Social and club notices from a 1926 Iowa community page
Mrs Leland Morrison hosted a Saturday bridge party at 118 13 South Iowa avenue with three tables and high score won by Mrs Ward Gilliland. Pilotsburg Ladies Aid held a farewell for C E Rickey and Mrs Schauf at the Rickey home, with a two course supper, presenting silver thimbles. The West Chester Methodists O C s, Susan Coffey auxiliary, and Past Noble Grand circle hosted meetings with prayers, luncheons, and plans for Founder's Day observed at members’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Morrison
South
Iowa Avenue
Ward Gilliland
Morrison
Valentine
Susan Coffey
Weat Chester Methodist
Fred Sprague Frida
Skipton
J. D. Dayton
Lou Bauer
Hough
Sprague
8S. R. Baker
Noble Grand Circle
John Davison
South Second Avenus
Breese
W. R. Blanchflower
Mary. Juxenheimer
Unclear Event at Y M C A Building
Fragment mentions February eighteenth at the Y M C A building with no further details or context.
Community Club Meetings and Notices
Local organizations announce numerous meetings and events including Havre Social Club with Mrs Will McBride and Rosemary Club with Mrs Ben Fitzgerald. Dues for the American Legion Auxiliary are due by February 12. Various home economics, parent teacher, and church activities list dates times locations and attendees. Some gatherings request craft supplies and photos for gatherings at Centennial school Damascus Shrine and West Chester Church.
Mrs Ed Grayson Hosts E. O. W. Club Meeting
In a church parlor on a Friday evening, February 12, 30513, Mrs. Ed Grayson will host the E. O. W. club gathering on Tuesday at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stewart
Ed Grayson
E. O. W. Club
West Chester social and club notices for February events
Community social at West Chester on Monday evening February 15 invites all interested in the West Chester school with a program. Several club meetings are planned including the Finer de Lis club with Mrs George Foster and the Ladies of the Hay tint church with Mrs Arthur Yard. The Just Us Club meets with Mrs Bert Yard, and the Wellston Social Club hosts an all day gathering at Mrs W C Hotle's home with sandwiches and dishes to pass. Other notices include the Walnut Women's club, the Rebekah lodge quilting day, and the Parent Teacher Association postponement for Centennial school. Mrs Schuyler Livingston and Miss Mable Moore return from Kenosha Wisconsin visiting family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. O. C's
West Chester Methodists Church
Ben Holt
Lindenmeyer
Boyer
Holt
Fred Foriash
West Chester
Wellston Social Club
W. C. Hotle
J. T. Aiken
United Presbyterian Church
Rock Island
Epworth League
Methodist Church
E. J. Crawford
Conesville
Cline
Letts
Opal Findley
Henry Findley
Grandview
Irma Brockett
Mediapolis
Thames Gray
R. F. Owen
Frank Deford
Navigation length of Suez and Pauw canal features
The text details the Suez navigation length with 66 gales of undetermined meaning formed by cuttings and 14 miles built by dredging through the Isthmus lakes. It notes natural depth matches canal depth and lists the Pauw canal as slightly over BO statute tons long with dredged portions reaching Deby Water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez
Wiles
Pauw
Deby
Entianer
Local visits and social notes from Crawfordsville area
Mrs Rosana White of Crawfordsville visited Griff Humphreys. Mrs Frank Houk of Valley Janetson stayed with Mrs Alfred Johnson over Sunday and visited her husband Franks Howak conductor on No 835 and 836. Mr and Mrs Glenn Martin of West Chester spent the day shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosana White
Crawfordsville
Griff
Glenn Martin
West Chester
Southeast Iowa girls basketball tourney at Columbus Junction
The Southeastern Iowa district girls tournament will be held March 18 and 19 in Columbus Junction with four winners from sectional tours to play a Round Robin for a state bid. Junction could qualify by beating Muscatine on February 19 as finals, tie breaks scheduled for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Southeastern Iowa
Pidy
Junction
Muscatine
Columbus High School
Grace Butler
Wm. Owen
Mt. Pleasant
Columbus Teams Triumph on Neal Floor in Twin Wins
Columbus high school basketball teams beat visiting Cotter and West Liberty on their own floors earlier in the season. The girls won 34 to 12 and the boys 42 to 21 with Lohr of Muscatine noting both games. John Summerville of Maywood Illinois spent the week here and in Muscatine with friends. Jesse D. Duncan schedules a farm sale for February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Summerville
Maywood
Ill
Muscatine
Jesse D. Duncan
Columbus High School
Neal
Cotter
West Liberty
Lohr
Columbus
As No Man Has Loved thrills Pax Theatre audiences
Rowland V. Lee directs a grand screen adaptation of Dr. Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country. Edward Hearn stars as Nolan the condemned officer aboard ships of war with a dramatic storm sequence and a massive fleet battle. Anne Bissell pleads for a pardon across presidencies from Jefferson to Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland V. Lee
William Fox
Pax Theatre
Edward Everett Hale
Lee
Carolina Capes
Edward Hearn
Lieutenant Nolan
United States
Anne Bissell
Jefferson
Lincoln
Nolan
Also Mentioned on This Page
It) Society
Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society
C. B. Rickey
Philip Shauf
C. E. Rickey
Pilateburg Church
Finley Rickey
Susie Bitting
Maud Stafford
F. E. Rickey
Rose Bitting
Ralph Ashby
J. 1D. Byers
Sam Hemsher
E. Ray Bell
Raymond
John J. Lang
Philip Senauf
Harold
Carl
Ellis
Allen Fickling
Pauline
Carson Wilson
P. T. Ayers
Cleo Stagner
Leroy Schulty
Carl Oldfield
Daryl
Fern
Clara Fisher
Earnest
Sam Oldfield
Ralph Oldfield
Paul
Marie
Delmar
Milfred
Nellie Adams
Maxine
C. BR. Rickey
William
Henrietta Byers
Mariam Ashby
Frank Stransky
Marion
Reister
Marshalltown
Southern Universal Fund
National Grand Army Fund
Pril
Klein Klothing Ko
Y. M. C. A. Byuilding
Havre
Will McBride
Rosemary Club
Ben Fitzgerald
American Legion Auxiliary
Harry Dickerson
F. L. Wilson
Parent and Teacher Association
Centennial
Oats
Ralph Gibson
Damascus Shrine No. 10
Harmony Club
James Brooks
St. James
Parent-Teacher Association
West Chester Methodist Church
Ladies of the Christian Church
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Finer de Lis Club
George Foster
Arthur Yard
Just Us Club
Bert Yard
Noticon—Watlnut Women's Club
Chas McKay
Ten Cent
Rebekah
Netiwoo
Assoc
Cos! Cores of the Christian Church
Mable Moore
Schuyler Livingston
Kenosha Wisconsin
Myre
Jerry Voorhees
Alice Ella
Ralph Livingston
Motaffnich
Ifiingus
Aelan
Panama
Concord Charity Circle
Hugh Newell
Jessie Foster
Ames
Hugh Morris
Washington County Hospital
Nettie Robinson
Vinton
Louise County
James R. Letts
Myra Whitney
William Pox Wins
Violets
Sweet Peas
Leta
John Shields & Sons
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil Comny
Middle West
Unviana
Standard Oil
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
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