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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1938

Page

8

Mrs. M. Chambers Hosts Kensington Club Meeting

The Kensington club met at Mrs. Mary Chambers home on Wednesday with most members and three guests Mrs. Fannie Row an Mrs. Maud Sands and Mrs. Middleton. An afternoon luncheon was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Middleton. The Z 500 Club met at the C. M. Spessard home that evening with five hundred played at three tables. Lee Norris won high score and Mrs. Giv en Telford received consolation. The next gathering will be a pot luck supper at the Martin Telford home.

Martin Telford

Henry Davis to Attend Hawkeye Boys State Camp

Henry Davis will leave Sunday for the Hawkeye Boys State camp in Des Moines to spend a week. Roy Fread attended a Masonic reunion at Ledges park near Boone, and Mrs Fread with three children spent the day there.

Clarence Hering East Sunset Henry Davis Des Moines Roy Fread Ledges Park Boone Fread

New Ice Cream Shop Opens North Iowa Brighton

Social notes itemizes numerous Sunday and weekday visits across Brighton and nearby towns. Families including Stout, Cherryholmes, Schlatter, Johnston, Graber, and others share meals and visits with relatives and friends from Olds, Burlington, Muscatine, Iowa City, Columbus City, and Winfield.

Iowa

Local people share visits and funeral attendance in Washington and area

John Widmer and Mrs. Miles Stout attended Walter Gardner's funeral in Washington on Friday. Multiple visits and family gatherings occur around Latimer Ainsworth Oakville and nearby towns as residents host relatives and friends at homes, showers, and weekend get togethers.

John Widmer Miles Stout Walter Gardner Washington J. E. Lemley Joe Schlatter Della Richardson James Stewart Latimer Henry Davis Willard Davis Mt. Pleasant Mary Lou Davis Jones Harry Jones Ralph Howell Willard W. M. Montgomery Ainsworth Anna Sommer Wilfred Smith J. M. Martin Gene Stephens Maria Nayadley Irene Sommer Jake Sommer Leonard Martin Lester Charbonneau Oakville Doris Blanchard Robert Harry

Pleasant Ridge Social Round May Be Expanded

Pleasant Ridge residents recount a string of Sunday visits and weekday calls. Names include Sam Hauenstein Carrie Funk Overly of Olds Margaret Wolf from Mount Pleasant Henry Under Wood Elwin Lewis family Harold Disney Daryl Dean Whyllis Pat Swift George Chalupa the Linnencamps and the Underwood household with multiple stops in Washington and nearby Keota.

Milton Smith Pleasant Ridge John van Syce Sam Hauenstein Carrie Funk Overly Olds Margaret Wolf Mount Pleasant Henry Under. Wood Pete Berdo Washington Harold Disney Daryl Dean Whyllis Elwin Lewis Pat Swift George Chalupa Harold Disney and Sons Nick Linnencampoo Keota Henry Underwood Elizabeth Ogg John Westen

Sunday Visit Highlights From the Renoux Home

Mr and Mrs Henry Underwood shared noon with the Renoux family while Mr and Mrs Frank Embree of near Washington visited Sunday at the John Renoux home in a quiet community gathering.

Levi Shidler Brighton Neil Stout Sylvia Ben Stout Richard Audrey Miles Stout Ant Charles Miller West Liberty W.W. Townsley Betty Iowa City Twinam E. White Alice White Columbus City Boyd Twinam Kentucky Tennessee P. J. Graber Eddie Paul B. Howell S. K. Orris Evelyn Allen Johnston Clair Holmes Preheim Freeman South Dakota P. P. Graber Bert Spangler Fred Jackson Winfield Yula Rove Henry Underwood Frank Embree Near Washington John Renoux

Enjoy Camp Stove for Picnic Suppers in H. Birney Yard

Living Lake reports a social gathering at Homer Birney’s home as Mrs Rennie Dawson and neighbors plan summer picnics around a new camp stove. The item notes local visitors, family ties, and small-town updates including farm work, weather, strawberry crops, and a hospital trip for Raymond Tucker.

H. Birney Yard Rennie Dawson Ethel Maud McCreedy Elizabeth Erwin Homer Birney Birneys Car Replogle Redding Clarence Sachett Tama Sachett Donald Brown Skyler McCartney

The Man Who Knows What I’m Talking About

A dialect aside features Uncle Eber noting he will be busier thinking than conversing. The remark highlights local speech and character within a newspaper page item.

Uncle Eber

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