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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1927

Page

6

Washington society notes of weddings clubs and sales

A flurry of society events fills Tuesday as Mrs. Arthur Duensing hosts Booster club with five dollar Red Cross donation plans for an ice cream fundraiser. Praire Center 4H hosts dress material studies. Just Us club meets for sewing and reading. A double wedding in Davenport unites Miss Hazel Payne and Homer Godwin and Miss Hazel Starr with Kermit Payne. The Women’s club marks eight brides-to-be teachers with a Jack Horner pie table and gifts. Mrs. Hendee urges immigration law changes and praises foreign-born workers.

Arthur Duensing Booster Club Crawford Orval Caldwell Clem Edgar Red Cross Washington Hazel Payne Harry Payne Homer Godwin John Godwin Hazel Starr Tom Starr Powersville Kermit Payne Court of Davenport MEB Floyd Schoonover Smith's Sehoonover Payne Godwin Washington Telephone Office Jack Horner Maurine McLaughlin Clara Doane Catherine Goff Swallows Miss Goff Hendee

Announcements From Local Groups And Schedules

Announcements note a 6 30 dinner Saturday at Mrs Geo Seheneider s home with husbands invited. Patriotic women meet Saturday afternoon at the W C rooms to make wreaths for soldiers graves bring flowers Monday morning to the Cors room. Children's Day practice postponed to 4 pm Friday. all Sunday school children urged to attend. The West Chester Women s Relief Corps holds a regular meeting Saturday afternoon.

W. Hk. C Cors The Christian Church Women's Relief Corps of West Chester

Bake Sale and Club Meetings Hit Weekend Schedule

The Epworth League bake sale set for Saturday at 9 20 a m at Washington Cleaners Cumberland grocery hosts the bake sale with members donating and Legion Auxiliary volunteers selling pies in residence districts. West Chester Woman's Home Missionary Society reschedules to June 1 at M E church. Baptist choir has no rehearsal this week. Wth Century Club meets Saturday at 2 30 with Mrs C A Dewey. Baptist ladies social slated Friday at 2 39 at the church with all women urged to attend.

Booking Club Kk. T Wickham West Washington Street Woman's Home Missionary Society of West Chester M. E Wth Century Club C. A. Dewey Baptist

Daughters of Veterans Mark Memorial Observances

Phoebe Allen Tent announces a brief patriotic service Friday at 1 30 pm at Grade Junior High and St James schools. A flag ceremony at Heights school follows at 2 30 pm. Saturday wreaths at the courthouse with Patriotic societies. Sunday memorial service at M E church, and Monday flowers at the courthouse for services.

Daughters of Veterans Phoebe Allen St. James Heights Court House M. E

Neale Helvey to Headline Week of Vaudeville Shows

Advance notice from Harry V Winslow of J Doug Morgan company announces Neale Helvey and his Boys of Melody will headline nightly vaudeville all next week. The program features dramas comedies novelty openings and a long list of acts including Miss Je Hale Pat Mil Pep Kit termand Grew Laughts and Lots dair and Barnes Ukulele Boys Is and Davis Versatile Entertainers Neale Helvey Adair Barnes and others with piano songs harmonies and impersonations.

Harry V. Winslow J. Doug Morgan Neale Helvey Boys of Melody Miss Je Hale Pat Mil Pep Kittermand Grew Laughts Lots Dair and Barnes Is and Davis At Mills Neale Leland Adair Barne Barnes Hale Adair Yon Gid Clark Barnes Grew Kenyon Virginia Mills

Funeral Services for Milton White Held at Jones Chapel

Funeral services for the late Milton White were held yesterday afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the Jones Chapel. The ceremony was conducted by Rev H C Leland of the Baptist church and featured a quartet including Mrs Sherma Brindley and Mrs

Milton White Jones Chapel H. C. Leland the Baptist Church Sherma Brindley

Funeral tribute for Flossie Sherbeck and friends

Flossie Sherbeck ocTrank Broadgate and Frank Sage sang two numbers with piano accompaniment by Lester Thompson. Floral offerings were plentiful with bearers Joe Wright Charles Brown James Zeck Lloyd Walker Fred Shaw and Nate Pearson. Interment conducted at Wim Grove cemetery.

Flossie Sherbeck Broadgate Frank Sage Lester Thompson Joe Wright Charles Brown James Zeck Lloyd Walker Fred Shaw Nate Pearson Wim Grove Cemetery

Too Late to Classify Baby Chicks and Bar Gains

Miss Mabel Whittaker arrived home from Los Angeles to visit her parents in Burlington for two weeks. Mrs Harold Olfelt and Miss Henrietta Whittaker also arrived, with Mabel employed as a stenographer at a large automobile concern in Los Angeles.

Mabel Whittaker Los Angeles California Harry Whittaker Harold Olfelt Burlington Henrietta Whittaker Mabel Colls Cern

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