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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1932

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

Marsh W. Bailey County Hospital Board W. P. Gardner Nellie Hebner A. R. Miller Cunningham W. E. Anderson Ronnald Brother Smouse Altho J. C. W. Coxe Henry Schuyler Washington Oregon Iowa Internal Revenue Des Moines Cedar Rapids L. K. Blandine Jack Guy Black Fairfield Frank Wilson Glasgows Montgomerys Lytles Cunninghams Joseph Robert Glasgow Dump Dixon Manuel Corvallis Here W. W. Mason Friday Mason Wim Stryker Walter W Eastwood Princeton Seminary Princeton New Jersey F. W. Eastwood Walter Iselin New York City I. B. Shreckengast Nebraska Wesleyan University of Lincoln Nebraska 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.

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.

Guther Boys Studio 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.

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

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.

Mary Hunter 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.

Washington County Daniel Webster Slaughter Washington Adam Ritchey Crawfordsville John Black Jesse Ashby Milo Holcomb Jonathan Conger Jonathan Wilson William Harvey Gobes Jacksons O'Loughlins Bears Brighton Richmond Iowa Historical Society of Towa Towa City Memorial, Historical and Art Dept Des Moines Senate of the United States Pension Office Department of the Interior Post Office Senate 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.

Frank Beatty Woodward Iowa Lynchburg Virginia Pittsburgh Washington Barbara Miller Mary Roberts

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