Fortnightly Social Calendar Urges Notices by 10 A.M.
Society notices list daytime and evening meetings for multiple groups including Fortnightly departments, DeMolay, Masonic events, hostess duties, and dues reminders. Also upcoming Y W mixers, American Home sections with luncheons, Lions Auxiliary, PTA, and church circles with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of American Home
Co-Operative
Joe Falk
Noble Grand Circle
Fred D
Water grass removal and local doings in Nashua
The piece reports Mrs. Maynard Brown using a new method to remove water grass, Mrs Oral Davidson finishing an open staircase, and a Sunday ride to Nashua Iowa to visit the Little Brown Church in the Vale. It notes weddings attended, cautionary humor about warnings, and mentions new ECONOMISER GREEN COLONIAL OIL BURNERS arriving for shop display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan
Nashua
Iowa
Little Brown Church In the Vale
Washington
Woman's Council in Group Meetings at Local Church
Group I met at Mrs. Marl Jackson's home with 14 members answering roll call "a favorite character" and planned October's towel wash cloth and soap project for Puerto Rico. Group II met at Mrs. Clarence Brown's with 11 attendees answering roll call and arranging plans for the missionary project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marl Jackson
John Jarvis
Claude Tucker
Andrew
Lee Hesseltine
Leslie Beenblosom
Puerto Rico
Jackson
Venice Moore
Clarence Brown
Vals
Harold Beenblossom
Bessie Tucker
Brown
Kenneth Brown
Mission Circle Holds October Meeting Across Groups
Mrs Roy Randall and Mrs Carrie Boileau hosted 14 members two guests and two children of group LI. Rolleall was your favorite evening diversion. Mrs Clarence Randall led the lesson The Lord God Is My Strength. Music included In the Garden and The Lords Prayer. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Randall
Carrie Boileau
Rolleall
Clarence Randall
Ivan Hahn
Edd Mayhew
Roy Kephart
Wmn. Crayne
Dwight Hayes
Fred Bourgeois
Glenn Hall
Roy Minnis
September Meeting of W F M S Held at Church of Nazarene
The September meeting of the W F M S was held at Church of the Nazarene with Mrs. Gieselman as president. New members Mrs. Lester Butterbaugh Nila Kratzer and Alice Gault were welcomed. Calendars were ordered sold and the group studied China Crisis led by Mrs. Harold Kratzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.f.mm.s
Church of the Nazarene
Gieselman
Minetta Wilson
Lytle
Gault
Lester Butterbaugh
Nila Kratzer
Alice Gault
Chance
Merry Makers Club Holds Social Meeting
The Merry Makers club met with Mrs. Alma Howsare on Wednesday for an afternoon of visiting and pinochle. Virginia Bomber and Martha Shaver were high score winners, and a lunch was served. The October meeting date and hostess will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Makers Club
Alma Howsare
Virginia Bomber
Martha Shaver
Fat salvage drives postwar recycling push in 1947
During 1947 American housewives salvaged nearly 10 million pounds of used fats each month as part of a wartime recycling effort. This domestic program boosted supplies for industrial rendering and fat-based products.
West Chester W S C S hears on World Council and Amsterdam
Mrs K Stewart leads a Chester W S C S meeting in the church parlors with thirty members and one guest. The program includes readings from Methodist Woman, devotions, piano, poems, and a talk on the New World Council of Churches. Delegates from West Chester attend Amsterdam conference. Rev Walter Scranton attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Bridgar Slemmons
Keith Stewart
New World Council of Churches
Clarence Niffeneggar
Amsterdam
Walter Scranton
Clark Bauer
Rot Argo
Leland Griggs
James Griggs
W. C. Rief
Wenneth Cuddeback
Merle Thrapp
Vernon Pike
Local Arrivals and Visit Fragments From Area Homes
Mrs. Arthur Atack arrives from Iowa City to stay with Ida Cavender and Mrs. Pearl Whisler. ex-pastor of the Methodist church, she now resides with her brother in Bridgeton Connecticut after his passing. Mrs. David Ricketts of Fairfield visits with her son-in-law Harold Johnson and daughter. Raymond Kis cher and wife visit the Guy Cole home from Grettinger Iowa. J Howard Wolfe and family visit Decatur Iowa residents at George Zeck and C. H. Wolfe home. Dolores Jean Kriner leaves for Kirksville Missouri to enroll as a senior at State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Atack
Iowa City
Ida Cavender
Pearl Whisler
Atack
Methodist Church
Bridgeton
Conn
David Ricketts
Fairfield
Harold Johnson
Dolores Jean Kriner
Kirksville, Mo
State Teachers College
Drivers Lose Licenses Rise Near Half Million
Nearly 430000 motorists in the United States were deprived of driving privileges last year due to traffic law offenses and unsafe practices. The figure surpasses 1946 by 112000, an increase of more than 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Handwork and Fair At Friendship Club Display
A county fair style display of handcrafts and baked goods opened at the Friendship Club home of Myrtle Pearson on a Wednesday afternoon. Twenty seven members showcased quilts crochet pieces doilies and knitted items with a side show of rare animals. Judging followed by Mrs. David Pearson Mrs. Frank Pearson Mrs. Don Brown and Mrs. Hazel Lambert. Guests included Mrs. David Pearson Mrs. Frank Pearson Ella Gordon Miriam Cain and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Myrtle Pearson
Grace, Shaw
Victor Peiffer
David Pearson
Frank Pearson
Don Brown
Hazel Lambert
F.C.F
Iowa City
Ella Gordon
Miriam Cain
Washington
J. F. Lambert
Winfield
Donald Brown
Bethel
Zimri Rebekahs Attend Keota Lodge Meeting
Twelve members of Zimri Rebekah lodge attended a Keota Rebekah meeting Friday evening with about 100 present including visitors from Sigourney and Wellman. Grace Sanderson, district deputy president, was introduced. A pageant celebrated the founding of Rebekah degree and Anna Sheets recounted the lodge’s 97 year start. Keota members demonstrated their work and remarks were offered by attendees. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimri Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Keota
Sigourney and
Wellman
Grace Sanderson
Rebekel
Anna Sheets
Keota Lodge
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Bcoke Booko
Philip Reed
Hillary Brooke
Stanley Clements
Charles Arnt
Paramount Pictur
Tonite
Cowboy Cavalier
John Owen
Presbyterian
Amos Chapter
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Herbert Campbell
Esther Squire
Irma
Butner
Carol Forgey
Nurses Home
American Home Department
Darrell Ross
St. James P.T.A
John A. Stewart
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
New Haven Ladies’ Aid
Olive Chalupa
Lea Rathmel
Rosemary Club
James Rowland
Birmingham
Women's Republican Club
Y.W.C.A
C. W. McLaughlin
Roger Sherman
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Carl Jarrard
James Brittey
West Chester Federated Church
D.A.R
E. M. McConaughy
Elizabeth Daweson
Keith
Ida
A. C. Durst
W. Washington
Eveready Plumbing & Heating Company
Ned
Delbert
Rodney Kephart
Eveready
Norton
Nortous Evoready
Woman’s Council of Christian Church
Woman's Council of Christian Church
Mrs
Clayton Bear
North Prairie Flower Community
Mrs. Bear
Ed Jackson
East
Washington St
Neeree Weshington
Texas
Music
SUN
Paramount Presents
Ferent, Debon
Air
Fontaine
Roland Culver
Lucile Watson
Richard Haydn
Harold Vermilyea
Charles Brackett
Directed
Billy Wilder
Italy
Paris
Eritrea
Uayan Somaliland
Indian Ocean
Libya
Italian Somaliland
Russia
Britain
Somaliland
Ethiopia
France
Fezzan
Mary Coakley
Green Colonial
Green Rute Furnace Service
Norton’s Plumbing & Heating Company
W.F.M.S
Church of Nazarene
Mrs. Howsare
Evoready Plumbing & Heating
K. Stewart
Chester W.S.C.S
Raymond Kischer
Grettinger, Ia
Guy Cole
J. Howard Wolfe
Decatur
George Zeck
C. H. Wolfe
Ken-Rene
Wehr
Baby Pictures
Zimri Rebekahs
Ray Reeves
W. Madison
Schick
Ning
Raymond Loewy
Schick Super
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