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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1941
Page
2
Martha Turnipseed began work Monday at the fountain in the Phillips and Hebner drug store taking the place of Audrey Hotle who returned to high school. Keith Hardy will continue work in the store after school hours.
Nellie DeWitt came back yesterday morning from a weekend in Chicago spent with Dorotha and Edna Mae Reynolds. The item notes a Ford or Mercury dealer slogan fragment with no clear news event.
The Lalor flag golf tournament at the country club awarded golf balls as prizes. T. R. Phillips posted the low score of 74 for 18 holes, with Glenn Smith of Wellman taking second at 77. Prize participants included Joe Pickens, Ed Brown, Bus Westermark, Bill Shannon, C. R. Wilson, Les Hicher, Bob Young, and Dick Johnson.
Riverside, Sept 3. The Riverside Red Sox led early and held a slim edge as the Bly club rallied in the ninth to force extra innings. In the 12th, Bly scored the winning run as Riverside relinquished a 6-3 defeat on home soil.
National League standings show Brooklyn 83 45 .648 and Chicago 70 66 .556 leads. Tuesday results: Brooklyn 9 Boston 2 and Chicago 3 Cincinnati 1. Tomorrow's pitchers include Wyatt Albosta Hughes Blanton Warneke Schmitz and Wagner with Babich Hudson on tap.
Mrs. Sherman Wolfe returns tonight from Mt. Pleasant where she visited her mother Mrs. Nellie Sponberg who spent the weekend at the Wolfe home. Relatives in Burling ton and Olds were visited in the absence. James Brown of Lancaster Mo died after injury. Clarence Brown will return from Lancaster and Centerville after being called Saturday. I W Schenefelt spent a week in Colorado. The last letter from Lloyd McCall was mailed in San Francisco.
Wellman Iowa hopes for a strong season with Coach Al Bobby returning all but two players from last year. Key returnees include Robert Moot hart at fullback and Calvin Wade at halfback, with a veteran forward wall led by Harold Weidlein and Ray Kraft. Over 26 players report for practices as younger athletes push for starting roles.
Mr and Mrs Ray Elkins hosted guests from Chicago with Mr and Mrs T H Peters. J M Stoops family hosted Labor Day visitors from Rockford including Mr and Mrs Grant Stoops. Ed Skinner and Mrs Stoops are sisters. Fox and State theater staff hosted a charivari for Mr and Mrs Shrum Lewis, who were entertained in their apartment. The McCalls expect Fran Lewis and two daughters from Fayetteville Ark visiting after Frank Jr.’s defense work in Milwaukee. The Hinckles of Winfield dined with the McCalls last week.
Greta Gaye Wells is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Wells of Washington route 4 born Saturday afternoon weighing seven pounds and fourteen ounces. The article notes other births and dismissals including Mary Widtfeldt of Council Bluffs and a Lester Kern son born at 9 45 this morning weighing eight pounds nine ounces.
Rev. John McNeel and daughter Jean left for Richmond Kansas to visit his brother Willis McNeel and family. He will return later in the fall for a longer visit after serving a furlough from the Associate Presbyterian church mission in Seoni India. He and Jean arrived in Canada last June for a visit. G. E. Frey, maser, will be at Cy Bush residence Saturday Sept 6.
An exhibit in the Spur display window outlines the crown rayon process from spruce wood to final yarn. Visitors include H. R. Crozier of Chicago staying with relatives, Marjorie Walker resuming classes at Kirksville Teachers College, and others attending local engagements and travel plans.
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