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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
3
The Y M C A venue overflowed as over 500 pupils performed in a two hour concert to raise funds for sending high school glee clubs to Ames. Supt W C Harding and Supt W D McKee urged donations to reach 150 dollars, with community contributions continuing.
Washington area music leaders share praise after last night’s public school concert. Mrs. A Anderson commends Miss Hay and calls the event the greatest in local music. Carolyn Hamilton notes smooth program flow and chorus improvement. Jesse J Miller praises the high school clubs and overall balance.
Three one act plays will be presented at the high school auditorium this evening at 7 20 by public speaking classes. Several actors are inexperienced but a lively show is expected with a modest admission. The program includes Untrue to Type a mysterious love story with hidden identity and sword play. The Mouse Trap by William Dean Howells is a noted comedy about mouse nerve and a maid, a man, a villain and a Punch and Judy man.
A community sing led by Jesse J. Miller and several especial numbers will be performed by the Crawfordsville high school orchestra and Keota musicians. The event is one of the week’s best programs at the Methodist church.
Judge C A Dewey appointed county aid to the secretary of war to recruit ten men from Washington county for the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines in August. Interested men should see Judge Dewey at once. The camp is free with government paying rail fare food uniforms equipment and medical and dental care.
Marsh W. Bailey announced funding for the Ames high school glee clubs on their path to Ames for a state contest next Friday. Alex Miller echoed the plea as subscriptions poured in, totaling $121.73 from many small gifts, reflecting broad community support.
At the Washington Advertising club annual election Carl Hedges was chosen president with A K E Atkinson as vice president Lee Holland secretary and Leslie Dunlap treasurer. J W Enstin to head the new board along with Walter Conner B A Dickerson R S Cook and George McDaniel. The group plans district convention duties and community improvements including a tour park table and bench and a Y M C A meeting venue. Bert Tratty of Brighton now directs the Reister company advertising.
St James School presented a surprise music program by the music class on Thursday afternoon. Students performed a varied program including hymns, waltzes, and character songs featuring performers such as Mary Wolfer Nellie Kolesick and Berenice Adrian in numerous pieces.
The Palmer-Sprole wedding received ice cream flown by plane from Monmouth Illinois after a missed train delayed dessert delivery. A second plane was used, arriving fifteen minutes before the ceremony to ensure plenty of dessert.
Students in the commercial department at the high school received annual awards for typing work. Harold Reynolds earned a certificate for 31 words per minute, while Jason Kleese and Marguerite Reister received pins for 51 and 40 wpm respectively. Others named include Zilpha Heyser, Dorothy Ellis, Alma Bell Minick, Edith Carr, Evelyn Gibson with certificates totals from 34 to 39 words per minute.
The second day of our big Stock reduction Shoe Sale drew strong trade and seven sale days remain. Tomorrow offers special bargains for shoes. We aim to reduce stock ten thousand dollars to quicken turnover and have cut prices unprecedentedly. Big bargains await. A. BE. Atchison.
Grinnell College in Grinnell received a $50,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation for fine arts development. The University of Iowa secured a $300,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for child welfare research. The Grinnell gift adds to an endowment drive aiming for $1.5 million upon full subscription.
May 8 Des Moines Chamber of Commerce reports 54 conventions held so far in 1925 and expects attendance for remaining events to surpass all prior years. In the past five years about 600 conventions have drawn roughly 1,500,006 attendees in the nation’s capital of Iowa.
A historical note presents a musing about pursuing a difficult goal. The text frames will and perseverance as essential to overcoming a daunting ascent. It evokes determination and the value of steady effort in the face of hardship.
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