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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
6
Bids will be received at the County Auditor's office until 1 30 p m July 15 1940 for small coal and supplies to furnish the County Home Court House Jail and Yards for 1940 season. Humboldt Republican notes urged youths to work hard on their careers and says a person must like hard work to succeed.
The piece discusses postwar opportunities and labor life. It notes a belief that peace will bring demand for surplus U S food products and predicts the end of crop control within a year. It also quotes C A Coxsee on vacations and fatigue from hurried summer trips.
Wellman July 2 details visitors and social gatherings. Marie Herr of Centerville visits as a house guest at the Wagamon home for about three weeks. Local residents and guests from Iowa City, Grand Junction, Colorado, California, and Washington are noted among various dinners and club meetings.
Wednesday luncheon hosted by the hostess. Wednesday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Wm Ekstermiller included Mrs Vera Gill of Colorado Springs and Mr and Mrs Harry Huffman of Texas. Mrs Julia Gardner of Long Beach was a guest Thursday in the Dr R W Wirtz home. Keith Wilson and family from Iowa City were Thursday evening supper guests in the parental Frank Wilson home.
Riverside on July 2 reports Mrs James McMahon formerly Miss Bernice Dann, patient at Oakdale sanitarium, received 130 cards and handkerchiefs at a birthday shower Saturday. Obituary notices follow of William A Godlove born Riverside 1864 died Eugene June 13 at 75. Funeral services held in Eugene. Other local visits noted among Cedar Rapids and Davenport residents.
Mrs David Golden of Washington D C and her son Glenn Alcorn Jr arrived in Riverside for a month long visit at Mrs May Alcorns home. The Golden marriage to Mr Golden of the Securities Exchange Commission adds a note of federal ties as residents report wartime tension in Washington.
Mr Droll husband of Mrs Jessie Greer a Catholic whose carpentry career ended by illness survives by widow and eight Iowa City River side children including Kired Charles Bernard Francis Linus Bernice Mary Gayfeller Vera and Marian Also two brothers William Cyril Jerome and two sisters Elizabeth Schnoebelen and Philomena Scott All of River side Earl Walton begins public school caretaker duties succeeding Alan Frost now at Lagomareino Grape company in Burlington.
New Phillips 66 Poly Gas with higher anti knock features tested in a trial tank at the Orange and Black 66 Shield station. Report emphasizes performance and fuel quality during the trial.
Dr. H B Tukey reports a dwarf apple tree developed at the Geneva New York experiment station. The tree stands about as tall as a man can reach and is said to bear fruit in the first or second year after planting.
Gilbert Simon, a globe trotter who has circled the world three times seeking a perfect partner, refuses to settle. He left New Zealand at 17 to sail, then cycled, sailed, walked, and canoed in search of an ideal wife who shares a wanderlust. He notes women often want to settle down and stay, a view he disputes.
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