Methodist Woman's Society breakfast honors past presidents
Ninety five members of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service gathered for a nine o'clock Friday breakfast to honor past presidents and take part in the pledge service. Circle 1 hosted the meeting with tributes to Mrs. W. S. Kyle and others.
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Methodist Wscs
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle 1
W.S Kyle
C. E. Schmitt
P. L. Etter
J. F. Larson
Sylvia Wilson
Maurice Crawford
Frank Dittmer
Edgar Porter
Paul Shearer
Walter Smith
Mrs. Simmering Hosts Jolly Nine Club Evening
Mrs. Joe Simmering entertained the Jolly Nine Club members on Wednesday. The group prepared for a rummage sale held Thursday and enjoyed a patio visit. Mrs. John Custer will host the group in June.
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Joe Simmering
Jolly Nine Club
John Custer
Sixteen Past Chiefs Meet at Collivers
Sixteen members of the West Chester Past Chiefs gathered Tuesday at the Collivers home. They answered roll call with the line the secret I kept the longest. Mrs. Laure Statler presided. A flower and bulb exchange and refreshments followed. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Statler.
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West Chester
Dwight Colliver
Laure
Statler
Keith Statler
Margaret West
St Joseph Circle Holds Final Meeting
St Joseph Circle held the last meeting of the year at Mrs James Custer home. Ann Hess was chosen leader and Marie Hora secretary for the coming year. Seventeen members attended. The evening opened and closed with prayer, with social time and refreshments served by Bertha Dempsey Kathleen Adams and Mrs Ray Van Zile. Eileen Hammen won the door prize. Mrs Wilford Greiner and Mrs Harold Sobaski provided entertainment.
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St. Joseph's Circle
James Custer
Ann Hess
Marie Hora
Bertha Dempsey
Kathleen Adams
Ray van Zile
Eileen Hammen
Wilford Greiner
Harold Sobaski
Neighbors Honor Miss Davison at Mennonite Shower
Miss Janice Davison was honored at a shower Tuesday evening at Wayland Mennonite Church hosted by Marion Hobby Club, neighbors, and friends. Thirty six attended. gifts were displayed under pink and white streamers with a bride doll centerpiece. The event featured games, gift opening, and coordinated refreshments with pink and white decor and a nap cup design bearing "Janice and Jerry" for a June 10, 1962 wedding.
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Janice Davison
Wayland Mennonite
Marion Hobby Club
Jean Hertig
Janice and
Jerry
Loyal Women of Baptist Church Host Vacation Bible School Support
Mrs. Julia Branchflower hosted 11 members of the Loyal Women’s Class Friday afternoon. Mrs. Bertha Hartman read, Mr. Tom Dewis led devotions, and Mrs. Hartman presided at the business meeting. The group voted to donate $2 for vacation Bible school. Entertainment by Mrs. Elva Allbaugh. Refreshments served by the hostess and Mrs. W. P. Moriarty.
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Julia Branchflower
Loyal Women's
The
Baptist Church
Bertha Hartman
Tom Dewis
Hartman
Elva Allbaugh
W. P. Moriarty
HH Club Welcomes New Member Thursday
Mrs. Don Holmes hosted 10 HH Club members and guests on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jones joined the club after a brief attendance. vice president Mrs. John Davis led the business due to the president’s absence. An officer election elected Mrs. Davis as president and Mr. Walter Horning as vice president. Mrs. Holmes as secretary and Mrs. Don Applegate as treasurer.
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Don Holmes
HH Club
Mary Jones
Social Calendar Notices for Community Clubs and Clubs
Notices list events for Rainbow Girls Garden Club YWCA mix ers and many local groups with times and venues. Entries include open installations potlucks breakfasts dessert gatherings tours and social activities across churches temples and clubs. Reservations and attendance notes are included for several events and reminders about due dates.
First Presbyterian UPW Circles Meet
Circle 1 of First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Women hosted by Mrs. Jerry Simmering with Mrs. Maynard Goff assisting. Seventeen members attended the combined meetings with guests Mrs. Glenn Conard and Mrs. E. E. McBee.
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First Presbyterian
UPW
Halcyon Notes Activities at Halcyon House
An obituary notes the death of Mr. R. E. Shannon, a longtime Halcyon House board member. The piece lists visiting guests and local residents who stopped by for meals, dinners, and friendship, with reflections on Shannon’s retirement dream and his cheerful presence.
Local Birthdays and Family Visits Highlight Community News
Drew Marshall turns three today, sharing a birthday with his grandfather Arthur Edmondson whose May 21 birth date is noted for celebration on Sunday. Mrs. Ronald Sheetz and her two daughters visited the Sheetz family while Ronald attended an extension service meeting in Burlington. The Hayes family reports twin daughters named Cherie Deann and Chery Diane.
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Drew Marshall
Judy Marshall
Drew
Arthur Edmondson
Ronald Sheetz
Mrs
Richard Hayes
Cherie Deann and
Chery Diane
Junior Y Teens Honor Mothers Tea at YMCA
About 130 Junior Y Teens and mothers attended the Mothers Day Tea after school in the YMCA community room. The event featured a Duncan’s Store sponsored style show with Cathleen Godfrey as narrator and Jackie Schoonover on organ.
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YMCA
Duncan’s
Cathleen Godfrey
Jackie Schoonover
Barb Baker
Beth Jones
Beverly Smith
Margaret Waddell
Phil Kneen
Cal Wolf
Robert Anderson
Mary Crone
Starr Gallagher
Jean Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
YWCA_ board
Rebekah Lodge Names Committees At Friday Meeting
Mrs. Keith Williams presided at the Rebekah lodge gathering with 28 members present. Committees were named for the U N Pilgrimage dinner and upcoming social events include a potluck and card party. Dining room and kitchen committees listed edge of meeting with several members named.
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Keith Williams
Noble Grand
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows and Rebekah
U. N
Emma Barnett
Gus Reinert
Maurice Libe
Madeline Anderson
Wayne Brock
Stanley McKeown
Don Gardner
Keith Williams Jr
Blanche Harvey
Edith Weidner
Fairfield Lodge
Wellman Lodge
Edith Zook
Tina Bain
VFW Junior Unit Crafts for Ruth Davis Campaign
Twelve VFW Junior Unit girls and leader Mrs. Francis Reed met after school at the VFW Hall to make corn necklaces for Ruth Davis of Burlington as part of her campaign for a national office. The next meeting will be a picnic in early June, date to be announced. Mrs. Reed treated the group to a cool drink at the close.
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VFW
Francis Reed
Ruth Davis
Burlington
Births and dismissals at The Record Hospital
Births today include Karona to Mr and Mrs Paul Shetler and a son to Mr and Mrs Donald Tisor, Nichols. Dismissed today are Mrs Lillie Storms, Washington, and Mrs Richard Hayes with twin daughters, Washington.
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Paul Shetler
Karona
Donald Tisor
Nichols
Lillie Storms
Washington
Richard Hayes
Circus Fans Recall Past as Fairfield Group Visits Washington
Fourteen members of the Chuck Cassel Tent Cir cus Fans of America from Fairfield toured Washington Wednesday evening. After dinner at Winga Cafe they visited Memory Lane Museum at Ralph Junkin's home on South Iowa Avenue to view old circus props and films. Carl Lundquist presented a large photo of John Philip Sousa, once a clarinet soloist in the Sousa Band.
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Chuck Cassel
America
Fairfield
Washington
Winga Cafe
Memory Lane
Ralph Junkin
South
Iowa Avenue
John Phillip Sousa
Carl Lundquist
Sousa
Pin Queen League Elects New Officers
The Pin Queen Bowling League held its annual banquet at the Eipcurean with 25 members. Officers elected for the coming year include president Kay Custer and vice president Lucille Smith, with Betty Ward serving as secretary treasurer and sergeant at arms.
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Pin Queen Bowling League
Eipcurean
Betty Ward
Kay Custer
Lucille Smith
Jeanne Chapman
Hazel Cannady
Hy Vee
Swifts
Sheryl Moore
Boshart Family Weekend Trip to Milwaukee Madison and More
Bill Boshart and sons Mike and Jeff and Mike Steele left for Milwaukee for the weekend to see a ball game visit the zoo and relatives in Madison Wisconsin. They also plan to bring back a new garbage truck for the city. L E Blick of 608 South Avenue B fell at home Wednesday and broke his hip. He is hospitalized at University Hospital Iowa City. Mrs Myron Burroughs learned of her father William Bequeaith's death early today at Mahaska County Hospital Oskaloosa. He was ill since his son Marion died two months earlier. Mr Bequeaith was 86. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 30 p.m. in Oskaloosa.
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Bill Boshart
Mike
Jeff
Mike Steele
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
L. E. Blick
South Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Myron Burroughs
William Bequeaith
Mahaska County Hospital
Oskaloosa
Marion
Bequeaith
4-H Activities and Dutch Creek Flyerettes Club Meetings
The Jackson Boys 4-H met with Bob and Roger Jacobs. 18 members and 2 guests attended. Plans were made for a club tour on June 26 with demonstrations by Tom Duensing Steve Horak and Steve Palmer. Mary and Barbara Temple hosted the Dutch Creek Flyerettes 4-H Club meeting with talks on Your Shoes and You Interfacing and Snaps Hooks and Eyes. The Achievement Day is planned for July 16 in the evening. Mothers Day Tea was featured at Crooked Creek Cloverettes with 14 members and 4 leaders. talks covered buying clothes and storing winter clothing. a zipper insertion demonstration was given and mothers received begonias. The Cinderella 4-H Club met at Diana Reiss with 7 members 2 leaders and 3 visitors. talks included Tip Toe Tactics Daily Do's and Making a Belt. refreshments followed hosted by Diana and her mother.
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Jackson Boys
Bob
Roger Jacobs
Tom Duensing
Steve Horak
Steve Palmer
Mrs. Jacobs
Mary
Barbara Temple
Dutch Creek Flyerettes
Donna Reighard
Shirley Conklin
Julie Sheetz
Crooked Creek Cloverettes
Martha Coakley
Becky White
Doris Griffith
Beth Wells
Diana Reiss
Kathy Carr
Deanna Statler
Nancy Statler
Diana
Fourteen Cedar Clippers Enter Better Grooming Contest
Thirteen members and three leaders attended the Cedar Clippers Better Grooming contest. Winners by division include Juniors Karen Huber and Karen Wagner, Intermediates Susan Knupp and Angela Times, Seniors Sara Knupp and Kris tine Wagner. Demonstrations covered Simple Hand Sewing Pressing Equipment and Bias Facings and Bindings. Local achievement day is set for July 19.
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The
Cedar Clippers
Karen Huber
Karen Wagner
Susan Knupp
Angela Times
Sara Knupp
Kristine Wagner
Angela Tinnes
Shirley Tinnes
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Clayde Knapp
Knupp
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Collivers
St. Joseph Circle
Saytuth
Wolf's Flower Shop
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Miss Davison
Mrs. Branchflower
Applegate
Elmer Stalder
Earl Ferrell
Walter Horning
State Bank
Rainbow Girls
Mary Lee Moore
Carl Jarvis
Fareway
St. James Circle
G. J. Nemmers
YWCA
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White Shrine
Masonic Temple
Garden I
Irvin Coffey
Wayne Knapp
Homemakers Club
Arthur Wiley
Rosemary Club
George Horn
Floyd Blankenhorn
George Jarrard
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Hall
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
Country Club
Jerry Simmering
First Presbyterian United Presbyterian
Maynard Goff
R. J. Dawson
General Mills
Glenn Wilson
Clifford Connelly
Glenn Conard
Fred Longer
Circle I
Mildred Kupka
William Petratz
E. E. McBee
Dwight Hayes
Tomans
S. E. Blattner
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
NAVAL
Des Moines
Halcyon Notes
Halcyon House
R. E. Shannon
Otto E. Huess
Chicago
Alvin Smith
Wellman
Floyd Murdock
Claude Lemmon
Merel Forman
Clara Foreman
Everett Squire
Bill
Davenport
Sandy
Mayme Squire
Ralph Wilson
Columbus Junction
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Kenneth Sample
Minot, N.D
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Walter Siech of
Sigourney
Ellen
Margaret Jarrard
Margaret Birney
Donna
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Karen
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Eric Hammer
Mrs. B. C. Gammon
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Ainsworth
Leslie Gates
Hopkinton
Miss Dawson
Mrs. van Moss
Riverside
Pearl Whistler
Karl Hoffman
Washington, D. C
Fred Nauseau
Dale Denison
Arthur Dalin
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Chariton
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R. A. Ross
John Jones
Della Little
Adeline Weston
Richard Pratt
Guy Stuckman
Rosie Miller
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
East Washington
Livingston, Day & Bates Attorneys
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
Ira Morrison
Marion Ave
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison Jr
James E. Lloyd
Wort Washington
John C. Owen
West Washinon
South Side Square
Osteopathic
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
Lemmon Enerry
R. Q. Eastland
Journal
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Olympia
Pin Queen League
Delano Cemetery
Harry E. Turner
7Th St
Washington, Ia
Dial
Washington, Ainsworth
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Glover
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Carson
Smokey
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