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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1946

Page

3

Christmas Club Notes and Town News From Washington

The weekly column covers the Christmas party at the Y with gifts and program details, hospital updates for Vesper Bennett, moving tales of Clinton and Helen Stewart, and town talk on shopactivity. It notes the Christian Tabernacle’s growing attendance, a new bus project, weddings and engagements, a Berea wedding, and local concerns like deer in Dutch Creek township.

The Charles Wilson Holbert Thomas Polk Christian Church Vesper Bennett Scott Clinton Stewart Gillespie House Sunset Park Clinton Helen Stewart Lemmon Rodney Crail Rodney Christian Tabernacle W. J. Stevens Washington

Review of the Week's News in a Small Iowa Town

A collage of local events covers an overpass rail accident near town, Christmas services and parties at churches and the County Home, and multiple family visits. Notable items include car damage from a derailed rail, joyful Christmas gatherings, wedding and betrothal announcements, and community notices about births moves and club events.

Christmas Seal Fund Sister Kenny Fund Y.M Y.W Good Fellows County Home S. G. Bell Walter Smith Polk Santa Claus

Young People Convene Keokuk Presbytery Rally

A Friday gathering of youths from the Keokuk Presbytery opened in town as cold air moved in. The report covers local Christmas dinners and family visits across Burlington Mediapolis Keswick Oskaloosa Farmer City Grinnell Des Moines and Oklahoma City with multiple households hosting meals and relatives over the holidays.

U Pecture Keokuk Presbytery S. W. Easter Jim W. B. Kaster Mediapolis Kaster Burlington Don Wheelan Oklahoma City Okla John Wheelan Navy Air Corps Mr. Wheelan

Messiah Sings Draws 1000 in Washington

The Washington Oratorio Society presented The Messiah directed by Miss Carolyn Hamilton at the Methodist church. Local pageant notes list obituaries, marriages, and holiday events including a Buffalo meat sale at Thompson market and a Christmas minstrel benefiting the Rest Room Association.

Washington Oratorio Society Carolyn Hamilton Methodist Thompson Market Keota

Special donation aids conservation fund in United Presbyterian

Sunday offerings at the United Presbyterian Church totaled nearly 500 dollars for a special conservation fund for missions.

Suday United Presbyterian Church

Arrow Shots

A playful column notes how relatives cluster around rising men and how even small tasks become shared chores. It ponders laziness, a girl’s vanity, a child’s obedience, and how joy can spark temper in everyday life.

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