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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
6
The May morning event announced Miss Alice Meek to G W Manassier. The log styled as a ship’s tally folder served as the engagement notice. Red tulips centered tables and a two course breakfast preceded bridge and quilting showings. An out of town guest was Mrs Ethel Wilde of Peoria.
Twenty six members three visitors and seven children attended the Bethel Presbyterian Missionary meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Rothlisberger Wednesday afternoon. The president Mrs. Emma Shaw opened the meeting and devotions were led by Mrs. Wes Meyer.
The Kolah club met at Mrs Flo Cherry's home with nine members present. After a business meeting led by new president Mrs Sophia Krens, the afternoon was socialized. Refreshments featured a green and white color theme.
Mr and Mrs John Rotenburg hosted a postnuptial shower for their son Paul Rotenburg and his wife, April twenty first wedding noted. Nineteen bells on streamers carried verses, gifts marked anniversaries, Florang of Ainsworth spoke, guests donated a purse, refreshments and dancing followed, seventy one attendees including many relatives and friends.
The sixth annual YWCA dinner for L93L high school senior Girl Reserves drew twenty nine seniors and six advisors to a festively decorated banquet. Various speakers from YWCA and affiliated clubs praised the girls as student leaders while Miss Elizabeth Dawson served as roastmistress and Miss Carol Forgey spoke on The Beginning of Washington County.
Clemens Leila Anderson Myer na Jacobsen Kes Frye Florence Peterson Marie Landau and Etha Dawson appear in a neighborhood roster listing residents or honorees with full names as part of a civic or social directory.
The text lists upcoming meetings and socials: a Friday May 1 C D A meeting at KB and a Rebekah meeting with initiation. Presbyterian Ladies Social at the church Friday afternoon 2 00 and Home Builders Class social at Glenn Thompson home northeast of Washington Friday night.
The Susan Coffey auxiliary of the West Chester W F M S meets Friday afternoon with Mrs Frank Ross. The United Presbyterian church Women’s Missionary Society gathers in church parlors Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs J C Boice as devotional leader and Mrs W J Masson in charge of the program.
Officers and members of W. Rh. C. are called to a regular meet ing at the G. A. R. hall Saturday afternoon at 2 30. The Young Womans Missionary Society of the U. P. church will meet at the church Saturday afternoon. The Literature department of the Fortnightly will meet Monday at 2 30 with Mrs. J. H. Hull at 412 Washington. The May meeting of the D. A. A. will be at Mrs. Orville Elder’s home on Tuesday.
A high tea is planned with a report of the Congress and the election of officers to follow. Members are invited to attend and participate in the orderly proceedings.
The childs study department of the Fortnightly will be held at the home of Mrs. Tom Gillespie on South Iowa. Each member may invite two guests for Wednesday afternoon at 2 00.
No proof of a meteor crater exists but the large low mound near Canon Diablo Arizona is described as a 4000 foot wide and 550 foot deep formation. Report notes several tons of meteoric iron found nearby and suggests the crater formed from a massive meteorite fall though no large mass has been located in borings.
The disputed line suggests the original phrase may be mad as an adder rather than and as a hatter. Crowell's Handbook notes this, while evidence remains scarce. Lewis Carroll popularized the variant in Alice in Wonderland, but Thackeray referenced it in Pendennis as early as 1849.
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