Review of seven weeks news in Washington area
Ernest White, 828 South Avenue B, suffered a skull fracture from a heavy beam on the Plecker farm northwest of Washington and was improving in an Iowa City hospital. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed attending funerals, family events, visits, and travels, including trips to Des Moines, Chicago, Denver, and Colorado Springs, with multiple mentions of relatives, housing moves, and professional appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest White
South Avenue B
Everette Plecker
Washington
Plecker Farm
Mr White
Iowa City
Lloyd Easter
East
Washington Street
Wellington
Colp
Wilson Nichols
Nichols
Havre
Mr. Easter
Colorado
Easters
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lusk
H. D. Tallman
Lohrer Named District Deputy Grand Chief for District 7
Lohrer was named district deputy grand chief for district 7 and will preside over 14 temples in this region. She attended a deputies school in Prairie City at Mrs. Scyle Johnson's home and, with Mrs. Dusenbery as guest of honor, joined the state banquet Monday evening. Mr and Mrs D B Wells of Ainsworth move to Milan Missouri to run a stock farm after twenty years near Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Augustine
Lonnie Sullivan
Chi
Pleasantville
West Plains
Clara Kysar
Edna
Augustine
Ozarks
Hot Springs
Norman
Okla
Delta
Dave
Wade Myers
Zion
Lohrer
Prairie City
Scyle Johnson
Dusenbery
D. BE. Wells
Ainsworth
Milan
Missouri
Mrs. Wells
Surprise testimonial honors Washington publisher at Chamber dinner
Friday evening the Washington Evening Journal publisher FRIDAY R. F. Shannon received the Kernel of the Tall Corn award from the Iowa Press Columnists at a surprise Chamber of Commerce dinner attended by over 100. He also received a bound volume of letters from publishers. Local police plan a new Ford 6 police car after council bid approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Chamber of Commercce
Shannon
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Murder trial opens with 12 jurors chosen in 35 year old case
Oscar Fetters faces trial for a shooting from 35 years ago. Jury selection ran two days, 400 people interviewed, and five men and seven women were seated: Maynard Strabala Kalona C. W. Freel Cedar township Hazel Klett Dutch Creek Ruth French Elsie Murdock Lucile Kleese Burton Box Ruby Sharp Doris Steele. The week also covers Tall Corn Fiesta plans, a beauty contest sponsor trouble, a reported marriage spree in Columbus Junction, and local accidents and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar Fetters
Maynard Strabala
Kalona
C. W. Freel
Cedar Township
Hazel Klett
Dutch Creek Township
Carl Craig
Iowa Township
Max Owen
Crawfordsville
Jewell Carris
Ruth French
Elsie Murdock
Lucile Kleese
Keota
Burton Box
Riverside
Ruby Sharp
Doris Steele
Wid
Hospital Admissions and Births Record
Admitted Sunday Rui Cuance Washington Jennie Hering Washington Mrs Earl J Miller Winfield to medical. Dismissed Today tom Mills Keota. Births Saturday Mr and Mrs Ernie Arnold Richland a daughter at 9 15 p m. Sunday Mr and Mrs Norman Achoonover city a daughter at 10 42 a m Mr and Mrs John Frame Ainsworth a son at 4 41 p m. Today Mr and Mrs Marvin Kelley Wellman a son at 2 23 a m Mr and Mrs Alfred Strandberg Oklahoma City Okla a boy at 1 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rui Cuance
Washington
Jennie Hering
Earl J. Miller
Winfield
Tom Mills
Keota
Ernie Arnold
Richland
Norman A
Choonover
City
John Frame
Ainsworth
Marvin Kelley
Wellman
Alfred Strandberg
Oklahoma City
Okla
Birth Announcements From Keota And City Areas
Yesterday notices list Mrs Minnie Fitzgerald of Keota and Mrs Roy Niffenegger of Ainsworth in medical updates. Today announces Mrs Roy Hough of R2 and a new daughter born to Mr and Mrs Eugene Tucker in the city at 4 27 PM on 4 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Fitzgerald
Keota
Roy Niffenegger Ainsworth
Roy Hough
Eugene Tucker
City
Local Notices of Mothers and Daughters in Two States
Mrs Edwin Delaney and daughter of Iowa City join Mrs Broneslaw Osowski and daughter of Washington, and Mrs Leo Marie and daughter of Washington in a regional social notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Delaney
Iowa City
Broneslaw Osowski
Washington
Leo Marie
Local Names Listed for Medical and Surgical Cases
Yesterday entries include Mollie Tierney West Chester medical Mrs Elmer Rubey Fairfield surgical Mrs William Wade Richland surgical Today lists James Turner Washington medical Also today Mrs J Claude Miller and son Wellman Harold Schmitt Washington Mrs Arnold Yoder and son Keota Mrs Alfred Strandberg and son Oklahoma City Okla Mrs Ernie Arnold and daughter Richland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Tierney
West Chester
Medical
Elmer Rubey
Fairfield
Surgical
William Wade
Richland
James Turner
Washington
J. Claude Miller
Wellman
Harold Schmitt
Arnold Yoder
Keota
Alfred Strandberg
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ernie Arnold
Deaths of the Week Record in Brief
Death notices list Lloyd B. Anderson of Bell California who died in Des Moines on Sept 14, Mrs Martin P. Miller aged 86 who died at her daughter’s home in Iowa City, and Louie Warner 85 a Columbus Junction resident who died after a brief illness at her daughter’s home G W Ayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Etter
Preston L. Etter
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Lloyd B. Anderson
Bell, Calif
Des Moines
Anderson
May McFarland
Fr i. Whisler
Martin P. Miller
3On Wallace
Columbus Junction
Louie Warner
G. W. Ayers
Mrs Minnie FitzGerald Dies in Keota After Brief Illness
Keota resident Mrs Minnie FitzGerald died at Washington County Hospital Tuesday evening at 4:45 oclock. She had been in poor health for two years, with a ten day period of serious illness. Heart ailment listed as cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Minnie Fitzgerald
Washington County Hospital
Death of Joseph Taylor in Marion at age 101
Mrs. H. M. Dodder of Washington learned Thursday of the death of her uncle Joseph Taylor in Marion Iowa. He would have turned 101 in October and Mrs Dodder plans to travel Saturday to attend the funeral services.
Passing Years in Washington Chronicle Community Notes
Ten years ago many local families and visitors featured in town life stories. The column records visits by G A Dain and daughter Elizabeth, Ark parts of society including university moves, a barn fire north of town, personal travels, and festival events with students piloting miniature trains.
Social events and local notices from the era
Miss Myrtle Swift plans Davenport winter as a social evening in honor at Rev and Mrs Mountford. W R Cambridge visiting from Minneapolis and Frank Pwindley join in discussing wild game hunting. Mrs May Shockley and J W Harris wed in Burlington. Scottie May rests in county with early mail carrier roots. Arthur Duesing returns from France. Jaynes and Beulah relocate to Des Moines. L T Smith mourns and Greta Looman wed in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Swift
Davenport
Leslie Mountford
W. R. Cambridge
Minneapolis
Frank Pwindley
Mrs Georgia Young Hosts Friends for Miss Fannie Winter
Mrs Georgia Young entertained a company of friends at her home in a compliment to Miss Fannie Winter who will begin work at Lake Forest soon. A party of men traveled to Fargo North Dakota to view land. others joined from Columbus Junction Corpus Christi and the Gulf coast country. The Paul company group returned from the gulf coast trip after disposing of about 2506 acres and a business totaling near 100000 dollars. Henry and Mel Shields returned from a camping trip four miles below Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Briley
St. Louis
B. C .Briley
Baby
Washington
Harold
Florida
Georgia Young
Fannie Winter
Lake Forest
J. C. Littl
Fargo
N. D
D. of
Miller
Will Fleming
Roger Jones
Alex Johnson
Columbus Junction
Ralph Shannon
Arthur Wilcox
David Teuscher
Horne
Gertrude
Corpus Chisti
Texas
Gulf Coast
Paul Company
Henry
Mel Shields
Rubio
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Harold Messenger Sr
Muscatine
Quitman Kervin
Fordyce, Ark
Charles Messenger
Walter Kyle
Tuella Patton
Lulu Kyle
Indianola
Wallace Jamison
Dalton Galloway
Egypt
James Ferguson
Ed Mayhew
Lennox
Orville Kemp
Kemp
Eclipse Lumber Company
Mary Brohm
Washington, D. C
Denis Brohm
Miss Brohm
Export-Import Bank
Frank Brower
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Mrs
Ralph Junkin
Harold Bieg
Los Angeles
Calif
Biegs
Ralph Bauer
Dene Carnay
Tom Berdo
Lisbon
J. R. Gardner
Dr. Gardner
Mr. Berdo
Howard Fitzgerald
Elkhorn
W. E. Wasson
Clyde Lambert
Mrs. Lambert
Margaret McCall
Bellflower
R. M. Lauer
Kansas City
H. W. Cumming
H. Busby
Evanston
Walter Hagans
Brighton
Wayne Robison
Moline
Ill
Doris Robison
Miss Robison
Pvt
Mervin J. Kern
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Jester Kern
Glenn Durst
Bob Dunbar
Dodger
David Thompson
Ian Storms
Joe Pease
Rhea Kay
Jennie Hawthorne
Harold Booth
Connie
Afton
C. B. Reed
Booths
Deane Rinner
Pocahontas County
L. R. Rinner
Ames
Town State College
Jean Freshwaters
Nancy Patterson
Grinnell
Grinnell College
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Ahe Ehter
Helen
Western Springs, Ill
Harry Montgomery
Duane Griggs
Chariton
Dale Carstensen
Mr. Carstensen
Montgomery Ward
E. L. Rouse
Colorado Springs
Colo
South Second Avenue
M. Cruise
Robert Wead
C. O. Dayton
W. 7Th St
Plan 10
Trace Schoonover
University of Oklahoma
Leonard Hagen
Williamsburg
Bob Kern
Joe Kern
Richmond
Mercy Hospital
Main Street
R. G. Shaver
Rawleigh Medical Supplies
A. W. Clow
Indianapolis
Hotel Severn
Lewis Hering
Juanita
Pueblo
Pikes Peak
Herings
Will Rogers
Will Hotz
West Liberty
Charles Friese
Edwin Lukavsky
Carl Greiner
Ruth Ann
Felix Florang
Edd Lukavsky
Harry Sowden
Burlington
H. J. Corcoran
St. Paul's Church
Sowdens
Ed Sorrell
William Sitter
Cloud Willits
Denver
Estes Park
George Hobson
Boulder
L. E. Febinger
Wilma Palmer
Charles Palmer
Ruth Widmer
Kay
Gerald Humble
Grant Humble
Rockhurst College
Gerald
Washington Junior College
H. C. Hotle
Roger Lance
Maquoketa
Lance
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Ed Wood
Jimmie
Ronald Galbraith
Sue
Gibson
Milo Bosworth
Roy Wells
Dorothy Turnipseed
Mary Waggoner
Chicago
Robert Spera
San Antonio
Vox
Charles Morris
Kd Heck Home
J. E. Lemmon
Northwestern Druggist
Jane Neill
Washington High
J. J. McCoy
Chanute
Kan
Fern Murray
Ida Cavender
McCoys
South Bend
Frank Hudspeth
Duane
Portland
Ore
Rodney Davis
Major
Roger Ficher
Austin
Mary Voorhees
The
Ywca of
Tom Peters
Picaro
Western Springs
Fitzpatsion
Harry Kick
Mr. Montgomery
Lyle Box
George Williams College
John Lemmon
Des Retoee
Howard Caldwell
Betty
Berea College Hospital
Berea
Lexington
Miss Caldwell
Julia Koehler
John P. Koehler
Central College
Pella
Julia
Wisie Long
Mabel Gray
Wilkes Barre
Richmond, Va
DY Keith Molesworth
Tray
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Harold Miller
North Side Furniture Store
S. 2Nd Avenue
Hubert Lehrer
B. Dusenbery
Grand Temple of Iowa Pythian Sisters
Mace Motor Company
Public Safety Committee
Ben Holt
Granite City
Paul Horak
Clint Gurne
Gilbert Mills
Harold Brock
Fort Dodge
Cora Burroughs
W. Shaffer
University Hospital
Harold Shrauger
Atlantic
Robert Day
Shraugers
William Day
Lois Harriet Ofelt
Town City
Irene Ofelt
Charles Drish
Federated Women’s Clubs
Ralph Kleese
Phil Weldin
John Beenblossom, Roland Cole
Karl and
Sam Simmering
Marion
Seigler
Doris Benson
Neda Aston
Orla Kersten
Wheaton
Miss Benson
Miss Aston
Moody Bible Institute
R. A. Acheson
Mar
French
Emma
Edna Purvis
Mt. Pleasant
Nell Samson
James Dawson
Eva Mouser
Cyril Legris
Legris
Berkeley
Mouser
J. W. Chorpening
Gladys Ayers
East St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Blythe Hubbard
Rhinelander, Wis
Douglas
Clara Faulkner
Alfred Faulkner
Miss Faulkner
Ira Gastman
Junction
Richamond
Bobby
VFW
Cardinals
Parsons
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Walter Jasper
Skunk
Eddie Davis
Russia
Soviet Russia
Don Holland
Paul Brock
Harry Ramseyer
Jim Stone
Soil Conservation District
Honey Creek Lake
Frytown
Levy
Shrock
C. C. Shimon
Bob Wead
Fetters
Joe
Monty
G. A. Dain
Elizabeth
San Francisco
W. S. Kyle
Dains
Dain
Ardelle Pieper
Matilda
Clara Teb Rockhorst
Dixie Carter
Frank Carter
University of Colorado
Drake
Etha Dawson
Lyle Schully
Junke High School
V Crull
Virginia Crull
Doris Klepfer
Marjorie
George Means
Treta
Maxine
Junior Willits
Dick Corbin
Wilma
Lucille Busby
Lewis Thornton
Eugene
Shirley Dunlap
Virginia
Tom Rickey
Flo. John and
George Stewart
U. P
Francis Carter
Rainbow Girls
Mary Westphal
Anna Campbell
Helen Witte
John H. Witte
J. B. Randle
J. A. Hawthorne
East Main Street
Cunningham
McLellan Company of
Lesses
Joe Falk
Chevrolet
Lois Holland
Haskins
Glenn Pratt
Atwater Kent
Dale Lupton
Diamond Ring
Axel Anderson
Benrus
Karl Voorhees
K. G. Lee
Ed Weizmen
Mable Johnson
George J Thornton
George Beltz
Theodore Hyndes
Cedar Rapids
Independence
L. T. Smith
Washington High School
Mr. Smith
Greta Looman
H. F. Duesing
Arthur
Frank Jaynes
Beulah
Jaynes
May Shockley
J. W. Harris
Shockley
Tarris
Belle Plaine