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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1934
Page
5
News from neighboring towns notes activity as items are moved into the Buffington estate on South Second Street. Mrs. OUie Shearer hosted the W M B class of the Presbyterian Sunday school at a May breakfast on Wednesday morning May 9.
Martha Butler reports Columbus Junction activities including a Mother’s Day talk by Mrs J D Darrow, a one act play Over the Coffee Cups, and plans for a dinner May 21. Visits by Lulu Fryon and Muscatine friends. Mary Klotz returns from Brooklyn. marriage license issued to Fae Harris and Harry Creorge. Calendar events at Pleasant View School and Presbyterian church.
Mrs Gleede Dold hosts in Coppo ck as Mr and Mrs Clifford Carter visit Ollie and Clay. Gen Kurtz returns to Minneapolis after weeks with uncle RE Nichols. Opal McKune ill seen by Dr McCreedy of Brighton. Grace Truitt of California to summer with Clayton McKenzie. Dixon Illinois and Burlington Michigan trips for families and siblings. two weeks left in the school term with exams in Wayland. rain hoped as dry dusty days continue.
May 8 notes from Fairfield area residents include callers at Harland Roberts farm and visits to relatives in South English and Sigourney. Birth announced for Joe Alden Coffin, with Owen Coffin visiting grandparents. Local church and school groups plan a Sunday school convention for June. Residents express desire for rain and report on illnesses and family travels.
Mrs Belle Palmer of Ainsworth visited her son Chas O Palmer in Richland. Louise Robinson is ill at her parents home with Thos Lahey visiting to help care for her. A Friends church youth delegation aided in Valley services. Mrs Wm McBride of Havre returned home after visiting Clem Edgar. Bernice Reed spent Sunday in Webster with her parents. Dry weather dries wells and cnotation. Mrs C A Neville hosted the Poinsettia club for a May program and refreshments. Mother's Day breakfast and plans for next week's Mothers program noted. Pressley Figgins of Kaloua visited his children Hal Figgins and C A Neville. School closes at month end with the Senior class.
In Pine Knob and the Ozarks a backwoods world profiles Ann Haskel a widowed landowner famed for her command of farm and fortune. Diane a New Yorker painter learns of Ann and the village gossip about John Herbert her long-lost son and the men who shaped Ann’s past.
Mrs. Ted Givens and Mrs. Geraldine Crone share birth news as a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gerdes. Spread Eagle and Glendale youths take eighth grade exams in Washington and music memory contests are prepared for. Community dinner, last day programs May 18, and school picnics mark end of year events with local clubs meeting and plans for Achievement Day on May 11. Murray Smyth returns from hospital for examinations.
Highland area reports Albert Klein of Riverside plans an addition to the Highland Palace dance pavilion at James Swailes farm. Eli Applegate death mourned. Fisher family events, visits, and helpers noted. Local farming slow, oats browning, corn planting begun. Mary Weber and Ira Coon activity recorded. Union Dale school to close with program. Evelyn Krotz ill but improving after fever and teething.
A Berlin Geographical Society report notes Siberia's permafrost reaches depths over 100 yards and locks soil year round. The frozen layer blankets about 1,000,000 square kilometers, a territory half the size of Europe.
Diane Carroll visits the Ozarks village of Pine Knob to paint a landscape and confronts the hidden power of Ann Haskel. The community hints at violence, moonshine, and secret pasts as Diane investigates who controls the backwoods and why Ann rules with a gun and fear.
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