February gatherings bring quilting and farewells in Shiloh and Nawakamoka
Gracehill aid society met at Mrs. Engel's to sew a double wedding ring quilt and plan the year. In Shiloh, neighbors bid farewell to the Darbyshires with a Progressive Rock party and Washington's birthday themed refreshments. Harriet Reister and Mary Catherine Widmer hosted Wahwahtaysee girls at the Y with Valentine games. Fortnightly Club members discussed Twin Lights by Sarah Ware Bassett, with Miss Margaret Graves hosting young folks who roasted weiners by the Graves home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracehill Aid Society
H. A. Engel
Shiloh
Will Darbyshire
Darbyshires
Sam Marsh
Warren Donaldson
Cloone Caldwell
Washington
Darbyshire
Nawakamoka Group
Harriet Reister
Mary Catherine Widmer
Wahwahtaysee
Margaret Graves
Walter Graves
Cecile Dunbar
Ed Muck
Miss Graves
Miss Dunbar
Dorothy Shively
Lester Milck
Glenn Watson
Clarence Berkloff
Ed Milck
Valentines Parties By Campfire Groups Held Saturday
Two campfire groups hosted separate Valentine parties with Nawakamoka girls in the afternoon and Wahwal laysee in the evening. Wahwahlaysee members earned honor beads for entertaining. Gweneth Kruser and Martha Ann Mace served as hostesses at 2 30 Saturday afternoon in the Woman's Relief corps room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nawakamoka Girls
Wahwallaysee
Gweneth Kruser
Martha Ann Mace
Woman’s Relief Corps Room
13 Is Important Number For Wayne Zeck
The article notes Wayne Zeck is 13 with birthday on February 13 and his grandfather James Zeck sharing a birthday. A birthday dinner hosted by Mrs James Zeck honored both birthdays with family guests including Mr and Mrs James Zeck and Mr and Mrs Ralph Zeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zeck
James Zeck
Ralph Zeck
Milton the poet’s great affliction recalled
A teacher asked children what Milton’s affliction was. One student answered that Milton wore a poet, a playful misstatement that turns on the double meaning of poet versus point of view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Rectitude as the sole safeguard of men’s fate
The speaker declares that neither fortune nor health nor intellect can protect a person. only constant rectitude endures. The passage emphasizes moral virtue as the ultimate safeguard against misfortune, urging steadfast adherence to rightful conduct.
Radio Child Study Talks Offered Free to Parents
The Iowa Child Welfare Station and Iowa State College Child Development dept launch a free radio program for parents. A weekly expert talk aired on WSUI Iowa City and WOI Ames with group meetings every other week, led by local chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Child Welfare Station
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
WSUI
Iowa City
WOL
Ames
Radio Child Study Cnb
WOI
WSUIL
WOT
WOIL
Pythian Circle Meeting Postponed One Week
Notice informs members that the Pythian Circle gathering with Mrs H W Russell is postponed a week. It also lists a card party at St James church hall on Wednesday Feb 15 and reminders for club and farm bureau events with times and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Circle
H. W. Russell
K. of
St. James Church
Dave McLaughlin
How You May Look Prettier with MELLOGLO Face Powder
An old advertisement touts MELLOGLO face powder promising a smoother even finish. It claims to hide fine lines and wrinkles, reduce shine, prevent large pores, and resist irritation through a new French process. Sold by Sherman Bros Druggist for 50 cents and one dollar free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Bros
Tomato Broth with Asparagus Tips and Quick Vegetable Soup
Two tomato based soups are described. The first blends tomatoes with onion pepper allspice and sugar, plus chicken stock and asparagus tips, simmered then sieved for eight servings. The second quick version uses onion tomato bouillon vegetable bits and water, simmered and sieved for six servings.
Only Yesterday Is Reviewed for Literature Dept
Fortnightly club evening literature department discussed Frederic L. Allen’s Only Yesterday and Kelland’s What Americans did with prosperity. Miss Leila Anderson led the program with readings, followed by book reviews from Miss Martha Sidles and notes on fiction selections and literary guild choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Allen
Leila Anderson
Clarence Budington Kelland
Walter R. Brown
Barbara Lawyer
Karl Bickford
Althea Montgomery
Ruby Washburn
A. E. Atchison
Laura Kinspaler
Martha Sidles
Howard Scott
Stuart Chase
Headley
Carleton College
Richard Halliburton
Miss Sidles
Mark Sullivan
Paul de Kruif
Sherman
Prophet
Lloyd Lewis
Walter B. Pitkin
Wash Young
John Galsworthy
Phylis Bentley
Lloyd Douglas
Somerset Mansham
Charles Morgan
Adam
James Gould Gozzens
Bruce Lockhart
Rolvaag
Esther Hascon
Hastings
Dramatization of Ethel Hueston's People of This Town
Mrs. CC Williams prepared a dramatization of Ethel Hueston's People of This Town with guests Mrs. Bickford and Mrs. Paul Gillespie of Fairfield attending. Refreshments followed a valentine color scheme as the assistant leader Mrs. George Rudiger presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Ethel Hueston
Bickford
Paul Gillespie
Fairfield
George Rudiger
Social calendar notices from local churches and groups
The Young Woman's Missionary society hosts a pot luck supper and program at Mrs. Ito? Downs home Tuesday at 6 30. The Dorcas society of St Pauls Evangelical meets at the parsonage Tuesday evening February 14. The Legion Auxiliary holds a bridge benefit at Mrs Julius Sodini home Tuesday evening at 8 oclock. tickets are 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Dorcas Society of
the Legion Auxiliary
Julius Sodini
Alma Hearpe Holand Missionary Society
A. Anderson
Helen Levis
Community groups schedule Feb 15 meetings and pot lucks
The Snowball Social Club, Pythian Sisters, American Legion Auxiliary, Eureka Ladies Aid, Rosemary club, H. & H. bridge club, and Sunshine Community club plan Feb 15 gatherings. Attendees bring dishes, sandwiches, needles, scissors, and pot luck contributions. Ora Laird and Mrs. Victor Wenger will attend auxiliary events. events include a district meeting and a birthday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legon Auxilary
Leon Beatty Post
Legion Rooms
Ora Laird
Mt. Pheasant
Belle Rice
Rodney Arnold
Eureka Ladies Aid
Victor Wenger
Sunshine Community Club
John Koehler
Music and Radio Shape A New Musical Ethos
Mrs. K. J. Harmeier spoke on Music and the Radio, tracing radio’s rise from crude early sound to a force raising American musical taste. She highlighted broadcasts from New York ensembles, the role of sponsors, and how major orchestras and operas shaped public appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. J. Harmeier
New York Symphony
Philharmonic
Edwin Franke Goldmans
Willem van 1100G- Straaten
Philharmonic Orchestra
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia
Symphony
Opera
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia
Boston Symphonies
Metropolitan Opera
Issay Dobrawen
N. B.C
Philharmonic Symphony
Wallace PTA and Lexington LA meet Thursday
The Wallace Pp. T. A. will meet Thursday at 3 45 and observe Founders Day with a collection. The Lexington LA 8 will meet Thursday Feb 16 with Carrie Dill Mae Smith and Florence Durst as hostesses. Lunch will be served at 1 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Club
Wm. Shalla
Wallace Pp. T. A
Lexington L. A
Carrie Dill
Mae Smith
Florence Durst
Community church social schedule in Havre area
The Young People’s League of St Pauls Kvangelgal hosts a Friday social at John ZiegleWaky home Havre neighborhood. Pleasant Hill church hosts a Friday social Feb 17 if weather allows. Missionary society meets Friday afternoon 2 30 with a stewardship playlette. Methodist ladies aid meets Friday 2 30 in social hall unit 3 in charge. unit 1 runs a food sale. Rebekah lodge holds regular meeting Friday 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s League of St. Paul's Kvangelgal
John ZiegleWaky
Havre
Pleasant Hill
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Maggie Foster
The
Methodist Ladies Aid
Unit 3
Grant Delay In Pipeline Hearing
Des Moines February 14 objectors to extension of natural gas pipelines in southern Iowa were given until February 20 to file a reply to testimony presented by the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America at hearings February 8 announced by the state railway commission. The delay raises hopes that the legislature may pass a bill to halt or block pipelines to twenty southern Iowa towns before the railway board makes a final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Natural Gas Pipe Line Company of America
State Railway Commission
Railway Board
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Gracehill Ladies Aid Society
George Dowell
Bertha Phillips
J. R. Kruser
Wahwahtaysee Group
J. EK. Kunath
A. W. Clow
J. E. Kunath
Sarah Ware Basset
C. Harry Davis
Miss Margaret Graves
Wheaties
Pke
Libby
la Salle Coffee
Farmer's Co-operative Exchange of Tracks
North
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Center Schoolhouse
Joe Knotek
Carl Jarrard
Rosemary Club
H. & H. Bridge Club
Chas. Clark
K. J. T Mauritieir
Music and Radio
Upleasant Hill
Howard Witt
Fleur de Lis
Walter Smith
Edna Alcorn
Odd Fellows Rebecca
Daughters of Veterans
J. C. Bole
A. I. Schmoeller
Christian Ladies Aid
America
Walter Damrosch
Fred Nelswanger
Rebekah
Crone’s
Vork
Gladys Dick
Chicago
George E. Dick
Cameron
University of Edinburgh
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