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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1920

Page

6

Dawsons to Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dawson plan a noon family dinner Wednesday September first and an open house for friends that evening. The notice also covers a Women’s Relief Corps meeting, a picnic invitation, auto committee setup, dues reminders, and a long list of community notices including marriages, farewell socials, and upcoming teaching moves.

A. J. Dawson Elmer Burham South Iowa Avenue Jones Wesco Cleveland Ohio

Community Groups Host Picnics and Rescheduled Meetings

The Presbyterian Sunday school and congregation hold a picnic at Box Springs while Pleasint Plain Missionary Society entertains husbands at Sunset Park. The Portnightly club Child study department and Harmony club meet again September eighth. Various hosts plan afternoon entertainments for clubs including Kolab, South of Town Embroidery, Social, and Chapter 1 ER members. a Prairie Flower church social is set for Friday evening.

Pleasint Plain Missionary Society Sunset Park Clayde Knupp Kolab A. B. Neiswanger Ralph Shannon Prairie Flower Church

Methodist group notes brides and departures in town

Miss Louise Livingston and Miss Maurine McLaughlin attended a breakfast shower at the home of Miss Livingston. The event featured gift inscriptions and a seventeen cover breakfast with flower pot place cards. Other items include the Upstreamers dinner honoring Gladys Knupp and Flora Mae Gass as they leave for Cedar Rapids and California, and a society meeting led by Miss Alice Rownd with plans for future work. Mrs. John Lawrence is appointed to the Pennsylvania state forestry commission, daughter of the late William Flinn.

Woman's Relief Corps Evelyn Lane Dea Ainsworth Mia Guy Maennatt Harry McCully Harry Dickerson Cial Epworth League Knupp California Clear Lake Washington Iowa Mountford Frappe League Vera Shoemaker Glenn Gladys Knupp Long Beach F. N. Gass Flora Mae Cedar Rapids Herbert Gass Coe College Mildree Mauthe Nita McKeon Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Bessie Busby Crawfordsville Hazel Birney Ames Letha Taylor Chicago Catherine Hoskins Mary Brown Nellie Schiebel State University of Iown Iowa City Norine Kracaw Iowa Wesleyan Mt. Pleasant Willard Hunter Cornell College Mt. Vernon Clifford Geneva Hunter Edna Klein Norvine Schmoeller Rhea Erie Edna Chilcote Kansas City Blanche Woodburn Haskins R. L. MacGugin Esther MacGugin Grinnell Harris MacGugin Wellman MacGugin Miss MacGugin Grinnell Register Mrs. MacGugin Louise Livingston Maurine McLaughlin Eldridge Ellen and Gertrude Woods Monmouth Illinois Methodist Church Flora Mae Gass Miss Knupp Miss Gass Miss Rouse Alice Rownd Young Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Howard Hoskins Esquimanx George Reister Oleta Stewart John Lawrence Pennsylvania State Forestry Commission

Community club notices and music contest announced

The Fortnightly club Child Study department sets its first meeting for September 1 with dues of 1.00. A Prairie Flower social is planned for Sept 3 with ice cream peaches and cake. Various clubs schedule meetings through Sept 8 and a National Federation of Musical Clubs contest seeks young American teachers and talent with details available from Mrs Nora Habbitt Harsh.

Howard L. MccCleery National Federation of Musical Clubs America Nora Habbitt Harsh Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Des Moines

Feeding the Baby health bulletin from the university

Iowa City reports a new health bulletin edition from the University extension division and Child Welfare Research Station. The booklet "Diet for School Children" has 85 000 copies and the latest issue focuses on practical baby feeding guidance for mothers.

Iowa City Extension Division University of Town Child Welfare Research Station Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine The State University Gertrude Spaller Chicago

Mor gantown Teacher Earns A B Degree After Forty Years

Mrs. Sallie F Loudin a longtime Morgantown W V high school teacher and mother of five children earned her A B degree at West Virginia University this year She plans to continue teaching and studying until she completes her master's degree.

Sallie F. Loudin Morgantown W. Va West Virginia University Loudin

Sunset Park slides to delight city children from Mrs Elder gift

The bequest of the late Mrs Orville Elder via the Washington Improvement League funds a big galvanized steel slide and other playground equipment at Sunset Park attracting long lines of eager youngsters. The city celebrates the gift as a playground nucleus. In a separate note, Mme Goercz with 1000 Polish women defends Vilna against Russian forces.

Sunset Park Orville Elder Washington Improvement League Mme. Goercz Vilna

Training Little Citizens Weekly Series

The National Kindergarten Association in New York City publishes the third article in its weekly series on early education practices.

Theodore Roosevelt as a Father and Moral Guide

The piece praises Theodore Roosevelt as a devoted father whose White House years offered a model of family life. It emphasizes the duties of fathers, the need for daily time with children, and the value of guiding children with love, sympathy, and companionship to sustain republic wellbeing.

Theodore Roosevelt America White House Col. Roosevelt Jean Paul Richter Col Roosevelt Froebel Colonel Roosevelt

Petition for a Local Kindergarten through School Board

If no kindergarten exists in your town petition the school board for one The National Kindergarten Association at 8 West 40th Street New York City offers petition blanks and leaflets on request.

National Kindergarten Association West 40Th Street New York City

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