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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1946
Page
4
At the Presbyterian church a social dinner honored servicemen with a festive basement, plants and good food. Reports cover local moving plans, brides, births, funerals, renovations, and visitors including Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Miller, with recollections of Sam Hall and joyous hometown scenes.
Local items recount W A Coffman last Civil War veteran dying in Brighton at 89 near next birthday. Keith Gillespie named best county speller. Catherine Hull arrives for two week Minnesota speech pathology visit. Henrietta and Betty Startsman visiting. Mrs Adam Mayer injured by truck. hospitalized. School Supt E A Ralstone reappointed. Christmas seal drives raise 778. Hazel Conlee Rohrer divorce granted. Dunbars celebrate 56th wedding anniversary near Wellman. Mrs Jennie Jugenheimer dies after illness. Helen Squire home from Davenport for spring vacation. St Patrick themed dinner party at Dr G W Hay. Catherine Berdo Null improving. newborn baby girl. Iowa Gas and Electric upgrading old post office building East Washington.
Two sisters Minnie and Vera Wolf planned a March 14 dinner party to honor their father’s seventy fifth birthday with a carefully prepared menu and festive gathering.
Mrs. Marion Anderson Lucy Burroughs a talented musician and accomplished pianist daughter of the late Dr and Mrs J R Burroughs died in Chicago on March 14 1926 after a long illness Harold Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson won athletic honors at Ames in riding and jumping contests
Mrs. Joe Falk and Mr and Mrs Roy Foreman of West Chester received their citizenship papers on March 16. The ceremonies were conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. A new lodge of the Pythian Sisters was organized in Winfield last week by six or eight officers.
Death notices report Mrs. Curtis Peterson aged twenty six died at Washington County hospital on March 19 1926 and Mrs. William Sutherland aged 82 died March 18. Perry Jordan takes charge of the city water works plant. Hazel Siberts travels to Chicago for a three month training course. Lewis Warren, Cornell student, remains away from home as he tours Illinois with the college orchestra. Mrs Myrtle McCleary moves African curios into town business lobby. Dave S Cole ill at Brighton after long local note.
A seller offers several items at 15 cents each, proceeds going to granddaughter Myrtle Rhodes. The note mentions Henry Rhodes visiting from North Dakota, visiting his son and daughter Zora in Chicago, and references the son’s wife who died in the war.
From Washington Democrat 40 Years Ago Frank Wells becomes the new clerk. He will study the work with the aim of becoming a full fledged pharmacist. Also reports a big snow across California and New Mexico with drifting snow and a low temperature of one and a half degrees below zero.
Johnnie Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, becomes the Evening Journal reporter succeeding Bert F. Ragan who takes a several month layoff to seek health improvement in the west. Mrs George Zaring, eighty, living with her son and daughter in west Washington, fell and cut her head on furniture. J W Morton had his office repainted and cleaned and, on the first morning after, he and Jesse Ashby caught cold.
Miss Nettie Anderson entertained a group of Academy students at her home. Conversation and games furnished the evening's entertainment. Attendees included Thcia Shields Helen Lewis Ada Jenkins Ollie Maxwell Alyce Coombs Anna Wells Etta Samson and gentlemen Leigh Whitehall Clyde Boice John Springer L C Dow Jas Brookhart Edward Leicher and Walter Wilson.
A Washington woman faced rental trouble as landlord Mrs. X removed doors and windows after tenants refused to vacate. Irwin Russell sought Mayor Heath's help at nine last night, and the couple slept in the attic before moving the next day.
Discharges and admissions reported at area hospitals. A newborn girl to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ward at 2 15 this morning. seven pound eight ounce daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson at 3 30 this morning. Several surgeries including tonsillectomies and an appendectomy, with patients from Riverside Keota Brighton Harper Keswick and Crawfordsville.
Hugh H McCleery veteran of the Spanish American War and founder of the McCleery Cumming calendar factory died at 73 after a sudden hospital illness. Survived by wife Ola Hamilton McCleery son Richard daughter Carolyn McCleery Phelps five grandchildren and siblings. Also noted are deaths of a former resident son of James and Kate Miller in Dallas from kidney and heart troubles and Bert Marsh a well known Ainsworth man who died at Bettendorf Masonic Sanitarium at 69 with six children and a second wife Etta Hites.
A compiled update lists new military addresses for Caldwell Porter Witthoft and Gray, plus letters from Pfc Keith Wehr in Frankfurt and Esther and Jean Smith in Tokyo. It notes visits between families, wartime arrivals, discharges, travel to Des Moines and Des Moines area events, and community notices including church pledges and local business moves.
Edwin Waldo Ford aged 87, a Johnson County native who with his wife settled Riverside in 1887, died this week. He is survived by his wife two sons and six daughters.
A quirky passage notes a preacher’s zeal to reform groups and a renter’s eviction over a barn. Neighbors watch as tension rises and humor tempers the scene. Windsor Ad jokes about cheerful chair carriers at the Windsor Grocery, promising work and lighthearted pay.
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