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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1949
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Lester Macon of Davenport traveled toward Wash Springville for a Thursday visit accompanying Mrs Kenneth Warren and Bobby Day to spend the day at the Preston Wolf home.
The Methodist WSCS sponsors a fashion show next Thursday evening at the high school auditorium. E. M. Bridges Co and Maybelle's Beauty Salon assist with hair styling. Models include Marilyn Kelsey and others. fur coats, woolens, suits, millinery and accessories feature on a temporary runway. KVIZ Ottumwa to host emcee. Tickets available through WSCS officers or the Bridges store.
Mrs W L Currier became a new WCTU member at a Thursday afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs Walter Jarrard. Fourteen members attended as Mrs J A Hawthorne led the session and Jessie Stewart opened with devotions.
Local readers note Dr and Mrs George Kerr Mr and Mrs Cloyee Stewart Mr and Mrs N Anwyl Mrs Ralph Kleese Mrs Floyd Hamil Mrs William McConnell Mrs Don Stout Mrs Carrie Anderson Mrs Robert Acheson Mrs W J Masson Mrs Edith Miller Sara Pollock and Rev Robert Wilson attended the Keokuk Presbytery and Presbyterial fall joint meeting in Washington to Burlington. The event was led by Presbyterial Prayer group secretary Mrs Frank Gault Crawfordsville.
Calendar entries list cooperative suppers, meetings, and youth activities at Masonic Temple Log Cabin Fortnightly library and other venues. Updates mention residents visiting Los Angeles Sioux Falls and Sioux City, Dr. McAvoy chiropody practice, and several local civic groups meeting through the week. The piece notes soybean acreage in 1949 at 11 million acres, the lowest since prewar levels.
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