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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1950
Page
3
Eleven circles of the Methodist WSCS met Friday to plan booths for the church bazaar on November 30. They announced the Week of Prayer and Self Denial from October 25 to 31 and a special service Sunday evening October 29. The general society meeting was also announced for next Friday evening at the church.
Circle 1 meets with hostess Mrs S N Sorrell and co host Mrs Robert Dunbar. Birdie Hotle presides as 17 members attend with guests from Circle 11 and others. Aprons prepared for bazaar. devotion by Mrs Neal Burton. 51 calls reported. collection $10.42. mission lesson on Korean missions. refreshments served.
Circle 2 met at Mrs. Homer Jarrard’s home with Mrs. Ed Squire presiding and voted to run a miscellaneous booth at the bazaar. Devotion leader Mrs. Sam DeLong led review of the first chapter of We Seek Him Together and 22 calls were reported. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. A. W. Clow. Circle 5 hosted by Mrs. Earl Loveless with devotion leader Mrs. T. F. Barker and program by Mrs. Walter Lance on Jesus youth. bazaar plans discussed. collection $1.90. refreshments served by the host.
Circle 6 will feature a general store of miscellaneous articles at the November 30 bazaar. The plans were discussed at Mrs. Lloyd Neiswanger’s home with Mrs. L. M. Eicher leading the business session and Mrs. G. F. Baird as devotion leader. Mrs. Carl Jarrard presented the program reviewing the Miracle of Cana from Christ and the Fine Arts. Pearl Meeker assisted with refreshments as eighteen members attended.
Circle 7 met at Mrs. Jarrard’s home with 25 members present. Prayer opened the session led by Mrs. Jarrard, devotions led by Mrs. Reed, and topics included Bring Him Unto Me from Mark 9 14 29 and missionary stories. Bazaar plans discussed and refreshments served by hostesses. Ten members attended a later session at Mrs. Stout’s home with Mrs. Kennedy presiding in leader's absence.
At a November bazaar Circle 10 planned a country food booth. The meeting at Mrs William Gamons home drew 16 members with Mrs Oscar Sheetz as devotion leader. Guests included Mrs Lauder Kennedy Circle 92 Martha Thrasher and Mrs Ruggles. The lesson on What Is the Bible and How Did It Come to Us was led by Mrs Clayde Knapp. Nineteen calls were reported and the collection totaled 6.40 dollars. hostess Mrs Everett Denison and Marjorie Gamon served refreshments.
Circle 3 will meet at Mrs. George Foster’s home on October 25 for an all day work session to plan booth work for the bazaar. Eighteen members attend as Mrs. Kyle leads the business meeting and donations total 33.20 in penny and dime collections.
Circle 4 will sponsor a kitchen accessories booth at the November bazaar. The plan was discussed at a meeting held at Mrs. Boyd Foster’s home attended by 19 members. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Howard McBride and Mrs. Lillian Kunath. 38 calls were reported.
Circle 9 1 gathering at Mrs Henry Berdo’s home included visitors Mrs Stan Kiesey and Mrs Clark Wagner. Nine members participated with devotions led by Mrs Edgar Stout and a lesson by Mrs Harry Drake referencing Korea. Bazaar committees were named and a Fosdick book donated in memory of Mrs Homer C Birney.
Mildred Kupka entertained seven members of the TNT club at her home Thursday afternoon after the business meeting. Prize winners were Mrs. Charles Vondrasek and Mrs. Roy Havel. Upcoming November meeting with Mrs. Ivan Marston will elect officers. Hostess assisted by Mrs. Westamsey served refreshments.
Favorite oven menus were given in response to roll call at the Friendship club meeting held Friday afternoon at Grace Shaw's home. Nineteen members attended along with guests from Oklahoma and local members. Mrs. Maurice Meyer, president, led a brief business session followed by contests and a white elephant auction. Refreshments were served by the hostess and aides, with Mrs Meyer and Mrs Delbert Lewis overseeing tea service.
Mr and Mrs R H Johns of Persia announce the engagement of their daughter Charlene to Thomas Tanner son of Mr and Mrs R J Tanner of Washington. The wedding is set for November 12 at Marshalltown.
Circle 8 meets at the home of Mrs H J Brenneman with 11 members present. Mrs Syvia Wilson presides. devotions read by Mrs O E Babb. mission study by Mrs Grace Sigafoose. Ruth and Naomi discussed by Mrs Marion Augustine. round table on Love led by Mrs Harold Klopfenstine. miscellaneous booth planned with Mrs Glenn Cuddeback chairing.
The IX club formed over 25 years ago held its first reunion Friday at the Pines. Members attended dinner then visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brewer. Original members present included Mrs. Harvey Meek of San Francisco and Mrs. Nola Faulkner among others with several guests joining later.
Walnut Women's Club met Thursday at Mrs. Eewin Lukavsky's home with guests Mrs. Charles Messenger Mrs. Howard Miller and co hostess Mrs. Harry Schimmelpfenning. Officers reviewed the September 28 fundraiser roast attended by 16 families. The group schedules a November 9 birthday luncheon hosted by Mrs. Harry Bagby.
The Oregon township Homemakers club gathered Thursday afternoon with Mrs. John Young. Thirteen attended Ruth Foster's demonstration on Easy Meals for Busy Days. Foster showed baked cupcakes, biscuits, coffee cake and gingerbread from a single mix. Committee chairs were named including Mrs. Donald Sands health Mrs. Lloyd Plecker school Mrs. George Lord international relations and Mrs. Wayne Bitting library. Refishments were provided by the hostess with assistance. The next meeting on November 8 at Ainsworth Methodist Church will study Better Light for Better Light.
Sunday Damascus Shrine No 10 tourney 2 60 p m practice Masonic Temple Monday Bible study 2 50 p m public library Rainbow Girls 7 30 p m Masonic Temple DAV 7 30 p m Legion hall Knights of Pythias 8 00 p m KP hall T T T hard times party 7 00 p m Pines Junior High PTA 7 00 p m Drama department 8 00 p m Mrs Sam Sitmering Tuesday Rooster Club wiener roast 6 30 p m Mrs David Kleese Pythian Sisters 7 30 p m KP hall VFW auxiliary 8 00 p m VEW hall YWCA Mixers 7 30 p m YW room Volleyball swimming crafts Handcraft II 2 30 p m Mrs svron Snider note change of place Figurine painting Wednesday Beta Sigma Phi 8 00 p m Mrs Richard Hotle Ainsworth Presbyterian Prayer service 9 30 a m at church
Dean Pohren was honored on his third birthday with a Thursday evening party hosted by his mother Mrs. Leonard Pohren. Guests enjoyed games, opened gifts, and refreshments including cake ice cream cups mints and candy.
Daily service of the tractor air cleaner is required in summer operations to maintain engine efficiency and prevent dust intrusion. Regular checks help avoid reduced performance and potential wear on filtration components.
Readable accounts show Groups 1 2 and 3 meeting at 2 pm with 15 to 18 members. Group 1 led by Mrs Ralph Hesseltine with Mrs Harold Jarvis guiding business matters and bake sale tasks assigned to Glen Green and Claude Randall. Group 2 hosted by Mrs Wade Pence with tea towels donated to Ramsey Home and church. next meeting at Mrs Howard Wagner with cloth scrap books for an orphanage planned. Group 3 or 8 completed a layette destined for Church World Service. fourteen members attended with two guests. November project to revise New Testaments for Japan. next gathering planned at Mrs Clarence Randall Jr.
James Lons, 52, case operator, is freed on a 25000 dollar bond posted by businessmen as he awaits grand jury action on murder charges. He appeared bleary eyed at Johnson County jail after the bond filing. His attorney said twelve firms voluntarily furnished the funds. Lons is charged with the fatal stabbing of Andy Davelis, 39, during a Thursday scuffle between Davelis and two policemen. Lons pleads innocent and waives grand jury.
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The three Baptist Women's Missionary Society circles met Friday afternoon. The Nina Bowers circle hosted a dessert luncheon at Mrs. Marion Snodgrass home with Irene Yard as co host. Devotion was led by Mrs. Charles McConnell who spoke on Forward Together.
President Truman signed a proclamation raising the duty on dried eggs from China by 10 cents a pound. The move, effective Dec. 11, also raises duties on other Chinese goods from firecrackers to pickled duck eggs, undoing tariff concessions with Communist China that had been extended since 1947. The State Department disclosed the action late yesterday.
Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese communists announcing takeover of Fu Jen university in Peiping. The institution, run since 1925 by the American Mission of the Holy Ghost, was seized for not following the communist political line.
George W. Poncy of Jackson Heights New York has invented and patented a new child tumbler. Its base features a wide ring to prevent accidental tipping. The device aims to reduce spills and crying over spilled milk.
Preliminary findings show possible control of wild onions in some areas using malic hydrazide, a chemical under weed research by the US Department of Agriculture. The article notes a price of 17 cents per pound, rising to 27 cents with benefit cancellations, and explains a new tariff on dried eggs from all countries though China accounts for about 97 percent of imports under most favored nation concessions.
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