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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1936
Page
3
The G H M club met July 9 at Mr and Mrs John Godwin home. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake and coffee on the lawn as cards were set aside due to heat. Mrs Elmer Guenther helped serve as plans for the next meeting remained unsure with absent president.
E O W club met at Mrs D L Carbaugh's home with eight members and four guests including Mrs W W Carson Chula Missouri and Edwin and Gerald Wells Os kaloosa. Edwin and Gerald Wells entertained on violin and home made ice cream cake and iced tea were served. Next meeting set for two weeks at Mrs Robert Dawson's home.
Past Noble Grand Circle met at Mrs. George Jarrard home with twelve members present. Special guest Mrs. Marie Diller of San Francisco joined the gathering. A brief business session followed by social time. Next meeting set for the second Tuesday in August with Mrs. L G Jugenheimer as hostess.
Woussicket 4-H club met last evening at the Wiley home with nine members. The gathering, delayed from afternoon to evening due to heat, planned a foot stool demonstration for Achievement Day and outlined the Farm Bureau meeting for next Tuesday.
Announcement of the Davenport marriage of Miss Marjorie Moberly daughter of Mrs Verna Moberly Cincinnati Ohio and granddaughter of Mrs Betta Roberts to Henry L Erwin of Davenport. The ceremony was at noon Saturday July 11 at the First Baptist parsonage Rock Island officiated by Rev John Carstens. Attendants were Miss Olive Crandall and Glen Barr. The couple will reside in Davenport where Erwin is rental department manager of Mel Foster Real Estate.
Mrs. Walter Harvey and Mrs. B J Holmes celebrate birthdays today. Harold Rath, Stanley Foster, Mrs. Herman Luers, and Mrs. Chris Mineart also honor birthdays. Lucille Votruba turns nine years old today in a family observance.
Pansy Hill qub July picnic postponed until threshing ends. American Legion Auxiliary July meeting postponed. W C T U meets 2 30. Mrs George Brinton hosts Fleur-De-Lis club. Rebecca club picnic postponed due to heat. Bethe Church jovial Friday evening with West Chester W H M S. Ladies Missionary meeting 2 30 at church basement with same program.
The Baptist Young Women's Missionary Society met on the lawn at Miss Nellie Wiley's home with Misses Carol Forgey and Vesper Bennett as hostesses. Nine members and one guest attended as they recited the Beautitudes, shared India knowledge, heard India history and mission efforts, prayed for India, and enjoyed refreshments.
One hundred twenty five customers of Sitler's Auto Parts Service were entertained at a lawn party last evening at the H R Sitler residence. Guests came from Washington and towns within sixty miles. Food included sandwiches ice cream pie cake hot dogs and more.
The story notes a milk price hike from 7 to 8 cents a quart and 4 to 5 cents a pint in Columbus Junction due to pasture shortages. It also reports threshing results with wheat yields near 40 bushels per acre and plans to ship about eight cars from Letts this week.
Sylvia Towles returns to Everett for a hospital fund recital and proves her rise from hardship. In a tense moment she confronts former classmates who mocked her singing, admitting past cruelty and choosing to forgive as they reconcile.
Former Chicago residents gathered at Ainsworth on Tuesday for the funeral of their eldest daughter. Local family and friends paid their respects as the service concluded.
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