White Shrine Benefit Card Party and Food Sale
Local notice announces a White Shrine card party and bake sale at the Masonic Temple on June 1 at 8:00 p.m. Public invited and urged to bring beans for the baked beans event.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1943
Page
2
Local notice announces a White Shrine card party and bake sale at the Masonic Temple on June 1 at 8:00 p.m. Public invited and urged to bring beans for the baked beans event.
Keota residents Mrs Delmar Yoder and daughter Donna Lee along with Washington pair Mrs Ed Lukovsky and son Robert Lee were discharged yesterday morning. Also discharged were Mrs Howard Schultz and son Ronald Eugene of 801 South Lawa and Mrs Glendle Romine and son William Marshall of Washington.
Lieu tenant Colonel Robert W. Griffin and wife and twin sons Bob and Tom came back to Orlando Florida where he is stationed after visiting his mother Mrs William Griffin and attending the Riverside wedding of his sister Mary Gertrude Griffin to Roy G Green at St Marys church Riverside.
Baseball standings show teams like Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadelphia New York St Louis Chicago Brooklyn and Boston with records and percentages. Box scores note multiple games including New York at St Louis Chicago at Boston Brooklyn at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Philadelphia at Chicago with pitchers and results.
The piece notes wartime efficiency from 1942 with 1 250 000 man hours saved and 158 943 dollars paid for 16 204 adopted ideas out of 58 945 submitted. It lists community notices from Puotburg and nearby towns including visits by Mrs Griffin and family, servicemen local anniversaries, birthdays and church events amid rainy season farming updates.
Evangelist Alber preached that heaven and hell are the Bible’s two lost doctrines and must be revived. He argued that goodness alone cannot save a person and cited Jesus’s test of keeping the commandments and following him to inherit eternal life.
A crowded column lists residents and relatives visiting or traveling. Names include Mr and Mrs Charles Speer of St Johns Michigan visiting Speer and Morion kin. E D Crossett and sons Dick and Don from Marion. A C William Steele V-5 USNR at Gonzaga Spokane. K C Risk formerly Buffalo. and others visiting Cedar Rapids Keota Moline San Jose Costa Rica and San Francisco area. Also WAVES recruit Margaret Hennon heads to Hunters College New York. Pvt Louis B McCutcheon Cedar Falls on furlough. Everett K Burham aviation cadet returning from Ponca City.
A Navy recruiting trip led by John Sk. Van Osdel will visit Mediapolis Wapello Columbus Junction Ainsworth Washington Crawfordsville Olds and Winfield on Friday. A WAVES recruiter will be in uniform and inform on joining WAVES SPARS Seabees and general Navy trades.
North Oregon May 27 By Mrs C A Thompson Corporal Kenneth McConnell receives a transfer to Headquarters Battery 786th CA BN A A W Fort Bliss Texas He is the only from his battery moved to the new post and must adapt anew Local social notes list club meetings and visits among area residents through the week including pot luck supper and family gatherings
The article mentions the husband being on furlough and having returned while she remains longer. It highlights family circumstances without additional details.
Members gathered at Mrs. Rachel Gerot’s home for a Riverside Garden Club gathering on May 31. Mary Baschnagel read a paper on Iowa’s clam industry and plans were made for the annual flower show on June 12 with committees yet to be formed.
The Journal prints a current roster of Company D 50th Iowa Volunteer Infantry for the 1943 memorial season. Washington resident historian notes facts on living comrades, most having served in the Second Iowa National Guard at Muscatine Hall. In June 1898 the unit enlisted at Jacksonville Florida with 109 men, forty seven alive, two unaccounted. Some rose in World War I, and over twenty are sons of Civil War veterans.
Mrs Will Ross welcomed seven guests at her West Chester home for a WCTU gathering. Mrs Sadie Dusenbery led devotional with I Corinthians 3 1 9 and scriptures, followed by prayers and discussions on how missionary women can combat beverage alcohol.
West Sunset column records gatherings and visits across Riverside Columbus Junction Keota Crawfordsville Wellman Mt. Pleasant and Illinois. Neighbors share meals Sunday evenings and weekdays with friends and relatives while noting a nephew’s death overseas and a couple’s fourth anniversary.
The social calendar outlines a week of meetings and gatherings across organizations. events include a country club picnic at 7:00 p.m., Pythian Sisters, Daughters of the American Revolution observances, Nurses group at the Nurses home, and various club meetings with social hours, buffets, and craft or garden activities.
Mrs W I Hill, a member of the Journals Three Quarter Century club, marks her 79th birthday today. Birthday greetings come from Mrs Frank Sickles S T Tom Rickey and Inez Schoonover.
Sigal Crail observes his 90th birthday today while Lt Stanly Zager is remembered on his birthday, reflecting on their lives and legacies in a community note.
A Presbyterian morning prayer meeting will be held in the church basement, with notice posted in the classified section.
Chapter L of the T T T hosted its annual Mother and guest tea Friday at the Swedesburg Parish hall Crawfordsville with numerous mothers and guests from Cotter Keota Olds and local members in attendance. An accordion solo reading song and a social hour followed a spring flower decorated room and purple and gold tea service.
The New Haven Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Hazel Miller’s home with Mae Randall as co host. Members plan to meet at the church on June 8 to pack boxes for boys in service and bring cookies. Program books for the coming year were distributed. The next meeting is set for June 16 at Mrs. Chalupes home with Mrs. Peterson as chair.
Chief Specialist Wm J Masson and Mrs Masson stay at the W J Masson home for a few days then plan to visit Mrs Massons parents in Gowrie Iowa at weeks end Mrs Ray Simpson and friends Dennis and Bobby of Manchester will depart tomorrow evening from the Charles Wilson and Ad Simpson homes for home.
A fragment notes the San Francisco city hall dome being 16 feet taller than the national Capitol. It mentions a time reference and a partial phrase about an event on a Wednesday morning.
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