Brighton School and Church Christmas Programs Highlight Holiday Shows
Readings and pageants from grades 1 through 7 filled Brighton School and church halls with about 75 attendees per program. Performers included Evelyn Kirchner and Lillian Kraemer among many students, plus a Methodist Sunday School and a bridge party at the Campbells ending with a winter social for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Dro
Methodist Sunday School
Virigina Spielman
Betty White
C. C. Goltry
Ruth Tucker
Dickie Day
Cecil Jones
Kong
Hoys Ef
Lillian Kraemer
Barbara Lee Jame
Silver Program Brightens Fortnightly Club Meeting Notes
The Fortnightly club met at the Wik Nam GG. McCreedy home with Mrs. Ivan McCreedy as hostess. Ten members enjoyed needlework, visiting, and Christmas gift exchanges. Refreshments were served. Mary Gertrude Gritfin accompanied piano and vocal selections. Next meeting set for Tuesday January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Campbell
Young Married Peoples Bridge Club
Ther
Town
Jeanette Horton
Victor Stacy
B. J. Montgomery
Pleasant Plain
Tow Stacey
Campbell
M. L. McCreedy
Willis Horton
Verle Koch
Edgar Wise
Leland Horton
Stacy
OD Camp
Columbia
Raymond Stacey
Edith Mont
Wik Nam GG
Norval Wlynn
Howard Holt
Alva Bell
Karl Walton
Frank Davidson
Edward Bushek
Burial without coffins used in poor communities
The text notes that in poorer areas bodies were often buried in winding sheets without individual coffins. A bier was used to transport the body and then returned to the church for future use as needed.
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Herald
Evelyn Kirchner
Alan Bereiter
Martial
Wanda Jean Mrey
Char
Crandall
the Kiele
van Sant
Washington Song
Donald Ackley
Wooden Shoes
Mary Lou Stacy
Virginia Shafer
Bar Hiller
Warren Goodwin
Ray van Sant
Robert Shaffer
Patty Stacy
Lester Tdmale
Madden Bird Life
Virginia Shaffer
Carol Bliven
Marie Cook
Roger Arnold
Dorothy Hopkins
Billy Stockman
Miriam Horner
Hattie Nash
Adelia Lee Jones
Sonny Goney
Margaret Mann
Roger Ackley
Tommy Goodwin
Rover Ackley
Dorothy Weidner
Columbus
Werk Koch Dee
Almosthood
Vernor Stout
Naughty Boys
Driliy Cyrel
Whitaker
Gus Stacy
Sonny Gowey
Ralph Sistern
Raymone Sistern
Wesley Mullikin
Russell Weise
David Riley
Don Dickinson
Billy Drish Song
Daria Robison
Stars of
Decender
Anpristina Teel
Gaddy
Marjorik Hesseltine
Tlelen Schooley
Andrey Helmick
Jane Edmondson
Norma Eyestone
June Goodwin
Gertrude Nash
Mari Cook
Betty Gone
Mirian Horner
Max Cole
Joan Hagans
Songtung
Virginia Cole
Betty Hitler
Helen Marie Pacha
Tommy Benson
Richard Av
Nola
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Snowman
Billy Kraemer
North Wind
Harley Cole
Jack Frost
Harvey Spielman
White Rabbit
Max Goodwin
Nita Crandall
Lee
Barbra Lee Jamison
Betty Edwards
Mildred Morner
King Winter
Herbert Nash
Santa Claus
Robert Barnett
Sne
Hazel Mulliking
Mee Gowey
Halleen de Weef
Shirley Grant
Melvin Bender
Junior Ackley
Hobe
Kerr
Bobby Whitten
Bobby Jones
Rollie Cole
Lewis Nasick
Lear Bed Te Pacha
Myrtle Hiller
Eloise Johnston
Lorena Stegkman
Virinia Schooley
Mildred Helmick
Ruth Stockman
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Lorena Stockman
Robert Kuerr
Guy Whitten
Gordon Stout
Jean Evyestone
Virginia Johnston
Maxine Marshall
Anna May Katheryn Jones
Margaret Jean Rudolph
Jean Evestone
Carol Ar Bethlehoy
Reading
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Whistling Sale
Hhetty
Audrey Helmick
Little Town of Bethlehem
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J. A. Shafer
Cedar Rapide
Ward
Doyle Paul
Riverside
Farners Union Exchange of
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Mary
Kathleen Knittel
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St. Mary's School
Official Washington Directory
City & County
Frances TF. Cherry
Ey Bidg
Washington
Iowa
Lemsfey & Yard
Washington National Bank
Hall
Maine St
Ralph W. Thompson
Crull Temple
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Complete Investment Service
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Local Representative Journal Building Complete Investment Service
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Iowa Avenue
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Miller
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Arthur Duensing
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Howard Miller
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Washington Independent School District
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Harland W. Mean
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Ream & Carson
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Everready Plumbing Shop
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St. Mary's High School
Muscatine
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Riverside High School
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