Society Notes Highlight Club Gatherings and Birthdays
The Society Editor highlights a sequence of gatherings at local churches and member homes. A reception for Dr and Mrs W W Bowers and family occurs at 8 15 PM at the Methodist church with a congregational dinner beforehand, while Snowball social club hosts a Wednesday meeting. baskets weaving lessons, pink and white refreshments, and a next meeting with Mrs Henry Berdo are noted. A Merry Mixer gathering at Mrs Lloyd Phillips home features a luncheon and basket weaving instruction with guests Mrs Arthur Romine and Mrs Chas Thrapp. The Friendly Threshers meet at Frank Hendersons with nine families, five tables of progressive rock, and winners Earl Frey and Glenn Davis. A surprise party for Mr Clyde Lambert honors his birthday with about 38 neighbors. a large angel food cake and candles mark the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wylie
Mermoers
Farm Bureau
Virginia
Mable
Genev Sherbeck
Henry Berdo
Merry Mixer Club
Lloyd Phillips
Arthur Romine
Chas Thrapp
Earl Oil
Tony Meath
Friendly Threshers Club
Frank Hendersons
Earl Frey
Glenn Davis
Henderson
Clyde Lambert
Mr. Lambert
Lambert
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Bowers and Mabel Kupka
Mr Lambert arranged cake for refreshments at a Saturday party honoring Dr and Mrs Bowers. Mrs Emma Anderson presented a corsage and praised Mrs Bowers for her work. Mr and Mrs Gus Strum hosted a noon birthday dinner for their niece Mabel Kupka with a three course chicken meal and gifts. Edna Messer Hilda Brown Mildred Brown Irene Roe Ila Mae Hotle Loretta Wheelan attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Strum
Mabel Kupka
Mrs. Strum
Mabel
Edna Messer
Hilda and
Mildred Brown
Irene Roe
Ila Mae Hotle
Loretta Wheelan
Community club notices and meetings announced
A compilation of local group announcements lists Kolah club Pythian Sisters Child Study department Art Department royalty and social clubs meeting with specified dates times and host addresses. Weren't is a family night event at the Bowers social hall and a Methodist pot luck.
Community notices across Philothea and local clubs
The text lists various group events for Philothea and West Chester area clubs. It notes basket or tray needs for Philothea members, a Sons of Union Veterans meeting on Wednesday, October 2, a Baptist Kensington social at the West Chester church, a call for four yearly dues, an annual country club meeting Tuesday evening, and PTA and G A R meetings scheduled for Tuesday with times given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Kensington
West Chester
Country Club
Gulf Coast Ports Struck By Hurricane Hit Florida Rescue Efforts
Homestead faced a refugee influx as trucks and launches ferried homeless storm victims. Florida Keys rescue boats searched inundated farms and set out for Largo Keys amid widespread flooding. Lakeland and Sarasota reported deaths from live wires and Fort Lauderdale sustained heavy damage with losses estimated at 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Fla
Florida Keys
Miami
Largo Keys
Gould
Lakeland
Sapasota
Fort Lauderdale
Daughter Is Born to Emperor and Empress of Japan
In Tokyo a baby girl was born to Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako at the Imperial Palace. A mistaken radio announcement first said the infant was a boy, triggering nationwide rejoicing followed by disappointment as the error was corrected. Both mother and daughter are reported well. The birth occurred at the City Palace during a severe typhoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
U.R
Magaro
Central Broadcasting Station
Ciyoda
Vallager
Czar
Mr. Jenkins
Fieldman
Five Iowans Die in Weekend Auto Crashes
Five people died and many were injured in Iowa traffic crashes over the weekend. Victims include Chris De Haan, a Des Moines child struck by a hit and run driver. Dr. Albert Danielson of Council Bluffs. Erige Markort of Houston. Carl Scannell of Rock Island. Edwin E. Snider of Startley. We note a bolt of lightning killed Snider and two horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chris de Haan
Des Moines
Albert Danielson
Council Bluffs
Erige Markort
Houston
Texas
Carl Scannell
Rock Island
Ill
Edwin E. Snider
Startley
Iowa
de Haan
Ramalson
Boone Nospital
Calwart
Markart
Bernard Gettings
Templeton
Missouri Valley
Gettings
Markare
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Scannell
Muscatine
Clarence Brandmeyer
Snider
Frank de Priest
W. J. Buchan
Heavier Ottumwa Team Beats Locals by Score of 18 to 0
Ottumwa overwhelmed the locals 18 to 0 as the Ottumwa squad dominated on defense and opened holes for the running game. Washington’s line and secondary fought hard, with Captain George Benson forcing plays at tackle, while Ottumwa’s stops behind the line stalled several Washington attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Washington
George Benson
Oskaloosa
Shea
Ahrens Erskine
Benson
Snee
Ese
Young Gage Harkins
Ewe Raymond F Kennedy
Axel He Kendicott
BP Brown Crigter Keete
Westermark
Clark
McAvoy
Judevine Lathrop Fletcher
Poe
Shiesey
Warren Pene
Husband and Wife Quarrel Ends in Murder Over Bridge
In Kansas City on September 30, John C. Bennett a 36 year old perfume agent was shot dead in his Park Manor apartment. His wife Myrtle Bennett 34 was held at the country club police station and questioned after witnesses said she shot him following a quarrel during a bridge game. She admitted the killing stating it occurred in heat of the quarrel after he slapped her and tore her dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John C. Bennett
Myrtle
Country Club
Bennett
Fashionable Park Manor
Prohibition Outlook Gains by Public Sentiment
In Des Moines Iowa Rev Howard Hyde Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League said public sentiment for stricter enforcement of the eighteenth amendment will soon reach its goal. He noted the organized liquor traffic remains powerful yet Hoover administration and federal and state officers support stronger enforcement shaping a new opportunity for prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Howard Hyde
Russell
Anti-Saloon League
Friends of Prohibition
Herbert Hoover
Toggether
Three Die As Building Collapses During Demolition
Three workmen were killed in Peru Indiana as a building they were razing collapsed. They were inside when a walk caved in and the roof dropped, ending the men’s lives at the demolition scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
U.P
Swift on Speech and Crowds
A sly remark on public speaking noting that lone speakers push ideas with ready words while audiences disperse faster from a nearly empty church than a crowded one due to lack of fresh voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonathan Swift
Geysers and Local Court Fine Noted in Rotorua Tale
Remarkable Rotorua geysers valleys famed for Maoris cooking washing and boiling kettles. In Watrakel valley trout from one pool cooked in adjacent pool. Mayor Applesite fined Louis Bowman $15 and costs for intoxication this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotorua
N. Z
Watrakel
John W. Applesite
Louis Bowman
Costa
Car overturns on Osceola embankment injuring Des Moines woman
Mrs Ruth Richmond of Des Moines sustained serious injuries when the car she rode in plunged over an 80 foot embankment near Osceola yesterday on avenue Methodist church at Musca line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musca
Ruth Richmond
Des Moines
College Love features live coach players huddle on screen
In a feature length campus film the Graham theatre shows a football themed picture revealing the coach player huddle and backstage planning. Nat Ross directs dialogue and photography to bring the clubhouse exhortations and mid field signals to the audience. Cast includes George Lewis Dorothy Gulliver Eddie Phillips Churchill Ross and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Nat Ross
George Lewis
Dorothy Gulliver
Eddie Phillips
Churchill Ross
Hayden Stevenson
Sumner Gletchell
Two Reelers Produced for Universal by Carl Laemmie Jr
The note indicates a two reel production for Universal featuring supervision by Carl Laemmie Jr. This terse line places Laemmie in a key creative supervisory role on an early Universal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Carl Laemmie, Jr
Wonder of Women at Fox Theatre Delivers Vivid Drama
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Wonder of Women portrays the life and loves of a German composer adapted from The Wife of Stephen Tromhol. Directed by Clarence Brown and starring Lewis Stone and Peggy Wood, the film is praised for realism and heartfelt, sweeping romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Fox Theatre
Hermann Sudermann
I T
Stephen Tromhol
Clarence Brown
Brown
Lewis Stone
Peggy Wood
Rosemary Club Meeting Set For Wednesday Evening
Mrs Ralph Waggoner will entertain the Rosemary club on Wednesday evening at her home. The event is scheduled for 19313.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. H. Club
Louis Rath
Harmony Club
Ralph Lytle
J. M. Lytle
Iowa Ave
Ralph Waggoner
Rosemary Club
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Ganos
J. O. Crawford
D. F. Macon
Chas. Lemley
OWA Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
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W.S. Reister & Sons
Reister Creamery
Kolah Club
OD. Quinn
Pythian Sisters
J. R. Krusor
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Legis
Royal Neighbors
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Pricclla Club
FE. M. McConaughey
W. Main
Navajo Club
E. E. Stutsman
Havre
Will Miller
Ladies Aid of
Ainsworth
le Tybouy
PB. S
Sunshine Community Club
Edna Ruebsam
Pres. McKinley
Rural Woman's Club
Claud Rhodesbeck
Lidte
D. Alr
Sons of Union Veterans
St. James P. T. A
Tunezday
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Key West
Coast Guard
Saukee
Sacandia
Scandia
Garnet Hulings
Baltimore
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Slabbers
Castoria
Columbus Junction
John Jenkins
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