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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1939

Page

3

Miller Esch wedding at Goshen Chapel Hall

Orie A. Miller and Sarah Esch wed Easter morning in Goshen College Chapel Hall Goshen Indiana. The ceremony featured Mary Ellen Esch as bridesmaid and Paul Miller as best man with Rev D A Yoder officiating. The couple plans a brief honeymoon before Miller resumes teaching at Wayland High School and Mrs Miller begins internship duties in Des Moines Iowa.

Wayland Sarah Esch Mina Esch Goshen Indianna Orie A. Miller Amasa Miller Goshen College Indiana Mary Ellen Esch Paul Miller D. A. Yoder Elkhart Ind Miller Wayland High School

John Tener and Mary Bates wed in Riverside Easter ceremony

Mary Bates and John Edward Tener exchanged vows at the Bates home in Riverside on Easter Sunday. Rev. Stuart Peterson officiated as family and friends gathered, with Helen Bates as bridesmaid and Orval Crow as best man. The couple plans a honeymoon and will establish a home on the Tanner farm east of Riverside.

Riverside Laurence Bates East Riverside Mary Bates John Edward Tener Stuart ©. Peterson Methodist Helenates Orval Crow Jows City Laurence K. Bates Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls John W. Tener Iowa City Lowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant Teter Charles Bates Childre A. Tates Wapello Maude Carr Stella Steffeson Cedar Rapids Marie Tener Wilma Janeener Columbia Jea Jiclen William Tener Flora Wriend

Tarriage Sale at City Hall Set for April 14

A sale notice indicates a public auction at City Hall on April 14 with items described as 400s and related details partially readable in the notice. The posting provides limited information on the exact property or participants.

Tarriage Sale Priday

Toast Mastery From Leftover Bread Ideas

Readable cooking notes show multiple ways to use stale bread. It covers drying into crumbs for breading, toasting until brown, crostini and crouton tips, custard and milk toast, French toast variations with applesauce and spices, and cheese and tomato combos with broiling finish.

Newlyweds Honored by White Couple in Crawfordsville

Mr and Mrs Carlton White entertained twelve guests Wednesday evening honoring Mr and Mrs Lester McGowham of Mt Pleasant who were recently married A miscellaneous shower followed with pinochle prizes Vernon White won first Olive Mitchell second Refreshments were served by the hostess

Lester McGowham Mt. Pleasant Vernon White Olive Mitchell

Piano Selections Highlight Fortnightly Club Music Dept

John Yousling and Mrs Freshwaters performed a piano program for the Fortnightly club Music department meeting held in the Sorden Music studio. Mrs Freshwaters reviewed Three Hundred Years of Music in America while officers for the coming year were announced: Mrs Sizer leader Mrs Tweeten assistant leader and Mrs Marytown secretary-treasurer. National Music Week May 7 to 13 will be observed locally with department programs.

John Yousling George Freshwaters Music Department Sorden Music Milo Sorden Peter de Rose Chopin Jensen Freshwaters Mozart Richard McCleery Harry Sizer W. M. Tweeten Ar Vistant Maurice Marytown Sizer Tweeten Music Week

Final Plans For Achievement Day In Wash Co

Final plans are announced for the women's home project Achievement day in Washington County. The event at the Methodist church social hall starts at 10 a.m. with a program including greetings from the county farm bureau and township reports, a music contest, talks on housing and refrigeration, a dinner break with a covered dish dinner, and a planned adjournment by 4 p.m. All county women are invited.

Women's Home Project Methodist Church Clayde Knupp Women’s Home Project Washington County P. F. Whisler Washington County Farm Bureau Ba Hiotle Clayde Knapp Lime Creek C. C. Thiessen Clay Kenneth Donovan Brighton G. Picken Cedar Carl Jarrard Jackson Washington Claud Ihodebeck John Stewart Pgon

Pilotburg Ladies Aid Meet at Church April 13

The Pilotburg Ladies Aid society plans a church meeting on Thursday afternoon April 13. Hosts are Mrs. Clara Fisher and Mrs. Blanche Brown. Members should answer roll call with a short poem and bring plants flowers or seeds for exchange. Entertainment committee includes Mia Mary Oldfield and Mrs Helen Stransky.

Pilotburg

Mrs Virgil Wittmer Visits Storm Lake For Week

Mrs Virgil Wittmer travels to Storm Lake on Saturday to spend a week with her parents.

Virgil Wittmer Storm Lake

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Goshen Chapel John K. Tener Des Moines Iowa Mary Ann Parker Capitol Ave Erce C. White Crawfordsville Mrs Carlton White Ceived Graham Eastster Fred L. Moore North Iowa Avenue Music Dept J. W. Chandler Lawrence Wilson Glen Helden Dorothy Daniel Report of Music Luclile Cochran Tomer Oxfords O’shoes Coats Stevens Chambry Pilotburg Society Blanche Grahams Department Stores
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