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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1938
Page
8
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Steele and family were seen visiting at the I. C. Steele pie shop in Riverside on Sunday, engaging with local residents and sharing refreshments.
Phyliss Embree of Harmony was a dinner guest with her grandparents on Monday. Mrs. Helen Jackson, recently released from hospital, returned to her home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Aston were Des Moines visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Yard visited Thursday with sister Mrs. A. H. Twinam in Jews City and will return home soon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill visited at the Joy Embree home in Harmony district Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Griffith of Martinsburg visited the Lloyd Evans home Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Palmer, Genevie and Omar visited relatives in McBaine, Missouri, Saturday and Sunday.
James N. Pickens born July 21 1861 near Bull Run West Virginia died December 4 1938 in Maywood Illinois. He moved as a child to Van Buren county Iowa and was educated there then attended Central College at Pella Iowa. He married Clara McClure in November 1886 and had children Ioa and Reo.
Christmas day observances at United Presbyterian church include a 10 45 a m service with a Night Before Christmas sermon. Sabbath school children perform a program at 45 and a $200 offering supports Assiut hospital and church improvements. A Rainbow of Promises pageant follows. Don Wylie to be ordained elder. week of prayer Jan 2 6. New Year dinner Dec 31.
The article notes Sir Walter Raleigh introduced potato to Ireland and tobacco to England and is said to never have set foot on North American mainland. In Port of Spain visitors may glimpse dents from his guns as he destroyed much of the early town over water shortages.
Obituary noting the death of Mr. Pickens, longtime merchant in Mt. Gilead and nearby Illinois and Iowa towns. Survived by son Rev N Pickens and two grandchildren Ion and Rev Jr. Funeral services held in Chicago and Mt. Gilead with burial at Mt. Gilead cemetery. church member across presbyterian communities.
Clair B. Flynn was elected worshipful master of Victoria Lodge Number 516 A F and A M Riverside at the lodge hall. Officers named include Fr Koenig senior warden Claude Flynn junior warden A Hi Younkin treasurer and C R Fitzsimmons secretary. Installations planned for January as a public affair.
The term Oyez is the Norman for hear listen and is used in courts and meetings as a threefold appeal for attention or to signal a public announcement. It traces from old legal practice and remains a ceremonial prelude in modern settings.
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