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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1965

Page

5

County Line Club Christmas Party and Elections

The County Line Club met for a cooperative turkey supper and Christmas games with Mrs. Herman Wagenknecht hosting. Officers elected: President Mrs. Wagenknecht, Vice President Mrs. Hugh Morris, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. Roger Schuerman. Next meeting set for Jan 11 at Bryn Mawr Steak House with husbands as guests.

James Podaris Emma Brown Burdette Davis Far] Schuerman Bryn Mawr Earnest Eisele Mercy Hospital Pepper Ettes 4-H Skeetz Hardware Ainsworth the Pines Sunny Haven Rest Home Halcyon House Cleo Orris

Keota OES elects officers for year

Keota chapter O E S met Tuesday evening with Mae Herr and A I FitzSimmons presiding New officers elected for 1966 are Worthy Matron Ilo Green Worthy Patron Otis Jones Associate Matron Deidre Zehr associate patron C D Kirkpatrick secretary Genevieve White treasurer Verla Walter The Eastern Star will entertain the Masons at open installation on January 3 at 7 30 p m A short Christmas program followed and refreshments were served by Helen Mayer and her committee

KEOTA O.E.S Mae Herr A. I. FitzSimmons Ilo Green Otis Jones Deidre Zehr C. D. Kirkpatrick Genevieve White Verla Walter Eastern Star Helen Mayer Catherine Hahn Rolling Green Club Marge Sheets Erma Hahn Sheets Mary Sheets Elizabeth Wright Phyliss Write Mabel Helscher Janet Hahn Denny Peiffer Walford Elmer Pfeiffer Bernard Pfeiffer Elmer Pfieffer Santa

Pearl Palm Visits Keota After Sister's Death

Pearl Palm of Albia stays with her sister Mrs Charles Fosdick in Keota after attending the funeral services for Mrs Margaret Hahn. Palm is housekeeper for Rev L Heinen of Albia, hospitalized in Ottumwa after a stroke. Others visiting from Cedar Rapids What Cheer Brighton Marion Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa attended the funeral or visited local families.

Keota Pearl Palm Albia Charles Fosdick Miss Palm Margaret Hahn L. Heinen St. Josephs Hospital Ottumwa Hahn Gertrude Streit Cedar Rapids Leo Shaw What Cheer Clarence Brown Brighton Rodney Dunn Marion James Coffman Derek Jim Coffman Cliff Conklin

Wellman Society Updates and Local Visits

Wellman area residents kept busy with social and fraternal events. Mr and Mrs Ralph Hall traveled to Phoenix to visit their son Robert then to San Diego to see Mr and Mrs Dean Hall and family while grandchildren visited grandparents. Robert and Brian Romine of Brighton spent the weekend with their grandparents during a family outing as parents attended a feed convention in Keota. Local lodge activities included the Wellman Rebekah Lodge installation of officers for the coming year and the Eastern Star meeting with officer installations planned for January. Medical and church groups held gatherings, while Miss Helen Kehoe visited Iowa City. The article closes with a note that the greater emperor penguin is the world’s only bird never touching land.

Wellman Ralph Hall Phoenix Arizona Robert San Diego Calif Dean Hall Brian Romine Brighton L. J. Keehoe Keota Oasis Webster Wellman Rebekah Lodge Ida Bull Noble Grand Bertha Durst Florence Wade Leona Blum Tresa Yoder Eva Wagamon Dorothy Topping Altar and Rosary Society St. Joseph Roy Crossett Mildred Crossett Rose Mary Johnson Kathryn Wehrle Lucille Ross E. D. Miller Masonic Lodge Lesley Bell John Lewis Miller Duane Miller Charles Bush Helen Kehoe Iowa City L. J. Kehoe

Christmas stamp trends and recent issues highlighted

Saturday Stamp Corner notes rising interest in Christmas themed stamps from many nations and US Christmas seals. It covers Austria Bertha Suttner and Stamp Day issues, France Space Satellite, Iceland 100 kr native costume, Luxembourg fairy tale designs, and Norway Sohlberg Winter Night in the Mountains.

Austria Bertha Suttner France Iceland Luxembourg Sohlberg Norway Rondane

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