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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
2
Elizabeth Crabbe of Cottage Oregon and Mrs Helen Earl of Fairfield were luncheon guests yesterday of Mr and Mrs rold Johnson.
No service will be held Friday evening at the Foursquare Gospel church due to the song service at the Christian church. The notice was announced today.
Tuesday evening a lightning bolt struck a tree in the back yard of the Ted Dalton and Louis Baird homes. Sparks and red zig zags lit the air while bulbs burned out and residents felt unsettled. Mrs. Dalton witnessed the strike. Local pipes apparently grounded the bolt after it jumped the trunk. Rookery apartment residents reported a shock and a weak feeling. Mrs. Nellie Thompson and Helen head to Lawrence Kansas for the weekend. They will meet Clark Cavenee in transit from California. Mrs. Alfred C. Brown and Bob accompany them to Chillicothe Missouri to visit Mayme Perrine over the weekend.
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain addressed France by radio urging calm while emissaries go to receive Germany’s terms for an armistice. He acknowledged France’s defeat, citing too few allies, arms, and men, and lamented a lack of Sacrificial Spirit since World War I. He said the decision to seek an end to hostilities was hard but necessary as Weygand’s line at the Aisne could not hold against German pressure.
Beverly Etter of Ventura and Rosemary Gladstone of Gentry are two week guests of Barbara Etter. Others visiting include Mr. and Mrs. George Breitenbach, Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Better, Mrs. Treat, Mrs. Otto, and Phyllis Otto. Phyllis Otto plans exhibition golf in Davenport before a Milwaukee tournament. Beatrice Moore and Bea Moore travel to Wanville Texas after ten days with Charlies Harelay. Dorothy Musser and Mrs. Musser visit from Tucson en route to Iowa City then Brevik Minnesota to their summer home.
Mrs. Sidney Smith entertained today at her home on 706 8 S Marion Avenue in honor of her cousin Laura Hodgen of Kansas City Missouri. Guests included Mrs. Arthur Conrad of Wayland Mrs. Orville Dayton and Mrs. 8 J Statler. Others connected to Dutch Creek Center schoolmates Marilyn Green and Ruby Miller Galley with Hollis Galley now in South America.
Dor. Reister Bros. Fresh Eggs priced at 12c per dozen. Dr. P L Etter travels to St Louis Missouri tonight for the National Osteopathic association convention. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens of Los Angeles visit relatives in town. Stevens plans to preach Sunday at the Four Square church.
At the hospital Mrs. Wilbur Harter and infant Nancy Lee were dismissed for home on Washington route. Mrs. Warren Donaldson of Washington was discharged yesterday. Paul Montgomery Nichol and Robert Allen Nichol, sons of Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Nichol of Washington, were dismissed this morning. Mrs. Frank Longwell of Washington underwent an appendectomy this morning. Richard Pacha of Richland underwent an appendectomy this morning.
Backache leg pains and other symptoms may signal kidney trouble. Dean's Pills have helped sailors for over 40 years by aiding the kidneys and flushing wastes from the body. Seek relief now with Dean's Pills from your druggist.
Grace Hill Ladies Aid gathered in the community building for an afternoon of quilting. Thirteen members and seven children attended as Mrs. Carl Corpman led devotional reading Psalm 1 and a short story. President Mrs. H. A. Engel conducted roll. $20 pledged for church painting. wiring discussed with an electrician bid. Guests Loren Schulty and son David Lee of Chicago stayed with Leslie Dunlap family. Schulty is Mrs. Dunlap’s brother.
Washington County Dental Society heard Dr. Emory West of Des Moines at their regular monthly meeting last evening in the North Side cafe. West, an authority on inlay techniques, discussed that phase of dental work after dinner was served to the eight dentists present.
The office announces closure through June 28. Dr. P. L. Etter signs the notice, indicating limited staff availability and potential delays in communications during the period.
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