedules regular meetings on the first Friday of every month with M E McDaniel W M and A W Yard secretary listed. Local train times and agents for California and Knoxville lines noted with outbound and inbound departures and arrivals.
Miss Wilma Palmer and Eryi Van Dyke of Richland shared Sunday supper with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Van Dyke, spending the afternoon and evening at the county home.
New Haven news notes social visits and family events. Mrs Artford Richardson and son Dean spent Monday with sister Mrs Walter Wolfe. Mrs Curtis Snyder and son visited Mrs Marion Smith while Curtis sawed wood for Mr Janecek and Roy Wells. Hazel Statler celebrated her birthday. Alberta Smith turned six.
Marilyn Macon of Hardscrabble earned third place in her division at the spelling contest. The report notes attendance at a teachers meeting in Center and family visits with grandparents, with local residents and several relatives mentioned throughout the weekend.
District Court in Davenport Iowa fixes March 1 1937 as the deadline for creditors and interested parties to file written opposition to Ervin L Bash’s discharge in bankruptcy No 6548. Writings must be filed with the Clerk of the District Court in Davenport.
Mr and Mrs Howard Hoyle hosted a pot luck birthday supper in Franklin District honoring Charley Marek and Howard Hoyle. Attendees included friends and family across multiple homes with visits to and from neighbors and mutual acquaintances.
Six men came to assist Howard Sigafoose after two horses fell on ice at the Frank Hunter farm. One horse suffered a bruise and eye injury, others included Schoonover family, Sam Marsh, Frank Hunter, Orval Long, and more.
Clay correspondent notes Mrs. Helen Hildebrand hosting a club dinner at the Ray Waterman home. County spelling meet at Washington features Dean Stannard taking second in the primary division. Obituary respected L. A. Caldwell in Sawtelle California Veterans Hospital. Community notices include Miss Esther Stone helping at John Souten home and local visits by W. Morgan and others at Washington.
Olds basketball squad travels to Yarmouth Friday to face the hosts. The team remains atop the Tri-County League standings. The village notes include social events and local residents’ activities.
In Wyman on January 28 a declamatory contest was postponed to February 3 due to bad roads. The semester honor roll omitted Hazel Crawford and misnamed Patty Hall as Betty Hall. Also noted: Miss Gayle Edwards visited January 18, Irma Spencer was ill, and students visited Rev A H Boettcher and wife. Local wedding at Crawfordsville mentioned.
Roughly 20,000 Mormons left Nauvoo in 1846 bound for Utah. About 1,000 perished en route during the arduous journey.
A glamorous social circle in New York stars Mrs Vandaveer and Luana Waters as Jimmy Randolph juggles two women and a looming deadline. A late appointment chaos, a Bar scene, and plans for a Parisian exchange loom as the love triangle tightens amid motor cars and high society.
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