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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
7
Correspondents report visits and gatherings in Ainsworth area including Mrs. Ellis Tutterington near Ottumwa and Mrs. Luella Creitz of Colorado. Families visit, committee duties for upcoming meetings, and health notes on Mrs Rob Acheson. Mushroom hunting and local shopping trips also noted.
Rev B W Pettit of Albia visited Edgar Meyers. Earl Frey family spent Sunday at Clarence Coppock home. Peter Witting and sons carpentered for John Jones. Will McBride family and Edith visited Warren Parrow in Ainsworth. Farmers Union shipped a car load of hogs. Mrs Howard McBride and mother visited Will McBride. Marten Weston painting his house. Will Stafford visited Will Mayhew. Caroline Tucker visiting Rennie Dawson. Rob Kephart and Walter Gardner families visiting Ben Miller. Roses Benson working for Art Long this week.
Mrs. Margaret Disberry rests with daughter Mrs. C E Mumper after pneumonia scare. Mr. and Mrs. James Frain travel to Savannah to attend the national telegraphers convention from Burlington division. Harry Brinton underwent appendicitis surgery in Iowa City. wife and baby stay with relatives. Iowa Wesleyan Girls Glee club performed at M E church. High school Junior-Senior banquet featured a Japanese garden theme with elaborate decorations and a toast program led by Keith Prizer.
Ainsworth May 4 marks a church reception for the graduating Ainsworth high school class. The program includes doxology, prayers, multiple musical performances, and speeches by Dr. Alcorn Lucile Benson Howard Kite and others. Alumni, faculty, and church officials are invited to attend.
The Wyman high school baseball team defeated Washington 8 to 2 on Thursday evening at Wyman. Rain postponed Tuesday's game, and the eighth grade girls served a four course chicken dinner for teachers and Mrs. W C Allen. Mr Union and Wyman teams also noted as local visitors.
Celia Walton dies at her parents home C M Crossett after long illness at Wes Chester area. Local readers note her passing and describe her final days in the community report.
Three weeks ago Celia was brought to the Crossett home by ambulance to receive her mother's care to the end. She was a bright girl known for her school friends and later as a wife and mother respected in the community. A Chester pastor led services and a mixed quartet sang hymns before her burial at Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Bess Curl and her children visited the Will Curl home Saturday. Our farmers sheared sheep. LeRoy Rowe drove to Washington with his cousin Winnie Lothem of Muscatine who played with the orchestra there Saturday evening.
Long Tack Sam, a Shantung native, recounts famine and drought in China, describing eating tree bark and seaweed to survive. He recalls 1878 suffering, laments harsher current conditions, notes China’s WWI role, and praises the United States as America’s friend.
A brief feature from The Black and Magenta of New Concord Ohio presents a compact quip about a wise man who claimed he had no time to worry. it notes daytime busyness and nighttime sleepiness as reasons.
The article notes that only one nation cancelled its debt and mentions Edward A. Conger as an American representative. It records Mr. Sam urging Iowans to help the needy overseas out of their abundance, appealing to readers to respond to famine abroad.
The United Presbyterian at Monmouth reports the resignation of Dr W C Williamson longtime pastor of the Clarinda Iowa church. After serving 12 years he will move to his daughter Mrs Glen Soule's home and reside there following next Sabbath.
Ligmaon is highly esteemed in the church and has served as a past moderator of the general assembly, reflecting a long career of leadership and service within the denomination.
Indianola Methodist Church subscribes $2000 for relief of stricken China with more funds to follow. Simpson College graduates serve as missionaries in the famine zone and Dr. Hillman, president of Simpson College, sits on the state relief organization.
A fragment from the Tosten Transcript quotes a schoolboy line about looking at the brick side as optimism and a pianist viewing the dark side. The odd phrasing suggests a reflective snippet from a student or column.
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