Rebekah Lodge Initiation Led by Mrs Brown
Initiation of Lovilla Jane Sojka Margaret Sparrow and Jeanette Miksch took place Friday evening at 8:00 in the 1.0.0.F. hall with Mrs. Clarence Brown presiding as noble grand. Installations are planned for Kalona Washington and Wellman with kitchen and refreshment committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown
Rebekah Lodge
F. Hall
Noble Grand
Lovilla Jane Sojka
Margaret May Sparrow
Jeanette Miksch
Kalona
Washington
Wellman
Class Social Held by West Chester Methodist COC
The West Chester Methodist church COC class met at Mrs. Lester Laubach’s home for their monthly social with co host Mrs. Charles Thrapp. Guests included Esther Lindenmeyer J C Bowen and Janice Judy Blumenstein. A Happiness themed program plus piano solos by Janice Laubach followed by a cooperative dinner planned for August at Mrs Late Stout’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
C.co.c
Truman Appreciation Letters Pour In On Korea Stand
White House Press Secretary Eben Ayers reads more than 1500 letters and telegrams sent to President Truman praising his stance on the Korean crisis as reported by an International Soundphoto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Eben Ayers
Truman
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Club Events
A clustered listing shows the Monday to Wednesday social programs across local groups. Activities include church picnics, missionary society meetings, American Legion auxiliary installations, YW mix, Baptist and Catholic groups, and women’s clubs at various venues with potlucks, picnics, and announcements for summer events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Brewer Missionary Society
Lloyd Duensing
Noble Grand Circle
Wayne Marston
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Y.W
Lois Humston
Ann Judson
West Chester WSCS Set to Meet Wednesday
West Chester WSCS of the Methodist church will hold a Wednesday afternoon gathering at 2 o'clock with a program stressing youth in church work and a candle lighting service. Young women will join their mothers. Mrs. Irvin Goffey will lead devotions and Mrs. Harold Griggs will present the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
St. James
Picenie
Sunset Park
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
West Chester
Fred Foriash
George Miller
Raymondville
Missouri
W. M. Miller
Miller
Arlington
West Virginia
Sumner Webster
Mr. Webster
Charleston
West
Brighton WSCS Meets On Thursday Afternoon
The Brighton Woman's Society of Christian Service gathered Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ira Schafer. President Mrs. Edwar Wise conducted the business meeting supported by devotions from Mrs. Edna Crise. Mrs. James Morgan delivered the lesson and Mrs. Otto Lamansky oversaw fellowship hour with a reading by Mrs. Cora Pringle. A duet by Mrs. L. A. Horton and Mrs. Loren McNeese followed, and Mrs. L. E. McAfee and committee served refreshments.
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Brighton
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ira Schafer
Edgwar Wise
Edna Crise
James Morgan
Otto Lamansky
Cora Pringle
L. A. Horton
Loren McNeese
L. E. McAfee
Picnic at Sunset Park Honors Visiting Illini Guests
A Thursday evening picnic at Sunset Park honored visitors Mrs. Will Marlowe of Tamaroa and Rev. and Mrs. Charles Branum of Eldorado, Illinois. Attendees included the Chorpening, Corpening, Ayers, Anderson, Zeck, Chorpening, McKune, Horton and related families and friends.
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Sunset Park
Will Marlowe
Tamaroa
Ill
Charles Branum
Eldorado, Ill
James Chorpening
Gladys Ayers
Larry
Lester Chorpening
Everette Chorpening
Philip
Russel Corpening
Harry Anderson
Richard
Milo Zeck
Melvin Chorpening
Ralph Chorpening
Alice
Karl Chorpening
Charles
Harry McKune
Gary
Willis Horton Jr
Wilma Maie Tait to Wed Robert C Steele
Mr and Mrs C Wayne Tait announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Wilma Maie to Robert C Steele son of Mr and Mrs Milo W Steele Sr. The wedding is planned for August 18 at the Methodist church.
Annual Ice Cream Social Delights Merry Mixers at Kiesey Home
Members of the Merry Mixer club and their families were entertained Friday evening at the Ted Kiesey home for the annual ice cream social in Westchester. Guests included Sandra Bauer Glen Ladehoff and Mr and Mrs Gnee Growell and Larry of Des Moines.
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Westchester
Merry Mixer Club
Ted Kiesey
Sandra Bauer
Glen Ladehoff
Gnee Growell
Larry
Des Moines
Women’s Missionary Society Holds Afternoon Meeting
The United Presbyterian Church Women’s Missionary Society met Friday. Mrs. O L Samson opened with devotions on Christ the World's Redeemer. Lillie Boyle led the prayer cycle while Lillian McConnell and Mrs J S Pollock assisted. Mrs Lens Bergman directed the program Undertones and Overtones in Work of Missions. Mrs Walter Kyle reported on the Oxford Ohio gathering. Glen dine Lindquist sent a letter from the Sialkot hospital in Pakistan.
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Women’s Missionary Society
U. P. Church
Women’s Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
O. L. Samson
Christ
Redeemer
Boyle
Lillie Boyle
Lillian McConnell
J. S. Pollock
Lens Bergman
Walter Kyle
Women’s General Missionary Society
Oxford
Ohio
Kyle
Virginia to Bloomington and other local moves
Virginia residents plan visits to Bloomington Indiana and Deer River Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Glen Martin and daughter visit Rev and Mrs Arthur Peters in their summer cottage. Jack Cherry buys Rathmel property on West Madison Street and will move soon. Rail strike affects local trucking firms amid grain traffic.
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Glen Martin
Arthur Peters
Peters
Deer River
Minnesota
John Hotle
Green Bay
Wis
Jack Cherry
Rathmel
Madison Street
Washington
Wim. G. Reif
Stork Club
Elvin ‘Tosten
Bllive Cafe
Jack Hotle
Kansas City
Hotle Feed and Grain of
Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society Plans August Picnic
Pilotburg Mrs Carl Oldfield hosted the Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society meeting with seventeen members present. Vice president Mrs Richard Scott led the business session and roll call noted Independence Day facts. Declarations from Mrs Ralph Oldfield and hymns filled the gathering.
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Pilotburg
Carl Oldfield
Birthday List Highlights Local Celebrants Today
Birthday wishes are extended to C. R. Wilson at the J. C. Penny store in David Chil cote and Keith Albaugh along with P. L. Fenn and Wilbur Chalupa. Robert Keith Wilcox marks a sixth birthday with Mr. and Mrs Scott Wilcox. Harold Wehr of the Journal advertising Service joins the list with Agness Wheelan Sam Wittmer Vern Escher and Norman Huber. Robert McLaughlin J. B. Martin and Ruth Schantz celebrate anniversaries and Thomas Edwin Hobbs of West Chester has his 10th birthday today.
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C. R. Wilson
Megr
J. C. Penny
David Chilcote
Keith Albaugh
P. L. Fenn
Wilbur Chalupa
Robert Keith Wilcox
Scott Wilcox
Agness Wheelan
Sam Wittmer
Vern Escher
Norman Huber
Robert McLaughlin
J. B. Martin
Ruth Schantz
Thomas Edwin Hobbs
West Chester
Ruth Nichol Missionary Society Luncheon Report
Fifteen members and one guest of the Ruth Nichol Missionary Society shared a cooperative luncheon at Mrs. P. F. Whisler's home. Mrs. Cloyce Stewart reviewed the missionary magazine and spoke of the Om Durman boys school funded by her father J. I. Cannon.
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Ruth Nichol Missionary Society
P. F. Whisler
Honor Gertrude Nash Shower in Brighton Presages July Wedding
Brighton July 6 Mrs Edna Crile reports a miscellaneous shower for Gertrude Nash ahead of her July 1 wedding to Leonard Adrias of near Keota. About 30 attendees included Nash’s Franklin school district pupils and local relatives. The note lists visiting relatives from Davenport Austin Bussey and Keosauqua with several picnics noted in the area.
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Edna Crile
Brighton
Lloyd Farrier
Gertrude Nash
Leonard Adrias
Keota
David Savage
Near Austin
Minn
Alfred McCracken
Bessie Pringle
McCracken
Bussey
Iowa
C. E. Darnell
Clifton
N. J
Harold Coop
Harry Bekel
North of Fairfield
Lacey Park
Keosauqua
Edgi Rotzinger
Airfield
Carl Harken
The Big Lift stars Clift and Douglas at State Theatre
Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas headline The Big Lift based on the Berlin Airlift. The film, produced by William Perlberg for Twentieth Century Fox, blends documentary realism with Seaton script and Berlin setting to capture historic wartime moments.
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Berlin
Montgomery Clift
Paul Douglas
State Theatre
William Perlberg
Twentieth Century-Fox
Berlin Airlift
State Department
George Seaton
Hollywood
Clift
Danny
Nation's Draft Boards Ready to Start Draft with Quotas
Draft boards nationwide are prepared to begin calling men to service once federal quotas are assigned. Selective Service offices in major cities report a surge of calls about status changes and address updates. In San Francisco a registration rush occurred after a prior lapse, overwhelming a six-person staff, while New York clerks received many inquiries about commissions but no volunteer rush emerged.
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United Press
Selective Service
San Francisco
New York
Times Square
State
Men Report for Examinations Delayed Under Current System
In Illinois 90,000 men aged 19 to 25 were deemed acceptable and ready. The present setup gives them a week to 10 days to report for physical examinations and about 26 more days to wind up their affairs, delaying delivery by 30 to 60 days unless regulations change.
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Illinois
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Myrtle Morgan
Glen Widmer
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Everette Stewart
Inez Schneide
Laubach
HST
Korea
Washington Dairy
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Birhday
Julius Caesar
Sir William Osler
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Burma
U.P. Church
Francis McConnell
WSCS
Richard Fisher
State of Iowa
Brown Finance Co
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Keokuk
Glendine Lindquist
Sialkot Hospital
Pakistan
Virginia
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Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society
Carl T. Anderson
Harold Wehr
Journal Advertising Service
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Myrah Melntyre
Lloyd Walker
General Assembly
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ruth Nichol
Harry Wentworth
D. H. Wentworth
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Wade Linn
Wayland
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AYN &H’'S
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