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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1943
Page
3
Community notes from a small town recounts the Utterback sale drawing crowds, families planning moves to Charleston, and locals coping with hot weather and illnesses. Updates cover residents buying homes, travel by train, bus depot changes, and acts of resilience amid wartime strain.
Reports list newborns with times and weights from multiple families including MecKone Oldt Kallous Gipple Mann, and Rees. Numerous tonsillectomies and x rays, with discharges and admissions at hospitals in Wellman Washington Ainsworth Brighton and Letts.
A collage of brief items: 102 degree heat, 75th anniversary of United Presbyterians, wives of pastors hosted at Y M C A, Fatty Arbuckle death in New York, county culverts contract awarded, June marriages in Aurora, Wis., Hazel Alberson returning from Madison, light rates cut effective July, Ruddocks return from Worlds Fair and trip to St. Anthony, Latta joins American Life Insurance, Scout hike led by Mac Bacheron, 50 year anniversary of Vicksburg, Charles Cunningham visiting from Kansas City, July 4th speakers at Olds and Riverside, Wesley Moore obituary. local notes from community.
W D Johnson who ran the Royal Cafe has bought Dean equipment and fixtures and plans a new cafe on South Iowa Ave to be named The White House Cafe.
Beulah Davis daughter of Mrs Shan Davis returns from Paris with war time experiences. Washington County hospital unveils a fine new flag gifted by the hospital auxiliary fluttering on a forty two foot staff. J H Warren opens a seed store under his own ownership and management. The Mary Maxwell farm east of Crawfordsville sold unimproved eighty acres for two hundred dollars per acre to Huston and Van Syce. Mr and Mrs FE Morrison celebrate 18th wedding anniversary on June 28. James Butterfield plans to open a Washington law office after graduating from Iowa Law School.
A brief society notice notes the departure of Mame Rankin, sister of Mrs. Ralph Thompson, as she moves westward to begin a new chapter. The item highlights social connections within the Thompson circle and marks a community milestone.
Surgical patient Mrs J T Schulty of 718 South Itch admitted last evening for X ray and treatment of a fractured left shoulder. Mr and Mrs Robert Scanton of 415 South Ave D announce the birth of a daughter weighing eight pounds one and a half ounces at 338 this morning. Mrs D H Goodwin of 709 West End underwent a tonsillectomy this morning.
Frank Edworthy Jr of this city was awarded the contract for the construction of the new Union State bank at Keota.
Obituary notes the death of James Dawson on June 23 1908 at age above 94. Dawson founded the United Presbyterian church in the city and arrived in 1839. He built the first state grain elevator driven by a steam engine, later owned by W A Whiting. He handled over 40000 bushels of grain in 1861 62 and helped originate the Washington National Bank. He married three times, first to Elizabeth Shannon.
Deaths of Rev John B Pollock DD aged seventy five occur at his home after months of heart trouble. His wife a daughter Sarah a daughter Mrs Newell Combs is Stanley Iowa and a son Rev.
W L Gates returned from Shepherd Field Texas where son Robert trained and Robert Gates was transferred to Kelly Field San Antonio Texas. LeRoy Pratt returned to Camp Farragut Idaho after visiting and Mrs Pratt and Still Riley drove 3-C Pratt to Dubuque. Kurtess Hess of Chicago arrived to spend summer with Joe Falk family. Elizabeth Klein arrived from St Paul Minnesota for summer with Edna and Jessie Klein. Mrs F J Cocklin visited with Klein and relatives in Crawfordsville. Tommy Hoover of Hopkinton left for Brighton to stay with uncle Karl Hoover. Lt John W Lee arrived from Fort Benning to spend a week with family and will transfer to Camp Wheeler Georgia. Cpl Santos Hernandez arrived from Camp McCain to take a twelve day furlough with friends. Mr and Mrs Paul A Johnson from Denison visited R K E Shannon home. their son Lt Robert Johnson was killed in Africa last December. They and University Hospital Iowa City are treating at hospital. Mr Johnson is county agent at Denison. Mrs Bertha Heltman of Cincinnati Ohio visited B B Bordwell and family. Belly Hamil returned to work in Omaha after visiting brothers Lafe and Lester Hamil at Peterson Field Colorado Springs.
The week’s review chronicles the death of Captain Roy Olsen in the Pacific on June 23 and notes his ties to Captain Shannon. It also lists many wartime family updates, moves, school plans, travel, adorns a parade of local guests, shipyard work, bond drives, and a pending ambulance dedication with OBE support.
James Pollock D D of Pittsburgh survives after moving here a few weeks ago from West Chester.
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