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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
8
Lieut Gerald Carris flew into town on Saturday to meet his parents Mr and Mrs John Carris of Keota. He was en route to Des Moines where he would continue his travel. The item notes a notable hometown visit amid other local society briefs and arrivals.
Bright town notes list numerous travelers and visitors including Neal and Edith Whisler, Swisher family, James Morgan, Hattie Valley, I R Allison, and Helen Elmore. Deaths touch Bertia Hodson and Joe Amrine with funerals in Washington and Brighton Hillcrest. Families from Ottumwa Davenport and Des Moines visit, while Robert Edwards works at an Ordnance plant in Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Clara Godlove reports travels to Washington by air conditioned coach with Sue Thoma and Mrs. Godlove. The group returned with Ethel and Vivian Booth after shopping. Sunday included Sunday School and a meet at Salem church. revival services continued. Social visits filled the afternoon and evening with local families gathering at Ebner, Strohm, and Thoma homes.
Lieut. Henry H. Fitts 25 of Macon North Carolina a graduate of Ellington Field Texas bom bardier school served as bombardier aboard a U S bomber that sank a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Midway Island battle.
Farmers stay busy with hay making plowing and readying wheat and oats for harvest. Neighbors help each other amid labor shortages as D H Peters and Lee Sands exchange work. Visiting relatives arrive from Lewis Indiana to see D H Peters while others travel to Iowa City to visit a friend at the university hospital. A new pastor Rev EK Mitchell starts duties at Haskins church next Sunday with services at 9 30 am.
East Highland items list local visits and gatherings. Families including Lorack Wieland Mincer and Pearson hosted and visited others at various homes. Riverside shoppers and social calls take place as community ties are noted.
July 2 reports Mr and Mrs Emery Sharp Mrs Clara Chabeal and son Ardell attended the Golden Wedding celebration of Mr and Mrs Edwin Hay in Iowa City. It notes Mr Hay wed Miss Zina Snider on June 28 1892 at Iowa City.
Mrs. John C. Dautremont and son Claude and Ella and Rose Dautremont visited aunt Louisa Wombacher in Washington while she is ill. Mrs. Raymond Pdvorskey of Iowa City visited family in Fairfield. Charles Sikora and John Yerka party returned to Chicago after visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Karel. Mildred Schneider travels to Chicago to stay with brother Gilbert Schneider. Isla Pailliotet of Riverside works in Fairfield. Lena Bopp visited her uncle Peter Whitmire in Iowa City hospital.
Fossil finds indicate the presence of extremely large cats in Maryland around one million years ago. The remains suggest big felines rivaling modern lions in size and stature.
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