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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1952
Page
3
The Indian Creek club held its annual dinner at the L. V. Guy home with forty one attending the pot luck meal. Festivities included ecard games for elders and skat for younger guests as families and locals gathered to share holiday visits and parish news.
The Rainbow Girls held their annual holiday dance Monday evening at the Legion hall with 646 couples attending. Stan Stanley orchestra provided music. Sybil Bagee designed the extensive decorations featuring pine trees and a sleigh scene set against red velvet. The Rainbow advisory board acted as chaperones.
The Pythian Sisters of West Chester met with 22 members to arrange a joint installation with the Knights for the evening of June. Committees were named to provide refreshments and a total of 15 boxes had been packed for sick persons and shut-ins. The charter was draped in memory of May Yates and Carl Peterson. The group voted to serve lunch at the Wayne Zeck sale on January 25 and set dates for upcoming meetings including January 14 and January 6 for related events.
Dr and Mrs C R Reed visited Burlington on Tuesday for a district Methodist ministers and wives meeting. They attended a Christmas party at Grate Methodist church where Mrs Reed led the devotions.
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