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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1939

Page

5

Pleasant Hill Social Roundup Leads With Local Visits

Pleasant Hill residents recount a busy week of visits and gatherings. Families including the Kephart, Heseltine, Pratt, Swift, Signhoose, Dickinson, Gamon, Brugge, Rathmel and Adams clans share dinners and Sunday visits at multiple homes, with Arlene Lambert hosting a 4 H club event.

Earl Kephart Pleasant Hill Lee Heseltine Glenn Pratt Margaret Pratt H. L. Willings Pat Swift Jim Swift Roy’ Kephart Velma Alvin Sam Signhooses Arlene Lambert Fred Heck

Community guest list and events fill Sunday hours

The text lists numerous neighbors visiting and socializing with families including Kep hart Pratt Kephart Beenblossom and Chalupa. It notes memorial attendance at a funeral in New London and a shower for Mrs. Frank Dvorak after a home fire. Also mentions school seating plans and local farm work updates.

Ray L. B. Hannan Charley Kephart Harry Bishop Donald Frank Kephart Mack Reenblossom Harold Beenblossom Leslie Beenblossom Glenn Pratt Margaret Pratt Will Caldwells Wilmer Lauderman John Erlenbush Lioyd Anderson Libby al Musil C. G. Andersons Everett Lewis Roy Kepharts Wat Swift George Chalupa Earl Kephart Wertha Jake Ernest Fred Kephart S. EF. Shafoose O. Ee Babb Vincent Belleford Will Millers W. R. Gamon L. G. Foss Carolyn Bruerce Betty Chalupa Eagenia Dickinson Clyde Lambert New London

Mrs. Dvorak Guest of Honor at Highland Club Shower

The Highland Social club hosted a dinner and shower at the John Krotz home on Wednesday with members and families attending. Mrs. Frank Dvorak was the guest of honor.

Frank Dvorak Shower By Club Wilbur Chalupad Highland Highland Social Club John Krotz

Community Notices From New Haven May Social Gatherings

Mrs M Smith reports visitors in New Haven on May 3 as Mr and Mrs Clarence Rathmel and son Max called on Hal Richards. Mr and Mrs Merle Statler and children celebrated a joint birthday for Merle and Dale at the Mrs S J Statler home in Washington. Mr and Mrs Lester Lease and ...

Local Families Share Visits and Plans for Bake Sale

Sunday visits spread among the Smith family and relatives including the Janeceks and Bakers. The New Haven Ladies Aid schedules a bake sale in Washington on Saturday May 13. Mrs Dale Robertson and Mrs Albert Janecek with Mae and Ireta Smith also called on neighbors Wednesday evening.

Leon Marion Smith Frank Smith Bert Smith Mela Janecek Walter Sheetz Frank Seibel Patty Mr. Seibel Bettendorf Seibel Frank Janecek George Baker Merle Statler New Haven

McCreedys Visit Relatives Over Weekend in Illinois

Highland Center May 3 report lists Dr. and Mrs. Clifford McCreedy and family of Aledo Illinois hosting Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCreedy and others. Several local residents from Marion Marshalltown Stockport Cedar Rapids Riverside and Riverside areas joined visits and gatherings including Mothers and Daughters banquet plans.

Highland Center Clifford McCreedy Aledo Joe McCreedy Murray McCreedy Brighton Floyd Martin Betty Jean James Murphy Donna Samuel Murphy Gary Wm. Murphy James Foster Ernest Badham Frank Frederick Marion Miles Foster Marshalltown Cary Brown Mount Union Everette Foster Stockport Lewis Coon Foster Mrs. Brown Joy Evans Harlan Edd Lambert Gordon Joe Phillip McCreedy Ill Mothers and Daughters

Local residents visit F F Florang and neighbors

Mr and Mrs Walter Jones spent Sunday at the Florang home. Mr and Mrs Frank Porymek and Homer visited Tuesday afternoon at the Florang home. Mr and Mrs Milford McCreedy and family spent Sunday evening at the Joe Krotz home.

Wilbur Chalupa Ed Havel Hubert Krotz Melo Walter Jones F. F. Florang Frank Porymek Homer Milford McCreedy Joe Krotz

Groundhog Hibernation Depletes Fat Reserve

During extended winter sleep the groundhog uses about a third of its fat. It requires the remaining two thirds to persist until it resumes normal food intake when nature yields growth.

Nature Christian’ Science Monitor

Wealthy Jewelry Seen Among Dutch Servant Girls

A remark notes that in Friesland Holland servant girls often wear substantial gold jewelry valued at about a hundred dollars, illustrating the perceived wealth of the poor in that region.

Holland Friesland

Trachoma Widely Spreads Among Population

Trachoma emerges as a widespread eye disease with sufferers developing thick eyelids a white film over the eye and difficulty opening eyes in bright light.

Chinchilla Import Traced to South American Engineer

The chinchilla’s arrival in America is linked to a South American engineer who trapped them in their native habitat to prevent extinction and shipped them to California for cultivation and study.

America California

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