Mary Lukavsky Weds Charles Friese at St James Church
Mary Lukavsky and Charles Friese were married at nine o clock this morning at St James Church in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. J H O Donnell. The bride wore an Eleanor blue dress. bridesmaid Eleanor Lukavsky of Davenport. Best man Edmund Lukavsky served as escort. A wedding breakfast followed at the Lukavsky home. The couple will reside on the Friese farm and had their wedding pictures taken at Guthers.
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Mary Lukovsky
Charles Friese W
St. James Church
J. H. O'Donnell
Bernard Jacobsmeier
Eleanor
Eleanor Lukavsky
Davenport
Edmund Lukavsky
Mr. Minick
Court House
J. J. Minick
J. OE. Lemmon
N. Oo Cherry
A. Anderson
Valley 4 H Club Meets at Church with New Members
The Valley community 4 H lab girls met at Valley church with two new members and one guest. Guest Miss Margaret Stewart opened the meeting and helped with cutting collars berets and scarf patterns and with the yearly reports.
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Valley
The
Valley Church
Margaret Stewart
May Breakfast Honors Washington High Girl Reserves
The senior Girl Reserves of Washington High School were honored at a May breakfast hosted by the Y W C A board and the Business and Professional Women's Club at the Y community room. About 60 members attended with Maybasket flowers. The program featured Ruth Davis singing, with greetings from Kathryn Little and Mrs A E Atchison. The B P W club elected six new members and planned summer activities.
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Washington High School
Y. W. Board
Ruth Davis
Helen Coffey
B. P. W. Club
Kathryn Little
V. W
A. E. Atchison
Blair Law
Marian Baker
Irene Yard
Catherine Wilson
Alice Shelangoski
Mary Mickey
Mildred Brown
Evaleene Lemley
Bo P W
Rh. L. Coulter
Ethel Grecian
Clarg Faulkner
Country Club Pot Luck Dinner Postponed to May 10
The country club pot luck dinner scheduled for Thursday this week has been postponed one week due to the Chamber of Commerce dinner. The rescheduled event will take place next week Thursday evening May 10.
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Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
High School Football Lettermen Back for 84 Season
The squad awaits nine returning lettermen including captain Harry Barker with others such as Earl McCutchen Dick Fields Robert Turnipseed William Johnson Ray Palmer Homer Darnell Roy Grecian and Roger Richer. Junior high prospects show promise for varsity and freshman levels as spring basketball begins to develop material for next winter's squad under Coach Carlton.
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Harry Barker
Earl McCutchen
Dick Fields
Robert Turnipseed
William Johnson
Ray Palmer
Homer Darnell
Roy Grecian
Roger Richer
Carlton
D A R Breakfast Marks New Cabin Chimney at Log Cabin
About twenty D A R members gathered at the Log Cabin in Sunset Park for a May breakfast to officially accept a newly built chimney. The event featured a brief business meeting, installation plans, new officers for two years, and a report from Washington by delegates F G Bowman and Louisa Wilson.
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Sunset Park
R. S. Wassel
A. Anderson
Mary Ball Washington
E C. Kieher
Harry MecCall
Wahneetah Ingalls
Frances McCoy Cherry
Elizabeth Dawson
Ana Purvis
Ralph Shannon
Nellie Tripp
F. G. Bowman
Louisa Wilson
Washington, D. C
J. F. Lemmon
Washington High Band Plays at Drake Relays Parade and Concert
The Washington high school band performed at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, marching in the morning parade and joining a massed band concert in the afternoon on Saturday April 28. Mr McKay led the 2000 piece band in one number. The group declined a solo concert on the Drake Campus due to gathering issues.
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Washington High Schoool
Des Moines
McKay
Drake
Kathryn Little Named Senior Leader In School Activities
The Hi-Lights profile highlights Kathryn Little a long time W. H. S. participant and senior class vice president. She has served in multiple roles including Girl Reserves student leader, former president of the lower division, and holds several vice presidency positions across clubs and councils.
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Kathryn Little
Miss Little
Kathryn
Suplemor
G. Ros
Chriatan Endeavor
Inter-Church Council
Colombia Coffee Dominates Exports and Economy
Colombia ranks as the world’s second largest coffee producer and relies on coffee for about two thirds of its export earnings. The crop underpins the nation’s economic status and social exports.
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Colombia
Orset
Coulies
Desert Tortoise Survives Arid Southwest Habitat
Desert tortoises inhabit hot desert regions of southern California Nevada Utah and Arizona with western Mexico. They rarely see water and obtain moisture from vegetation. An angry capture can cause a tortoise to withdraw into its shell as it expels moisture. A 12 pound tortoise is noted as a good size.
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California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Mexico
Journal Classified Act Demands Payment
A brief notice announces a demand for payment under the Journal Classified Act. The notice specifies the amount owed and instructs the recipient to remit payment to the designated office by a set deadline to avoid further action. The brief highlights enforcement steps without graphic detail.
Graduation Class Doubles as Industrious Club Keepsake
As a junior and chairman of the Commercial Club program committee That W. H. S. will loose still one more industrious student in her graduating class of 84.
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Commercial Club
Elmer Presented to Various Groups
The one act play Elmer has been staged for several groups in the past two weeks. On April 18 it was shown at the Presbyterian church, April 20 for the Methodist Ladies Aid, and the Wayland PTA requested a performance on the school stage the following Monday. The cast and J A Taylor praised the honor, noting drastic changes and some mishaps but overall success, especially after the Presbyterian church incident, and credited extemporaneous speaking for lively evenings.
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Elmer
Presbyterian Church
Church Auditorium
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Parents Teachers’ Association of
Wayland
J. A. Taylor
J A Taylor Attends Iowa Forensic Meet
J A Taylor spokesman from Washington represented at a Fairfield meeting of the Iowa Forensic club held on Friday April 20. The group voted to sponsor a series of one act play contests at the start of next school year and to shift play production earlier in the speech curriculum. Two extemporaneous speaking contests will be held separately for boys and girls. The next year debate subject was chosen.
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Iowa Forensic Club
Fairfield
J. A. Taylor
Washington
High School Speech Gains In Popularity
Interest in high school speech work has increased steadily for years and this phase of school activity bids fair to outstrip even music in popularity.
Within This Present by Margaret Ayer Baines
A portrait of modern American life told through Granny the matriarch of the Baines clan. The panorama traces family, social shifts, and the era’s domestic sphere through Granny’s perspective.
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Margaret Ayer
Baines
Houghton Mifflin
Granny
Baines Clan
The Pioneer Spirit Through Hard Times
The piece reflects on The Chicago Fire and The Great War testing new generations. It notes initial low mood but eventual sacrifice for the common good. It ends with Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural address asserting America will endure and grow stronger because of pioneer spirit.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
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