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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1928

Page

8

First PTA Meeting and Community Events Report

The St. James Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting at 4 PM with president Mrs. P. G. Widmer present. Discussions focused on three questions about schooling, plus a round table and two musical numbers. Other groups met for luncheons, crafts, and missions, with plans for Christmas boxes and a mock wedding activity at the church social hall.

St. James Mrs. Evans Supt J. H. Peet Miss Swift Helen Melinsky Alice Flynn King’s Heralds Home Guards Methodist Church Hoover Jacobs Charlotte Squires Vera Stuts Everette Griffith Lewis Warren John Dodd H. N. Schuster W. W. Bowers You and I Club T. J. Harvey Mac Myall Josie Schneider Ellis Joe S. Maxwell

Ten Years Ago in Washington West Chester Club Notes

Mrs J E Coffey and Mrs J D Dayton visited Washington on business. Local clubs held meetings with guests from Chicago and Los Angeles. Veralda Tucker and Russell Poole wed at the Baptist church parsonage. Numerous social gatherings featured bridge, needlework, and Halloween costumes. Community notices include church, youth group, and Red Cross donations.

Pansy Hill Club Washington Lloyd Neiswanger J. E. Coffey J. D. Dayton West Chester Joe B. Wright East Main Street Billy Brown Ralph Smith Los Angeles California Rodney Arnold North Iowa Avenue Charles Clark Ella Warren Hallie Hall Warren Ruth Thorne Hallie Hull Helen Wilson Rome Paris Maud Stewart Lillie Forman Maud Hott Louisa Wilson Washington D. C Walter Wilde Peoria Illinois Vernalda Tucker Russell Edgar Poole A. A. Vinz Baptist Church Parsonage

Prairie Center 4H bake sale and local notices

Prairie Center 4H club will hold a bake sale Saturday at the Washington Cleaners. Take home a chicken for Sunday dinner. Local news notes include travels to Davenport Columbus Junction and Williamsburg for visits and a football game, plus church rally day and upcoming rummage sale. Marriage licenses were granted to two couples.

Prairie Center The Washington Cleaners

The Silver Slave at New Graham Theatre

Irene Rich stars in The Silver Slave a Warner Bros production coming to the New Graham Theatre next Monday. A comedy drama of modern life about a mother daughter romance and a plot to save the daughter from becoming a “silver slave.” Audrey Ferris plays the daughter with Holmes Herbert and John Miljan in supporting roles. Howard Bretherton directs from Howard Smith story with Peter Milne screenplay.

Irene Rich Warner Bros New Graham Theatre Audrey Ferris Hollywood Holmes Herbert John Miljan Carrol Nye Howard Bretherton Howard Smith Peter Milne

Dancing School Opens at Moosehall by Madame Vera Berg

Madame Vera Berg announces the opening of a dancing school at Moosehall on Wednesday October 70 from 3 p m to 6 p m and Saturday from 11 a m to 5 p m. She is a Chicago graduate and has conducted a Chicago school for the past three years.

Vera Berg Moosehall Chicago

Beal Visits Iowa City for Weekend at Beal Home

Hubert Beal arrived from Iowa City to spend the weekend at the William Beal residence. Lucille Barr and Doris Fields from 1st Presbyterian Church traveled to Williamsburg to attend the football game this afternoon. Sunday dinner noted at Prairie Center 4H bake sale. Enna Jettick Health Shoes 23tt.

Hubert Beal Iowa City William Beal Lucille Barr Doris Fields Williamsburg Washington-Williamsburg

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