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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1943
Page
2
Keota couple welcomed a daughter Sharon Kay born Sunday weighing seven and a half pounds. Addresses range from Camp Scott Idaho to Tacoma Washington and Des Moines Iowa. Various local residents travel visit and vacation with notes on hospital stays military post offices and employment plans.
C M Robinson of 515 South 3rd was moved yesterday afternoon from University hospital Iowa City to Washington county hospital. Mrs T V Knerr Kalona had a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs Carl Jarrard Washington R 4 admitted as medical patient. Virginia Ann Simmering 110 North 7th Sara Lu Miller 527 West Washington and Mrs Clayton Nicholson and daughter Sara Ellen Washington R 3 all discharged this morning.
The notice lists addresses for Sgt Ernest J White and Pvt Edward J Prebyl Jr and other service members. It reports Marilyn Green joining the Long Beach post office as a letter carrier and describes daily duties. Family visits in Iowa, Connecticut, California and Rhode Island are noted along with births and a drowning survivor leaving hospital.
Fordyce James Murkin, born January 7, 1870, died suddenly yesterday. He was a son of James M. Murkin and Rosanna Murkin, never married, and lived with his brother‑in‑law and niece L. M. and Hazel Meek on East Washington street after his mother’s death in 1922. He worked on a county highway grader and was well liked for his kind disposition. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the L. A. Jones funeral home conducted by Rev. Alfred Trenerry of the Baptist Church.
Standings show St Louis leading with 49 wins and 28 losses, followed by Brooklyn and Cincinnati. No games were played today in the league. Tonight Philadelphia visits Pittsburgh with Barrett facing Sewell in the only game scheduled.
Des Moines reports from July 20 that 3,008,539 federal executive employees existed in April, equating to one worker for every 43 people in the United States. The piece notes rapid, ongoing growth since 1939, with Iowa mirroring the trend and selective staffing cuts in state agencies amid rising workloads.
Betty Boileau of Rock Island visits in town with cousins and friends while service members and families share new addresses. Included are A C Wm Steele USNR stationed at St Marys College California and Kathryn Lenore Stewart at Bronx Naval Training School.
Announcement details the wedding of Dorothy Marie Gibb of Biggsville Illinois to Lt Roy McConnell Whiteman of Michigan at First Presbyterian Church Battle Creek Michigan. The ceremony included a single ring rite and a fifteenth minute prelude with selections like Indian Love Call and Liebestraum.
Local social calendar lists Valley Ladies Aid with a special afternoon meeting and reports. Just Us Club hosts a 6:30 p.m. picnic. Baptist Women's Missionary Society holds a 1 p.m. luncheon with bring-a-dish and hostesses noted. Wesleyan Service Guild hosts a premic at 6:30 p.m. at Sunset Park with a covered dish invitation.
A Thursday afternoon shower at the Frank Kallous home celebrated Norma Droll ahead of her August 14 wedding to Carl Kallous. Guests played banco, prizes went to Mabel Droll and Rosa Liska, gifts filled a pink and white wagon, and a lunch followed with many Havel and Kos family members attending.
The Stout family reunion at Sunset Park elected new officers for the coming year with Irene Stout as president and Mary Salterberg as vice president. A noon cooperative dinner was served and many Stout relatives from Prighton Packwood West Chester and Washington attended.
The annual Messer reunion was held Sunday at Sunset Park. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Benell and family, Joan, Paul Jr., Carla Mae of Kalona, Archie Farrier family, Merle and Orval of Brighton, Oakley Payne family, Nadine, Gertrude and Darlene, Earl Moran, N. H. Messer family, and Harry and Norma May Payne of Washington.
Mr and Mrs Thomas O West of West Chester announce the marriage of their daughter Jeanne Ione to Sgt Chester Ger ela McChureh son of Mrs Earl Little of Washington. The ceremony was at the Methodist Parsonage Temple Texas on Wednesday evening June 14 with Don Bealer and Marie Yoder as attendants. The bride is a 1941 West Chester High School graduate and a July 1942 Burlington Beauty Academy alumna who has been employed in Washington. The groom attended Washington public schools and later worked for American Railway Express before joining the National Guard in 1941. They will reside at 612 South 19th Street Temple Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Kallous celebrate their wedding anniversary at 1014 North 5th. Ruth Kupka, Henry Bowes, and Mrs. Dan Goss receive congratulations on their birthdays. Leonard Kos marks his fifth birthday, John Doyle Cupp turns twelve, Arthur Gersh of Dublin has a birthday.
The United States bought 51,600,000 pounds of raw silk from foreign countries in 1939, the last pre war year, paying a total of 121 million dollars for the shipment.
About 700 million tobacco cans once steel are now paper reducing steel use by 80 million pounds per year. The dog food sector has also switched to paper with an estimated one billion packages used annually, becoming the country’s third largest food pack.
The text notes rising income and detail while federal record requirements have surged across state agencies without extra staff. It cites Senator Byrd's committee finding no justification for large expansions by federal departments, though some growth was needed for war-related efforts.
Early Peruvian farming demonstrated large scale reclamation and advanced tillage long before discovery by Europeans. The stair step fields are praised as a world wonder while Babylon’s hanging gardens are downplayed as a mound of greenery built to please a queen.
Eleven Past Chiefs Association members gathered last evening at Mrs. Carrie Reinert’s home for a birthday surprise. The event centered on bridge with prizes to Mrs. Hortense Wilson and Mrs. Bessie Harvey. Mrs Reinert received many handkerchiefs as gifts. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Richard A. Johnson and Mrs Nola Faulkner.
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