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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1945

Page

4

The Rocking Chair Brigade Fez A Night of Narrow Escape

Lt. Vida Casper writes to her parents from an evacuation hospital about a night of air raids near Berlin, describing tents hit by strafing and a close call that left her shaken yet alive while caring for German prisoners. The piece sits among community notes on local staff, readers, and wartime updates.

Vida Casper Chas. Casper Air Force Berlin Rhine

Passing Years in Washington area gatherings and notes

A collage of short items recalls community life. Louella Kerr visits Washington relatives, May events in town include graduations, dances, concerts, and a May festival. Local figures such as Mrs. Ab Anderson, Carl Hedges, and D A R regent-elects are noted along with weddings, moves, birthdays, and a fatal death in 1905.

Louella Kerr W. A. Anderson Andersen Miss Kerr Davenport Verne Kerr

Hospital Discharges and Birth Notices Summary

The list records multiple hospital discharges and admissions including Edward Campbell Wellman and Mrs Ii l Hiett. births to Mr and Mrs Marion Huisman and Mr and Mrs Harry Kuntz with weights. newborns for Lt and Mrs Roger Stannard and Mr and Mrs Joe Jordan. appendectomies for Martha Irene Whittaker and Mrs Richard White. other admissions for Carl Ward Betty Davison Ralph Thompson and Mrs Rudolph Simon and son Dale Elmer. dismissals include Zelather Taylor and Edward Campbell Wellman.

Edward Campbell Wellman II l. Hiett South Third Avenue Edwin Bailey West Washington Street Orin Wallace West Washington Street John Adams Ainsworth Spencer Reed Will Erwin North Iowa Avenue Earl Redlinger Marion Huisman North Second Avenue Harry Kuntz Route Three Joe Riordan Keota Martha Irene Whittaker Richard White Lafe Klopfenstein Zelather Taylor Madison Street Ralph Thompson Joseph H. Jones Roger Stannard Rubio Rudolph Simon Dale Elmer Riverside Meint Koehler William Dean Route One

Washington News Scattered Local Life and War Notes

Recap of residents arrivals and departures, health updates, and community events. Reports on military service, local marriages, school plans for Victory Day, church notices, and new business openings in Washington with several short local anecdotes.

Milo Phillips Ministerial Association Methodist Church Sehell

Store Closure Report for Famous Department Store

Store closed for reasons not stated. H Reinfield and Co proprietors of the Famous department store are referenced as managing the closure. Further details are unclear in the fragment.

H. Reinfield and Co

Deaths of the Week West Chester and Nearby

Death notices report a 65 year old man passing at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Annie M Bail Keller and ten sons and daughters. Other obituaries include Harlan Dean Cherryholmes 84, first wife Jennie Crooks, later Harriet Inghram, four sons and two daughters. Sophia Smith Hasty 2 dies in Janesville Wisconsin with nine sons and many daughters. Frank Haney brother, 68, and a 51 year old Ainsworth resident, John In Ainsworth, noted. Nancy Lee Lackey Shaffer widow of John Shaffer, 90, dies in Crawfordsville.

West Chester Annie M. Bail Keller Harlan Dean Cherryholmes Jennie Crooks John B. Cregg Harriet Inghram Wig Richmond Sophia Smith Hasty Eda Stumpf Janesville Wis Nancy Lee Lackey Shefffer John Shaffer Crawfordsville

Fragmentary remark on choosing clothes and Sunday plans

The text notes a tramp has the advantage of not worrying about what to wear on Sunday and discusses the ease of deciding morning attire.

Europe Fred Miller Moore Ing

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