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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1925

Page

6

Society Notes Honor Local Clubs and Weddings

Twelve friends of Miss Josephine Bailey hosted a six thirty dinner then danced the evening away. The W R C met with twenty five members and elected officers including Miss Bess Conger president and Mrs Ida Taylor vice president. Various clubs held meetings with music, talks, and social plans through December. Mr. and Mrs. Evstler quietly wed in Lancaster Missouri and returned to Washington. The OWCA board and Embroidery and Wellston clubs reported pot lucks, Christmas plans, and upcoming exchanges.

Josephine Bailey WR. C Atendance Miss Bess Conger Vinta MccGugin, Sr Mra Ida Taylor Belle Benn Trea Urer Irma Owen Chaplin Millie Koff Emma King Ida Hayes Department Artha Haney Inta McGugin Cordelia Dusenberry Ida ‘Taylor Etta Brinton Jennie Jugenheimer Kilda Lyon Charles Evstler Missouri Lancaster Iowa Washington Eutsler Lyon Baking Company Frank Butsler Ow. C A Wellston Social Club Grace Brinning Seibert Nick Times Severa Wd Misch Ira Misch McClelland Hummer

Local Clubs Schedule Meetings and Holiday Events

The Fern Leaf club and Baptist ladies hold evening gatherings at local homes. Legion Aus Lary meets at the new East Washington hall with officer elections. G ALR hall hosts adjourned offices while Business and Professional Women plan a 6 15 pm gathering. Reading Circle and church socials occur Thursday and Wednesday. Daughters of Veterans invite soldiers to dinner at noon. Christmas exchanges and officer elections populate the week with multiple hostesses and venues.

Fern Leaf Club Charles She’ T VO Mooa Mra Hhapuet Daughters of Veternans Mes. Tl

Miss Alice Meek Sails on Mediterranean Cruise Tour

Miss Alice Meek daughter of Mr and Mrs M R Meek sails from New York on the steamship Samaria January 28 for a Raymond Whitcomb Mediterranean tour. She travels with her aunt Mrs Walter Wilde visiting Madeira Gibraltar Nice Cairo Jerusalem Haifa Constantinople Athens Naples Paris London and returns May 1 aboard the Bertingarta.

Alice Meek M. R. Meek New York Samaria Walter Wilde Washington Raymond Whitcomb Fieet Madeira Islands Gibraltar Will Snell Spain Nice Africa Cairo Egypt Athens Greece Czecho Slovakia Naples Italy Italian Paris London England

Church group notices outline afternoon events

The Bible class at the Presbyterian church plans an afternoon meeting with Mrs McGingin. Methodist ladies host a social at 2 30. The Friendship Club holds an all day gathering at Miss Myrtle Pierson’s home with potluck and a Christmas exchange. The Ladies Aid of the First United Presbyterian church meets at 2 30 in the church.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Church Henry Knight Bayaar L. E. Blick Bert Payne Mia. Lloyd Lil‘le Mark Pratt Presbyterian Cchorveh

Cord of Thanks for Neighbors and Friends

We thank neighbors and friends for sympathy and kindness during our bereavement. Grateful for the beautiful flowers from O. P. Schulty and family.

Meeker

Y W C A Appeal Seeks Funds for Washington Work

The YWCA board reported eight hundred dollars still needed to fund pool and gymnasium use in Washington. Mrs Venton Hebner oversees the women’s room on Tuesdays and Fridays. A recent drive by seventy five women aimed to enlist members and funds, with many busy supporters contributing while some routings were missed. One dollar makes a woman a regular member. annual costs total 15 to 20 dollars for full access.

Young Woman's Christian Association Washington Friends of Wes Venton Hebner Mrs. Mebner Hfe Nicola and Harmon

Camp Fire girls plan gift shop to fund bake oven

The Camp Fire girls organize a gift shop next Saturday at Peterson Flower Shop to raise funds for a bake oven at the tourist camp. Each girl contributed a quilt block now on display in McElhinney's furniture store window and the quilt will be given away next Saturday.

Peterson McElhinney

Farm Bureau Leaders Debate Marketing and Transport Costs

The American Farm Bureau Federation met in Chicago on December 8 to discuss cooperative marketing taxation and transportation and farm fire losses. Wallace Rogers cites farm fires costing 150.6 million dollars annually and 50 million to principal, while C O Moser calls for stronger producer deliveries to stabilize prices. Walter F Dodd warns against closed organizations dominating prices and Fred Jackson urges restoration of prewar railroad freight rates with careful adjustments to avoid harm to any industry.

Chicago American Farm Bureau Federation Prinipal Wallace Rogers C. O. Moser American Cotton Growers’ Exchange Memphis Tenn Walter F. Dodd Fred Jackson Federation

Uniform Standards for Stock Markets Need Says Denman

C B Denman president of the National Livestock Producers Association tells the American Farm Bureau Federation that uniform grades are essential to develop the livestock market. He cites the association sending 92 000 cars valued at 121 000 000 for about 240 000 members in 1924.

Chicago C. B. Denman National Livestock Producers’ Association American Farm Bureau Federation

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