Fortnightly Club Society Notes Lift Year at Luncheon
Society items cover last meetings of the Fortnightly Club sections. Sections One and Three hosted luncheons in Y M C A rooms with papers on salads and picnic dishes. Members and guests, including out of town visitors Emma Wright Mason and Carrie Townsend, attended a busy day of programs, leadership changes, and Memorial Day planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
A. B. Schmoeder
F. da Broadgate
J. C. Maxwell
F. J. Wilson
Ward Gilliland
Maynard Brown
Joe Wright
J. M. Wilson
Hugh McCleery
City
Emma Wright Mason
Washington
Pennsylvania
Carrie Townsend
Buffalo
New York
Committees to Visit All of Local Schools
Local patriotic groups will send committees to Washington schools on Friday May 22 at 1 30 PM to stress Memorial Day importance. The list includes a long roster of representatives from high school junior high Lincoln Centennial Heights St James and other schools led by Col D J Palmer Brinton John Shields Rev S K Coats and Dr W B Crooks among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
P. L. Etter
Leland Morrison
Cloyce Kerr
Lucy Dempsey
B. F. Bostwick
Col
D. J. Palmer
R. S. Warfel
S. W. Brookhart
C. A. Dewey
al Baldrige
Phil Crail
H. C
Sam Kolloge
Everett Griffith
Rd Grayson
R. 8. Cook
St. James School
Jos
High Court Reverses Gabe Simons Murder Case
Des Moines report May 12 notes the high court ruling against Harlan Gabe Simons in the murder conviction. The decision affects the legal rehashes of the case and outlines the court’s stance on prior proceedings.
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High Court
Gabe Simons
Des Moines
Harlan
Gabe) fPimons
Centennial School May Festival Detailed Program
Centennial School schedules a May festival for tomorrow at four in the afternoon weather permitting. Events include a processional May Queen Wilma Slampsher crown bearer Grace Schilling train bearers Lois Sartor John Killian guards George McChurch William Springman. Hall to the Queen fourth and 11th grades, dance of the trainbearers Lois Sartor John Killian, hoop drill fourth and fifth grades. First grade flower garden second and third grades raindrops Ruth Sartor Nellie Crossett. Sun Charlotte Squires gardener Opal Hesseltine gardeners helpers Betty Jacobs Jean Jarrard Kathleen Godfrey Ralston Meek Richard Fields Robert Wells. Garden dance Grace Schilling Johnny Jump Ups fourth and fifth grade boys. Butterflies kindergarten girls. Folk dances kindergarten. Rose petals Elizabeth Thorne Ruth Wylie. Winding of Maypole fourth and fifth grade iris. Refessional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Slampsher
Ograce Schilling
Lois Sartor
John Killian
George McChurch
William Springman
Ruth Sartor
Neliie Crossett
Sun
Charlotte Squires
Opal Hesseltine
Betty Jacobs
Jean Jarrard
Kathleen Godfrey
Ralston Meek
Richard Fields
Robert Wells
Grace Schilling
Johnny Jump
Rose Petals
Elizabeth Thorne
Ruth Wylie Winding
Maypole
Iris
Swift Funeral to be Held Thursday
Mrs. John T. Swift died yesterday at her home southeast of town. Funeral services will be at 9:00 a.m. Thursday at St. James Catholic Church with Rev. M. J. Hartigan officiating, followed by burial in Filmore Grove Cemetery. She was born October 14, 1873, to William S. and Mary Dawson Reeves, married in 1892, and leaves six of nine children, plus her mother and several siblings.
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Waervices Iter
John T. Swift
St. James Catholic Church
M. J. Hartigan
Flim Grov
Jessie Ellen Reeves
William S. Reeves
Mary Dawson Reeves
Francis B
Chicago
Hazel Westen
Patrick H
Jesse H
Gray, Ind
Dorothea Lowe
Washington
John (Yde
Charles Thomas
Swift
French Troops Relieve Besieged Rif Outposts in Morocco
Official dispatch from Rabat reports French forces began a relief operation for besieged outposts in the Bibane region held by Abd El Krim’s Rif tribesmen. Garrison losses included wounded officers and troops, with supplies delivered by airplane as siege had continued. Separately in Chicago a minor earthquake was recorded at 6 25 a m lasting one minute five seconds.
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Rabat
Reneh
Morocco
Frech
Abé-b.-Krim
Cmomunique
Bibane
Sos,ia
French Morocco
Abd-El- Krim
Chicago
Weather Kureau Seismograph
University of Chicago
May Meeting Discusses Secret Orders Ban for Ministers
Keokuk May 13 The Evangelical Synod of North America considers removing the ban on secret orders for ministers. The issue will be reviewed in Keokuk and eighteen other districts with final action possible at the national conference in St Louis this fall. Ministers have been barred from joining secret orders in past conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
St. Louis
Evangelical Synod of North America
Government Aids Orphans Welfare Program Initiative
Washington May 13. General Frank T. Hines announces a reformed Guardianship Service within the Veterans Bureau to oversee care for minor children of fallen veterans. Major Davis G. Arnold leads guardianship work with state officers, aligning with American Legion efforts and the Endowment Fund to provide homes and support beyond strict legal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Legion
Lawa
Frank T. Hines
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Hines
The
Bureau
Legion
Veterans Bureau
Gen. Hines
Legion Service
Legion Endowment
Rainbow
Yankee
American Legion Service
Attempt to Lift Ban at North American Synod Meeting
The editorial notes ongoing efforts by residents across nineteen districts to gather enough support to remove the ban at the upcoming North American Synod gathering. The push hinges on securing sufficient sentiment from the broader community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown
Nate Kendall’s Shanghai Travel Letters Spark Humorous Insight
Des Moines May 13 Nate Kendall governor of Iowa and his wife send travel letters from their world tour. A Des Moines newspaper published one gleefully personal note from a Shanghai interview in which Kendall mislabels California and Ohio as part of Iowa, eliciting amused correction and reflection on global happiness.
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Des Moines
Nate Kendall
Iowa
Shanghai
Astor House
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Ohio
Michigan Tourist Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
Orton Fergison of Michigan had his conviction and sentence affirmed by the Supreme Court. The ruling, reached on a clerk's transcript, leaves an appeal incomplete and sets November 15 as the referenced date for the hangin g.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton Fergison
Michigan
West Liberty
Supreme Court
Simons
Y W C A to Hold Service Next Sunday
Washington and Vicinity women are invited to a vesper service in the community room next Sunday at four o’clock. Miss Alice Bothell Y W C A secretary of Burlington will speak on wrong lines of community work. Special music and devotions led by Mrs A R Oates. Members urged to invite friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and Vicinity
Alice Bothell
Lurlington
Y. W
A. R. Oates
Y. W. GC
Enome
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Damascus Shrine
Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
J. C. Swift
Carlton Wilson
Albert M. Huff
Nelle Wilson
George Whittaker
Pleasant Plain
Marshalltown
Besse Conger
Ed Davis
Harry Crone
Della Het
Belle Rice
Sam Kellogg
Wilson Martin
Walter R. Brown
Fred Sweet
Ella Cherry
BE. O. W. Club
Mrs. Sweet
Lon Arthur
Centennial
James Church
Acrial
PLM
Gitove
Major Arnold
Rhode Island
Senate
R. R. Breese
Combussance Service
Townsend Grace
Klein i. Hk Loihing 1A Kompany
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