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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1933
Page
6
The Washington Butter slogan contest draws strong interest as entries arrive rapidly. Anyone may submit multiple slogans, each attached to a Washington Butter wrapper or facsimile. The contest ends next Saturday at midnight.
The young people of the P. church at West Chester will host an ice cream social on the church lawn Tuesday night, inviting families and neighbors to enjoy treats and fellowship.
A quirky item from the Worcester Telegram notes a map that won silence for a decade, then returned home, framing a light anecdote about restraint and domestic life.
The Gold Diggers of 1933 opens Wednesday at State. C R McCutchen family to Spooner Wisconsin for a short vacation. Evelyn McCutchen joins them from Denver and returns Sept 1. Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Kasowsky in Washington county hospital weighing 8 lb 9 oz. Mrs Ralph Morris has herensils removed. Wilson D Martin of Gran ger Mo treated after a horse incident near Keokuk. x rays show no broken bones. Covert Samuels of Sigourney visit L A Baker. Laura Marie returns home with them, Harold stays for a week. Journal Want-ads pay.
Miss Barbara Miller underwent an appendectomy at the county hospital this week and is reported getting along all right. A local ad notes a half pint can sells for 25 cents.
Local page reports Mrs. Nellie Wolfe returning from Chicago after a fair visit with her family. Several area residents plan trips or attend events, including Irene Yard and Esther Booth heading to Chicago then Beacon City for three days at the fair, and others shopping or visiting in West Chester and Ainsworth. The Hoosier Bend picnic is set for July 27 in Sunset Park, with a basket dinner for former campers and their families. Ice cream social planned at C P L church lawn in West Chester sponsored by local youth.
Chicago opened higher as the Chicago Board of Trade resumed after a two day closure. FE. A. Crawford, a former New Orleans dentist and prominent wheat and cotton trader tied to last week’s crash, was suspended for insolvency amid ongoing market turbulence.
Cedar Falls hosts the fortieth annual Iowal conference of the Evangelical church from August 17 to 27. Speakers from across the United States include L. H. Seager WeMars Ia Central area bishop George E. Epp Cleveland Ohio northwestern area bishop EK George Haperville J theology instructor at Fran zelical seminary Dr Howland Hanson Cedar Falls Ia religious education director at Iowa State Teachers College Rev TL Suhr missionary to China and Prof B F Sueh LeMars Ia.
A peat bed once set to grease will yield hay crops for many years as a long lasting pasture resource.
The Iowa City camp plans dam building to prevent soil erosion and expand employment as hundreds of similar programs operate nationwide. The camp offers healthy work, care, and entertainment, aiming to build character and improve every recruit from Company 783 to Co. 6.
Washington golfers defeated Muscatine by five strokes to avenge an earlier loss at Geneva Country Club. Vic Westphal led with 75, Jim Bellitt 78 and Walt Wells 86 followed, while Muscatine’s R Mueller shot 81 as the top score for the visitors.
Mr and Mrs I Rothschild and Mr and Mrs W L Rukga ber visited in Fairfield Sunday with Mr and Mrs Joe Falk. Miss Jessica and Aileen Milligan returned from Chicago Century of Progress trip and Jessica heads to Guthrie Center. Ernest Miller sprained ankle at J Carris farm and will miss weeks. Tommy Gray traveled to Chicago to visit relatives and Century of Progress. Jane McFarlane left Tama after ten days with Miss Mary Louise Harwood, Drake University roommates.
Russell Bros three ring circus arrives at the Berdo grounds Washington on Tuesday August 8 with two shows at 2 and 7 p.m. The western owned act tours Missouri and Iowa after a Little Rock season ending last year. The program emphasizes high quality entertainment over size and includes its own water proof tents and electric light plant. The show travels from Muscatine to Washington and then Burlington.
The Barrows brothers gang from Texas fled a cordon at Platte City Missouri after wounding three officers. Seen near Mt Ayr and traced to Dexter, they face multiple bank holdups in Texas Missouri and other states and a link to a Joplin policeman killing. An air search circled the timber as hundreds of onlookers were cleared.
Des Moines reports a surge in new dwellings and remodeling in June 1933 with John Citizen contributing about 328 081. Des Moines led with 200 projects valued at 38 000 while Clinton city did not report. Davenport and Sioux City showed notable remodeling activity and several cities posted increases in new buildings.
J F Simpson longtime leader of the City Park Board dies Sunday night April first 1929 at age 70 after serving as president for three years. He helped guide Sun Set Park’s growth and beautification with board members Delbert Bailey and J B Lemmon. Survived by widow four children including Dr John E Simpson and an invalid son Frank Harvey. Also brother Joseph E Simpson and sister Mrs William Ecklor. Born near Hanover Indiana July 6 1858 the family moved to Iowa Kansas and finally Washington County before settling in Washington.
Wiley Post arrives at Floyd Bennett Field after a record world flight in the Winnie Mae. He credits the robot autopilot for handling most of the journey while he rested. Post says he would not plan immediate further flights and notes the extreme weather he faced. The home reunion with his wife emphasizes his fatigue and relief.
English statistics show women between twenty and thirty have three times as good a chance to marry as those the same age in 1914.
Muscatine and Keokuk came in under 1932 expenditures. Cities reporting higher remodeling operations during 1983 included Des Moines Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo Council Bluffs Dubuque Mason City and Marshalltown. Decreases were recorded in the remaining cities.
Louise Pulver of Keota shopped in the capital on Saturday. Miss Josephine Bailey heads to Iowa City for the University summer session. Lewis Warren and Miss Margaret Farrell, visiting Carolyn McCleery, left for St. Louis with Farrell bound for Olney Illinois. Community sale announced for July 29 at City Feed Yard. Several residents and relatives travel to Los Angeles and Chicago for family reasons.
Joe Wright injured by a fall from a hay load is recovering satisfactorily at the county hospital. He expects to be out soon. Brides pageant at Presbyterian church Tuesday evening at 7 54. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Steele welcomed a baby boy named Oscar Franklin born at their home five miles south of Riverside at 3 05 a m Sunday July 23 weighing nine pounds. The mother is Crystal Johnson. Goldie and Violet Carbaugh travel to Chicago for two weeks with Mrs. W H Carbaugh at the Century of Progress. Chas Prowse, Auctioneer. Phone 282. Rev and Mrs W H Parker of Cotter visited Washington Saturday on business and with friends.
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