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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1940

Page

3

Washington County remembers Jim Redd and community ties

The piece honors local figures, from Jim Redd’s funeral at the County Home to memories of Mose Hall and the Keeota community. It notes hospital votes, Memorial Day visits, a busy 4 H rally with 163 registrants, and ongoing civic concerns like removing an old shack on South Iowa Avenue and improving cemetery water access.

Kevenage Journal Tennyson Frank Wilson Washington Iowa Jim Redd Jim Mose Hall Journal Mose Nate Black Board of Supervisors Iowa Avenue Coppock Highway

Washington News and Community Notes C

Camp Wet onatchek trip for Gertrude Hammer ends six weeks at Powers Lake Wisconsin. Knights of Columbus elect J. M. Kelly grand knight. Rev. Arthur W. Henke earns a divinity degree and becomes Dr. Henke. Washington District Boy Scouts forms with Fred L. Stewart as chair. Five county girls graduate from hospital training school. Everett Daniels in T N T Magazine writes a bedtime story. A B K Putnam Co sends three cloth charts to Africa. Wedding announced for Lillian Brown and William Fry in Marengo Iowa. Washington Bakery closes amid price competition. Walter Wilde dies after illness. memorials to Presbyterian church. Max McCall returns from Beaver Falls. H and A Bakery opens with 6000 visitors and 1200 loaves per hour. Primary returns nominate Sweet sheriff, Ferguson supervisor, Brown recorder. Minnie Green narrowly misses 35%. Cunningham rooms contract awarded to McLellan Co. Chanticleer party hosted by James Baird with 47 guests. Washington baseball league formed with Fairfield Mt Pleasant and Brighton. Home of Will G Stewart decorated for wedding. Griffiths host Omaha guests with music. 45 attend. Pension granted to Civil War veteran via Kellogg and Purvis. New rabbitry by Charley Means with 55 Belgian hares. rapid breeder claims. Class of 1900 graduates numbered 34 at Graham Opera House. Elliot Grayson turns six with a party.

Seven Weeks News Review Highlights Local Happenings

Local churches open vacation Bible schools while a corn festival rite prompts summer corn cob pipe smoking among men. Notables include graduates, plays, weddings, reunions, and travels from Boone to Los Angeles, with marriages in Iowa and Illinois and a new skating rink planned east of town.

Barber With Full Beard Defies Notion of Style

A noted anecdote describes a barber sporting a full beard challenging conventional fashion. The account notes the barber’s brisk movements and fussy demeanor as part of his distinctive persona.

Child Killed in Field Drag Accident at Brighton

Nine year old Anna Stout, daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Stout of the Brighton community, died when she fell beneath a heavy field drag on June 2, 1920. Authorities investigate the incident and report the accident occurred on farmland near the Brighton area.

Anna Stout Amos Stout Brighton

T. J. Berdo Dies After Stroke in June 1920

Thomas J. Berdo, a retired farmer and noted public minded citizen, died June 2 1920 following a paralytic stroke. He was active in local affairs and longtime resident of the community.

T. J. Berdo Thomas J. Berdo

Program at School Seventy Five Attend Last Day Exercises

Seventy five parents and friends attended the last day of school exercises at the Little Red Brick school house with Mrs Mabel Larson Weeks teaching.

Red Brick Mabel Larson Weeks

Weather and film news from Washington

May temperatures ranged from 44.5 to 86.5 degrees with a warm spell noted. A real movie will be filmed in Washington this week and shown at the Graham theatre.

Washington Graham Theatre

Graduation Address Honors Iowa Wesleyan Connected Family

Address to the graduating class of the High School by Ce A Smith of Iowa Wesleyan College notes 64 graduates. Among them Alice Cunningham is a third generation graduate. her grandmother Alice Rogers Morton and mother Marie Morton Cunningham were also alumni in 1873 and 1892 respectively with Alice set to graduate in 1920.

Smith Iowa Wesleyan College Alice Cunningham Alice Rogers Morton Marie Morton Cunningham Alice

Eighty Year Old Class Graduates Named

Nineteen graduates from the high school this year with Roy Haya as class president and the American Beauty rose as class flower. The list includes Vera Coffman Hielen Cowden Ina Crone Wilbur Figgins Leigh Hays Grace Ingham Clare Jay Grace Jones Ruth Knaupp Roy Mayhew Alma Miller Bart Moore Howard Motts Opal Rickey Edna Rownd Louis Sampson Laura Wells Hattie Wenger and William Wylie. A Ken Hur program accompanied the ceremony.

Roy Haya Ken Hur Vera Beulah Coffman Hielen Jane Cowden Ina Crone Wilbur Victor Figgins Leigh Roy Hays Grace Edna Ingham Clare Louise Jay Grace Ruth Jones Ruth Knaupp Roy Lewis Mayhew Alma Maud Miller Bart Austin Moore Howard James Mo

New Granddaughter for Mr and Mrs Hamilton

Mr and Mrs W J Hamilton visited Crawfordsville to meet their granddaughter born June 6 1900 at the Dr C W McLaughlin home.

W. J. Hamilton Crawfordsville C. W. McLaughlin

Hospital Births and Discharges Across Washington Area

The community recorded several births and hospital discharges this week. Ralph and Edith Nelson welcomed a daughter at 1 05 am weighing six pounds eight and a half ounces. Enos Enfield and Marion Crawford welcomed or registered mothers and children undergoing medical procedures in Keota Wellman and Washington areas. Mrs Ballard and Mrs Ballard were discharged for home in Wayland and Washington route S with newborns listed. Major operations included Mrs Nichols and Mrs Roth undergoing procedures, and several tonsillectomies and appendectomies among Keota Washington Wellman and Richland residents.

Ralph Nelson Washington Lester Nichols Dan Roth Wayland Martha Sidles Charles Ballard Enos’ Enfield Wellman Anna Mae Drish Brithton Berlen Houseal Keota David Brinning Marion Crawford Harry Donaldson John Harry Harold McFarland Frances Jean Wilbur Harter Neal Whisler Brighton Charles Hallcraft Dale Gallagher Nancy Lynn Dorothy Foster Winfield Samuel Darrance E. Tharp Richland Jacob Rensberger

Deaths of the Week: James Redd and Others

James Redd a colored barber who came here about 1882 died on Saturday. Evan Sellers aged eighty six died at his home at 747 East Second street on Sunday morning. Anna Marek aged seventy five died at her home near Wellman on Monday morning.

James Redd Kentucky Sellers Evan Sellers East Second Street Anna Marek Wellman

George Wallace Veteran Assessor Dies After Stroke

George Wallace, Highland assessor for 34 years, died Wednesday at age 78 after a stroke. Also reported: Mrs. Elizabeth Raumseyer mother of Harry Kaumeeyer died Thursday morning at 72 after a stroke. Elizabeth Humphreys daughter of Griffith Humphreys died Wednesday evening after months of illness at 47. Walter B. Wilde, brother of M. R. Meek and Mrs. James Work, died Thursday in Rochester, Minnesota after an operation. funeral in Peoria, Illinois.

Walter Wilde Rochester Mr. Wilde St. Petersburg Washington George Wallace Elizabeth Raumseyer Harry Kaumeeyer Elizabeth Humphreys Griffith Humphreys Walter B. Wilde M. R. Meek James Work Mink Peoria

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