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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Ralph Beaty of South Bend Indiana welcomed a ten pound daughter Kathleen Roose born May 10 Mrs Beaty was formerly Martha Nicholson and Mr Beaty is a son of Willis Beaty
At the hospital a daughter was born yesterday at 11 30 to Mr and Mrs Elwin Booth of Washington weighing seven pounds three ounces named Mary Diane. George and Maxine Fulton of Crawfordsville underwent tonsillectomies this morning. Mrs Homer Godwin and Frances Anne were dismissed for home in Washington. Mrs Lloyd Prior and Larry Lloyd were dismissed for home in Crawfordsville. Mrs Bernard Wolf and Carol Aine were dismissed for home in Washington.
Mr and Mrs Ben H Baden plan a visit with their son Bruce in Oak Park Illinois arriving Saturday and staying until Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank L Wilson. Also noted are local visits and travel by several residents including Dr T M Mast and L A Jones with family.
Beef price at Orcutt's Piggly Wiggly 5c per pound. Cleveland visitors Mr and Mrs Wl Green called today. Baking powder giant can 18c at Orcutt's. Mrs Marguerite Crail leaves for Cincinnati after ten days here. John DenHartog becomes assisting supervisor with a meat company in Bedford Iowa. Bastiaan DenHartog closes meat market near National Bank of Washington but plans unknown. C I O union in Newton accepts Maytag offer covering wages hours and conditions for six months as a basis for a future contract. A chair owned by G M Donaldson of Attapulgus Ga stood on the front porch 75 years, with legs deeply worn.
Over the past decade developments include safety glass new structural glass heat absorbing glass glass block fibrous glass textile glass and glass black boards for classrooms enhancing safety and design.
Elementary students will hold their annual play day on Tuesday afternoon May 28. Boys from fourth to sixth grades compete at Stewart school, girls from those grades at Lincoln school. Details to be announced by Virginia Morris and Kenneth Kimberlin.
American Legion Auxiliary announces winners from Washington City Schools for grades five through eight. Evelyn Lester, Dorothy Bower, Beverly Brown and Harold Gilmore earned top placements in two divisions as judges review submitted posters.
The National League shows Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago St Louis Philadelphia Boston clear on the board with varying winning percentages. Wednesday results include New York defeating Pittsburgh 5 2 and Cincinnati beating Brooklyn 5 2. Chicago tops Boston 2 0 while Philadelphia knocks off St Louis 6 3. Upcoming games feature Cincinnati at Brooklyn and St Louis at Philadelphia among others. In the American League Boston leads with 82 wins while Detroit and Cleveland trail. New York visits St Louis as rain delays occur. Boston faces Chicago and Philadelphia Cleveland with additional rain expected.
Des Moines event invites the public to hear Wendell Willkie with no tickets required. Seats are on a first come basis, and attending a preceding dinner is not required, according to George Olmsted.
Garden experts in Alabama estimate the state should have ten million dollars more worth of vegetables than currently produced. A display in Stotts Furniture Store window will run all next week.
The county WPA dinner is set for next Monday at six in the Sunset Park pavilion. Rev. Carl W. Klein will speak, with three minute talks by WPA supervisors. A bingo prize game and a Washington radio program follow, tickets cost 20 cents from Miss Everstine Daniels or the courthouse welfare office, with WPA divisions and sewing projects featured. An exhibit of WPA work will be shown at the courthouse lobby all next week.
Birthday wishes pour in for several local women including Mrs Will Mayhew Mrs Peter Witting of Kalona and Mrs Clara Warren among others Betty Stevens turns sixteen and Donna Bella Kephart reaches fourteen as family and friends send well wishes in thissociety note.
The London Times notes Sweden's royal family maintains a democratic stance as visitors to Stockholm hotels may dine nearby the king's relatives. The piece highlights accessible royal hospitality during tours.
The 1939 total farm mortgage debt reached 7 071 000 000 dollars. The prompt asks for the 1930 total in this series of figures.
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