Evening Literature Dept Elects Fortnightly Club Officers
The Fortnightly evening Literature department met at Mrs. T. R. Gillespie home electing Leader Miss Lucy Stahl Assistant leader Mrs. George Rudiger and Secretary Treasurer Miss Edna Mercer for the coming year. Members heard Kenneth MacGowan's book Pootlights Across America praised for its view of the American little theater movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Gillespie
Lucy Stahl
George Rudiger
Edna Mercer
Mathilda Berg
Kenneth MacGowan
America
University of Iowa
MacGowan
Cleveland Play House
Miss Berg
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Irwin
George Washington Memorial Highway
Clara Faulkner
C. A. Boice
Helen Wilson
D. J. Ross
Harriet Barrett
Gilespie
Nellie Tripp
Ruth Lemley
Maud
Ethel McCreedy
William Graf
Graf
C. H. Davis
Dave McLaughlin
Alice Rowne
A. W. Clow
Charles R. Brown
George Foster
Dr. Erskine
Cedar Rapids
Just Us Club celebrates fifteen years of neighborly effort
The Just Us club marked its fifteenth anniversary with a luncheon at Mrs. Henry Dittmer’s home. Original member Mrs. Oscar Brock read a history tracing the group from its 1917 birth in Mrs. Fern Carbaugh’s house to eighteen members and broader community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Davis Sisters
Gladys Wolf
Betty McCartney
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Martin West
George Miller
Harry Bishop
Sam Wittmer
Will McBride
Lewis Herring
Elmer Mason
Francis Witthoff
Auguste Koehler
Marie Zieglowsky
Henry Witthott
Just Us
Henry Dittmer
Oscar Brock
Fern Carbaugh
Mame Brock
Lyman Babcock
John Dodd
Wilcox
Brock
Just Us Club
Howard Anderson
Charlie Bear
Cy Bush
D. L Carbaugh
J. H. Campbell
R. P. Dewey
Chris Dittmer
al Fields
J. E. Gardner
Mae Hopengardner
S. W. Hout
Dan Rohrer
R. C. Wilcox
Arthur Yard
Howard Kerr
Luncheon Held by Mrs Rath Attends Meeting with Lorena Green
and daughter Mrs Victor Wenger and her little son attended a luncheon hosted by Mrs Rath with Mrs Green assisting. The next meeting is scheduled for May 5 with Lorena Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Wenger
Rath
Green
Lorena Green
Veiled portrait of Marlene Dietrich at State theater
The article praises Marlene Dietrich for years of study and talent guiding her rise to fame in Shanghai Express. It notes her height five feet five inches weight 120 pounds hair color red gold blue eyes ivory skin and her German army officer father shaping her musical education from Wielmar to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich Acheeviess Pame
von Sternberg
Mariene Dietrich
Shanghai Express
Wiss Dietrich
Wielmar
Berlin
Failing Sight After Age Forty Warns Vision Shifts
The Better Vision Institute notes that sight tends to fail after forty as eyes lose flexibility in changing focal ranges. At forty two the average person begins to struggle with adapting vision to varying distances, with or without glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Vision Institute
School Days Here Again Cooking School Opens At State Theater
Mrs. Nancy Rowe presents new recipes and lectures at the four day Journal cooking school. A lively group of women attended the first session this afternoon and enjoyed her talk. The annual event draws regular attendees and prompts postponement of other meetings to allow participation. Expect many new ideas you will not want to miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Rowe
Journal
State Theater
Unusual Exhibit Showcases Rural Pupils Art
Blanche Wolary teaches 13 pupils at Beard school near Exline who create hand carved knives, spoons, furniture, and toys displayed at a Red Cross drug store window. The project uses nine girls and six boys with wood carving done with small knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Wolary
W. W. Wolary
Centerville
Washington
Red Cross
Red Cross Drug Store
Beard School
Miss Wolary
Escapes Savages Because Her Tent Closed by Zippers
Elizabeth Steen, a former Iowa girl and anthropology student, recounted during a visit to Des Moines how an 18 month Brazilian jungle expedition led South American Indians to see her as a spirit. She said a white woman had never before visited their village and that sleeping in a tent with zipper fastenings, which the Indians could not break, astonished them and boosted her mystique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mones
INS
Elizabeth Steen
Miss Steen
Washington
Iowa
Steen
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at Horace.
A cryptic line hints at a musician who sticks to a single string being ridiculed by Horace, suggesting a witty epigram about consistency and mockery within musical or literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Baptist Women Rally At Washington Baptist Church
The mid year meeting of the Washington Baptist associa tion Women Missionary society will be held Thursday April 14 starting at 10 a.m. with registration. Miss Fanny Holman of South India will speak at 11:25 a.m. and 8:10 p.m. The program includes devotions, reports, music, and a covered dish dinner with speakers from Wellman Kalona and Prairie Flower. The event features churches in the association and a full schedule of addresses and solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Lucille Finke
Virginia Wiley
Harriette Shebeck
Ruth Jarard
Ames
Mable Wiley
Eunice Kyle
Women’s Missionary Society
Washington Baptist Association
Washington Baptist Church
Fanny ‘Holman
South India
Miss Holman
Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Nellore
Cady
Keota
M. L. Dewey
Wellman
Burke
Carter
P. m
Lavanda Gingerich
E. H. Reif
Kalona
Wilma Walker
L. H. Anderson
Prairie Flower
Fanny Holman
Association
Ainsworth
Howard Grove
Louisa Center
New Haven
West Chester
Washington
J. B. Carter
W A. Phillips
E. H. Reig
Hugh Jones
White Cross
Lucy Leet
Legal Term Ex Post Facto Law Description
An ex post facto law is a statute passed after an offense that inflicts a greater punishment than at the time of crime or which worsens the accused position. The definition notes punishments and legal status cannot be retroactively harsher.
Sound Never Duplicated in Speech Study
An apparatus records throat muscle action during speech and its inventor claims no spoken sound has ever been uttered in exactly the same way twice.
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Louise Fishburne
ST. Paul's
H. H. Club
Louis Rath
Weekly
Lee Foster
Woodburn
Us Club
Council Bluffs
Perkins Hospital
Iowa City
Bloomfield
Madam Renault
Rothschild’s
Vicvles
Mrs
Northern Baptist
Gerald Teets
Kasona
4. S. McAvoy
C. W. Co
Carol Forgey
E. V. Simons
Miss Washington
She
Eee
Europe
A. E. Atchison, Brown's Super Service
Blanche
Zelma’s Beauty Nook
E. M. Bridges & Co
T. S. Crone & Sons
Dodder Wallpaper & Paint
Evening Journal
Family Shoe
Farmer's Co-Operative Exchange
A. J. Franzen
Graham's Department Store
C. H. Guther
J. A. Harwood & Son
Towa Southern Utilities Co
Iowa Motor Service
I. Rothschild
Scott Furniture Co
Sherman Brothers
W. H. Stephen
Thompson Market & Groceteria
Tucker & Eicher
Treva’s
H. Ft. Ward
Witting
Westphal
the Jeweler
Widmer's
Wolf Floral Co
Wardrobe Cleaners
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