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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1933

Page

3

Campfire girls entertain with Firemaker honor party

Nawakamoka Campfire group held a Saturday afternoon event at the Phillips home featuring two ahwahtaysee members Faye Ellen Phillips and Mary Annabel Westphal earning a Firemaker rank. They planned a ten guest luncheon, games, and decor while guiding a treasure trail for younger girls with guardian escorts.

Nawakamoka Faye Ellen Mary Annabel Bertha Phillips Dowell Des Moines

Club announcements update for February meetings

The Walnut Women’s Club annual dinner is postponed to February 15. The Business and Professional Women’s Club meeting moves to the following week, now on Wednesday evening February 8, 1983. Knights of Pledge schedule changes place meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from February to May 1983.

Walnut Women’s Club Business and Professional

Social calendar notices for West Chester groups

The child study group meets at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon at the school house. The Jolly Quilting Circle gathers Tuesday at Mrs Jess Tucker home of Mrs Geo Benson bring your own lunch. White Shrine holds Kensington and cards Tuesday afternoon at the temple building. Rosemary club meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Ray Bell on Jan 1.

West Chester Jolly Quilting Circle Jess Tucker Geo. Benson Temple Building Rosemary Club Ray Bell

Women's clubs plan February meetings across town

The Merrymakers, Eureka Ladies Aid, Harmony club, Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid, Christian Ladies Aid, West Chester M E C O C class, St Paul Evangelical Ladies Aid, Havre Social club, H C club, Pilotburg Ladies Aid and Chapter 1 P E O announce February gatherings with hostesses and times. Attendees requested to bring items and participate in planned social activities.

Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid St. Paul

Women’s Mission Society Meets in New England Apartments

The Friday meeting of the W F M S of the M E church is hosted by Mrs Leigh Soule in the New England apartment with Mrs W I Biekel leading the program.

M. E. Church Leigh Soule New England W. I. Biekel

Olds News Briefs Highlight Social Guests and Upcoming Games

Local visitors include Miss Jayseberg with sister Mrs. Edwin Saltzman and Mrs. Eli Kneff of Kalona. Rev. Waery sought a health specialist in Iowa City. Wayland teams beat Olds 28 to 21. girls won 28 to 9. Mt. Union teams swept Olds. upcoming Home Economy meeting on February 1 at city hall with Mrs. Alma Jones. Budget talk promotes low cost, nutritious meals for a family of five. demonstrations include recipes and tastings. Olds teams travel to Wyman and Ainsworth in upcoming games.

Helen Keh Excelsior Minn Marjorie Huston Lena Hough Mt. Pleasant Jo Beckman Vera Harvey Mis Helen Rich Stringtown Helen Stoner Clark Zickefoose Mildred Jeanette Fred Burkett B. EB. Huston Wayland Olds Wayland Boys Mt. Union Alma Jones Iowa State College Extension Service Jones Farm Bureau

Fatal duels among women across seventeenth century Europe

Collier's Weekly notes frequent dagger and sword duels in France, Italy, and Spain during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It highlights a fine French actress who dueled at the slightest provocation and killed three men in one evening.

France Italy Spain Collier's Weekly

West Chester Community Notes Face Time and Games

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Banks thank helpers for cutting wood while Floyd recovers. Jim Banks family visited Floyd on Tuesday. A T Augustine remains poor and absent two weeks. Basketball teams beat Richland Friday. boys 5 14, girls lost. Preliminary humorous contest determined finalists for district and state levels. Winners announced: Rebecca Laubaugh Donald Sheets Orville Coakley Gwendolyn Hoover Esther Baughman. W R C installed officers Thursday with Sadie Hollinger as installing officer. Ruth learned Saturday her grandmother Pearson of Ainsworth died at county hospital Friday night at 1 a.m.

Jim Banks Floyd A. T. Augustine Rebecca Laubaugh Donald Sheets Orville Coakley Gwendolyn Hoover Esther Baughman Sadie Hollinger Ruth

Red Apples and the Dry Mouth Scare

A storyteller recalls a tale of Jane Brown a stenographer who grows ill from unwashed shiny red apples and doctors suspect a dental mouth ailment. The piece expands to warn about wet fingers turning book pages and a librarian chain of TB deaths linking to the habit.

Jane T. B

Wood cutting group listed for J. C. Foriash event

The record lists numerous individuals who cut wood at the Floyd Banks home for J. C. Foriash, naming Gale Reif, John Hough, Bunk Ralston, Milo DeLong, Bill Embree, Theo Poore, Harve Banks, Elmer Harland, Don Statler, Er nest Temple, Sam Statler, Melvin Booth, Merle Gardner, EB. Davidson, Harry Dusenberry, Paul DeLong, Will Hobbs, Clare Skinner, Lloyd Bauer, Rev. Allison, Homer Porter, Carl Walton, Ole Olson, Marion Engle, Howard Stewart, C Nitfinegger, Ernest Van Sickle, Roy Bauer, Ben Holt, Frank Libe, Paul Lytle, Oscar Nordyke, Louis Smith, Earl Pearson, Carol Willis, Irred Coakley, Beecher Hough, Ed Stoutner, Jim Banks, Harry Hunt, Bill Wolfe, Roscoe Robertson, Chas Mayer and Keith Augustine.

Floyd Banks Gale Reif John Hough Bunk Ralston Milo DeLong Bill Embree Theo Poore Harve Banks Elmer Harland Don Statler Ernest Temple Sam Statler Melvin Booth Merle Gardner EB. Davidson Harry Dusenberry Paul DeLong Will Hobbs Clare Skinner Lloyd Bauer Rev. Allison Homer Porter Carl Walton Ole Olson J. C. Foriash Marion

There’s the Rule An economist’s quip on work and unemployment

An Exchange quips that every man should have work to fit his brains, then questions how many would be unemployed permanently, highlighting the tension between economic theory and lasting joblessness.

Core of a golf ball can be size and position located

A Philadelphia Bulletin quote notes a professor claims it is possible to determine the core's size and position in a golf ball after a swing, suggesting players can gauge internal structure with one swing.

House of the Newny Philadelphia Bulletin

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