Kitchen shower hosted for Miss Virginia Hoover
Mrs. E B Acomb and Mrs. Dow Grones hosted a red and white kitchen shower for Miss Virginia Hoover at the Acomb home 35 W State St. The event featured a fruit- and flower-decorated room and a cardboard sprinkler full of gifts as the bride-to-be received items while guests hemmed towels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Acomb
Miss Hoover
Acomb
A. B. Roe
H. R. Wilson
Edward Cottingham
Hattie Carr
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Robert Tompkins
Clark Williams
Cora Frame
C. C. Robinson
T. N. Hoover
Girl Scouts Enjoy Three Day Camp at Rotan
Twenty girl scouts spent three days at Camp Rotan with overnight leaders Miss Bernice Kayser Miss Virginia Hoover Miss Mabel Connett and Mrs Jane Martin. Day helpers included Mr M D Hughes Mrs F Theodore Paige and Mrs Gordon Wilbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rotan
Bernice Kayser
Virginia Hoover
Mabel Connett
Jane Martin
M. D. Hughes
F. Theodore Paige
Gordon Wilbur
W. F. Copeland
W. A. Matheny
Calendar notes from local churches and groups
Friday events include a Young Married Couples' Class picnic at Nice's Park rain backup at the church and a Past Noble Grands' Club meeting at 297 E State St. Saturday features bake sale and bazaar at Sells' Store and a Park picnic by the 900 Gasco Sewing Club. a Daily Vacation Bible School in Carbondale closes with student work and staff lists. A rooster laying eggs is reported in Lynden Ontario with three eggs daily from three birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Nice’s Park
the Plains Baptist Church
Sells
Gasco Sewing Club
Nice's Park
Carbondale
Ralph Williams
Jane Lowry
Mary Simons
Jane Hill
Luella Hill
Betty Kennard
Eleanor E. Gifford
Goldie Jewett
Leota Jane Mace
Donna Stanley
Purrington
Hugh Landis
Margery Lowry
Fruit Pudding Method With Bread Layering
Butter a pie dish line with bread slices then layer canned fruit salad add more bread. Beat an egg with 2 tablespoons milk and about 2 tablespoons sugar pour over the pudding and add milk if needed until bread is covered. Bake slowly at 300 degrees F until golden. Serve with whipped cream.
Railroad Gear Sells to Film Company in Nevada
In Reno Nevada federal Judge F H Norcross permits the sale of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad equipment to a movie company for 500 dollars. The line has already seen its famous locomotive Brass Betsy acquired by a film company last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Hollywood
F. H. Norcross
Virginia and Truckee
Marriage Meddlers A Sequel to Married Comrades
Adele Garrison tells of four unexpected guests arriving at a farmhouse as a stormy diplomat father leads a secret quest. The narrator worries about keeping calm, explaining duties to a curious housekeeper while unsure if danger or intrigue accompanies the visitors.
Katie Surmises Unexpected Guests Arrive at House
Katie imagines prisoners with bars in Miss Mary's room and suspects women are among them. The narrator directs Katie and Jim to add a bed and dust the room, then hurry to prepare supper as plans unfold for the night. The scene ends with a promise of continuation tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mary
Katie
Mary
Jim
Mable Howell Hosts Jolly Workers Club Meeting
Jacksonville Jolly Workers 4 H Club met at Mable Howell's home on Wednesday afternoon. Billy Jacoby demonstrated a patch. Members planned a wiener roast at Harold Howell farm Monday at 6 p.m. Games and refreshments followed. Next meeting set for August 3 at the adviser’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Miss Halkyard Guests Include Sorority Companions
Miss Marcita Halkyard visiting critic teacher in second grade at Rufus Putnam Training School hosts sister Miss Jane Halkyard and friends Miss Katherine Corco ran and Miss Mary Corcoran Joliet Illinois at the Phi Mu sorority house. Frank Cox son of Mr and Mrs Carl Cox is recovering from an appendicitis operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcita Halkyard
Rufus Putnam
Phi Mu Sorority
Jane Halkyard
Katherine Corcoran
Mary Corcoran
Joliet, Il
Frank Cox
Carl Cox
Richland Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Latham
Cleveland
The Astral Forecast and Alaska Brush Signal
The forecast warns of jealousy and dispute on Saturday July 23 affecting business and home life while advising caution in speech. A child born that day may be merry yet indulgent. In Alaska Pilot Gordon McKenzie spots a circular brush signal and lands to receive cod liver oil and face cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Gordon McKenzie
California Here Comes to San Diego Fans and Food Fairs
A travel note by Marian Bush Reeder describes California scenes from San Diego to Catalina. It highlights mild climate, water use, porches and patios, auto courts, palm-lined boulevards, and highway eateries with prices. The piece also previews a future chapter and mentions candy making at UC Berkeley and a Freer collection with Chinese and Japanese paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Bush Reeder
San Diego
Cal
California
Los Angeles
Hotel St. Catherine
Catalina
la Jolla
la Hoya
Laguna Beach
Whitehouse Cafe
Bird
4H Club Meetings and New Baby Announcement
On Thursday night at Mrs. T. L. Yoho’s home Nip and Tuck 4-H and Healiners 4-H clubs held a meeting with a business session and project talks. Clayta Pierce, Marjorie Gaston and Betty Chandler were put on the refreshments committee for next time. Clayta Pierce will demonstrate overcast scams at that session. Mr. and Mrs. Orvan Potts announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Jane weighing eight pounds in Lancaster on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Yoho
John Nickoson
Harold Shields
Healiners
Hong
T. L. Yoho
Centr Ave
Clayta Pierce
Marjorie Gaston
Betty Chandler
Orvan Potts
Lanecaster
Lower Plains
Lancaster
Nancy Jane
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Glouster
Hollister
Cline
Georgianna
Ann Sutton
Sale! Bradley
Noble
E. T. Hayes
E. State St
Daily Vacation Bible
Lynden
Adele Garrison
Olga
Transvania
Madge
Mable Howell
Jolly Workers Club
Athens
Dorothy Baker
Elizabeth Close
Columbus
Clarence Wyckoff
Betty Lou
Maplewood Drive
Houghton Lake
Mich
Wyckoff
Canada
Lucy Michael
Harry Faulkner
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Kathryn Finsterwald
Jean
Agnes Kilpatrick
Betty Yaw
Helen Minameyer
Lois Shields
Mary Jean Williams
Grace Chism
Delores Whaley
Virginia Stansbury
Kathleen Orr
Queen Esthers
Methodist Church
Florence Rockey
A. R. Caster
Betty Lou Henderson
Charles G. Kinnison
Birmingham
Frank B. Gullum
Lancaster St
Clarence Butts
Jack Slater
Lancaster Camp Ground
the Stars
By Genevieve Kemble
Sea Breeze
Earl’s Court
Southland
Surf
Sunset Oil Company
Polly
Berkeley
United States
University of California
Charles Freer
Broughton
Quick's
Bayer
Ingram
Vitalis
Caldwell
Fletcher's Castoria
Colgates
Bromo Seltzer
Horlick
Heinz Baby Food
Chamberlains
Colgate’s Tooth
QUICK
Parker Vacumatic
America
Logan
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