Christmas parties and exchanges fill local calendar
St Mary's circle hosts a Christmas party with a $1 gift exchange at 8:00 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi holds a 6:30 p.m. cooperative dinner. IOOF hall hosts an Odd Fellows and Rebekah Christmas party at 8:00 p.m. PEO meets 7:30 p.m. with a 5e gift exchange. Pythian Past Chiefs at 8:00 p.m. A Go, I Go club serves a noon cooperative dinner. Soldier hospital gifts planned. Friday features church fellowship at 7:30 p.m. South Prairie and Prairie Flower school programs at 8:00 p.m. Junior Chamber of Commerce dance at 9:00 p.m. at Legion hall.
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St. Mary's Circle
Harry Sowden
Beta Sigma Phi
Ed Sorrell
Rebekah Chhristmas
Ioof Hall
M. L. McCreedy
Pythian
Owen Grecian
George Jarrard
Ray Sojka
Soldier's Hospital
Christian Women's Fellowship of Christian Church
South Prairie School
Prairie Flower
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Sleepy Weasel Swung Heads Tail Awake
A wary description notes the weasel’s deep sleepiness and its ease of being swung by head, feet, or tail for a long period before it begins to wake.
Rainbow Girls Plan Christmas Dance at Armory
Rainbow Girls discussed plans for a Christmas dance at the Masonic Temple meeting on Monday. The event is scheduled for Tuesday December 26 at the armory with parents and former Rainbow Girls invited. Marilyn Cook presided as worthy advisor with forty five members in attendance.
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Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Armory
Fosters Entertain Club At Home Tuesday Night
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Foster hosted the Rosemary club Tuesday evening at home with guests Mr and Mrs Rex Crandall and Mr and Mrs John Cherry Keith Horn played Christmas carols on his saxophone for the group Bridge was played at five tables High prize winners were Mrs Don Brown and George Hora Holding low scores were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Marek Novelty prizes went to Mrs Charles Rothlisberger and Charles Wiley The Foster home was decorated for the season Mrs Crandall and Mrs George Hora helped with refreshments
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Lloyd Foster
Rosemary Club
Rex Crandall
John Cherry
Keith Horn
Don Brown
George Hora
Lloyd Marek
Charles Rothlisberger
Charles Wiley
Foster
Crandall
Rural Homemakers Elect Mrs W Krantz
Mrs Walter Krantz was elected president of the Rural Homemakers club at the Lee Lease home meeting. Mrs Jimmy Young was elected vice president and Mrs Farrell Young secretary treasurer. A cooperative Christmas dinner followed with twelve members and four children present. The January meeting will be with Mrs Ed Curtis.
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Crawfordsville
Walter Krantz
Lee Lease Home
Jimmy Young
Farrell Young
Ed Curtis
Social Hour Club Hosts Christmas Potluck Dinner
Eleven members of the Social Hour club and one guest, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell, gathered at Mrs. Orrin Johnson's home Friday evening for the annual Christmas potluck. The group enjoyed a social evening, held a gift exchange, and revealed the year's mystery sisters.
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Lillian Maxwell
Orrin Johnson
Walker freed after 31 years in murder case
DES MOINES Iowa Charles Walker aged 56 walked free after a Polk district court jury acquitted him of the 1919 murder of Ankeny housewife Mrs F W Coppock. The 1950 jury found him innocent of charges tied to the crime and he greeted his first full day of freedom since May 1919.
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Des Moines
Charles Walker
Walker
F. W. Coppock
Ankeny
Polk
Homemade Gifts Exchanged at Booster Club Meeting
The Booster club met Tuesday at Mrs. George Dare's home with sixteen members present. Vice-president Mrs. Donald Stout led the session which included an attendance contest results and a plan for February entertainment by the winners. January dinner set at Dare home with committee members Mrs. Clint Anderson and others.
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Booster Club
George Dare
Martin Whittaker
Donald Stout
Dare Home
Clint Anderson
David Kleese
Mel Donaldson
Dinner honors couple to wed at year’s end
Mr and Mrs Ray Gidley and Dr and Mrs Fred Reid entertained 26 guests at the Reid home Tuesday evening. The event honored Eleanor Swift and Harold Wolf who will wed Dec 31. A gift was presented to the guests of honor and canasta was played for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gidley
Fred Reid
Reid
Eleanor Swift
Harold Wolf
Walker found insane in 1919 Coppock slaying case
Walker told the jury its verdict was the best Christmas present and wished the jurors a Merry Christmas. He faced the rifle slaying of Mrs. Coppock on May 8, 1919, was found insane two weeks after, committed to Anamosa ward, pronounced cured last June, and returned to Polk county for trial on the 1919 charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Coppock
Anamosa
Polk County
Earth Distortion Measured During Solar Eclipse
Two scientists from the Institute of Geophysics at UC Los Angeles measured the earth’s distortion caused by the sun and moon during a total solar eclipse, marking a first in precision geophysics observations.
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Institute of Geophysics
Los Angeles
University of California
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