Local clubs hold meetings with games meals and performances
The O G T Bridge club met March 16 with Mrs Ray Cox for two tables of bridge. High score went to Mrs Howard Anderson and the traveling prize to Mrs Ralph Martin. The Just Us club met April 6 with Mrs Rodney Davis. The Obidem club enjoyed a pot luck supper with Miss Pronie Redlinger. next meeting with Miss Mary Dougall. A Presbyterian group cleaned the church kitchen and dining room with a church dinner planned for next week and the Iowa City Presbytery meeting in late April. Pansy Hill club quilt blocks were worked on at Mrs Jacob Wenger residence with seven members and guest Marguerite Hering.
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O. G. T. Bridge Club
Ray Cox
Howard Anderson
Ralph Martin
Harvey Waggoner
Rodney Davis
Obidem Club
Fpronie Redlinger
Mary Dougall
Presbyterian Church
Iowa City
Pansy Hill Club
Jacob Wenger
Irish Themed Club Meetings Highlight Spring Socials
The Havre Social club held a humorous initiation at Mrs. Fred Kephart's home led by Mary Bleess with Irish jokes during roll call. Nine members, four children, and guest Mrs. Pat Swift attended as she joined. Next meeting to host comfort at Mrs. Jim Thompson’s April 13. Rural Women’s club hosted an Irish program at Mrs. Carl Phillips home with ten members and guest Mrs. Harley O’Loughlin. Readings and songs included Where the River Shannon Flows, The Life of St Patrick, and St Patrick’s Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Fred Kephart
Mary Bleess
Pat Swift
Carl Phillips
Harley O'Loughlin
Will Marie
Claude Rhodebeck
Glen Schwartz
Roseall
St. Patrick
Earl Redlinger
Grant Humston
St. Patrick's Margaret
Local Notes from VEO March Weather and Health News
VEO reports Merril Gowes confined to home with pleurisy. Miss Maxine Balderson moved from Fairfield to Richland to aunt Mrs Joe Fuller's. Mr and Mrs Walter Bray visit George Statler southeast of Brighton. Lucille Jones plans to return to Ames school Wednesday. T R Wallerick visit Mrs Rosella Spalding. Spring arrives with 18 above zero. Ruth Williams remains ill with heart trouble.
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Veo
Merril Gowes
Maxine Balderson
Mrs. Balderson
Fairfield
Richland
Joe Fuller
Walter Bray
George Statler
Brighton
Lucille Jones
H. C. Jones
Ames
T. R. Wallerick
Rosella Spaldings
Ruth Williams
Geairine
Wednesday Snowball Social Elects Officers
The Wednesday Snowball Social club meets in the evening with Mrs Glenn Knapp to elect officers. A good program is noted and attendees enjoyed the event. Other items report moves, visits, illnesses and social calls across local families.
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Snowball
Glenn Knapp
Farm Bureau Band Practice at City Hall
The Southern Iowa Farm Bureau band will meet at city hall on Sunday March 26 at 2 o clock. Enrolled musicians are urged to attend this practice session.
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Southern Iowa Farm Bureau
City Hall
Shrine Officers Public Installation In Iowa City
Damascus Shrine No 10 invites members to public installation of officers in Iowa City on Friday evening March 24.
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Damascus Shrine No. 10
Iowa City
U and I Club Hosts Family Evening for Mrs Schulty
Saturday the U and I club will entertain their families at Mrs Elizabeth Schulty's home Saturday evening at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U and I. Club
Elizabeth Schulty
Wesleyan Home Missionary Society Pot Luck Meeting
The Wesleyan Home Missionary Society of the M E church will meet Tuesday evening at 6 30 for a pot luck supper at Mrs. Vernon Crull's home. Bring dish to pass own dishes and silver. Mrs J A Jones will lead the program. Damascus Shrine No 160 holds regular meeting Tuesday March 2 at 8 pm with officer elections and refreshments. The Priscilla club gathers with Mrs H M Shaver Tuesday at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Vernon Crull
J. A. Jones
Damascus Shrine
Priscilla Club
H. M. Shaver
Trinity Church NYC Organised Under Colonial Act
Trinity church in New York City was organized under an act passed by the Colonial assembly. The original building stood 1606 to 1607, while the present building dates from 1820.
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Trinity Church
New York City
Colonial Assembly
Pattern 9573 Summer Dress Model by Marian Martin
Modest summer dress pattern 9573 features scalloped neckline drop shoulders and belt with pleated skirt for linen pique broadcloth and inexpensive cottons. Sizes 12 through 40 available with 3 1/2 yards fabric for size 16. illustrated sewing instructions included. Order Fifteen Cents plus address and pattern number from The Evening Journal Washington Iowa.
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Marian Martin
The
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Washington Trees and Gardens Seen on Picture Slides
The Fortnightly club garden department highlighted local gardens and state scenes with slide talks by Mrs A E Baldrige. Merle Thompson discussed tree cambium and pruning while urging care and sun for growth. Photos included Sunset Park and various Washington trees as Etna Dawson identified species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etha Dawson
State Federation
Carlton Wilson
A. E. Baldrige
Garden Department
Melvin Gingerich
Don Sherman
Marsh W. Bailey
Merle Thompson
Brighton
Thompson
Washington
W. R. Jeffrey
Marian Stewart Bailey
H. B. Knight
George Stewart
Brighton Road
Town
Col. Palmer
Winter Place
William Wilson
Coppock
Sunset Park
Henderson Wallace
Jeffrey Tres
Etna Dawson
Carl Keck Yard
Dawson
Hawthorne
Garden Tips: Spring Shrub Rework and Hide Unsightly Areas
A teaser notes plans to discuss garden sides with ideas for spring gardening, shrub rearrangement and hiding unsightly spots. Further information will be published later.
Clay News Highlights and Local Visits
A. J. Morgan reports activity in Clay with A A Soeten visiting Pella at the week’s start. Frances Pringle from near Germantown visited Ray Parcells. C L Stannard and family attended the county spelling contest in Washington where Roger won the primary division. Jack Bottorf was an over (incomplete).
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Clay
A. A. Soeten
Pella
Frances Pringle
Germanville
Ray Parcells
C. L. Stannard
Miriam
Roger
Washington
Jack Bottorf
Gospel Team Visit Set for March 26 at Clay Church
A Sunday visit by the Washington M. E. church Men's Gospel team will occur at the Clay church on Sunday evening March 26 subject to roads and weather. Mr and Mrs Lemma Mills of Richland plan to attend with their grandson. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Anna Gowey
Marie
Richland
Nance McCracggen
James
Fairfield
James EK
Rice
Merne
McDowell Church
George Ash
M. PD. Gowery
Clarence C. Dana
Lemma Mills
Washington M. E
Clay Church
Five Thousand Girls Audition for 43rd Street Chorus
Broadway director Busby Berkeley screens 5000 Hollywood and New York performers to pick 150 for the Warner Bros production of 43rd Street. The show in a show features novel dance numbers, elaborate costumes, and an all star cast including Warner Baxter Bebe Daniels George Brent Una Merkel Ruby Keeler Ginger Rogers Dick Powell and more.
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Hollywood
Picture Studios
New York
Los Angeles
Busby Berkeley
Veruty
Warner Bros Mammoth
43Nd Street
State Theater
Berkeley
Warner Baxter
Bebe Daniels
George Brent
Una Merkel
Guy Kibbee
Ned Sparks
Allen Jenkins
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Ginger Rogers
Dick Powell
East
Oscoe Ates Harmonica Stutter Features In The Cheyenne Kid
Oscoe Ates enhances his stuttering with harmonica effects in the RKO Radio Picture The Cheyenne Kid now at the Fes theater. He learned vocal stuttering from a Negro vaudeville performer and has trained in violin while mastering the harmonica, though the instrument proved challenging and confined him to distant studio corners.
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Oscoe Ates
Tom Keene
RKO
Fes
Ates
Signs of Better Business Add New Hampshire Plant Ship
Newsweek reports a New Hampshire plant shipped 28 000 gold plated cork screws to Denmark last week signaling improved business conditions. The same issue notes a humorous finance flaw and a Chicago fruit stand robbery where $8 was stolen and a $10 bill fell—the vendor later claims a net gain of $7 from the incident.
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New Hampshire
Denmark
News-Week News
Chicago
Didn't Train Long Enough Nit
An old boys life puzzle describes a train journey from New York to Chicago with initial twenty passengers. Through a sequence of stations additions and removals, the narrator admits not knowing the final count because he alighted at the second station.
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New York
Chicago
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al Fields
Millie Kos
Cy Bush
Howard Kerr
Shirley Ann Albright
J. W. Fields
Nancelot Ann Anderson
John Dodd
J. W Fields
Presbyterian
Havre Social Club
INISH
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VEAL
Morton’s Salt
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IS Tone
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CRONE
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Pillsbury’s
Jack Spa
NED
Rite-Way Food Stores
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Vple
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Crone & Sons
Roscoe Ates
Harmonica
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