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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
8
Ainsworth to hold graduation exercises Thursday evening May 1 at 8 20 p m Rev Kerr to deliver the address with Marek Pontilve ale Gounod Joyc e Lowry invocation and musical selections by Neverly Butterworth and others
FASTEETH powder helps dentures stay secure for easier eating and speaking. It promises a non gritty taste with no gummy feel and claims to curb denture odor. Available at drug stores.
Gen Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, long serving president of El Salvador, resigns after a revolt against his government is suppressed. Six months remain in his six year term begun in 1939. International reporting notes the upheaval and succession context.
Washington Ja presents the Song of Night Verdi Cirls Trio in a class of 1944 diplomas ceremony. Mary Richards is valedictorian and Robert O Connor salutatorian. Benediction by Rev Glass.
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Schlatter will be held tomorrow afternoon at Wayland. A private service at 2 o clock at Zole Funeral Home precedes a 2 30 o clock church service at Wayland Mennonite Church led by Rev E S Mullett. Burial will be in North Hill Cemetery. Mrs Allen attends church service.
Mrs. Schlatter died at Henry county hospital after a six week illness. Surviving children include Othal and Millard Schlatter. two sisters Grace Payne and Pearl Seberg. four brothers Fred Hixson Stewart Will and George. Several relatives and neighbors attended services and previous gatherings in Wayland and surrounding towns.
Brighten seniors observed baccalaureate services at the Brighton Methodist Church with a program including processional hymn invocation scripture reading anthem sermon and benediction. Residents and relatives visited over the weekend staying with local families and attending services.
The board accepted insurance policies on court house furniture and contents from Nome Insurance Co and Royal Insurance Co for court house, sheriff’s garage, and jail contents. A liability settlement with Richard Kolesick was approved and paid. Bids for coal were opened and awarded to Bush Coal Office for county needs. Includes discharge notice for Raymond Lemley and coal delivery terms for county properties.
Mrs Leona Wehr led the Catholic Daughters of America meeting at Fantayees with a cooperative supper led by Teresa Adams M L Whittaker Catherine Swift and Wehr A vote elected officers for the coming year including Leona Wehr grand regent Martha Whittaker vice grand regent Marie Birka prophetess Nettie Boyd lecturer Margaret Payne monitor Angela Shockey treasurer Agnes Wheelan financial secretary Lucy Dempsey historian Helen Sueppel sentinel Angela Shockey organist and initiation of Mrs Charles Ragan Myrtle O Conner and Mrs C R Mc Cutchen Jr into the group.
Fourteen members met yesterday at Mrs. W. A. Bealer’s home for a social afternoon after a brief business meeting led by president Mrs. John Tucker. Officers elected were Mrs. Frank Mayhew president, Mrs. Jacob Wenger vice president, Mrs. Jacob Fisher secretary, Mrs. Ben Holt treasurer, and Mrs. I. B. Hexworth reporter. The gathering continued with refreshments provided by Mrs. Holt and Mrs. S. P. Finch.
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