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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1937
Page
8
Each morning a local Washington resident is drawn and posted in the store as Fountain Guest. If the person is present that day they receive a complimentary drink of soda, sundae, or malt milk. Today’s Fountain Guest is Mrs. Dr. R. A. Hender.
Neighborhood youths attend Bible school in Pleasant Plain as Hazel Coffin reports a week of lessons. Local visits include Hoskins Brothers in Des Moines and hospital patient Lamont Anderson in Des Moines.
June 1 reports describe White and Williams stores decorated for Poppy Day. Mrs. Blake Spencer and daughter Erma organized the White store window with a cemetery scene and a large Poppy placard urging support for veterans. The Williams window featured hunting decor, a cemetery backdrop, a hospital diorama, and a Red Cross nursery. Memorial services drew a large crowd, with addresses and songs, followed by a veterans procession and a Washington Concert band program. Visitors included Chicago relatives, Farm Bureau members, and assorted out of town guests attending services and gatherings.
Mrs Eva Livingston, a prominent Washington figure, died suddenly yesterday. Her passing removes a noted civic leader and longtime community advocate from the local scene.
A pint can of Johnson's Glo-Coat is offered with the purchase of a pint at GkKO Lo McDantel Druggist.
Mr and Mrs W S Ireland Willis spent Saturday night with Fred Williamson in Cedar Rapids. They visited Mount Vernon for Mrs Irelands family graves, then Burlington to see Elmer Painter. Ernest Lambert joined to visit his sister Cora. Other relatives gathered in Richland and Burlington for family visits and funerals.
The Science Museum in Kensington England showcases the earliest large telescope a sixty nine inch specimen built in 1642. Memorial day visit brought relatives to Kirkwood St. Everett Mitchell family hosted. Mitchell relatives and Larry joined at the Mitchell home for Sabbath and Monday. Clarence Young and Davenport relatives joined the weekend visit at F. E. Young’s home.
Iowa City plans its fifteenth annual community flower show at the Congregational church on June 8. Entries are open to amateurs within 25 miles with no entry fee. Emphasis on juniors includes posters drawings and handicrafts plus table settings and themed displays. Prizes in multiple divisions and iris prizes by the American Iris Society are offered.
The Supreme Court announced on the last day of its eight months term that it will review cases challenging the constitutionality of New Deal measures. It granted petitions from Alabama Light and Power and Iowa City Light and Power to examine the velocity of PWA loans in these disputes.
Ruth Schlichting will graduate from Drake University in Des Moines on June 7 with a bachelor of arts degree. The event is noted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kern of Marengo. Local residents and visitors are mentioned in brief social notices throughout Columbus Junction and nearby towns.
Dr Henry Ed Win McGrew returns to William Penn College in Oskaloosa to serve again as president, a post held from 1918 to 1927. He arrives with his wife from Pasadena California and is welcomed at a Thursday reception. McGrew graduated from Penn College in 1895.
Frederick Douglass, famed African American orator, altered his name from Bailey Douglass after his escape from a Baltimore shipyard to the Northern states. The shift marks a pivotal moment in his life and abolitionist path.
Rochelle Hudson and Robert Kent ride bicycles in a Twentieth Century Fox drama The That I May Live. The Fox film opens Wednesday at the Fox theater with J Edward Bromberg. 200 extras also bike mounted causing crew and cast to stand for meals between takes.
Allan Dwan directed the production featuring a novel musical interlude. The screenplay was written by Ben Markson and William Conselman, enriching the action with an inventive musical intermezzo alongside the main story.
Forty Iowa Wesleyan College seniors graduated at commencement in Mt Pleas cant. Dean Charles W. Gilkey of the University of Chicago chapel delivered the address on The Influence of Atmosphere.
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