Mrs Hoxworth Hosts U and I Club Meeting
Mrs J B Hoxworth entertained seven members of the U and I Club Wednesday afternoon. Mrs John Widmer led the business meeting. Wahoo was played at two tables for the afternoon's entertainment. The hostess was helped by Mrs Ira Mitchell and Mrs Frank Scranton. Mrs Ralph Kelsey will host the July 6 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Hoxworth
U and I Club
John Widmer
Ira Mitchell
Frank Scranton
Ralph Kelsey
Mrs. Young Hosts Merry Makers Club Meeting
Nine members of the Merry Makers Club met at Mrs. Richard Young home. They decided to suspend July and August meetings and spent the afternoon socializing. Mrs. Elizabeth Young assisted with serving and Mrs. Clayton Bear will host in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Makers Club
Richard Young
Elizabeth Young
Clayton Bear
Twenty-One Attend Luncheon and Golf at Country Club
Twenty-one attended Ladies' Day at the Country Club for luncheon and golf. Mrs. Don Hayes was guest. Prizes went to Mrs. Robert Manchester for low putts and Mrs. Walter Jungbluth for high putts. Mrs. Walter Doak had low for the day. A Ladies' Invitational is announced for next Tuesday at the Wal ton Club in Fairfield with reservations via Miss Helen Breese by Friday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Don Hayes
Robert Manchester
Walter Jungbluth
Walter Doak
Walton Club
Fairfield
Helen Breese
Jolly Gardeners Discuss Roses Meeting Notes
Nine Jolly Gardeners of West Chester met with Mrs. Late Stout on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Bill Flynn attended as a guest. The group discussed Tricks and Troubles with Roses and celebrated Mrs. Charles Harley’s birthday with a cash club gift for garden plants. The next meeting is July 6 in Sunset Park at 9 am CDT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Gardeners of
West Chester
Late Stout
Bill Flynn
Charles Harley
Club
Sunset Park
Young Adult Club Tours Washington County
Nineteen members of the Young Adult Discussion Club toured southern Washington County Wednesday evening starting in Central Park under the guidance of Charles Hotle of the Washington County Historical Society. They visited historic sites, learned about early settlers, then held a wiener roast and business meeting at Sunset Park led by vice president Bill Gallagher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Washington County
Charles Hotle
Mr. and
Mrs. Hotle
Frances and
Kathryn Potratz
Ottumwa Woman Engaged to Rock Island Man
Miss Judy Weston of Ottumwa is engaged to Wilbert K. Hullet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hullet Sr. of Rock Island Illinois. Ms Weston is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weston of Ottumwa and a 1930 Ottumwa High School graduate. Mr. Hullet, a Rock Island High School alum, works at Robbins Electric in Moline. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Weston
Ottumwa
Wilbert K. Hullet
Frank Hullet
Rock Island, Il
John Weston
North Hancock Street
Miss Weston
Ottumwa High School
Hullet
Rock Island High School
Robbins Electric Company
Moline
Bethel Church Mission Group Meets Wednesday
The Bethel Presbyterian Missionary Society held its monthly meeting with Mrs. Charley Rothlisberger hosting. Fourteen members and two children attended as Psalms were studied under Mrs. Dorothy Walker and Mrs. Stephen Wiggers with May Gideon leading devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Presbyterian Missionary Society
Charley Rothlisberger
Dorothy Walker
Stephen Wiggers
May Gideon
Vera Wulf
Miss Gideon
Marie Wulf
Just Us Club Welcomes Mrs Cy Bush Back After Absence
The Just Us Club hosts a social afternoon with Mrs George Jarrard and entertainers Mrs G A White and Mrs Al Crone. Members celebrate Mrs Cy Bush’s return after a long absence due to Alness, with refreshments helped by Mrs Lewis Goodlander and Mrs D O Butler. June 15 meeting led by Mrs L L Loveless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Us Club
George Jarrard
G. A White
al Crone
Cy Bush
Alness
Lewis Goodlander
D. O. Butler
L. L. Loveless
Rosses See Three of Family Get Degrees
Mr and Mrs Milton Ross of West Chester attend Iowa State University commencement May 28 as Janet Palmer Terry Palmer and Karen Ross receive Bachelor of Science degrees. Janet and Karen earn Home Economics Education teaching certificates while Terry completes Veterinary Medicine. The Rosses and Palmer families join in a campus lunch at the Memorial Union Oak Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Ross
West Chester
Iowa State University
Janet Palmer
Terry Palmer
Karen Ross
Richard Ross
Memorial Union
Joy Heck Honored At Iowa City Bridal Shower
Joy Heck was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by roommates in an Iowa City apartment. Twelve Mercy Hospital School of Nursing graduates attended as gifts were opened and refreshments served ahead of a June 18 wedding to Paul Maske.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Heck
Iowa City
Joan Jennings
Connie Hershberger
Phyllis Semler
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Alie
Miss Heck
Paul Maske
DAR Members Will Meet Tuesday Evening
The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 with Mrs Fred Reid. State regent Mrs Sherman Watson of Cedar Rapids will recount the Continental Congress help in Washington D C in April. Installation of officers and recognition of new members will be a feature of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fred Reid
Sherman Watson
Cedar Rapids
Continental Congress
Washington, D.C
Social Calendar Plea for Early Submissions and Notable Postponements
Community notices for Thursday through Monday announce events across groups. Activities include Presbyterian adult fellowship potluck with the Connellys, a Saddle Club square dance, postponed HBO Club, IOOF/Rebekah lodge, Masonic events, UPW meeting, Hairdressers service picnic, Rainbow Girls and Rainbow Board, YWCA council, and DUV at Farm Bureau building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Adult Fellowship
Dale Connelly
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Matron's Club
Masonic Temple
Potluck
Sunset Park
Rainbow Girls
Rainbow Board
Ywca Council
YWCA
Farm Bureau
Sunshine Club Discusses Plans for Kitchen Upgrade
Fifteen Sunshine Community Club members attended a Wednesday meeting led by Mrs. Howard Stewart to talk about kitchen changes. Guests Mrs. Harold Timmins and daughter Carolyn joined in as a brief business session was led by Mrs. Dale Richards. Secret sisters were revealed and new names drawn with Mrs. Glen Witt helping with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Community Club
Howard Stewart
Harold Timmins
Carolyn
Dale Richards
Glen Witt
Mrs Watters Finely Leads Nazarene Mission Meeting
Mrs L L Watters presided at the Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society meeting at the church on Wednesday evening. Goldie Gault led the lesson from Africa Emerging. Miriam Watters read Christians Twenty-Third Psalm and the Other Sheep committee reported. Paul Gault offered the closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Watters
The
Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society
Goldie Gault
Africa
Miriam Watters
Paul Gault
Strawberries Should Be Sprayed Very Soon
Entomologists from Iowa State University warn that leaf eating worms in Washington area strawberry beds require spraying or dusting between first bloom and harvest. Use captan 2 to 3 tablespoons and rote None 5 percent. apply every 5 to 7 days. Do not use DDT or general fruit tree sprays near harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa State University
Marriage License Issued to Roths in Mt. Pleasant Wash
A marriage license was issued to Roger Henry Roth of Mt. Pleasant and Doris Joanne Roth of Washington. Michigan commercial fishing operators netted about 21 million pounds of fish during 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Henry Roth
Mt. Pleasant
Doris Joanne Roth
Washington
Michigan
On The Record Hospital Admits And Dismissals
Hospital record shows Admitted yesterday Raymond Steinbeck Rubio Miss Blanche Jones Columbus Junction and Mrs Luella Littrel Washington Becky Berdo Washington all in medical care. Dismissed today Mrs Glen E Beachy and her son Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Steinbeck
Rubio
Blanche Jones
Columbus Junction
Luella Littrel
Washington
Becky Berdo
Glen E. Beachy
Kalona
Local social notes highlight visits and family milestones
Mrs Zelma Hughes returns from Bettendorf visiting son Wendell Hughes family and daughter Wilma at St Luke Hospital Davenport. Mrs Ralph Cressey former Helen Alcorn leaves Washington for Naperville after days with aunt Miss Helen Levis. Memorial Day in Chariton with Levis family. Various travelers and gatherings linked to Fulton Ottumwa Wellman and Dan D Roth Wayland families mark Memorial weekend and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma Hughes
Bettendorf
Wendell Hughes
Ralph Cressey
Helen Alcorn
Naperville
Ill
Miss Helen Levis
Miss Levis
Cressey
Washington
Chariton
H.V. Levis
Levis
White Residents Flee From Congo
Leopoldville reports Africa nationalist leaders promise to seize white men’s homes cars and even women on independence day causing a mass exodus of whites from the Belgian Congo. A Greek planter was hacked to death as travel firms report full bookings and coalition gains push extremists toward power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
UPT
National
Maniema
Congo Chamber of Deputies
Runaway Brothers Die In Plane Crash At School Yard
Two brothers aged 12 and 14 from Pomona were killed when a light plane they allegedly stole crashed into Emerson Junior High School grounds. The boys had run away Monday and were known to love flying. The wreckage included their pet dog. witnesses say the plane may have been on fire before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Calif
UPI
Emerson Junior High School
Los Angeles
Thomas McDonald
James
Cordless Appliances Gain Ground in 1940s Tech Push
New York reports a wave of cordless devices including radios shavers dictating machines and clocks running on rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries. A cordless vacuum cleaner and cordless lamps for floor and table are planned. Cadmium batteries provide standby power in industry and on ships like the USS Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
API
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Savannah
Iowa Manufacturing Plants Employ More in State Economy
Iowa Manufacturers Assn reports manufacturing jobs totaled 161 200 of 45 800 total nonagricultural workers, about 20 percent. From 1950 to 1958 employment fell 2 700 while manufacturing rose by 12 800, indicating growth but not fully offsetting agricultural job losses. Linn credits a healthy industrial climate and urges its preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Manufacturers Assn
Association
Tarry D. Linn
Linn
Blames Pastor's Wife In Alienation Suit
A Polk county district court suit seeks 200000 from Mrs. Adrian Grout Jr. for alienation of affection claiming an almost continuous flirtation with James Snodgrass since January 1958. The defendant is wife of Rev. Adrian Grout Jr., pastor of First Pilgrim Church Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPS
Mary Alberta Snodgrass
Polk County
Adrian Grout Jr
Snodgrass
James
Grout
Snodgrasses
Christian Church Bible School Opens Monday
The First Christian Church Vacation Bible School runs June 6 to 17 with sessions from 8:30 until. Open house for parents is June 16 and a program on June 19 concludes the school. A nursery serves teachers’ children under supervision of Mrs Virgil Earl and others. Faculty includes multiple grade teachers and assistants. superintendent is Mrs Ed Hatchcroft. registrar Rev Carl Smith. refreshment chair Mrs Elwyn Gardner. HOLLYWOOD. George Sidney extends Pepe filming to Taxco Mexico for cantinflas Shirley Jones number with Dan Dailey and guest stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church Daily
Virgil Earl
Elmer Wulf
Allan Darbyshire
Leonard Llewellyn
Ira Morrison
Donald Foss
Richard Stookesbury
Deane Clingman
Dayton Crim
Robert Glandon
Lauren Chalupa
Dean Stanley
Carlyle Smith
Oren Jarvis
Kermit Jones
Price Roberts
Joyce Long
Avis Widmer
Christie Glider
Charlotte Wulf
Marianne Jarvis
Rosann Crayne
Sharon Erwin
Alberta Rathmel
Noleen Patterson
Hollywood
UP1
George Sidney
Taxco
Mexico
Cantiflas
Shirley Jones
Dan Dailey
Michael Callen
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Mrs. Hoxworth
Mrs. Young
Wolf's Flower Shop
Boston
West Side Square
Pastry Shop
Judy Weston and
Bethel Church Mission Group
Mrs. Cy Bush
Evening Journal
Paul Butterbaugh
Shelda Paulette
James Phillips
Clarence Phillips Sr
Douds, la
Rosses
DAR
NTC Facts
Rey A Penn
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Sunshine Club
Mrs. Watters
Nazarene Society
Michigan Fish
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
Albert Lay
Sue Ann McClure
Marvin McClure
Victor Peiffer
Edwin Peiffer
Melvin Herrick
Herbert Peiffer
Wellman
Keith Wikoff
Carroll Strange
Lori Jean and
Ricky
Andrews, Ind
Mrs. Strange
Lloyd B. Donaldson
Harry Forbes
Galesburg, Il
Mrs. Forbes
Elizabeth and
Ella Simpson
Alvin Nabb
Maquoketa
Faye Knight
Nabb
Shirley Knight
Harry Dettwiler
Mercy Hospital
L.R. Carbee
Mike Vuocolo
New York City
Dan D. Roth
Wayland
Congo
Jack Schroeder
Schroeder
Cair
Joe de Moss
de Moss
Everett
Meeker
Procter & Gamble
Christian Church Bible
Kiesey
Marshall
William Stewart
Conn
Stewart
California
Marion Ave. United Presbyterian Church
YMCA
Washington, Iowa
the “Musicmen
Connorgan
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