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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
5
The Garden Club announces a distinctive flower show featuring curated arrangements and seasonal blooms. Members highlight horticultural exhibits, with judged categories and prizes for standout specimens.
The Muscatine Garden club held a spring flower show in the First Congregational church basement, with displays ranging from modernistic table settings to Fourth of July and bridal tables. Junior exhibits by Muscatine children featured miniature homes and gardens, plus a new six inch high table of miniatures. The event, planned by Mrs. Charles Opel, ran through Wednesday with light refreshments served by the civic committee.
Donna Freyermuth Dorothy Le Quatte and Eva Powell will be speakers at a meeting of the I C C Four H club to be held Thursday. Members met last week at the Methodist church in Illinois City with twelve present. Darlene Blanchard and Arlie Gilbert joined. Roll call was a recipe. Ruth Cannam spoke on vegetables and Mary Ida Reed on How to Prepare Leafy Vegetables.
Letts-Lucille Littrell was named president of the 1932 class alumni of Letts high school at a Sunday picnic. Anita Black is vice president Lea Furlong secretary Florence Rowe treasurer. A theater party followed the meeting and plans for next year’s reunion were made. Guests included James Hill Philip Larsen Mildred Schafer Alice Furlong Paul Moran and Howard Dillon.
Miss Bernice Eversmeyer of 00 Walnut Street leaves for Minneapolis to join the Minnesota state health department as a summer assistant in bacteriology. She will miss part of the season but plans to return to the State University of Iowa as a senior in medicine this fall.
The Bond family reunion honored J A Bond of Portland Oregon with a Sunday gathering in Muscatine. The guest list includes seven original Bond survivors and many spouses and children from Tipton Muscatine Trenton Lafayette and Chicago among others.
George Volger son of Mrs Helen Volger of Iowa avenue was awarded aPurple Mask membership at the University of Iowa commencement for scholarship and acting ability. Mrs Volger and son Charles attended the exercises. George left with friends from Fort Dodge for a motor trip to California after the ceremony.
The W C T U met at Mrs. A Mortimer home to hear Mrs. Tom Foglesong describe local laboratory tests on alcohol use. Demonstrations showed a loss of two-fifths to four-fifths of a second in stopping a car after drinking beer. A lawn social and potluck at Mrs. Frank Bamford’s Mulberry avenue home was planned for July 6 with a program to follow.
The article notes the Morris family gathering highlighting Helen Emeline Morris seven months old daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Morris and grand daughter of J A Bond as the youngest. The next reunion date will be announced later.
Miss Louisa Jericho was chosen president of Chapter M of Tri T at the annual officer election held Monday night at the home of Mrs. C M Stanley. Other officers include Mrs G A Sywassink vice president and Mrs P M Jessup secretary. Plans cover the twenty fifth anniversary celebration at Mt Pleasant on June 30 and Tri T summer camp June 17. Muscatine representative to be chosen soon.
The local Girl Scout council met in the Central State bank building to discuss summer camp. Chairwoman Mrs. W. S. Smalley said 15 girls will attend Camp Chermann near Davenport in July. No Muscatine day camps. interested girls may join Davenport or Iowa City sessions.
The seventy year McCullough reunion for John and Elizabeth Gordon McCullough is planned at Weed park in Muscatine on Sunday, June 7. The family first settled in Iowa 70 years ago, with 17 traveling from Ohio. only Albert McCullough and Alex McCullough remain. Relatives and friends are invited.
Rose Croix shrine No 5 hosts a card party June 10 at 8 p m in the Masonic temple open to masons Eastern Stars White Shriners and their families and friends A social time with card games and refreshments follows the meeting Anna Mae Sander visits parents then returns to Cedar Falls for summer term at Iowa State Teachers College
Nine young women of the Duino club at the YWCA enjoyed a supper meeting at Riverside Park Monday night. Plans were made to hold a picnic supper at Miss Marguerite Lowe’s home on East Fifth.
Miss Freda Tucker and Harry Burger exchanged wedding vows at St. Mathias Church at seven this morning in a ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Vincent Walsh. Bridesmaid Mary Burger and best man Raymond Burger attended. The couple plan a brief honeymoon and residence at the Manjovie apartments. Burger works at Nietzel Drug Store.
Miss Gertrude Oberhaus and another hostess will preside at the street event on June 29. The gathering, described in local notices, emphasizes community involvement and hospitality.
Social Glance members of the Twentieth Century study club host a garden party this evening at Mrs E R Tipton home on Oakland drive.
Mrs. Gertrude Dickerson of 217 1 2 West Second street entertains at a farewell dinner honoring her son Arthur of Battle Creek Michigan. Henry Zimmerman of Battle Creek and others including Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Phillips Inez and Elvin Mrs. Gladys Hopkins Robert Toyne attended.
Franklin Girl Reserves held their final meeting of the year at the schoolhouse after school on Monday. After the business portion, the girls engaged in writing activities.
Miss Rose Claire Klaffenbach leaves for Chicago Monday to join the Globe Theatrical group for a week of final rehearsals then proceed to the Cleveland theater in Ohio for the summer. The Globe company has one of three Shakespearean units organizing for the season. She earned a University of Iowa degree Monday. Orval Matterson accompanied her home and dined with the Klaffenbach family before heading to Elgin Illinois.
A short column notes Mrs. John Her wig presenting poetry Fortune telling and stunts as part of a village event. The piece highlights entertainment acts and local participation in a light community program.
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