The Rocking Chair Brigade Recollections and Obits
A weekly Washington column poems on reunions and local people. News notes include the Shuman family death in Burbank California at 79, widow Hattie Schilling’s passing, nursing student Judith Gibson, and Susie Johnson’s departure to Long Beach California. Burial plans and church events are mentioned along with community tales and memories.
Passing Years In Washington Rent House
Mr and Mrs Frank Miller rent the entire house on West Washington street formerly the H A Burrell house. It is now a duplex and the Millers have been renting the west side. Mrs Silas Ross and daughter Lucille moved to Wellman and plan to drive to California with Mr and Mrs Harold Ross. Mrs J S McElhinney works for the state relief force at Osceola Iowa. Elizabeth Sherman now located in Spencer Iowa as welfare worker. Maid Rite sandwich shop opens south of Sherman drug store. Basements flooded after 5.5 inches of rain in four days and cooler weather. A C Gingerich of Wellman plans to enlarge his turkey packing plant with new buildings soon. W A White circus clown dies in Betendorf Masonic hospital at 60. Dorothy Latchem to wed Christopher M Gronstal of Estherville June 29. Journal three quarters of a century party at the Country Club with over eighty guests. Kalona votes 20 000 bonds for school improvements. Peter Berdo suffers stroke last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Washington Street
H. A. Burrell
HAL
J. 5. McElhinney
Osceola
Iowa
Elizabeth Sherman
Spencer
20 Years Ago Move to Col o.
Mrs J F Duffy and children Julia and Carol left for Denver Colo expecting to live Mr Duffy and the boys to follow by car later. Frank Stewart dies June 16 1925 a philanthropic community minded local businessman remembered for Sunset Park vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo
J. F. Duffy
Julia
Carol
Denver
Mr. Duffy
Frank Stewart
George
Washington Illuminating Co
Sunset Park
Busy Washington Hosts Conventions And Local School Changes
Washington prepares for Epworth League and Republican County conventions this week. A temporary high school room is being prepared in the Temple building. Nar row Gauge line reports strong earnings with Norman Everson among principal stockholders. Mrs Fannie Soderstrum and Mrs Maude Stewart attend the FEO convention in Ottumwa and the Courier notes Mrs Stewart’s long service as a former treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Epworth League
Republican County Convention
Here
Burlington
Norman Everson
Fannie Soderstrum
Maude Stewart
Ottumwa
Courier
Stewart
Maude Denny
PE O
Chariton
Deaths of the Week Highlight Local Notables
Obituaries note Mrs Hattie Schilling widow of Thomas Schilling aged 84 after months of illness born in Arkansas married in 1889 one son Elmer a grandson Ralph and brother Lee Badger survive. Also listed are deaths of a former Wayland resident who co owned Snack Shack with sister Mrs Cora Widmer and a Wellman county resident aged 85 with funeral by Dr F W Eastwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Schilling
Tom Schilling
Lee Badger
Mr. Schilling
Ralph
U. S
Cora Widmer
East Wash
J. Lloyd Lewis
Eicher Church
Thomas Schilling
Arkansas
Elmer
Wayland
F. W. Eastwood
Wed
Hospital Roundup Notes Births Admissions and Surgeries
Hospital reports show multiple admissions including Mrs. Rose Skipton and Bertha Graber as medical patients. New births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Stout weighing 8 11 a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lihs weighing 7 13 ½. Several tonsillectomies and other procedures were performed for residents of Keota Ainsworth Richland and Wellman with dismissals for several patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Skipton
East
Madison Street
Taylor Stout
Hedick
Jackie Wah- Dyke
Richland
Peggy Stewart
Bill Morris
Bobby Montgomery
Keota
Bertha Graber
Washington Street
Jay Brewer
West
Meeker Hess
Robert Hamilton
Edgar Lihs
Ainsworth
Ruth Houseal
East Seventh Street
Linn Jeffries
Beatrice Replogle Huston
Catherine Hermann
Vincent Simon
Riverside
Fileen
Audrey Vitteoe
Wit and remembrances in a late 19th century column
A column recalling quips and social observations contrasts idle talk with practical matters. It notes Died: Jer in Iowa City at 65, and a former resident aged 79 in Burbank with wife and children surviving, plus a Bettendorf obituary for a well known woman linked to R H Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jer
Iowa City
Burbank
Calif
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie Schilling attract distant relatives
Out-of-town relatives attend funeral services for Mrs Hattie Schilling including George Scott of Beacon Iowa John Scott of Oskaloosa S M Delp of Rock Island and Captain C K Tucker of Waco Texas Also noted are pregnancies births and visits of relatives such as Kenneth Lee Hough at Fairfield hospital Kay Inez Pickering and more local residents visiting family and friends with updates on health and service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Schilling
George Scott
Beacon
Iowa
John Scott
Oskaloosa
S. M. Delp
Rock Island
Cloyce Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Kay Inez
Sandy Morning
Fairfield Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rocking Chair
Charlie Ragan House
Margaret
Wave
Elizabeth
Mae Rita
Davenport
Winnie
Teresa
Chicago
Josephine
Verne Pantburn
Jim
Henry
Diane
Catherine Jane van Riper
Cathy
Susan
Johnny
Mich
Hull
California
Levi N. Shuman
Dublin
Margaret K. Marshall
John William Shuman
Los Angeles
Ralph McClean Shuman
Jean
R. E. Smith
Shuman
Ida Page
O. L. Dayton
Daniel Webster
Bob Noonan
Daniel
Bob
Noah
Websters
Roosevelt
Elliott
Franklin DD. Roosevelt Jr
Ruth Church
Waterloo
Ada Dewey
Elsie Glassburner
Adel
Virginia Shannon West
Jonnie
Mary Jo West
Welcome Company
Fannie Shannon
Ralph Shannon
Methodist Church
Fred Miller
Peter Graber, Ay
Barbara Egli Graber
Navy
Trenton
Brigade
Town
Old Folks Home Association
Archie M. Euwer
Presbyterian Church
H. H. Hiett
Montgomery Ward
Mr. Hiett
A. H. Wallace
Dora Jones
Dora
Susie Johnson
Long Beach
Blanche Smith
England
South Marion Avenue
Leet
J. G. Holbert
W. Board
DA R
Jessie Stewart
Sarah Virginia Wallace
Ben Parkinson Wallace
John Evans Weih
First Presbyterian Church
Dorothy
L. H., Wallace
Carmen Bell
J. Russell Bell
Park
Tom Cantoni
Sarah K. Walker
Henderson Walker
Bettendorf
Masonic Sanitarium
Dr. Eastwood
Sadie Babcock
Charlie Doran
Philippines
Dorans
Donald
Herman
Texas
Silas Ross
Lucille
Wellman
Harold Ross
Maid Rite
Sherman Drug Store
A. C. Gingerich
Will
Dorothy Latchem
Christopher M. Gronstal
Estherville
Rollin B. Organ
Kalona
Peter Berdo
Rotarians
Helen Wilson
Elm Grove Road
W. A. Gibson
J. S. Maxwell
Maxwell
Elmrove Cemetery
South
Iowa Ave
Mrs. C. W. Stewart
Phil Vanerus
Keith Droz
Cc Ian Hamilton
Presbyterian Choir
Wellston Bank
Pss
M. P. Miller
Ben Wallace
Eureka
Presbyterian
Esther MacGugin
J. Kellogg
Anne Houdek
Dallas
County Normal Institute
U. F
Brinton
Edith Corette
Chas. Corette
Chicago School of Music
Corette
Mrs
Rank Blumenstein
Samuel Marion Johnson
Rubio
A. C. Durst
Florence Snider
George McCutcheon
Agnes Brennan McCutcheon
H. H. Reis
Ivan Marston
North Avenue B
Arnold Tucker
Brighton
Kenneth
Norman Havel
Helen Pearson Paine
Albert Zieglowsky
Percy Skubal
William Edward
George Horn
Route Three
David McCreedey
West 36Th Street
Wilmington
Del
Ward Essley
North
Iowa Avenue
Dick Davidson
North Second Avenue
Faith Bauer
West Chester
Mar‘filyn McDale
Ninth Avenue
Ronald and
Richard Stalder
Eugene Reighard
Everett Lee
Lloyd Stout
Allen Ernest
Robert Fisher
Clement Chalupa
Harold Meyer
Harry Huston
Route Four
Washington Democrat
Loafers
Levi N. Shaman
Sarah Walker
R. H. (Henderson) Walker
C. K. Tucker
Lincoln, Jr
Waco, Texas
Army Air Corps
Shirley Ann Albright
Marie Brock
Earl Hough
Lexington
Kenneth Lee
William Frye
Billy
Emily Ann
Cynthia
Martha Lois
Nashville, Tenn
Howard Crozier
Harold Guyer
J. D. Crozier
Rodney Gormley
Crozier
Wilton Webb
San Francisco
J. G.) Webb
Navy Air Corps
Ralph Scott
Washington County Hospital
Dwight Hoyle
Ruth Applegate
Davenport Hospital
Don Applegate
Howard Moffitt
Howard
Town City
E. E. Stutsman
Mary Lou Clark
Arenzville, Ill
Robert D. Clark
J. H. Wheelan
Mrs. H. S. Clark
Wheelan
Frances Falk
University Hospital
Joe Falk
Stock Yards
Philco
Guy Cole
Immanuel Lutheran Daily Vacation
Joy Harmon
Howard McCleery
Addie Harmon
Allegan, Micch
Des Moines
Lowe State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Helen Smevoy
la Crosse
Wisc
WAC
Fort George Meade
Walter Jungbluth
Kathleen
Elkhart
Ind
Marion Teetz
Carl Jungbluth
Don Welsh
Helen Jungbluth
Peter Michael
Gretchen
Galesburg
C. EB. Tucker
Waco
Claud Tucker
Carl Rothlisberger
C. J. and
Carla
Bartlesville, Okla
J. Brooks
Charles Rothlishe
Frank Meland
Rockford, Ill
C. J
Boyd
Frank
Clarence C. Lewis
Grace Elder Lewis
New Mexico
Ames
Bessie Wead
Holden
Paul Benell
Germany
New York
C. G. Marsis
Io Merchan Marines
Sgt. W. Steele, Jr
The
Marine Eg
Ruth Anderson
A. EK. Ande
Tors Ann Dowen
Guy Cowen
Chinook
Mol
Donald Beranek
H. Beranek
Knotek Bros
John Flade
Mary
J. E. Bovee
Bessie Baxter
Bayvillage
Ohio
Edith Zaring
Phillip Caldwell
Rotary Club
Robt. Stevens
Pet Tabernacle
Margaret Jungbluth Wit
Minn
Patty
Jerry
Tellin
Wis
Bert Simpson
Owen Boileau
Monagh
Blue Barrow
Charles ¢Gley
Charles
Susan Lay
Chy
Dennis
Bobby
Manchester
Jerry Carris
Shannon
Darley
Maurice Cirwin
Ve Mo
Glen Mace
Lawin
8Th Aaf
Jack Mars
State Boecant
Taylor Rush Dancing Studio
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