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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1944

Page

8

Gypsies, weddings, and a farewell in Riverside notices

A column recalls gypsies in town who were detained by the mayor, a Washington couple traveling to Evanston for a Keeley family wedding anniversary, and visits by Joan Corcoran and Patricia Gallup in Princeton and Washington, plus a note on a Memorial Day style picnic and a church tale from readers. The section also notes Captain William Adams’s WWII surrender story and hometown obituaries of Dorothy Maxine Chabal and others with detailed family ties in Kalona Riverside and Iowa City.

Joan Keeley Corcoran Patricia Washington DD. C Evanston Keeley and Beer Homes W. M. Keeley Patty Walter Scott Camp Polk Louisiana Mamie S. Scott Iowa City Riverside United States Army Scott A. J. Stransky Hanford Stransky Patricia Mougin

Passports and family visits span Iowa towns

Dorothy Sehneider visits Ottumwa at her father Cornelius Sehneider's home while Adrian Dautre mont trains at Farragut Idaho after enlisting in the Navy. The Ford family reunion at Riverside gathers many relatives including S F Walker, Irvin and Earl Ott, Harley Ford, and others. A farewell dinner for Dick Conklin of Lisbon ends the report.

Fly Dubuque Dorothy Sehneider Ottumwa Cornelius W. Sehneider Adrian Dautremont Gae Patricia Cedar Rapids C. V. Dautremont Adrian United States Navy Farragut Idaho Ford FE. W. Ford E. W. Ford Riverside S. F. Walker Comstock Minn Irvin Ford Earl Ott Chicago Harley Ford Bemidji George Miller Moline, Jr Roy Alt Cloe Iowa City Daisy Pickett Philadelphia J. M. Kilroe R. Feldman Kalona Anna Younkin

Funeral services for Dorothy Chabal held in Riverside

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Trinity Methodist Church Riverside for Dorothy Maxine Chabal 11 month old daughter of Lloyd and Clara Sharp Chabal. Rev. Fred Miller conducted the service. Casket bearers were Jean.

Joan Kern Alberta Kleppfer Gertrude Wenney Dorothy Muller Sharon Hill Kalona Dorothy Maxine Chabal Lloyd and Clara Sharp Chabal Mercy Hospital Iowa City Trinity Methodist Church of Riverside Rosebud Royal Neighbors of America Ardell Chabal Emery Sharp Johannah Maxwell Walter Lemley Marion Iowa Ameal Chabal Adolph Votruba Dorothy Lucille Washington Clyde Cox Elias Walters Joseph Schulze Bert Griffith John J. Miller F. J. Bontrager Leroy Miller Homer’ Jackson Richard Shetler Robert Joseph Fisher Fay Boone George Maxwell Jake Speas Linus Patterson Bert Theresa Waldschmidt Joseph Fecker Trinity Methodist Church Lloyd Fred Miller Washinton

Three Men Meet At Bougainville for Visit About Home

A column from Columbus Junction Iowa details visits and homelife during a wartime leave. Sgt James Helmick Harry McBride Ph M 26 and Donald Rutt Ph M 3e plus Pvt Richard Houseal of this place gather at Bougainville. Other notes cover promotions transfers and local births.

Bougainville Ry Martha Butler Columbus Junction James B. Helmick Harry E. McBride Donald Rutt Richard M. Houseal James Hoben John Bell Chanttauqua Park Lee Colton Gene Duncan Russell Cottdna Charles van Auken LeRoy Heither Calvin Peters Camp Dodge Army James Allen, Jr Columbus Oho C. Gentzler Lee Syphrit West Middlesex J. T. Hooer New Wilmington J. B. Lukins Lester Holmes Phoenix Ariz Linda Kay Holmes Betty Edmondson Robert W. Rock Edna Enslin Fort George Wright

Brighton Visitors and Local Social Run June Week

June 21 report from Brighton notes Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Savace visiting Washington on Friday. Detroit guests Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Turnipseed vacationing with Lestie Turnipseed. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones also Washington callers Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Roman Borkoski were Keota callers Thursday afternoon.

Predy A. Borkoski Brighton Wayne Savace Washington Lynn Turnipseed Detroit Mich Lestie

Indian wartime supplies aid war effort in 1942

In 1942 beef fish poultry cereals and vegetables credited to Indian sources were valued at 21 million dollars. Indians supplied wool sufficient for uniforms for 19 000 soldiers, more than a division.

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