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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1941

Page

8

Wellman Students Reach Honor Roll Over Six Weeks

Wellman High School lists honor roll for six weeks with seniors Willard Swartzendruber Barbara Fjelland and Wilma Wenger on top scores. Juniors Dean Emde Francis Mengershausen Lorraine Kos Ellen Rowe. Sophomores Margaret Henn Kenneth Durian Joanne Noffsinger and more.

Frank Wilson Wellman Hose Wellman High School Willard Swartzendruber Barbara Fjelland Wilma Wenger Dean Emde Francis Mengershausen Lorraine Kos Ellen Rowe Margaret Henn Kenneth Durian Joanne Noffsinger Twila Guengerich Betty Stead Gayle Blum Eunice Wagamon Alyne Freel Eleanor Swartzendruber Bill Godber Roy Taylor Elaine Long Keimarie Marner Gwendolyn Mishier Iowa City Charles O. Brown Beth Wellman Ed Sorrell Don

Washington Lodge No 26 Regular Meeting Schedule

Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M announces a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Lee Holland W M and A W Yard secretary note attendance and arrangements for members to arrive.

Washington Lodge No A. KF A. M Lee Holland W. M A. W. Yard

Westbound and Eastbound Train Schedules and Bus Routes

Rail and bus timetable details list westbound and eastbound trains from multiple lines including Golden State Limited and Californian with stops and departure times. Knoxville Branch service and mixed trains add to daily routings while Burlington Trailways buses run east to Chicago with depots in Washington. Tickets available at the local bus depot and North Side Square kitchen.

Washington Golden State Limited California Knoxville Candy Kitchen North Side Square

Wellman Mutual Telephone Exchange reelects officers

At the annual meeting in Wellman John Birkey was reelected president Clarence Rowe secretary and treasurer and Carl T Anderson and Toppan Johnson were reelected as directors for three years. Local notices include births illnesses and social visits in Wellman and nearby towns.

Frank Wilson Wellman Wellman Mutual Telephone Exchange Wellman Savings Bank John Birkey Clarence Rowe Carl T. Anderson Toppan Johnson Berton Denison Claud Harper John Mangold Judy Kay Washington Fred Herr Nellie Eckhardt Charles Brown Kalona Charles O. Brown Brown Sam Erb Roy Durian Ross Levert Town City Henry Durian Everett Lewis Jo Haller Curtis Maines Washington County Hospital Glenda Rose

Hinshaw Family Opens Grocery in Wayland Hurley Building

Clair Boshart trucks Zear Hinshaw family household goods from Muscatine as Z Hinshaw opens a new grocery in the Hurley building. The family will live with Mrs Milo Hinshaw until suitable living quarters are found. Mrs P P Schowalter learns of Jack Griffiths death at 19, niece of Mabel Griffith. Cletus Ruxlowe and Marshalltown visitors stay with grandparents Emil Stierer for a week.

Ezra Wittmer Wayland Clair Boshart Zear Hinshaw Muscatine Hinshaw Hurley Bliven Grocery Milo Hinshaw A. C. Wenger W. E. Boller Lowell Edna Walz Grace Roth Karl Hochstettler Mary Lavonne Hochstettler Kalona Willis Alliman Wyse P. P. Schowalter Jack Griffith Mabel Kleese Griffith Cletus Ruxlowe Marshalltown

Molly Tierney Heroine Of The Week In Westminster

Westminster January 31 Molly Tierney is named hero of the week for shoveling snow and caring for a herd of black cattle. She cleared paths and opened barn doors after a heavy snow. The Cle ment Griffith family faced illnesses with Mr. and Mrs. Griffith sick and Don ald ailing with quinsy. Lee Ralston receives hospital care in Iowa City with little improvement. P T A program featured a frozen food dinner demonstration and a housewife shown preparing a complete meal in twenty minutes, prompting reflections on ancestral ways and the moving process.

Merle Schell Westminster Molly Tierney Clement Griffith West Chester P.T.A Grandamother

Community Notebook Recaps Illness Moves and Local Farewells

The page chronicles extended illness delays from moving into a new home yet notes progress. It details L. C. Baker’s ice accident with partial recovery, Mrs. Baker’s bruising, a flu outbreak across the community, and Capitola Flynn’s pneumonia. It also records a move to Wellman by Mrs. Ethe Nevin and her mother, with farewell social events and land transfers linked to 1853 1903.

L. C. Baker Capitola Flynn Wellman Ethe Nevin Lennox Dayton Nicholas Dayton A. I. Duvall

Thanks for kindness during illness and death of mother

The family of L. V. Hazen and Children express gratitude for kindness shown during the illness and death of their beloved mother and wife and for the beautiful flowers and offerings.

L. V. Hazen

Riverside nurse trainee earns cap at Grace Hospital Detroit

Miss Mary Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman P Allen Riverside graduated Riverside High School class of 1939 completed her probation as a nurse in training at Grace Hospital Detroit and received her cap at a ceremony on Monday January 27 She is one of 76 in the September entering class Edwin H Larson former Riverside Leader linotype operator in 1939 40 now editor publisher of the Bode Bugle Miss Virginia Spielman Highland No 1 school teacher visited Fairfield and Miss Cecelia Foley of Belle Plaine spent time in Riverside with friends

Nie Washington Willis Bash Sorrell Carl Oldfield Olin Bishop Rochester Minnesota Daryl Oldfield Mayo Brothers Hospital Daryl Frank Wilson Iowa City Cleo Moothart Mercy Hospital Charley Schachner Moothart Home Charley Fritz Wallace Swartzendruber Chicago Riverside Mary Allen Herman P. Allen Riverside High School Grace Hospital Detroit Michigan Miss Allen Edwin H. Larson Riverside Leader Bode Iowa Virginia Spielman Fairfield Cecelia Foley Belle Plaine Patricia Mougin Foley Riverside Public School

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