West Chester Community Club Holds Last Meeting
West Chester weekly notes report the final gathering of the West Chester Community club with a program and a debate. Various residents are mentioned including Aleph Hites returning home, Mrs. Diehl’s Kansas visit, and Miss Margaret Simerman from Washington visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Aleph Hites
Indiana
Diehl
Kansas
Robertson
The
Baptist Church
E. C. Cady
Missouri
Cady
Margaret Simerman
Washington
Wm. Conger
James Walton
Velma Leedy
Ottumwa
Queen Esther
Roy Bauer
Elizabeth Sherbeck
R. C. Fergusons
A. Fellendorf
Richmond Richmond Church News and Local Notes
The Richmond column reports Sister M. Victorine of LaCrosse Wis illness and Holy Trinity church services. Local residents Joe Waldrof, Tony Kern, and Joe Escher are mentioned with operations, injuries, and hospital care. Social visits include Davenport and Washington trips, dances, and preparations for a new hall with multiple residents noted. Next Friday April first the children...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Richmond
David Weiland
Riverside
M. Victorine
LaCrosse
Wis
Holy Trinity Church
Joe Waldrof
Tony Kern
Iowa City
Richmond
Albert Sharpe
Joe Escher
Wm. Te Bockherst
Wm. Arnold
Viola Friese
Davenport
Wayne Lintz
Tony Welte
George Casper
Maude Welte
Bessie Kelfer
Charlotte
Wayne
Earl Lintz
Mill Chapel
Francis Wotruba
Frank Howisowsky
Bessie Rittenhouse
Washington
Bernadine Fellman
Delbert Strabala
Josephine Escher
Jim Keifer
Matilda Saur
Collis
Minn
Lizzie Lowe
Jerry Chapek
Dennis Jordan
Iowa City Hospital
Young Ladies’ Choir
First Holy Communion at Eight O Clock Mass
Second and third graders will make their first Holy Communion during the eight o'clock mass.
Weidner Funeral Planned After Local Illness
Ora Hadley Weidner died at home after a lingering illness. Funeral set for Wednesday at the Friends church with Rev. Hoskins officiating. She leaves her parents, a husband Charles Weidner and a young daughter. She was about 25. Easter cantata at the Methodist church featured a fine program. Miss Eugenia Jones of Cody Wyoming visited in town with friends and attends a local college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Richland
Ora Hadley Weidner
Friends Church
Hoskins
Clark Hadley
Chas Weidner
G. L. Morain
Methodist Church
Eugenia Jones
Cody
Wyoming
U. 1
Easter gatherings and weather woes in Stringtown
Mr and Mrs J J Rich and a family dined with Dan S Graber near Noble. A cantata at Richer church Easter morning drew a large crowd. Rex Swan and family visited Harlan Cummings. Ella Schantz returns home from school for a week. E E Eicher and family visited F G Rich near Wayland. Severe cold threatens spring crops. Amanda Wyse assists at John Goldsmith Wayland. Windy March weather and a wind storm Saturday night. Anna Wagler helps Eth an Brooks with housework. E R Wilson of Winfield transacted business nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Swan
Harlan Cummings
Ella Schantz
E. E. Eicher
Familly
F. G. Rich
Wayland
Amanda Wyse
John Goldsmith
Anna Wagler
Ethan Brooks
Er. C. Wilson
Standard of
Man
Winfield
Rural Route Four Community News March Gatherings
Rural Route Four notes visits and social events as residents travel between homes in Washington and local kin. Mr. and Mrs. Kephart of Washington return from a trip to the Simmering and Kep hart families. The Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Walter Gardner's. Twin daughters Helen and Hagel Simmering visited with John Simmering Sr. and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kephart
Washington
Charlie Kephart
Ed Simmering
Pleasant Hill
Helen
Hagel
Mr. Simmering
John Simmering
Roy Randall
Charles
Glen Pratt
Everett
Mack Beenblossom
Edkins
Howard Beenblossom
Ainsworth
Cal Beenblossom
Washington editors praised for Easter issues
March 28. Washington editors receive praise for their Easter editions described as a strong advertisement for the city. The report notes Easter Sunday choir music and a series of local visits and social calls including Miss Hoover of Oskaloosa speaking at Rubio church and residents traveling between Ames Coin and Shenandoah for family visits and job changes.
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Cla Clay
Washington
Miss Hoover
Oskaloosa
Rubio Church
Jeanette Woodford
Ames
Oscar Hinshaw
Coin
C. D. Robinson
Os Gowey
Yeo
Harry Hamilton
A. W. Woodford
T. H. Morgan
Shenandoah
A. J. Morgan
Ruth
Leonard Fleig
Fairfield
T J. Brady
Farmer's Union Exchange
Grace Lease Vacation At Home From Parsons College
Crawfordsville reports Grace Lease spending spring vacation at home from Parsons College Fairfield. Presbyterian congregation held annual meeting electing Dr N J Lease and D B Twinam trustees Lois Harper re elected treasurer. Sabbath school officers chosen Jess McCoy superintendent EB J Davidson assistant superintendent Prudence Johns secretary Milton Davidson organist Wahneetah Reese assistant Mrs Frank Young superintendent
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Crawfordsville
Grace Lease
Parsons College
Fairfield
N. J. Lease
D. B. Twinam
Lois Harper
Community programs and wedding news outlined in church notices
A lengthy church social at the Methodist church featured Miss Hazel Kracaw of Washington with a program by the W. F. M. S. A marriage of Miss Eleanor Elva Walker to Vernon Lyle Anderson was announced, with plans for future entertainments, lectures, and district church events.
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Home Department
N.J. Lease
Herman Twinam
L. G. Sherwood
N. J. Lease
Ralph Reese
Methodist Church
Hazel Kracaw
Washington
Kracaw
Graham
Lee Shaffer
Kra
Miss Kracaw
Margaret Wallen
Hannah Sprouts
Heau
Barbara Freiteche
Tillie
Mother-O-Mine
Eleanor Elva Walker
Will Walker
Vernon Lyle Anderson
Easter Visitors and Obituaries Highlight Ainsworth News
Easter visits mark a community week with Cedar Falls and Drake students at Ainsworth homes. Funeral services for Mrs. Berlin Spencer held at home with a sister en route from Utah to inter in Ainsworth cemetery. Fairfield native J A Crawford dies after hospital operation. service planned at W T Trotter's home with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. Sunrise service at Lexington M E Church features Floyd Beatty, choir and forty volunteers.
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Aine Worth Ainsworth
Dorothy Sands
Helen Stelson
Cedar Falls
Wm. Marsh
Drake
Des Moines
Berlin Spencer
T. H. Barker
Washington
Utah
Ainsworth Cemetery
Margaret Schaab
Mediapolis
Allyn Hays
Crawford
Ainsworth
W. T. Trotter
Lexington
M. E
Floyd Beatty
Psalter
Marjorie Campbell Ak Cise Deena Helen Amlong
Sisbeemeenenth
Bernice Amlong
Hilda Thom
Ainsworth Community Notes and Visits
Mr and Mrs Rob Acheson return from Iowa City where Mrs Acheson is treated for an arm with daily visits. Mrs Will Paul reports Dr Matson has limited improvement. Most sow oats. Chas Davis has laryngitis. Will Martin attended a Washington business visit. Neighbors gather at Chase Palmer home for social evening with games singing light refreshments. Committees form to plan next gathering at Will Martin home.
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Washington
R. H. Clyde
T. C. Kyle
Chas. Palmer
Olive Hazen
Viola Rademaker
F.H. Fisher
Chicago
Davenpork
Lins
Richard Lins
Ainsworth High School
Chase Palmer
Everette Foster
Standardization of Iowa Music Teachers Debate at Convention
Fort Dodge will host the Society of Music Teachers of Iowa April 14 and 15 where standardizing the profession takes center stage. The group considers requiring teachers to certify qualifications with published verification from a certifying board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Zeheiner
Ada Campbell-Hermano
Louis Graveure
Charles D. Neff
George F. Ogden
A. C. Kleine
Frederick Heizer
William Avery Smith
Henrietta Isaacs
John Ross Frampton
Lucia Roggman
Nora Babbitt Hareh
G. P. Allard, Jr
Fort Dodge
Society of Music Teachers of Iowa
Graduation costs fall as uniforms level social gaps
Sioux City officials report graduation expenses shrinking with a uniform graduation dress. Superintendent M G Clark notes that a $40 budget covers all graduation costs now, a drop from ten years ago, and says poorer families now have the same high school chances as wealthier ones due to the uniform dress policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
M. G. Clark
Clark
Quick Wit Saves Mail in Chicago Heist Plot
March 30 quick thinking by Robert Burdette the mail track driver foiled a three bandit robbery near Chicago. Burdette responded to the threat with decisive action halting the robbery and saving the mail.
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Burdette
Chicago
Robert Burdette
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Stringtown
J. J. Rich
Dan S. Graber
Noble
Pisano
Leyla Blankenhorn
Kentucky
Babe
Caw
Bernice Paul
Jeannette Huber
Hugh Bishop
Cliftford Campbell
Marion Pence
Zion Center
Pilotsburg
W. S. Moore
Wellman
South America
Maria Oldfield
John Andrew Holmes
God's House
Ivan Cameron Thom
Cicero
Iowa
Ohio
Havre Cooperative
E. J. Frey
Mgr
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Washington, Te
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Washington County
F. R. Sage
L. BE. Dunlap
L. EK. Dunlap
L. E. Dunlap
E. A. Henke
Co. M. Keck
D. J. Ross
BUICK
Sarufachan
Tucker & Eicher
Washington, Iowa
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