Review of the Week's News Week's News Overview
Mittie Lou Lee leads the Red Heart tag day for Volunteers of America aiding destitute mothers and children. Local contest participants excel in state music events with multiple top ratings and several prize winners. Fort Lewis deployed serviceman T/5 Robert Galloway returns on furlough to visit family. Various local residents attend conventions, visits, and travel, with social gatherings noted among area families and visitors.
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Mittie Lou Lee
Volunteers of America
Do Ald
Lidvil Fritz
Washington area notes from a busy Saturday
Margaret Yansky and Raymond Flake wed at St Marys Lone Tree nurse joins Washington hospital staff. County federation convention at Methodist church election of new county chairman. Tax protest meeting nine taxpayers attend. Rainfall heavy 1.36 inches flooding basements. Several teaching contracts approved for Lincoln school. Local social and civic events fill day from pinochle club to weddings to club meetings.
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Margaret Luella Yansky
Raymond C. Flake
Lone Tree
St. Mary’s Church
Washington Hospital
Hospital and community notices from Washington area
Admissions and births listed for Wendell Hughes Hospital including Mr and Mrs Crandall with a daughter born yesterday at 2:29 am and Mr and Mrs Patterson with a daughter born at 10:40 am. Dismissals and admissions for various residents and visitors with multiple addresses across Wellman Riverside Iowa City Washington Pleasant Plain Keota and other towns.
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Wendell Hughes
Washington
Richard Gallagher
Route Three
Winifred Hotle
West Chester
David Earl Morgan
Brighton
Nels B. Westermark
Iowa Avenue
Carolyn Hamilton
E. Mainstreet
William Crandall
E. Third Street
Harold Patterson
Emery Hartzler
Wellman
John J. Miller
Riverside
John Knepp
Iowa City
Joe Gingerich
Local notes mix of home purchases and community events
Ina McDowell buys a West Main street home from the Connors. The Bible department at Fortnightly Club donates Gideon Bibles to the Washington hotel. Debates, music plans, farm meetings, property sales, and local goings on fill the column with several residents traveling and others purchasing or remodeling homes.
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Ina McDowell
West Main Street
Etta
Ollie Conner
Bible Department
Washington Hotel
Gideon Society
Will of Mrs. Josephine Elder Probated with Generous Bequests
The will of Mrs. Josephine B. Elder was admitted to probate. Executors named include David R. Elder and W. Livingston. substantial gifts leave $500 to multiple institutions and individuals. Remainder goes to the Y M C A of Washington for use as the board directs, with a recommendation for building restoration. The will is dated January 21, 1947.
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Josephine B. Elder
Court House
David R. Elder
W. Livingston
Seaboard Finance Company
Marion Babcock
Gaebe
Bessie Bovee Baxter
Edith Bovee
Zaring
Ophelia Miller
Gallup
Barbara Miller Benson
Nathan Bovee
Grace Lewis
Pearl Lewis
Verna Elder
Florence A. Babcock
Hary McCall
Barbara Benson
Julia Gallup
Doris Lewis
Merrie Zaring
Jeen Bovee
Henry Russell Bovee
Edwin Bovee
Alec Miller Gallup
George H. Gallup, Jr
Howard Henry Baxter
G. Franklin Zaring
John Zaring
Washington
Board of Directors
Missionary leads interchurch Sunday schools in Mahaska county
Rev. Jacob DeKoning of the American Sunday School Union organized the Eur Eka union Sunday school and a Sunday school in Mahaska county. Dr. George Kerr announced plans for a cooperative vacation church school program for June 2015 and chairs a Washington Ministerial Association committee with five local churches participating.
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Jacob DeKoning
The
American Sunday School Union
Eureka Union Union
Mahaska County
George Kerr
Washington Ministerial Association
Magnolia blooms spark town memory and events
Mrs Marsh Bailey’s magnolia tree on the west lawn is in full bloom. Four PTA groups held a joint meeting at Lincoln school with Mrs L S Mumford, state PTA president, as guest speaker. Pupils performed musical numbers before the talk. Washington Chamber of Commerce plans a ten acre corn yield contest in the county, chaired by Charles Kennedy. Marion Griffin opens a Standard Oil station on North Marion avenue opposite the Methodist church. Mrs George Birney, March of Dimes chair, reports the county’s polio drive raised 354.19 this year.
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Lincoln School
L. S. Mumford
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Charles Kennedy
Agriculture Committee
Marion Griffin
Courtesy Corner
Standard Oil
Marion Avenue
Methodist
George Birney
March of Dimes
Couple Anna Gowey and Max Bales Wed in Pleasant Plain
Anna Marie Gowey of Pleasant Plain and Max Bales of Hopkington wed Thursday evening at Friendshuren Pleasant Plain. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Ira Gastman and Rothschild who hosted a dinner for store staff and husbands at the Pines.
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Steve Rodjenovich
Steven
Joel Michael
Minneapolis
Iva Bales
Max Bales
Marie Gowey
Anna Marie Gowey
Pleasant Plain
Hopkington
Ira Bales
Washington
Friendshuren
Ira Gastman
Rothschild
the Pines
Margie Jackson
Deaths of the Week Mrs Carkuff of Miltonvale
Mrs W L Carkuff formerly Hattie Hotle died at her home in Miltonvale Kansas. She was raised in Dutch Creek community. W C Hotle and Mrs Elsie Libe of Washington are siblings. Rev Carkuff died in 1941.
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California
Elwyn Booth
Encinitas
Willis Booth
San Diego
Willis
W. L. Carkuff
Miltonvale
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Hattie Hotle
Dutch Creek
W. C. Hotle
Elsie Libe
Washington
Harlan Cummings Dies After Illness at 80
Harlan Cummings 80 of Noble died at home after a two week critical illness. He was survived by his daughter Mrs. Rex Swain. Burial was at Center near Wayland.
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Harlan Cummings
Rex Swain
Wayland
Brighton Woman Mrs Earl Hoover Dies at Waterloo Hospital
Mrs Earl Hoover of Brighton died at Waterloo hospital where she had been a patient since February 14. Funeral services were held in Brighton Friday afternoon.
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Earl Hoover
Brighton
Waterloo Hospital
Oscar Wolf a former Washington resident dies at home
Oscar Wolf known as Jerry and a former Washington resident died suddenly at his home in Anamosa on Monday. He had been unable to work in recent weeks. Funeral services were held in Washington on Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Oscar Wolf
Jerry
Anamosa
Margaret Hamilton 71 Dies in Washington County Hospital
Margaret Hamilton of Keola died Monday night at Washington county hospital aged 71. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Keola Federated Church. She had lived in Washington for many years and recently resided in Keola.
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Keola
Margaret Hamilton
Washington County Hospital
Albert McCullough Dies at 90 in Columbus Junction
Albert McCullough, 90, died at home in Columbus Junction after several weeks illness. Funeral services will be held at Richie Funeral Home in Columbus Junction.
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Albert McCullough
Columbus Junction
Richie
Riverside High Gains State Approval For Teaching Standards
A State Department of Public Instruction inspector evaluated Riverside high school on teaching qualifications schedules and facilities including science equipment library and maps. The visit concluded the building conditions and sanitation meet requirements, allowing accreditation benefiting seniors entering college without exams. The town also noted a 14th birthday surprise party and visits from Captain D W Helm, Lutheran chaplain, stationed in Germany, who plans a 30 day leave. Local residents Jines Dautremont and Ambrose Bopp attended with family.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Riverside High School
Riverside High
Art Teelar
Wilma
Shirley
D. W. Helm
Frankfurt
Germany
Hazel Albright
Fern Albright
Donna Helm
Albright
Charles Skubal
Iowa City
F. V. Skubal
Jines Dautremont
Ambrose Bopp
Holy Name Society officers attend Iowa City meeting
Local St Marys church leaders, president and secretary, join a gathering of Holy Name society officers in the Iowa City deanery. Nearby families hosted visits include the Krotz Chapman Elm families and relatives from Riverside Lone Tree and River Junction with updates on health and illness.
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St. Mary's Church
Iowa City
Holy Name Societies
John Wkrotz
Jake Chapman
Wellman
Donald Elbert
Lucy Schnoebelen
Osage
Elbert
Joseph Birka
Riverside
Harold Watson
River Junction
Alphonse Lear
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Lear
Lone Tree
Edward Quinlan
Anna Lear
Snake May Have Spent Winter on Bulbs in Basement
Mrs Rennie Dawson recounts finding a 15 inch snake in the basement fruit and vegetable room after Rennie opened the door. She wonders if the snake spent the winter in canna bulbs and dahlias stored in bushel baskets, leaving dirt on the roots.
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Living Lake
Mey 2
Rennie
Community notes from Homer Birney home visit and local events
Sunday visitors included Elizabeth Klein Edna Klein Jessie Klein Mrs Stella Whisler Clarice Meek and Mrs Mary Dawson. Mrs Birney rests after Mayo operation while relatives Maude and Ethel McCreedy visit. Richard Gallagher survived a car fall with a head gash and healing at home. Rain and wind delay field work as cows stay ill and oats green up amid spring chores.
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Edna
Jessie Klein
Stella Whisler
Clarice Meek
Mary Dawson
Homer Birney
Earl Galloway
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Verle Gallagher
Dorothy
Ed Gallagher
Cedar Rapids
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Rev C G McKnight Resigns Pastorate
Reverend C G McKnight resigns as pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus City to accept a call at Goldfield Wright County. He, with Mrs McKnight and son Roger, will depart the last week of May.
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Wartime Chemical Create Mild Patients Soap
A soap described as mild enough for hospitals kitchens and even as a shampoo is made from liquid fire the incendiary fuel used in flame throwers and bombs. It represents a civilian use adaptation by the army chemical corps during wartime.
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Chemical Corps
Army
Sugar Deficiency Hits Cattle. Remedy Tested
Farmers report many sick cows due to sugar deficiency in hybrid corn. A doctor uses a blood transfusion like treatment to supply sugar, followed by syrup in drinking water, and the cows recover after short time.
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