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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1927
Page
6
Miss Fula Martin and Young American school children stage a festive program. local families host Christmas dinners and reunions with decorations, gifts, and carols. Notices include weddings, dances at the country club, birthday parties, and varied gatherings across Washington with many out-of-town guests and religious services.
Mr and Mrs C E Buckley entertained a small group of friends at a Saturday evening party at their Ainsworth residence. Guests from Washington included Mr and Mrs Fred Martin and their daughters Corrine and Doris.
Bethel Missionary society meets Wednesday with Mrs. C C Rothlisberger. Rosemary club gathers Wednesday evening December 28 with Mr and Mrs Ralph Waggoner. New Haven church hosts a chicken supper and bazaar next Wednesday evening starting at 6. Wellston Social club meets with Miss Mabel Johnson Thursday December 29. Masonic hall social in Ainsworth Friday night December 30 inviting all O E S members and their husbands.
Candidate from Kalona to seek second degree work as Odd Fellows lodge calls for good attendance this evening by order of the captain.
The White Shrine ladies plan a social at the home of Mrs J E Ream on East Main Street on Wednesday January 4. Local residents are invited to attend this community event hosted by Mrs Ream.
The Ladies Encampment auxiliary announces a pie supper and dance in the I O G F hall on Thursday evening December 29 for all Odd Fellows. Rebekahs and their families are invited and ladies are asked to bring pies.
On Monday January 2 the congregation dinner will be held in the church dining room. The committee asks each lady to bring meat for her family and a dish to pass along with monetary donations to buy rolls and coffee.
The Havre Social Club will hold their annual all day party at Mrs. Harry Bishop's home. A DeMolay dance is planned at the New Military hall with members expected to attend after a service at six o'clock.
A blaze nearly destroys the home as a boy sleeping on the first floor wakes to smoke and flames. He reaches the second floor to rouse his parents while his father ferries the other children to safety. No injuries are reported.
Slight damage occurred at the Rock Island round house about 1 15 Sunday morning when a dikze was found at the door of the building where fire had caught in a sack used to block cold. The door was damaged but the fire had not spread. Trainmen on No 11 spotted the blaze and railway men extinguished it without city firemen.
Joshua Hervey 79, a wealthy South English farmer, died from suffocation in a house fire. Coroner's verdict says he planned the death by his own hand, after a neighbor saw smoke and opened the door to find him. His family were away at a Christmas gathering.
Edward Seydel woke his parents and seven siblings as their Windom Indiana home burned. The father carried out four smoke-affected children and revived them after an overheated stove is believed to have started the fire.
Youths from Iowa farms attend the annual boys short course at Iowa State College in Ames. Classes cover breeding stock types grafting and pruning fruit trees tractor motors and meat cutting demonstrations. A Iowa 4 H club meeting is planned today and tomorrow with expected registration up to 600 students.
Des Moines Iowa residents will gather Friday to press for an early state Republican convention. Willis Storm Logan chairman of the state central committee supports naming tentative delegates to the Kansas City national convention.
Funeral services for Archiefé McKay who died last week in Chicago were held Sunday afternoon at the home of his brother Frank MehKay on West Washington Street. Dr W W Bowers conducted the service with pallbearers his four brothers Frank J C H B and Lb S MehKey and two nephews Charles and Ives McKay. Interment followed at Woodlawn cemetery.
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