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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1927

Page

3

Mrs Patterson and Maxwell host luncheon for fourteen

Mrs D J Patterson and Mrs J G Maxwell entertained many friends at a one o'clock luncheon Saturday at the Maxwell home. Fourteen guests sat at two blue and yellow tables with tall tapers and garden florals. The afternoon included social time and a four course meal served by Mrs Maxwell and Mrs Jean Patterson.

D. J. Patterson J. G. Maxwell Maxwell Jean Patterson Young Woman’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church Alma Hearne Holland Ruth Lemley Jennie Nelson Albaugh Ethel Sitler Helen McCarty Fidth Carr Helen Carr Grace Lyons Doris Fields Edna Messer

New MELLO-GLO Face Powder Debuts Exclusively

A new youth shade exclusive to MELLO-GLO promises longer wear and reduced perspiration impact. It claims to resist pore clogging and uses a new French process, offered at one dollar by Sherman Bros., Druggists.

Sherman Bros

West Chester groups hold meetings and social events

Announcements list several local gatherings including W R C of West Chester regular meeting with oyster supper, Presbyterian church Friday program with pot luck, Women’s Missionary candy social at Maple Grove school, P T A meeting at St James school, and Rebekah session Friday night. Community notices invite participation and provide dates evident in the clipping.

West Chester Women’s Relief Corp of U. P Y Society of the Presbyterian Church Womans Missionary Maple Grove Gardner School Bernice Paul

Local Club Meetings Set At Havre and Hall

The Fen Cliff 4-H clubs meet at Havre school house Saturday afternoon with a business session at 2. A Pythian sisters called meeting is at the hall Friday afternoon at 2. The St James P T A will convene Thursday afternoon at 4.

Fen Cliff Havre Pythian Sisters St. James P. T. A

The Big Parade Shown Again at New Graham

John Gilbert stars in The Big Parade at the New Graham theatre drawing an eager crowd of ex soldiers and regular patrons who called the film among the era’s finest. Renee Adoree plays Melisande the farm girl and recalls her own wartime escape from Belgium.

John Gilbert New Graham Theatre Washington Renee Adoree Melisande Miss Adoree Belgium Brusels Lille France

Iowa road awards reach record level in government contracts

Ames Iowa October letting caps longest single time for highway work. State Highway Commission awards nearly 1.75 million in paving and 88 thousand in grading along several counties. Contractors present exceed 3800 as bids total over 1.4 million in certified checks.

Ames State Highway Commission Hex Jones Fayette Worth Monroe Lucas Clarke Cedar Boone Chickasaw Benton Cherokee Ida Woodbury Crawford Jasper Tama Des Moines Lee Cedar, Scott, Muscatine Guthrie, Harrison Woodbury Counties Tarbous

Illustrated lecture on Negro Music in Smithland

Mrs. Hofman of Ottumwa will give an illustrated lecture on Negro Music at the home of Mrs. Henry Shields Thursday evening at 8:30. The music department is cordially invited. Smithland, Woodbury county, by Humphrey & Sons for $2,990.

Howard McBride East Jefferson Street IX Club Howard Miller Glen Henry Bristol Michigan Miller Robert Risk Iowa City Riley Provanece Ottumwa Carl Hedges George Masson Smithland Woodbury County Humphrey & Sons

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