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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1936
Page
8
Gene Au tries first Republic Pictures special opening Sunday at the Fox Theatre. The feature lives up to its title with expansive production background and high entertainment value, reflecting the Texas Centennial spirit in every sense.
In a major Republic scoop the Dallas Centennial Exposition studio background supports a musical feature. Four famous radio orchestras back Autry along with Kay Hughes Smiley Burnette Sally Payne and others in a large cast. Autry sings Old Faithful Marting and the Coys and I'm Mad About You.
Grace Hill Moravian Church hosts Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with Leigh Soule of YY M C A delivering the sermon. Children join Christmas program practice after the morning service, led by superintendent Robert W Hyde.
The Christmas season is here. Every member should make a special effort to be in one or more of the services Sabbath.
59 cents and hog market rises as Geo L McDaniel druggist posts top price of 10 dollars 15 cents for hogs. Weather outlook calls for fair skies tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures tonight.
Bible school opens at 10 with a Christmas lesson and 13 876 verses reported last Sabbath. Worship at 11 features The Great Miracle. Youth events at 6 30 include The Christmas Carol by Dick ens led by Helen Marsden. A 7 30 Christmas cantata The Hope of the Ages will involve about twenty singers. A Christmas party for the Primary Department is set for Saturday at 2 pm. Mrs Glen Porter hosted the Ladies Aid. Congregational dinner is scheduled for New Year's Day. Pastor S Fred Sharpe.
Columbus Junction Iowa watchers report Mr. and Mrs. J Fred Moore plan an auto trip to Tucson Arizona to visit their son Robert a University of Arizona student. The pageant God So Loved the World will be staged Sunday at the Methodist church. The Wapello high basketball team scheduled to play here Friday in a Southeast Iowa league game. Ada Kemp leaves Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs for a similar role in San Francisco. Candy and pie sale set at Old Clifton school Wednesday evening.
Rural mail carriers attended the December meeting of the Louisa County Mail Carriers association in Wapello on Tuesday evening. An obituary notes the death of Herman Willmering 74 at his Galesburg Illinois home after a long illness, with ties to Columbus Junction. He is survived by two sons three daughters and three stepdaughters.
Gail Patrick, renowned film star, married Robert Cobb, a wealthy restaurateur, after a sudden elopement to Tia Juana. The ceremony joined Patrick and Cobb in a private, rapid wedding surrounded by close associates.
Miss Pauline Mast entertained friends at a Friday night gathering in Noble. Attendees included Edith and Francis Rich, Wilma Richard, Norene Mast, Julia Zieglowsky, Mildred Rich, Florence Graber, Kathryn Noble, Dale Noble, Glenn Shumaker, Carl Zieglowsky, Walter Weston, Everette Weston, William Fryenburger, Everette Roth, and Maurice Krabill. Additional local outings and visits were noted with family members and neighbors in Noble and Washington.
About 50 relatives attended a noon gathering in Archibald Ohio with the Short and Eicher families plus Mrs Roth and Nossinger kin. Others from nearby areas included Dave Wenger Alvin Roth Jacob Leichty Jacob Undernare and Silas Zehr families from Mané son with many neighbors visiting through the afternoon and evening.
Beulah Johnson leads Prairie Flower youths in a one act play under her direction. The production features the community group and is presented by young local performers with guidance from teachers at Prairie Flower.
The one act play Christmas at the Stebbinses will be performed next Wednesday evening at the school following a short program. Participants include Clara and Lucille Finke Ruth Wiley Wayne and Richard and Maxine Jarrard Virginia Knupp Everett and Ellis Finke and George Miller. Miss Ella Eugenia Smith and William Finke assist with arrangements.
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