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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
3
Etude Music Club held a Christmas party at a member's home with gifts and performances. The event featured treats including dainty cookies, fudge, divinity, and a decorative lightly tinted popcorn tree centerpiece. A shared fruit cake recipe and a dessert idea for New Year were exchanged, ending with holiday wishes from local organizers.
In New Holstein Wisconsin Barbara Hipke 28 wife to be of Airman Kenneth Driskill traveled 5000 miles from Libya to marry him after days of delays. UPI helped locate Driskill who was delayed by snow and weather and the couple planned a church wedding in New Holstein after they reunite at her parents home.
Fire destroyed the Bennett Box Co. near downtown Clinton as flames rose about 100 feet. All employees escaped unharmed though exact headcount was unclear. Firefighting units, including off duty personnel, battled the two story plant and nearby Climax foundry to prevent spread.
Mrs Fort hosts a tea for a group of young mothers including Mrs Kenneth Clark and Mrs Lloyd Rose. Betshel Mennonite S S members gathered to make candy for Kansas City Children's Home. Bethel church women held an all day layette project with twenty attendees and eight bundles. Christmas gatherings and family visits followed with several households hosting relatives and gift exchanges amid winter conditions and travel.
Mary Valant of Cedar Rapids was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower in St. Mary's school lunch room Riverside. Decorations featured American Beauty red and white. Prizes went to Miss Bessie Heck Mrs. Leon Havel and Miss Valant. The couple will wed January 6 at St. Ludmila's Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Fcie Campbell 85 is a patient at University Hospitals in Iowa City since Wednesday for a fractured leg bone above the knee pinned after a fall at her home. Born December 10 a daughter Pamela Sue to Mr and Mrs Keith Fulton of Fairfield. Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan of Baton Rouge La a
Riverside December 19 The Evening Bridge Club enjoyed supper at the Lark at Tiffin Thursday for their annual Christmas party. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brawner of Iowa City who were presented a ...
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