Scenes from a kitchen window
Riverside reader Marge Luckey notes pink peach blossoms seen from across the street and predicts a large white peach crop. She describes red and white violets, Dutchman’s Pipe vines, and a garden memory of a vine near the Dr E Blythe home. She also shares mushroom foraging notes, fresh rhubarb, and a rhubarb dessert recipe with bake times and ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey
Riverside
Lockhart
Texas
Dr E. Blythe
Senior Center Updates from Grace Kerr Potluck and Plans
Grace Kerr reports a Monday potluck drew over 100 seniors, noting ample food despite shortages and high prices. First timers Genevieve Peterson Eva Simmering and Ethel Nicola attended from Washington. Virginia Tschantz played organ music as Dororthy Bauer introduced slides from a Germany trip. May events include the Arts Festival in Fort Des Moines and the Governor's Conference on Aging, with entries already accepted in Visual Arts. A White Elephant Sale at the Spring Festival will accept 25 cent items, and plant purchases are welcome. Next week promises more ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Kerr
Genevieve Peterson
Eva Simmering
Ethel Nicola
Washington
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Easter Day at UP Home a Day of Worship and Visitors
Easter at UP Home featured morning services and a choir Hallelujah Chorus, with Evensong and a Sunday night slide-scripture program. Many guests visited, including Daughters present from Washington Hotchkiss and Des Moines, plus relatives from Jamestown and Denver. Spring signs emerged as gardens began cleaning debris, and neighbors hosted coffee hours and piano recitals.
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Ruth Nolin
Annie Morris
Charles Morris
Washington
Katharine Kraai
Hotchkiss
Colorado
Widmer
Frances Wolfe
Des Moines
Emily Johnston
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Lena Nesbitt
Kathryn Picke
S.M. Picken
CE. McBane
Denver
William Ross
James Cottrell
Jamestown
N.D
Grace Cottrell
Clifford Ramsdale
Local Hospital Recovers John Beemblossom Also Della Little Birthday
John Beemblossom recovers at home after a two day Mercy Hospital stay in Iowa City. Mrs Della Little celebrates her fifth birthday with ten friends visiting Friday, enjoying ice cream cake mints coffee. Tom Lowry of Brighton was dismissed from Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Annabelle Zeck Andrade has a new address with her mother Mrs George Zeck at Clinica Quiron Avenida Virgin de Montserrat 5 11 Barcelona.
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John Beemblossom
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Della Little
Tom Lowry
Brighton
Annabelle Zeck Andrade
George Zeck
Andrade
Clinica Quiron
Avenida Virgin de Montserrat
Barcelona
Mother-Daughter Banquet Honorees At First Christian Church
The CWF Mother-Daughter banquet at First Christian Church featured a ham dinner. Mrs. Ira Morrison led the program. Edna Peters gave grace. Honorees included Mrs. Robert Cheyney youngest, Mrs. John Jarvis oldest, Marilyn Pitzer youngest daughter, Becky Pitzer, Mrs. Don Eaton most daughters, Mrs. Howard Baker and others with the most children. Committee members were thanked and flowers given. Entertainment followed with musical performances by Donna Davisson, Jim Dayton, Suzanne Lucas, Sheryl Miller, and Tammi Gardner, ending with hymns sung by all.
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First Christian Church
Ira Morrison
Edna Peters
Robert Cheyney
John Jarvis
Marilyn Pitzer
Becky Pitzer
Don Eaton
Howard Baker
Baker
Donna Davisson
Jim Dayton
Suzanne Lucas
Sheryl Miller
Tammi Gardner
Washington Iowa Newspaper Masthead Data
Publication details list staff roles and sections for Washington Iowa newspaper. Includes editors Robert Shaffer Manning Editor Shannon Elder, business manager, ads manager Leonard Llewellyn, production supervisor, and circulation rates for in-town and out-of-state subscriptions.
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North Marion Ave
Washington
Iowa
Elder, Shannon (Co. Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Lowa
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Dudley Dautremont
Ken
Virginia ‘Tschantz
Dorothy Bauer
Duane White
Ainsworth
Germany
England
Myrtle Meyer
Maurice Meyer
Virginia
Kathy
Vincent Upton
Emily
Gertrude Upton
Dene A. Carney
Glen Duncan
Donald Duncan
St. Joseph, Mo
Mabel Rankin
Dorothy Helscher
Ralph Bauer
Hazel Bawer
YWCA
Myrla Henderson
Washington County Hospital
Bruce Gillis
Ross Copeland
Harland
McClung-Hastie
Lester Cochran
Irvan Cochran
Skokie
Hastie
Indianola
Washington Evening Journal
Sturday
Ralph Martin
Osincup’s
Washington Federal Savings
Marion
Our
Baby Dept
K’lyn
Journal
Carter
Saanette
Jon Square
Lyn Sheps
Paulin Fe Yerig
Teer
SITET
Tuvtutt
Cots Ln
Hy-Vee
Washington OR
Regal Trading Stamps
Washington, Iowa
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