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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1922
Page
7
News from Keota Route 3 notes Hazel Engle visiting cousins near Havre and H P Deal improving after illness. Visits span Washington and Iowa City with Engle relatives. Decoration Day plans include dances, church services, and family gatherings for anniversaries and memorials.
Pleasant Plain resident Marion Hope Ballard visited Will Millers last week. Carpenter work by Peter Witting and John for Ben Miller. Charley Cunningham shipped two loads of oats. Wes Meyers and sons attended Aspaworth high school eighth grade play. Theodore graduates seventh grade. Mr and Mrs Golia Miller visited Jake Shrader. Howard Mestride and Clem Edgar spent Sunday with Will Me Brides. Grace Hesseltine of Crawfordsire visiting Will Staffords.
Mrs A J Morgan and daughter Ruth plan a westward visit to Ontario and Los Angeles with Colorado stops. Clay school closes Friday after noon. Richland H S graduates posed for photos in Fairfield. Local notices cover family visits, anniversaries, and graduations with several names and places in Iowa.
The report mentions Frank Bandy Sr and Jr visiting the Lloyd Hampton home for dinner. Edgar Porter hosted guests, and Ernest Carlson Frank Pringle and Glenn Schwartz sprayed their orchards. H. B. Porter and Edgar sold wool to a Burlington buyer for a good price, totaling seventeen or eighteen hundred pounds.
A string of visits and life events unfolds in Ainsworth and Brighton as residents travel from Des Moines Salisbury Kirksville and Chicago to visit family attend commencements and weddings. Highlights include multiple marriages in Brighton wedding aftercare and a critically ill child, June Robison, at home with her family.
The town ladies not in the W R C are invited to gather Monday afternoon at the M E church basement to make wreaths for decoration. Dr S B Watson and family visited the R C McKiernan home Friday before starting a motor trip to California. Mrs L R Marr visits friends in Oskaloosa this week. Martin Stewart returned Friday from a visit at the Riley Miller home near Washington.
W. W. Twinam returned Friday night after attending the General Assembly of the Covenanter church in Olathe Kansas. He also visited J. H. Cherryholmes home in Wellington Kansas. Hal Sommer has been visiting relatives in Wayland and attending commencement.
Mrs H C Woll returns from Ainsworth after commencement exercises. Miss Irene De Long of Washington visits the Huber and Maxwell homes. Miss Mina McCleary returns from Keota after a year teaching. Rev and Mrs Albert Lanone travel to Davenport where he preaches. Miss Ferne Duncan of Washington visits Saturday. Auxiliary held a pantry sale and sold poppies at Chrissinger store. Mr and Mrs M C De Long attend services. Miss Laura Barnett finishes eight months leading choirs. special song service features solo and anthems. Rev Hanna preaches on the rich young ruler. Postmasters and county offices meet in Washington to organize a welfare league.
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