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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1938

Page

3

Grace Hill Ladies Plan All Day Meeting and Dinner

Grace Hill Ladies Aid society will hold an all day meeting Wednesday at Mrs. Raymond Sankey’s home. A noon potluck dinner will be served with the hostess supplying meat potatoes and coffee. Members should bring their own sandwiches one dish to pass and table service. If rain Wednesday the event moves to Sankey home Thursday if weather allows.

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society Raymond Sankey Sankey Methodist Church Masonic Temple Bert Dill K. KF. Stutsman U. P Clarence Goff North Side Cafe Lexington Circle Tuby Sharp J. G. Maxwell West Washington Street Harmony Club Don Melaughliin Firace Hill Ladies Aid Society Don C. Bell J. W. Baker

Miss Shelangoski to Wed Richard Johnston in June

Announcement of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Martha Shelangoski of Washington to Richard Johnston of Fairfield. The couple plans a June wedding. Shelangoski graduated from Washington High School Class of 1931 and works at Morrison and Morrison. Johnston is a Birmingham High School and Iowa Success School graduate and works with the Fairfield National Farm Loan Association.

Martha Shelangoski Washington Richard Johnston Fairfield Miss Shelangoski Washington High School Morrison and Morrison Law Office Mr. Johnston Birmingham High School Iowa Ottumwa Fairfield National Farm Loan Association

Clara Henderson Woman's Mission Meeting at West Chester

Clara Henderson Woman's Home Missionary society met Friday afternoon at West Chester with thirteen members. Mrs. Lindenmeyer led devotions on The Presence of Christ and reviewed Local Church Leaders in Missionary Society and Church. An offering of 7.70 was taken and 75 apportionment paid in full.

Edgar Stewart Clara Henderson Bayer McBlain E. Stewart H. B. Stewart Hazel Hicks W. Bauer Hough C. C. Niffenegger

Pageant and Lectures Planned for American Home Club

A program for the American Home department section 2 tomorrow includes a pageant House and Garden Dress Past and Present directed by Mrs. Hugh McCleery. Also on the program are Mothers of Today and Yesterday by Mrs. Ed Warren and a mother's poem by Mrs. Frank L. Wilson.

American Home Department Hugh MecCleery Ed Warren Frank L. Wilson E. EF. Stutsman

Wears Mother's Wedding Dress on Golden Wedding

Brighton today marks Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Berry’s Golden wedding anniversary with 2 to 5 pm open house at their home. Mrs. Berry wears her mother’s 1860 wedding dress, remade for her son Jesse’s wedding years ago, as family and friends gather for a dinner tonight.

Brighton D. F. Berry Berry Noble Railroad Brighton Savings Bank Jesse Mediapolis Will Longe Beach Calif John Danny John McConahey Mt. Union Merle McConahey Fondulac Wis John MecConahey Merle McConwhey Mary Close St. Clairsville Ohio Sam Wayland Maude Arplegate Washington W. P. Moothart Danny Berry Ruth Shafter Jesse Berry

Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events This Week

Community groups schedule meetings and gatherings this Monday through Thursday. Potluck dinners, charity luncheons, and club sessions include the DeMolay at the Masonic Temple, American Home section luncheon, U. P. Woman's Missionary Society, P. T. A. at Heights school, and Damascus Shrine refreshments. Informal notes mention embroidery, golf, and handcraft clubs with times and contact names where readable.

W R C Meeting Highlights Relief Efforts and Memorial Plans

Mrs. Florence Hout led the Woman's Relief corps meeting in the G A R hall on Saturday afternoon. The group reported generous clothing relief and flowers gifts over the past two weeks. Members invite all patriotic women to help gather arbor vitae and make wreaths for Memorial Day with a backup date of May 25 if rain occurs. A noon potluck will precede wreath work, and the eighth grade essays by Lester B. Krabill are under judging, with Esta Clark presenting a flag holier.

Florence Hout Woman's Relief Corps G. A. R. Hall Lester B. Krabill Esta Clark Flas

Legion Auxiliary Card Party Planned for Riverside Library Fund

At a Legion Ladies' Auxiliary meeting in Riverside the group reported sending eleven dozen cookies and carpet rags to the Knoxville Veterans Hospital. They announced a June x card party to benefit the Riverside public library fund with Rose Dautremont, Mary Hartzler, William Kucera and Al Walton on the serving committee and Ed Bushek and Leona Kucera handling the tables. A social hour lunch followed. next meeting set for June 15 with Patliotet, Novy and Lafourek on the serving team.

Riverside Ladies’ Auxiliary Legion Veteran's Hospital Knoxville Riverside Public Library Fund Rose Dautremont Mary Hartzler William Kucera al. Walton Edward Bushek Leona Kucera J. Karel Cloyd Whitlock Clarence Rummelthart Joseph Patlliotet Otto Novy Frank Lafourek

Birthday Wishes Across Oska loosa and Beyond Today

Lucy Benz teachers Oska loosa celebrates birthday along with Joan Campbell seven, Joan Scott twelve, Mrs Frank Stransky Pilotburg, Axel Anderson, Virginia Sowash thirteen, Paul Eugene Goodwin eight, and William Andrew Finke, senior at Washington High, son of Roy M. and Mrs. Finke.

Joan Campbell Clifford Campbell Joan Scott Ralph Scott Frank Stransky Pilotburg Virginia Sowash Paul Eugene Goodwin William Andrew Finke Washington High School Roy M. Finke

Funeral Today for Archibald A. Morgan in Columbus City

Funeral services for Archibald A. Morgan 66 a longtime Columbus Junction resident were held at his Columbus City home. Rev W A Bloomquist officiated and burial followed in Columbus City cemetery. Morgan died at his home Saturday night after weeks of illness born Nov 7 1871 in Tennessee to Samuel and his wife. The family moved here about 40 years ago and he farmed locally Surviving are sisters Phoebe Morgan Columbus City Cora West Seattle WA a brother James Columbus City and numerous nieces and nephews A brother Ira died last year.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Archibald A. Morgan Columbus City W. A. Bloomquist Methodist Church Morgan Washington County Tenn Samuel Morgan

Fairview 4-H Club Girls Hold Meeting

The Fairview Farmerettes 4-H club met Friday at the home of Eldiene and Hazel Sojka with five members and the leader present. Evelyn Marek, president, conducted the meeting and Marie Sojka gave a talk on Courtesy in the Home. The group practiced songs for Rally day and Marek was chosen as the club's delegate to Ames. Next meeting time and place are to be decided.

Fairview Farmerettes 4-H Eldiene Hazel Sojka Evelyn Marek Marie Sojka Ames

J. W. Baker Corps to Meet Thursday

The J. W. Baker Woman's Relief corps of West Chester will hold a Thursday afternoon meeting in the hall. All members are requested to attend for initiation of new members and to finalize plans for Memorial Sunday.

J. W. Baker Woman's Relief Corps of West Chester

Memorial and community notices for Living Lake area events

A series of local announcements describe a Monday evening picnic supper and program on the last school day at Living Lake with potluck meals. The West Chester Pythian Sisters meet Tuesday May 24 with committee guided refreshments and memorial planning. An American Legion hall wreath project invites patriotic women to gather arbor vitae and make grave wreaths with a noon potluck. A Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting occurs Wednesday at 9:50 a.m. with Mrs J T Rehmel. Prairie Flower Mission circle winners are hosting a 2 p.m. Wednesday event at the church with the reading contest winners.

Living Lake West Chester Pythian Sisters

Tiny Olympia Oysters Require 1800 per Gallon

A local seafood note highlights Olympia oysters being exceptionally small as about 1,800 individuals fit into a single gallon. The fact underscores their minute size and the quantity needed to meet volume.

Olympia

Java Cocaine's Adopted Home

The coca shrub source of cocaine native to South America is cultivated chiefly in Java.

Java South America

Ab Named Month in Jewish Ecclesiastical Year

Ab is the fifth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year and corresponds to the period July 15 through August 15 in the standard calendar.

Love and Jealousy Split The Three In A City Night

Marion confronts love triangle doubts as her friend Terry warns against marriage to Frank. Terry reveals her sister Belle died from a broken heart after a tumultuous love, urging Marion to choose Earnest. Marion overhears Terry and Frank, then slips away with the dawn breathing lighter.

Marion Terry Belle Frank Marion Jensen Theresa Hamilton Earnest Barton Tony Frank S Marian

Delhi Once Most Beautiful City in the World

Delhi, once the most beautiful city in the world, stood as the immense capital of early India in the seventeenth century, famed for grandeur and architectural splendor across its sprawling urban landscape.

Delhi India

Junction Chorus Finishes Fourth in Regional Festival

The mixed chorus from Column High School placed fourth in Class C at the regional music festival in Minneapolis on Friday. They returned home Saturday by Burlington Trailways bus and toured the University of Minnesota and Fort Snelling among other sights. Local events include Esther Emmons visiting her aunt, and Dr Willard Lampe preaching at Cotter Presbyterian. Warren Reynolds of Freedonia was fined 30 days in jail for fishing with four trout lines without a license, arrested by state conservation officer Earl Jago.

Columbus Junction Columbus High School Minneapolis Burlington Trailways University of Minnesota State Capitol Fort Snelling Lakes Denver Esther Emmons Lee Colton Iowa City Kenneth Fisher Marshalltown Willard Lampe Cotter Presbyterian Church Warren Reynolds Freedonia Court of Justice of the Peace

Tudor House Roots Found in Owen Tudor Family

Tudor rule in England traces to Owen Tudor a Welshman who wed Catherine of France widow of Henry V this alliance began the Tudor line shaping the 16th century monarchy.

House of

Suffrage to Women Declared In Effect August 26 1920

The secretary of state announces Article XIX giving nation wide suffrage to women went into effect on August 26 1920. This marks a historic expansion of voting rights nationwide and affects all eligible female citizens.

Secretary of State

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Grace Hill Ryan & Blick Amer Rothschild's Country SNIA W.R.C. Meeting Legion Auxiliary Riverside Hall Lucy Benz Oskaloosa Axel Anderson A. A. Morgan Fairview J. W. Baker Corps Presbyterian Cottage J. T. Rehmel South Marion Avenue Prairie Flower Mission Circle McClure Newspaper Syndicate, Wervice Narion Theresa Pocketbook of Knowledge England London Aran Islands Junction Chorus Mined Chorus House of Tudor Iowa Southern Utilities CO
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