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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1938
Page
6
The Golden West Cowboys, famed southern singers, join the Republic Gene Autry picture Gold Mime In The Sky at the Fox Theater. Autry had recently toured the South for personal appearances.
Gene Autry discovers Pee Wee King and Joe Frank's Golden West Cowboys singing on WSM Nashville station. He contacts Republic Studios and within three weeks the group heads to the West Coast to work on Gold Mine In The Sky with Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes and Craig Reynolds in supporting roles.
A pea soup fog describes very dense London fogs known for their dull yellow color and thick consistency.
The school board lists officers including President Glenn Mace and Secretary Ralph W. Thompson along with Dr. P. L. Etter Dr. 7 J. Pease A. E. Atchison and C. W. Tucker as attending members.
Mrs Iwert and Marian Iowa City visitors to Junction over the weekend. Wayne Heitmier and wife welcomed a daughter. Verne Wilsons welcome a daughter July 1 at Mercy Burlington. Gilkeys from Fort Wayne are visiting. McGuire Jones DPD family from Cotter visit Des Moines. Ramendale family visiting St Johns Michigan. P artingtons and Beverly Muskegon visiting. Lukins welcome a daughter born Friday. Wantaas pay dividends.
Columbus Junction residents celebrate the Lovers' Leap suspension bridge. Designed by Prof. Byron J. Lambert and built in 1922, it spans 262 feet over a ravine and is the town’s historic landmark funded by local efforts led by Mrs. Tucker.
Nellie Fletcher travels Friday night to Williamsburg Kansas to visit the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Hull. Mr and Mrs Clive Huston of Berwyn Illinois announce the birth of a daughter Sharon Beth July 5 in a Quincy Texas hospital. FP Gumble funeral held in Quincy while Mr Gumble formerly worked for W G Huston and R V Davis. Mrs Ray Monson of Los Angeles visits Earl Monson in town. Laurie Monson arrives from Iowa City to spend weekend with Earl Monson.
Heavy meteorites rank among the heaviest rocks with some being pure iron and nickel. Even the stony meteorites carry significant iron, making them heavier than ordinary stones.
A lengthy local notes item describes Mrs. Edda Wiley and relatives moving temporarily to the Wilkins cottage here as she prepares to transplant the house to her farm north of town after a fire. Other residents and visitors are listed with short travel updates and family visits across Iowa and nearby states.
Havre July 11 Thomas Nicholson with son Clayton and Jim Tucker tiling an 1100 ft strip of 8 inch tile averaging 6 feet deep near Havre. He began tiling at age 12 and has 55 years in the trade. His work spans Washington Johnson Keosuk counties and western Iowa. He has faced ditches collapses, quicksand, and cave-ins, and recalls a hobble skirt mishap in a potato patch.
Verdi residents report a string of visits and homecomings. Edd Miller hosted relatives from the Frank Snider residence, while George Van Gerdy of Peoria Illinoisvisited the Jame Baird home with Mary Joan Ca olin Van Gundy and Sue Abbr returning home after three weeks with the Baird family. Joe Nebergoer spent Friday afternoon with Leslie Gates, and Kathryn Marshall of Brights visited John Simmering.
Mrs Catherin Heuer, aged 90, near Lake Park, celebrates with a gift of silk hose from a friend. Born in Germany, she lives on a farm near Everly Dysart and Lake Park and is mother of seven children.
The schedule notes Benny Goodman performing on the Columbia Network with times listed as 8 50 pm EST 9 30 pm EDS T 7 30 pm CST 6 30 pm MST and 5 30 pm PST highlighting his famous clarinet and Swing School presentation over the network.
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