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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1938
Page
6
About 570 Iowa youths gather for the American Legion Hawkeye boys state with tents organized by city or county. They will learn municipal county and state government and participate in caucuses and petitions as convention activities unfold. Tomorrow they will go to the polls.
Dorothy Davis of Olds spends the alumni banquet week with grandparents Mr and Mrs K H Davis while her husband arrives Sunday. Aunt Mae Rees of Crawfordsville accompanies Dorothy. Harvey Davis suffers asthma complications. Salem church children’s day program delights the neighborhood. Mrs R J Turkington and daughter move to visit a sick relative in McCoon Illinois. Coon Families in Companies notes families traveling in small groups.
A Franklin County station listing shows Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M meeting on the first Friday with William Mobland as W M and A W Yard as secretary. The timetable documents daily passenger trains including No 1 Local at 11 00 pm and No 3 Golden State Limited stops at Washington for passengers, plus No 2 Local Fastbound and No 44 Californian daily stops, and Knox County branch No 430 with 9 55 am stop. Westbound Davenport to Kansas City local No 3 at 9 58 am and Southwest Limited No 265 depart, with mixed trains Nos 23 and 22 at 11 00 am and 11 45 am respectively. All trains run daily except Sunday.
Pleasant Hill reports a Father’s Day program with Rev. Bollinsky to speak next Sunday afternoon. An all day gathering and a noon basket dinner will be held at the church with various local families and residents attending. Neighbors and relatives visited, including Roy Kephart and H L Witting, with many Sunday calls and a 25th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Glenn Pratt.
Havre June 15 C K Schantz of Wayland finished erecting a large barn on the Frank Mayhew farm last week. Mr and Mrs John Zieglow and family spent Sunday evening at the Elmer Graber home. The Richer Mennonite church youth choir practiced.
Social roundups highlight visits and gatherings. Families like Wittmer, Westen, Mason, and Zieglowsky shared evenings with relatives and friends across Saturday and Sunday in the area. Iowa City trips added to the weekend’s activity.
Mr and Mrs EB A Howell of Arpin Wisconsin visited the home of Lawrence Howell and family over the weekend. The daily notes list local calls, fruit picking, and health updates including Mildred Shebeck suffering hives and Ruth Jarrard enduring poison ivy symptoms.
The United States reports receipt of two gifts totaling 4500 and an additional gift valued at 100, accepted for the university. The donations are associated with Town City, detailing the sources and purposes as presented in the record.
A three minister committee from the Fellowship of the Faith will present a petition to Dr. O. P. Latham president of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls demanding removal of the Interdenominational Community Church from the campus. The petition has 2900 signers.
Iowa City hosts the Iowa Child Development Conference June 21 to 23 with noted child authorities on the speakers list. Sessions focus on parent education and child care for all ages. A second conference on secondary education runs June 22 to 24.
Iowa City invites seventy five of the state’s top high school musicians to the University of Iowa for summer instruction. They will perform as members of an all State band orchestra and chorus. The courses directed by Professors Righter and Harold Stark run June 20 to July 22.
Pres Eugene A Gilmore notes a $2,500 permanent endowment by Mason City attorney John E K Markley to sustain the Hammond law scholarship. He adds a $100 prize for next year's essay on the origin and significance of the separate independent judiciary. The Rockefeller Foundation provides a $2,000 grant for radio research scholarships.
Des Moines reports a new attempt to settle the Maytag Cowee sewing machine strike in Sewco. John Connolly Jr. of Des Moines law firm says talks with Newton officials have begun and a contract expired May 1. He notes workers seek an immediate 10 percent raise with possible further cuts to be repaid if the company posts profits at year end.
The University of Iowa hosts the third annual physics colloquium Thursday with about 50 physicists expected to attend a three day meeting. George Stewart head of the physics department leads the event.
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