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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
5
New Year devotionals marked by midnight observances in Muscatine church circles. Union and individual watch services drew hundreds from several co operating churches, with readings, talks, music, baptismal rites, and dramatizations signaling the 1937 transition.
The Henke home in Pleasant Prairie held a New Year watch party on Thursday night. About five hundred guests played games, sang in the old and new year, and enjoyed luncheon provided by the hostess. Attendees included the McCullough, Peterson, Henke, Reeves, Walter, Roehlk, and related families.
Five couples in Muscatine will celebrate milestone anniversaries in January. J H Pitchforth and wife of 501 Mulberry observe their fifty first anniversary on January 6. Alex McCullough and wife of 144 Sherman observe theirs on January 27. Edward C Rosenmund and wife, formerly LaVada Schmelzer, mark their first anniversary since their 1936 Davenport wedding. Arthur Royal near Fairport marks seven years on January 3. C C Altekruse of Seventy Six township observes 30 years on January 3.
Mr and Mrs Van Hettinga and son Reeves from Ann Arbor Michigan visited in Muscatine on Thursday en route from Oregon Illinois where they cared for the former's ill mother. They stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Leo D Nicolaus of 967 Sycamore Street.
Little friends gathered for John Robert Horning’s second birthday at his home 1311 Smalley Avenue. Ramona Penrod sang Happy Birthday as balloons and favors brightened the party. Guests included Jane Hoopes Kathleen Schroeder Donald Hecht Harold Semlet Ramona Penrod Lavonna Drewes and several mothers with Mrs Bertha Phillips grandmother of the honoree assisting.
General Secretary B. L. Gallaher announced the annual happy hour program series will begin Sunday at 8:30 p m at the Muscatine Y M C A. The ten week series is open to youths from all Muscatine churches marking the third year of the program.
The United Brethren parish holds a housewarming at the newly decorated parsonage Monday night hosted by the Ladies Aid. Rev. and Mrs. A L Brandstetter will greet guests. church members invited. The decoration drive was sponsored by the Ladies Aid with gifts exchanged and honors given to longtime members.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Bloom host a dinner for their parents Mr and Mrs J A Bloom who will spend the winter in California. Attending are Mr and Mrs Clarence Bloom and children Glen and Joan and Mr and Mrs J A Bloom and Mr and Mrs Ralph Bloom with children Phyllis Shirley Ann Carol and John.
Six couples attended a New Year’s Eve watch party at Harvey TeStrake’s TeStrake home on Newell avenue Thursday night. They played monopoly and shared a midnight lunch after the gathering included Frances Highbarger, Kenneth Daniels, Lucille Miller, David Sywassink, Lela Maxwell, Leroy Taylor, Lucille Lindley, Frank TeStrake, Janet Korneman, Donald Battey, Elsie D. McKinney, and Harvey TeStrake.
The Salimagunda club gathered for a New Year’s Eve watch party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Othmer at 103 East Fulham Avenue. Prizes were awarded to winners after games, and lunch was served at midnight. Special guest Mrs. E. E. Richardson of Ames Iowa visited with her sister before wintering in the south.
The E. H. B. club met Wednesday at Helen Reinsager’s house. Verna Reynolds won first prize and Dorothy Bowen took second in a bridge evening. Attendees included Mrs. La Verne Murdock and the Misses Marjorie McElroy Maxine McKone Dorothy Rodgers Dorothy Bowen Verna Reynolds Coretta Moore and Helen Reinsager. Dorothy Rodgers will host the next meeting on January 11.
New Year’s Eve celebrations across the Tri Cities feature large dances by Masons Country club Elks and Pythian lodges. Joe Ernest radio band leads at the Masonic temple with blue and silver decor. Elks ballroom hosts 600 plus with Paul Mc Daniels orchestra. Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters hold a major dance at the K P hall. Buffet supper follows midnight. Communitys Christmaslike gaiety continues with private home events and radio music broadcasts.
The Twentieth Century club begins its 1937 calendar with a Tuesday afternoon meeting at Mrs. E. P. Steinmetz's home, 119 West Fifth Street, to discuss present day tendencies in re-
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