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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1946

Page

5

Washington Iowa financial report for year ending 1946

City of Washington Iowa posts receipts totaling 105 707 24 and expenditures 107 748 85 for year ending March 31 1946. Utilities and debt service detailed with bonded costs and taxes. balance on hand 69 897 04. Includes valuations of property subject to taxation as of January 1 1945 and municipal indebtedness showing Special Assessment bonds.

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Graveside rites for Mrs G Stephen held in Riverside

Graveside services were held Saturday at Mount Olivet cemetery Riverside for Mrs. George Stephan 67 of Cedar Rapids after a 4 PM requiem at St Patrick s Cedar Rapids led by Monsignor Lenihan with Rev J J Fath officiating. Surviving are two daughters Mary Catherine and Dorothy, four sons Joseph Paul Elmo and Leo, and four siblings. Patty Holderness was in Iowa City Sunday.

Riverside Mount Olivet George Stephan Cedar Rapids St. Patrick's Church D. J. Lenihan J. J. Fath St. Mary's, Riverside Earl Omer Ralph Francis Donald Waldschmidt LaMont Dann Mary Catherin Dorothy Stephan Joseph Stephan Paul Elmo Stephan Chicago Leo Stephan Camp Lee Virginia Pat Holderness Patty Iowa City

Ida Breese to Wed Lois Echrien in St Wenceslaus Church

A social note records a shower for Ida Breese, sister of Mrs. Holderness, and announces her marriage to Lois Echrien in St. Wenceslaus church, Iowa City, on April 25. It also mentions visits by Rt. Rev. Monsignor B. Jacobsmeier to St. Mary’s rectory with Rev. J. J. Fath and recalls his long tenure at St. Mary’s.

Holderness Ida Breese C.S.A. Hall Miss Breese Lois Echrien St. Wenceslaus Church Iowa City George Goetz Faye Nettie Shradel Anna Ritz Wellman

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Easter Party Highlights

The Grace Hill Ladies Aid society hosted an Easter party at the Community building yesterday afternoon inviting members and children. Chairman Mrs. Leonid Brinning opened with the Easter story and a prayer by Mrs. Ed Libe. Mrs. Wes Engel read The Froward Duster by R J Burdette and Louise Waterhouse sang The Easter Parade with her mother Mrs. Max Waterhouse on piano.

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society Leonid Brinning Ed Libe Wes Engel R. J. Burdette Louise Waterhouse Max Waterhouse Ira

Easter society program at West Chester High School features songs and skits

Miksch opened with Easter history while Mrs Elmer Young led an Olden Songs recital with her accompaniment Betty Griggs Priscilla Porter Corrine Nicola and West Chester junior group performed The Desert Song and Were You There When They Crucified My Lord A busy Woman Always Finds Time skit was presented by Mrs Brinning Mrs Paul Harvey Mrs Charles Johnson and others The hostess group offered refreshments in Easter motif Group two will host a guest day social within four months List of crony members includes Ed Libe chair H A Zehne l Mrs Louie Jugenheimer Gordon Sherman Dan Boone Nelsouw Woodford Robert Genkinser Harold Klopstein Virgil Pardian

Betty Griggs Priscilla Porter Corrine Nicola West Chester High School Lord Brinning Paul Harvey Charles Johnson Clyde Dawson Earl Hobbs St Mary's Mable Johnson Mable Johnson and Mrs. T Harvey Ed Libe Ehaiman H. A Ne ¥el Louie Jugenheimer Gordon Sherman Dan Boone Nelsouw Woodford Robert Genkinser Harold Kloptenstein Virgil Pardian

Phyllis McConnell Birthday Honoree Noted in Des Moines

Mrs Marvin Warnock hosted a Tuesday birthday party for her niece Phyllis McConnell of Des Moines. Phyllis celebrated her first birthday last February after not visiting Washington. The event included nineteen Lincoln School seventh grade classmates.

Marvin Warnock Phyllis McConnell Des Moines Phyllis Washington Lincoln

Phyllis and Family Leave Washington Farm for Easter Fun

Phyllis and the Charles McConnell family lived near Warnock in Washington. After school the girls visited the Warnock home for lively farm entertainment with lawn games, an Easter egg hunt, and rides on a Shetland pony. Mrs. Warnock and two houseguests served a large birthday cake with 11 candles.

Phyllis Charles McConnell Washington Warnveck Groutheast

Roan Couple Honored With Birthday Remembrances

Mason and Patty Roan of Rochester Minnesota received many birthday remembrances for the honoree.

Mason Patty Roan Rochester Mini Nies

Fluffier Rice with Lemon Juice in Water

A home cooking tip suggests adding one teaspoon lemon juice to each quart of cooking water to make rice fluffier and whiter. This simple acid treatment purportedly improves texture and appearance without altering flavor significantly.

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