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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1966
Page
3
A dense schedule lists numerous social, club, and community meetings from Monday to Wednesday. Events include book clubs, chapters, luncheons, craft sessions, speaker nights, and youth and women’s groups with times and locations at YW rooms, churches, and local halls.
Mrs Don Lins hosted the Joahn Vaughn circle breakfast at her home with her daughters assisting. Beth Brinning led the program and Lucile Forgey conducted the business meeting. The circle reported a love gift over 200 dollars, voted five to the Girls Educational Fund, and a Camp Dayton Oaks gift. Rev Richard Peterson and family were guests.
A lighthearted column recalls mishaps with aerosol cans used as shoe polish and hair spray, a mistaken oven cleaner face, and a young man mistaking after shave for mouthwash. It shares a school poem, a playful bread anecdote, and a homey roundup of domestic blunders with a final sign‑off from Marge.
The YWCA outlines nine morning and two evening coffees for April 11 to 15 to promote YWCA Week starting April 24. Theme this year is The Christian Purpose of the YWCA, chaired by Mrs. Cal Wolf with Mrs. Verne Knecht and others directing the event. Local membership stands at about 400.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service circles met in regular sessions presenting the program Strangers No More Each circle noted the general meeting April 15 at 2 pm at the church Two important dates were announced the annual conference April 26 at 9 am Creston Ia and the School of Missions June 27 July 1 at Indianola Circle hostesses were Mrs Howard Hazen Mrs L F Harding Mrs Harold Gilmore Mrs Carl Jarrard Mrs T L Brookhart Mrs Harold Klopfenstein Mrs Milburn McKay and Mrs Don Holmes
Mrs and Mrs Charles Wiley hosted visitors Sunday with numerous friends stopping by. Guests included Fern Kingsley and Nellie Hawley from Fort Dodge Faye Elliott and Ellen Linkhart from Oxford and Mrs George Havel of Ainsworth. A program on Korea and native dresses was presented Friday by Mrs David Livingston and Mrs Tom Gerdes.
Mrs George Gould entertained ten HEO Club members on Thursday with Easter poems for the roll call. A business session planned a bulb and flower exchange for the May meeting with Mrs Dave Erwin. Refreshments in Easter colors followed the social hour.
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