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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1938
Page
3
A停azine correspondent recalls a Palm Springs stay with the Martino and Sprague families, noting a four day old marriage, home life dynamics, and local scenes. The visit highlights desert luxury, Indian land ownership, warm weather contrasts with California crowds, and curiosities like desert spiders and grape fruit interest.
The narrative describes traveling through flooded districts with washed out pavement and ruin, then reaching a sunlit town built among mountains. The area has restricted building, no two story houses, and a thriving scene with movie stars and millionaires. Temperatures reach 95 to 100, with intense sunshine and dry air. Work is scarce in the heat.
Josephine Sprague led a Girl Scouts hike while many mothers kept children home due to snakes in the desert. It is peak pest season with ants flies and gnats. hotels and stores close for Easter as winter residents dwindle from 16 000 to about 1500 year round residents remaining.
The host outlines plans for a new residence as they have waited six to eight weeks for progress. Details remain sparse but indicate ongoing preparation and anticipated milestones.
Amos and Andy visit, Andy’s wife admired home. Community church members, solicitors, and public spirited citizens donate land materials and labor for a rapidly rising Girl Scouts house. The writer desires a similar cabin for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire girls.
A tribute recalls the life of Mrs Clyde Pratt of Placentia who died recently. She was quiet and unselfish, cherished by close friends and relatives, active in W. hn. C. and many gatherings hosted with Mrs Mabel Gray. The writer expresses sorrow and gratitude for her California trip and homecoming.
A Placentia diary entry describes date palm groves near India California. It notes hand pollination five years to bear fruit and tree climbing to thin bunches. A Sun Garden shop run by C Billy Farnham sells dates and grapefruit with friendly salesmanship and hospitality.
At the hospital Saturday Mrs Vernon Witting Washington and Helen Hesseltine Brighton underwent tonsillectomies this morning. Mr and Mrs Daryl McDole are parents of a daughter born at 6 25 this morning weighing eight pounds two ounces. Monday Maxine Baker underwent a minor operation this morning. Jean Hoben Columbus Junction admitted yesterday afternoon. Mrs Miles Sherman and son were dismissed yesterday for home in Winfield. Mrs Isaac Sprague and daughter Dianna Dea dismissed yesterday morning for home in West Chester. Howard Woodford Brighton dismissed Saturday afternoon. Tuesday Admitted last evening were James Brock and Nora Mae Pross both of Washington. Robert O Connor Ainsworth underwent an appendectomy last night. Mrs Daryl MecDole and daughter Marilyn Marle were dismissed this morning. Maxine Baker was dismissed this morning.
Warren Stewart underwent a tonsillectomy this morning and was discharged from the hospital on Friday.
Mr and Mrs Charles Hays of 650 North Euclid Avenue Upland California write of enjoying California and correcting a Washington flood report They mention visits with Miss Ella Woodford in Alhambra and memories of Long Beach gatherings They note many Washington residents passing away recently and send thanks for inquiries from Washington readers
Five directors of the local Y were re-elected at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. W. R. Johnson of Davenport gave a splendid address and praised the work that had been done here.
The body of P M Powelson, missing ten weeks, was recovered from the Mississippi River above Montpelier. Other items note Lemmon honored by Phi Delta Chi at Iowa City, Memorial Day school visits by G A R members, and upcoming events including an eighth grade operetta and local moving plans.
A collection of epigrams on human behavior and social quirks. It notes how dieting ends with relapse, how shiftless people seek each other, self praise invites bragging, and preachers’ advice often becomes virtue. It observes reactions to grievances, tastes vs color, and suspicions of prejudice.
County health unit reports 25 dairies in the area after sanitation inspection. Wesley Lowry and Ivan Jarvis face fines for reckless driving. Various local events include a kindergarten rhythm band gift, new night officer Walt Kiesey, and multiple civic and school activities across Washington and surrounding towns.
May Queen Helen Wilson was chosen with Luelle Reiner as maid of honor. Attendants Patricia Ann Keeley and Tommy Stewart, with Vera Palmer as herald. D A R prize awarded to Esther Hay for eighth grade history and Henry Bailey for seventh grade compositions.
L E Maplethorpe of Wellman buys the late Fred Jardon store at auction. The new owner, a Wellman clothing merchant, will move to Washington to manage the Washington establishment.
Miss Carolyn Hamilton presented a dozen students including Farrell Young Dorothy Donaldson Elwyn Davidson Jean Hay Louise Livingston Doris Chalmers Wanda Nelswanger Cleo Coulter Mary Hunter Ruth Pierce Clarice Meek Beatrice Wallace Bertha Hay and Evelyn Eldridge in a community voice recital. Elsewhere Wilbur Miller and Rude War wired relatives from Peoria reporting a tornado devastation in Illinois and Iowa but finding shelter at a farmhouse. Captain James Norman Hall, grandson of Capt. John Alex Young, is reported as a prisoner in Germany after an air battle with three American and four German planes. OG L Peters of the YMCA board plans a public natatorium for summer use by youths three miles south of town near Leigh Wallace shack.
A group gathered at the C. G. Raguet home for spells and insights as officers labeled Ambassador of the Sun Messages from Mars Ruler of the Magnons Astarte Leith. About thirty women met at the Relief Corps rooms to make house wives for Company PD, with 25 completed and supplied with needles pins scissors and thread using blue denim bound with red and white and blue flannel.
A collection of brief maxims notes simple rules about appearances and manners. One line jokes compare carrying a gold watch, tying ribbons, and a woman correcting clothes with small fixes. The tone mirrors a light moralizing street corner reflection.
A bolt of lightning struck the telephone pole at the northeast corner of the square triggering a moment of alarm at the Journal office as readers pondered whether significant change was near.
Gertrude Thoma Golden formerly of Ainsworth died in Oklahoma City and was buried there. Mrs Hugh Thompson widow of a Washington native died at Ocean Park California. Francis Jean Duncan 11 daughter of C G Duncan Cotter died at Cotter hospital after two weeks with a heart ailment. Samuel Cassady of Brighton died at the county hospital after three weeks with arterial hardening.
Miss Fannie Harwood left yesterday for Chicago to resume her school work, departing after a short visit at home.
The article notes the emergence of pole vaulting in sports at the start of the 1800s in Germany. It describes the use of long hardwood poles in that era as athletes began to adopt the event.
Miss Margaret Doolittle, a former Fremont resident, announces candidacy for county superintendent in Washington County. The Fre mont, Iowa entry notes her local roots and intent to file for the position.
Postmaster J. A. Cunningham was kicked by a horse he had just bought. His knee is badly injured and he requires medical attention.
A N Bowen died suddenly at his Susuanville California home where he had lived eight years after leaving Washington county. He was born and raised in Dutch Creek. Mrs John Mosinski, aged 70, also died recently.
Thursday at her home near East Pleasant Plain she is survived by her husband and seven stepchildren. Charles Robb formerly of Brighton died at his son Harold Robb's Mt. Pleasant home after a period of ill health. Prank W. Bandy died at his Fast Van Buren Street home, distressed by illness and facing a serious operation, ending his life by gas inhalation.
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