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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
4
The Fleur De Lis club will meet at Mrs. Wyatt Marbury's home Thursday afternoon for a Christmas exchange. Mrs. Cloud Willets and Mrs. Walter Peterson will entertain the T. S. E. club ladies at 6 30 dinner Wednesday evening at Mrs. Willets' home for a Christmas exchange.
The Rebekah club meets with Mrs. Elizabeth Shulty Thursday afternoon for officer elections and a Christmas exchange. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church in West Chester also gathers Thursday afternoon December 8 for its regular social with Mrs. Sam DeLong as chairman.
The serving committee aided by Mrs Ed Duval and others announces a change of date for a Ladies Aid Society play to December 15 and 16. Embroidery club meets Thursday with Christmas exchange. Church meetings set for Wednesday and December 15. Ottumwa lodge invites Washington lodge to Dec 15. Eureka church to host box and candy social on Dec 9. Margaret Cowden Circle to sell candy and aprons on Dec 10.
The Lexington ladies and society holds a mothers and daughters meeting with a notice of date change to Thursday December 29. Members should bring sandwiches and a dish to pass. Also 2533 Girl Scouts plan a meeting in the library Woman's room tomorrow after noon for prospective members.
The D A R asks members to send contributions for the Council Bluffs Orphans Home to Miss Eva Smeltzer by Saturday. A 25313 Baptist choir schedules practice Thursday evening at 7 30.
Two men from Washington Iowa identified as B H McEvoy and W B Rockwell were arrested near Wilton by deputy S L Guthrie after a 40 o clock crash into a truck owned by Ficken Furniture Co. McEvoy faces a driving while intoxicated charge and Rockwell faces an intoxication charge. The collision left both cars undamaged and the pair awaited hearings later today.
President Coolidge addressed Republican Committee men detailing party policies for 1928. He pressed for a stronger navy and harbor development, private merchant marine, government-private support for merchant shipping, and a long term naval program focused on defense without competing with other nations. He urged economic growth through agriculture, industry, and business.
Dolores Costello, daughter of Maurice Costello, born in New York, rose from private tutoring to posing for James Montgomery Flagg and joining the George White Scandals before her screen debut in The Sea Beast. John Barrymore, born 1882 into theatrical royalty, began as a newspaper artist and debuted on stage in Magda in 1903 after schooling at Seton Hall.
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