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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
3
Mrs Moberly plans to move in with her son George Carson in Davenport after realizing she cannot manage alone. The piece recalls her marriage to George Moberly, once of Missouri, and notes her long residence in Washington with memories of the couple’s life and local reactions to the loss.
Mrs Wahneetah Ingalls gave a spontaneous travel talk at the DAR meeting, extolling historic travel methods and a modern constitutional vehicle concept. Home headlines include Mrs Etta McCall returning from California and Montana, the death of W. Morrison at eighty five, and Mrs C W Stewart moving back to her West Main Street home.
Arriving from Elkhart Indiana former Washington residents Mr and Mrs Milburn McKay stay with Mrs McKay s parents Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson and his mother Mrs J C McKay before planning to return home Sunday Mrs Hugh Hall also returns from Atlantic City New Jersey after two weeks at the Continental Congress of the DAR held at the Marlborough Brenheim hotel She left Iowa City May 18 and could not fly Chicago Washington due to excess mail on the plane
A tablet on the Log Cabin at Sunset Park was unveiled May 3 with Col J Wilson delivering the main address and recounting the cabin’s relocation. Edith Miller spoke on the Youngs family history as the Washington band performed under Mrs I D Morrison. Mrs Blair dies at 82. she arrived in 1864 after marrying William Blair, leaving a son Charles and daughter Nita Law. A caravan of fifty automobiles promotes county good roads. Dr R Dinsmore and brother Thomas, sons of Rev Thos Dinsmore, visited town. Thos once served as county superintendent.
Bertha Hay Murrell Miller Rathel Gibson and Alice Gibson recent high school graduates left for a twelve week summer word course in Cedar Falls. O M Cuddy injured falling from a ladder while installing screens at the Cuddy store and will be laid up weeks. Mr and Mrs Donald Bell took a hiking trip to Davenport staying over in Junction and Letts as they head to Muscatine. Vernon Crull and Nellie Mae Busby set to wed on June 7 1916 Rev Grigsby to conduct ceremony. Mrs Harvey Wilson won first prize in Warren’s Cash Grocery bread baking contest.
A Jersey cow was sent last week by Wilson Dough erty to the Oklahoma Indian school as home mission work. The plan is praised as effective, likened to paying 100 cents on the dollar. Residents of Jackson township announce a missionary eggs collection on a Sunday, prompting questions about Sunday labor. A new girl at Frank Wilsons gains admiration, with Nena praying for a baby brother. Academy graduates from 1896 include Carl Roberts Clyde Boice Jessie Jeffrey Helen Lewis Myrtle Sage Tina Shields J L Brookhart Anna Wells and others.
Obituaries note Hugh Crayne of Oskaloosa age 81 after a heart attack. Fred Wiley dies at 72 in Columbus City. Nettie Florence Davis, 68, passes at 515 West Washington. Other notices include a 75 year old man joining the Three Quarters of a Century Club, a Cotter school official age 32, and Hudson Jayne of Coralville who died in Oregon. Former resident Ragan dies after long illness.
Medical and surgical patients admitted across multiple dates include Mrs Homer Kephart route two and Mrs Levi Simmons Alma Lewis Hetfield 935 South Third avenue plus Gene Nicholson 314 South Second avenue and William Drish Pleasant Plain. Discharges include Mrs M A Mace Mrs Joe H Mast and son Steven Lee and Buddy North among others.
Review of the week notes wedding bells for several couples including Harry Dale Dusenbery and Patricia Arnetta Griffith of West Chester and Alexander Dorsel and Betty Maxine Rapp of Washington. Also reported are nuptial parties, prenuptial showers, a Sailors Memorial, and various local civic happenings.
In 1875 three half sisters are noted as surviving residents of California Oregon and San Francisco. Blanche Hinkle of San Francisco EBather Abbey Moore of Oregon and Jen ness Abbey Alder of California are listed as surviving sisters.
A series of brief aphorisms on fashion, marriage, and social perceptions. It touches on how weather changes behavior such as wearing rubbers, attitudes toward age and marriage, unexpected lessons from mowing, and opinions about photography, appearance, and attire.
Mrs Jay E. Sellers and her sister Madison attended the graduation of Dona M., daughter of Mrs Sellers, from Stephens College in Columbia Missouri last weekend. They returned to Washington Tuesday evening and Mrs Bishop went on to her home this morning.
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