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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1938
Page
8
We express heartfelt thanks to all who offered sympathy and help during our sorrow. Our loss of husband and father was eased by Fay’s beautiful floral tributes and other kindnesses from friends and neighbors.
HASKINS May 23 Luther Ginkens wrapped up a successful school year with a picnic at the school house. Nearly all families attended due to poor field conditions. A cafeteria dinner and social hour followed, then a men’s ball game. Miss Ginkens will teach in Reuble next year. Local visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Hickson of Knoxville with Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace.]
Millions of Methodists worldwide mark the 200th anniversary of John Wesley’s Alderagate vision with Tuesday evening services. In Washington county the event centers at Washington Methodist Church at 8 p.m. with county clergy, combined choirs from Kaloum Riverside and Sharon, and the Lord's Supper. A 15 minute radio address by Bishop Bromley Oxnam will close the service.
Wayland May 23 Mrs John Wenger traveled by train to Hamilton Ohio for an indeterminate visit with her son Harry Wenger and family. District meeting of oOo E S in Davenport drew several local attendees including Mrs B D Roberts and Mrs Eva Sodergren. Mr and Mrs Omer C Boshart visited Ottumwa for business. A new girl born May 15 to Mr and Mrs Bernard Bates is being cared for by Mrs Anna Wyse.
A niece Mrs Una Gordon returns home Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Frank Turn traveled to Iowa City Wednesday evening to meet Mrs Turner's parents Mr and Mrs George Rose of Norway, visitors for a week or ten days. Milo Fulton and children from near Columbus Junction visited their daughter Mrs Lloyd Edwards Thursday evening.
Joy Hawley a Northwestern University student was selected queen at Northwestern but her photo was included in a Chicago university beauty contest submission by error. The mix caused confusion as the grouping aimed for University of Chicago’s reigning beauty.
Republic Pictures presents Call of the Yukon at the Fox Theatre through Tuesday. Based on James Oliver Curwood’s Swift Lightning, the adventure stars Richard Arlen with Beverly Roberts and Lyle Talbot. In icy Alaska a stubborn heroine seeks protection from a half civilized trapper as rival Lugo aims to restore civilization.
Columbia's Start Cheering opens Tuesday at the State Theatre with a large cast headlined by Jimmy Durante Walter Connolly Joan Perry and The Three Stooges. The lineup also includes Froderick Crawford Hal LeRoy Johnny Green and his orchestra with remainder Ernest True Virginia Dale and Louis Prima.
Weather outlook for May 23 to May 28 covers the Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Expect little precipitation early in the period with showers in the latter half and generally seasonable temperatures overall.
Fort Dodge physician Dr. J. W. Kime reports his long term use of gold in tuberculosis care and urges Indian doctors to submit full publication on outcomes. Dr. W. N. Zinn, ex Oakdale hospital staff, helps launch a new clinic offering gold treatments to TB patients.
Des Moines reports on Iowa political stagecraft as party figures seek endorsements from farm and labor groups to woo voters while avoiding open platform disputes. The piece notes intraparty bomb-throwing in primaries and mentions a forthcoming interstate driver license law requiring tests and safety knowledge to compel states to adopt safer legislation.
Keota hosts alumni banquet with 215 plates as senior class guests. Tie Mae Lyle, from the junior class, won a top rating at a national contest in Minneapolis with a French horn solo. Officers elected: Kate R. B. Glover president, Harriett Clendenning first vice, Helen Kirkpatris Stonmer second vice, Dudley Gretter secretary treasurer, Florence Herr historian, Bob McNurlen assistant historian.
The piece notes muddled claims by Democratic senate hopefuls Gillette and Wearin for White House support. It says the president and advisers sit tight as reports conflict, leaving the party’s choice in the lone primary as a presumed secret.
Congressman Wearin urged Hastings voters to back F. D. R. via Wearin or reject him by choosing Gillette. Two nights later Dickinson in Town City framed Gillette’s recent statement as selling the senator out to the New Deal.
The Des Moines Democratic contingent favors Gillette over Wearin due to overtures for GOP votes. Gillette's nomination could complicate Dickinson or Lloyd Thurston in the race for the Republican line.
The piece notes speculation on President Roosevelt in Iowa as the primary closes. If Gillette and Thurston are nominated, F D R may fade as they are middle readers. anti new deal voices Dickinson and Wearin could spark a dogfight. A key issue could be farm program support amid 1938 A A A allotments.
GOP strategists discuss backing George A. Brown to vet the democratic superintendent nomination from G. B. Ferrell and Lucy Hall. They aim to pull athletic skeletons from the Iowa High School Athletic association closet, of which Brown has been custodian since 1922. Democrats push to vote against Brown to avoid athletics squabbles affecting the campaign.
Delegates from 5,021 congregations and 1,305,500 baptized communicants gather June 10 at St Louis for the 5th Delegate Convention of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states marking the centennial of the Saxon immigrant group. The Pilgrim Fathers left Beemen in 1838 for the New World arriving New Orleans early 1839 then up the Mississippi to St Louis. They settled Altenburg Missouri building a log cabin that grew into an education system with eighteen colleges and seminaries and a property worth about 9 million. The church now counts 853,524 communicants served by 3,275 pastors and operates 1,380 Christian day schools with 249,229 pupils in Saturday and Sunday programs. The benevolent system lists hospitals, orphanages, home-finding and aged homes with multi-million values. The Missouri Synod’s largest mission field is North American Home Missions with 1,650 stations, 148,745 souls, 83,552 communicants subsidized to 815,687. Mission work also in many languages and among diverse communities.
Daily sessions at St. Louis City Auditorium set Sunday June 19 to begin a series of nationwide and Canadian commemorations for 1938 to 1959. Concordia Seminary marks growth and Dr. Carl Ferdinand William Walther, former Synod president, served at Trimes Lutheran Church as memorial exercises. The 8 million dollar Concordia Seminary investment underscores its status as America’s largest theological institution.
Thirteen girls and nine boys received awards in a classroom presentation. Notable honorees include Evelyn Amsberry, Howard Arnold, Kathryn Beery, Loretta Britten, and Evelyn Vanelle Burton among others. The list also names Anna Virginia Conrad, Charline Dawson, Ruth Catherine Erdice, Clarence Funston, Cleo Sara Herr, LeRoy Sluber, and Marie Marjorie Haberman. Additional honorees include Thomas B. Mills, Shirley Richardson, Orville Glen Schroeder, Mary Elen Stead, T. J. Sorden, Feverett A. Stoutner, Gail Trier, Lillian White, Robert Williams, and Lucille Dowis.
State Liquor Chairman Bernard E Manley says about 12000 duplicate liquor permit books will be needed in the year starting July 1 due to laundry mishaps. Many books were found in shirt pockets after washing and deemed illegible.
Readable text suggests a safety measure or proposal placed in a congressional committee setting with uncertain prospects for passage and likely failure. The snippet hints at legislative scrutiny without clear support or timetable.
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