Officers Elected in DeMolay Mothers Circle
The DeMolay Mothers circle met in the Masonic Temple and elected officers for the coming term. Mrs. Earl Steele became president with Mrs. Addie Thompson as vice president and Mrs. Edna Dowell as secretary treasurer during the May gathering. Ice cream and cake were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMolay Mothers Circle
Masonic Temple
DeMolay
Mothers of DeMolays
P. F. Whisler
Earl Steele
Addie Thompson
Edna Dowell
Priscilla Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs J E Wright
Mrs J E Wright hosted the Priscilla club monthly gathering at her home with 15 members and 5 guests. A buffet dessert was served at 1 30 led by Mrs Maynard Brown and Mrs H C Hull. The decor featured ram bler roses blue delphinium and baby breath while guests played Lexicon contact and Chinese checkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Club
J. E. Wright
Maynard Brown
H. C. Hull
Presbyterian prayer meeting announced at Mrs Korf home
A cottage prayer meeting for Presbyterians will be held Wednesday at 9 30 in the home of Mrs S W Korf 008 South Fourth Avenue A Christian Ladies Aid and Missionary meeting is set for Friday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs T Simmering West Madison Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Cottage
S. W. Korf
South Fourth Avenue
Christian Ladies’ Aid
Presbyterian Aid Groups Meet Friday Afternoon
The four Presbyterian Ladies Aid groups will hold regular meetings Friday at 2 30. Group 1 meets at Mrs John Libe home Group 2 at Mrs Fred L Moore Group 3 at Mrs Marsh Bailey and Group 4 at Mrs Fred Reid with Mrs M M Flynn and Mrs Walter Anderson as assisting hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
John Libe
Fred L. Moore
Marsh Bailey
Fred Reid
M. M. Flynn
Walter Anderson
Presbyteriain Ladies Aid Society
Fred Moore
Fred Reig
M. M Flynn
Methodist Woman's Home Missionary Society
James K. Zeck
O L. Dayton
Woman's Home Missionary Society Meet at Zeck Home
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at 2 86 p m at 417 East Main street in the home of Mrs James K Zeck. Mrs O L Dayton will lead the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
James K. Zeck
East Main Street
O. L. Dayton
Many Happy Returns Birthday Roundup Today
Tommy Hoover turns eight today to celebrate with his parents Mr and Mrs Leo Hoover. Caroleen Sartor reaches sixteen, daughter of Dr and Mrs M H Sartor. Eugene Grecian is seventeen, son of Mr and Mrs Owen Grecian. Several others including Mildred Owens Crawfordsville John Liska Riverside Emil Anderson Franklin Center Mrs Florence Brown Dr Fred Reid and Harold Jarvis have birthdays today. Robert Kleese is nine years old, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Kleese.
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Tommy Hoover
Mrs
Leo Hoover
Caroleen Sartor
M. H. Sartor
Eugene Grecian
Owen Grecian
Mildred Owens
Crawfordsville
John Liska
Riverside
Emil Anderson
Franklin Center
Florence Brown
Fred Reid
Harold Jarvis
Robert Kleese
Ralph Kleese
Webster City Votes Down Natural Gas Proposal
Voters in Webster City rejected a plan to switch to natural gas. The tally was 512 for and 843 against the proposal. The Northern Natural Gas Co would have supplied gas to the city limits for distribution, but the city currently manufactures its own natural gas.
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Webster City
Northern Natural Gas Co
Des Moines Boy Loses Model Airplane in Flight
Darryle Messner, 18, who won a class with a model airplane at Marshalltown, sees his rubber powered plane disappear in clouds during its third trial. He starts a new build and offers a reward for the lost craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Darryle
Messner
Marshalltown
Gross reports $2582 campaign spending with radio payments
Des Moines Republican gubernatorial candidate H R Gross, who lost the June 3 primary to Gov George A Wilson, filed a report showing total campaign expenditures of 2582.47 dollars. Receipts totaled 1068 dollars including 20 dollars from the Milo Reno family and 115 dollars from Boone County farmers. Expenses include 1112.02 dollars paid to radio stations WHO and May Broadcasting Co.
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Des Moines
H. R. Gross
George A. Wilson
Milo Reno
Boone County
WHO
May Broadcasting Co
Social calendar highlights weekly club meetings
The social calendar lists events for Tuesday through Friday including the U P Missionary society evening division at 7 30 p m Mrs R L Coulter 603 East Jefferson Damascus Shrine No 10 regular meeting 8 p m cooperative dinner 630 p m Masonic Temple Visitors welcome. Wednesday Navajo club picnic postponed. golf luncheon at Country club with Mrs R J Patterson reservations due by Tuesday.
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U.P. Missionary Society
R. L. Coulter
East Jefferson Street
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Country Club
Lews City
R. J. Patterson
Karl Booth
Bethel Missionary Society
C. C. Rothlisberger
Homemakers Club
Pansy Hill Club
Naomi Kephart Priday
Franklin Center Community Notes June Social Roundup
Franklin Center residents share visits and gatherings across Grandview Sunset park and New Haven church plus Bible school exercises. Families including Kleese Hoyle Mayer and Dawson attended events. a large hall stones delivery arrived Tuesday evening.
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Boone
Charley Mayer
Victor
Cookies for Summer Reedied From Text
Readable text outlines multiple cookie and bar recipes including Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies Prune Peanut Butter Cookies and Date Bars with instructions on ingredients preparation refrigerating shaping and baking details.
Baptist Bible Class Potluck Supper At Church
Members of the Friendly Bible class of the Baptist church held a potluck supper in the social hall with hosts Mrs. Elmer McClure and Mrs. Richard Leet. Birthday cakes honored McClure and Leet. A brief business session followed by social games and an offering for the boys and girls camp. The next meeting will be a picnic at Sunset Park on Monday July 22.
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Friendly Bible Class
The
Baptist Church
Elmer McClure
Richard Leet
McClure
Sunset Park
Eighteenth Annual Rees Reunion Held in Columbus Park
The eighteenth annual Rees reunion gathered 65 family members and two guests at Columbus Tourist Park in Columbus Junction on Thursday June 20. Officers for 1941 were elected with John Jenkins re elected president and Ralph Rees as vice president.
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Columbus
Columbus Junction
Griffith Humphreys
Almira, Wash
Shirley Herr
John Jenkins
Ralph Rees
Carroll Davis
Jenkins
Rees
Elmer Hackason
Richard
Elmer
West Union
Gerald Smith
Caroline
Gerald Gordon
Mediapolis
LeRoy Rees
Winfield
Robert Roberts
Washington
Hugh J. Davis
Weather witnesses hail and rain on farm crops
A hard rain and hail disrupted field work as corn and oats recover from the weather. Some crops were flattened but providers expect re-growth. Social notes mention visits and meals among local families, reflecting a community rhythm amid the storm.
British evacuees seek American refuge in war surge
U. S. Haven J. Roland Robinson, an English Parliament member, urges Congressional leaders in Washington to permit evacuation of millions of British children to the United States to escape a possible deadly battle in England.
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J. Roland Robinson
Washington, D. C
United States
England
Broadway Nights Review of Ten Best Plays
Axel Storm surveys Broadway’s season listing ten top plays. He praises Life With Father and Morning’s at 7, finds There Shall Be No Night pompous, and lauds Margin for Error. critiques Skylark and The Time of Your Life while noting The Man Who Came to Dinner as flawed but well written.
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New York
Broadway
Burns Mantell
Drama Destroyers
Robert Sherwood
Maxwell Anderson
Sidney Kingsley
Lindsay and Crouse
Father
Kaufman and Hart
Thurber and Nugent
William Saroyan
Samson Raphaelson
Paul Osborn
Clare Boothe
Mr. Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Mr. Anderson
Key Largo
Margo
Mantle
Mr. Raphaelson
Gertrude Lawrence
Miss Boothe
Local visits noted in Cedar Rapids schedule
The item records social visits with Wilma Palmer and Martha Davis in Cedar Rapids on Monday and time spent with Harold Fultons on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilma Palmer
Martha Davis
Harold Fultons
Kent Resigns Post at Little Brown Church
NASHUA Rev. William H. Kent resigns as pastor of the Little Brown Church in the Vale due to heart trouble. He has been off the pulpit for five years to devote time to the church, which symbolizes the hymn and serves as a popular marriage center. No successor is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
William H. Kent
Littl Brown
the Vale
Kent
Little Brown
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Hitler
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Butterscotch
Philadelphia
Baptist Bible Class
Columbus Park
Harold Humston
Clay Humston
Cerant
U. S. Haven
Dutch Boy Eel
Lunaires
Axel Storm
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Rieke Motor
Nancy Hanks
Ouar
Farmers’ Co-operative Store
Iowa Avenue
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