Read Two Papers At Club Meeting
Public Affairs department section 2 of the Fortnightly club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs W B Dupuis. Sixteen members and two guests attended. Mrs Albert Simpson spoke on The New Starvation and Mrs Harvey Meek spoke on Do Pocket Books Have Social Significance. The latter discussed pocket type reprints of best sellers. Mrs Lauder Kennedy led a current events quiz. A Penny collection was taken for the YWCA Christmas tree party.
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Clu
W. B.dupuis
Albert Simpson
Harvey Meek
Lauder Kennedy
Handcraft Club Shares Christmas Gifts and Stories
The Fort nightly Handcraft department met yesterday with Mrs. William Matucha. Mrs. B. C. Briley led a brief session and read a clipping on making the world better. Mrs. Earl Simpson read a Christmas story, and Mrs. Sam Witting shared two Edgar Guest poems.
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Fort
William Matucha
B. C. Briley
Earl Simpson
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Sam Witting
Edgar Guest
B. Holmes
John Rittenhouse
Frank Pearson
Roman crops include spelt wheat barley millet and greens
Ancient Romans cultivated spelt and wheat introduced in the fifth century B C alongside barley millet and leguminous plants. They also grew turnips greens and herbs.
Snowball Social Club Luncheon Held at Richards Home
The Snowball Social Club met all day yesterday at Mrs. Hal Richards with fifteen members and three children present. The Farm Bureau nutrition lesson was paired with luncheon served by club women. In charge were Mrs. Clayde Knupp leader Mrs. Carl Jarrard and Mrs. Glenn Knupp. vice president Mrs. Glen IKknupp led a short business session. The next meeting will be in two weeks at Mrs. Robert Roberts with a gift exchange.
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Hal Richards
Farm Bureau
Richards
Clayde Knupp
Carl Jarrard
Glenn Knupp
Glen
Ikknupp
Robert Roberts
Mrs. Ashby Hosts Merry Makers Christmas Party
Mrs. Charles Ashby hosted the Merry Makers club Christmas gathering yesterday afternoon. Fifteen members attended a business meeting planning the New Year dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mose Bontrager on Jan 7. A gift exchange followed with Mrs. Wilcox as a guest and refreshments in a red and green color scheme served by the hostess, her daughter Martha, daughter-in-law Alice Ashby, and Clyde Fishburn.
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Charles Ashby
Merry Makers Club
Mose Bontrager
Wilcox
Martha
Alice Ashby
Clyde Fishburn
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Dinner At Witting Home
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid society and families held an all day gathering at the Charles Cannon and H L Witting home. Thirty five attended a cooperative noon dinner with a social afternoon, ten cent gifts were exchanged, a composite letter was prepared for neighbor Howard Benn in McCleary Sanatorium Excelsior Springs Mo. Men played pinochle while women conducted a business meeting led by President Mrs Cannon. Roll call recalled a Christmas memory or hint. Finances were reviewed by treasurer Mrs Earl Kephart and secretary's report by Mrs Roy Kephart. Names were drawn for 1941 meeting sites. Orphanage donations prepared for packing. Attendees included Sam Sigafoose Roy Kephart Clyde Lambert John Jamon Dale Cole Will Miller Pat Swift Lee Hesseltine Glen Pratt Carl Schneider Dale Darbyshire families Mrs Silas Caldwell Mrs Karl Kephart and Bertha Kephart.
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Pleasant Hill
Roy Kephart
Clyde Lambert
John Jamon
Dale Cole
Will Miller
Pat Swift
Lee Hesseltine
Glen Pratt
Carl Schneider
Dale Darbyshire
Silas Caldwell
Karl Kephart
Bertha Kephart
Bethel Choirs Plan Cooperative Dinner
The Bethel Presbyterian adult and young people choirs will hold a cooperative dinner at the home of Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Robeson in Cotter on Friday evening at 6 30. Attendees are asked to bring a dish to pass sandwiches and table service. Christmas music will be rehearsed for holiday services.
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Bethel Presbyterian Church
M. A. Robeson
Cotter
Local Birthdays Report for March Celebrants
Three children celebrate seventh birthdays Frankie Miller Betty Jean Martin and Carol Walker. Carol's mother Mrs Walker also marks a birthday with other Wellston residents Mrs J C McKay Barbara Musil and Forrest Brinning observing birthdays. Virgil Turnipseed now of Loup City Nebraska has a birthday today. Gerald Chance turns 15 yesterday Mrs Anna Williams Grace Hill correspondent had a birthday.
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Frankie Miller
Frank Miller
Betty Jean Martin
Floyd Martin
Keota
Carol Walker
Hubert Walker
Carol
Mrs. Walker
J. C. McKay
Barbara Musil
Forrest Brinning
Wellston
Virgil Turnipseed
Loup City
Neb
Ss C Club Members Honor Hosts Wedding Anniversary
Members of the Ss and C club and their families enjoyed a cooperative supper Sunday evening at the Ed Kucera home. The party honored the hosts on their wedding anniversary with progressive euchre at six tables and prize winners named Mrs Milt Wollrab Florence Hindahl Ernest Bowman.
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Eda Kucera
Milt Wollrab
Florence Hindahl
Ernest Bowman
U and I Club Elects Officers At Gift Exchange
Eleven members of the U and I club and two guests met at Mrs. C. W. McClure’s yesterday afternoon. Mrs. J B Hoxworth was named president, with D W McClure as vice president, W P Morarity as secretary, Ernest Jarrett as treasurer, Lulu Williams as reporter, and Mae Hanson with Ben Coppock on the flower committee. The gathering included a social hour and the club's gift exchange. Mrs. Nodd and Mrs. Garrett assisted with refreshments.
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U and I Club
John Dodd
Arthur Durst
C. W. McClure
Mert King
J. B. Hoxworth
D. W. McClure
W. P. Morarity
Ernest Jarrett
Lulu Williams
Mae Hanson
Ben Coppock
Nodd
Garrett
Indians Raid Falling Creek Iron Works in Early Virginia
In March 1622 native forces attacked the first iron works established in America by a Virginia company at Falling Creek near Jamestown under John Berkeley. The plant was destroyed and nearly all workers slain, with Berkeley's young son the sole survivor.
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America
Falling Creek
Jamestown
John Berkely
Berkely
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