Children Library in Playroom Becomes Community Center
A Washington County activity column describes a six year old Ruth and peers turning a home bookshelf into a children’s library. Books are borrowed and lent, with children devising a lending system and rules, linking home life to social learning. The piece advocates establishing kindergartens and offers petition forms from the National Kindergarten Association in New York City.
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National Kinder Specs Igarten Association
Y. Street
New York City
Thumble
Jim
Ribes
Ruth
National Kindergarten Association
Wan 40Th St
Furfish
Birthday and club events mark social week at Fortnightly
Mrs J W Nisle hosted twelve for a birthday dinner for Mrs John Chance with a lavish cake and multi course menu. The Fortnightly club music department opened its year with Schumann talks and performances led by Miss Helen Harvey and Mrs H H McCleery, Mrs Leslie Mountford, and Mrs E J Harmeier. A wedding anniversary celebration followed at the Randall home with a four course chicken dinner for twenty. The State Federation year book for 1920 22 highlights Iowa club growth and Biennial success amid Americanization efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Nisle
John Chance
W. §. Filton
Nfe
Schumann
Helen Harvey
Bertha Hay
Robert Alexander Schumann
H. H. McCleery
Leslie Mountford
Traumerer
E. J. Harmeier
Henry Shields
The
For
W. A. Cook
Roy Randall
Glenn Beenblossom
Randall
Beenblossom
State Federation of Women's Clubs
John Fox Lake
Shenandoah
Henry W. Spaulding
Iowa Club
Iowa
Spaulding
Thomas G. Winter
General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation
Bride Wears White Frock and Diamond Veil at Bauer-Wolf Nuptials
The wedding of the daughter of Edmund Bauer featured a white charmeuse frock and a diamond veiled butterfly headpiece. The ceremony took place in a rainbow decor church with a later breakfast at the Bauer home. The groom, son of Albert Wolf, served overseas in several battles and is warmly greeted by community friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A .L. Waldschmidt
Albert Franzen
Erving Wolf
Chicago
Washington
Memphis
Tennessee
St. George's Church
Fr. Springmeier
Agnes Bauer
Edmund Bauer
Albert Wolf
Mother shares home dressmaking tips and scrap-book tips
A Washington mother who often has her daughters away at school keeps a detailed scrap-book with each daughter's measurements and a sample of each outfit. She notes skirt lengths and tastes, sends round robin letters with questions, and offers practical sewing techniques for georgette and delicate fabrics. She also advises delaying creases by pinning fabric to paper and tearing away after stitching.
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Washington
Georgette
Social Calendar Highlights Local Clubs and Dinners
November to December social calendar lists meetings and entertainments by the Priscilla club Metho dist senior choir Fortnightly club Ladies League Baptist church Rebekah club Damascus Shrine Harmony club Portnightly Embroidery Pythian Circle Women s Foreign Missionary society Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Just Us club and more. Notable items include box supper at South Prairie school and a Christmas scrap book project by junior Worth While Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Berdo
Priscilla Club
Methodist
Frank L. Wilson
Ladies League of the Baptist Church
M. KR. Regan
Rebekah Club
LO. O. FP. Hall
Fred Reid
Damascus Shrine
Order
South Town Avenue
Boyd Stephens
Harmony Club
W. M. Keeley
J. L. Brookhart
Sam Marsh
Embroidery Club
Charles Hebner
Pythian Circle
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Silas Caldwell
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Society
Brock
Just Us Club
R. S. Warfel
W. A. Gibson
Howard L. McCleery
Isabella
Owen McKevitt
BK. Ross
Mothers’ Club
James Swift
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Keating
Ewning
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Ainsworth M. FE
J. W. Parrow
Eanice Scott
South Prairie School
Marie Parry
Prairie Flower School
Maggie Foster
The
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Ainsworth
Sather
Alice Gibson
Warfel
R. G. Cherry
F. L. Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County
Young Women's Home Missionary Society
St. Paul
Veda Stryker
Ottumwa
Alice Rownd
Lillian Minick
Harrison Dodder
Ogontz
TOWA
Rcociety
Helprul
Dan Klopfenstein
Miss French
J. R. Forbes
Morocco
Syria
Tripoli
Mrs. Forbes
Madras
Clark & Enslin
W. Side Square
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