W C T U and Club Gatherings Featured in Local Notices
The Women's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. A Anderson's home with devotions a catechism quiz and a playlet The Paul Harvey bridge club hosted a luncheon and games with prizes awarded The Rebekah club met at the Odd Fellows hall and hosted stunts and prizes The Washington County Nurses Alumni held a meeting at Colenso Hotel Annex with five tables of bridge and remarks by Mrs Squires Eastern Star held a regular meeting at the Masonic temple with routine business announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Anderson
Women's Christian Temperance Union
F. C. Witzigman
J. R. George
Co. Y. Crull
Russell Bell
Lulu Cherry
Washington County Hospital Nurses Alumni Association
Colenso Hotel
Ed West
Vivian Caldwell
Ed Squires
Lucille Martin
Town City
Burlington
Eeastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Kolah Club Meets at Mrs Reed With Nine Members
The Kolah club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Spencer Reed's home with nine members and two visitors Mrs Emma Waggoner and Mrs McCarmwell. Programs covered highways of Iowa and George Washington the president with refreshments served by the hostess and guests. Walnut Women’s club postponed to March 24 at Mrs Gates’ home. Mr and Mrs Harry Watkins and daughter Dorothy Marie with Mrs Bessie Tucker were dinner guests at the Cun ning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolah Club
Spencer Reed
Emma Waggoner
McCarmwell
Flo Cherry
Iowa
George Washington
Arthur Wead
Walnut Women's Club
Leslie Gates
Harry Watkins
Dorothy Marie
Bessie Tucker
W. J. Cunnings
Presbyterian ladies Food Sale at Bar-Gay's Store
The Presbyterian ladies announce a Saturday food sale at Bar-Gay's store with contributions welcome. A notice also says the 19th Century Club will not meet this Saturday and the regular K of M meeting is scheduled for Monday March 14 with J. M. Kelley as G. K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Bar- Gay's
J. M. Kelley
G. K
Fortnightly Literature Meetings Schedule
The Afternoon Literature Section will meet Monday at the Fortnightly with Mrs. C. H. Davis. Evening Literature is set for Monday, March 14 at 7 45 with Miss Helen Wylie at the White Shrine Kensington and cards at the Masonic temple Monday p m.
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White Shrine
Kensington
The
Masonic Temple
C. H. Davis
Helen Wylie
West Chester P T A March Events and Health Clinic
West Chester P T A schedules a musical program for Tuesday evening March 15 and notes a prior diphtheria treatment for those who missed it. Regular Business and Professional Women's Club dinner is planned for Wednesday evening March 16 at 6 15 p m at the Y with notice to Mary Briley by Monday March 14 for exemptions or guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Mary Briley
Harp-like motor horn innovation catches attention
Local report notes a new motor horn sounding like a harp, prompting pedestrian safety talk as Lynchburg News discusses the unusual invention and its potential impact on street soundscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg News
Washington poet wins first district poetry prize
Mrs A C Dewey of Washington wins first district prize in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs poetry contest. First place in the state contest goes to Mrs Helen Cowes LeCron of Des Moines. Dewey contributes a poem Summer Rain about angels and paradise. An anthology from Iowa federation poets will be published in September by Henry Harrison in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Hotel Fort Des Moines
L. Worthington Smith
Federated Clubs
Helen Cowes LeCron
Des Moines
Dewey
Paradise
Pearle Parke Dewey
Henry Harrison
New York
Virginia Club to Be Razed for Parking Lot in Chicago
The Virginia 4late, a landmark in Chicago's fashionable life and hostelry of Sir Henry Irving Nat Goodwin and Dame Ellen Terry, built in 1891 by Leander J. McCormick, will be demolished to make way for a parking lot. Once a salon for Chicago society, its ballroom hosted many coming outs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Irving
Nat Goodwin
Ellen Terry
Leander J. McCormick
Iowa City Coaches Sought After Ingwersen Resignation
University of Iowa athletic director Dr. E H Lauer and athletic board member F C Higbee plan to report to the board on interviews with coaching candidates to replace Burt Ingwersen. They returned from talks with Stuhldreher of Villanova and Gus Dorais of Detroit University after a trip.
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Iowa City
E. H. Lauer
University of Iowa
F. C. Higbee
Athletic Board
Burt Ingwersen
Man Swallows Needle 66 Years Ago Found in Foot
R C Raby, aged 79, recalls swallowing a needle 66 years ago. He felt the needle when a point protruded between his toes and had it removed from his foot today, still on his watch chain as a keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
R. C. Raby
Lodges Washington No. 26 Regular Meetings Noted
Lodge No. 26 A F and A M meets first Friday each month with Glenn Mace as W W and A Wiare as secretary. Damascus Shrine No 10 W S of J holds regular meetings fourth Tuesday each month at the Masonic Temple with Mrs Grave Twinam as W H P and Mrs Haze Haven as W Scribe.
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Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Glenn Mace
W.W
A. Wiare
Damascus Shribe
W. S
Masonic Temple
Grave E. Twinam
H. P
Haze Haven
Scribe
Junior College Plays Prompt Readers’ Hot Takes
Readers praise the second production The Old Miser as the best acted and most enjoyed. Others favored the third play On Vengeance Height, with strong performance noted, amid a Chicago sunbathing nudism debate by the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dawson
Phillips & Hebner
Carl Hedges
Klein Klothing Kompany
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Revival of confidence boosts bank deposits nationwide
Reports from state chairmen of the Citizens Reconstruction Organization credit President Hoover's anti hoarding campaign for rising deposits. In Iowa deposits rise with increased buying. New Mexico banks see growing savings and checking accounts, one box user withdraws 5000 dollars. Nevada confirms rising deposits and widespread optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hoover
Citizens’ Reconstruction Organization
Iowa
C. B. Robbins
New Mexico
D. Ek. B. Sellers
Nevada
H. C. Heidtman
Famous Gorilla N’Gi Dies at National Zoo
N’Gi the famous gorilla at the national zoo died after a two week pneumonia illness. Doctors from across the country attended the animal, which was six years old the maximum age for a captive gorilla. An oxygen chamber helped extend life for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
N’gi
National Zoo
Sub-District Music Contests Set for Early April
Audubon March 11 The State High School Music association announced 406 high schools will participate in sub-district contests on April 1 and 2 at sites including southwest Logan Tabor Creston Audubon Northwest Ida Grove Sioux City Hawarden Milford South Central Brooklyn Leon Redfield Des Moines North Central Eldora Estherville Eagle Grove Story City Britt Rolfe Northeast Charles City Monticello Oelwein Vinton Southeast Sigourney West Branch New London. District contests follow April 15 and 16 at Mason City West Branch Des Moines Shenandoah and another city.
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Audubon
M. M. McIntire
State
Brooklyn
Leon
Redfield
Des Moines
Eldora
Estherville
Eagle Grove
Story City
Britt and Rolfe
Charles City
Monticello
Oelwein
Vinton
Sigourney
West Branch
New London
Mason City
Shenandoah
Army lieutenant sentenced to dishonorable discharge and six years
Lieut. Francis J. Clark a West Point graduate and World War veteran was sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the U S Army and six years imprisonment by court martial. He was found guilty of assaulting nurse Lillian Munn at Fitzsimons General Hospital on November 8 1931. Clark was a patient at the hospital when the attack occurred after contracting tuberculosis in the Hawaiian islands. Mrs Sarah B Clark of Bethesda Md a former wife testified in his behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Denver
Francis J. Clark
West Point
United States Army
Clark
Lillian Munn
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Hawaiian Islands
Sarah B. Clark
Bethesda, Md
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