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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1931

Page

6

Hallowe'en Parties Reported Across Community

Wal nut Women's club held a Halloween party at the Watson home with ghostly decor and games. Ed Hotle hosted a masquerade in his home for Cora Man and Ethel Hotle with stunts and refreshments. A Methodist Ladies gathering featured a shared supper, games, and a lantern parlor, with plans for future meetings and a memorial for Mrs J. H. Warren.

Walnut Clu Hallowe'en Wilbur Watson Famille Blanette Ralph Chorpenning Hiram Coakley Delbert Wells Gertrude Emery Will. Bealer Leslie Gates Hallowe'en Hotle Ed Hotle Cora Ethel Hotle Harriett

Local Club Meetings and Social Gatherings Planned

Daughters of Union meet in G ALR day evening at 7 30. Fortnightly club Music department meets Nov 2 at Mrs TC Davis home with program leader A Anderson. EO W club meets Nov 3. bring needle and thimble. D A R at Mrs C W Stewart 262 West Main St Tuesday 7 40. Pythian Sisters meet at K P hall Tuesday evening. Friendly Social club at Mrs Elmer Kephart Tuesday afternoon. Band P club meets Wednesday 6 15. For guest calls to Leila Anderson. Kola club with Mrs Arthur Weadon Wednesday afternoon. Damascus Shrine invites Ottumwa Wapello ceremony Nov 4. reservations by Nov 2 with Grace Chambers. Ladies of South Prairie and Living Lake second farm bureau lesson Stop Saving Kitchen Wednesday at Homer C Birney home. Ladies Aid Plant Hill all day quilting Wednesday at Silas and Howard Caldwell homes. bring sandwiches and dish to pass.

Daughters of Union G. Alr TC. Davis A. Anderson South Prairie Living Lake Farm Bureau Homer C. Birney Ladies Aid Society of Plant Hill Silas Howard Caldwell

Announcements for club meetings and events

Announcements list upcoming meetings and events including the Literature Fortnightly club with Mrs Ward on Monday afternoon and a Thanksgiving menu recipe roll call. Mrs Mitton Brown of Mareengo will address the bank service for the Womens Home Missionary society in West Chester on Sunday morning November first. Ladies Aid of St Paul Evangelical Church meets November third at Mrs Zeiglowsky’s. Wesleyan Home Missionary Society rummage sale set for Saturday November seventh in the old Democrat building.

Snyder HT. Ward Harme Fred Riefenstein Mitton Ig. Tsrown Mareengo Womens Home Missionary Society of West Chester Ladies Aid of St. Paul Wesleyan Home Missionary Society of Moe Old Democrat Talleyrand Aes J. Pfeiffer St. Mary's Church of Muse Lucile Schneider Chicago Cornelius Schneider Hen Downey J. R. Griffin Edna Griffin Adam Simon West Liberty Simon John Mottet Grace Adele Taschnagel Katherne Iowa City Margaret Klein Rasehnagel Robert Allen W. R.C Jennie Jay Town City RG. Miller Tadies Vernan Edward McKernan Dorothy Fitzsimmons EE. Whelan Othe Clit

Iowa Briefs: Minnie Bailey Receives Rotary Gold Medal

Minnie Bailey rural school teacher won the annual Airfield Rotary Club gold medal for community service. She earned the honor for guiding eight pupils to safety during a tornado near the school in September as the storm damaged the building.

Minnie Bailey Miss Bailey

Keota Community Notes and Visits Highlight Week

Local residents report relatives visiting in Keota and nearby towns. Community events include a Ladies Auxiliary meeting in Tyrone and plans for a church supper. Multiple small-town calls, shop visits, and family gatherings occur across Riverside and surrounding areas.

Brighton News Notes From a Busy Weekend

Brighten on Oct 28 highlights include Krony Krews hosting a covered dish dinner at Leston hall with bridge games. Local visitors from Keokuk, Chicago, Iowa City and Ottumwa share family gatherings and weekend travels.

Brighton Leston Hall Frieda Vanerus Victor Stacy Henry Lane California Allen Macy Randolph Hicks Chicago

Borman Couple Return Home From Color ado Springs

Mr and Mrs Ralph Borman have returned home from Colorado Springs where they had been living for some time. They decided to

Crawfordsville Ralph Borman Colorado Springs Colo

Local residents share weekend visits and meals around town

Mr and Mrs J M Pulver hosted visitors while neighbors including Jack Young Willis Keota Harve Banks family and Curt Snyder hosted dinners. A C Striegel Clet Harper Joe Wehr family Matt Wehr Gilbert Hotle children attended services and gatherings at Valles shareh and Artford Richardson welping. Loraine Stannard and children joined T Carris home visits. Win Sexton from Waterloo visited his daughter.

John Wehr Corres St Ean Little Artford Richardson's Welping Sn Wood Loraine Stannard T. Carris Win Sexton Waterloo Dau

Columbus Junction Obituary and Local Notices

Martha Butler reports in Columbus Junction on the death of Conesville resident McKee, age local, after months of illness. The piece lists community leaders, church figures, and a store manager’s resignation, plus a bridge re-plank project and cattle shipments to Chicago. It also notes a community spelling contest and a brief history line about early Chinese dynasties.

Columbus Junction HL MeKer Conesville Mr. McKee Sfris KM. Arington Milo Arthur J. §. Meyers Lewis Pugh Harry Churel Henson Kelly McKee OOK Cedar Rapids Emma Beckman E.G. Brent Pearl Presbyterian Church Memb Fred Kern Martin Harry, Kern Wittens Thomas Fry Louisa County Leo Direks Forest Fry Earl Fry Wapelo

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