Mrs M Bermel Elected to Lead Pleasant Prairie Unity Club
Pleasant Prairie Unity Club met at the Crabapple Community building on Thursday for officer elections. Mrs Margaret Bermel was chosen president with Kay Schmidt as vice president Mayme Jarck as secretary treasurer. Three new members Mrs Faye Wulf Myrtle Halling and Mrs Helen Martz joined. Prizes awarded for 500 at nine tables. Hostesses listed. next meeting set for Jan 9.
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Pleasant Prairie
Gertrude Bermel
Louise Schmelzer
Inez Nicewanner
Warm coordinated knit coat pattern and 1969 needlecraft catalog
The ad promotes pattern 7483 for a two strand worsted jiffy knit coat in sizes 32 to 38, with pricing and mailing details. It markets Needlecraft catalogs including over 200 designs, free patterns, and gift ideas for Christmas, urging readers to send fifty cents per pattern and mail to Alice Brooks at Muscatine Journal Needlecraft Dept. Box 163 New York Old Chelsea Station.
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Alice Brooks
Muscatine Journal
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
Giant
CWF Christmas Banquet Held Thursday
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church held its annual Christmas banquet Thursday evening with 24 present. The program titled The Best Gift was presented by Betty Cleffman Sandra Fortney and Marilyn Yoder. The evening closed with making card holders for shut ins hosted by Vivian Irwin Frances Walsh Pauline Drumm June Moody Mary Ogle Kay Smalls and Marilyn Yoder.
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Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Betty Cleffman
Sandra Fortney
Marilyn Yoder
Vivian Irwin
Frances Walsh
Pauline Drumm
June Moody
Mary Ogle
Kay Smalls
New Misses Patterns List and Mail-In Instructions
Printed catalog excerpt details new Misses sizes 8 10 12 14 16 with size 12 bust 34 needing 2% yards of 54 inch fabric. Includes pricing for patterns first class mail and handling, mailing address to Marian Martin Pattern Dept Muscatine Journal New York. Also promotes Fall-Winter Pattern Catalog and instant sewing book with over 500 pictures for $1.
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Marian Martin
Muscatine Journal
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Freyermuths to Observe 25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Freyermuth of Muscatine will celebrate their Silver wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Sunset Inn on Sunday. They married December 19, 1943 at Sweetland Methodist church. They have two sons Lane and Kim, plus one grandson.
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Illinois City
Otis Freyermuth
Route 1
Muscatine
Sunset Inn
Anna Marie Hetzler
Sweetland Methodist Church
Lane
Kim
Rockridge High School
Illinois City Area Churches Announce Schedules
Illinois City churches publish weekly schedules with church services Sunday school and youth activities. United Methodist plans include a charge conference called session for 1969 officers and name changes. Pine Bluff United Methodist hosts services and a Christmas program. Providence Baptist lists services and meetings. various celebrations include Christmas parties and parish youth events at the Illinois City Church.
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United Methodist
Com‘mission On Missions
Illinois City
Parewigs
Wesleyan Service Guild
Susan Blaser
Esther Circle
Pine-Bluff
Providence Baptist Church
Muskateers
Hartford Patterson
Martin Maher
Kenneth Gillett
Ilinois City
Pine Bluff
West Liberty Women's Club meets with Christmas program
The West Liberty Woman's Club gathered at Mrs. Harland Gant's home for a Christmas themed meeting titled Inside of Christmas. Mrs. Nevin Hinkhouse presented It's in the cards Christmas featuring card history and designs 1843 to 1968, with holly ivy and poinsettia symbolism. A West Liberty High School quartet performed Christmas carols and original card artwork by Mrs. Robert Cline was shown. The session ended with Silent Night and a candlelighting ceremony and a business vote to donate to the American…
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West Liberty
West Liberty Woman’s Club
Harland Gant
John Carey
Fra Giovanni
C.R. Paisley
Home Life
West Liberty High School
Robert Cline
Cline
Joyce Waller
Mary Morehead
Tom Heither
Bob Larson
Lorena’ Martin
Dear Abby Advice Page Excerpt With Marital Wights
A Dear Abby column set presents letters about anniversary hurt and marital tension. Readers discuss neglect of birthdays and holidays, sneaky club fund gift exchanges, and lessons about communication. The tone urges proactive celebration, patience, and self reflection to reduce conflict.
Local gift exchange ends with hotel hosted refreshments
The event moved from the local chapter to a Cedar Rapids chapter. Following the gift exchange, refreshments were served by the hotels, assisted by Mrs. F. D. Smylie, Mrs. Warren Day, and Mrs. Russell Newell.
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Cedar Rapids
F. D. Smylie
Warren Day
Russell Newell
Columbus TTT Enjoys Annual Gift Exchange
Columbus Junction chapter R TT held its annual Christmas meeting at Mrs Warren Lewis home with twenty members present. Mrs Ralph Howell led the business session and members voted to remember the camp girl with a Christmas gift. Mrs Russell Greene transferred.
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Columbus Ttt
Columbus Junction
Warren Lewis
Ralph Howell
Russell Greene
Roots and roots used in ancient remedies and dyes
Native groups used jack-in-the-pulpit root for bread and lady's slipper for fever remedies. War paint colors came from bloodroot. The Bo tree in Anuradhapura, Ceylon, is noted as the world’s oldest dated tree at about 2,300 years old.
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Anuradhapura
Ceylon
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Bach
By Weice Brookes
Weriia Masti
Otis Freyermuths
Llinois City Area
APCO
ALL Oil Company
Dick’s
Mississippi
Women's Club of
Nevin Hinkhouse
Waldo Myers
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Field Service Fund
N.J. Peterson
L. Brown
Robert Smith
Marshall Hawley
Ken Wagner
Boiling
Albion
Michigan
TIMEX
Sunmark
Sheffield
Currier and Ives
Jade East
the Baron
English Leather
Nine Flags Armada
Nietzel’s
Max Factor
Christian Dior
Nietzel
Speolal
Bryan
Maja
Mulberry Ave
Gift Supreme
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Wembley
Jantzen
Arrow
Yule Treat
Mavest
Nine Flags
Cologne
Haggar Shoes
Freeman
Stemiennes
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