Farnightly Garden Club Plans June Flower Show
Garden department members of Farnightly club finalize plans for the June 7 flower show at the American Legion hall. Committees for desk registrar advertising staging hostesses circulations judges and divisions are listed for Washington county exhibitors and spectators. The event features a plant sale and a silver tea committee with detailed chair and member roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Department
American Legion Hall
Washington
Washington County
Three Child Study Departments Close Year With Picnic Suppers
The Fortnightly club Child Study groups ended their year with potluck picnics at Sunset Park inviting husbands and children. Seventeen members plus guest Mrs. David Larsen of Minden Nebraska attended the 6:30 meal. Local business noted federation meeting and next year schedule previews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lat Park
David Larsen
Minden
Neb
Sunset Park
Robert Wiley
Federated Clubs
W. J. Putman
Kenneth Blecha
James Church
Ed Peiffer
D. W. Gregory
Wayne Edmundson
Phillip Kneen
Church Group Meets With Mrs. D. Lewis
Mrs. Delbert Lewis hosted a Bethal Missionary Society meeting on Wednesday with 13 members and visitors including Mrs. Charles Plecker Mae Gideon Mrs. Charles Zieglowsky and Ella Gordon Ruth Gideon cohosted. Ed Cady led the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Lewis
Bethal Missionary Society
Charles Plecker
Mae Gideon
Charles Zieglowsky
Ella Gordon
Ruth Gideon
Ed Cady
Lloyd Foster
Myrtle Pearson
Sterling Holmes
Maurice Meyer
U Go I Go Club Meets With Mrs Geo Jarrard
The U Go I Go club held its regular meeting Thursday afternoon with Mrs. George Jarrard. Members played pinochle and canasta with Mrs. J. H. Campbell first in pinochle and Mrs. Paul Mast top in canasta. Mrs. Robert Reaney attended as a guest.
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George Jarrard
J. H. Campbell
Paul Mast
Canasta
Robert Reaney
Rural Women's Club Holds Annual Birthday Party
Mrs. Claude Rhodeback hosted the Rural Women's club dessert at 1 30 Thursday for its annual birthday celebration. Guests sat at a long table with blue and white decor while canasta provided afternoon entertainment. High score went to Mrs Lou Rhodebeck with low to Mrs Luckenbill and a lucky chair prize to Mrs Lloyd Humston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rhodeback
Leo Marie
Lester Luckenbill
Grant Humston Jr
Lou Rhodebeck
Luckenbill
Lloyd Humston
Spring Luncheon for Priscilla Club Featured Travelogue
Mrs Mae McCreedy and Mrs Fred Stewart hosted a Priscilla club luncheon Wednesday at Emma Barnett home with spring decor and wagons as flower containers. Travelogue by Mrs Jennie Hall covered Nassau and Bermuda followed a flower name spelling contest and a skit by Mrs McCreedy and Mrs Ira Coon attended by seventeen.
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Mae McCreedy
Fred Stewart
Priscilla Club
Emma Barnett
McCreedy
Hear Travelogue
Stewart
Jennie Hall
Nassau
Bermuda
Ira Coon
Weekend Social Calendar of Local Clubs and Meetings
Friday features Christian Women's Fellowship meeting at 8 p.m. and Red Horsers at 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Weiss. Baptist Women's Missionary societies hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting with Jennie Adams circle presenting Green Lake pictures. Y's Men's club bridge benefit at 8 p.m. at the Y. Saturday the Nineteenth Century Club meeting is postponed to June 2. Sunday the WRC meets at Methodist Church for Memorial service. Monday DeMolay meet at 7:30 p.m. at Temple. DeMolay Mother's circle at 7:50 p.m. at Temple. Applied Arts 6:30 p.m. with Mrs. Don Orr. Handcraft cooperative dinner 6:30 at Nurses home. bring dish to pass and own table service. notify Agnes Wheelan if not attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Women’s Fellowship of Christian Church General Meeting
Red Horsers
Bernard Weiss
General Meeting Baptist Women's Missionary Societies
Jennie Adams
Green Lake
DeMolay
Temple
Applied Arts
Don Orr
West Chester
Agnes Wheelan
Reeves Genheimer Engagement Revealed
Myrna Reeves of Washington and Ronald Genheimer of Natal South Africa announce their engagement in a Wheaton College tradition at Wheaton Illinois. Miss Reeves is daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Reeves of north of Washington. The couple will marry in June 1952.
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Myrna Reeves
Washington
Ronald Genheimer
Natal
South Africa
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Miss Reeves
C. C. Reeves
North of Washington
Ridiculous Day Parade Continues with Merchants and Fun
The event features tractors towing wagons, a parade led by Cloud Willits in a 1946 car, and crowd energy around the courthouse. Stores open late for sales, contests and Central Park entertainments proceed through the day with drawings for Mystery Man and parade prizes. Local towns promote the idea across the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloud Willits
Willits
Central Park
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Midwest
The
Evening Journal
Journal
Nevada
Iowa
First Family Night Dinner At Country Club
One hundred seventy five members and guests attended the first family dinner of the summer season at the Country Club. The event at the club house included 6 30 p m serving, with bridge and canasta after. Notables included Dick Holmes of Crawfordsville and Mrs A Atack of Tampa Florida among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Dick Holmes
Crawfordsville
Ted Bailey
R. W. Stebbins
Des Moines
Darrell Ross
A. Atack
Tampa
Fla
E. E. Stutsman
Canasta
Irvin Coffey
West Chester
Roy Lowash
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported
Ray Musgrove admitted to hospital on Thursday. Dismissals include Bob Kennedy and Mrs. Jon A. Yoder with baby boy at Wellman. Mrs. Eldon Navy and baby daughter in Riverside. Mrs. C. W. Stewart discharged. Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Miller Jr. in Kalona, son. Norma Widmer of Crawfordsville began work at the State Bank. she is Noah and Widmer Widmer’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Kennedy
Jon A. Yoder
Wellman
Eldon Navy
Riverside
C. W. Stewart
Sylvanus Miller Jr
Kalona, Son
Norma Widmer
Crawfordsville
The
State Bank
Noah G. Widmer
Shower for Mrs. Marner With Handkerchiefs
Riverside Mrs Ray Marner Sr was guest at a handkerchief shower by the WSCS before her family moves to Wellman. Out of town guests and local organizers noted. 74 handkerchiefs given, 60 women and children attended, lunch and musical entertainment provided.
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Riverside
Ray Marner Sr
WSCS
Marner
Wellman
William Cress
Sam Marner
Iowa City
Les Fellner
Ray Marner Jr
Lone Tree
H. E. Colvin
Mary Tener
Kay Tener
Bird Hill
Janice Wehmeyer
Donna
Kate Ingram
Ola O'Loughlin
Colvin
Harold Cres
New All Metal Landing Net For Fishing
An all metal landing net now available for boat and stream fishing. The filler is a single Monel wire strand knitted into a cylindrical mesh with hinge stitches to ease disengaging hooked lines. The frame and hollow handle are crafted from duralumin.
Traffic deaths surge to new high in 1950 report
A survey by the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies shows fatalities on streets and highways rose in 43 states and the District of Columbia last year, the largest increase since 1946, with only five states below their 1949 tolls.
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District of Columbia
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
Quilting Tip: Embroidery-Eyed Needle Eases Comforter Work
Using a long fine embroidery-eyed needle makes quilting a comforter easier than with a standard needle, reducing snagging and thread fray and speeding the stitching process.
Local families welcome Capt Longer and relatives home
Capt Donald Longer and his wife and baby arrived by plane from New Jersey and were greeted in Iowa City by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Longer. Longer plans to resume duty in Rome New York after four years away, including a stint in Japan.
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Donald Longer
New Jersey
Iowa City
Fred Longer
Capt. Longer
Japan
Rome
N. Y
Commencement Addresses and Graduates List
The commencement speaker urged a path of liberty and equality for all as graduates faced a cross roads. The list includes Dorothy Jean Anderson through Jane M. Whitehead, naming numerous graduates across fields and years.
Local Notables Featured in Public Notices
Public notices list names Martha Irene Whittaker Dean Lavern York Martha Irene Whittaker Dean Lavern York, Harold Nicola, Mary Olive Swift, Donna Jean Henderson, Leland D. Jeffries, Robert Eugene Waggoner appearing in community announcements and school records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jean Anderson
Richard D. Anderson
Marsha Ann Bailey
Charles M. Bartholow, Jr
Donald L. Beenblossom
John M. Beenblossom Jr
Mary Joann Blick David Eugéne Booth
Nancy Ellen Bradshaw
Dave P. Brock Dale Lee Brown
David M. Caldwell
Janice Lee Campbell
Larry Campbell
Paul Gordon Dusenbery
Norma Jean Eatinger
Marilyn Jane Fa
Martha Irene Whittaker
Dean Lavern York
Harold Nicola
Mary Olive Swift Donna Jean Henderson Leland D. Jeffries Robert Eugene Waggoner
Riverside man fined for reckless driving and failure to stop
Don Shores received a $25 fine plus costs in a JP court in Riverside after a May 24 hearing before Justice W J Dvorak. Shores was charged with reckless driving and failure to stop when ordered by town marshal Henry Green. $10 of the fine was suspended for good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JP Court
Riverside
Don Shores
Allied spearheads drive deep into Korea front
Reported lances of advance across a 120 mile front push Communists toward the 88th parallel north of Seoul and below the former boundary. UN reinforcements seal encirclements as the U S 5th Air Force claims two Communist divisions destroyed with about 2000 killed or wounded. General Van Fleet vows pursuit.
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Seoul
Chunchon
Injue
East Korea
U. S. 5Th Air Force
van Fleet
North Korea
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Carl Crossett
P. J Hoover
Guy Cole
Etha Dawson
Ernest Beauchamp
T. C. Davis
P. F. Whisler
Ralph Bauer
Otto Sheetz
Della Humphreys
Walter Longer
Jay Brewer
J. N. Dodd
W. B. Crooks
L. L. Loveless
Mac DeLong
J. D. Dayton
W. J. Masson
W. P. Dupuis
R. J. Dawson
Irene Yard
Fred Moore
Jay Sellers
Orva Scott
Pearl Parcell
Pearl Frain
Ivan Rehmel
M. L. McCreedy
H. A. Beenblossom
T. €. Davis
C. C. Wilson
W. Smith
A. K Stoutner
Richard Skipton
Ed Squire
B. F. Bostwick
C. L. Kilgore
S. M. Fishburn
Ralph Shannon
Will Sheetz
W. A. McGinnis
Sara Pollock
Silver
I. E. Coffey
Fred Lindenmeyer
Harry Drake
Earl Loveless
Harry Crone
Cloyce Stewart
Harold Johnson
Bill Wilson
Harold
Bill
D. Lewis
Atn&b
Nicola & Harmor
Rural Women’s Club
WRC
Methodist Church
Reeves-Genheimer
Myrna Reeves, Ronald Genheimer
Hugo Lensch
Louie Kehoe
Ka Coon
Ray Whitehead
Maynard Brown
Harold Cumming
Lensch
Sellers
Ray Musgrove
Mrs. Marner
Willits Motor CO
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Roy Page
Delhart, Texas
Mr. Page
D. L. Rohrer
Mr. Rohrer
Wade Page
George Baker
Sumter, S. Car
Ronnie
Shaw Air Base
Louis Larsen
Gibby
Illinois
Kentucky
West Frankfort
Freshwaters Coal
America
Korea
Pcs
Philco
Philcos
Tait
Radio & Appliance
North
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