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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
6
Ten years ago a group of Baptist men led by John Beenblossom spent the day cleaning painting and varnishing all rooms on the church's downstairs level.
Lorna Jones, Racheal Mac Dowell, Janst Molander, Donna Short, Marilyn Payne, Joan Don ald and Jean Annwalters of Pleasant were contestants in the Little Six band festival held today.
Local residents host and visit relatives while new officers are elected in the Gamma Eta Gamma law fraternity at the State University of Iowa. Des Moines convention attendees from Ainsworth join ongoing social calls in Washington. Michigan visitors stay with the Swift family as illness prompts travel for H F Furnam. Dr. William J. Grossheim attends a Mt. Pleasant installation service for J. Raymond Chadwick.
The Evening Journal reports the death of Towa Wesleyan College. Dr Grossheim attended as a representative of the University of Dubuque. David Lintner is in the Veterans hospital at Excelsior Springs Missouri for months of treatment. Mrs Etta Hamilton and Mrs Rosalyn Block of Wellman were in Washington on business. Mary Macheak Mary Jones Sandra Small Donald Crow Gary Ackerson Paul Kopf Wesley Dibeler and Ose Henderson of Muscatine attended the music contest in Washington.
The outlook indicates generally fair weather tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. No significant precipitation expected and conditions should remain mild and dry for the period.
An advertisement touts T-4-L with a penetrating alcohol base that instantly strikes imbedded infection. It promises quick drying colorless lotion and offers a 40 cent back guarantee. Available today at Geo. L. McDaniel, Druggist.
May 10 Stringtown Albert Roth finished laying cement blocks for the basement and foundation for Mrs. Lizzie Widmer's house. Local social notes report hospital visits, school exams, family visits, and a windstorm causing minor local damage with no reported losses.
Havre residents report Mary Jo Westen returned home after a hospital visit with her family and friends stopping by the house to see the child.
Columbus Junction events include the United Presbyterian Junior Missionary society gathering hosted by Mrs. Merle Lee and Mrs. Laurence Tisor. Activities feature a Marthena class pot luck at Mrs. Cal Duncan’s home and a Clover Leaf Four-H mothers’ supper in the church parlors.
Bids opened for I Beam bridge in Marion Township with four bids. Hanson Const. Co. low bid at 5505.85 awarded. Road surfacing contracts let to Kaser Const. Co. for Districts 1 and 2 435722 and Don M Hayes for Districts 3 and 4 56672 02. Fire department service contract for county home approved. Poor Fund warrants to be bank held until paid. 200 from General County Fund to Beekeeper Disease Eradication Fund. Election boards appointed for Primary June 5 1950. Adjourned by chairman.
Friends of Lowell Wirene note he can sit up some each day and is making steady progress after surgery a few days ago.
Harmony club members gathered at the home of Mrs Hattie Jones in Brighton for an evening of memories of mother and baby picture contests. Mrs Myrtle Helmick received a birthday gift while Mrs Cecil Walker attended as a guest. Mrs L A Horton left for the P E O convention at Ft Des Moines.
At the hospital Mr. and Mrs Kiesey of City welcomed a daughter born at 12:00 AM. The newborn adds to the Kiesey family and marks a joyful addition to the local community.
Riverside 7th and 8th graders under Mrs. Robert Frost toured Iowa City sites. They visited the University Power Plant and Art building, ate Nosebag Lunches in the city park, then went to the Museum and Old Capitol. The WSUI radio station dramatization Around Town capped the outing.
A sailor paying his bill at a fashionable Brighton hotel asks the girl cashier about her neckwear. She replies it is a ribbon, but he jokes it might be a garter due to high prices.
Marilla Luckey Rath John Bea chey Larry Howard Eddie Romin e Vada Lemley Betty Lantz Marilyn Moss Virginia Newton and Chester Moudy are named in a readable local record indicating individuals connected to an obituary or notice. The fragment shows multiple persons likely tied to a community notice or ceremonial listing.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane Deford 85 were held at St Joseph's Catholic Church with Father W A Walsh as celebrant. Pallbearers included W H Hull F B C Spaethe D R Marshall Holt Edmondson Joe Daniels and Leo Daniels. Burial followed in Columbus City cemetery.
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