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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1946
Page
4
The Rocking Chair Brigade bids farewell to the A and P in Washington as it shifts to supermarkets, noting nearby stores, staff changes, and plans for a new local grocery at the same site. Community notices follow including weddings, plays, price refunds, fund drives, auctions, and local church events.
Mrs Mary Imhoff 84 of Wayland died Saturday at Will Shrock rest home born in Switzerland survived by sons Carl Davenport and Paul Wayland. Seventeen year old Duwa youth died on Duwa farm from gasoline ignition while operating a fuel line in his father s garage. Parents and Pvt Lloyd Duwa in Japan survive. Ralph Waggoner died at home west of Washington aged 55 after illness since October. Eleven year old girl died in Town City hospital from pneumonia following measles. Parents Mr and Mrs Edward Teslik and siblings survive. Betty Ann Ash infant daughter of Mr and Mrs
Mrs Frank Kurtz will chair the Washington County Centennial from June 29 to July 4 with all towns participating. Chants on the square sides discuss decorations as boxes fasten to electroliers. An ordinance to change parking proposes middle street parking marked with white paint.
C N Dodder, a renowned local painter for over fifty years, died at his home on South Second Ave at three o clock on May 20 1926.
Mrs Tobias Minick announces the engagement of her daughter Elsie Leona to J Elliot Grayson. The couple plans a June wedding. exact date to be announced.
Harry Rice of Washington elected to membership in All for Iowa at Iowa City an honor fraternity of standout junior class members chosen by university seniors for outstanding work.
Speaks seven times in Black Hawk county as the Republican nominee hopeful for U S senator. Marital news notes the May 19 1926 Rock Island marriage of Marcella Zdarsky and Victor Masson at the first M E parsonage. Lewis Warren of Cornell College earns a gold C for distinguished service, winning it a second time.
The Daughters Of The American Revolution awarded history prizes to seventh and eighth grade students Versa Chadwick and Mary Louise Sawhill. Five runners up in each grade received little leather bound poetry books. Also noted are a storm anniversary, a new telephone office building, an operation in Chicago, and Washington flower boxes in the square.
A brief obituary notes Mrs Melvin Ash died after a twin birth, mentioning she was one of twins and that the boy survived.
Elizabeth Nicholson known as Auntie Nicholson died May 20 1906 at age eighty four. Her life work focused on children and babies. She was married twice. her first husband John McClean died in 1848. Innes band parade controversy and a Nine teenth Century Club garden party with jinrikishas and festive makeups highlight local social notes.
Twenty graduates celebrated at the Washington Academy on May 24 1906 with a performance of Mr Bob. The group included Chas Eyestone Ralph Shannon Densmore Guthrie Roy Lewash Paul Allen Alice Harvey Earnie Knauss Ella Gordon Nellie Bowman Agnes Coffelt Ina McDowell Lillian Brookhart Elizabeth McCleary Ella Porter va Mahaffa Stella Cunningham Francis Anderson and Principal R D Daugherty delivered the diplomas.
Fifty years ago a new house rose opposite the Heights school with John Williams as carpenter and Roy Davis as bricklayer. The snug home stood in an unsurpassed neighborhood near the Democrat ranch. A Small Basin park basin would hold 80 to 100 barrels, small even for beer.
The Neffs Addition case in Wayland shows the council oscillating between approval and rejection. Editor Harts calls the muddle progressive yet indecisive, likening it to an Egyptian dummy in enterprising terms. Dwight Norton Jr and Sam Forman plan a dry goods sales trip through Utah and the Rocky Mountains, aiming for Mrs Brigham Young and a lively trade.
A comic parade of thoughts contrasts social awkwardness with bold behavior. The piece muses on gender roles and suggests in wartime thrift and decisiveness matter, noting money mania and practical readiness during conflict.
Daily hospital log records numerous admissions and dismissals. Names and addresses appear for patients and newborns, including births at 7:16 and 7:55 in the morning. Dismissals include multiple families from Crawfordsville, Keota, Brighton, Riverside, Diagonal, and Wellman.
The Evening Journal notes its Saturday hours extend 7 30 to 9 30 PM for reader convenience. It reports staff changes with Auditor Stan Kiesey resigning and Fred Bourgeois named deputy auditor, plus moves within local families and appointments in courts. It covers community events from club luncheons to church notices, sports dinners, and plans for a new deep city well and airport contract.
Pvt. Lloyd W. Brown reports a new address at 37893007 Co. R.S.T.C. Fort Monmouth New Jersey. Truman Hysell started work Monday in the Washington store of Sieg company. Lt. John Perdock spent three days at home during transfer from San Antonio Texas to O-2089292 Sad A SHLA AF Selina Kansas. John Applegate of Chicago visited his mother Mrs. John W. Applegate and sister Margaret over Mother's Day weekend.
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