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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
6
The Junior Fortnightly group held a social gathering Wednesday evening at Miss Doris' home. Bonnie Jean Simpson and Shirley Dunlap performed two tap dances under Miss Donna Clow. A brief business session followed to plan the next program.
About 200 people attended a Wednesday evening family dinner at the Methodist church. The pot luck gathering honored new church members with welcomes from leaders of Queen Esther girls Epworth League Home Missionary Society Foreign Missionary societies Sunday School Ladies Aid and the Men's club.
The Snowball Social club gathered at Mrs. Arthur Wiley’s country home on Wednesday afternoon with sixteen members three guests and four children present. Mrs. Glen Knapp led pot holder instruction after a brief meeting while Mrs. Merritt Booth shared letters from her daughter Velma a missionary in China along with photographs. Mrs. Stanley Fishburn and Mrs. Glen Knapp sang two songs and performed two piano duets as hostesses served refreshments.
The next meeting will be in three weeks with Mrs Earl Booth and Mrs D C Griggs in charge of the demonstration. Roll call will be answered with a Mother's Day poem.
KEOTA May g Chapter CM P. E. O. held a Mother's Day party at Warren Farm home of Mrs V W Kirkpatrick. Elderly guests included two 87 year olds and two 85 year olds. Twenty eight chapter members attended bringing total to fifty seven. Guests toured a curios collection, then enjoyed ice cream cake coffee and mints with violet corsages amid spring flowers.
Harmony club members met Wednesday with nine attendees. Officers for the next year were elected: President Mrs Tommy Harvey, vice-president Mrs Clyde Rouse, secretary-treasurer Mrs Golia Miller, reporter Mrs H C Brennaman. Pleas were made for an ice cream social at the Isaac Kleese home near Keota. Mrs rank Haney was summoned to Des Moines due to her father's illness and death. funeral held at Keosauona Methodist church. Mr and Mrs Walter White of Glendale California and Mrs Lee Carmen of Belmonte Ohio visited Keosauqua area relatives. Phil Martin and Russell Piper of Santa Ana California, seminary students in Philadelphia, plan a visit to the Anwyl home. Phil is son of Wil Martin formerly of Crawfordsville and nephew of Mrs Anwyl.
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