Community club Christmas gatherings fill week with program and gifts
Mrs Alice Brown hosted the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the UP Home parlor on Thursday afternoon with Christmas carols and devotions led by Miss Carol McMillan. County president Margaret Work displayed the Cedar Rapids convention ribbon as 41 members are now paid. Donations of candy for Knoxville hospital were welcomed and 16 toy bags plus a shawl were sent for a mission project. Chapter J PEO held a dessert and Christmas program with Christmas music by several members, including Clarice Meek reading Engle. HH Club enjoyed a Christmas meeting hosted by Mrs Paul Beenblossom with secret sisters and gift exchanges. D.O. Butler hosted the LBC Club with 15 members pledging Christmas plans and electing new officers for the coming year. The flower committee and Christmas program were led by Mrs Martin Whittaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brown
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
UP Home
Carol McMillan
Elizabeth McClung
Margaret Work
Washington County
Cedar Rapids
Knoxville
Miss Work
Otto Walton
McClung
Social Calendar Notices Ahead of First Publication
Friday events from Rebekah Lodge IOOF Hall Bethlehem Commandery hold a turkey dinner at Masonic Temple. Saturday Shirts and Skirts Square Dance at Legion Hall Potluck with gifts. Monday Golden Age Club Rainbow Girls Garden I Wash Away Tops Club Bible II note time change. Cooperative Baptist Friendly Bible Class potluck at church. Tuesday Handcraft II coffee at Captain's Table gifts for County Home YWCA Whizzers Christmas party. Caroling Y Wives candle making VFW Auxiliary UPW Intercessors at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
CFW
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonic Temple
Legion Hall
Potluck
Skip Shippers
Rainbow Girls
Paul Snakenberg
Ira Morrison
Cooperative
Baptist Friendly Bible
YWCA
VFW
Marion Ave
UPW
Christmas Socials and Local Notices Span Town Events
In a week of holiday gatherings, 162 attended a Christmas supper at the VFW Hall with carols and a Santa visit. Fleur de Lis Club members shared gifts at a 12:30 luncheon, while the Comrade Sunday School Class held a potluck and program. News arrives of Don Cholcher injured in Michigan, and Mrs. Walter S. Wilkin dies in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Hall
Santa
West Chester Methodist Church
Wallace Kinzler
Kevin
Karen
Orville Griggs
Frank Kleese
Clark Bauer
Walter Bauer
Griggs
Kinzler
Circle V Program At First Presbyterian Women Meeting
Mrs. Ralph Marshall presented the story Husband of Mary by Elizabeth Hart for Circle V at the First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Women meeting held Wednesday evening at Mrs. Willis Horton’s home. Leader Mrs. Russell Bannister opened with the poem Christmas Is Remembering. devotions were by Mrs. Leo Beauchamp. Fifteen members attended with three guests Mrs. Dean Batterson, Mrs. Peter Koehler of Ainsworth and Mrs. Richard Gorham of Colorado Springs. Next year’s study will cover the Biblical character Jonah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Marshall
Mary
Elizabeth Hart
First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Women
Willis Horton
Russell Bannister
Leo Beauchamp
Dean Batterson
Peter Koehler
Ainsworth
Richard Gorham
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bethlehem Commandery to Hold Annual Turkey Dinner
The Bethlehem Commandery will host its annual turkey dinner this evening at the Masonic Temple starting at 6:30. Meat coffee and rolls will be provided. Newark Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs Jaro Soucek, returning from San Francisco and Bangkok trip with daughter Julia Marie Soucek, are en route home to Ohio. Mrs Richard Gorham and five month old Jill of Colorado Springs are visiting Gene Gorham's family. Mr Gorham plans to join them next week for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonico Temple
Jaro Soucek
Newark
Anton Soucek
Soucek
San Francisco
Julia Marie Soucek
Bangkok
Thailand
Orient
Hawaii
Miss Soucek
United States
Richard Gorham
Jill
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gene Gorham
Mr. Gorham
Admitted Yesterday and Dismissed Today List
On the record Admitted Yesterday Mrs Estella Loder Wayland medical Mrs Lester Snow Washington medical Dismissed Today Mrs Gary Reed and son Columbus Junction Mrs Laura Moffett Washington Mrs Claude Dickerson Washington Mrs George Jarrard Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Loder
Wayland
Lester Snow
Washington
Gary Reed and Son
Columbus Junction
Laura Moffett
Claude Dickerson
George Jarrard
Cub Scouts Christmas party brings gifts and recognitions
Cub Scout Pack 243 held a Christmas Grab Bag at Methodist Fellowship Hall. Den 8 opened with flag ceremony. awards went to Mark Chorpening, Bill Nicholson, Mike Vandenberg, Douglas Ruppert, Tom Orris, Jerry Gilmore, Jeff Holden, Joe Marek, Randy Herbst for wolf and bear badges and year pins. Drew McAvoy earned a Sunday School award. Santa distributed treats and grab bag gifts. Den 6 won Cubby award for most boys and parents. Den 1 led “America” carols amid festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Den 8
Harold Gilmore
Mark Chorpening
Bill Nicholson
Mike Vandenberg
Douglas Ruppert
Tom Orris
Jerry Gilmore
Jeff Holden
Joe Marek
Randy Herbst
Drew McAvoy
Phillip Long
Den 6
Den 1
America
Prairie Flower Baptist Church Christmas Program
Prairie Flower Baptist church plans a Christmas program titled Unto Us A King. The Sunday schedule includes Sunday school at 10 am, worship at 11 am with the message If Christ Had not Been Born, youth at 5 45 pm, and an 7 pm evening service featuring the Unto Us A King program. Midweek service at 7 30 pm Wednesday led by Pastor Charles Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Charles Hawkins
Olympic Ban by Roman Emperor in 392 A D
Olympic Games ended in 392 A D when a Roman emperor banned the event after about 1,100 years of Greek origin and tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Luncheon and Card Club Gatherings Reported
Mrs R H McCleery and Mrs H H McCleery hosted a one o clock luncheon for Public Affairs 1 members at the Captain's Table with sixteen attendees. The afternoon program featured The Joy of Christmas presented by Mrs Maxwell Mrs Edgar Stewart and Mrs McCleery. Leona Gardner hosted ten Double Deck Club members for a business meeting gift exchange and pinochle. Don Norton was elected president for the coming year Claud Randall secretary treasurer. Gifts exchanged for 50 cents. High pinochle score went to Gus Reinert low to Claud Randall Travel prize awarded to Mrs Ralph Martin. Guests included Mrs M D Lee and Mrs Keith Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Horn
Fleur de Lis Club
Lloyd Marek
Carrie Marek
Ed Jarrard
R. H. McCleery
H. H. McCleery
Public Affairs
Don Maxwell
Maxwell
Edgar Stewart
Mc.Cleery
Leona Gardner
Double Deck Club
Don Norton
Gardner
Claud Randall
Gus Reinert
Randall
Ralph Martin
M.D. Lee
Keith Williams
Livestock markets report from Chicago via UPI
Hogs 4 500 head opened 25 to 50 lower and closed 25 to 50 lower with most losses under 240 pounds. No 1 2 190 225 pounds 29 25 to 29 75. Cattle 5 000 with slaughter steers 25 50 lower and heifers 25 50 lower. Prime loads 12 of 1200 1375 pounds 27 25 to 27 75. Sheep 300 with wooled slaughter lambs steady and prime lots 27 00 to 27 50.
Markets Grain Grain Chicago Report
Chicago market brief notes grain trading range with high low and closing figures, comparing with previous close. Market watchers monitor shifts in price, supply outlook, and potential crop reports influencing futures.
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WCTU
Peo
T. J. Berdo
Vernon Elgin
M.M., Schell
Charles Goodell
David Gregory
Cal Wolf
Richard Dare
Clarice Meek
Paul Engle
Paul Beenblossom
HH Club
Harold Beenblossom
Herbert Ferrell
LBC Club
D.O. Butler
Myrtle Genkinger
Butler
W. A. Bealer
Carl Jarrard
Walter Kyle
Grace Stewart
Marian Blick
Mildred Nelson
Martin Whittaker
Roy R. Wilson
Dorothy Carol
Loren Dale Miller
Enos H. Miller
Wellman
Miss Wilson
Washington High School
Advance Ross Electronics
Miller
Iowa Mennonite School
Miller’s Toggery
Wolf's Flower Shop
Clyde Lambert
Don Cholcher
Saginaw, Mich
St. Luke's Hospital
Cholcher
Arlene Lambert
Walter S. Wilkin
Robert E. Thomas
Vermillion
Kansas
Smith
E. E. Ward
U Go
I Go
Oral Mayo
Mayo
Wayne Robison
State Bank
Washington, Iowa
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Evening Journal
Iowa
Jonah
WAG
East
Washington St
Stanley Woeste
West
Woeste
Katherine
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Cub
Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine
Fla
Chi
Watson Cleaners
Prairie Flower Plans
Chicago
UPI
Merry Christmas
Don’ S Barber Shop & Co
Pam Achtri
Brown’s Shoe Fit Company
East Side Sq
BLUE
Bob Stevenson
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Stein
Des Moines
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