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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1931
Page
5
Des Moines residents face various events and visits with many named families. Dr. George Gallup and phelia Miller near recovery while planning travel to New York. Local social life includes the Miller and Pratt families hosting visitors, the Crawfordsville alumni gathering, and a new tennis court at the country club drawing interest.
Perrin baby Ralph arrives at the home of Mr and Mrs Jess Perrin of Walonay on the 26th. Holcomb baby boy born Thursday morning to Mr and Mrs Chester Holcomb route two Washington at the Washington entity hospital. Colbourne baby boy born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Charles Colbourne, residents of the J A Marsh farm west of Insworth.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Marner of Fellman Community announce the birth of a baby boy on Thursday June 4. The parents and child are reported in good health.
Mr and Mrs Ben Bauer of south of Wellman announce the birth of their third baby son born by day June 5.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs McKinley Edwards of Well man Friday June 5 1936 or 1937 and the family celebrates the new arrival.
Mr and Mrs Charles Turner of Coppock welcome a baby daughter born Friday evening.
Mary Catharine Hochstetler born at home of Mr and Mrs Alvin Hochstetler on May 30. The family announces the arrival of the newborn girl and naming details.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Kurtz of Chicago welcome a granddaughter named Virginia Eldora born at 9 30 this morning. The telegram dated June 10 notes the baby weighs 74 pounds.
Mr and Mrs Albert Franzen announce the birth of a baby girl at Washington County Hospital on Sunday morning June 7. The infant weighs seven pounds ten ounces.
Janet Elaine Sweet born to Mr Keith Sweet and Mrs Janet Sweet in Poestay morning June 9 at Washington county hospital. The newborn weighed six pounds fourteen ounces and has been named Janet Elaine.
Miss Mabel Roth and Henry Reschley wed at noon on Thursday June 4 and travel to Niagara Falls before settling in Olds where he works as a carpenter. Miss Ann Dougall and Clement Kessel were married at St James Church Washington in a six o'clock morning ceremony followed by a two course breakfast at the Dougall home.
Thursday marked the fourth annual Rooster Day in Washington with 7,224 pounds of roosters bought at one cent above market. 169 farmers supplied fowl. total paid reached $508.16. Average rooster weight 6.05 pounds. heaviest 11 pounds raised by Mrs. R. S. Cunningham. The smallest 2.5 pounds from H. J. Hayes. a tiny bird named Washington was bought for the carnival.
Miss Vertie Kennard daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kennard Kalona and George F Scriven a pipeline worker near here wed in Davenport on June 4 Miss Kennard graduated Kalona high school and attended Washington junior college She was secretary at Washington junior high this year Meanwhile Miss Mary Eloise Rice of Muscatine married Milo Sorden at Mt Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan college chapel Sorden teaches music at Wellman and both attended Iowa Wesleyan college and Northwestern University.
Carnival company shows in Washington all week after Peoria grounds were found poor. Volunteers of America tag sale raised 87.65 dollars. Pipe Line project to finish gas lines in seven miles. New curb side house numbering system planned with black figures. Aledo visitors plan to paint house numbers. Garden department hosted a successful flower show in church basement with model tables and refreshments. Mrs. Logan shows 580 gorgeons. Mrs. Russell's roses admired. Mrs. W Scott celebrated 79th birthday with a party hosted by Miss Jorence Thomas. Alley week promotes waterfront improvements across wards. Obituary notes the death of Mrs. Adamibe, active in county food campaigns.
Miss Madyve Gleason of Washington marries Claude T. Jyurton and Miss Frances Sauner of Washington weds Severne Webber in a 12 30 Saturday ceremony at the Rock Island Christian parsonage. Both bridegrooms work for Oklahoma Contracting Co with origins in Texas and Missouri. Reverend Hollingsworth officiates.
Edward A Goeske of the Coast to Coast store and Miss Lorna Marie Hogg will wed at 9:00 Wednesday morning in Cyrus Minnesota at the bride’s mother’s home. After a honeymoon to Yellowstone Park the couple will reside here.
Air and Mrs HL H McCoy announce the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Trene to Dr Merle A Smith on Sunday June 7 in Kansas City. Dr and Mrs Smith will reside in Los Angeles where he is an intern in a hospital. Elizabeth is granddaughter of Mrs Mary McCoy and has visited Crawfordsville several times.
Announcements reveal Miss Maglena Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Morgan E Williams Welch neighborhood south of Columbus City will marry Raymond Buckingham Black son of Mr and Mrs Bernhard A Black Hartford Connecticut. Ceremony was May 80 in Washington DC. Mrs Black is a graduate of Wyman High School and a business college in Ft Madison. She has served in government in Washington. Mr Black is a graduate of Hartford High School and MIT and has worked on the U S Bureau of Standards research staff.
Mrs Louise Pickard of Pleasant Plain married Harold Hayes of Wellston in a Saturday ceremony at the Friends parsonage in Pleasant Plain. Rev Moone officiated at three o’clock. The bride, a 1928 Pleasant Plain high school graduate, later studied at Town Success Business college in Ottumwa. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hayes of Washington and farms near Wellston. they will reside there after June 21.
Miss Pauline Johnston daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Johnston of Columbus City wed Lewis Eugene Foss son of Mrs Mabel Poss of Whiting last Saturday afternoon at two o clock in Westminster Presbyterian church Des Moines officiated by Rev E G Wil.
Dr. Helen Johnson sister of the bride attended a luncheon at the Ft. Des Moines hotel. The bride, a Columbus high school graduate who studied at Drake University Des Moines and Iowa, graduated in 1930. Mr. Foss, a last year graduate of S U L, works as bookkeeper at Johnston and Wrykert garage in Columbus Junction.
On Saturday evening June 6 at 8 o'clock Miss Leona Davison and Mr Keith Murry were married at the country home of the bride's parents. The ceremony followed by a reception was attended by family and close friends.
The article recalls Coin's Financial School author as a dreamer, detailing Harvey's Monte Ne pyramid project. It covers his booklets, plans for a vast cement pyramid, funded by a twenty five cent access fee, and a personal saga including a divorce and fading resort, with hopes the project endures as a historical record.
Mr and Mrs T B Davison of east of Brighton presided over a wedding with Rev G B Heidel officiating. The bride a Brighton high school graduate, studied at Parsons College and taught in Adel where she met Mr Murry son of Mr and Mrs C Murry of Van Wert. The groom works for Town Power and Light in Adel and they will reside there.
Mauree Applegate returns from Janesville Wise to live with her parents Ma yor and Mrs. John W. Applegate for the summer. She has been appointed county supervisor of rural teachers in Rock County Wisconsin.
Gossip notes residents headed variousos trips. Mr and Mrs Mac DeLong take daughter Irene to work with L Weeden Publishing Co in Indianapolis. Miss Wanda S Spessard and Miss Lola McCabe tour the Ozarks to California planning Yellowstone and Black Hills.
Mrs. Dye and Mrs. Russell met in Portland Oregon and recall life in Washington. Dye seeks word about belongings burned in Eugene storage, while Harold and family in Oregon send greetings. Carrie Burgess and Parker family ties linked to Gladstone postmaster history. Templeton family in Portland. Geo Cook and spouse in Pocatello Idaho recover from illness and miss home.
The Washington branch elected Mrs Nora Bryson as state president at Waterloo with the local membership over two hundred. Mrs Bryson has long been active in the Washington camp. Dr and Mrs Edmond Smith visiting. Mrs Smith’s brother KR Shuman left for New York then on to Laiakie Syria to work six years as medical missionary and mission school teacher. The cottage trade school plan was abandoned due to funds. A special train carried Shriners to the Imperial Shrine Conclave at Des Moines. Mrs J McLaughlin elected second vice president of the Women’s General Missionary Society at Ft Morian Colorado. Recent weddings include Nita Wehr and Donald Ross, Mabel Morton and Lloyd Vanderham, Martha Joyce and Martin Whittaker, Nellie K E Stevens and Rev Theodore White, Ruth Lobhrer and Dewey Hess, Bessie Hovee and Harold Waxter.
Repaired soon, Mrs F A Crabb Jr of Chicago visits her mother Mrs H I Ward. Miss Blair Law earned a B S from the University of Minnesota and visits her mother Mrs Nita Law. Boyd Berds closes out stock in Grinnell with Mrs Berds and Charles. Harold Johnson, a Parsons College graduate, helps at Klein Klothing. Walter and Carl Meek and Mrs W J Scott return to Detroit after Alice Meek and G W Manussier wedding. Mrs T A Michels and Mrs LeRoy Tripp attend the P E O convention in Grinnell. Tripp visits from Sioux City. Mrs Karl Michels of Muscatine cares for the Michels girls. Ralph Palmer recovers from recent surgery in Rochester. A primary road west of Muscatine gains O K from the board, running through Nichols, Lone Tree, Riverside, Katona, Wellman, Kinross, Keswick and Thornburg to primary road 85.
William Miller Sr died Tuesday afternoon at his home four miles northeast of Washington after a period of poor health. He lived on the farm for 23 years and was 72. Funeral services were set for Thursday at L A Jones Funeral Home with burial at Big Grove.
Mrs. Margaret Harris, 62, wife of C O Harris of Keota, will be laid to rest in the Presbyterian church Wednesday at 2 30 p m. She suffered a paralytic stroke three weeks ago and died after complications from a second stroke.
Edward Gilbert George 41 of Columbus Junction died last Saturday at home after a brief influenza related heart attack. He was a Rock Island foreman but unable to work steadily this spring. Funeral services were set for Tuesday at the Presbyterian church in Columbus Junction and Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine with Odd Fellows at charge. Surviving: widow Ruth, son Barnhart Haymond age 2, brother KR A George of Philadelphia, aunt Mrs Ella Alkire of Brighton and her son Harper Alkire of Clinton and daughter Mrs C A Fostro of St Louis.
Russell Parsons and family from Veo attended the funeral for Mitchell Turner Sunday afternoon. Turner had long worked at the general store in Pleasant Plain. Services were at the home in Pleasant Plain with burial near Trenton.
Mrs. Louisa Beng Libe widow of Adam Libe died at 10 05 Tuesday night after about a week's illness. She was 75 years old and had lived in the Washington community for 69 years. Funeral services were held from Sherman's funeral home Thursday afternoon. She married Adam Libe at age 17. Surviving children include John William Libe Washington Mary Christina Smith deceased Mrs Frank Mayhew Washington Charles Edgar Libe Washington Mrs Fred Ingham Amarillo Texas Teddy Libe deceased and Roy Adam Libe Carrollton Mo.
Funeral services for Mrs Lon Swank 40 formerly Miss Mabel Helmick of Columbus Junction were to be held at the Columbus City Methodist church at two o clock Tuesday afternoon Burial was to be in the Columbus City cemetery She died Sunday after a brief illness She was a graduate of Columbus high school and of Iowa State College Armes Surviving are her husband and a five year old son Roger her father and a brother James D Helmick both of Columbus Junction
Many locals recall Mrs. Plo Graves Laddy who died recently in Minneapolis where she had lived for years. She was a daughter of O. H. Graves and sister of Frank Graves, born and raised here.
Crawfordsville residents M. W. Welch Scott Welch Mrs Mloyd Maxwell and Robert Shaffer attended Will Welch funeral in Bedford after his death from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 76 born in Crawfordsville son of Samuel and his wife. Survived by son Joe of Bedford and daughter Mrs Jennie Coen of Ft Collins Co. His wife died January 16 1931. He had two sisters Mrs Isaac McHenry California and Mrs J H Hull Washington and M W Welch of Crawfordsville.
Henry Wilson, 31, killed in Muscatine when a gun carried by J Leroy Mahair discharged, was interred at Columbus City cemetery after services at Fairbanks chapel Muscatine He was the son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Wilson of Muscatine born in Columbus Junction until 13 years ago World War veteran He is survived by his parents a deceased sister Mrs Alice Stelptlung.
Mrs Gailord Waymack formerly Miss Eunice Ham mer will receive her masters degree from the University of Cincinnati soon, with a specialty in art. Dr A J Laird returns to Washington after over three years away, living in Des Moines where his son David holds a solid post with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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