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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1950

Page

4

Washington area news notes from 10 years ago

C R Wilson arrives to manage J C Penney store succeeding D F Barnes who moves to Highland Park Michigan. The Cincinnati Reds win the 1940 World Series defeating the Detroit Tigers 2 1 in game seven. Fancy Ace Type Iowa Junior Champion 1940 sells for 455 dollars. Community groups tour factories and Journal office. Various town updates include broadcasts of weddings moves new directors at a country club and local business openings.

C. R. Wilson J. C. Penney D. F. Barnes Highland Park Michigan Detroit Cincinnati Reds Detroit Tigers United States Knotek Bros Washington Iowa Knotek Gilkey Farms Owatonna Minn

Washington weekly round up of family visits and weddings

Local news notes Mrs Payne Marshall Doris Carlson Millard DeLashmutt attend Iowa Welfare meet in Grinnell. Many relatives visit, travel and weddings across Ottumwa Eldora Cedar Falls Washington and nearby towns. Navy recruit scores perfect on intelligence test and several trips and birthdays highlighted.

Payne Marshall Doris Carlson Millard DeLashmutt Grinnell The Iowa Welfare Association Navy J. M. Burke Robert Thompson Stanley Thompson East Madison

Improvement League awards funds to A.M.E. church

The Executive Board of the Improvement League voted 150 for improvements to the A M E church. Mr and Mrs Frank L Wilson celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary on Oct 7. The annual fall festival was

The Improvement League A.M.E. Church Frank L. Wilson

Hub store to close out by January first sale

Mr. Oberman announces today that the Hub store will close out all stock by January 1. J. L. Brookhart travels as a passenger this morning for West Point and at the other end Nellie May Noble awaits him.

Mr. Oberman J. L. Brookhart West Point Nellie May Noble

Washington county voters weigh funding for new barn

Voters in Washington county will decide on a measure to authorize the board of supervisors to spend up to 10 000 to construct a new barn. The vote occurs on Tuesday November 7 during the general election.

Board of Supervisors Washington County

Marriage at Eight This Evening in Olathe Kansas

John Shields and his son Mel traveled to Olathe Kansas where Mr Shields wed Miss Matie B Speara. The bride befriends Maude Shields and they both taught colored children in the south. Turk Neiswanger a 26 year old Army veteran and county clerk candidate appears in uniform in the photo.

John Shields Mel Olathe Kansas Mr. Shields Matie B. Speara Maude Shields South Clayton Neiswanger Turk Tennessee Crawford Township Dutch Creek Kalona Cuba

Neighbors Recall Vacations and Local Civic Notes

Recap of past vacations featuring Redwoods and canyons, state license plate talk, and Iowa pride. Local updates cover Lake Darling bass and bluegill stocking, Junior Hi youth activities at the YMCA, and a string of community events. Also noted are a tea honoring Gold Star mothers, traffic safety tips, and celebrating Dr. Clyde A. Boice and the history of Washington County Hospital built in 1912.

Iowa Iowa Medical Society Washington Clyde A. Boice Towa Washington County Washington Hospital Boice

Local births and regional notices in brief

Friday birth reports include infant Michael Lee Baker six pounds 11 ounces born to Mr and Mrs Carroll Baker Kansas City Lois Long. Lake Darling received thirty eight thousand bass and bluegills by state conservation workers with observers Baldridge Snyder. Granddaughter Candice Lee born Sept 20 to St and Mrs F J Haesenmeyer Columbus Ga former Clarice Brumfield. Murdock return from auto and Pan American trip to southern states and Havana Cuba. Martin Whittaker departs Moline airport for national Legion convention in Los Angeles reaching Iowa headquarters at the Biltmore.

Lake Darling A. E. Baldrige Charles Snyder Lansing Carroll Baker Kansas City Michael Lee State Conservation Commission A. E. Baldridge C. H. Brumfield Ainsworth Candice Lee F. J. Haesenmeyer Marion Street Columbus, Ga Martin Whittaker Moline National Legion Los Angeles Mr. Whittaker Iowa Bilt

Kalona Veterinary Firm Changes Ownership

Over the past week Olkader and Michum, a long established Kalona veterinary firm, will change hands with Dr. Roger G. Feldman taking possession on October 1. The move marks a transition for one of the town’s oldest businesses.

Kalona Eftene Roger G. Feldman Olkader and Michum

Brighton Water Pump Recalled From 1920 Files

The Brighton Enterprise reports a pump installed August 5 1920 aimed to raise 200 gallons per minute and deliver water in a straight stream, based on archived enterprise files.

Brighton Enterprise Brighton Enterprise

Grouwinkel Boys Featured on Duroe Record Cover

Columbus Gazette reports Gary and Kenneth Grouwinkel sons of Mr and Mrs Paul Grouwinkel were highlighted with their prize winning Duroes on the front cover of the October Duroe Record.

Columbus Gazette Gary Kenneth Grouwinkel Paul Grouwinkel Duroes Duroe Record

Hospital News and Obituaries Summary

Saturday births include a son for Ernest Krantz Wellman at 3 20 pm and a daughter for Richard Longer Washington at 3 45 pm. Sunday births note a daughter for Raymond Fritz Brighton at 9 07 am. Dismissals list Patsy Tellin Washington Mrs Don Ross Brighton and Mrs Delmar Rhodebeck Keota.

Patsy Tellin Washington Don Ross Brighton Delmar Rhodebeck Keota Lloyd McKavy Ernest Krantz Wellman Richard Longer Harold Bender Raymond Fritz David Floyd City Lloyd Enke

Local Birth Announcements in Washington Area

Yesterday notices record surgical patients Mrs W E Howell Mrs Josephine Holland and Mrs Max Arbogast. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Fritz at 6 15 p m in Washington. Today Mr and Mrs Karl Messer RR2 Washington welcomed a daughter at 10 37 a m.

W. E. Howell Washington Surgical Josephine Holland Max Arbogast Wayland Raymond Fritz Karl Messer RR2

Obituary Notices for Mrs Richards and Emma Humston

Yesterday two patients Mrs Richard Adrian Richland and Mrs Emma Humston in Washington required medical attention. Today Neal Humble in Washington underwent surgery. Robert Lundin from Brigh ton and a Del mer Henry couple in Washington welcomed a daughter at 11 10 p.m.

Richard Adrian Richland Medical Emma Humston Washington Neal Humble Surgical

Admitted and Brigh Patients in Riverside and Washington

Admitted today Wallace Johnson Brigh today George Kos Riverside transferred to Restopia Mrs Karl Messer and daughter Washing ton Mrs Raymond Fritz and son Washington Mrs Richard Longer and daughter Washing Yesterday Mr and Mrs Hu bert Stutzman Washington a son at 4 50 p m Today Mr and Mrs Maey

George Kos Riverside Restopia Karl Messer Washington Raymond Fritz Richard Longer Hubert Stutzman Maey

Deaths This Week Records Two Local Passings

Joseph Klopfenstein aged 89, longtime farmer in Washington county, died Sunday at his daughter’s home four hundred fourteen miles southeast of Washington. He had lived there since shortly after his wife’s death in May 1948 and had been ill for six weeks. In Kalona, Mrs. Malinda Yoder, 94, died at her Kalona home at 11:00 AM after a lingering illness.

Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs Washington Emil Hesselschwerdt Kalona United Presbyterian Church R. C. Ferguson Ft. Madison Byron Cummings Joseph Klopfenstein Washington County Clyde Thompson Klopfenstein Malinda Yoder

Harm Rahmiller 78 Dies After Stroke In Muscatine Hospital

Harmon Rahmiller a lifelong Columbus Junction resident died at 7 this morning in Bellevue hospital Muscatine after being taken there September 28 following a stroke.

Columbus Junction Harmon Rahmiller Bellevue Hospital Muscatine

Mrs Anna Eicher 92 Dies In Cedar Rapids Nursing Home

Wayland residents mourn the death of Mrs Anna Eicher aged 92 who passed away Monday morning at 10 30 in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after several months in hospital following a fall and a broken hip.

Wayland Anna Eicher Cedar Rapids

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