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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
5
Mrs KE L Sharpe and son Robert of Richland spent the week end with her sister Mrs Lyman Johnson and family. Mr and Mrs Dan Orendort spent Tuesday with their daughter Mrs Alvin Boshart and family.
Coppock notes report visits, illnesses and birthdays including Mr and Mrs Ronald Dold and Vivi an at Ollie and a 72nd birthday for their father. Town elections March 26 elected Mayor James Merrick and several council members with a tie broken by Arbogast.
Keota Route 2 notes a weekend visit by Everette Green family Helen and Clarence Redlinger family Roberta and Rodney. John Powell called on ill Lizzie Green. Gertrude Gretter and Tom Dwyer visited John Gretter home. Opal Meath to Washington for ill John Ramee. Wagist visited Virgil Hagist. Francis Romine served on Washington jury Tue Thu. Clark Bell and daughter Alice of Packwood visited Arthur Romine. others sowing oats and plowing. Carl Mayer and Mary Martha and Richard shopped in Washington. Junior Henderson listed as sick and out of school.
West Chester notes list Miss Esther Lindermeyer spending spring vacation at home. Mrs. Carl Walton is ill with granddaughter Lena Fellendorf helping. Mrs. Fleming and Mrs. Moothart visit Mrs. Earl Griggs. Aunt Aggie Ross travels to Chicago after sister Margaret Berend's death. Mrs. Daniels hosts guests.
Mrs. Everett Johnston ill with appendicitis. Johnstons live on the former Paul Leepers place. Leslie Gates hosts a dinner at Winga cafe and theater at the State. Various couples attend gatherings and visit relatives including the Gates and Nebergalls. A Gates funeral visit to Downey occurred Monday.
Marie G. Johnson reports a weekend visit by Miss Mary Roth of Washington to her brother A H Roth and family. Dean Sandburg, son of Florian Sandburg, suffers mumps. Lyman Johnson and family hosted visitors Marie and Velma. The Olson siblings shopped in Burlington. Noah Richard and family visited the Lyman Johnson home. Dave Schlatter and son Raymond shared Sunday dinner at the William Schlatter home. Dr C E Hunt the veterinarian stopped by Tuesday. A community sale drew many residents to Swedesburg Saturday afternoon.
Olney Hoskins marked a birthday with family in Sigourney on Sunday. Visitors included Ruth Williams and the Raldersons of Brighton, Fleming of Richland, and others. Several updates follow on club gatherings, ill health, and local visits in the area including Busy Bee club, Loyal 12, and neighbors around Woolson and Clay township.
Charles Parcell of Fairfield moves on the farm vacated by Stanley Richards. A crowded Clay church service despite sickness. Hog trade activity at Wallace Carson's and Joe Buzzard hauling fall pigs. Lawrence Rhodes starts a new milk route for Fairfield Cheese Factory. H A Woodford thanks neighbors after a social call with Wallace Carson. Cloyce Robertson involved in a late gathering.
Kalona reports results of the March 26 town election with Mayor Gordon Engstrom and council members Sam Manatt I Grady RS Fry T Y Knerr and JF O'Loughlin. treasurer V D Hochstetler. assessor F K E Bourgeois. park commissioners Alvan Niffenegger Alva M Kepler and Delmar Reece. Local moves include the Miller couple heading to Los Angeles and JF O'Loughlin purchasing Kolosick property. Shirley Boone hospital update notes appendicitis but no operation decision yet.
Cordelle H Briden reports Miss Evelyn Gingerich and Miss Marion Durst are ill with mumps. Mrs J E Wells travels to Chicago for weeks visiting friends. St Joseph Catholic Wellman members clean their church and hold services twice monthly. J W Trent and daughter Aileen are both ill with pneumonia on the Shaw farm.
West Highland notes list visits and chores including Marjorie and Lucille Coon and Darlene Krotz with Eula Mae Coon. Residents such as Lewis Coon and Delbert Holmes are mentioned with oats and hog sheds. Multiple family visits span Mexico Missouri to Cedar Rapids with Joe McCreedy and Harding families.
Sunset Mrs. Sam Baker reports on visitors and social calls across Crawfordsville and nearby towns. Many locals including the Baileys, Mast, Jones, Wilfred Smith, Schrader, and Mitchell families are noted visiting, shopping, or hosting events. The Fern Cliff 4-H club met for an all day gathering with a pot luck dinner. Ernest Baker misses days at school due to illness.
Washington callers Tuesday include Mrs Lewis Coon and daughter with Mae McCreedy and Mae Coon business calls. M J Campbells visited Will McCreedy Sunday. Joe Endicott, back from his parents, left for home Monday. Milford McCreedy welcomes an eight pound boy Wilfred Lloyd born Sunday. Miss Sarah McCreedy travels to Des Moines for State Board nursing exams. Everette Coon and Murray Lewis visited Janes Murphy near Wellman Sunday.
STRINGTOWN Mrs. Joe J. Rich reports P. R. Schantz suffered another stroke last Tuesday night and is now bedfast in a helpless condition. Local notes mention visitors, family gatherings, a birthday dinner, and a funeral in Washington. Farmers hope for rain and warmer weather.
Leona Vondrasek reports weekend visits and family gatherings across Palestine and nearby towns. Residents include Krons Von Draseks Knoteks Kloepfers and Krons along with relatives attending sales, dinners, and tractor work.
Victor Buricks hosted interactions with Miss Lorena Kron who spent the weekend at Town City. Mr and Mrs Frank Kron spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Joe Hise.
Martha Butler reports on Columbus Junction events including playground moves to the south park, sales of local property, church elections at the Presbyterian, and the PEO Sisterhood meeting. Activities span a chicken and waffle supper, a Farm Week film, and visits by residents with Easter plans and new births.
On a voyage from France to America aboard the Navarre the famed reformed thief Michael Lanyard known as the Lone Wolf encounters Maurice Parry Fay Crozier and her daughter Anno In a tense chat Maurice learns of his parentage and Lanyard warns him to stay clear of Fay while the two navigate hidden counterfeits and a concealed emerald theft amid a tense family reunion on the ship.
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