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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1941

Page

6

Colorado Guest Is Honored at Dinner in Rex Smith Home

Prairie Center news recalls a dinner honoring John Nickle of Colorado Springs and Max Kraft of Galesburg Jr. with Rex and family hosting. A long list of local relatives attended. other items note cooperative wiener roasts, visits, and upcoming October program at the school with spelling and attendance records.

Colorado Rex Smith George Koehler Prairie Center Vaughn John Nickle Colorado Springs Colo Max Kraft Galesburg Marty Willoughy Donald Smith Delbert Maxwell Wellsan Bill Richards Ravre Wilfred Smith Myral Smith Crawfordsville Edna Witting J. R.mcconahey Tom Schulty Washington Meral Smith Joann Brighton Rey Smith John Koehler Harry Campbell Don Wylie One Darbyshire Omar Wagner Carl Schneider Wayne Arnold Columbus Junction Bill Lenty George Masson Hemphill C. H. Wolfe Ehine Koehler Weerman Ehme Koehler Herman van Hilsen Dirk John Weerman Marshall Koehler Geo. Stokes Donald Simmering Larry Ray Miller Harold Gerdes Ainsworth Yor Simmering Don McClure Phil Marion Street Malcolm Montgomery Indiana Wellhman Don Simmering C. ©.Miller Wellman Don Marshall Wess Meyer Marsha Ann Virginian Meye Montgomery Muscatine Dell Five Otto Theiss Kahoka George Martin Koehler T. J. Stirling

Add Three Pupils and Havre School Opens with Enrollment

Havre School opened on Tuesday September 2 with fourteen pupils including two beginners Shirley Ann Smith and Charles Hesseltine and two eighth graders Norma Smith and Lester Gardner. On Monday September 29 three new pupils Shelby Hazel and Beverly Keller joined, bringing total classes to three beginners three second graders one fourth grade two fifth graders six seventh graders and two eighth graders.

Havre Shirley Ann Smith Charles Hesseltine Norma Smith Lester Gardner Shelby Hazel Beverly Keller

West Chester Man Leaves for Service

Dwight Harley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Harley and West Chester High School graduate, has been called to United States service. He left Sunday after a visit with his parents for Jefferson Barracks Missouri, then to Fort Benning Georgia. He has worked at Clinton as director of athletic activities for the YMCA. His wife Dorothy Trotter will remain in Ainsworth with her parents until Dwight is located.

R. C. Ferguson West Chester Dwight Harley Charley Harley West Chester High School United States Service Jefferson Barracks Fort Benning Dwight Clinton Dorothy Trotter Ainsworth Michigan F. M. Lindenmeyer Chicago Mr. Hill Detroit Norwood Mich Lafe Stoutner Bridge Club Ben Holt Jess Radda Keokuk J. H. Miller Iowa City Richard Stewart Richard Keith Stewart C. C. Niffenegger Miller N. S. Niffenegger Dora Grinstead Nellie Booth West California Oklahoma Bernice St. Louis Holt Raymondsville Ben H. C. Holt Seminole Okla Shirley Ark Chub Walton Waltons J. B. Pollock Ellen Daston Dan Gast Nayedley Effie Vansickle Lucy Leet Kalona

When a Man's Married Lincoln Barthlow Guests

Sunday dinner guests included Lincoln Barthlow Mrs Charles Barthlow and their son plus Leota Barthlow of Columbus Ohio with Mr and Mrs Grinith at the Cart White home near Haskins. Dale Roberts fractured his left collar bone after a fall Friday evening. Mr J M Stewart returned.

Lincoln Barthlow Charles Barthlow Will Beal Washington Leota Barthlow Columbus Oh So Mrs. Grinith Cart White Haskins Will Roberts Hugh Cotter L. G. Roberts Dale Roberts

Local visit and homestead chatter noted in Osage column

Friday from Omaha recounts visits with daughter Mrs Bern O'Brien and family. Town folks Mrs Everette Stewart Mrs Ray Nordyke and Mrs Will Roberts enjoyed Thursday in Oskaloosa. Neighborly talk about fall pallet sheds and hens with a playful note on a hen laying in Griffith's tool shed before returning to roost.

Omaha Bern O'Brien Everette Stewart Ray Nordyke Will Roberts Oskaloosa Griffith

Stores Pumpkins In Cellar a Year They Remain Firm

Mrs Will Dea found two last year pumpkins kept in the cellar were still solid after being cooked a year later in Ambo y. The report notes strong fruit preservation and invites curiosity about long term storage. Local social notes mention visits by the Dea family to West Chester and a trip by Elizabeth Dea and three Junior College girls to Iowa City for a teachers meeting.

Will Roberts Amboy Will Dea West Chester Elizabeth John Charles Harley Elizabeth Dea Wilma Brown Jean Martin Irene Jane Althea Montgomery Iowa City D. W. Griffith Griffiths Vir

Gale Holoway Faces Jealous Wife and Capitol Turmoil

Gale contends with Cedric Colburn and Senator Murray amid a mounting lobbying conflict. Mrs Olmstead seeks a meeting about her husband as Gale plans to sever ties with Murray’s bill while Nan reveals Cedric’s hold over Gale and a mounting personal toll.

Gale Gale Holoway Thoras Olmstead Colburn Tommy Olmstead Tommy Mrs. Olmstead Cedric Murray Bill Joe Nash

Gale Purchases Rally Roadster After Capitol Victory

Gale, elated by the Murray bill's passage and Joe Nash's apology, rents a car and buys a yellow sports roadster. She treats herself to a showroom demonstration, arranges delivery for tomorrow, and hopes to surprise Nash, who may still be watching her. The episode follows a tense day at the capitol amid rumors and personal strain.

Gale Joe Capitol Building Sam Joe Nash

North Star Location Near the North Pole

The North Star sits nearly directly above the North Pole, serving as a guiding beacon for navigators. Its position marks the celestial north and aids orientation in the northern night sky.

North Star North Pole

Records of Longevity Greatest human age proven at 113 years

Walter G Bowerman of New York Life Insurance says the greatest age proven is 113 years. He notes only eight cases have ages over 108 years authenticated.

Walter G. Bowerman New York Life Insurance Company

Police regulate trees in Summerville South Carolina

All trees in Summerville are subject to police regulations. No tree may be cut unless necessary to preserve other trees or due to a dangerous condition.

Summerville S. C

Patrol finds few auto crashes due to mechanical defects

State highway patrolmen report that only a negligible portion of accidents stem from mechanical faults. The remark echoes the old joke about the driver behind the wheel.

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Kamely Darrell Chalupa Gladys Gardner Mildred Gardner Donald Baker Jo Ann Chalupa Shirley Smith Mr. Krabill Ruby Norton Ruth Smith Clarence Norton Donna Smith Jo Ann Cha Iupa Verena Graber You Atheltic Clinton 2See Dixie Dugan McEvoy & Striebe Westphal the Jewelers Senate Yanver Twenty Senator Murray Elaine Capitol Sclon Jeffrey Nan Marie Nana Cedric Colburn Hearst Publications King Features Jeff Nan’s Thomas Olmstead Olmstead Speaker Darcy Shells Assembly Nash King Features Syndicate P. L. Etter S. Iowa
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