Society Scattershot Socials And Gatherings Across Iowa Towns
Miss Margarita Williams hosted five Pi Beta Phi guests at a weekend house party in Iowa City. The Wiles family picnic at Wellman drew eighty-two to share baskets and a full dinner, with Mrs. Louisa Wiles as the eldest attendee. A Davis family reunion near Fairfield brought thirty-two relatives together for meals and croquet. Merry Makers club met with nine members, followed by the Merry Mixer group with fifteen members and guests from Chicago. A H I Ward clerk gathering at Joe McGraw’s home honored Mrs. Brenneman with kitchen shower gifts. Washington students bound for college gathered in a country club party honoring Edith Brookhart and Alan Dewey featuring bridge and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarita Williams
Fhve Pi Beta Phi
Gertrude
Eloise Walker
Alice Hond
Genevieve Judy
Li Barger
Iowa City
Wiles
John Wiles
Wellman
Louisa Wiles
Theis
Davis Bros
Frank McCormick
William Hoskins
Clarence McCormick
Mahlon McCormick
BK. E. Davis
James
Cora Davis
Fairfield
George Dickinson
Leonard
Whitiam Hoskins
Pleasant Plain
Irene K. Davis
Mediapolis
E. M. Davis
Chas. Davis
Ainsworth
Ros Burnett
Dave Ricketts
Hr. Brenneman
HI. Ward
Joe McGraw
Brenneman
Little Brown Church
Announcement notices for local clubs and meetings
Worship club will meet Friday at 2 PM with Mrs Mary Dye. Auxiliary members called meeting Thursday at 2 20 PM for final report of nominating and memorial committees to the Elm Growery monument. O W club will meet Thursday evening with Mrs Laura Graham bring needle and thimble. Address 17608.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Growery
EB. O. W. Club
Laura Graham
Delphian Group Opens Sixth Year Program
Fifteen members of the Delphian group in the local chapter begin their sixth year of study next Monday. The group meets twice a month with emphasis on reading and discussion. The year’s program topic is Medieval Stories and Modern Fiction, with a wide list of varied readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deln
Eva Denny
Washington ST
Mise Denny
Iad
Cervantes
Thackeray
Hugo
George Sand
Dumas
Balzac
Warfel
State Committees of F. W. C. to Meet in Des Moines
Announcements revived by members of state committees of the Federation of Won v4 club. Meetings set for Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines from September 23 to 25. Local women assigned to committees include Mrs. C. W. Mclaughlin, Miss Carolyn Hamilton, Mrs. H. W. McCleery, Mrs. Clifford Thorne, and Mrs. Orville Elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Won
V4 Club
Fort Des Moines
Des Moin
C. W
Park and church social events listed for week
Town State Park 4.C. Wy Davis will be OK ahead of the insects. Park tech Unit You 11 of the old society meet with Mr Joy Neiswanger Friday afternoon. Get together at Presbyterian church Wednesday evening with Pot Luck supper and shared dishes. All church members invited. Prayer meeting to follow. Havre Social club meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs Freey Sephart. Roll call for pickle recipes. O. GT cub meet Thursday with Mrs Harvey Waggoner at 2 pm. Rosemary club Wednesday afternoon September 10. Walnut Women’s club hosted by Mrs Miller and Mrs Roy Miller September 12. Produce packing for winter discussed. Th & P club to meet September 10 with dinner at 6:15. Notify Ethel Jrecan if bringing a guest. Ladies Aid of West Chester meets September 10 with Mrs Harry Kleese in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss
Atteat
Town State Park
C. Wy Davis
Park Tech
Presbyterian Church
Havre
Th & P Club
Ethel Jrecan
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church of West Chester
Harry Kleese
Yan Creedy
West Second Street
Alma Hearn Holland Soty
Macones
East Washington Street
K. C
Booster Club
Sam Neil
Eastwood
Ladies Aid Society
M 1
Chured
West Chester
Harry Kleess
Airmen of
Nel
Moyer
Mes
DT. A
Ba Miller
Ray Miller
Hethel City
Lloyd Roster
Laura Graham
Vate Ni Aid Soci
Lloyd Neiswanger
Corrine Cherry
F. Lemmon
Gertude Bown
eWashington
D.C
Cherry
United Presbyterian Church
Alt Griffith
Washington
Dow Wolfe
Lestie Duntay
Ta R. Carhee
South Avenue
Linis
Mable Atkinson
Hampton
Janely
Prairie Plower Church
Ail
Jack
Howe
Amos Flood
Flood
Daisy
Jacky
Mr. Flood
Sick
Social Calendar Week of September 9 16
Local notices list social events across West Chester including pot luck dinners at multiple homes, church gatherings, officers elections, and interclub meetings. Activities feature the American Home Department, Booster Club, Ladies Aid, Rebekah and O.B.S. chapters with plans for luncheons, bake sales, bridge and card games, and farewell receptions for Rev Hampton and Mrs Bowm.
Card of Thanks and Expressions of Sympathy
We acknowledge the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and society members. Thanks are extended to Rev Kreumyer and the Order of the Eastern Star for their service and to floral contributors. Signed by Samuel H. Henderson, A. J. Peterson and Family.
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Rev
Kreumyer
Order of the Eastern Star
Muel HH. Henderson
A. J. Peterson and Family
Holy Smoke in the Parsonay
Genesis Cook On reports a unclear note about a local event titled Holy Smoke in the Parsonay with scattered names and dates lost to OCR errors, leaving readers with a vague sense of a community gathering but few concrete details.
Sunday Service Arrives With Unexpected Gathering
In Plainville a visiting minister faces a chaotic home scene as a tense guest arrives to conduct a Sunday service. A shrieking crowd and a tangled youth challenge the expected quiet as the minister is welcomed into the parsonage for evening worship.
Carl Akeley’s Africa and the African Hall Legacy
Mrs Akeley recounts Carl Akeley’s Africa expedition and the making of the African hall at the American Museum. She details Lake Bunyoni’s beauty, the work of house keeping on expedition, native scenes, hunting routines, and specimen prep while noting Akeley’s death in 1926 in the Kivu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Akeley
American Museeum of Natural History
Jobe Akeley Akeley
Africa
Bunyoni
Akley
Akeley
Expedi Houtel
Herbert Edwin Bradley
Divisional Meeting Set Amid Midwest Gatherings
The second divisional meeting of American Revo Win dis, noting Minnesota and Wisconsin members, will be held in Des Moines November 11 and 12 with Mrs James BE Fitzgerald announcing the event. Regent Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart will preside and deliver the Armistice address. September board meetings are omitted to allow more Iowa members to attend. A related domestic scene follows with family drama and a church service ending in an afternoon dinner at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revo Windis
Minnesota
Wise Es
The Cure and the Chance
In a sunlit coastal scene Jack Alten savors a swim and chance run ins with Daisy Flood and Amos Flood. A comic melodrama unfolds as a near drowning, a rescue, and a marriage stakes arc resolve with a family lawyer’s scheme and a happy ending for Jack and Daisy.
Fire unraveling a small town tale ends in hope
In a smoky street scene, children are led to safety as flames subside and neighbors crowd outside. Virginia Crosby shows calm, while Ian, elated, asks about a future in Birchfield, and the moment closes with a lighthearted question and a kiss.
Older wits on women and power in Howe's Monthly
The article cites Aristotle and Clemenceau to argue women gain power not by beauty or intelligence but by sex. It notes Aristotle advised avoiding women, while Clemenceau sought female company to ease old age. The piece comments on enduring gender tensions in Howe's Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristotle
Clemenceau
Howe
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Merry Makers’ Club
N. J Benson
H. J. Myers
Elch
Charles ‘Thrapp
Frances Cortam
Sadie Anderson
Hazel Duvall
Martina Stick
Chicago
Ater
Anderson
Cortam
Hazel Wymen
Willam Schaffer
Edith Brookhart
Washington, D. C
Alan Dewey
Dex Moines
Marry Dye
Delphian Group
Mold Society
Joy Neiswanger
Harvey Waggoner
Charles Carper
T the Rosemary Club
Walnut Women's Club
MD Miller
Roy Miller
Phe B. & P. Club
Ethel Grecian
Bes
American Home Department
Frank J. Wilson
Orelack
Roy Mallory
Charles Casper
Rosemary
Pharsday
Jehdy Club
Dora Minick
A. Spears
Tawa State Parks
W. Davis
Roll Cal
Rebekah
Charles Rickey
Vriday
Marion Stewart
Tan
Gertrude Bowm
Walter Rover
Will Conger
Genevra Cook
Plainville
Phanville
Onal D. Alt
Asef
Holmes
Ferton
Virginia
Hobart Merton
Hobart
June
Jack Alten
Amry G
Tam
Csi Hotel
Pase
Duck
Daisy Flood
Hind
Aoss
Mobart Wood Merton
Pirsonage
Virginia Crosby
Birchfield
Lemmon’s Jewelry Store
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