Local residents visit Roy Schulty home for weekend
Sunday dinner guests at the Roy Schulty residence include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullinix of Iowa City and others from Wellman Harper and Davenport. Visitors also shop in Washington while local families join relatives for weekend time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Schultty
Charles Mulinix
Iowa City
Roy Page
Harper
Harold Keetz
Keith
Well
Frank A. Wil- Mra
J. T. Schulty
Anda Schulty
Mullinix
Roy Schulty
Wilber Hysell
Janet and
Jerry
Davenport
Vera Hysell
John Simmering
Ervin
Junior
Clarence Zieglowsky
Daryl Hoyle
Janice Kay
Moline
Rock Island
Club Standings and Results of Games
Baseball standings show American League teams New York Philadelphia Boston Detroit Chicago St Louis Cleveland Washington and Pittsburgh in close races. Tuesday results include Philadelphia sweeping Boston 7-4 and 4-2 while St Louis beat Chicago 5-2 and New York defeated Washington 9-5 with several postponements and night games listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
New York
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Aig
Ieee
Philadelphia
W.L
St. Louis
Arntzen
Terry
Newhouser
Trout
W.L. Pet
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Eceushorss
Chiggroy
Brooklyn
Bithorn
Gornicki
Will Speak Tonight At Calvary Baptist Church
Rev Jacob Bernheim of Raleigh N C a Hebrew Christian speaks at Calvary Baptist Church South Second Avenue and Jefferson Street at 8 tonight on Is the End of European Jewry at Hand He is field secretary of the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America an organization seeking to witness to Christians and Jews about Jesus Christ a former business man in Chicago turned preacher Bernheim is a noted authority on Jewish affairs and a sought after speaker for conferences
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
South Second Avenue
Jefferson
The
Bernheim
Chicago
County officers attend state convention in Des Moines
Clerk of Court R R Noonan County Recorder Harriet Coulter County Treasurer Marion George and County Auditor Walter Schroeder traveled to Des Moines to attend the state convention of county officers continuing through today Thursday and Friday Court house offices will be closed tomorrow and deputies plan to attend the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Noonan
Harriet Coulter
Marion George
Walter Schroeder
Des Moines
Court House
Rainy Weather Dampens Washington County Fields
Heavy overnight rain drenched Washington County soils and cooled conditions. The skies remain overcast with cooler temperatures and a cloudy day ahead.
Washington County War Letters Chronicle Local Troops
Short excerpts from letters received from Washington County boys serving in the armed forces describe daily life, training, and distant hometown ties. The items offer a window into service experiences and the impact on families and communities back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Camp Elli ott Sailors Share War Camp Letters
A letter from the Shoe and Textile School Camp Elliott unit in San Diego describes camp life as much better than boot camp with liberty after completion. The writer recalls trips to Los Angeles including Pasadena and the Rose Bowl, Hollywood nights, and missing Ed Mick while noting their 13th wedding anniversary far from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. F, Handy, H
Sch. Bn. T. C
Camp Elliott
San Diego
California
Los Angeles
Des Moines
Pasadena
Hollywood
Kus
Mildred Westermark
Ed Mick
Diverse social visits and notices across Washington county
Sunday dinners in Moline and visits to Rock Island Davenport and Mt. Pleasant neighbors populate a page of social notes. The paper lists service members with addresses in New York Chicago Des Moines and Oregon plus a legal notice for a real estate sale in Washington County Iowa with bid options and a hearing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
Wm. Anderson
Elizabeth P. Dillon
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church of
Ottuma
Iowa
Board of Pensions and Relief of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Illinois
Conference Claimants’ Fund
William L. Clapp
William Thorne Clapp
Gladys Clapp
Hazel Siberts Griffith
Hazel Siberts
Mary E. Siberts Trust
G. F. Sigler
Elizabeth Dawson
J. M. Bratten
W. H. Stephen
L. E. Dunlap
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Washington
Washington County
Drivers license extensions tally at Kalona and Riverside
Clerks processed many licenses with 229 extensions at Kalona and 258 at the courthouse. Riverside issued 149 extensions on Monday as part of the three year renewals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Court House
Riverside
Birth and Discharges At Local Hospital
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Harry Miller 810 East Madison welcomed a daughter born at 2 15 yesterday afternoon weighing six pounds thirteen ounces. Mrs Guy Truax 608 North Ave D and Mrs A C Peterson 114 South 2nd were discharged this morning after tonsillectomies yesterday. Robert Pacha East Pleasant Plain discharged this morning. Mrs Sam Statler and son Jack of West Chester discharged this morning. Teddy Fritz 526 South Ave underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs David McCartney and Mrs Keith Smutz and daughter Caroline Marlene Ainsworth R2 were discharged yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
East Madison
Guy Truax
North Ave. D
A. C. Peterson
South 2Nd
Robert Pacha
East Pleasant Plain
Sam _ Statler
Jack
West Chester
Teddy Fritz
South Ave
David McCartney
Keith Smutz
Caroline Marlene
Ainsworth, R.2
Dedicate Service Flag at New Haven Church
The New Haven Baptist Church in West Chester held a service flag dedication by the young people's group. Arthur Gersh presided as LeRoy Seurs presented the flag and led mothers and wives to pin stars, with Seurs also singing. Rev. Arthur Peters offered a brief message about faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Young Peoples Grou
New Haven
pDicn
Country Club House Destroyed by Fire
A fire at the Highland Golf and Country club in Iowa Falls caused about 6000 in losses with 3600 insured. The blaze started in the basement toolroom where a spark ignited gasoline in a barrel. Golf equipment and personal belongings were destroyed, with only a jukebox and a few chairs saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Highland Golf and Country Club
Kihel Hobby
Swindler of Iowa Woman Sentenced in Texas
Emery Speer King was given eight years in the federal pen after pleading guilty to swindling Mrs. D. B. Flagg of Sioux City out of about 58 000 in cash and foreign bonds during a stock market confidence scheme while she visited the Rio Grande valley in 1939. Indicted in January 1941, King was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada and brought to Dallas for sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Emery Speer King
Federal
D. B. Flagg
Sioux City
Rio Grande Valley
Flagg
McAllen
King
Las Vegas
Nev
South Seventy-six Column Notes and Local Updates
Margaret Hess returns to Des Moines after cosmetology studies and will take the state board in June. Farming lags behind schedule as a hired man loses a weekend wedding day due to corn planting. Mrs Harold Gilliand visits Bloomfield relatives while Gelvin Bowen heads to California to tend property and visit his mother in Merced. Leo Shelangoski and a helper drill a well at the Clarence Aller farm last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seventy
Margaret Hess
Des Moines
G. A. Hess
Margaret
State Board
Dan Cupid
Harold Gilliand
Bloomfield
Gelvin Bowen
Jim Bowen
California
Susanville
Myrtle Bowen
Merced
Calif
Leo Shelangoski
Washington
Clarence Aller
Frankincense Trade Ties to Arabian Resin
Frankincense, a resin valued in ancient commerce, is sourced from selected trees in Arabia. The commodity fueled regional networks and long distance exchanges among traders and kingdoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Fayette Fire Destroys Stores and Library in Night Blaze
A daytime fire in Fayette Iowa destroyed three stores and the public library along with an apartment and the Fayette Telephone Exchange. Loss estimated at $50,000 with no valuables saved. The blaze began in the Grimm grocery basement at 12 15 a.m. and spread to nearby shops and the upper level. Maynard and West Union fire crews aided the seven hour effort, leaving the town without local telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Iowa
Max Shaffer
Grimm
Davis Drug Store
Maynard
West Union
Asleep at Wheel Crash Injures Newton Man
Newton police report a Rock Island man 46 named Ear C. Roff injured in a Tuesday auto-truck collision on Highway. Roff says he fell asleep at the wheel. Schultz Bakery driver Kenneth Carl Willey 37 of Des Moines escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Ear
Governor to Make Trip East Gone Ten Days
Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper will leave Friday on a 10 day trip to the east. He will attend the national governor s conference at Columbus Ohio Sunday through Wednesday then go to Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Columbus
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Boy Killed Under Wheels of Truck in Farm Yard
Seven year old Leonard Sievers, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Sievers of near Newton, was fatally injured Tuesday after falling beneath the wheels of a gasoline delivery truck in a farm yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Leonard Sievers
Walter Sievers
Newton
Local Birth and Visit Notices from East Adams Area
Mr and Mrs Daryl Leffler 1021 East Adams welcomed a son weighing seven pounds twelve ounces last evening Mrs Minnie Green visited last week at the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Sam Erwin and family of Olds Mr and Mrs R G Humston and Mrs Mae Werner have returned from a business trip to Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Meek
Jean Kennedy
Annabelle Jackson
Harvey Meek
Connie Lee Meek
Ralston Meek
Des Moines
Elizabeth
Daryl Leffler
East Adams
Minnie Green
Sam Erwin
Olds
R. G. Humston
Mae Werner
Chicago
Submarine Weather Guides North Atlantic Patrols
In gales and fogs of the North Atlantic submarines near convoys rely on near visual stealth. Escort ships use sensitive instruments to detect subs, but locating U boats remains a blindman's buff game. Rent with a classified ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Eldridge Voices Love for His Work at Y’s Men Dinner
Lt Col William G Eldridge told the Ys Men club he loves his work and soldiers, especially a plain Private Dumb-John. He explained his role as assistant G1 of the Eighth Corps and the job of placing people in their best suited and happiest postings. He praised Major Nate Young of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. G. Eldridge
Y's Men's Club
Dumb-John
Smmart
Eldridge
Washington Y's Men
Eighth Corps
Nate Young
Washington
Nephew of Mrs Stewart Killed in Airplane Crash
Cadet Robert Cooper, nephew of Mrs George Stewart of this city, was killed in an airplane crash at Hammond Louisiana. He had flown from his base Selman Field Monroe Louisiana and was completing cadet training after two years at the University of Illinois. He graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1940 and excelled in football and basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cooper
George Stewart
Cooper
Hammond
Selmanfield
Monroe
Ith
Chillicothe
University of Iinois
Army Air Corps
Advanced Navigation
Selman Field
Circle St James Church Circle Meeting Names Leaders
Alice Dempsey presided as leader of St James Church Circle at the K of C hall. Committees for the coming year were formed. A bake sale is planned for June 19 at Washington Cleaners. Mrs Van Dellerman will entertain on September 9 with assistants Mrs Alvest Kranzen and Mrs Ambrose Gefil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hio Py
epWe
St. Joseph's
St. James Church
K. of C. Hall
Alice Dempsey
Washington Cleaners
van Dvdellerman
Alvest Kranzen
Ambrose Gefil
Charlotte Longer Weds W. W. Lins in Texas
The ceremony united Charlotte Longer daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Longer and Lt. W K Lins son of Mr and Mrs Will Lins at the Methodist church in Monaham Texas on Friday June 11 Rev Williams officiated Attendants were Mr and Mrs Joe Lesch The bride wore a pastel blue street length dress and carried white flowers Lieut Lins a 1939 Ainsworth High School graduate is in the Air Corps A A B at Pyote Texas Both plan to reside in Texas after the wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Longer
Charles Longer
W .K. Lins
Will Lins
Methodist
Monaham
Texas
Wiliams
Joe Lesch
Washington Callers Report from Local Residents
Bob Fisher of Keota and Mr and Mrs Joe H Johnson of Crawfordsville were Washington callers yesterday. Cpl and Mrs Don W Bealer and daughter Dona Gaye arrived this morning from Camp Hood Texas to spend a fifteen day furlough at the W A Bealer home and with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Fisher
Keota
Joe H. Johnson
Crawfordsville
Washington
Don W. Bealer
Dona Gaye
Camp Hood
Texas
W. A. Bealer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sydney Smith
Wolf Floral CO
Rothschild’ S
Marl Scheurman
Haskins
George Staller
Frank Sweitzer
Strighton
Burlington Ordnance Plant
Robert H. Rice
Camp Lee
Virginia
Milo Sorden
Rothschild's
Washington Fruit Market
Carl Hedges
Charles Harley
Fairfield
Carl Alvin Aller
Louise
Louiston, Penn
Rothschild’s
Francis Ralston
Washington Junior College
Jack Mace
Francis
Air Corp
Estherville
Paul Fluston
Wyman
Charles
Ainsworth
John W. Jarvis
Denmark
Foss
East Main Street
Gilbert Yentes
Harry Pearson
Yentes
Cuba
Yeates
Methodist Hospital
Feoria
Tillinois
Donald
Candini
Dean
Hollingsworth
Gatehouse
Clinago
Wade
Grove
C. V. Crull
Jacob Bernheim
Raleigh, N. C
Christian Alliance of America, An
Organization of
Jesus
Christ
Israel
Sam Baker
Wessler Blacksmith Shop
Delmar Wilson
Centerville
Justin
Michael McCarthy
Bernard McCarthy
Navy Pier
Marine Corps
Cpl
Aviation Mechanic Cirricular
Richard T. Baker
North Africa
New York City
Don C. Johnston
Cc, P. T
Washington Coffee Club
P.F.C
George B. Miller
Greenville
Penn
Bernie Miller
Co. L
17Th Tr. Bn
Shenango Personnel
St. Josephs
St. Marys
Dake
the District Court of the
L. E. Dunlap, Et al
S. W. Livingston and Roberts & Roberts
Carrie Hysell
Wayne E. Wagner
U.s.cg
Cape Blanco
Sixes
Oregon
John Yousling
New Haven Church
Swindler
Warren Davis
Mres
W. H. Smart
Bill Smart
Mrs. Smart
Dad
Stewart
Circle
W. W. Lins
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