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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1941

Page

5

Riverside Celebrates Santa Claus Visit and Festive Season

Riverside prepares for Santa’s visit as a spruce tree donated by Emory Rummelhart stands in Main Street square with a star and lights shining nightly. Stores decked for holidays, merchants expect strong two weeks. Also reports high school grades and local visits from relatives and friends.

Riverside Santa Claus Main Street Emory Sharp Marceline Rummelhart Rupert Rummelhart St. Mary’s School Thelda Knebel Edna Mae Hopping Mary Catherine Simon Rere Schnoebelen Norma Stransky Louis Pailliotet Mary Elizabeth Shebek Shirley Knebel Phoenix John Walsh Ariz Winnie Thompson Iowa City Rose Quinn Huber Freund Davenport Rue and Raymond Dautremont Jane Davis Marie Ward Phyllis Shalla Washington

Mothers Club Hosts Christmas Party at Grace Durian Home

In Wellman on December 9 the Mothers club held its annual Christmas gathering at the home of honorary member Mrs Grace Durian. Eighteen members and honorary members attended with Grace Miller and Katherine Gingerich leading the program.

Mothers Club G. Durian Home Wellman The Grace Durian Grace Miller Katherine Gingerich

Christmas Group Sings Carols and Plans for January Meeting

A community gathering featured group singing of Joy to the World and Silent Night led by Lois Winegarden and Catherine Gingerich. The event included a reading of Dicken's Christmas Carol and a Roosevelt speech, with mothers standing for the national anthem, followed by refreshments and a Christmas motif. The Van Guard Sunday school class elected new officers Pol ly Wirtz and Vella Maplethorpe among others, and planned a December 21 Sunday school program with decorations by Florence Wahl Roxie Durian and Katherine Durian. The American Legion Auxiliary met with 15 members, shared a potluck, and organized 14 boxes of cookies for troops. next meeting set for January with Roxie Durian.

Grace Miller E. D. Miller Lois Winegarden Dicken Catherine Gingerich Roosevelt Virginia Rowe Grace Durian Wilma Schlabaugh Edna Durian van Guard Methodist Church Helen Nichols Christmas Exchange Trissa Johnson Roxie Durian Marguerite Mootham Polly Wirtz Vella Maplethorpe Cora Levert Margaret Shaffer Marguerite Moothart Florence Wahl Katherine Durian Legion Auxiliary American Legion Auxiliary Nona Johnson Eliza Johnson Erma Rugg The Legion Auxiliary Wellman and Dayton Legion Hall

Smilin Through at the State shows lavish Technicolor romance

Jeanette MacDonald stars as Moonyean with Brian Aherne and Gene Raymond in Smilin Through a Technicolor romance. Moonyean and her modern niece Kathleen are drawn to a love that endures fifty years and conquers death. Aherne delivers a career best aging portrayal as Sir John Carteret.

Moonyean Kathleen Aherne Sir John Carteret Sir John Miss MacDonald Gene Raymond Raymond Jeremy Wayne Kenneth

Columbus City Grades stage operetta The Toys That Had to Wait

Parts of the Columbus City Grades will present an operetta titled The Toys That Had to Wait at the P.T.A. meeting Monday evening in the Columbus City building. The cast includes Santa Claus Richard Graham Mrs Santa Claus Norma Howell queen of fairies Jeanette Pine clown Daniel Griffin circus dancer Linda Cook nigger doll Patty Griffin fairies Jo Anne Foss Margaret Diller Lorietta Griffin Marilyn Howell nurse dolls Carol Owens Elaine line Darlene Diller Rosalie Morgan Dutch dolls Jesse Edwards Donna Lord tin soldiers John Howell Charles Riley Daryl Buffington Melvin Alloway Claris Blieu Harold Skipton tops Dean Morgan Raymond Edwards Farrell Rees Danny Pine Trench doll Gladys Rees candy kids Warren McConahay Billy Morgan jumping jacks Leslie Buffington David Griffin Jerry Boulton Dan iel Wehmeyer balloons Pearl Arthur Evelyn Skipton Jean Owens Helen Skipton Barbara Tiser.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Columbus City P.T.A Santa Claus Richard Graham Norma Howell Jeanette Pine Daniel Griffin Linda Cook Patty Griffin Joanne Foss Margaret Diller Loretta Griffin Marilyn Howell Carol Owens Elaine Line Darlene Diller Rosalie Morgan Jesse Edwards Donna Lord Tin Soldiers John Howell Charles Riley Daryl Buffington Melvin Alloway Claris Blieu Harold Skipton Tops Dean Morgan Raymond Edwards Farrell Rees Danny Pine Trench Gladys Rees Candy Warren McConahay Billy Morgan Jumping Jacks Leslie Buffington

Corsets for Men Over Forty Touted by Doctor

Dr. William J. Kerr of the University of California medical school told the Pacific Northwest Medical Association convention that corsets for men over forty can prevent angina pectoris. He noted men often lose weight in the limbs but gain it in the stomach area.

William J. Kerr University of California Medical School Kerr Pacific Northwest Medical Association

Andrew Hamilton Designed Independence Hall Wall Protection

The amateur architect Andrew Hamilton, speaker of the provincial assembly in 1732, designed the State House of Pennsylvania which became Independence Hall after the Declaration. A decorative fix uses four rubber sponge halves attached to the wall corners to prevent marks from a hammock or swing.

Andrew Hamilton Pennsylvania Independence Hall Plaza

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