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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1934
Page
3
The Riverside Iowa community hosted multiple Christmas parties and club dinners. Members and guests exchanged gifts, shared meals, played games, and heard performances. Hosts included the C Club and various families with notable attendees and upcoming meetings planned.
Damascus Shrine No. 10 announces it will dispense with this month’s regular de...
A jumble of birthday notes and Christmas greetings lists names and places from Iowa to Colombia. Several local residents celebrate on December 24 and 25 including Leon Cortissoz Mrs. Atkinson Miss Carol Saforek and Virginia Stafford among others with family dinners and cake.
Members are urged to attend Monday night to choose the DeMolay mayor. The event calls for active participation by those eligible, aiming to finalize a leadership selection within the organization.
The Rural Woman's Club will host an all day meeting at Mrs. Orville Griggs's home on Thursday to knot comforts. Attendees should bring a darning needle and sack lunch. Friendly Social Club members and families schedule their annual Christmas dinner Thursday with Mrs. Hattie Wagner.
Baptist ladies will hold their monthly social and program meeting combined with Mrs. John Dodd on Friday. Luncheon begins at 1 o'clock. each attendee should bring a dish to pass along with sandwiches and table service.
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Jackson were held Friday at the Methodist church in Ainsworth. Rev McBlain and Rev E J Shook conducted the service with mixed quartet music. The Eastern Star attended in a body and relatives traveled from Davenport Lincoln Nebraska Harveyville Solon and other places.
Mr and Mrs Arlo Jones and their daughter Mary of Davenport suffered injuries in an auto accident the prior Thursday evening. They were en route to Marys school for a playlet when another car struck their vehicle as they turned into the school grounds to park.
Mary suffered a forehead cut while Arlo injured his ear and hand. Mrs. Jones endured the worst trauma and had X rays taken to check for broken bones. All were badly bruised and shaken but ultimately transported home.
John Dimerly shipped hogs to Chicago Monday. Margaret Ann Sprague, daughter of Glenn Sprague, has pneumonia. Milo Pattersons welcomed a new daughter at the county hospital. Phyliss is staying with her aunt Eva. Merle Foreman will have a...
A Christmas party takes place at the school tonight. Farmers continue shredding fodder and Cleagoyn Polton sawed wood for Jake Letwiller on Tuesday. Residents shop in Wellman and nearby towns while Mrs. Levi Miller prepares for an upcoming operation.
Tennessee and Missouri each border eight states: Missouri borders Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. Tennessee borders Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. New Hampshire touches only one neighbor, Maine.
Social calendar item notes DeMolays will hold a meeting with the next regular session scheduled for January 28 266s caa0.
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