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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1939

Page

5

Riverside High to Hold 42nd Commencement Address by Dr Mason Ladd

Riverside officials announce the forty second Riverside High School commencement on Thursday evening May 18 at 8 in the auditorium. Dr Mason Ladd newly appointed dean of the University of Iowa Law School will deliver the address titled The Opportunity Rests With You. Eleven graduates will receive diplomas including Robert Frost Eileen Luckey Ruby Rath and Phyllis Shalla. The program features a high school band invocation by Rev Stuart C Peterson and diplomas presented by Supt Robert Smola with the address following the awards.

Ladd Iowa Law School Mary Allen H. P. Allen Helen Bates Laurence R. Bates Burton Fox Sherman Fox Robert Frost Alan Frost Cleo Gerot Peter Gerot John Goetz George Goetz Eileen Luckey Carl Luckey Dorothy Marshall Fart Marshall Ruby Rath Charles Rath Phyllis Shalla Milo Shalla Ernest Swailes James Swailes Stuart C. Peterson Methodist Church Music of the Brook Robert Smola Cecile Doud Board of Education Mason Ladd Benediction

British white paper outlines independent Palestine state plan

London May 17. The British government published a white paper proposing an independent Palestinian state tied to Britain by a ten year treaty after order is restored between Arabs and Jews. The plan calls for increased Jewish immigration to Palestine for five years averaging 15,009 annually if the economy can support it.

London Palestine Great Britain Holy Land

Local man changes jobs to Mt. Pleasant firm

David Wittmer, son of Mrs. A. J. Wyse, resigns from McCormick Deering in Mt. Pleasant and takes a new post with Nesbitt Electrical Appliance Co. in Mt. Pleasant, starting May 15. Sunday visitors in Arthur Wyse’s home included George Weaver family, J L Davison and Joy of Fairfield, and Ezra Whattmer and Mary among others.

A. J. Wyse David Wittmer McCormick- Deering Co Mt. Pleasant Nesbitt Electrical Appliance Co Arthur Wyse George Weaver Lucille Donna Martha Smithshire Ill J. L. Davison Joy of Fairfield Ezra Whattmer Mary H. C. Brooks William

Population Center Shifts West From Indiana After Decades

For six decades the U S population center stood in southern Indiana and now trends westward. The gradual movement reflects shifting settlement patterns across the United States.

U. S United States Indiana

Rev J N Kaufman Addresses Group at Sugar Creek

Wayland, May 18 Rev J N Kaufman of Peoria Ill missions preached at Sugar Creek Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Seth Roth are the parents of a son born May 15. Mrs J G Roth and Mrs Fred Kiopfenstein with the Melvin Gingerich family of Washington visited C L Graber in Goshen Ind Sunday evening. Minnie Weaver is quite poorly.

Wayland J. N. Kaufman Peoria, Ir Sugar

Neighbors Assist With Farm Work of Mrs Paulsgrove

Xenia Iowa May 18 neighbors helped Mrs Homer Paulsgrove plow 25 acres finishing Saturday. Gene Stephens bought a 10 ft double cultipacker. Miss Hemphill will teach Guinn school next term. Weary travel and family visits noted including Dewey Stephens home and Dar lene Outkamp funeral.

D. D. Stephens Xenia Homer Paulsgrove Gene Stephens Miss Hemphill Hemphill United Presbyterian Church Ainsworth Harold Clegg Muscatine

Harmony Social News Roundup

Harmony residents share visits with relatives and friends. Ed Heck and family called on Frank Heck in Dubuque while Bill Chemlar family attended Chicago for his mother’s death. Several families visited relatives near Chas Schiebel and Ralph Kelsey homes.

W. R. Longer Harmony Ed Heck Dubuque Frank Heck Bill Chemlar Chicago Otto Schiebel Della Miller Chas, Schiebel Bimer’ Roeder Glen Anderson Randolph Kelsey Clarence Fletcher Ralph Kelsey Everette Schmitt Keota Walter Longer Gideon

Mothers Day Home Gathering Brightens South Highland

Mamie Havel returned from assisting with house cleaning as May 1 neighbors gathered at the Lasek home for Mother’s Day. The event included Mr Anthony Horak, Elma and Mary, and the Lasek family with friends, while East Prairie School closed for a picnic with teacher Alice Wulf. George Hiavel was elected to the Highland township school board last week.

South Highland Mamie Havel John Lasek Clarence Lasek Robert Ballard Iowa City East Prairie School Alice Wulf George Hiavel Highland Township Milo Lasek R. R. Knottnerus Mary Proymek

Retail staff bios on South Side Square figures

Biographical sketches profile KK D Rayburn E D Rayburn realtor youth in Montezuma Iowa education at Iowa State Teachers College teaching background service in Poweshiek county politics and time in Washington W E Bond manager at Montgomery Ward born Oswego NY 37 years old with Lake Ontario fishing hobby career path and past work Kl Kresee connection. Walter Rond married in Syracuse NY with two daughters Caroline and Eleanor

E. D. Rayburn Montezuma Iowa Iowa State Teachers College Rayburn Poweshlek County Washington Mr. Rayburn Powell E. Rayburn W. E Bond Montgomery Ward and Co Mr Bond Walter Bondy Oswego New York Mr. Bond Lake Ontario Osweep Building and Loan Association Kresee Company Grand Island Nebraska Walter Rond Svreeose Rond Caroline Fleanor

Sunday Visits Highlight Knottnerus and Morgan Families

Mrs. R. R. Knottnerus and sons were Sunday visitors at the Mrs. Francis Morgan home. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Morgan and daughters Were Sunday visitors at the parental Dawn home near Riverside. Yara Lasek motored to Missouri Sunday on a business trip.

R. R. Knottnerus Francis Morgan Anthony Morgan Duwn Riverside Yara Lasek Missouri

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