Hold Repeal Meeting on June 14 in Washington
A county wide repeal support meeting will be held in Washington at 7 30 p m June 14 in the Washington High School auditorium. Rev Leonard P Jones of Muscatine will headline with other out of town speakers and delegates from Louisa and Jefferson counties. A booster trip to towns across the county is planned for June 16 with carloads of people and a volunteer band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard P. Jones
Muscatine
Washington
of the
Repealists Organization
Washington High School
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Louisa
Jefferson
Clarence Hahn
Whep Company
Jones
Mrs Telza Holmes 81 of Keota Dies After Stroke
Keota June 2 Mrs Telza Holmes 81 a longtime Keota resident died at her home after paralysis and a subsequent stroke She had lived in Keota over 35 years Her husband J L Holmes operated a grocery before his death in January 1908 She is survived by son George H Holmes and daughter Edith Teets both of Keota two granddaughters LaNor Holmes Turner and Lorena Teets O fletharty and two grandchildren Sara Jane and Austin Turner Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Keota
Telza Holmes
Holmes
J. L. Holmes
George H. Holmes
Edith Teets
LaNor Holmes Turner
Corning
Lorena Teets O' Fletharty
Des Moines
Sara Jane
Austin Turner
Death of M F Flaherty Prompts Chicago Move Note
A. Neiswanger reports the death of M F Flaherty of Chicago this morning. Flaherty once operated the Journal’s linotype in Washington and later worked in Chicago at a job printing plant before his illness. Funeral is planned for Monday. the Flaherty and Neiswanger families were longtime East Jefferson Street neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Neiswanger
M. F. Flaherty
Chicago
Journal
Flaherty
Washington
Plaherty
Neiswanger
East
Jefferson Street
County sends ten to Ottumwa reforestation camp
Washington county completes its civilian conservation corps delegation with ten men to Ottumwa Monday. Frank R. Sage, chairman, lists the volunteers and asks for cars to transport the group, adding that squads to Ottumwa have previously relied on local drivers. The county quota was cut from 35 to 30, with ten already shipped and ten more sent earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Frank R. Sage
Mr. Sare
Ottumwa
Washington
Mr. Sage
Milan Shields
Leigh Soule
Leslie Dunlap
R. H. McCarty
R. E. Brown
Farm Women Hear Mrs Richardson Address
Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Albia delivered an effective address to farm bureau women on achievement day. A pageant by members and seven township exhibits, judged by Miss Frances Pew of Ames, drew about 100 attendees with a noon pot luck. Mrs Richardson highlighted organization and membership. she noted her Boston medal for distinguished service to agriculture, a rare honor among farm advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Farm Bureau
Frances Pew
Ames
Richardson
Boston
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ofrs. Richardson
Escaped convict Bechtel captured near Dripping Springs
June 2 report from Siloam Springs says life term fugitive Lewis Bechtel was captured alive near a farm at Dripping Springs by Deputy Floyd Glenn of Delaware County Arkansas. Bechtel offered no resistance as lawmen closed in on two accomplices amid a gunfight with a speeding truck. Eleven men escaped from Kansas State Prison Tuesday in a four state crime spree, firing at the truck in an attempted gasoline stop for a stolen car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siloam Springs
Lewis Bechtel
Kansas
Dripping Springs
Floyd Glenn
Delaware County
Ark
Bechtel
Here
Roosevelt Seeks Republican For London Economic Conference
In Beverly Hills Mr. Roosevelt for six weeks hunted a Republican to place at the economic conference in London. He found Senator Jim Couzens of Detroit who admitted to Stagner with corn planting. Bribery seemed needed to recruit a writer for the party, and they depart with high hopes hoping to do more than greet the king during the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly ‘Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
London
Jim" Couzens
Detroit
Stagner
Fire Breaks Out Nearby Church During Sermon in Owensville
In Owensville Indiana the fire bell rang during a sermon on Hell by the Rev. D R Thomas. The congregation rushed out to find a residence a few doors from the church engulfed in flames. Frank Frazier has returned home from Excelsior Springs Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Ind
D. R. Thomas
Over 100 Enrolled in Vacation Bible School
More than one hundred children have enrolled in the Union Daily Vacation Bible School with further signups at Sunday school. The program runs June 12 to 30 with classes for younger children at the United Presbyterian church and older kids at the Methodist church. Pupils attend at the Y swimming pool and transportation for rural children is being arranged, announced by general chairman Rev. D. C. Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Baptist
Christian
Methodist
United Presbyterian
United Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Daily Vacation Bible School
Rey. D. C. Fulton
Honors Students Receive Diplomas in Ceremony
List of graduates including Arnold R. Anderson John W. Applegate Jr Patrick Bailey Mary Kathleen Banks and many others recognized for completing studies. Ceremony honored a large cohort of men and women with diplomas marking their academic achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold R. Anderson
John W. Applegate, Jr
Patrick Bailey
Mary Kathleen Banks
Edward R. Barker
Izola Lone Bear
Lucille P. Beenblossom
Karl A. Bevins
Gina E. Bianchi
Clyde Boice, Jr
Barbara Ruth Brooks
Violet M. Carbaugh
Mae E. Caviness
Rolla Crawford
Margaret Alyce Crayne
Edna Mae Crone
Francis R. Crone
Betty Cunningham
Donald I. Davis
Lorena S. Donaldson
Marie Donaldson i
Elizabeth Dowell
Thomas A. Duncan Lewis E. Dusenbery
Wilma Louise Ellis
Joan Kyle Fleming
Phyllis Flenner
Arlys Rose Flynn
Helen Foster
Daisy Irene Franklyn Lester I. Glick Mile Glider
Philip Goodlander Margaret Helen Griffith Holythe. Haney
Names Listed for Washington Junior College Event
A roster of individuals including Wayne Charles Brown Harvey Coulter Sdrwin Huston Griffith William S. Kyle jrant Shively McKune Washington Junior College William John Masson Mary Ellen Mickey John Corette Owen Mary Pauls Helen Martha Schoonover William James Shannon Alice Shelangoski Robert E. Stutsman Sherman B. Watson Walter W. Wells.
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Martha Ann Havel
Philip Haviland Floye Hendricks
William C. Hesseltine
Florence A. Hindahl Wilbur Lorenzo Hysell
John C. Jackson Doyle W. Jarrard
Edith BE. Jarrard Ruth BE. Johnston
Lester O. Jones
Hazel Mae Jugenheimer
Walter Jungbluth
Evelyne F. Kallous
Dolores M. Keifer Lafe T. Klopfenstein
Bernadine Koening Harold H. Kolesick
Florence Margaret Kyle James Paul Kyle Mildred Lemley Mary Juliet Lemmon
Don Little Louise F. Longwell
Loren
William John Masson
Mary Ellen Mickey John Corette Owen Mary Pauls
Helen Martha Schoonover
William James Shannon
Alice Shelangoski
Robert E. Stutsman
Sherman B. Watson
Walter W. Wells
Valedictory Address Highlights Choice and Duty
Helen Foster compare life to a stage and Portia's caskets to the three life choices. She urges self guided decisions, notes economic changes, and frames high school graduation as descent into future work and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia
Local Shriners to Meet Tuesday Night
A meeting of all the Shriners in this vicinity is called for next Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the Masonic temple. They will consider attendance at the Des Moines ceremonial with the four Iowa Shrines. Kaaba temple Davenport plans a special train to Des Moines for the event if enough Washington Shriners go. A remarkably low fare for the round trip will prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Iowa
Des Moines
Kaaba
Davenport
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Thomas
Will Wilson
Commencement Remarks Highlight Des Moines Graduates 1933
Frank Miles of Des Moines urged the 1933 Washington high school and junior college graduates to seize education opportunities. The two classes, 108 high school students and a large junior college cohort, filled the Methodist church as they heard a forceful address and witnessed a fine commencement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miles
Des Moines
Washington
Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Methodist Church
Carolyn McCleery
Fulton
Unti
John Applegate Wins Ella Griffith Scholarship
John Applegate was awarded the Ella Griffith junior college scholarship chosen by the high school faculty for integrity industry and promise for the future. E D Morrison presented the award last night providing one year of college study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Applegate
Ella Griffith
E. D. Morrison
John
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U. S
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Mr Saige
Fred Macey
Richland
Merle Watters
James C. Farrington
Haskins
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Max CC. Fuller
Wellman
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Kenneth Earl Watson
West Chester
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Francis Basehnagel
Riverside
Richard Wehr
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
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Copenagen
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Mrs. Richardson
McNought Syndicate
Ine
Frank Frazier
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Hortense J. Perry
Dorothy Polis Maxwell K. Raymond
Martha L. Reister Mary Elizabeth Rickey
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Helen H. Ryan
Reee T. Schilling
Marianne Schultz
Larence
Eloise
Virginia Sheetz
Cloyd C. Smith
Ruth Vesta
Speidel
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J. Thomas Stewart Firmin I
Te Bockhorst
Grace L. Thompson
Thelda R. J. Tracy
Gene F. Trask
Alice Marie Wehr Mathias Richard Weir
James C. Wells
Senora
Marie West
Edna Westen Lois Esther Wheelan
Alice M. White Stella Maxine Willits
Virgil D. Wittmer
Donald A. Woodford
Washington Junior College
BY Helen Foster
Ed Presbyterian Church
Kreisser
Thelda Tracy
Bernadine Koening
Freda Parcell
Helen Melinski
Uth Speidel
Dolores Kiefer
Gina Bianch
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Helen Maeson
Edythe Haney
Doyle Jarrard
Junior Molice
Firmin Te Bockhorst
Cloud Smith
Harold Kolesick
Tom Duncan
Virgil Witmer
Tom Stewart
Pat Bailey
Mr. Miles
J. H. Peet
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