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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
2
Mervin Kern, son of Mr and Mrs Les Kern, broke his shoulder last evening after a tree fall. He was taken to University hospital in City for treatment. Mr and Mrs Fred L Moore traveled to Rochester Minnesota today with their daughter Jean to resume duties in public schools.
Ralph Kelsey underwent major operation this morning. Lillian Gregory was dismissed this morning. Joe Shalla was dismissed last evening.
Mrs William Glassburner of Gary Ind arrived Tuesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J C Carris They will travel to Gary and then New York City to visit Henry Carris a private school teacher There are plans to visit the World's Fair and other eastern sites Also noted are visits by Khief Mrs Finch Mrs Bingham and others with family in Vermont Nebraska and Missouri Various local residents are listed with short travel or visit notes and job details
Irene Bishop arrives from Marengo to Ainsworth for weekend. Don and Frieda Rabenold visit Chillcothe for Frieda at Chillcothe Business College. Virginia Guffey and Ruth Guffey return from Chillicothe with Frieda. Kelley from South Dakota joins. Local residents and relatives visit or travel between Pekin, Davenport, Chicago Heights, and New York State as Labor Day passes.
The Shalla Malichky reunion is announced for Sunday at Runset Park. The notice gives a date nearby and location but lacks full details.
Ke-Wash football season starts Sept 22 with Burlington and Indees in action. Brighton visits Wellman while Keota faces Kalona. Richland and West Chester also in the loop. West Chester plays Sigourney next Friday as six strong teams compete. Supt Hofer of Keota elected president and Supt Ross of Wellman secretary treasurer at the organizing meeting in Washington. A football jamboree is planned for Jan 19 at Keota with all league schools.
Earl Kindig, son of Mrs. B. H. Van Meter, will be commissioned second lieutenant in the field artillery. He reports Sept. 15 to Madison Barracks with the 26th Field Artillery after graduating honors from Iowa State College in June. He served as lieutenant colonel of his ROTC regiment, and his commission follows a War Department selection of seven honor graduates from ISU. He has spent recent weeks in Washington with family.
Pleasant Ridge reports Patricia Swift unable to enroll on Monday due to a sore limb from a hoe accident. Pleasant Ridge School opened with 21 pupils. new beginners Forrest Christner and Daryl Dean Disney. Several local families moved in or away as community updates appear.
The American League shows New York leading with a .708 mark ahead of Cleveland and Detroit. Wednesday results include Chicago 7 St. Louis 2 and New York 2 Boston 1. National League standings list Cincinnati first at 76 48 with St. Louis and Chicago close behind. First game scores: New York 10 Boston 4. Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4.
Volunteers of America hold their annual heart tag sale this Saturday with headquarters at City Hall led by Miss Marie Landau. The event supports the needy, with volunteers from local organizations and Mayor Lytle participating. heart tags are sold to donations to aid displaced families and at risk youth served by the agency.
Washington's Independents, after a three game winning streak, plan a Sunday 2:30 clash with the Burlington Eagles at Blattnerfield. Next matches are at Batavia on Sept 17, Davenport Maroons tentative Sept 24, and a Muscatine game Oct 1 to close the season. Art Edmondson anchors a pitching surge boosting the club.
A reunion of children of the late Joseph N. and Lavinia Schnoebelen met at the C. S. A. hall in Iowa City with a noontime basket dinner and social afternoon. Guests included Anna Schnoebelen Riverside and Robert Carter Chicago.
Betty Reschley of Merrimac underwent an appendectomy after an appendicitis attack on Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant Hospital. Vivian Zears visited her sister Mrs. Lester Nicola and family this week. Mrs. Carl Amrine and son Donald called on Mrs. Roy Eshleman and children. Mrs. Amos Christner of near Blakesburg spent time at Roy Duttweiler’s home. Carl Amrine and sons with A. N. Amrine visited relatives. J. A. Wieneke Jr. and family and Clarence Lowe and family visited John Wieneke Sr. Sunday. Edd Crile spent Sunday afternoon with Royd Lantz.
The Snowball Social club and families will gather Tuesday evening at Mrs. Guy Hoyle’s home for a watermelon feed. The event follows a club meeting at Mrs. George Dare’s home led by president Mrs. Earl Booth. Members shared notes on teachers and a Rural Schools improvement discussion led by Mrs. Glenn Fuhr and Mrs. Booth.
A. E. Roe turns 80 today and marks long Washington residency since 1892. Sheriff Harold M. Putnam also has a birthday this date along with several others including Qde Ferguson and Mrs. Fred L. Stewart. Peggy Jane Waggoner is ten at Sunset Park with a basket dinner planned at noon.
Mrs. Joe Klopfenstein hosted eight Sunshine Community members yesterday at her home. They visited and sewed quilt blocks for a friendship quilt. A fried chicken supper for members and families is planned next Thursday September 14 at the new No 7 schoolhouse with refreshments assisted by Velma Beenblossom Mrs Clyde Thompson and Mrs Frank Mayhew.
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