Betsy Ross Club Meeting Plans Arbor Day Planting
The Betsy Ross club of West Chester met at Miss Lucy Leet's home with good attendance. They planned an exchange of flowers seeds or bulbs for April 10 at Mrs Ida V Hough's home. The meeting featured singing and handwork and refreshments. The J W Baker Relief corps held a ten cent afternoon at Mrs Mary Banks' home with music and a luncheon. Arbor Day tree planting at the school grounds is set for 3 30 pm with many corps members expected.
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Betsy Ross Club
West Chester
Lucy Leet
Ida V Hough
J W. Baker Relief Corps of
Mary Banks
Pythian Sisters Meet in West Chester Hall
The Pythian Sisters of West Chester held their regular meeting on Tuesday evening with good attendance. Reports from visiting committees were read and several ecards noted from those who had received flowers. The altruistic committee presented a grand chief communication and delegates were discussed for the grand temple and district convention at Winfield this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
West Chester
Grand Temple
Winfield
Rural Women's Club Studies School Lunches
Six members gathered at Mrs. J. N. Phillips home for a Farm Bureau guided lesson on Diet for a School Child. The group reviewed hot lunches at school and evaluated a typical lunch for protein calcium iron and vitamins while sharing tomato or spinach soup.
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Rural Women's Club
J. N. Phillips
Orphans Home Honors Bob Colflesh at Mason City Visit
In Mason City on a visiting day for the Odd Fellows home, a large portrait of Robert W. Colflesh was added to the lobby display beside the longtime fireplace and emblem. The event recalled his boyhood at the home and his later rise as a local lawyer and national Legion officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Robert W. Colflesy
Odd Fellows Orphanage
Farge
Mod Colf
Bire
Eloe
J. ©. Longueville
Dubuque
Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Goldieaf Lodge
Ho Hite
American Legion
Calflesh
Des Moines
A. W. Stubbs
Odd Fellows Home
Odd Fellows
Colfiesh
Community Potluck and 4-H Meeting Details
Social calendar item notes a pot luck supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Maxwell. The Northern Star 4-H club hosts an all day meeting at Mrs M J Dawson's home with requests to bring a dish to pass personal dishes and sewing supplies notebook and pencil and wrapping paper.
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Famielies
Mrs
Joe Maxwell
Northern Star 4-H
M. J. Dawson
Wesleyan Missionary Society Meet and Related Church Notices
The Wesleyan Missionary Society plans a Monday 7 20 PM gathering at Mrs Jess R Busby 691 N 7th with Mrs H M Dodder leading the lesson. Dr Eastwoods Sunday school class meets Monday evening at the Carris home. Rainbow Girls depart their meeting Monday evening April 2. Portnightly club Bible department gathers 2 30 PM Monday at Mrs Frank L Wilson's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Jess R Busby
H. M Dodder
Eastwood
J. ¢. Carris
Rainbow Girls
Frank L. Wilson
Local club meetings set for Tuesday evening and afternoon
Tuesday Pythian Sisters of Washington temple hold their regu lar meeting with balloting and requests members to bring sandwiches. The Friendly Social club meets with Mrs. Liloyd Pasty on Tuesday afternoon. The A.K.R. holds its regular meeting at Mrs. C. G. Schmoeder's home at 7 30 p m on April American's Creed day.
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Pythian Sisters of Washington Temple
Liloyd Pasty
Sysi J
A.kr
C. G. Schmoeder
Community clubs schedule multiple meetings on April 4
The Sunshine Community club meets with Miss Weebra Werman on Wednesday April 4 with roll call by quotation. The Fortnightly Child Study Dept meets after noon April 4 with Mrs Frank Miller at West Washington 81 to elect officers. Bb and PF clubs hold meetings at 6 15 pm in the US community room and Snowball Social club meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Sam Munson to elect officers and discuss farm bureau matters.
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Sunshine Community Club
Weebra Werman
Longfellow
Frank Miller
West Washington
Bb. & PF. Club
Sheir
Community Room
Lucille
Sam Munson
Feeton of
Officers and Farm Bereau
Local clubs plan April meetings and exchanges
Thursday H J Club meets all day with Mrs Joe Kern April 5. Harmony Community Club with Mrs Mable Johnson April 3. roll call seed exchange and officer election. Pilotburg Ladies Aid with Mrs Frank Stransky April 5 features flower seed exchange. Shalom Group S S class at Mrs T F Barker 603 8S 3rd Thursday April 5 at 1 PM for covered dish luncheon with sandwiches.
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Harmony Community Club
Mable Johnson
Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society
Frank Stransky
Shalom Group
S. S
T. F. Barker
Veteran actress Miss Robson stars in You Can’t Buy Everything
The piece highlights May Robson in the Fox Theater release You Can’t Buy Everything a Met ro Goldwyn Mayer star vehicle marking her fiftieth year as an actress. It notes her fifty year career beginning with a Brooklyn debut at seventeen and her continued daily work on screen and stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marks May Robson
May
Miss Robson
Singerie
Hich
April Fool Birthday List Notable in Almanac Card
The piece notes birthdays on April 1 and jokes about announcing them a day early. Three named birthdays appear: Mrs Hazel Albertson of Wisconsin Madison, Mrs D J Patterson of Miami Florida, and Tom Stewart son of W G Stewart at Iowa State College Ames.
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Hazel Alberson
University of Wisconsin
Madison
D. J. Patterson
Miami, Fla
Tom Stewart
W. G. Stewart
Iowa State College
Ames
April Birthdays and The Editor’s April Fool Theories
Horace Worley born April 1 1863 proclaims April 1 the best birthday date for the diamond birthstone. Mrs O R Mayo’s birthday is tomorrow possibly. Mrs D J Palmer also has an April birthday with unclear day. Henry Miller turns 12 today. son of Mr and Mrs Howard Miller living on the next page.
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Horace Worley
O. R. Mayo
April
Henry Miller
Howard Miller
Wonder Bur Ag State Easter Grand Opening
Grand opening at the Firet National MAMMOUL venue features the spectacle Wonder Hat. starry cast led by Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores Del Rio Rice de Cortez Dick Powell Hal Le Roy with 300 chorus girls. Busby Berkeley directs musical ensembles creating a lavish production on a grand scale for the screen.
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Europe
al Jolson
Kay Francis
Dolores del Rio
Rice de Cortez
Dick Powell
Hal le Roy
Guy Kibbee
Ruth Donnelly
Hugh Herbert
Louise Fazenda
Fifid Orsay
Merna Kennedy
Henry Oneill
Robert Barrat
Henry Kolker
Busby Berkeley
Berkeley
Tomale
Origin of Mourning Band From England
The origin of the mourning band on the sleeve traces to England where it began as a marker for liveried servants. It later spread as a general sign of mourning though early beliefs questioned its necessity and form as black.
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Origin of Mourning
Loken
England
Birthday notices from Crawfordsville and nearby towns
Birthdays are celebrated across Brighton road Walnut school and Crawfordsville. Mrs Harvey Meek Mrs Henry Hagie Mrs Ralph Rees Mrs Lee Lease, Manford Wilcox Joy J Wilcox Alt McCall Miss Frances Minick Jimmy Easter and Wanda Bowden are noted with ages and family celebrations. An Easter party with egg hunt and cake is planned for Heights kindergarten attendees.
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Brighton Road
Walnut School
Harvey Meek
Crawfordsville
Henry Hagie
Ralph Rees
Lee Lease
Jimmy William Easter
W. S. Easter
North
Iowa
Heights
Desert in Disguise Among St John Baptist Pilgrims
Many pilgrims to Palestine miss the so named desert of St John the Baptist finding a pleasant rocky hillside blanketed with wild flowers and fragrant herbs rather than a wild barren waste.
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Palestine
St. John the Baptist
Cox Announces Candidacy for Washington County Treasurer
J W Bill Cox declares candidacy for county treasurer, subject to Republican voters at the June primary. The notice lists Cox’s 1913 address and notes campaign timing through May.
Ashington County Clerk Race On Republican Ticket
R R Noonan announces candidacy for Clerk of the District Court in Ashington County on the Republican ticket for the June primary election. March 24.
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District Court
Ashington County
R. R. Noonan
DARYL MATHERS Files for Washington County Sheriff Bid
FOR COUNTY SHERIFF will be a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Washington county subject to the will of the democratic voters at the June primary election. DARYL C. MATHERS 22MWS then WStf.
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Washington County
Daryl C. Mathers
Washington Henry district GOP primary hopeful seeks support
A. Claire Dewey runs as Republican for State Senate in Washington Henry County district in the June 4 primary urging voter backing.
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Washington-Henry Co
A. Claire Dewey
Russians Attempted Settlement of San Francisco in 1806
The record notes a rough effort by Russians to establish a colony near San Francisco in 1806, followed by a formal settlement a few miles north of the city. In 1848 Captain John B. Montgomery arrived with the USS Portsmouth and raised the American flag at Portsmouth Square.
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San Francisco
Mexico
John B. Montgomery
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Square
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Baker Relief Corp Social
Pythian Sisters Meeting
Lincoln
Lincoln P.T.A
Mary Welch
Nan Hoover
Jean Atchison
Eleanor Tucker
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Margaret Jane Owen
Pourth
Keith Hunsaker
A. BE. Atchison
Reneo
A. Owen
Wahwahtaysee
Nawakahmoka
Fk. W. Eastwood
F. C. Witzixman
Shields Orchestra
G. W. Manussier
Manussier
Miss Carris
Macon
Misa Edith Carris
Myrtle Macon
Dale Gallagher
Elsie Glassburner
Elsie Glassburner and Mrs. C. Ss. Williams
Jay Carris
Miss Macon
Wallace School
Orphans Home
Bob Colflesh
Mr Coltiesh
Adella
Marie
Anna
Haine Apearm Firet
Grace Lewis
Ruock Ireland
Saeckard
Greene
Colflerd
Ames Protesser
Mr. Colflesh
H. J. Club
Joe Kern
D. J. Palmer
Manford Wilcox
Ainsworth
Joy J. Wilcox
Rocky Ford, Colo
Miss Frances Minick
Alt McCall
Wanda Bowden
Skipton’s
J. W
Bill) Cox
Kor County
Journal
City Tall
Leona M. Jones
Merchants of
Washington
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