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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1931
Page
6
Local women meet Thursday to arrange a July Fourth picnic supper at the O E Babb home. They tour the dairy to view the new milking machines and see milk prepared for delivery. Mrs Palmer and daughter Wilma host refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Waters announce the marriage of their son Daryvyn Becker to Vera Davenport of Idaho Falls Idaho. The wedding occurred June 18 in Logan Utah.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 O E S regular meeting second Thursday monthly Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W I regular meeting fourth Tuesday monthly at Masonic Temple rooms Mrs Chioa Spies W P Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M regular meeting first Friday monthly Harry C Ward W M A W Yard Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 48 R A M regular meeting second Friday monthly J W Enslin HP A W Yard Secretary
Busy timetable page lists Golden State Limited No 12 Apache No 60 Local Passenger services daily except Sunday and late freight runs. East and westbound mixed trains, California passenger connections, and branch Knoxville services appear with station times and agent notes.
The Iowa White Shrine annual picnic and families will meet at the cam panile on the Ames campus Sunday June 28. Dinner at noon, then a musical program and exhibition drills. attendees to bring well filled baskets. coffee and cream by Ames shrine. ice cream for sale. Booster club meets at Sunset Park June 30 for a children's party.
The Harmony club will meet with Mrs. Join Wheel on Wednesday afternoon July 1 to discuss upcoming events and club activities.
Harmony Community club plans a July 2 meeting with Mrs Emil Fink. H H club meets with Leona Finch Thursday afternoon July 2. Roll call quotas of Lincoln. Program committee Bertha Weekly and Minnie Brown.
The Rosemary club will be entertained at Adolph Martin home Tuesday evening June 30. The Merry Makers club will meeting with Mrs. O K Scott near Wednesday July 1.
Old timers recall Jacob Rader once with William Dittmar in Washington. Rader visits daughter Mrs Hampsher and falls ill but improves. Local families, Marian Gray Anderson, the Winders and Joneses travel for camps, fairs, and Institute trips. Dorothy Baker loses tonsils at county hospital. Camp Fir honors go to Margar ite Williams cabin and Betty Mount. Gardens bloom with MR Myers delphiniums and roses. Addresses and domestic travel details fill the page.
The Knights of Columbus defer the Pleasant Plain grave decoration planned for tomorrow due to heat. J M Kelly grand knight announced the postponement. Elm Grove cemetery services at 10 30 remain as planned after the second mass at St James church.
Rockford Iowa citizens received 45 dollars from the state for burying 148 bushels of dead fish along the creek near Rockford after waste dumped into the stream killed them. The claim was approved by the state fish and game department and paid by the state board of audit.
Weather outlook for June 29 to July ? indicates warm conditions in the upper Mississippi, lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Warm in southern areas with near to above-average temperatures in the north. Cooler trends may arrive mid to late week. Scattered showers or thunderstorms confined mainly to northern areas.
Nine suspects—eight men and a woman—were detained in Cedartown Georgia after County Policeman W. J. Weston was killed and Bailiff Tom Tolbert wounded during a liquor raid. The group allegedly fired as officers halted a liquor-laden car later captured by a posse led by bloodhounds.
In Barberton on June 27, 25 people were treated for injuries after police set off tear gas mines during a communist rally of about 1,000 people. The gas spread across Lake Anna Park as Jenny Cooper of Cleveland spoke, triggering a chaotic retreat by women, children, communists, and officers.
Chicago June 27 judge Charles Glass, traveling 55 mph to reach Highwood court on time, explains he has six speeding cases in his own court awaiting him. Policeman Alfred Lindenmeyer stops him at Lake Forest curb. Judge Edwin Burgess adjourns the matter.
Ardmore Oklahoma June 27 jury deliberations in the murder case of former Deputy Sheriff William Guess continue after an apparent deadlock. The defendant is charged in the shooting of Emilio Cortes Rubio, nephew of the president of Mexico, with the jury still undecided on verdict.
A patient at University hospital Iowa City undergoes examinations for a diagnosed condition. Her daughter Miss Ana accompanies her. Other daughters Mrs J dr Warren Miss Elizabeth and Miss Jessie Klein drove to Iowa City Thursday night to visit. Washington Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society won a set of books at the state convention in Pella for doubling its attendance quota.
Abnormally warm weather grips the middle west with many towns reporting temperatures over 100 degrees. Waterloo tops at 105, Keokuk 86 in the morning heat, and several cities tally 100 or more as farmers cope with the heat through moonlight plowing and crowded pools. Authorities warn of heat prostration and drownings as deaths mount.
Management announces the Washington Cafe will close next week to speed a full repair and redecorating program. Work begins Monday and the cafe is to reopen one week later on July 6.
Verdun marks the fifteenth anniversary of the French victory in the great battle. Allied representatives attend ceremonies as readers recall the February 21 1916 bombardment that began a long siege. Casualties reach into the thousands with German losses near 700000 and French about 400000. The turning point is recalled as June 28 1916 when German troops were forced back to the gates of Verdun.
Jurors did not report at 9 a.m. to Judge John B. Ogden and remained in a crowded courthouse room to continue studying the evidence as the trial proceeds.
Jane Ethelene Carkuff Mayer died June 18 at age 76 after a long illness. Born May 5 1855 near Red Wing Minnesota she lived in Dutch Creek Washington Iowa and Seventy Six township before moving to Keota. She married John Mayer on December 29 1881 and cared for their daughter Winifred. funeral services were conducted at the Keota M E church with burial in Keota cemetery.
Raoul Walsh’s private letters show Marines and officers praising The Cock Eyed World and requesting more of the Flag and Quirt adventures. Public demand matches exhibitors notes as Women Of All Nations opens at the State on Monday and Tuesday. Walsh defends the rough leatherneck heroes as red blooded fighters who seek life and adventure.
Nancy Carroll receives a horticultural tribute as Locust Valley Dahlia Farm creates the Nancy Carroll Dahlia in Cold Spring Harbor New York. The flower will debut at New York shows this fall after the actress granted permission during the filming of Laughter with Frederic March and Frank Morgan at Paramount’s New York studio.
Miss Cora Stewart of Fort Worth Texas is visiting her sister Mrs Mary Grecian in Washington.
Des Moines faces a need to spend 1.5 to 3 million dollars to purify sewage dumped into the Des Moines river. A. H. Wicters, state sanitary engineer, said the plan would endanger Ottumwa’s water supply and warned similar risks in Marshalltown and Waterloo. He cited Lime Creek pollution from Mason City and others as the state’s worst case.
Thursday morning at St. Marys church Riverside the marriage was celebrated. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home for about twenty five relatives and friends. The bride, a St. Marys school alumna 1919, has taught in high school and earned an MA at SUS last year. The groom is a rural mail carrier.
Miss Laura Blum and Frank Chez Jr were married Tuesday at the Methodist parsonage in Iowa City. After a three course dinner at the bride’s home, a large crowd of neighbors and friends charivaried the couple about 9:30 p.m.
Miss Dorothy Allen of Richland and Bruce Eckles of Aplington were married June 15 at the Ames Presbyterian Church. Dorothy, a Pleasant Plain graduate with a home economics degree, married at 2 p m and the couple will live near Aplington. Also, Miss Margaret Archingston wed Charley Guynn, county home night watchman, at Brooklyn June 9.
Opal Dean of Columbus Junction daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Dean wed Paul Oliver Berg of Burlington at four o clock Thursday afternoon June 18 at the bride’s parents home in Columbus Junction. Mrs Berg graduated Columbus high school class of 1927 and attended Iowa State College Ames. Berg completed mechanical engineering at Iowa State College this spring.
Miss Verva Lemley daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Lemley Kalona and Verne L Arhart son of Mr and Mrs Fred Arhart Marble Rock married at six o clock last Saturday at the Little Brown church Nashua. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Benson Charles City. The bride and groom both worked for the Washington Democrat Independent before and after marriage and have returned to Washington to continue staff positions.
Shiloh reports Mrs. Bert Burger correspondent notes a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Denison at the hospital. Denison is a nephew of Mrs.
Donaldson notes Ross Van Nostrand shipped cattle Tuesday. Grandma Tucker visits the Ira Caldwell home. Mrs. John Gamble remains ill under Dr. Alcorn care. Unseasonably warm weather boosts corn growth and haymaking. Harold Snider assists with hay, Cloyce Snider helps with Fred Burger. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Westen and Edna, Walter, Everette visited Monday. Chas. Caldwell and Lester Wagner with Leo attended Eureka church children’s day. Harold and Mack Beenblossom help with Leslie Beenblossom’s day. The Ross children Dickie, Robby, and Joan had tonsils removed at the county hospital.
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