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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1930

Page

3

Public Library Notes Adds Wide Range Of New Titles

The Public Library shelves receive a broad fresh fiction selection led by titles from Jane Abbot Temple Bailey West Wind M A Barnes Katherine Brush Dorothy Cotterill L A Cooper Zane Grey and Hugh Walpole The Scarab Murder and Rogue Herries appear among many others including The People of this Town The Door Pure Gold and Touchstone Readers will find classics recent bestsellers and notable authors in this list of new acquisitions.

Shelve Public Jane Abbot Beggarmen Temple Bailey West Wind M.A. Barnes Katherine Brush Manhattan Alice Campbell Paris L. A. Cooper Dorothy Cotterill Wharlane John Erskine Uncle Sam Hyes Lucy Glasswindows Lucy Furman A. H. Gibbs Zane Grey An. Dine Edgar Wallace The Hugh Walpole Rogue Herries T. ‘A. Williams Touchstone H. BL Wright Exit

Crawfordsville News Briefs Bring Local Family Updates

Crawfordsville reports detail visits, illnesses, and travels among residents. Ida Wooley and Jessie Riley shopped in Washington while Bert Hesseltine and others attended sales. Families like Zickafoose, Conrad, and Wooley celebrate birthdays and school events. A Jolly Farm Bureau outing hosted forty, and neighbors visited Bruce Marshall’s home. A massy Harris tractor owner and students departing for Cedar Falls, Town City, and Kalona high school appear in the week’s notes.

Crawfordsville Ida Wooley Jessie Riley Washington Wooley Bert Hesseltine Hesseline Ervin Victor Hesseltine Dale Riley Dayle Sands Joe Jones Aletha Zickafoose Grace Conrad Harley Rhica Frank Young Ferel Young Jimmie Charley Rogers Amana Charley Zickefoose Sam Rolfe Cedar Falls Harold Town City University Wilma Wooley Roger Hamilton Gwendolyn Rhea Wilma Indies Jolly Farm Bureau Club Albert Heseltine Tom Bruce Marshall Tom Weber Cedar , Rapids John Roth Ainsworth Bruce Marsall Earl Marshall Riverside Jia Coons Roy Means Mary Weber Heck Goose Creek Joh Nicholson Frank Skala Harris Esther Murdock Mike Murdock Murdock Seattle

Get Acquainted dinner honors teachers and pastor in Brighton

Brighton Sept 12 the Meth uen congregation hosted a Get Acquainted dinner at the church honoring teachers of the public schools and Rev G H Heldel the pastor who will remain at Brishtom another year A toast program followed and a stunt evening with group divisions and social chatter among attendees. The notice also lists relatives and visitors tied to Genevieve Me Guire funeral and various local departures and arrivals including Bernadine Waltman birth of a great grandchild and travels of several residents amid school openings.

Brighton Methuen G. H. Heldel Lwite Brishtom Groupa Snonth Joey Estay Ete Ete Sro Fren the Number of Another Month Sodeserie By Vantoruime Genevieve MeGuire Fatfield Wev May Spielman Neary Spielman Otto Lamunaby Margaret Keats Nerang Henry Wolt Lester ‘Kientz Pred Willams Edmondagn Chris Navn Jadwine G. D. Cooper Jeary Kenn Gh Hoover Ne'iagane Chas. Sohiyo3 Will "Statler Merle Statler Bath Seaton Il. Te Bland Mn Eligabeth McGuire Laughiee Andhushund Utd Mintivaiter Schoe Toomes Clare Locke Centerville Bernadine Ames Yellowstone Park P.M Oklahoma HF. Whitney and Sons Hare Old and Edgar Hutchinson W. W. Jamison Whitney University Town City

Riverside versus Bruce Marshal clash reported

Mr and Mrs Heck welcomed a baby girl last week at a Washington hospital. Mr Nimly and Mrs Moberly were in Washington visiting daughter Mrs Bolten recently back from Tule Oklahoma. Mrs McCready and Mrs Harry Hardy spent an evening at Bruce Marshalls home last week.

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Wellston community notes and arrivals

Wellston reports include the Waggoners taking in seven year old Lillian Anderson from Davenport orphanage and her starting at Wellston school. News notes: Emma Nelson wed George Lamily. Frances and Irene Harvey and sisters Brinning begin school work. dinners shared at Oliver Dunbar’s. Lottie Augustine visited. Social Club hosted at Sunset Park. Mrs Carl Corpman ill with appendicitis but improving. Walter Hotle sold clover seed from 10 acres at 15 dollars per bushel. C T Furst and Acel Robertson sold seed. Clarence Jensen’s loads yielded seed.

Wellston Mark Waggoner Lillian Anderson Davenport Wellston School Emma Nelson George Lamily Frances Irene Harvey Wilma Josephine Brinning Washington High School George Bakers Oliver Dunba Glenn Dunber Brighton Lottie Augustine Oliver Dunbar Sunset Park Carl Corpman Walter Hotle C. T. Furst Waller Acel Robertson Clarence Jense

Glendale News Roundup Highlights Local Travel and Meetings

Ruth Stewart, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Stewart, left Glendale for Maryville Missouri to attend Missouri State Teachers College. Harold and Gerald West head the Wallace School in Washington for the year. Mrs Albert Webb and Mrs John Stewart attended the Ladies Farm Bureau meeting at the city hall.

Glendale Ruth Stewart John Stewart Maryville Missouri State Teachers College Harold and Gerald West Wallace Washington Albert Webb Ladies’ Farm Bureau City Hall

Heart Tag Day Receipts Total $83 at Volunteer Drive

Miss Teabelle Davis led Volunteers of America tag day here last Saturday. Receipts reached 83.00 with Helen Mellisky winning 10.27, Betty Payne 8.97, and Ruthie Bol 7.31 in prizes. Others selling enough to earn small rewards included several helpers. The Snowball Social Club meeting shifts to September 24 due to the fall festival. De Metta Ladies Aid meets at 2:20 in Cal hall led by Unit 16 social hour. Bernard Frieze and Charlie shelled corn for Murray Smylie. Harry Gerdes attends a Sabbath school convention in London, Iowa. Lee Chambers buys a farm and plans spring move. Ari and Hubert Redlinger rent vacated farms from Chambers and Miller.

Teabelle Davis Volunteers of America Helen Mellisky Betty Payne Ruthie Bol Teresa Towler Washington Bernard Frieze Charlie Murray Smylie Harry Gerdes Londen Iowa Lee Chambers Beme Field Bristow Ari Hubert Redlinger William Miller, Jr

White in Parachute Leap at Winfield Fair

Clarence Bacon White performed a second parachute jump at the Winfield fair, from over 2000 feet. The Curt airfield plane from Moline ferried him as spectators watched his controlled descent despite initial balance issues. He plans more jumps to expand his record when opportunity allows.

Clarence “Bacon White Washington Moline Aimig Macon Bacon

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Public Library Notes Vera L. Sands Ater T. Furst O. Griffith Lucile Robertson Kalona High School Lloyd Robertson West Chester Howard Greendyke Rubio Bruce Marshal Lemmon’s Jewelry Store Sherman’ Funeral Service West Side Square Thomas Gerdes Chesterfield Liccerr & Myers Tobacco Co Pater, E Liscer de Mette Dist Ladies Ald Cal Hall Unit No. 16 Winfield Fair Bayer Aiden Curtis ‘Olds Ists Phy
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