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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1952
Page
5
A long editorial notes Ray Whitehead’s influential leadership in Ainsworth and urges a countywide get out the vote effort for November 4. It praises civic duty while urging family-level participation and stresses the republic’s survival depends on voter engagement.
Mrs. Brokaw and several relatives visited the Zeno Tinnes home Sunday in Rabio. Attendees included Olin Rudisil of Perry Ethel Krouse and John Bauer of Ocean Bay Wis and Mrs Tinnea’s sister.
Washington area residents share weekend visits and allotments with relatives from Davenport Dublin Ottumwa and Keota. A Ladies Aid supper planning session was held at Ella Carthly's. School reopened with 16 scholars and Miss Phyllis Derby teaching.
Prairie Flower Baptist lists Sunday school at 10 a m worship at 11 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Revival with Evangelist Joe Rice runs September 9 to 21 every evening except Saturday at 7 p m Pastor H F Kirchner leads the church events and prayer meeting Monday at 7 30 p m
Ainsworth churches announce Sabbath school at 9 a.m and morning worship at 11 a.m with a sermon theme Great Things of the Bible. First of 25 sermons on favorite Bible passages features Open the Door Revelation 3:20. Rosemary Jenkins sings, Maran oski Hawthorne and Sullivan provide hymns as Fred Pfeifer is superintendent. MYF meets 7 p.m with leaders Ornduff Ornduff and Young. WSCS seminar Sept 11 at Wellman 9:15 a.m led by Carl Steetel.
Crawfordsville Methodist Church announces Sunday program with church school at 10:00 a.m. led by superintendent John McNeill, morning worship at 11:00 a.m. featuring a sermon titled Double-Mindedness and a 7:00 p.m. Young People meeting.
At the Federated Presbyterian Church events include Evening worship Tuesday at 7:00 pm. W.S.C.S. meeting Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Study of the Letters of Paul Thursday evening. W.S.C.C. dinner Friday evening. Receptions for teachers at the school follow.
The Federated Woman's Guild sets an all day meeting at the Federated church with a noon potluck. Members are urged to attend. includes Sunday school worship and youth activities led by Ernest Smith.
A tale of a poor lad who saved glass shards and later created a masterpiece. The story links small daily tasks to faith, family life, and church service, emphasizing that every member has an important role in the body.
Reverend Vernon E. Roth of Bethel Mennonite Church eight miles south of Washington moved to Kansas to enroll in Hesston College and Bible School for a year of theological study. The Bethel pastor will be away during the term with pastoral duties covered by three Mennonite ministers from Wayland who will alternate between Sugar Creek and Bethel congregations.
A medieval custom awarded the next marriage to the woman who stole the bride’s garter. The contest for the token grew heated as brides kept garters loose to avoid rough confrontations, making the charm widely sought after.
Two years after ukuleles surged, the guitar led the revival last year and now the man dolin joins the comeback trail as others retain popularity. The note of renewed interest hints at shifting tastes in popular music instruments.
Montreal reports that British Overseas Airways uses trays carved from Canadian elm logs felled in the early 1800s. The elm, once sunk under the Thames to reinforce Waterloo Bridge, spent 76 years underwater before being recovered and polished into silver serving trays.
RIPLEY Miss Aboard of aldermen meetings likened to a missionary society by Ruth Street 54 who became mayor after her husband died and she was elected while ill. She notes cooperation exists but suggests refreshments be served at meetings to improve proceedings.
CANONSBURG, Pa. Frank Russo a 57 year old coal miner teaches himself philosophy. Immigrant from Italy who arrived in 1911 he learned English French and Spanish to read. His personal library, built from his meager earnings, is valued at about 1400.
Crawfordsville daily notes: Junior Department of the Methodist Sunday school wrapped up a boys vs girls attendance contest with a watermelon feed at the Earl Walker home. The Walker tractor ride home capped the celebration as teachers and families joined the fun. The column also lists multiple regional visits and community events involving local families, teachers, and residents across Iowa.
A 15 foot long helium filled Holstein breaks loose from Doughboy Industries in New Richmond Wisconsin and drifts toward Illinois. A gunman is hired after aviation officials warn such objects threaten planes. Wildlife and family notes appear in the same dispatch from Kandson Minnesota.
Mateti Narasimhan of Madras started west in 1950 aiming to pedal around the world. After 5,000 miles and six countries a motorized bicycle aided him in Europe, with a pause in Turkey and stops in the United States cited as his greatest thrill from the journey.
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