Wellman High School Presents Senior Drama Amid Rain
Wellman High School staged a senior dows play last Friday despite rain and mud that kept many away. attendees who stayed praised the performance by the students and the overall show.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1928
Page
3
West Chester eighth grade, senior class honor graduation
The West Chester eighth grade presented The Black Heifer at the Baptist church with a chorus from grades seven and eight. Key students were Esther Rit tenhouse Pauline Gardner Reva Coakley and others. The senior class at the Methodist church had ten graduates. awards included the motto Onward and Upward and the pink rose as the class flower. Dr W W Bowers gave the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Plummer
Cloyce Stoutner
John Lindenmeyer
Daryl Meeks
Kenneth Watson
Merle Ferguson
Wilton Harley
Walter Stout
Elmer Harland
Theresa Boyer
Dayle Fuhr
Clarence Disney
Velda Shultz
Beth Ralston
Samuel Statler
Ruth Dayton
Ruth Lindenmeyer
Fred Sprague
Merle Gardner
Frances Kleese
Bernice Gardner
W. W. Bowers
Washington
George Freshwaters
Lindenmeyer
George Freshwater
Hiatt
George Foot
Wyman
Margaret Smith
Miss Hiatt
Minnesota
Charles Rhodebeck
West Chester
Rhode
Union District No 1 Community News May 21
Lloyd Rittenhouse leaves for Los Angeles with his parents nearby. The Benson family visited Cranston, and the Ghabal and Horning families traveled to Washington. Union District No 1 school closed with a picnic and program. Wilma Rittenhouse improves after a telegram from Los Angeles. Baccalaureate seed attended by many from the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union District NO. 1
Lloyd Rittenhouse
Harry Rittenhouse
Los Angeles
California
N. J. Benson
Washington callers noted visiting Kalona and Kurtz family
Mrs. N. J. Benson called on Mrs. John Kurtz Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Myers and daughter Arylis were Washington callers Saturday evening. The family were Kalona callers Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
H. J. Myers
Arylis
Washington
N. J. Benson
John Kurtz
Community Notes From Green Vale and Surroundings
Lucille Smith reports social visits in Green Vale as families like the Smiths and Pothern share evenings and Sunday dinners. The Rubio school held its last Friday picnic and program before summer break, with local residents including Bri ghton visitors and high school commencements.
McCoy's Tablets Promising Fast Weight Gain
An advertisement claims thin people can gain weight quickly using McCoy's Tablets. It cites a woman who gained 15 pounds in five weeks and offers an ironclad guarantee: return the price if a 4 box course of sixty cent boxes or 2 one dollar boxes does not produce at least 5 pounds and improved health. The product is marketed through J. E. Lemmon's drug store and other outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
J. E .Lemmon’s
America
Pleasant Valley Club Meeting and Local Commencement
The Pleasant Valley club met with Mrs. Edgar Kessel last Tuesday. Hail the size of hens eggs fell Friday but caused no damage. Esther and Alva Stone attended the Eighth grade commencement at Brighton high school Wednesday. James Franklin Smith visited friends Monday to Wednesday. Parcell and family and Edgar Kessel’s group went to Brighton Thursday for high school graduation. Wayne Parcell and Merle Kessel were graduates. Bert Smith and family were at Brighton Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Vale
Bert Smith
Perd Brier
Milford Pohern
A. J. Morgan
Ruth Trumbp
Rubio School
Mart Stone
Brighton
Ellis Walton
Myrtle Anderson
Washington
Burlington
J. B. McCalebs
Leo Shelangoskie
Frank Shelangoskie
George Duke
Pleasant Valley Club
Edgar Kessel
Esther
Alva Stone
Brighton High School
Add Parcell
Wayne Parecell
Merle Kessel
Valuable Grains in Civil Wisdom from a Texas Tiller
A Georgia style proverb from the Lamar Alabama Democrat notes that grains of common sense are the most valuable. The wise tiller uses simple truth to weigh worth during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Ala
Democrat
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