New 4-H Club Agent Takes Up Work Here
Leland F. Beneke of Laurens Iowa arrives in Washington to lead 4-H clubs in the county succeeding J Harrison Donald who resigns to join the air service Beneke 21 has five years 4-H experience on baby beet corn and livestock projects He is a Iowa State graduate and has been meat judging team member and national advertising manager for the Iowa Agriculturalist He may be called into military service soon The Washington county Farm Bureau board appointed him and kept the planned 4-H show for late August though it may shrink from three to two days
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Farewell Dinner for Reverend Carl W. Klein in Washington
A testimonial dinner in the Baptist church dining room honored Rev. Carl W. Klein as he leaves Washington for St. Louis. About 75 attended with many others unable to come. Speakers praised his community work, friendship, and devotion to the church. He received a gift and said Washington is the best town to live in and raise a family, vowing to visit often.
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Carl W. Klein
Baptist Church
Klein
G. K. Mace
Josephine Elder
V. Crull
Chamber of Commerce
T. L. Brookhart
St. Louis
Longtime Washington figure bids farewell after 23 years
The speaker recalls 23 years in Washington since arriving July 2, 1919, with two years spent at Moline. He speaks with feeling and pleasantries despite the difficulty of expression caused by severed ties binding him to Washington.
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Klein
Washington
Rainbow Girls Sell 688 Corsages for War Stamp Drive
Phil Antonoff reports Rainbow Girls sold 6588 corsages at booths on the square to support war stamps and bonds in July. Each corsage costs one dollar containing 90 cents in stamps, with ten cents for materials. The non profit effort also features Wolf Floral Co assistance and ongoing sales at band concerts and weekend events. Members listed include Audrey Hotle Virginia Holden Jane Baldrige Mary Baldrige Dorothy Watson Georganne Rudiger Lois Mace Lila Holden Virginia Gibson Barbara Etter Betty Snakenberg Shirley Dunlap Joan Ross Mary Voorhees Shirley Brown Gwendolyn Ramseyer Marilyn Bell Evelyn Meek Martilyn Walker Betty Mayo Maurenee Kiesey Jane Pauls.
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Washington
Rainbow Girls
Wolf Floral Company
Antonoff
Roy Means
Tom Stirling Family Honored at Dinner
Salem July 3 residents report the H. J. club held a farewell basket dinner for the Tom Stirling family who moved last spring. Twenty two attendees, including club members and relatives, gathered for a day of visiting at their former neighborhood.
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Salem
H. J. Club
Tom Stirling
Bicycle rider injured when car door whips him
Bob Skipton, a Journal carrier and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Skipton, sustained a bruised and sprained shoulder after a car door opened suddenly as he rode along 4 street knocking him to the pavement.
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Bob Skipton
Frank Skipton
Bob
Fire at Oscar Lane Farmaroof Barn Near Bonfire
Firefighters respond to a barn blaze at 615 North Iowa Avenue near Oscar Lane. Bonfire nearby is blamed. blaze controlled with minimal damage and no injuries reported.
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Ranger first flags stars and stripes at Portsmouth
The Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, is credited with the first flying of the Stars and Stripes on a U S ship at Portsmouth on July 2 1777 marking a historic naval flag moment for the American cause.
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John Paul Jones
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Portsmouth
Jackson Township Farmers Attend Sabotage Preparedness Meeting
L. F. Down June 23, has been named Dean Walter McArthur. Air Raid sabotage lectures at Jackson Center school drew farmers to a full house last Monday night. The sessions featured talks demonstrations and pictures on preventing losses from raids and sabotage. Those in the fields were urged to attend nearby meetings for crucial information that could prove valuable in the future.
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Walter McArthur
Jackson Center School
Jackson Township
Questionnaires and district list details from Wayland area
A long listing of names and addresses follows including Wayland Crawfordsville Washington Kalona and Ainsworth residents. The text also notes a Salem Egypt anti inflation meeting at Egypt school with Mrs Ray Sojka and others assisting with charts and discussions.
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Egypt
Egypt School
Ray Sojka
Joe Et Bockhorst
Dewey Weeks
Will Marek
Fairview
War News From The Front In North Africa And Ukraine
Reports say Allied forces drove Axis troops from Quibliya Ridge after a bold assault. Rommel, lacking reinforcements, faced relentless Allied air strikes and tried two ambush tricks that failed, with heavy German losses and prisoners. In Ukraine German offensives aimed at Voronezh and Don river aims. Berlin claimed river crossing while Moscow reported heavy enemy advances and counterattacks.
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Erwin Rommel
Ukraine
Russian Ukraine
Don River
Voronezh
Caucasus
Berlin
Don
Moscow
Local Boy Suffers Elbow Dislocation After Hay Wagon Fall
Richard McCall son of Mr and Mrs Howard McCall dislocated his right elbow when he fell from a hay wagon. A few days earlier his left hand was injured when it was caught in a hay pulley.
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Howard McCall
Not Applicable
Local register lists residents and addresses in Washington area including Henry Sutherland Bernard McKeene Mell Boileau Carl Anderson Harold Messenger with street and ZIP details. Data appears as fragmented contact entries for 5th Avenue and surrounding blocks in Washington.
Winfield Resident Elen Davis Dies After Prolonged Illness
Winfield, July 6. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m tomorrow at the Methodist church for Mrs. Elen Davis 74 who died Saturday night after a protracted illness. Rev Porath to officiate with burial at Cambrian cemetery. Mrs Davis born April 9 1868 in Williamsburg daughter of Rowland and Anne Davis taught school before marriage to Joe Davis in 1899 at Wyman. They lived in Winfield where Mr Davis died three years ago. Surviving are two sons Lester and Ivor and one granddaughter.
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Methodist Church
Elen Davis
Porath
Cambrian Cemetery
Joe Davis
Wyman
Ivor
Davis
Lester
Crawfordsville
Farm Loan Service Expands Locally in Washington District
Co. C Pettit of Fairfield, secretary of the National Farm Loan association, plans extended service in the district. Offices are in the Jeffrey building. A Washington representative will visit Wed Fri weekly. The emergency loan rate of 3 1/2 percent continues to July 1 1944, saving farmers in Washington Jefferson and Van Buren counties about 142 228 over two years. Official notice appears in today’s Journal.
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Pettit
Washington
Jefferson
van Buren
Journal Today
Rome Tribunal Defined in Ancient Government Hubs
In ancient Rome a tribunal was the official meeting place where magistrates and authorities discharged duties. The term refers to a formal setting used for judicial and administrative actions within the republic and later imperial structures.
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