Historical image of the day

Workers at the Reliance clothing factory in Washington, ca. 1930s

Quarterly program coming up Friday

Don't forget about the quarterly DCHS program coming up Friday July 10 at the 4-H building in Washington. The featured speaker will be Margaret Kennedy presenting two books by her mother Enid Gabhart about early 20th century life in Reeve Township.

Dinner will begin at 6 PM. Seats are $15 per person, a table of 10 can be had for $100. Call the museum to make reservations or for more information.

$2 tickets are also being made available for the program portion only on a walk-up basis. The program should begin at approximately 7 PM.

Historical item of the day

From the Washington Herald, September 22nd, 1917, a preview of the final game of the season between the Vincennes Overlands and the Washington Greys. The text of the article reads:

The last game of the association schedule and possibly the last of the season will be played at Woodlawn tomorrow afternoon between the Vincennes Overlands and Washington.

This is being made "Booster Day" and the fans are urged to turn out in large numbers in order that the association season may be fittingly closed. A record-breaking crowd should be in attendance and judging by the interest that has been aroused in the contest the management is going to be treated to a welcome surprise in the number of patronage.

Vincennes has always played well against Washington and Washington looks for a hard game. Information from Vincennes is that a large crowd of fans is coming from that city to witness the battle.

The local team must win to stay in the race with Bicknell for first place. Hancock and Dark will be the opposing pitchers. The game will be called at promptly 2:30 o'clock.