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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1933
Page
3
Three best letters from a local Girl Scouts troop recount a week at a camp along the Iowa River north of Gladwin. The notes describe early rising, scout work, hikes, nature study, campfires, chores, and meals, with details of cots, inspection, and activities led by Mrs Stutsman Bea Wilson and Mrs Cox.
Phoenix Arizona members of the board of trustees burned a mortgage on the organ of the First Presbyterian church during impressive jubilee ceremonies.
John Brault reports a 19 pound catfish leapt from White River into his boat, knocking a dog into the water in a remarkable fishing tale from Freedom Indiana. The incident toys with local fishing lore and headlines a quirky fish story in today’s page.
Numerous local visits and travels weave through Brighton and neighboring towns as residents and relatives stop by to visit. Families from Fairfield, Richland, Powhatan, Iowa City, Davenport, Ottumwa, and Washington drift in and out, with many returning home after weekends or extended stays.
John Hahn family and Mrs Nick Hahn of Keota spent Sunday with Clarence Brown. The article notes threshing for oats and wheat, with Virginia Brown and Geneva Eyestone helping Prody Borkoski. Prody attended a Rural Letter Carriers farewell party at Avery Horton in Brighton. Frank Parcell family and Dale Spielman visited Wesley Hendricks and Clarence Brown, while Nelson Woodford and George Statler were grading.
Roads, Maurice Gowey doing the slip work, Delmar Browns spent several days the last of the week at the Clarence Brown and Wesley Hendricks homes.
Keota residents report the Greiner threshing ring began Thursday at Bill Greiner’s with help from Albert and Zeno Tinnes. Mr and Mrs Otis Black and son visited the Guy Black home Wednesday evening. An ice cream social and carnival sponsored by the Young People’s League drew locals Wednesday night.
County Auditor ETHEL GRECIAN invites sealed bids for 6 by 3 inch coal from Franklin Saline or Perry counties Illinois and for Iowa coal. Bids due 1 30 PM July 28 1933 at the Auditor's office for delivery to the Court House Jail County Home County Pool and County Yard for 1933 34. Include carload analysis.
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