Local News Briefs and Social Notes from Washington
Local items report Mise Iuey Alice Tally visiting in Washington and Ed Fretz of Denver leaving after a visit with the Denison family. Chooses include a arm injury from a cherry tree incident, a Pasadena Tech graduate Gordon Wiley securing work in Seattle with Boling Aircraft, and various weddings, travels, and shopping notes.
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Mise Iuey
Alice Tally
Na City
Washington
Ralston Meek
Pleasant
Fretz
Denver
Colo
Milt Denison
Pennsylvania
W. S. Reister & Son
Willard Wiley
Gordon
Pasadena Tech
Seattle
Wash
Boling Aircraft Company
Wileys
Sawhills
D. F. Macon
Iowa
Ray Box
Lyle
Cheyenne
Wyo
West
Release Carrier Pigeons Sunday at Columbus Jct
Carrier pigeons from the Rock Island Pigeon club were brought to Columbus Junction and released at eight Sunday morning. Gustaf Verhne’s birds won first, second, third, and sixteenth in the homeward flight with the fastest third at 1481 yards per minute. Other winners included Camiel Schyvens and a list of winners across multiple numbers. Birds will be taken to Washington, Iowa, for release next Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Rock Island Pigeon Club
Gustaf Verhenne
Camiel Schyvens
Eugene Delawney
Joseph Poma
Samuel Ferguson
Maurice de Smet
Victor Poma
Julius de Baker
Peter Maene
Washington
Iowa
Baseball Results Across Leagues Today's Standings
National League leaders Chicago and Cincinnati hold strong records while Philadelphia and Brooklyn trail. Yesterdays results show Brooklyn 2 St Louis 1 and Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 0 with Boston beating Pittsburgh. Today’s games include Boston at Pittsburgh and New York at Chicago among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet
Chicalgo
Louie Bane
Kaw
Poroutel
Mstmnin
Beouene
Conanauem
Gincinnati
Philadelphia
Acee Oses
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
New York
WGL Pet
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Woodcuts First Made in New England in 1669
John Foster of Dorchester Massachusetts created the region s first woodcut in 1669 marking an early colonial printmaking achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foster
Dorchester
Mass
New England
Three Wapello Robbers Sought After Store Heist
Police search for a car carrying two women and a man who robbed a Wapello store of 1300 dollars in cash a gold watch and three rings. The incident occurred this afternoon and prompted an immediate manhunt.
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Wapello
Family visits and births mark Keota weekend
Mrs Roxan Taylor, daughters Eldora Taylor and Melvina Winnen and son Clarence Taylor visited Mrs Taylor's brother Joseph Lambert in Keota. sixteen attended a Sunday family dinner. Nearby guests included Clayton Funston, Clarence McNurlen and families, Ernest Zwicki and wife from Indiana, and Melvin Flander and family welcomed a ten pound son born June 15. The Beery and Klein sisters underwent surgeries for appendicitis. Kathryn Beery in Town City hospital and Mary Isabelle Klein in Washington County hospital. John Palmer Rogers, born seven pounds six ounces, is the son of John and Mrs Rogers of Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Roxan Taylor
Eldora Taylor
Melvina Winnen
Taylor
Clarence Taylor
Joseph Lambert
Taylors
Murrey
Town
Winnen
Centerville
John Romine
Lambert
Clayton Funston
Herbert
Clarence McNurlen
Joe
Margaret
F. H. Glover
Kate Glover
Ernest Lambert
Rubio
Ernest Zwicki
Indiana
Miss Beery
University Hospital
Town City
Miss Klein
Washington County Hospital
John Rogers
Oskaloosa
John Palmer
Out of Town Registrations for M. E. Centennial
Crawfordsville reports 550 total registrations at the Methodist Centennial with many nonresidents listed. The roster includes Rev. and Mrs. O. J. Fix and numerous couples and individuals from Iowa and neighboring states, highlighting attendees from Wayland to Columbus Junction. The piece notes a newborn, the first grandchild of Rev. and Mrs. Co. R. Rogers of Keota, born June 18 in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
O. J. Fix
Ezra Wittmer
Daryl
Mary
Wayland
B. E. Horr
B. G. Hawkins
John Potter
Frank Knutsom
H. D. Henry
W. Huston
Harlan Foster
Mt. Pleasant
Sharpe
Bob
C. C. Keipen
E. J. Shook
Clarence Owens
Frank Hawkins
J. B. Pressley
T. M. Mahin
Edith Megheison
Ainsworth
W. G. Barr
Adeline
Billy
Victor
Iowa
John Buillerg
Williamsburg
J. B. Humphreys
Louise
Wyman
R. J. Turkington
Carroll Mildred
Miriam Davis
Frank McCoy
Helen
Joe
Durant
H. J. Smith
J. A. Muston
Eisa Crawford
J. R. Brown
Louise Morgan
C. D. Spangler
Robert Gillaspey
Robert Smith
Olds
Frank Macon
Clarice Meek
Arthur Atack
R. E. Shannon
A. L. Griffith
Marilyn
Leon Beatty
Dale Bower
Mary Misel
Edwin Griffith
Rupert Noonan
Robert Jamea
D. N. Anwyl
Robert Roberts
Aletha May
Beatrice Wilson
Iola Dittmer
Bern Reinier
Omar Wagner
Anwyl
Washington
Denis Jones
Shirley Jo
Neola
Albert Owens
John Williams
Margaret Williams
Ted Griffith
Whit Davis
Joseph
Ernest Jones
Columbus Junction
Bessie Lee
Columbus City
G. V. Scott
George Stephenson
Alberta Cochran
Fajirfield
James Long
Brighton
R. S. Huston
W. C. Huston
J. H. Lowe
Don
St. Charles
Gloria Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Walden Smith
Waldo
Mediapolis
Ted Maxwell
Mildred Johnson
Columbia, Mo
J. H. Cherryholmes
el Dorado
Kansas
A. RB. Hightshoe
Ottumwell
N. L. Sutherland
Dolores and
Howard
Lawrence Kansas
H. Kratter
Cedar Falls
A. J. Hout
Wheaton Hl
Louise Cochran
Lewistown Mont
W H. Brant
Marengo
M . Timmins
Yarmouth
Neola Rath
Rock Rapids
J A. Barnes
T. M. Hess
Monmouth
Opal White Dutro
Davenport
J. Jackson
Oskaloosa
Co. R. Rogers
Keote
Rea Palmer
Keota
Committee Named for Homecoming at Riverside Aug. 4
Dr. FE Blythe president of the Better Riverside club announces the Riverside homecoming committee for August 4 with A J Stransky as chairman and members J W Schrader Mr Wilkinson John Thomann and Melvin Schnoebelen. They will chair subcommittees handling celebration details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
FE. E. Blythe
Better Riverside
A. J. Stransky
J. W. Schrader
Mr. Wilkinson
John Thomann
Melvin Schnoebelen
Robert Allen Woman's Relief Corps
Masonic Hall
Relief Committee
Cloyd Cress
Ernest Salladay
Solon CCC Camp Members Visit With Home Folks
Am Knebel Walter and Harold Beranek and Sylvester Sharpe of the Solon CCC camp spent the week end here with home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Am Knebel
Walter and
Harold Beranek
Sylvester Sharpe
Solon
CCC
Warmest Day So Far as Thermometer Reaches 93
Today is the warmest day yet with the official thermometer climbing to 93 degrees this afternoon at two o'clock. Yesterday’s high was 89 and the low last night 63.
Two Die in Highway Wreck Near Tuscola Illinois
Two killed and 25 youths injured when a truck carrying a group to a farm bureau event collided with a car near Tuscola Illinois. The dead are John Gaton 22 of Salem and Ray Vandever of Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscola
Here
University of Ilinois
John Gaton
Ray Vandever
Salem
Texas Escaped Convicts Sought by Hunt County Authorities
Armed with every type of weapon, a large force of officers and guards hunted 19 escapees from Eastham State Prison Farm in Huntsville Texas. Six are reported as dangerous users. The manhunt intensified on June 23 as authorities pursued leads across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
Eastham State
Floods Swamp Western Iowa Farmlands
Western Iowa battles high Missouri river floods inundating about 2006 acres. W A Kennedy superintendent of the Lake Mantwa project estimated the extent as farmers join CCC and WPA workers to raise and strengthen dikes in Ganger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Blufes
Missouri River
W. A. Kennedy
Laka Mantwa
CCC
WPA
Hospital dismissals after ton sillectomies
At The Hospital Cart Reschley of Brighton Kenneth Paul of Olds Delbert Hesseltine of Brighton and Jesse Grout of Riverside have been dismissed following ton sillectomies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cart Reschley
Brighton
Kenneth Paul
Olds
Delbert Hesseltine
Jesse Grout
Riverside
James Helmick Enrolled in Iowa Travel Course
James B Helmick of Junction is among 19 Iowa State College students in Ames enrolled in an agricultural travel course for a summer school project. The bus with two faculty members departs Tuesday to cover 4500 miles through many states studying livestock and crop farming, experiment stations, markets, and grain exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
James B. Helmick
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
John Meyers
Gladwin
J. K. Smith
J. ©. Frizzell
Muscatine
A. T. S. Owens
Farmington
Warold McCormac
Mewhirter
Arthur Mewhirter
William Brock
Chicago
Mary Cherwinker
Local Visitors and Family News Across Iowa
Delores Ann Marshall visits her aunt Mrs. Omer Jones in Muscatine while Delores’s son David Allen and wife stay in Davenport. Visitors Mrs. John Jessup and daughters from Council Bluffs call on Rudolph Schlichter’s family. Jerry Holmes, recently at Hershey hospital Muscatine, heads home. Lee Syphrit family of West Middlesex Pa plan a visit. Mrs. Rudolph Votroubek returns to Sigourney after visiting her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
R. H. Hertzman
Davenport
Woman's Relief Corps
Robert Allen Corps
Miles Valentine
Casey
William O'Connor
Ivan Rummelhart
Frances Jean
Hilla
John Moses
Florian Swift
Montgomery Ward and Company
Oskaloosa
Charles Swift
Russell Denison
Hills
Glenn Gringer
William Dautremont
Rose Dautremont
Charles
Gerald Freund
Burlington
Henry Dautremont
Aelred Knebel
CCC
Willi
David Allen
Delores Ann Marshall
Omer Jones
Muscatine
Cedar Rivers
Council Bluffs
John Jessup
Jane
Eleanor
Mary Beth
Rudolph Schlichter
Hugh
Jesse
Newell
Jerry Holmes
Hershey Hospital
Lee Syphrit
West Middlesex
Rudolph Votroubek
Sigourney
Mrs H L McRoberts Hosts Prewedding Shower
Misses Faye Lewis and Li an Bliven entertained at a nuptial shower Monday in honor of Mrs Robert Ha at the Lewis home. Twenty were present. Mrs Allen Brook and dancer Blanch of Winfield, Fort residents here, visited theN man Brook family before being for Burbank California to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Lewis
Lian Bliven
Robert Ha
Lewis
Allen Brook
Dancer
Blanch
Winfield, Fort
N Man Brook
Burbank
Calif
Production resumes at Maytag Newton plant
Production at the Maytag washing machine plant in Newton surged as 500 workers returned to their jobs, bringing output back to full speed.
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Newton
Maytag Waing
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Port Byron
Til
Pan Kyte
Jim Campbell
Junior Redlinger
Hilton Duret
Ed Brown
Gene Tucker
Francis Mangold
Lawrence Whisler
Rob McFarlane
Arthur Atack Jr
George Means
Marjorie Means
Marguerite Hardy
Sally Mangold
Darlene VanMeter
Elizabeth Brown
Nellie Crone
Warren Stewart
Harry Ferguson
Lulu Arthur
Bernice Brown
T W. Brown
Columbus Jct
Lemmon’s
Grimes
A. Speer
A. Kl. Griffith
A. MH. Atchison
George Rudiger
Bob Noonan
George Breitenbach
Don Bell
Keoqta
M. E. Centennial
Edward Everette Horton
Lloyd Igvrhes
Kelly
The
Secret Service
the Fox
John
Brown's
State Theatre
Klein Klothing Ko
James Helmick
Junction
Duns
Attached
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Men & Boys
H. L. McRoberts
Maytag
White Palm Beach
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