Fortnightly style show wows capacity audience at school
A Fortnightly Club benefit at the high school auditorium drew a full house for a fashion show sponsored by E. M. Bridges and Co. and Cownie Fur Co. Des Moines. Models wore suits coats and furs from twelve Washington women led by Mrs. Shearer. The event featured cello solos by Mrs. Luckenbill and vocal numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Osincup with Wendell Rider at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Bridges and Co
Cownie Fur Co
Des Moines
Ralph Kleese
Darrel Ross
Charles Cownie
Edith Miller
Dan Holland
Dan Brindley
Ray Tweeten
Washington
Paul Shearer
Donna Seliers
Charles Lemley
Harry Fullerton
Ralph Bauer
Harry Sowden
Fred Miller
Clair Darbyshire
Sam McCleery
William Sitler
Gene Tucker
T. P. Oppedal
Shearer
Sitler
Miss Sellers
Lester Luckenbu
Friml
Coward
George Masson
United States
Cownie
Sowden
Roger Lance
Ira Coon
B F. Bostwick Jr
Hugo Lensech
Crossett
William Crayne
Wendell Baker
Harry Marlowe, Jr
Don Shepherd
Edward McCutchen
Dallas Chamberlin
Kenneth Patterson
R. L. Ross
M. L McCreedy
Mary Welch
E. L. Rouse
Six Guests Present At Mrs. Wolfe's Sunshine Club
Mrs. Charles Wolfe hosted the Sunshine Community club on Wednesday at 2 pm with thirteen members and guests including Mrs. Cannon and daughter Donna Lynn and Mrs. Sutherland. The program featured readings, piano numbers by Mrs. Zeck, vocal duets, and a discussion of recent trips. Floral decor and refreshments were arranged by several members. next meeting planned with Mrs. Stover on Oct 13.
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Charles Wolfe
Sunshine Community Club
Charles Cannon
Donna Lynn
Henry Sutherland
Don Dyke
George Zeck
Gene
Pete Koehler
Malcolm Montgomery
Kansas
Will Richards
Social Calendar Notes From The Community
Notices for the Wesleyan Service guild YWCA Book Review Knights of Columbus and other groups list events and meetings for the week. Many gatherings include potlucks, study groups, and committee activities with times and locations at churches Masonic Temple YWCA rooms and local homes.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Marilyn Ruegsegger
South 4Th
Artemas Brown
North
Iowa St. James Circle
S. J. Boyd
Main
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Knights of Columbus
Luney
Thompson Couple Mark Fifty-Second Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson of 714 North Second Avenue observed their 52nd wedding anniversary. They were married Sept 22 1896 in Keota by Rev. Bradley. The couple lived in Keota and Washington before settling in their current home. Their family includes a daughter Wilma and four sons Milan Lester Stanley and Marion with seven grandchildren. Attending were Mrs. Lester Thompson Mrs. Milan Thompson Mrs. Marion Thompson and Mrs. Stanley Thompson.
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J. A. Thompson
North Second Avenue
Edna Maud Neiswanger
Samuel Neis- Wanger
Keota
Bradley
Washington
Thompson
Lytle’s Grocery
Hts
Thompsons
Wilma
Campbell
Milan
Lester
Stanley
Marion
Lester Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Milan Thompson
Marion Thompson
Stanley Thompson
Just Us Club Meets With Mrs Al Crone
The Just Us club met Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with host Mrs. Al Crone. Fifteen members and three guests attended, including Mrs. W. L. Rukgaber, Mrs. A. W. Yard, and Mrs. Richard Weeks. President Mrs. E. H. Messer led a brief business session.
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Just Us
al Crone
Just Us Club
W. L. Rukgaber
A. W. Yard
Richard Weeks
E. H. Messer
Club Meeting Features Quiz and Refreshments
The ess club met and announced the next gathering with Mrs J D Dayton on Oct 6. Mrs Anna Griggs and Mrs L L Loveless led the program with quizzes and stunts while refreshments were served by the hostess and assisted by Mrs Weeks and Mrs Rukeaber.
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Ess
J. D. Dayton
Anna Griggs
L. L. Loveless
Weeks
Rukeaber
Birthday greetings for local residents and anniversary wishes
Friends and family in Columbus Junction extend birthday wishes to Roslyn Rae Chalupa, Mrs. Frank Schneider, Mrs. John Caldwell, Mrs. Bob Lytle, Charles Pratt, Norma Anne Widmer, Ruth Ann Petratz, Joyce Brannen, Mrs. J FE Moore, Ketty Jean Barth, Steven Alvis Lins and others. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Finke celebrate a wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schneider
Roslyn Rae Chalupa
John Caldwell
Bob Lytle
Charles Pratt
Norma Anne Widmer
Ruth Ann Petratz
Joyce Brannen
Mrs. J. FE. Moore
Ketty Jean Barth
Steven Alvis Lins
Columbus Junction
Y W C A Conference Set for Tuesday at Local YMCA
Southeast area Y W C A adult conference meets Tuesday at the YMCA building starting at 9 am. Featured speaker is Mrs Minnie Allen of Ames from the state Y W C A board with panelists Mrs Paul Shearer Carla Guther and Mrs Robert Day. Luncheon invites public. reservations via Mrs Earl Loveless.
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Y.W.C. A
Y.M.C.A
Minnie Allen
Ames
Y.W.C.A
Paul Shearer
Carla Guther
Robert Day
Earl Loveless
Muskellunge Appetite Tied to Fish Consumption
Naturalists estimate muskellunge require two to four pounds of live fish of any species to satisfy its hunger. This range reflects typical feeding needs observed in muskellunge habitats and study notes on their predatory behavior.
Maryland State Symbols and Motto Reference
The Maryland motto is With the Shield of Thy Good-will Thou Hast Covered Us. The black-eyed Susan is the state flower and the Baltimore oriole is the unofficial state bird.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Polio Epidemic Could Strike 25,000 in US
Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, warned in Atlanta that more than 25,000 people may contract polio in the United States before year end. He told March of Dimes chairmen that the epidemic could deplete the foundation’s epidemic aid reserve, noting North Carolina Texas and California have been overwhelmed. The foundation’s fund for epidemic aid has fallen from 4,200,600 to under 1,000,000.
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Atlanta
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
United States
North Carolina
Texas
California
O'Connor
Everyday warmth compares to 100 watt stove heat
A study notes the average person emits heat equivalent to a 100 watt bulb, enough to evaporate about one third of a pint of water per hour.
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Eac
Amrees
Beiday Women's Council of Christian Church
Emma
Anderson
Mary Smith
T. A Flenner
Joe Cochran
Ruth Bell
YWCA
Dorothy Brauninger
S. Iowa
DeMolar
Masonic Temple
Amos Chapter
Order of DeMolav
C of Jerusalem
Mr. and
Mrs
A. Thompson
Women’s Misionary Society
U. P. Church
Fred L. Stewart
Roy Finke
Sincerely, Tom Duncan
Old Line State
Neals
Eric
Evee
T. R. Phillips
Hollander
Tom Duncan
Rhomberg
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Frank Schublin
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