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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1933
Page
4
The Muscatine area celebrated a long weekend with many opting for a Chicago excursion while others hosted family picnics at Weed park and nearby spots. The issue notes multiple reunions and anniversaries, with details of attendees and officers elected for various family groups.
Members of the Women's Relief corps met Friday night at city hall. The session included a business meeting and a social hour honoring the Morning Sun corps president and an officer who attended as special guests.
Officers named for the coming term include Maryella Fuller worthy advisor and Mary Elda Stein associate worthy advisor at the Muscatine assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. Forty present. other posts filled include Betty Keating charity Ethelavis Hendriks hope Mary Louise Hendrickson faith Lucille Thompson treasurer. Initiation planned late month with an open installation in early October. The next Rainbow Girls meeting is set for September 16.
The Muscatine Business and Professional Women’s club opens its fall and winter schedule with a dinner on Wednesday September 13 in the gold room of Hotel Muscatine A first board meeting is set for Monday September 11 State president Mrs Goldie Worth announced the 1933 34 standing committees and district members with officers and appointments from Des Moines Iowa City and other cities.
Members of the Zion Luther League from Muscatine attended the Southern League Conference in Ottumwa Iowa over the weekend. Roy Fust of Fontenelle was elected president Elwood Clark Muscatine as vice president Katherine Dunker Muscatine as secretary treasurer and Reverend Beidermann Des Moines as advisor pastor. A Saturday night Foster Park picnic honored the eight visiting leagues.
Forty seven members attended the Excelsior Literary Society picnic at Weed Park Saturday. A chicken dinner was served at noon and the afternoon was spent informally. Meetings will resume in late fall.
Mr and Mrs A J Brown marked their 53rd anniversary with a family reunion at Weed Park attended by fifty three relatives from Muscatine Davenport and Nichols including Bessie Adams Myrtle Brown Hilton Brown and many others. The event featured gifts a large cake and a fall festival preview for New Era on Sept 13 and 14 with kitchen and dining room arrangements led by Mrs Henry Fitchner Mrs Elmer Hetzler Mrs A M Mc Gavock and Mrs Henry Henke. The U P S meeting slated for Friday was moved to Sept 22.
Atalissa and Muscatine third ward tied for first in the Royal Neighbor Juveniles membership contest and each received prizes at the district convention at the Muscatine Elks home. Each group recruited 30 new members and Muscatine third ward won the stunt contest with a tap dance by Viola Knetsch and a 12-girl Japanese lantern drill. Judges, welcome remarks, and an address highlighted the event.
The New Era Young People's society will perform the previous week's plays again Thursday night at Park Avenue Methodist church. Rehearsals have begun for a one act play titled The Orange Colored Necktie to be presented soon.
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