Washington Miss crowned sparks town festival crowd
The Fortnightly husbands banquet at the Y M C A followed by Miss Washington crowned in Central Park. Leigh W Soule delivered the presentation speech as the event drew a fall festival crowd. The day also noted the kittenball league start and a city landmark renewal, plus Y W and Kellogg fund drives.
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Elsie Glassburner
Washington
Central Park
Leigh W. Soule
Ethel Flalverson
Arrow Shots From Alex Miller's Pen
A collection of wry observations on small town life and social quirks. The notes joke about money, fashion, work, sports, and everyday behavior with light satire and playful aphorisms.
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Alex Miller
May Festival and Local Board Elections in Washington
The annual May festival took place on the high school lawn at six o'clock on Tuesday May 16. Marsh W Bailey was elected chairman of the county hospital board with W P Gardner as vice chairman and Miss Nellie Hebner as secretary. A R Miller, chair last year, declined re election as he will be away from home most of the time. The Cunningham house east of the library was purchased by Dr. W E Anderson and will be razed to make way for a new home.
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County Hospital Board
W. P. Gardner
Nellie Hebner
A. R. Miller
Cunningham
W. E. Anderson
Ronnald
Brother Smouse
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Henry
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Frank Wilson
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Robert Glasgow
Dump Dixon
Manuel
Corvallis
Here
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Princeton Seminary
Princeton
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Iselin
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I. B. Shreckengast
Nebraska Wesleyan University of Lincoln
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Shreckengast
Journal and Star
Joy Jones
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Jean Marie
H. F. Masson
New York
Iowa City
Chicago
Cleveland
Wayland Plans Largest Graduation Class in Town History
Wayland schools will graduate 18 boys and girls on May 25 marking the largest class in the town's history.
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Wayland
Junior High Graduation Exercises Scheduled
Special graduation ceremonies will be held at the Junior High on May 265th. The event honors 85 graduates with a school assembly and parting remarks.
Sioux City buyer takes Graves studio corner property
Guther Boys Studio owner Guther of Sioux City Iowa buys the Graves studio on the square corner and will take immediate possession. Paul Putnam starred in a May 17 class play directed by Miss Eleanor Walker with music by Miss Bertha Hay. Cast included Evelyn Caldwell Lois Griffith Gladys Mace Dorothy Ward Jeannette Rothschild Helen Wood Blanche Sutherland Bill Livingston Dale Holland Mark Critz and Lewis Warren. Gross receipts reached 250 dollars. County fair planned soon by the W R C to raise funds for the Y M C A.
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C. H H. Guther
Sioux City
Iowa
Graves
Paul Putnam
Eleanor Walker
Bertha Hay
East
Evelyn Caldwell
Lois Griffith
Gladys Mace
Dorothy Ward
Jeannette Rothschild
Helen Wood
Blanche Sutherland
Glenn Chambers Missing After May Fifteenth Disappearance
Glenn Chambers, a prominent young businessman, vanished on May 15 and has not been heard from since. City council voted thirteen blocks of paving including North Marion Ave, the route to the button factory, and West Main Street.
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Glenn Chambers
Marion Ave
Button Factory
West Main Street
Obituary notices list several local deaths in May
Deaths of week include Mrs Harry Davis of Crawfords ville who died May 16 after a brief illness Mrs Chas Hoover of Wellston wife of a bank cashier died May 17 Hiram Heaton of Fairfield age 77 injured at Rock Island yards died May 19 at county hospital Also a shoe dealer window sign in Washington advertises Summer Sandals for sale at special prices
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Harry Davis
Crawfordsville
Hiram Heaton
Fairfield
Rock Island
Washington
Weddings of Miss Hunter and Miss Peterson Highlight Next Month
Social notes announce upcoming weddings of Miss Mary Hunter and Dr. A S Smith of Fairfield and Miss Florence Peterson and Roger Sherman next month. Vic Van Sickle, son of the late Mr. and Mrs Anthony Van Sickle, visited Washington briefly after a trip to St. Louis to meet his wife returning from Florida. he appears well and his southern wife charms attendees.
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A. S. Smith
Fairfield
Florence Peterson
Roger Sherman
Vic van Sickle
Antho van Sickle
Washington
Vic
Denver
St. Louis
Florida
Washington County Pioneer Genealogy Column Rules
Washington County readers are urged to send clear typed or printed family data for the new genealogical column run by Mrs. C A Speer. Submissions include full writers name and address and a stamped return envelope for replies. The column aims to publish pioneer birth marriage and death data from Washington County with cooperation from the Iowa Historical Society Des Moines and the Memorial Historical Department at Iowa City.
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Washington County
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Slaughter
Washington
Adam Ritchey
Crawfordsville
John Black
Jesse Ashby
Milo Holcomb
Jonathan Conger
Jonathan Wilson
William Harvey
Gobes
Jacksons
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Bears
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Richmond
Iowa Historical Society of
Towa
Towa City
Memorial, Historical and Art Dept
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Senate of the United States
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Ainsworth
Memories of McMinnville Letters From Early Local Life
Doctor William Stryker recalls McMinnville Oregon history and a Democrat-Independent letter. He describes paving around the square in 1905, schoolmates, a high school class, local merchants, coaches, a bank, a Highland Park opening, and quirky incidents from the era including a gasolined carriage and a duck shot from a nursery fence.
News Review of Week May 16th to May 21st
Residents and visitors share updates from Woodward Iowa to Washington and beyond. The piece notes Frank Beatty and family, Gallup survey teams in Lynchburg and Pittsburgh, local graduations and nursing school attainment, family recollections, and upcoming Memorial Day observances.
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Virginia
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Washington
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