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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
8
Local society notes list Miss Harriet Barrett Miss Lela Anderson and Miss Boneta Surby judging a declamatory contest in Sigourney Thursday evening. The page also details shoppers and several area students visiting home from college noting names and weekend plans.
Miss Frances Thomas returns from Des Moines after state board exams with nurses. Her father Charles Thomas and brother Eugene meet her in Cedar Rapids and bring her home. Local updates cover illness, visits, and social events among Wayland residents including Rex townsfolk and university students.
A local drug store promotes Eagle Stamps with a promise that customers can fill a booklet before others by earning stamps on purchases.
Clem Escher bought the Gong cafe on North Iowa from Ace Olds and Dick Willits. Olds and Willits had purchased it from Mrs. Carl Burris a few months earlier. Also notes film developing service and Dr Hess Stock Tonic promotion. Top hog price listed at 8.16 with weather outlook for Sunday.
Miss Louise Longwell entertained with a dinner Thursday evening for Miss Dorothy Shively and Miss Kathleen and Miss Alice Bants. The guests enjoyed the courtesy and hospitality extended.
The Order of the Rainbow for Girls chapter 38 holds a public officers installation at the Masonic temple in Washington. The event is set for 7 30 P M on Monday evening February 2 and welcomes all attendees.
Mrs Harry Miller was honored last evening when seven friends met for a pot luck supper at Mrs Milo Weavers home. Bridge at two tables. High score to Mrs Glen Wilson. Miller visiting her parents in town then left for St Louis.
At Margaret Snider home on South Iowa avenue the Wahwahtaysee Camp Fire girls held a Snow Moon Council fire with sixteen mothers and guests present. New member Alice Phillips joined as the ceremony honored work health and love through candle light and honors for toy drives at Christmas.
The Wall Street Journal reports General Mills compared operating costs of bakeries to show flour price barely affects bread cost. The analysis shows flour price changes shift bread cost only fractions of a cent per pound, with per 100 lb bread costs ranging from 6.23 to 4.20 dollars in the table. The piece notes even with wheat given free and flour milled at no cost, bread would still cost about 4.2 cents per loaf.
Local readers will attend the Bidwell recital at the Fortnightly Club Tuesday evening February 3 at the Cedar Rapids Methodist church. Admission is free with a silver offering. Marshall Bidwell of Coe College will perform Mozart Wood Gluck Schubert Tschaikowsky and Gigout pieces plus his own Evening Idyl Canyon Walls and The Squirrel.
A long list of residents and visitors shopped here and attended a conference at the United Presbyterian church yesterday. Notables include Mrs. Lee Lease Crawfordsville Mr and Mrs Robert Towan Ainsworth Miss Elsie Evans Crawfordsville Miss Ruth and Helen Meyer Crawfordsville Paul Pasech Keota Dr and Mrs F Mahin and son Ainsworth E J Brandt Davenport Mrs Earl Herr Brighton Mrs William Hazlett Denver Colo visiting Dick Hayes family Mr and Mrs Dave McCartney Des Moines Jessica Milligan Water loo Miss Aileen Milligan Mrs George Myers Mrs Marvin Beery Mrs Elmer Erdiee Mrs Ross Keota Mrs Rosss Johnson Mrs Dr Lewis Mr and Mrs C N Johnson Rev Ramsdale Mrs Floyd Letts daughter Marigail near Ainsworth Miss Lucy Benz Oskaloosa John Winga Auburn Nebr Miss Josephine Stewart South Prairie school Mrs George Lord Ains worth Eli White Crawfordsville.
The Knights of Pythias chapters announce a Monday evening meeting with strong attendance expected. The group honors Alibuamu Kwatina for a new camp fire gown and hears a guardian’s talk about Wahwahtaysee and Wo helo guiding through 1931 as each Maiden’s candle stays bright, ending with a council fire and Mammy Moon song.
An all day PTA council session at the Methodist church featured reports from county organizations, a Washington grade school musical program, and talks by Jacob Roth of Wayland and Supt. J. H. Peet of Washington schools. Washington junior college students performed the one act play A Cup of Tea.
A reflective line from Lord Lytton praising truthfulness and justice performed sincerely beyond visible boundaries. It stresses moral duty shaping one's ultimate purpose in creation regardless of external recognition or reach.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York installed the era’s first elevator in 1859. This milestone helped influence its selection as a hostelry for the Prince of Wales in 1860.
A small dog, separating the man from its missing master, sniffs boots and sits nearby awaiting aid from Gregory, sensing the man’s type. The scene hints at loyalty and expectation in a quiet moment.
Washington Junior College edged Albia 26 to 24 as Albia players Cameron and Crawford were ejected in the fourth. Washington ended its road schedule and faces four home games next, including Burlington and Albia. Last night’s box score follows.
Mrs. Jones demonstrated for Southern Utilities Co. in Burlington this morning. Mrs. R. L. Carbee and daughter Carolyn visited Ottumwa for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dalton spent yesterday in Cedar Rapids attending a Nassette permanent wave demonstration. Mrs. Rodney Arnold and son Billy spend the week in Davenport. Mrs. Bertha Meneses returned home to Ottumwa after visiting Keota.
Miss Helen Hanley visited Keota with Mrs. Ray Callister and her daughter Glade. Ottumwa guests for Washington Ottumwa high school basketball included Mr. and Mrs. Vermillion and others. A declamatory contest was judged by Dean Harland Mead and J A Taylor in Brighton and Keota. Baptist church map service announced for Sunday at seven with invitation to friends.
Mr and Mrs Lugo Struve returned yesterday from attending the lumbermen's convention in Ottumwa.
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