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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
3
County Treasurer Harry McCail turned over 79 delinquent auto tax names to Sheriff Charles Denison and Deputy Fred Sweet. A duplicate list is being prepared and collections will begin immediately. If owners refuse to pay, the sheriff will seize and sell the cars.
The Fortnightly club Child Study Department invites members to a picnic for their children in Sunset Park on Saturday at 4 PM. Bring dishes, silver, sandwiches and drop cakes for own family unless children drink milk.
O B Olson manager of the Graham has leased the opera house in Wayland. He will present his first show there tomorrow night with further Saturday programs next week. After June, the venue will operate Wednesday and Saturday evenings. He sees a strong demand for a motion picture house in Wayland.
Chester residents are urged to attend a community picnic today in the Frank Sherbeck pasture, West Chester. Basket dinners will be served cafeteria style at noon, followed by a 1:30 school program with a May pageant and eighth grade diplomas, plus a ball game and other entertainment.
Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 K T will meet Friday evening May 20 with petitions to be received and balloting to occur. After business the Order of the Red Cross and the Order of Malta will be conferred. G S Kerr is senior warden.
Two Washington girls from the Iowa State Teachers College Hazel Porter and Ruth Gibson have accepted teaching positions beginning in September Porter will teach first grade at Ruthven with a good salary Gibson will teach in the Manchester commercial department after finishing her junior year both are praised by faculty and friends for securing strong salaries and positions.
Woodlawn Owners must notify Mrs. J. B. Crail for special care during the 1921 season. Charge is $2.00 for the season under the committee of the Washington Improvement League. Mrs. Henry Bicher and Mrs. Manton Hebner will hold a picnic for their children in Sunset Park on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Bring dishes silver sandwiches and drop off.
The Wolfen of the Washington Improvement League and others praise the camping ground at Chautauqua Park completed this spring. Mr and Mrs Frank Peterson of Waterloo arrived with four children and later toured Colorado and other states before returning east. They plan to settle in Washington County if temporary quarters are found, expressing strong satisfaction with the area.
Hampsher Barber Shop completed removal to the Masonic Temple building on North Marion Avenue behind McElhinney Drug Store. The room is refitted and ready for trade tomorrow with Mr Hampsher and assistants.
At a Wednesday meeting held at Mrs. James Redd home, Miss Cordelia Whaley attended, and her name was mistakenly left off the list published in yesterday's Journal.
Mrs D C Kilgore went home to Brighton this morning after attending the convention yesterday at the Methodist church in town.
A friendly block listing shops and services from Lemmon to Reister with gas, tires, laundry, tailoring, theaters, studios, Studebaker seller and auto repair. The group invites all on the busy street to adopt a single slogan to boost trade while promising stable Saturday prices.
The Muscatine district women of the Women's Home Missionary Society concluded their convention with an evening program at the Methodist Church. Mrs. G W Meyer and Mrs. W W Bowers directed. The afternoon featured lectures by Mrs. Cruse Mrs. McBrain and Mrs Kilgore plus a lively youth program and life memberships for twenty six children and several adults.
Harry Thomas announces a pupil recital next Tuesday at eight p m in the high school auditorium Admission is free with silver offerings. A 35 voice chorus will close the program after a final rehearsal at the Thomas studio. Performances include solo duet trio and quartet pieces plus surprises.
A humorous item notes a chicken crossing the road inspired by a show window mirror. The quip appears in a Columbia record column, reflecting lighthearted local humor.
Winfield High School sent Fiscus Jordan Meeker Beauchamp Van Vranken Skipton Lindell Thompson Davis Clarke Reeves to the Ames invitation meet last Saturday. The team earned two bronze medals and couple points, with many small and large schools represented.
Sigourney May 20 The Sigourney Pickle company formed to irrigate forty acres using modern spraying and fertilizing methods. Officers include President M B Kemp Vice President and Manager A O Schipfer and Secretary Treasurer W K Allen. The venture seeks to revive Iowa cucumber farming and leverages support from Iowa State College extension Ames and the U S Department of Agriculture.
An audience member challenges a campaign speaker with a call for a representative from the rank and file not a “dude” in a long-tailed coat. The speaker defends their candidate as a true common man though the description notes he is not “blue” or effeminate, stressing plain attire like a buttoned vest.
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