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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1933

Page

6

Community Events Include Parties and Dinners Across Washington Area

A local social roundup lists multiple gatherings: a Friendly Threshers meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leffler's home with a cafe supper and five tables of progressive rock, and a surprise thirtieth wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Swift near Washington attended by twenty nine guests. Carl Hancher hosts a pinochle party with high scores for Mrs. Bev and Joe Simmering. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid holds an all day meeting with a pot luck, a scripture reading, and plans for a ten cent social. Centennial P. T. A. hosts performances by schoolchildren and a milk fund collection, while a K. C. dance draws over 200 guests with Putnam's orchestra.

Ralph Leffler Will McGinnis Cleo Davis Wanda Jones Glenn Davis A. B Berneice Maurine Swift Dolly Meredith A. B. Swift Maurine Everett Charlie John Sampson RB H Givane Ted Givans Arlie Meredith Frank Smith Gregory Clement Pat Johnson John Lee William Kendrick Knox Bob Schantz Cora Johnstone Sam Doran Carl Hanchers Carl Hancher Fred Bev Joe Simmering M. D. See Art Pueblam Haneker Bey

Sunshine Community Club Dines at Wylie Home

The Sunshine Community club held a dinner at Mr and Mrs Don Wylies home yesterday. Many families were unable to attend due to illness in the neighborhood. The hosting committee included Mrs A Ruebsam Mrs Frank Moore and Mrs Wilburn.

Sunshine Community Club Don Wylie A Ruebsam Frank Moore Wilburn

Pleasant Plain News and Notices

Mr. and Mrs. A L Supalla and daughters visited Clem Benda Friday evening. Vincent Gevoeck moved to a farm south of Brighton last Monday. Mrs Perry Cole died Friday from pneumonia. Services were Sunday at the Friends church. Viola Jane Gevock welcomed a baby sister born January weighing five and a half pounds. Mrs Frank Bruty of Washington cares for the newborn. Farmers union to ship a carload of hoes from Pleasant Plain on Monday.

B. Pleasant Plain A. L. Supalla Clem Benda Vincent Gevoeck Brighton Perry Cole Friends Church Viola Jane Gevock Alex Gevock Frank Bruty Washington Farmers Union

Senior Nevelope club party at Oddfellow hall Riverside

A large crowd attended Riverside Tuesday evening for the Senior Neve dle club party with a 6 30 covered dish supper. Prizes were awarded to Mrs C J Karel and Mrs C W Ingram with consolation prizes to Mrs FE Blythe and Frank Safourek. Relatives report the death of Rev Henry A Grothe of West Point Iowa, former pastor of Holy Trinity Richmond. He leaves four sisters and two brothers.

E. E. Blythe Ber Cray Helen Critz V. Dautremont John L. Deatsch William Griffin R. H. Heitman C. W. Ingraim C. Jr Karel Mes Anna Kern R. C. Knight William O'Loughlin Ernest Salladay Frank Lafourek J. J. Reardon al Walton Edith Price Gladys Paz Pauline Reed Joan Rinehart Opal Gerot Emma Deatach Estelle Critz Margaret Jane Robert Mary Gertrude Griffin Inez Rose Edward Mannion Gertrude Paul Miriam Heitzman Margery Kron Myron Salladay Adrian Dautremont Leon Henry A. Grothe West Point Iowa Holy Trinity Church Richmond Osburg Schmidt Fort Madison Elizabeth Kiefer Riverside Sparta Wisconsin August Grothe Hills Frank Grothe

Methodist program delights Iowa Wesleyan crowd at family night

About 175 Methodists attended a Iowa Wesleyan College program after a Methodist family night dinner. Prof. G E McLean led vocal solos with Dorothy Mean on piano. Dr Gladys Lynch, PhD Iowa, read from Rex Streeter Aldrich. Violinist LaVontine Nusbaum, with mother Mrs GA Nusbaum, wowed audience.

Iowa Weesleyan College G. £. McLean Conservatory Cesar Franck Homer Chadwick Dorothy Mean Gladys Lynch University of Iowa Washington University Speech Department Iowa Westeyan Rexs Streeter Aldrich

The Lion's Share Expression Origins in Aesop Fable

The phrase lion's share is traced to a fable where a lion claims most of the spoils after a group hunt. He assigns one quarter to himself for strength, one for courage, and dares others to dispute the final portion.

Sense Preferable to Sound In Franklin’s Gift Choice

Franklin Massachusetts among the first of seventy two towns named for Benjamin Franklin in 1784. He suggested presenting a church bell but chose to give the town an entire town library, saying sense is preferable to sound.

Franklin Mass Benjamin Franklin Au Town

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