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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1944
Page
4
Former OPA enforcement attorney Eugene Breitenbach has cracked down on pleasure drivers, with 1100 motorists losing gasoline allocations. The report frames this as part of wartime controls affecting A, B, and C card holders, while noting a colorful array of garden scenes and local community events in Washington.
The hospital reports numerous discharges and births. Families welcoming new children include Stewart Ann Margaret, Askea daughter, Genkinger son, Chatfield daughter, Yates daughter, and Williams sons with times and weights noted. Major operations and tonsillectomies also logged along with relocations and committee commendations.
Ten year old and twenty years ago notes include Maynard Brown leaving for a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Louisville Barbara Miller Benson visiting from New York Bobby Lee wins pet parade prize Helen Elder Peterson visits Harmony school Al McCall dies at 71 Abijah Savage noted for Sunset Park gift George Maxwell moving to Washington new daughter for the Hammer family J A Cunningham house sale and wedding attendance Archer Shinnebarger affair Pioneer Ed Brown dies and barber Geo Black noted for Civil War regiment formation
Harry Sowden, night man at the Annex hotel on North Marion Ave, was the victim of a hold up last week. The robber escaped with less than ten dollars.
William Norton, former eight year county farm manager, indicted by grand jury for private use of public property. Norton resigned in July amid the probe.
Dr. W. W. Bowers is returned to the pastorate of the Methodist church here, resuming duties and leadership in the local congregation.
Mrs Carl Burris sold the Ainsworth hotel to Charley Olds and his wife. Miss Martha Rudd, a longtime beloved resident, died September 16. She never married but raised many foster children. A County Masonic group formed locally with L B Lupton as president. The B O class of the Methodist Sunday school elected Louis Jones as president and Vernon Crull as secretary.
Friday a woman admitted as a medical patient at a local hospital. Mr and Mrs Claire Darbyshire report a seven pound baby girl born at 4 o clock this morning and Mr and Mrs Ralph Derby of Richland announce a seven pound eleven ounce daughter born at 4 50 this morning. Both fathers are in the armed forces. Mrs Joseph Supalla and son Gary Joseph were discharged this morning.
Invitations have been issued to the wedding of Myrtle Morton and Fred Bragg, two of the county’s finest young people. John A. Babcock has gone to Chicago to seek work with a commission house in the Union Stock Yards, a well known livestock man with many friends here.
A local reviewer recalls a weak turnout for a touring Uncle Tom's Cabin company despite decent audiences for past shows. They criticize the cast as poor and the child performer Little Eva as squawky while noting the house filled only for the current production. A separate anecdote mentions a marriage proposal pause and a request for awaiting reply before firm plans.
Lt. Franklin Evans age 86 died at his son Frank Franklin's home 908 West Madison Street on September 17. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
A longtime Marion township resident and pioneer, one of its oldest, died on September 16 after being bedfast since 1935.
Fannie Cowan Coe, a well known local teacher and friend of Miss Fannie Wilson, died at her Everett Washington home aged 78. Her husband had died years earlier and she left here in 1904.
An old man’s illness is dismissed as rheumatism but seen as Father Time’s influence. The text notes improving women’s fall styles with wider skirts and affirms the world is getting better.
Cpl. Jack Mace, aerial gunner, finishes training with the B 24 crew at Pueblo Colorado and returns home on a nine day furlough to Twin Lakes Colorado to visit family including parents Glenn and unnamed Davidson relatives. Several other service members and relatives are noted in this community war time update.
Ida Cavender visits near Iowa City on business and calls. The week includes anniversaries, visits, and departures from Washington County with 4-H awards, hospital changes, a large barn fire, and various civic notices. Local shifts in employment, military movements, and school plans feature alongside family announcements and community concerns.
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