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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1942

Page

3

Get Acquainted Week Ends in Neighborhood Spirit

The Get Acquainted Week at the hospital area wraps with church services, dinners, and a garden party. Neighbors share plants and flowers, with Mrs. Bailey praised for civic generosity, while leaders Mrs. Presley and Mr. Presley coordinate plans. The week ends amid reflections on pioneer families and local social life.

Jack Presley Journal Presley Russell Goodin Templar Park Spirit Lake Mr. Goodin Guy Cole Sac City

Notable Local Lives and Wartime Notes in Washington

Community columns recount long-time residents Emma Anderson and Eliza Sweet among honored church members, announce deaths and survivors, and note visits by Federal Judge Edward Biecher. It covers home moves, hospital admissions, births, and a four-month-old adopted child as wartime stories mix with local events and notable letters from readers.

Emma Anderson Washington Grace Anderson Des Moines Cloyd Denman Hunt San Gabriel Calif Ida McCleery Long Beach Elizabeth McLaughlin Detroit Mich

Washington items span birthdays floods of news

Local notes report Ralph Scott and T. L. Brookhart back from Round Lake Wisconsin fishing trip. Mrs Carl Klein honored with a surprise birthday dinner. Cephas Dodd suffers a serious stroke. Gerald White killed in a fatal auto crash. wife Nellie Cherryholmes surviving. Washington festival canceled for lack of funds. Florence Peterson and Roger Sherman wed. George Washington pageant planned for July 27 28 under Ys Men’s club and YWCA at Case field.

George Washington Y’s Men’s Club L. B. Lupton Casefield

West Chester notices and local society items

T P Harbaugh of West Chester arrives with parents in 1856 and starts on a farm. Margery Morrow leaves eighth grade teaching for Colfax Washington. Eva Livingston writes Gospel Harmony published by Orville Eider. Mela Kos suffers fractured skull in Muscatine hand car accident. several local obituaries, moves, trainings, rainfall, and community updates across Mt Pleasant Sigourney Des Moines and Washington.

T. P. Harbaugh West Chester T. P Eva Livingston Washington Orville Eider

Deaths of the Week Readies Obituary Notes

Mrs H M Bicher widow of Henry M Bicher died Sunday after long illness at seventy five years and a local birth. Mrs Gertrude Ball White daughter of late Harrison Ball died suddenly in Peoria Sunday. husband predeceased. Mrs Henry Miller died at Elgin after long illness. two siblings here. Mrs Lou Annette Stewart mother of Mrs Clyde Kelly of Washington died at seventy seven after a hip fracture from an accident. Eliza V Sweet pioneer woman aged eighty died at niece Nora Ebner’s after five days. Perry S Marshall Brighton man aged seventy three died suddenly at home in Brighton. Rk C

Frances McKee Eicher Samuel E. McKee Judge Matchett Chicago Washington Academy Gertrude Ball White Peoria Emma Anderson Harrison Ball Eliza V. Sweet Louisa County Ainsworth Nora Ebner H. A .Strohm Washington County Elgin Strohm Henry Miller John Libe J. C. Carris Ernest Miller Carl Tacoma Wash H. E. Moody Long Beach Calif Frances McKee Richer Henry M. Bicher Ill Lou Annette Stewart Clyde Kelly Washington Richland Perry S. Marshall Brighton Rk, C

Week full of local notices and community updates

Plans for a fifth scrap rubber drive reward scheme are announced by the Chamber of Commerce. A busy week includes births, marriages, visits, church calls, detasseling work offers, military service notices, and various local social and civic events across Wellman and surrounding areas.

Chamber of Commerce

Will Marry Soon Rev Charles McCleery to wed Brighton girl

Rev Charles McCleery plans marriage to a Brighton girl before returning to Africa. They postponed the first wedding due to parental objections and will marry on his homecoming. Contained details reflect family consent issues and upcoming ceremony.

Charles McCleery Brighton Africa

Building project links depot to baggage room with roofed drive

The plan describes a double building with the depot and baggage room connected by a roofed driveway. It will be a wooden structure with a concrete foundation. Builders bought 1,000 pounds of nails from Rankin and Mauck for the project.

Milwaukee Carpenters and Builders Charley Mercer Rankin and Mauck

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rocking Chair Brigade Alee Mrs. Bailey Mrs. I. Rothschild Emma Susan van Riper Kalamazoo M.I.L South Second Ave Richer Heinrich Henry Theodore Bailey Robert Lytle Nic McCleery James Waiskamp Keokuk Russell Allbaugh Albany Mildred Guthrie J. Z. Moore Edward C. Biecher Washington, D. C Judge Bicher Carl Jungbluth, Jr Minneapolis Eather Abbey Moore Hammond Oregon Moore Fort Columbia Norman Alaska Virginia Wright Fort Lauderdale Florida J. L. Terry Mack Terry Broward County L. L. Vetter Rock Island J. M. Lord Mr. Lord Stewart Bell Carmen Leigh North Marion Donna Jean Morgan East Second Wanda McCoy South Ninth Avenue Mary Elizabeth Wells Ed Gallagher Effie Koch Keota Ernest Krantz Ronald Deane Wellman Arthur Dunbar R. J Clara Shepherd Marlen Bitting Don Watson Crawfordsville Arthur Gersh Bertha Wyant South Second Rhroaday Lydia Lutz Lou Stewart North Sixth Eugene Larry Lukavysky John Creech West Third Robert Bontracer West 17Th Orbe Daubenberger North Second Larry Lukavsky Robert Bontrager Haydn Thomas Thomas Allen Rabenold East Monroe Roy Fisher Robert Waterhouse North Avenue C Clarence Redlinger Gary Dean Robert Young North Fourth Susan Kay Stanley Mouser William James John Koch 37Th Street Miss Wright R. W. Mason Hart, Mich Nellie Wright Red Cross Ruth Keith Droz Lake Forest A. John Droz II Evanston Ralph Scott T. L. Brookhart Round Lake Wis Carl Klein Hal Cephas Dodd Gerald White Nellie Cherryholmes William Martha Dale Florence Peterson Olds Roger Sherman Europe Louis Masson London Will Graduat Nate Fields Manual Cedar Falls Mary J. Holmes Mary Holmes Lena Rivers the Fox Cora Bell Wilson The Milwaukee Railroads North Fourth Avenues A. E. Baldrige Leutenant Gidley East Washington Street Defense Gene Tucker Gene Preston Wolfe Preston Don Sherman Harold Ahrens West Main Street B. F. Bostwicket Bostwicks East Washington Martin Swift Cunningham Iowa City M. W. Bailey Bailey and Baldrige Washington Improvement League City of Marion Wilde Walter Wilde Lionel Victor Teft Norrine Schmoeller George Tree Dollie Faye van Dye Armour Giggs Democrat Mr. Mills Mills Seed Company Sam White L. D Langworthy Gors West Margery Morrow McKee Colfax B. F. Reitel Grace Hill Mela Kos Muscatine F. J. Allebach H. M. Eicher Merle Gallagher Mt. Pleasant Canada William Stewart Mary Carolyn Pomona Fred L. Stewart Faye Schoonover Methodist Hospital H. J. Schoonover Firmin TeBockhorst Camp Polk Henry TeBockhorst Sherm Wolfe W. Will Helen DeWitt Cedar Rapids James DeWitt Sigourney Wilbur Bakehouse Charles Gorton Earl May Marion Timmins U.S.C.G. Sta. Gayhead Mass Robert Nummally Podpa J. P. Thomas George Amlong Torrington Wyo Erma Thompson Davenport Anderson House Droz H. M. Bicher H. A. Strohm Bohumil Kos Otto Newell Jimmy Lorraine Virginia St. Paul, Minn H. “Duke” Woods Zilpha Walcott Iowa Marie Woods Silas Ross Woods Scott County Tribune Bettendorf News Victor Wenger Clear Lake J. T. Moore Jake Wenger Mr. Wenger Jimmy Walker Leyburn Lewis California Caureen F.A Camp Roberts Harvey Matthews Tom and Sam Tracy Cornel Bluffs John Matthews Aurora Harvey Paul McKee Chickasha, Oklo H. M. Etcher St. Paul Cladys Jehle Lone Tree Yaro L. Lasek Fort Crocket Teyas John Lasek Galveston Texas Lawrence Whisler Fort Logan Colo Colorado J. R. Myers St. Petersburg George van Gundy Teoria, Ill Beatrice Baird Mrs. W. D. Booth Luther Boilean Fort Des Moines John Brookhart Brookhart Springman Duluth Minn Ernest Wendland Helen Watertown E. J. Blatter Frost Werdland Immanual Lutheran Church East Main Street Washington Rotary Club Theodore B. Bailey Republican County Central Committee Court House Lester Hole Lexington Southwest Pacific Lafe Roger E. Miller E. D. Miller of Weilman United States Muiliiary Academy West Point John Owen Tom Gray Iowa Southern Utilities Co William Thom Charley Brown Velda Brown Dr. Ruth Church Toledo Karen Anderson Gaylord Pitts Madison Wisconsin Karen T. J. Anderson Tom Anderson A. Keith Yroz Gene Dunlap United States W. F. Bickel Navy Geo. A. Wilson Rodney Kephart State Guard Mary E. Duensing Iowa State Farm Iowa State College Ames Esther Stewart Pp. N. McKee Chickasha Okla D. H. McKee Watterloo Noah Eicher Winfield Will Eicher Til E. G. Eicher Washington, D.c Samuel Newell Tom Chambers New York City Jake Bicher Katee Mary Bicher Wayland MFE Margaret Doolittle Grand Island Nebr Joe Roth Alex Dorans
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