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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1941

Page

3

Rosemary bridge club hosts St Patrick day gathering

Mrs Shirley Augustine acted as hostess for the Rosemary bridge club yesterday afternoon. Mrs Ben Fitzgerald attended as a guest. Four tables played bridge with Mrs Dell Walker taking high score and Mrs Fitzgerald low. Hostess and helpers served refreshments in keeping with St Patrick's day.

Shirley Augustine Rosemary Bridge Club Ben Fitzgerald Dell Walker Fitzgerald Dale Jones Charles Rothlisberger

Potluck Supper for Commandery Members and Wives

Members and wives of the commandery are invited to a potluck supper at 6 30 Friday evening in the Masonic Temple. Attendees should bring sandwiches own table service and a dish to pass.

Masonic Temple

Ruth Weber Reads Night Music at Fortnightly Club

Ruth Weber a University of Iowa graduate student presented a reading from Clifford Odets Night Music to the Fortnightly Drama department gathering at Mrs Henry Bailey home. The play centers on three principals a troubled young man a struggling young woman and a dying police officer whose fate shapes the story.

Ruth Weber University of Iowa Henry Bailey Miss Weber Clifford Odets New York Steve Faye W. D. Dwyer Robert Young Harry Bowles Marie Landau Dale Gallagher Zenta Powell John Ross Winnie Iowa City Abigal Wetherell Maquoketa W. A. Erbe Erbe R. H. McCleery Elsie Glassburner Harold Johnson Eleanor Crinkshank Bailey MecCleery Dwyer

Lenten Service At Methodist Church Wednesday Evening

A Lenten service will be held at the Methodist church Wednesday at 7 30. Rev R C Keagy will give the Lenten meditation titled The Prayer in the Garden of Olives. £ 63

Methodist Church R. C. Keagy Garden of Olives

Storage guidelines for pantry items

The article advises storing salad oil in a cool dry place and keeping tea coffee sugar baking powder and cereals tightly covered and placed in a dark dry area to preserve quality.

Social calendar notices for community groups and clubs

Listings for Gracehill Ladies Aid Community Building meeting all day bring lunch Odd Fellow and Rebekah family social at 1.0.C.F. hall program at 8 p.m. Kolah club postponed H J club roll call Irish joke bring thimble West Chester Federated church Social Circle at church Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid 2 p.m Mrs Elmer Guenther PEO 7 30 p m Mrs Cora Wilson OES pinochle 2 p.m. Masonic Temple Lexington Ladies Aid at church Past Chief association 8 p m Mrs G A Reinert Independent club 2 30 p m Clara Tate 312 W Jefferson St Friday Garden department 7 30 p m Mrs E M McConaughy 607 W Main St Commandery potluck 6 20 p m Masonic Temple Missionary society Presbyterian church 2 40 p m Mrs E A Ralston W S C S Methodist church 2 P M at the church Rebekah lodge 7 39 p m 1 0 C F hall Initiation bring a pie

Yracehill Ladies Aid Society Rebekah C.F. Hall Kolah Club H.J. Club Frank Patterson West Chester Federated Church Social Circle Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society Elmer Guenther Cora Wilson O N. Ave. C Independent Club Charles Kennedy Clara Tate W. Jefferson St E. M. McConaughy W. Main St Masonic Temple Missionary Society of Presbyterian Church E. A. Ralston Women's Society of Christian Service of Methodist Church Rebekah Lodge

Many Happy Returns Birthday List Aired In Local Notes

Local birthday acknowledgments mark anniversaries and births. Annie R Case of St Peter born 1860 is celebrated on a century plus birthday. Roger Kleese and Elaine Augustine also listed with ages four eleven and eleven. several others named. The wedding anniversary of Mela Lasek from 1928 is noted.

Annie R. Case St. Peter, Minn Roger Kleese Ralph Kleese Elaine Augustine Ralph Augustine Wilma Zoden Young Ralph Young Mela Lasek

Mrs. W. R. Gross Discusses Floor Coverings

Mrs. W. R. Gross hosted the Handcraft department section 4 meeting of the Fortnightly club. She read a paper on Floor Coverings followed by a constitutional quiz as nine members attended.

W. R. Gross

Spring Hats Show Off Gay Nineties Charm and Sailor Flair

Flower trims range from demure to flirtatious with hats in the Gay Nineties revival. Bonnets and berets feature wide brims and ribbon bows, while nautical gob hats and shako styles offer military energy. Veils, corsages, and bright trims complete spring millinery from Gage Hats Chicago.

VFW Auxiliary Prepares Initiates at March Meeting

The Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary held a routine session with candidate voting. Sadie Livesay Faye Lowe and Frieda Eiskelkamp are to be initiated at a called meeting on Tuesday March 25 at 7 45 PM. The president urged full attendance. Committee members were named for finance and social duties and a district convention was announced for early May with local hosting. Officer elections set for the April gathering.

Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary Xo Ba Sadie Livesay Faye Lowe Frieda Eiskelkamp Roy Schaeffer Jesse Radda Mabel June Lemley Ray Watson Wilma Richards Helen Little

Local Club Names Nominating and Program Committees

Mrs. William Sitler appointed the nominating committee with Mrs. Frank Longwell, Mrs. Cloud Willits and Mrs. C. F. Brooks. Mrs. Ernie Temple, Mrs. Alvin Shaw and Mrs. W. R. Gross were asked to serve on the program committee for the event hosted by Mrs. Ira Rathmel and guest ent.

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