Community clubs and fraternal groups meet in December notices
A roundup of meetings includes the Loyalty Light Bearers at 4:30 with Mrs. Manton Hebner making Christmas handkerchiefs, the Fortnightly Club music session led by Mrs. Ernest Lemmon, and a private piano recital by Miss Bratten. Daughters of the Union Veterans plan a birthday gift program and a pot luck luncheon, while Pythian Sisters elect officers and discuss joint installation with Knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Manton Hebner
Miss Morrow
Mary Rickey
Maurine McLaughlin
S. A. Dickerson
Edith Boileau
Ernest Lemmon
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the
Daughters
Myrtle Speer
Lucile Dupuis
Adaline Palmer
Della Miller
Edith Miller
Church and social notices column
A block of community notices lists meetings and events: YT A of Heights holds a 3:45 gathering with Rev. Bowers. Presbyterian Ladies Bible class holds a Dec 10 social at 2:50 p.m. at Mrs. Rn L McGuigan’s home. Glendale school hosts a candy social Dec 10 at 8:00 p.m. with a play Safety Virst. Washington chapter 98 KF8 plans a pot luck supper at 6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting and election of officers. Various clubs mention Christmas exchanges, bazaars, bake sales and missions meetings with turnout encouragement and dish-to-pass requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Bible Class
The
Presbyterian Church
Rn. L. McGuigan
Home Department
Glendale
Catherine Caldwell
Washington
Aims for a Nurses Home at Washington County Hospital
Miss Reitan outlines the urgent need for a new nurses home at Washington County Hospital. She cites cramped, poorly heated quarters, limited housing for fifteen student nurses, fire risk from current facilities, and the necessity of proper rest and study spaces to attract high quality trainees. A plan with a $10 000 to $20 000 donation is proposed, contingent on county funding, to expand the training program and improve facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Reitan
Washington County Hospital
Ton County
State Board
Training School
Washington
Iowa City
Washington County
Ladies Aid meets. Christmas exchange planned
The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church holds a business meeting in the chapel Friday at 4:00 PM. There is an election of officers and a Christmas exchange with gifts not to exceed twenty five cents. The Methodist Standard Bearer girls meet after school Friday Dec 10 with Mary Louise Harwood at 416 East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Mary Louise Harwood
East Main Street
Death by Powder Explosion at Penn's Grove
A powder explosion in Penn's Grove results in a fatality reported on December 14. Authorities have not released further details about the incident or the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn's Grove, N. 14
Dee
Explosion at Du Pont Plant Kills Several Smokeless Powder Workers
Four or five men are reported dead after a blast at the Du Pont Powder plant in Carney's Point New Jersey. Rescue crews comb the site for missing workers as investigators probe the cause of the explosion and assess structural damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont
Carney’s Point
N. J
Monmouth College Names Two Captains
Monmouth College elected two football captains for next season. Russell Graham of Omaha will be backfield captain and Alex Isham of Chicago will be line captain, serving officially in alternate games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Monmouth
Russell Graham
Omaha
Alexisham
Chicagol
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Ae Fallowed
Baldwin
Geraldyne
Vandervoort
Streabogs
Francis Hay
Streabog
Brownfield
Helen Little
Nellie Askea
de Stahl
Willie Willie
Marjory
Pythian Sisters
Jessie Clark
Rose Matucha
Eva Davison
Nancy Dewey
Rebekah Pratt
Louise Pratt
Katherine Greenfield
Emma Johnson
Maude Schmoeller
Maude Applegate
Elsie Bratton
Jesse Clark
Ed Carris
Knights of Pythias
Jessie Means
Knights
Sophis Bixkamp
Marguerite
Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell Jr
Watsonville
California
Biskamp
Edna Mercer
Mary Hunter
East
Washington Street
Catherine Goff
Lorene Cooper
St. James
F. W. Eastwood
Nora, Dewey
Rachel Fabrick
Miss Fritch
John Jackson
Kathryn Latta
W. H. Brinning
Heights
Rev. Bowers
Bert di
Poinsettia Club
Friendship Club
Nellie Juzeler
Ladies Aid of
First United Presbyterian Church
Ladies of the Christian Church
Washington Cleaners
Engi
A. U. H. Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Alice Rown
Alma Huppert
Shanghai
China
Rebekah
Mee
Mrs. al Horsey
Iowa
University Hospital
Svery Gouiitesy
Christas Buyers
East Side Square
Monmouth College
Jones
Brown’s
Afony
Venice
Lustrosa
Bolivia
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