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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1930
Page
6
The Presbyterian church ladies social will meet Thursday at 2 30 with Mrs Carl Roberts noting a date change Installation of officers Also the Past Noble Grand Circle plans a card party Thursday March 6 at the I O O F hall
Knights of Columbus will meet at the hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. for Rosary services for Mrs. Buckley at Jones Funeral Parlors. Holy Name Society gathers at Jones Parlors this evening for Rosary services for Mr. Buckley.
The Regular meeting of the Royal Neighbors will be held in Modern Woodman hall Tuesday evening at 7 30. A full attendance is desired. 1412 Roland B Organ of Chicago visited the city over Sunday renewing acquaintances with friends here. Organ is in good health and busy as ever.
Parend Ross of Davenport stayed with D J Ross at South Iowa Avenue. Mr and Mrs Ed Aston on N Second Avenue welcomed a baby girl weighing nine pounds this morning. Relatives report the death of Mrs Jeanette Green of Kirkwood Illinois aged ninety, aunt to J S Green of Washington Floyd Green of Keota and Everette Green of the Lexington community.
Friends report the birth of a seven and a half pound girl named Marvis Filene to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Masters of Welington Spring on February 27. A six pound boy was born today at the county hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Maxwell. The mothers were Mary Ross and Mary Shaw respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Fledy Hamil moved from 717 East Second Street to 427 East Washington Street.
Washington Albia and Burlington share the district tourney honors as officials picked an eight player all tournament team. Fisher of Washington is listed as guard with Schach and Johnson of Burlington as forwards, Sexton of Albia center, and Crawford of Albia guard. Second team includes Peterson Burlington Lambert Albia Taylor Bloomfield Turner Washington Swisher Muscatine Korf Little and Fuhr of Washington received honorable mention.
The column lists morning travelers and visitors around Fairfield including Thelma York heading to Fairfield for business and Mayme Brown rushing to Davenport due to her sister’s illness. It notes several hospital visits, operations, and social calls among local residents and guests from Iowa City Norway Davenport Cedar Rapids and Milan Missouri.
Attendees include Mr and Mrs Mert King and daughter Ethal and Edward Halter as P J Crile, a brother of Mrs King, is laid to rest in Germanville. Local residents and relatives visit and extend condolences with family notes of travel and illness among neighbors.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa introduces a bill in the Senate proposing a $50 million appropriation to alleviate unemployment. Funds would be managed by President Hoover with oversight from the American Red Cross and the army quartermaster general. Brookhart hails Hoover as the greatest administrator of relief and cites 3,006,000 to 6,000,000 unemployed nationwide.
Ten years ago today Mr and Mrs A C Larson and daughter Marion visited Moline to see Mrs M Larson. Our window glass stock has arrived and we carry all sizes. Fresh stock of flash light batteries and latest flash lights. Top on hogs $11 40. Weather likely fair tonight and Tuesday warmer.
L F Stenberg of Washington has been appointed district agent for Washington county for the Bankers Life company. Known as Leonard, he recently left Hartz Vansen wholesale druggists after special training in life insurance. He will reside in Washington and led February sales in the Southeast district, a 26 county area.
Harvey Ollinger of Pocahontas Iowa visited at the Albert Dayton home last evening before heading to Chillicothe Missouri to enter college. Ruth Cessna of Ames will stay with Mrs Ruth H Wilson while doing extension work for the State Agricultural College. Dave McCreedy, an Iowa State Highway Commission employee at Guthrie Center, was at the Harlan McCreedy home on East Jefferson Street. Gertrude Hammers and her guest Dot Daften of Chicago spent the weekend with E B Hammer on East Main Street. Gertrude is a student at the Chicago Normal School of Physical Education.
Mr and Mrs G M Griffith and sons Junior and Allen of Iowa City were callers Sunday afternoon at the Albert Dayton home. Mrs Nicholson returned home with her daughter Mrs Schaeffer for a few days. Blanche Spevacek spent Sunday with her parents in Kalona. Mr and Mrs C M Stanton returned from Long Beach and Berkeley California where they visited their daughter Mrs C M Colvin for about seven weeks.
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