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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
5
Mary Manners reports a large audience gathered at United Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville on Sunday as vacation Bible school pupils presented a program. The event featured a school song "We Are Building" and included a local anecdote about social customs in Westphalia, Germany involving turnips.
A detailed roll calls County Attorney John C. Owen County Auditor Stan Klesey County Clerk R R Noovan County Engineer W P Rawn County Welfare Worker Stephen B Jonas County Recorder Harriet Coulter County Sheriff Harold Putnam County Treasurers Marion 8 George County Supt of School Lester 8 Krabill County Coroner Dr W L Kvie County Supervisors Ned Morrow Harve P Wilson Fred Bauer Washington Independent School District Superintendent F A Ralaton Dean of Junior College Harland W Mead Principal of High School cecerussional W A Erbe Principal of Junior High Miss Ethel McCreedy Principal Elementary Schools Harry Bowles B Shool Board President Richard A Stewart secretary Ralph W Thompson Harry Ramseyer A E Atchison B F Bostwick Jr Mra Charlotte Baldrige City Clerk City Treasurer City Solicitor Supt Water Lloyd Lytle W H Fulton E F Mich Henry Ballou Plant P L Jordan George Baker Chief of Police Policeman Mark Pratt City Fire Chief H H Reister Assessor A L Griffith City Health Office Councilmen At Large W B Dupuis Dr F Boller First Ward R F McFarlane Second Ward A W Yard Third Ward Clarence Jacobs Fourth Ward Harry Montgomery
The item lists a church program with prayers songs and scripture readings, notes the resignation of Mrs. Alice Hagie as assistant postmaster and her Denver move, mentions college students returning from Iowa City, a hospital transfer for Mrs. W. G. Robertson, flu illness of Jesse Raymond, a funeral attendance list, Tarkio College to award Rev. W. G. Robertson a Doctor of Divinity degree for his pastorship in Atlantic Iowa.
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