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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1939

Page

6

Wayland School News Highlights Typing Tests and Banquet

Wayland reports typing class activity for April with The Gregg Writer test details and certificates, plus a banquet for basketball letter winners. Leaders Emery Bigsti and DPD. Jones preside at Tri-County League meeting. Wayland draws against Ainsworth Tigers and hosts awards. Senior class trip plans, play rehearsals, and rural exam questions noted.

Wayland Gregg Esther Wagler Rachel Graber Marjorie Thompson Helen Martin Irene Lenhart Ladies Aid Wayland M. E. Church Emery Bigsti Wayland Community Emery Pbigsti Dpd. KE. Jones Daniel Filcher Everette Davison Douglas McClintic Rollie Williams State University of Iowa Irvin Sommer Allen Roth Willis Alliman J. C. Bilis Mr. Sanders Washington Washington Junior College Dean Meyer Thaniel Eicher Wilbert Graber Billy

Jackson Township Play Day Set for May 12 at Egypt School

Bethel May 4 Jackson township schedules Play Day at Egypt School on Friday May 12. Ruth Gideon notes staff changes with Alice Wulf to teach Jackson Center and Gideon re elected at Egypt school. Community updates include area movements and church services as residents visit and recover.

Jackson Township Egypt School Ruth Gideon Bethel Egypt Schoor Jim Havel Clive Gray Wallingford Farm Lawrence Heck Ivan Marston Gray House Marston Ray Lambert Charley Sojka Grand Prairie School Jackson Center Wilson Martin Granger Tommy Bowden Kirksville Harry Dye Washington Wilbur McClelland J. Wolfe Charley Horak Norma Frank Hirka Riverside Alice Wulf Egypt Christian Endeavors

Local Bus and Limited Train Schedules Listed

Eastbound Kaness City to Davenport departs at 6 14 p m. Southwest Limited No 26 departs at 3 0 a m. Nos 3 and 8 run daily except Sunday. Burlington Trailways Westbound service Chicago to Omaha departs from Washington at 8 57 am and 7 68 pm. Tickets sold at Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square with through trip options nationwide. Agent Al Cantoni.

Washington California Golden State P&p. Kr.rk. CO Davenport Kansas City Southwest Limited Kaness City-Davenport W. Co, Bell Burlington Omaha Chicago Candy Kitchen North Side Square Cvar AL Cantoni

Meeting at the church and local social notices

The church met Tuesday evening. Mrs. Robeson is ill at her Cotter home. Bethel had ten delegates at the State Sunday school convention in Washington last week. Several others joined in evening sessions. Mr and Mrs Mae Wallace John and Jane Walker and Doris of Ainsworth and Mrs O J Rice and Elma of Washington visited Sunday afternoon.

Bethel Washington Mae Wallace John Jane Walker Doris Ainsworth O. J. Rice Elma Jessie Crandall Charles Myr and Lenard Bridges Stan

Vegetarian vs Meat Eaters Debate Ends Without Clear Victory

An old New York Herald Tribune reflection notes that clashes between opposing theories often yield no winner. It cites rounders and rake hells living long lives and suggests vegetarians and meat-eaters have made little progress, leaving both sides at a stalemate.

Rounders Rakehells New York Herald-Tribune

Oldest Living Things Sequoias Reach Ancient Age

Sequoias are noted as the oldest living organisms with some trees in California traced to events 2000 years before Christ, surviving from a time when plants and animals were much larger.

California

West Chester Seniors Stage Por Pete's Sake Play

West Chester May 34 seniors present class play Por Pete's Sake Friday night. Plot follows Peter Pepperdine disguising as a butler to spy on loves while Aunt tours Palestine and foes plot. Cast features Pepperdine Luers Jackson Stout and others. Also seniors host wiener roast and Junior Senior Banquet with blue and gold decor and school day theme.

West Chester Pete Peter Pepperdine Palestine Peter Hill Gardner Magesy Sarah Pepperdine Jean Luers Jasmine Jackson Florence Stout Cleero Murgelthorpe Shirley Statler Bob Scranton Hill Bradshaw Kob Hotle Thorndyke Murgelthorpe Clyde Griggs Georgiana Clarkston Betty Bell Nadine Clarkston Doris Sherman Peggy Clarkston Lucille Robertson Malvina Potts Betty Leet

Senior Class Program Highlights At Local School

Flor ence Stout presents works including Impossibilities of the Grade School by Leo Palmer Impossibilities of the High School by Bob Hotle and Impossibilities of the Wide World by Mr Calkins A junior trio Betty Leet Wanda Smith Ruth Stout with Dorothy Ferguson accompanied closes the show Other seniors include Bob Hotle Lucille Robertson Betty Reif Doris Sherman Jean Luers Florence Stout Clyde Griggs Shirley Statler and others Junior list includes Betty weet Betty Statley Dorothy Ferguson Lois Wright Ferne Carr Ruth Stout Wanda Smith Willard Palmer Bob Pearson Bert Poore Billy Dusenfery and more Social visits noted with Mrs Jessie Crandall and families and neighbors

Florence Stout Leo Palmer Bob Hotle Mr. Calkins Betty Leet Wanda Smith Ruth Stout Dorothy Ferguson I’m Missouri Bob Scranton Lucille Robertson Betty Reif Doris Sherman Jean Luers Clyde Griggs Shirley Statler Billy van Sickle Orin Carr Ralph Wadell Louis Janecek Elwood Kleese Betty Weet Betty Statley Lois Wright Ferne Carr Willard Palmer Bob Pearson Bert Poore Billy Dusenfery

Verdi News Briefs Record Local Visits

Mrs Elmer Bush of Kalona visited the James Baird home in Verdi. Mr and Mrs Vern Spear and son Dick of Fairfield spent Sunday with J H Rittenhouse and family.

F. J. Longer Verdi Elmer Bush Kalona James Baird Vern Spear Fairfield J. H. Baird Raymond Rittenhouse

Preservation Rule Shields Hildesheim Homes From Modernization

Old houses in Hildesheim Germany cannot be altered by owners without good cause gevving harmony with the past. The rule aims to protect architectural integrity as a tourist draw.

Hildesheim Germany

King of Kings screening at no charge nightly May 7 to May 13

Cecil B. DeMille presents the epic King of Kings in a 2 percent million dollar production featuring 1000 scenes and 5000 people. The two hour exhibition runs nightly at 7 30 with a free will offering after viewing. No admission charge.

Cecil B. DeMille

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Wayland School News Swisher Richard Sodergren Tommy Wenger Jones Ellis Crawfordsville Yarmouth Martin of Cotter Harry Jackson Ainsworth Tigers Supt Rauscher Daniel Eicher Ficher Sodergren Eieber Williams Mt. Pleasant Keokuk Fort Madison State Hospital Mt Pleasant Government Dam State Penitentiary Lenhart Miss Drake Ames James Davis Town State College Er. Macthau Supt. Ellis Parker Westphal OR. P S. Iowa Official Washington Directory Optometrists Lemmon John W. Lemmon East Side Square Martha Foster Harriet Coulter Harold Putnaw Marion George County Lester B. Krabi Kyle Ned Morrow Harve P. Wilson Fred Bauer Chiropractors Chas, OC Court House A. C. Peterson Second Ave Iowa O. F. Boller State Bank Corner Washington St Theodore B. Bailey Loan & Trust Washington Independent School District A. Ralston Harland W. Mead George Mields Ethel McCreedy Glenn Mace Halph W. Thompson P. L. Etter T. J. Pease A. E B. Atchison W. Tucker Jones Funeral Home East Main St Seherman's Funeral Home West Main St Lemley & Yard General Insurance East Main Street W. Livingston Officers Lloyd Lytle W. H. Fulton B. F. Mitch Henry Bailey P. L. Jordan J. O Walter Kiesey Mark Pratt City Fire C. C Duooogoe Cms Co EB. Lemley Kyle Park Marian Batley J. ™ Lemmon Lester H. Orr F. Boller J. H. Squire Will Dupule W. Carl Hedges Fred Reid City Library Eva Denny Homer Stephen Eveready Plumbing Lowe The Washington Dairy Washington Lodge No A .F A. M Kay Coz W. M A. W. Yard Golden State Limited Californian Knoxvill L. Goods C. F. Anderson Dixie Dugan By Striebel & Mevoy Timothy Churchill Downs Derby, Ware Louisville, Ky West Chester School News John Boliver Elwood Kleese Dupont Darby Prompter Mers Orin Carry Cie Montgomery Ward
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