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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1937

Page

3

DeMolay Summer Party Planned for July at Highland Palace

DeMolay boys plan a private party on July 8 at Highland Palace with an orchestra for dancing. Chaperones include Mr. and Mrs. Roy Means and Mrs. Lawrence Crull, plus advisory council members. Each DeMolay receives a transferable date ticket, obtainable from Roy Riley at Pioneer drugs. Committeemen are Gene Tucker Lawrence Whisler and Ezra Smith.

Highland Palace Roy Means Lawrence Crull Bach Demolay Rainbow Mirl Roy Riley Pioneer Drugs Re Gene Tucker Lawrence Whisler Ezra Smith

Phillips Employees Guests at Picnic at Walker's Reach

C. EB Phillips entertained Phillips Coal and Grain employees and their wives at a Sunday picnic at Walker's Reach near Lone Tree. A fish fry accompanied by plenty of good food drew thirty attendees.

C. EB. Phillips Phillips Coald Grain Company Walker's Reach Lone ‘Tree

Mrs Milt Wolrab Hosts Riverside Club Meeting

Mrs Milt Wollrab hosted the S. and club at her Riverside home with seven members present. The afternoon featured social time and refreshments served by the hostess with guest Delores Hartzell of Redfield, Iowa attending.

Riverside Milt Wollrab Delores Hartzell Redfield Iowa

Dresses from Miami Prints at Hanson’s on State Street

Florida popular fashions headline the fall display at Hanson’s with Miami Prints. Imagine dresses in black and white, dubonnet and white, or brown and white in neat summer styles for sizes 14 to 20 priced at 4.95.

Florida Chicago Miami Iun

Lace dresses arrive as top sellers for the season

A new lace dress shipment has arrived, not duplicates of earlier styles. The collection is already labeled among the best sellers of the year, with sizes 14 to 44 priced at 5.95 dollars.

Wellesley School and Wardrobe Display Noted

Wellesley is described as a fashionable girls school in Massachusetts. Wellesley Mode refers to a line of pastel Shantune dresses in new sizes 12 20, offered at five dollars ninety five cents.

Wellesley Massachusetts

New Dress Ideas Hit Hansons With Flash Offers

New Worle Dresses arrive at Hansons in sizes 1 to 46 with prices 1.95 and 2.96. A fast changing display features black marquisettes and white embroidery in a $7.95 dress with sizes 14 to 24h also shown to customers.

P. S. Flash Hanson

Home Makers Club Answers Roll With Favorite Hobbies

Ten members and one guest attended the Home Makers club meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Clarence Goff. Mrs Wead was the guest. Each member gave her favorite hobby in roll call. Mrs Neill Trotman presided over the business meeting. Mrs Wead assisted in serving refreshments.

Home Makers Club Clarence Goff Wead Neill Trotman

Children Furnish Club Entertainment

The Co. L. club met at Mrs. Frank VanHorn's home on June 22 with nine members and two guests Miss Dorothy Thomas and Miss Chrstine Watts. The children provided the entertainment and refreshments followed in the afternoon. The next gathering will be at Mrs. Sherm Willey’s Cotter home on an undetermined date. Roll call will be answered with a verse.

Co. L. Club Frank VanHorn Dorothy Thomas Chrstine Watts Sherm Willey Cotter

Garden Party for Aid Society Friday at Mrs Bailey Home

Presbyterian Ladies Aid plans a Friday garden party at 2 30 in Mrs Marsh W Bailey's home 314 East Washington Street. Miss Mike Lewis will give the devotionals and Mrs J M Lloyd is program chairman. Committee members are Mrs Ben Briley Mrs J E Lemmon Mrs Stella Latchem Mrs Preston Wolf and Mrs Charles Wiley.

Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society Marsh W. Bailey East Washington Street Mike Lewis J. M. Lloyd Ben Briley J. E. Lemmon Stella Latchem Preston Wolf Charles Wiley Sunset Park C. R. McCutchen East Wash Rosemary Club Lloyd = Stout Bethel Missionary Society Louise Reaney Sunshine Community Club Just Us Club St. Jahan South Side Sunset Philathea Main Street W.R.C Ee G. A. R. Hall H.E.O. Club Edna Palmer Ters Boyd Humble Frank Kleese Church U. P. Young Women's Misionary Society Washington Street Bringington Street Notce Ania Camp Glenn Beenblespark A. R. Krause Will Kendrick Nettie Merle Eckels C. C. Friendly Circle Club St. Paul's Evangelical Ladies

Birthday Honorees Face Joyful Day Across Town

Dorothy Baker Lois Glasgow and Junior Shaffer celebrate birthdays today along with Mrs. C. W. Stewart Florence Marr of Ainsworth and Mrs. Anne Borman. The community shares in the festive occasion with well wishes.

Dorothy Baker Lois Glasgow Junior Shaffer Florence Marr Ainsworth Anne Borman

Surprise Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs Wells

The twenty seventh wedding anniversary of Mr Marion Wells and Mrs Ruth Wells near West Chester was celebrated with a surprise party planned by their daughter on June 22. Sixteen guests attended as baskets were exchanged and a two course buffet supper was served after the surprise.

Marion Wells West Chester Ruth

Social Calendar Listings for Tuesday to Saturday

Local clubs and societies announce meetings and activities across the week. Garden club hosts at Sunset Park Tuesday. Rosemary and Philathea groups. Missionary and church circles. food drives and teas. Memorial service noted. Amateurs and youth groups meet. Garden party planned Friday with specific hosts. a shift in Camp Glenn Beenbles park noted for Saturday activities.

Church Prayer Meetings and Ice Cream Social Announced

The Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 9 30 in the home of Mrs B H Van Meter 1105 North Town Avenue 2812 The Methodist home prayer meeting will be Wednesday at 9 30 with Mrs Sarah Nicola at the Howard McCleery home 621 West Monroe 11612 An ice cream social is planned at New Haven Church eight miles west of Washington Thursday evening July 1 116%

Presbyterian Cottage B. H. van- Meter North Town Avenue Methodist Home Sarah Nicola Howard McCleery West Monroe Street New Haven Church Washington

Door Left Open Lets Robins Build Nest at Rural School

Warren county’s famous birds nested atop the rural school building after the door to Miss Inez E. Woolford’s classroom was propped open for the term. A pupil spotted the robin family and students climbed a ladder to view the hatchlings.

Indianola Warren County Inez E. Woolford Robin Miss Woolford

Review of Home Missionary Work Year End Report

The Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church presents a year review read by Mrs. J. E. Kunath. Began September 2 1936, marked by golden anniversary events, 75 attendees, and a ten cent collection funded the celebration. Activities include programs with affiliated societies, hospital work in Albuquerque New Mexico, youth reports, race relations discussions, and a missionary tea with mite boxes yielding 25.90 toward apportionment. No bake sale results available.

Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church J. E. Kunath J. B. Kunath Shaver Runece Cavender Genkinger Kunath Devender Brindley Anderson Paul Lawrence Dunbar Negus Veda Stryker Muscatine Ira Rathmel Barker Jesson

Learn How to Get a Job as Well as How to Do a Job

Ames, Iowa, June 29. Professor L C Stewart head of engineering personnel at Iowa State College outlines job hunting and placement advice for unemployed high school and college graduates. He says success hinges on performing the work well and maintaining interest and enthusiasm. He classifies job seekers into five types and notes each fits a specific career path.

Ames Iowa L. C. Stewart Iowa State College Stewart

Georgia Hay Jones Dead in Greenville Penn

Georgia Hay Jones died suddenly at her home in Greenville Penn on June 12 after a stroke of paralysis while gardening. She worked among mountain whites in Tennessee and taught homemaking skills in her district. She leaves a sister and a brother and was born in Ireland arriving in Washington County at age 12. Burial requested in Greerville where she spent many years.

S. P. Wylie Georgia Hay Jones Greenville Penn Tennessee Moody Bible School Chicago Dill Hay Wet Chester Hay Mary Keota Rebecca Liga Cedar Rapids Mooses Hay Marysville Ireland Washington County Greerville

Pigs' Method Succeeds in Securing Jobs After Graduation

According to Professor Stewart the method helps students achieve satisfactory employment timing around graduation. The quote highlights that the approach yields positive job outcomes for graduates and near- graduates seeking work.

Stewart

Iowa teachers attend National Education Association convention in Detroit

A group of Iowa educators led by Miss Agnes Samuelson, state superintendent, travels to Detroit for the National Education Association annual convention. Samuelson, vice president and former president, addresses the parent teacher movement and participates in policy, elementary schools, news delegates, and Horace Mann centennial planning meetings. DuBuque president Hildegarde Stolteben also attends.

Des Moines INS Iowa Agnes Samuelson Detroit National Education Association Miss Samuelson Horace Mann Centennial Planning Hildegarde Stolteben Dubuque National Association of Journalism Directors

Iowa Highway Fatalities Hit 214 With Two Deaths

Des Moines reports the 1937 Iowa highway death toll rising to 214 after two auto crashes. Wayne Norton 21 of Independence and Clarence Switzer 60 of Manchester die in separate accidents. Norton’s car left the road near Independence and overturned. Switzer crushed under a car driven by W. P. Carpenter of Manchester.

Des Moines Iowa Wayne Norton Independence Clarence Switzer Manchester Norton Alva Norton Switzer W. P. Carpenter

Eldora Band Wins Parade Contest at Iowa Eagles Meet

Eldora's marching band won the parade contest at the three day Iowa Eagles convention in Marshalltown. Burlington's men's drill team claimed first, Davenport's women's drill team also won, and Marshalltown earned a winning float.

Marshalltown Eldora’s Iowa Eagles Burlington Davenports

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Phillips Milt Wolrab Ottumwa Beauty Academy Hanson's Welles Aid Society C. W. Stewart Mrs. Wells Lan Klein's Klein Klo. Ko Nick W Universal Review of Home Missionary Work Review OF Year Kalona Harper Henry Beicher Albuquerque N. Mex Hershey Frazier Duart Fly Cun Farmers’ Co-Operative Exchange North Iowa Ave Iowa State Guinea C. O. Bailey Lowa Sohool Rothschild’s Eldora Band Neily
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