YW Mixer Guest Supper Attended by Forty-Four Members and Guests
Forty four members and 24 guests of the YWCA Mixers shared a cooperative chicken supper in the YWCA room Tuesday evening at 6 30. After dinner Charlotte Earls spoke for the group and introduced officers and chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Charlotte Earls
Miss Earle
Elu
Paul Shearer
Idna McCarty
Doris Ford
Larry Trotter
Ainsworth
Nadine Payne
YWCA Mixers to Attend State BIPA Conference in Muscatine
Charlotte Earls YWCA Mixer president Mary Waggoner secretary Lois Humston treasurer and Donna Hughes member will represent the club at the state BIPA conference in Muscatine Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Day sponsors transport. They will join a district skit during the program exchange workshop. Miss Earls is one of two official delegates to the convention from the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Earls
YWCA
Mary Waggoner
Lois Humston
Donna Hughes
Muscatine
Robert Day
Miss Earls
Present Flower Book to Mrs. Paul Shearer
Mrs Paul V Shearer received the book A Complete Book of Flower Arrangements by F F Rockwell and Esther C Grayson at the Garden department I meeting in Mrs R J Dawson home Tuesday afternoon. Presented by Mrs Carl Crossett the leader the presentation honored Mrs Shearers work as general chairman of the June flower show committee. Mrs Homer Birney spoke on Peony Culture and offered transplanting tips. Twenty members attended and participated in a flower naming contest with 39 varieties on a single table. Orva Scott named 34 varieties and was declared winner. Afterward the group toured Mrs Dawson's garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Shearer
F. F. Rockwell
Esther C. Grayson
Garden Department I
R. J. Dawson
Carl Crossett
Shearer
Homer Birney
Dawson
Carl Roberts Anniversary Dinner Entertainment at Home
Mr and Mrs Carl Roberts entertained 70 guests at their 45th anniversary dinner held Tuesday evening in their home. Granddaughter Patricia Berry played piano as guests arrived. Dinner was served at long tables. home decor featured flower bouquets. Mrs Mary Berry and granddaughters Charlotte and Patricia Berry served the meal. Dessert included three-layer brick ice cream with souvenir spoons and Lady Baltimore cake. Charlotte Berry then sang a vocal solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Roberts
Robert
Patricia Berry
Mary Berry
Charlotte
Charlotte Berry
Mrs. Koehler Hosts St. James Study Club Evening
Mrs. Koehler hosted the St. James Study Club with seventeen members present. Mrs. Bernard McCarthy led a lesson on Jesus last visit to Jericho and Bethany. Refreshments were served by the hostess with assistance from several club members and Town State Teachers College students who broadcast a feature on KXEL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Koehler
St. James
Meint Koehler
Birthday wishes mark local celebrations across town
Mrs Eldin Bauer of West Chester celebrates today along with Hal Williams and others. Mr Grant Fletcher and Milford Cook observe wedding anniversaries. Ronnie Lee, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Neff, is one year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldin Bauer
West Chester
Hal Williams
Tsu
Donald Lins
Richard Miller
Howard Sigu’oose
Lou Ann Pratt
Grant Fletcher
Milford Cook
Ronnie Lee
Sam Neff
Missionary Society Meeting Highlights Local Church
The United Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society met Tuesday in church parlors with Mrs. W W Caldwell leading devotions on Faith of Our Fathers. Nits Johnson presided. Jessie Stewart announced bank offering details and solicited support. Maud Jackson read letters on shortages in Japan. Funds were raised for a washing machine for Miss Sundquist in Sialkot, India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church
W. W. Calswell
Nits
R. Johnson
Jessie Stewart
Ek. Ooom. McConaughy
Maud Jackson
Japan
Missundquist
Sialkot India
Local News Award Visit Ties Brooks to Ber Ger Texas
Mr and Mrs James Brooks visiting in Berger Texas with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Carl Rothlisberger indicate recent trips to Amarillo. Nearby they toured Palo Duro Canyon known as the upside down mountain in the Texas Panhandle. Carl Yoder son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Yoder has pledged to a Concordia social fraternity at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brooks
Berger, Tex
Carl Rothlisberger
Rothlisbergers
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas Panhandle
Carl Yoder
Glenn Yoder
Concordia Social Fraternity
Towa State College
Shrine meeting elects new Worthy Scribe
Mrs Pahner Schilling resigned as Worthy Scribe of Damascus Shrine WSJ at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening. Mrs Claude Rhodebeck elected to succeed her and was installed by installing officer Mrs Fred Reid PSWHP. Presiding officers were Mrs W E Howell WHP and Alfred Fitzsimmons of Keota acting as WOS in Max Cook's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rhodebeck
Rhodeebek
Fred Reid
PSWHP
W. E. Howell
WHP
Alfred Fitzsimmons
Keota
Max Cook
Bake sale nets forty five dollars and fifty five cents
During the meeting Mrs. H. M Dodder reported that the bake sale raised $45.55. It was announced that starting Oct. 10 a bridge game will be held at 2 p.m. every other Monday at the Temple and all members are invited to attend.
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H. M Dodder
Evening Journal Washington IA News Briefs September 28 1949
Local notes from Washington Iowa dated September 28 1949 include brief items on community events weather and social notices. No single dominant story is provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Birthday Benefit Card Party Planned by Mrs Thayer
Mrs Paul Thayer announced a benefit card party planned for November. After the meeting those with July August or September birthdays sat at a table centered by a birthday cake. Mrs Hugh Morris and Mrs Orville Thoma coordinated the birthday table and gave each guest a gift. Refreshments were served by Mr Rhodebeck Mr Howell and Lee Baird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thayer
Hugh Morris
Orville Thoma
Rhodebeck
Howell
Lee Baird
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Spurgeon’s the Thrift Store
Joyce Gault
Crawfordsville
Esther Jamison
Wapello
Town State Teachers College
KXEL
Waterloo
Miss Jackson
Mrs. Johusci
Mademoiselle
South Side Square
Ward
Melton
Paris
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