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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1939
Page
3
The Rocking Chair Brigade gathers at East Main street for a lively porch visits and a charity fountain drive for Washington. Notes on local arrivals and departures include Mrs. Mac Gugin's sale crowd, out of town guests, a new quilt, injuries, and community fundraising for a Memorial fountain with donations from Dr Charlie R Brown and Mary Juliet Lemmon.
The report lists admissions including J N Davis Cotter and Bernadine Grosscup for medical treatment, Gene Vinton for tonsillectomy, and multiple births such as C W Miller and wife with a daughter at 10 05 weighing eight pounds. Dismissals include Mrs Haydn Davis and baby Bette Ann, Kathryn Marshall, Olen Bishop, Wayne Knapp, and others. numerous patients underwent tonsillectomies and appendectomies with various discharge statuses across Ames Wellman Washington and surrounding areas.
Local items report travel plans as Dr and Mrs W K Anderson sail June 27 from Montreal on the Duchess of York. Mary Maxwell Johnson engagement announced. wedding planned in August. Maxine Barlen visits from Minneapolis with grandparents. Rooster Day set for June 27 with 16 cents per pound roosters. Lois Brown and Charles Hadley wed June 16 in Oskaloosa. Vera Darbyshire elected President of Washington County 4 H Club. Lytle grocery store remodeling underway. Dr H O Masson returns from New York Metropolitan Hospital. Rural route number one discontinued. Mrs Manton Hebner and companions taking a cast east trip. Marion Clapper buys new wagon for Keck's delivery. Central Park fountain ordered. site prep begun. Coppock picnic hosts and local dignitaries. Highland Park lake to become a resort with boat house, lights, planted flowers and trees as preparations for safe, pleasant outings.
Mr and Mrs W F Bickel and daughter Verna spend summer at Mt Pleasant where he attends summer school. A sun bonnet club with about 150 members vows to wear bonnets at least two days weekly. Ainsworth carnival spans two days. Many locals travel to visit relatives in Kansas Minnesota and Nebraska. Charles Latehem plans Baltimore hospital work. Ben Badenoch wed Miss Gay Hunt en route to California. St Pan's Evangelical church marks 35th anniversary. Various local trips and visits wrap the week as a church and civic life texture.
Mr and Mrs Waggoner visit from Gary Indiana. Pauline Cleeg performs in a recital at the Iowa Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Glenn Hagans becomes the new barber at Hampsher and Lee on North Marion. Mrs C W Stewart returns from Chicago. Dr and Mrs Hamilton and Janet of Omaha visit en route to Monmouth. Mrs Hamilton attended a Ladies Missionary convention in Grinnell. Mrs Kensler plans a Peoria trip to visit granddaughter. J A Gatring and daughter Jacqueline seen about town. Kallous siblings return from West Point. Vic Westphal returns from Chicago. Blanche Beatty wed Delbert Benseh of Rock Island. Mrs Dougall hosts a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Hugh Dougall. Park fountain donations recorded. Whisker and Sunbonnet clubs visit Ainsworth. Y’s Men elect Clarence Logan president. Street improvements to seal coat streets. Ina McDowell returns from Kalamazoo and Pittsburgh. Charlotte Lang visits from St Joseph. Charles Nicola noted for long covered wagon travel. Auto signs arrive for new traffic controls. Mr and Mrs Jute and Natalie visit from Denver. Mrs J Edward Evane travels from Brattleboro for funeral of W A Whiting. George and Jeneva Turner visit. William Wittatreick from New Jersey visits old friends. Carrie Bailey and Mrs Mary Meshaw attend a birthday club meeting at Richland. Mrs John Shalla sick with summer flu but improving. Mrs F Ramin of Olympia visiting Minnie Chance. Ramin’s party plans return from New York for the fair around July 26.
Local notes report Dr. F. W. Eastwood attending a Presbyterian synod meeting after serving as moderator. Multiple residents face jail for intoxication, new business moves include gas station purchase and a shop relocation, and community trips and social activities are described.
William A. Whiting former grain dealer died after a long illness at 78. Mrs Will Ash a Rubio native died in Washington county hospital after a month long illness at 59.
G W Donovan of Brighton died at his home at 90 after arriving by covered wagon. He leaves wife and daughter Maude Easley and son Herman plus a grandchild Lee Stacey. J H Bower, longtime resident, died at 94 in Alsey Illinois. Jennie Samson Kilgore, aged 70, widow of H F Samson, noted as a county’s finest woman. Fred Hefflefinger, 56, of Brighton Iowa, died in Washington County Hospital after illness. Former Ainsworth resident Fred Bath, 61, died in Rochester Minnesota after five years’ illness.
Mrs John Bailey and daughter Kathryn arrived in Washington from Mason City for the summer. Robert Spera and friend Bob Breele spent two days with Bob's sister Edith Spera Meeker. Harry Watkins takes a week's vacation from duties at the Journal office.
A collection of small-town items: Adee Gio Camping group returns from Campbell’s Island with Monmouth students. Mr and Mrs Tobe Minick welcome a new baby to the Bond family in Des Moines. An derson’s cataract operation at Washington County Hospital with Stutsman as surgeon. Mr and Mrs l I Badger of Portland visiting sister in town. the Badgers mark 25 years since their Washington wedding. Tatt speaks at Ad club with Onkaloota meeting plans and ambulance details. Taft’s son Robert, Hoover adviser, noted. Ford Jae buys Heinzman home on South Iowa. Richard Jolneon sells meat market to Richard Bros of Muscatine.
Efforts are underway to pave Kuat Washington Street along Ainsworth road east from the opera house. Notables including Pres Koth Latta were elected to local youth secretaries. KE Shannon and Kh T Metall Jr. join a Gulf coast trip report. Haive Abanonen and Will McClean extended stay.
Silanateit and Knupp are painting a shed as part of a VMAS activity. The project involves brushing walls and applying protective coats to complete the outdoor structure.
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