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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1933
Page
8
Mrs. C. W. Startsman departed for Lansdowne Pennsylvania after a brief stay of a little more than a week following the death of her mother Mrs. J. H Hull.
Mrs Sophia Guthrie 83 died at 1002 North Second avenue at 9 this morning after a year of illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at L A Jones funeral home with Dr F C Witzigman officiating. Burial in Him Grove cemetery. Survived by three daughters Tina Benvenuto Sophia Wood Henrietta Watson and two sons John C Tobias. Born April 20 1850 in Bedford Pennsylvania.
Citizens of Washington will wear American Legion Auxiliary poppies on Poppy Day to honor world war dead. Mrs. A E B Baldrige says no foreign made poppies exist and recalls efforts to keep production in America by disabled veterans earning about 160000 dollars yearly. The number of workers next year depends on this Saturdays sale response.
Mrs FE A Horner and con Harold, Mrs E Rudolph, and Mrs L E Helmick arrived from Brighton to visit here today.
J A Taylor a member of the Washington Y's Men's club was elected lieutenant governor of the Iowa district Y's Men. James Stewart of Des Moines was named governor and Wd Kingery of Des Moines secretary. Max Marble of Washington served as official delegate with several Washington members in attendance.
Local items report Mrs. Emma Anderson improving at her daughter's home and Mrs. H F Steck gravely ill with pneumonia in Iowa City. The page also lists social updates from West Window Nicola Harmon’s, visits by Rev Huxford, family gatherings from Decatur Illinois, and local shopping and entertainment notes including a Moose Hall dance and visitors from Oskaloosa and Fairfield.
John Keith 78 of Wayland died suddenly near Burlington hospital after a stroke while awaiting a trip to St. Louis for his son Calvin Keith who underwent emergency brain surgery in St. Louis. Mrs John Keith is ill. funeral set for 2:30 tomorrow at the Wayland Methodist church with burial in Finley cemetery. Alfred Keith is another son in the family.
Miss Lorraine Hill and Miss Dorothy Schlatter of Elmhurst TI visited Miss Schlatter’s grandparents Mr and Mrs C Marry Davis. Hill plans to attend Iowa State Teachers College this summer. The pair stayed in Wayland with friends. Lois Wilkins and Melna McAvoy also spent the weekend in Cedar Rapids visiting Melba's aunt Mrs Elwood Royster on a business and pleasure trip.
Calvin Keith of the Wayland area is hospitalized in Burlington after ten days. His wife and sister in law Mrs Kate Pfeffer of Mt Pleasant and his nephew Janes Green accompanied him to St Louis for care and family support.
Auction at Washington Iowa lists items from Phong 251 Red. Eclipse Lumber Co reports full ladder lengths available. Miss Libbie Musil daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Musil underwent appendicitis operation at Washington county hospital and is recovering well. Harry Kleese notes tomorrow marks the 66th anniversary of the Johnson township tornado.
More than fifty dollars worth of merchandise will be given away at the auction. Local merchants including John Westphal Lemsey Yard Economy Oil Co Washing ton Jee Co Milady's Beautie Shoppe Franzen Battery Station Wolf Floral Co The Evening Journal and State Theater participate, offering free items with purchases to attract shoppers.
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