High School Class Day And Exhibit Planned For Friday
Friday features two events at the high school with a 3 15 p m start for class day exercises and a 3 0 to 9 0 p m school exhibit in the gym. Students and Washington residents will view displays from domestic science manual training and agriculture with awards for letters cups and emblems followed by a senior program and a rehearsal for the senior class play Nothing But the Truth to be staged May 16 and 17.
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Athe Hom Economics
Agriculture Department
Blythe Parker
Edna Mercer
W. F. Bickel
Harold Montgomery
Ag Courar
Washington
Dickinson
Siace
She Buys
Harold Johnson
Robert Gods
Mildred Woolburn
Olive Peterson
Eleanor Walker
Robert Bennett
Smith Brookhart
Ralston
Charles McLaughlin
Dick Donnelly
Jerry Carvik
Clarence VanDusen
Robert Shields
Bishop Doran
Charles Lytle
Gwendolyn Ralston
Irma Waymack
Helen Meister Th Cuaik
Beatrice Baird
Mable Jackson
Hannah Welch Sable Jackson
Leona Minick
Mabelle Fleming
Club meetings and notices from local societies
Community groups list upcoming meetings with hosts and dates. Mrs Lakey Anderson Hoyay Campfire Girls Sevilla Boice Wellston Social Club Mrs Everett Stewart Nineteenth Century Club Chas Dewey Besse Harvey Fred Palmer Spanish War Veterans postpone meeting May 15 Moose Lodge social Highland Four Ladies Aid Society Christan church Younger Set Bridge Club at Miss Marguerite McGugin home. May 10 15 and 202 detailed.
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Walker
Set Bridge Club
Marguerite McGugin
May Day Program Planned by Grade Schoolers
Mrs A D Dickinson leads a May day show by fourth and fifth graders from four ward schools on the high school lawn tomorrow at 6:30.164 children participate with a varied program including queen crowning, dances, drills and a flag drill. If weather fails the fete moves to 3:45 Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Dickinson
Dickinson
Notice Rebekah Club Social Meeting Thursday
The Rebekah chapter will hold its regular social and business meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lewis Baker. 2013
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Chub
Lewis Baker
Weenie roast at Second United Presbyterian Church
The Christian Endeavor society will hold a weenie roast Friday evening at the church starting six o clock. Boyd Patterson of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will preach at United Presbyterian Church in West Chester next Sabbath in morning and evening services. All are invited.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the
Second United Presbyterian Church
Boyd Patterson
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
Homes Rising On Avenue B Spur Southwest Washington
Avenue B in southwest Washington shows life with three new cottages under construction. Sisters of Mrs. Marietta Duvall will inhabit one, while W. A. McFarland buys a lot from Mrs. J. P. Farris to relocate and remodel the old McCollum house into a rental property. The town notes his habit of making remodels quality community credit.
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Avenue B
Washington
Marietta Duvall
W. A. McFarland
J. P. Farris
McCollum
Birthday greetings and club notes brighten town social calendar
Mrs Ellsworth Anderson celebrated her 67th birthday with cards flowers and a cane. W A C held a meeting adding four new members and planning Memorial Day and school visits by the W R C. Mrs Emery Curtiss enjoyed a surprise birthday gathering and a large lunch on the lawn. Household Economics club wrapped up the year with papers on fresh vegetables and fruits. Mary O Connor hosted a Normal Training club party with a dramatic indoor track meet between New York and Washington. Joe Falk departs for a three month trip to Germany, honored with bridge and a luncheon hosted by the Harwoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Anderson
Mets
New York
Washington
Mary O’connor
Mary
Joe Falk
Germany
Will Harwood
South Second Avenue
Me Faughter
Mary Lontee
Falk
Mr. Falk
Steeple Jack Wim Hewitt Receives Iowa City Commission
Wim H. Hewitt of Iowa City works on the Washington courthouse steeple on a chilly windy day. He earns 250 dollars with no known competition and has 20 years of experience. He recently painted the Wellman water tower and flag pole and Kalona flag pole. He never fell, and his highest climb was the 650 foot Milwaukee City Hall flag pole. Hewitt, a slender 45 year old, works with a helper and welcomes the job.
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Washington
Wim. H. Hewitt
Iowa City
Court House
Wellman
Kalona
Milwaukee City Hall
Elevator at Haskins Burns in Village Fire
The Haskins elevator burned last Tuesday around 4 o clock amid high winds. Shingles flew over the village as two cribs of corn and 300 bushels of oats were lost. The Cedar Rapids firm owned the elevator and the cause remains unknown possibly linked to town bonfires.
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Haskins
Cedar Rapids
State U S Convention Opens Second Day With Large Attendance
The second day of the state convention drew a large crowd as church groups discussed Sunday school administration and adult education. In the Presbyterian meeting J H Engle led an impromptu program with reports from missionary workers, while the Bap church session focused on adult work with Rev T A Searcy chairing and speakers including W G Burris Rev O M Yaggy and Rev Royal J Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Presbyterian Church
I. EK. Beal
F. G. McCullough
Muscatine
Mp& Beal
Peter P. Wenger
Wayland
Wenger
J. H. Engle
Stranahan
Wittem
Wm “Wise
Clinton Smith
J. Hi. Engle
Engle
T. A. Searcy
W. G. Burris
O. M. Yaggy
Royal J. Montgomery
F. A. Wiasner
M. A. Honline
Religious convention notes temper, humor and heredity talk
A Iowa convention column reviews talks by Prof. M A Henline on heredity and environment, noting his quips about Harvard and Roosevelt. It highlights Rev H A Crusius and Rev Wilfred Wylie, a varied preachers’ choir, and Jesse Miller’s crowd control. Delegates arrive by train, with window cards welcoming visitors to the “Cleanest City in Iowa.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
University Club
New York City
Harvard College
Theodore Roosevelt
Henline
Roosevelt
M. A. Henline
H. A. Crusius
Sigourney Quartette
C. W. Klein
Our City
Rev. Klein
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Eden Seminary
St. Louis
Cubu
Cuba
John H. Engle
Kansas
Stranahan
Jesse Miller
Methodist
Som
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Christian
No. HT
Arthur Tied
Iowa
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CU T. Club
Lakey Anderson
Worth Wike
Siete
le Hall
Vluer de Lis Club
Everett Stewart
Tos
Wellston Social Club
Besse Harvey
Nineteenth Century Club
Chas. Dewey
Hoyay
Sevilla Boice
U.P
Moose Lodge
Highland Four
Independent Club
Fred Palmer
Ladies Aid Society of the Christ Aan Church
May
Queen Heights
Wallace Girls Shoemakers
Zinderpolka
Wallace
Doris Robinson
Direector
J. A. Hawthorne
J. S. Hawthorne
E. S
Masonic Temple
Knights Templar
Cyrus
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
Dr. L. Carbaugh
H. P
Bessie Huber
Mabel Huber
Rosetta Ashby
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Ola Knox
Effie Huber
Margaret Embree
Woodlawn Cemetery
Washington Improvement League
J. B. Cratl
Emery Curtiss
Geo. Genkinger
Mary O'Connor
Miss Montgomery
O'Connor
Hagkins
United States
Usco
America
Hile Garage
Hirown
Dones
Haskins Burns
Ciology
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Wilfred Wylie
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers’ Engineers
Jones Auto CO
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