DeMolay and Rainbow Dance Draws 75 Couples in Iowa City
About 75 couples enjoyed the DeMolay Rainbow dance at the Iowa Ballroom with Paul McDaniel's orchestra. Frappe and wafers were served by four women. George Means was installed master councilor at the Masonic temple. summer meetings and outdoor events were planned with Muscatine and Iowa City invited. Lucille Coon was named grand drill leader and the Rainbow girls plan a picnic meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Ballroom
Paul McDaniel
Frappe
G. W. Manussier
Lawrence Crull
Marvey Meek
Roy Means
Masonic Temple
George Means
Muscatine
Iowa City
Rainbow Girls
Grand Assembly
Lucille Coon
Lucille
Primitive Australians Wear Po Clothes in Freezing Weather
Aboriginal people of Australia stay warm in cold conditions by sleeping between two fires. The report notes their practice as an example of survival among primitive cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Social Calendar Events Listed For Week In Damascus
Notices show upcoming gatherings and receptions across Damascus social groups. Dates include shrine and Masonic temple events, Country club activities, Eureka Ladies Aid, weddings, missionary society teas, and church functions from Tuesday through Saturday with hosts and locations noted.
Ices and Desserts From Crawfordsville Ladies Aid Cookbook
Recipes compiled by the Crawfordsville Methodist Ladies Aid and friends feature rice dessert, graham cracker rolls, apricot and pineapple cakes, peach delicacies, apple desserts, marshmallow loaf, apricot sherbet, pineapple roll, ice creams, grape juice beverages, and fruit cocktails. Orders for the cookbook are taken at The Journal office as limited edition copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Kenneth Coatese
Floyd Nelson
Graham
Ruth Jonee
Mary E. Jones
Talma Thompson Miller
Inglewood
Calif
Robert Gormly
Journal
Pre-Nuptial Shower Predicted Locally by Forecaster
Local pre nuptial shower for Miss Lillian Berry featured a pink heart invitation marked Weather Forecaster Miss Mildred Brown. Guests brought roses and advice noted by guests, with bridge prizes awarded and a themed luncheon in pink and white. Heili Sitler delivered a string of parcels to the bride to be during the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Brown
Lillian Berry
Lillian
Heili Sitler
Miss Berry
Francis Haney
Mr. Cruise
Mildred
Charles Brown
Hilda
I S U Employes Observe Anniversary Dinner Party
Forty six Iowa Southern Utilities employes attended a dinner meeting to celebrate the companys tenth anniversary. The event was held last evening at the North Side cafe with the banquet table along the east side. Bouquets of white roses and blue delphinium brightened the setting before the group moved to the L S A offices for further discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Southern Utilities
North Side
Prairie Flower ice cream events postponed and set
The Prairie Flower Mission circle plans an ice cream supper at the church Tuesday evening. An ice cream social at Prairie Flower and a cottage prayer meeting at 9 30 Wednesday morning at Mire R E Dougherty home 21 South Iowa Avenue have been announced. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Logis
Presbyterian
Mire
R. E. Dougherty
Iowa Avenue
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
Supreme Court Power to Strike Laws for Constitution Violations
The Supreme Court holds authority to declare acts of Congress state legislatures or the executive invalid when found inconsistent with the federal Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Executive
Elsa Lanchester Sways Frankenstein Role in State Theater Show
Actress Elsa Lanchester stars in The Bride of Frankenstein with Boris Karloff as the Monster. Lanchester plays the seven foot tall female creature and also portrays Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in the opening scene. The film, an original story by John Pratterson and William Hurlbut, screens at the State theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flea Lanchester
Universal
State Theater
Karloff
Warie
Miss Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecr
Shelley
John Z. Pratherson
William Hurlbut
Twenty Three Guests Dine at Sam Potratz Home Birthday Day
A picnic dinner Sunday June 23 at the Potratz home celebrated three birthdays Aug ust Meschke visiting from Morristown Minnesota Mrs Sam Potratz and Shirley Marie Potratz. Guests included August Meschke Mr and Mrs Sam Potratz and son William Mrs Austin Sutherland and son Henry plus several Potratz family members. Afternoon visitors Mr and Mrs Bortez and children from Tipton Iowa and Mrs Bortez's mother from Iowa City joined for the afternoon social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Potratz
August Meschke
Morristown
Minn
Shirley Marie Potratz
Ed Potratz
Shirley Marie
Sam Petratz
William
Austin Sutherland
Henry
George Tooman
Washington
Lester Wagner
Leo
Lewis Fetes
Mildred
George
Warren
Amanda Potratz
Marjorie
Frederick
Robert
Hershberger Yoder Wedding at Kalona
In Kalona on June 20 1925 Miss Marie Yoder daughter of Mr and Mrs I Yoder married Samuel Hershberger son of Mr and Mrs Ephraim Hershberger at the bride's parents home Rev D J Pisher officiated at 8 pm Attendants were Miss Edna Hershberger and Wallace Graascho Both families note Miss Yoder a Kalona High School graduate who studied at Goshen College and the State University of Iowa She taught in rural Washington county schools The groom a Sharon High School graduate also attended Goshen College and the University of Iowa The newlyweds will spend the summer in Wisconsin and will be at home in Tipton Iowa in the fall Mr Hershberger has a teaching position there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Marie Yoder
I . Yoder
Samuel Hershberger
Ephriam Hershberger
D. J. Pisher
Edna Hershberger
Wallace Cgaascho
Tipton
Iowa
Hershberger
Capri Island in the Bay of Naples Details
Isle of Capri lies in the Mediterranean at the Bay of Naples entrance, about 21 miles south of Naples. It covers 5 percent of a square mile, hosts 6,300 residents, and features ruins of Roman baths and aqueducts along with twelve grand villas built by Emperor Tiberius. The Blue Grotto lies west of Capri town, a sea cave entered from the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capri
Island
Mediterranean
Bay of
Naples
Tiberius
Three Missionary Meetings of M E Groups This Week
Three Methodist church groups hold meetings this week. Wesleyan Home Missionary society elects officers last night at Miss Dora Minick residence. Officers include President Mrs H M Dodder and Vice president Mrs Edwin Griffith. Refreshments served by local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Home Missionary Society
Junior Missionary Society of the Church
Palmer Babcock
Ust
Jefferson Street
Remps Hampsher
Dodder
H. M. Dodder
Dora Minick
Edwin Griffith
Roger Jones
Ralph Shannon
Orie Turner
Social Courtesies for Rollin B Organ
Two events honor Rollin B Organ of Chicago visiting for the Journal ThreesQuarter Century club. A bridge party last evening hosted by Mrs. C. W. Stewart and others. a 6 o'clock dinner tonight with Miss Pearl Whistler and Miss Ida Cavendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin B. Organ
Chicago
Journal
Century Club
C. W. Stewart
Charlies Hebner
G. S. Kerr
Mr. Organ
Former Ainsworth pastor's daughter wed in Illinois
Miss Lois Edith Bailey daughter of Rev. A F Bailey Sparland Illinois married Roy Hugh McCann on Wednesday June 10 at La Prairie Illinois. The bride's father served as United Presbyterian pastor at Ainsworth for six or eight years starting in 1904.
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Lois Edith Bailey
A. F. Bailey
Sparland
Ill
Roy Hugh McCann
la Prairie VII
United Presbyterian
Ainsworth
Bridal Party of Dolls Costume Parade at Walnut Club
Walnut Women’s club met Thursday with nine members and two guests. They staged a “June Bride Pageant” using paper dolls costumed as bride and attendants. Mrs. Stanley Baird organized the entertainment. Hostesses were Miss Cheerrine Oriez and Mrs. Ed Miller at the Miller home. The July ice cream social committee was named and luncheon followed in yellow and white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Women's Club
Stanley Baird
Cheerrine Oriez
Ed Miller
Miller
Mises June Longer
Elizabeth Casper
Ralph Chorpenning
Charles McKay
Glen Dunbar
Una Merkel Struggles With Telephonitis On Set
During filming of One New York Night at the MGM studio Una Merkel, playing a hotel telephone operator, suffered severe telephonitis causing sleepless nights and constant dialing. Director Jack Conway noted the condition as the shoot continued with Franchot Tone, Conrad Nagel and others in the Fox theater release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metro-Claldwyn-Mayer
Una Merkel
Jack Conway
Una
M-G-M
Police Department
Fox Theater
Miss Merkel
Franchot Tone
East
Conrad Nagel
Birthdays Noted for Sheets and Sartor in Local Notices
Caroline Christina Sheets and Caroleen Sartor are mentioned for birthdays. Caroleen Sartor turns eleven today. The Sartor house shows fresh white trim and a red-painted barn, suggesting recent upkeep rather than a gift.
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Caroline Christina Sheets
Caroleen Sartor
Sartor House
Caroleen
Caroline Sheets Celebrates 16th Birthday in Iowa City Park
Caroline Christina Sheets marked her sixteenth birthday on Sunday June 28 with a family gathering in an Iowa City park. Guests included R L Sheets and family from Marshalltown C S Mitchell and family Nick Tinnes Evelyn Tinnes Jan et R W Sheets Walter Sheets and Maxine Sheets. The group enjoyed a day together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Caroline Christina Sheets
Iowa City
R. L. Sheets
Marshalltown
C. S. Mitchell
Nick Tinnes
Nona
Cloyce
Evelyn Tinnes
Janet
R. W. Sheets
John Luers
Walter Sheets
Mins
Maxine Sheets
Eugene Grecian Turns 12 This Year in Heights
Eugene Grecian of Heights fourth grade turns 12 this year. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Owe Grecian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Grecian
Owe, Grecian
Birthday Stars Include Local Children
Little Tommy Hoover turns 3 today son of Mr and Mrs Leo Hoover. John Liska of Riverside reaches 15 on his birthday. Richard Swailes of East Highland celebrated June 21. Many happy returns to all.
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Tommy Hoover
Leo Hoover
John Liska
Riverside
Richard Swailes
East Highland
Miss Nancy Elizabeth McConahay Of Crawfordsville Celebrates 79th Birthday
Century Club member and Three-Quarter Century veteran Nancy Elizabeth McConahay of Crawfordsville marks her 79th birthday. Born in 1856 in Crawford township she has lived with one hand and one foot crippled since infancy, yet remains cheerful amid long years on a farm near Beauchamp cemetery. The account notes dry times at her birth and a stormy day that followed.
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Nancy Elizabeth McConahay
Crawfordsville
Crawford Township
Beauchamp Cemetery
Washington
Birthday celebration plans in Crawfordsville area
A birthday celebration is noted in the Crawfordsville area with mention of rainy day conditions and the plan for activities indoors. The segment highlights a personal milestone on a gray weather day.
Mrs Florence Brown Celebrates Birthday in East Fourth
Mrs Florence Brown of East Fourth street celebrates her birthday today with neighbors and family joining in a small party at her home. Local residents extend best wishes for health and happiness in the year ahead.
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Florence Brown
East Fourth Street
Fried Chicken Luncheon for Fifth Birthday Observed
Mrs. C. J. Freyenberger hosted a fried chicken luncheon on Saturday noon June 22 in Wayland to celebrate her son Josephs fifth birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witting and two children of Elkhart Indiana Miss Mary Mast and Lowell and Daniel Leichty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
C. J. Freyenberger
Joseph
Paul Witting
Elkhart
Ind
Mary Mast
Lowell
Daniel Leichty
Burns Birthplace Cottage Becomes Museum in Ayrshire
The Burns birthplace near Ayr Scotland built as a clay biggin by Burns's father. The Burns family lived there from 1757 to 1766. Once an ale-house until 1880 the cottage has been restored as a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Robert Burns
Ayr
Scotland
Also Mentioned on This Page
DeMolay
Rainbow Dance
Moore's Rootery
East Side Square
Abet M Beauty Studio
Damascus Shrine
Country Club
Kerr
Harvey Waggoner
Eureka Ladies Aid
Charlie Nicola Witzigman
John Wagoner
Methodist Junior Missionary Society
Church Country Club
Rk. D Crossett
Jesse Shalla
Rural ‘Women’s Club
L. Barthelow
W. L. Alcorn
East Jefferson Street
Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Jones Smith
S. C. Fletcher
Laura Orr
Klein Klothing Ko
Supreme Court Rules
Elsa Lanchester
Isle of Capri
M. E. Slroups
Rollin B
Illinois
Farmers’ Cooperative Exchange
van Camp
Taffy
Sunny Mondays
Lquart Baloon
Billy & Owen Cnossen
Morrison's
North Side Cafe
Burton's Cafe
Edith’s Sandwich Shop
Morrison
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