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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1944
Page
4
Local column notes missing in action soldier Robert E. Keyser may still be alive. Families plan moves back to Washington. residents reflect on theater, travel, and community acts. Personal milestones include weddings, moves, and shared chores. remarks on political conventions and notable speeches.
Drexel Hill Institute graduate Josephine Hull receives a two year secretarial diploma in Philadelphia then plans a eastern visit. Gooseberry contest at City Feed yard rewards best stems. A farm barn near Wellman was destroyed by lightning on June 23. Painter Owen McGovern lands school contracts totaling 379.50. Californians Carleton Appleby and family vacationing in Washington, D. C. Jeffery estate remodeling for a large Sherm Crone grocery store. Mrs. W M Keeley visits from Evanston with daughters. The Three Quarters of a Century Club hosts a well attended dinner with Fox Movietone filming. Pauline O Loughlin and Robert Arthur wed at Riverside. Roger Sherman returns from Par sons College summer school. WCTU district convention attendance from local ladies. Frances Stifel and mother guest of honor at a party with neighbors. Seventy choir promotes unity under slogan Seventy Every game. Bob Shields earns civil service as civil engineer in Kansas City. Hollinger and Lane plan summer trip to Europe aboard George Washington July 11. Local stores announce early closing for Fourth of July.
Funeral services for Mrs Roy Downs aged 690 were held Monday afternoon. She died Saturday. Her maiden name was Durst. She leaves a husband and a sister. he was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Aaron Hise and brother of the late Mrs Cloyee Dougherty. He died at the Veterans hospital in Minneapolis. Her home was in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Wayland woman Mrs Fannie Bellar Good died. A short service was held first at the Ed Wenger home followed by services at Sugar Creek church. Private graveside rites were conducted for the deceased.
The well known woman died Friday after suffering a stroke Monday and serious illness from Thursday evening. She lived in the Dr. Will Terry house on South Iowa Avenue. Aged 71, she leaves two sons, Charles and Roy, a daughter Mrs. Nellie Kirk in Missouri Valley, and a sister Mrs. Lester Orr. Harry Mount, son of Mrs. W. E. Mount, is mentioned.
James A. Work Jr. travels to Montreal to join Prof. Bradshaw of Grinnell College. They will sail to Liverpool on a cattle boat and study all summer returning in September. Ice cream cones are given to celebrate Ruth Elizabeth Miller’s arrival. Troop 4 Boy Scouts camped at Town River with Scout Master Rev. John D. Kern and companions. County livestock totals exceed eighty thousand hogs with cattle, horses, and other stock. Lions club leader George McDaniel returns from Omaha convention. Minnie Conner becomes city editor of the Washington Democrat. Verna Lovelett and Everette Fulton plan to wed, groom from Gary, Indiana. Six temporary greens announced at the golf course.
The brother of Mrs Hazel Eicher Mount and Homer Mount died in Washington D C on Friday. Burial will be here. His wife Bertha Mount and a son and daughter survive. There is a remark about people who never want to leave their town after years of residence.
Charley Dewey will orate in Crawfordsville on July 4. Margery Hebner and Mabel Good stage a playful exhibition in Hebner’s barn, with a punch line about the Washington Democrat. A Woman’s Club gathering ends with a lively dance and playful secrecy. Dot Hollingsworth may soon own an automobile as local paving nears completion.
The thermometer on June 27 1894 registered 106 degrees. Cump Dixon has returned from Wapello Iowa where she trimmed during the season just closed.
The undersigned merchants of Washington officially accept the challenge issued by traveling men on June 22, 1894 to play a baseball game around July 20, 1894. Signers include Mike Lombardo Captain W R Beamer J D Glasgow Hugh Nicola John McCartney Wil Harvey Elmer Wells Co W Adams F L Wilson.
A concise reflection on individuals who trigger an instinct to retreat from social interaction. It notes discomfort and the urge to create distance, without naming specific actions or events.
News notes report Rev. and Mrs. James Robbins and children Wesley and Ruth came from Chicago after vacation with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stout return to Rock Island after a week with relatives in Washington Brighton and Richmond. Patricia Jane Stewart accompanies them home for a week. Jesse Busby of Davenport expected for weekend visit in H M Dodder home. Owen Boileau leaves for Hastings Nebraska to join Blue Barron and band en route to west coast. John Mapel of East Second street is injured at work in Ottumwa. Mrs. William Beggs returns from the Republican national convention.
The list records multiple hospital discharges and births. Couples like Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Anderson welcome a son at 8:25 pm and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicola announce a 9 lb 3.5 oz son at 9:08 pm. Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thompson with weights 7 lb 9 oz and 7 lb 15.25 oz. Several families and individuals underwent tonsillectomies and appendectomies, with various discharge times and addresses noted. Corrections clarify twin birth reporting for Clyde and Glenn Thompson.
Rev. Ivan Riess preached farewell in Central Park to open union services. Dr. James H. Grier spoke at the United Presbyterian Church in the morning. Numerous local events follow including church vacations, school and military notes, and community notices from Brighton to Kalona.
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