Social Calendar Highlights for West Chester
Community events listed for Wednesday through Friday include Catholic Daughters of America meeting at St James social hall with sewing needs, West Chester Pythian Sisters gathering at hall, ES Pinochle group picnic at Sunset Park, VEW Breakfast at Mrs. Bill Perdock, HJ club meeting, WRC of West Chester roll call, Women of the Moose at Moose hall, and Christian Women's Fellowship general meeting at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
S&s P.m
St James
West Chester Pythian Sisters
ES Pinochle Group
Sunset Park
Bill Perdock
Jus Te Bogkhorst
West Chester
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Christian Women's Fellowship
Y Wives Hold Park Play Day for Their Children
Ten mothers of the Y Wives and 14 children met at Sunset park Tuesday morning for a play day. Stephen Putman celebrated his 6th birthday with cake. The next Y Wives meeting is a 1 56 o clock coffee with Mrs Walter Messer on July 29. Mrs Wilson Putman will co host. A smocking demonstration is planned with each lady bringing a 46 inch square of checked material needle and thread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Stephen Putman
Walter Messer
Wilson Putman
Stephen Putman Birthday Observance Noted
Stephen Putman was the honoree at a birthday observance at the Wilson Putman home on Tuesday evening for his 6th birthday. Relatives and friends enjoyed a lawn party with Stephen opening gifts and taking flash photos. A birthday cake shared with 14 youngsters from the Y-Wives group followed a morning at Sunset Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Putman
Wilson Putman
Stephen
Steve
Sunset Park
VFW and Auxiliary Host Hamburger Fry at Sunset Park
The VFW and Auxiliary met Tuesday evening at Sunset park pavilion for a 6:50 hamburger fry attended by about 20 people. Mrs Marsh Atkinson and Mrs Merle Steele led the meal preparations and announced the annual chicken fry is planned for the August joint meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Pavillion
Sunset Park
Marsh Atkinson
Merle Steele
Supreme Officers at Shrine Meeting Here
Supreme Worthy High Priestess Vivian M. Parrish of Murphysboro Illinois attended a Damascus White Shrine meeting at the Masonic Temple. Guests Rose Reid LaVerne Myers came from Iowa City Muscatine Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa Oskaloosa Casey Rock Island. A dinner preceded the event attended by local and visiting members and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian M. Parrish
Murphinsboro
Inl
Damascus White Shrine
Masonic Temple
Rose M. Reid
P.S.W. 1
LaVerne M. Myers
SNC
Coal Valley, OL
Iowa City
Muscatine
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa and
Casey
Rock Island
Reunion of Kos descendants gathers 44 at Sunset Park
A family reunion for Antone and Kathryn Kos descendants drew 44 attendees at Sunset Park on Sunday July 20. A noon basket dinner followed. Plans were set for the 1953 reunion the third Sunday in August at the local park with messages from several relatives unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone
Kathryn Kos
Sunset Park
Albin Mauer
LeMars
Robert Fountain
Frank Kos
Colorado
Hiss Attorneys Study Decision on New Trial Motion
In New York the Hiss defense studied a court ruling denying a new trial on perjury. Judge Henry Goddard rejected the motion claiming the typewriter evidence was not forged as part of a Chambers plot to incriminate Alger Hiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Witich
State Department
Henry Goddera
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Miss
Appoint Committees At TOOF Meeting Here
The TOOF met with John Beechblossom presiding in the absence of C E K Garrett. Committees for the year were appointed including Memorial George Jarrard Homer Jarrard Carl Sehneider, Financial Vernon Witting G A Reinert M D Lee, and Visiting Ernest Green Ronald Horn Ted Givans Forrest Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOOF
John Beechblossom
C. EK. Garrett
Carl Sehneider
George Jarrard
Homer Jarrard
Vernon Witting
G. A. Reinert
M. D. Lee
Flower
Fred Kephart
Albert Wehr
Ralph Zeck
Doyle Jarrard
Myron Salladay
Ernest Green
Ronald Horn
Ted Givans
Forrest Walker
Don Hazen
Les Gilmore
Don Beye
Floyd Edwards
William Glanden
Stanley McKeown
WP. L. Fenn
Burdette Stover
Keith Williams
Frank Bue Bree
Don Stone
Charles Murdoc
Harold Wilson
Ralph Zeek
Clarence Lee
Max Lee
Lou Waterknecht
Bernard Payne
Gerald Edwards
Fred Zieglowski
Forrest Brock
Wayne Witthott
Howard Wagner
Howard Baker
Gere Schneider
Ronald Jora
R. H. Warenknecht
H . Wagenknecht
Harold Walker
Harold Jarvis
Ken Peters
Hal Owens
Luther Cram
Walter Donaldson
Ernest Greene
Carl Schneider
YW Mixers Picnic and Swimming at Lake Darling
The YW Mixers met Tuesday evening at Yanour then traveled to Lake Darling for an evening of swimming and a picnic. Twenty two attendees were present as transport was provided by Mary Rhodebeck Charlotte Farls Mrs. Robert Day and Dorothy Turnipseed. Plans call for a VW Mixer trip to Iowa City in two weeks for supper and swimming at the park pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanour
Lake Darling
Mary Rhodebeck
Charitotte Efarls
Robert Day
Jorothy
Iowa City
Sunset Park Picnic Plans for August 26 in Fairfield
Ardeiz Santha chapter held a Sunset Park gathering with Ss members and guests from Ottumwa enjoying a potluck supper. A short business meeting followed. table committee included Mrs. George Birney, Mrs. Wanda Bowden, and Mrs. Lyle Godfrey. An August 26 potluck is set at Chautauqua Park in Fairfield for members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Ardeiz Santha
Ardeiz Santha Peta
Jeas
Ottumwa
Ing
George Birney
Wanda Bowden
Lyle Godfrey
Chautauqua Park
Fairfield
Farewell Picnic Honors Mrs Vaughn Before Frankfurt Move
Friends hosted a picnic in Sunset Park to honor Mars Jeanne Vaughn for her upcoming departure to Frankfurt Germany. Vaughn, with KNIC radio, will leave in early August to join her husband Paul in military service. Attendees included Claude and Mrs McCoy, Dusenbery family, Don Shepherd and Knicht couples, Jim and JoAnn Pease, Harold and Joan Jarvis, Mangolds, Myrtle Kelley, the honoree’s parents Donate and Ochs, and Mrs Edward Bicher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Mars
Jeanne Vaughn
Frankfurt
Germany
Vaughn
KNIC
Paul
Claude McCoy
CC. Or. Dusen
Beardsley weighs pleas to commute Beckwith death sentence
Gov William S Beardsley weighed pleas from a distraught mother and anxious attorneys in deciding whether to commute the death sentence of Edward J Beckwith 50. Beckwith was convicted of fatally stabbing Irma Jean Stahthut 21 in a Morrison tavern three years earlier with Aug 4 execution scheduled at Fort Madison Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Nancy Beckwith
Edward J. Beckwith
Fort Madison Penitentiars
Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahthut
Morrison Tavern
Three of four cars in 1951 accidents were passenger cars
In the 1951 accident report three vehicle types were tracked and passenger cars accounted for about 75 percent. The data show that among four motor vehicles involved, three were passenger cars and one was another type.
Cold Front Collides With Heat Wave Promises Some Relief
A cold front moves eastward and clashes with the year’s worst heat wave. Relief is seen in the Midwest while the rest of the nation faces continued hot, humid conditions. Hundreds collapse from heat, with soldiers treated for heat exhaustion and fatalities reported.
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United Press
Marion Maids 4 H Club Holds Meeting With Guests
The Marion Maids 4 H Club met Saturday afternoon with five members and two leaders. Guests included Louise Christensen of Goshen counts Wyoming and Miss Kile from the county health unit. Jeanne Davison presided. Janice Davison became secretary. Demonstrations on Cleaning Baskets were planned for the county achievement Show and Miss Kite presented slides on fighting tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Maids
Nancy Schnieker
Louise Christensen
Goshen
Wyo
Miss Kile
Jeanne Davison
Janice Davison
Nancy Sehnicker
Helen Lukavsky
Ithes
Democratic delegates brace for civil rights plank at convention
The Dixie Democrats aim to avoid a floor clash while the platform committee ponders a strong civil rights pledge. Kefauver leads with 275 votes, Russell 205, Stevenson 155, Harriman 46, Kerr 46, others 204, with 250 uncommitted. Nomination threshold remains OT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Democrats
Dixie
Conventios
Platform Committee
Stevenson
Kefauver
Russell
United Press
Harriman
Kerr
Ots
Rutgers wins Olympic pairs without coxswain title
Harrison Dillard tied the Olympic 110 meter hurdles record in Cleveland Ohio. Christensen spoke about 4-H work in Wyoming and refreshments were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helinski
Rutgers University
Chan Ionship
Harrison Dillard
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa Staters Picnic Set for Sunday at Sunset Park
Iowa Staters plan a basket picnic Sunday July 27 at Sunset Park Washington County. Members meet at 11:00 for a meal followed by a program with speakers including Marvin Pederson and May Phan Els from Town State College athletic department. Alumni invited, including Richard Steichens Larry Campbell Aguerion Jenkins and others from Town State area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Sunset Park
Robert Buck
Towa
Town State
Richard Steichens
Larry Campbell
Aguerion Jenkins
Ainsworth
Tarry Duensing
Harry Ramseyver
Jack Fields
Bill Chemelar
Barola
Local names listed in fragmented report from Wellman to Crawfordsville
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including Gamon from Washington Oscar Steele Riverside Billi Litwett ier Gene Vincent Lynon Swartzendruber Wellman Lamansky Hert Way Brighton Donald Meyer Wear Peterson West Chester Cleo PD Cherryholmes Nancy Anderson Crawfordsville.
Washington Iowa Paper Distributor Ad Prices
Public notices list subscription rates and mailing rates for the Washington Iowa newspaper. The item names staff roles and the publication’s press associations, noting prices for mail subscriptions and carrier delivery in Washington.
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Stanley Simpson
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Kansas
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economies
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Weahoh
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Washington High School
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Deep South
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Iowa Staters
Washington, Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co
R. BE. Shannon
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Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
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SALE
Brody
Wolf Floral Co
Hanes
Washington,owa
Eta AS
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Lestie Breen
Frank Szayna
Jack Simons
Mary Hinshaw
K. A. Mathers
Colgate
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