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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1968

Page

4

Snickerdoodles Cinnamon Cookies From Mary Butcher

Mrs Keith Butcher of 13 Virginia Drive Muscatine shares a cinnamon snickerdoodle cookie recipe favored by her family The feature covers the Butcher family hobbies church and involvement with local music plus the cookie dough steps and baking directions yielding about five dozen cookies

Naida Christian Wenens Keith Butcher Butcher Virginia Drive Mr. Butcher Oscar Mayor Davenport Keith Country Ramblers Muscatine McKinley Kirk Kim McKiniey Zion Lutheran Church Mary Butcher

Park Avenue WSCS Christmas Party Held

The Park Avenue WSCS Christmas program took place Wednesday afternoon at the church with 50 attendees. Gertrude Worrell opened with an instrumental, Muscatine High School quartet and Central Jr. High trio performed, and a ninth grade group sang. Various members read, a gift exchange occurred, lunch was served, and treats were given to shut-ins. Hosts included Mrs. Harold Dawson and others. Florence Tinkham was program chairman.

Park Avenue WSCS Gertrude Worrell Muscatine High School Central Jr. High Stevens Roxie Plemons Betty Weiershouser Ramona Aswejan Jean Ruckles Haroldeen Lucas Edna McCullough Harold Dawson Helen Longstreth Mary Lou Ryder Ella McNeill Florence Tinkham

Social calendar items for December and January events

A series of community gatherings are listed including Wesleyan Service Guild Christmas meeting at Miss Opal Tanner’s home December 15 at 4 30 pm with social chair Mrs. Berniece Drumm and devotional leader Miss Betty Kemble. Pearl City Navy Mothers hold December 13 Christmas party at George’s Steak House at 6 30 pm with a one dollar gift exchange and prize items. boys in service to be named.

FFF Wesleyan Service Guild Wesley United Methodist Church Opal Tanner Berniece Drumm Group Betty Kemble Pearl City George’s Steak House Marian Hayes Wilton Campfire Skateland Muscatine Wilton City Hall Auxiliary Legion

Play Day At YWCA Saturday December 14

A Play Day at the YWCA is set for Saturday December 14 featuring a lunch sack or box Christmas decoration contest with judging by 10 am for a small prize, a 9 30 plunge, games, and a Christmas craft. entry is 25 cents. A correction notes Muscatine residents Mrs Joan Wagner and four others were named Outstanding Young Women of America 1968.

Y.W.C.A Joan Wagner Town Muscatine John Wagner

Muscatine BPW Holds Christmas Meeting at Hotel Muscatine

Forty two members of the Muscatine Business and Professional Women's club met for a Christmas dinner at Hotel Muscatine. Alma Danner presided in the president’s absence. Lois Gackle reported envelopes for Easter Seal, Helen O’Brien celebrated 36 years on the board, Ruth Bartlett read Christmas on the Prairie by Bess Streeter Aldrich, and community college groups provided music. Gift exchange closed the event as plans for Jan 8 were announced.

The Muscatine Business and Professional Women’s Club Hotel Muscatine Jo Any Bloom Alma Danner Opal Tanner Louise Gackle Helen O'Brien Muscatine Bpw Ruth Barlett Bess Streeter Aldrich Shades Community College Susan Robinson Vera Atkins Catherine Flannery

Montpelier Township FB Women Hold Christmas Meeting

Montpelier Township Farm Bureau women held a Christmas gathering at Mrs Wayne Kraft home with a potluck dinner and December 16 meeting. President Elmer Schaefer opened with two readings and roll call on favorite carols.

Wayne Kraft Montpelier Township Farm Bureau Elmer Schaefer

Annual Garden for not really return every year on Farm Bureau Members

A brief note in the Swallows of Capistrano Spokesman reports an annual garden event tied to Farm Bureau members. The item outlines an exact schedule for the event, with dates and times pertinent to registered participants and attendees.

the Swallows of

Lamps Through Time and A Christmas Chair Ad

Lamps evolved from oil to gas to electric with early American lamps linked to Plymouth and Newbury. An Eskimo stone lamp used seal and moss as wick illustrates early lighting. Also promoting a Christmas chair gift and McKee's Home Furnishings ad touts Stanley and Thomasville furniture and related services at 295 Town Ave. 263-2234.

Plymouth Colony Newbury Massachusetts Richard Graves Salem MCKEE Stanley Thomasville Gulliston Armstrong Town Ave

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