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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1946
Page
6
Mrs. A Anderson dictated a greeting to Garden department members of Fortnightly led by Mrs. J O Sexton during a meeting at the Beenblossom home last week. The club year opens with new activities and notes the 1926 Garden department's strong background.
The article recalls how women in the community turned to gardening and flower arrangement, building on a long-running flower show started by Mrs. Marsh Bailey. It highlights gardens of Winifred Brookoart, Ivan Rehmel, Grace Sigefoose, Sara McCleery, Etha Dawson, L A Bunce, Helen Wilson, Julia Wilson, and others, praising rock, landscape, and flowering shrubs. Edward Bok's retreat words close the piece, praising gardens as a path to God's heart.
W F Nicola of Riverside attended the Williamsburg Methodist church funeral for his brother J C Jake Nicola born January 18 1865 son of Eugene and Susan Nicola. He lived in Williamsburg and Oakland before passing away in California. The item notes attendance by multiple local families and visiting relatives in Riverside.
Instruction outlines folding sheets hem to hem and hanging them to dry with pins every two feet to maintain shape and reduce ironing.
West Chester Consolidated opens on Sept 3 with 59 high school and 107 grades students. New bus drivers Everette Coon Ronald Hotle and Jack Hotle join the district. Local families and teachers are mentioned in a series of social notes and visits.
Rev N C Anderson of Conrad Iowa has been named half time pastor of the Salem Church of God in Highland Center. Services begin Sept 22 and will be held every other Sunday when roads permit travel. The notice lists neighborly visits and local families visiting, with many social mentions and a note on Wilfred McCreedy walking on crutches after a recent ankle fracture.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wond rasek spent Sunday afternoon at the John Krotz home in a brief social note.
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