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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
3
Mrs Earl Marshall entertained the Y social club and guests Leola Bernice and Margaret Liebenguth and Ida Dorothy Skubal at her Riverside home east of town. The group socialized and enjoyed luncheon prepared with help from the hostess's daughters. next meeting planned by Mrs Joseph Liebenguth at her home on August 13.
Eleven members and guests gathered yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Howard Caldwell’s home for a Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid session. President Mrs. Caldwell led the business, Mrs. Bishop outlined the afternoon’s lesson, and Mrs. Benn conducted scripture study. refreshments were served by the hostess and helpers including Mrs. Scranton and Mrs. Chalupa.
The Sunshine Community club plans an ice cream social for next Wednesday evening August 10 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wylie. Members are asked to bring their own table service including cups sauce dishes and spoons.
Eight women golfers met for breakfast at the North Side cafe yesterday morning and went to the Country club to play. No prizes were awarded as many participants were scheduled for matches in the women s Boll tournament.
Social calendar items list meetings and events from Pilotburg Ladies Aid St Pauls Evangelical Ladies Aid Mabel Johnson potluck Independent club U P Women Missionary Society and other groups with times in the afternoon and evening at churches and community halls. Friday includes picnics potlucks and ice cream social plans. Saturday features W R C and G A R hall gathering.
Two members of the Three Quarter Century club celebrate birthdays Nancy Catherine Romine of Wellman born in Ohio fifty five years ago and Godfrey Sigler of Wellman the same age. Everette Wallace marks ninth wedding anniversary. Drevothy Tellin turns seven. Others noted include Mrs. Walter Kiesey Washington R J Ferguson Crawfordsville Robert Masson Washington Arlene Robertson Dublin Max Bales thirteen Wanda Pauline Custer fifteen Billy Waggoner eleven Robert Stewart Green four Ernest Swailes Marie Swailes East Highland.
Woussicket 4-H club girls held a local achievement day Tuesday at Florénce Kyle’s home. Mothers and neighbors attended as the girls displayed their canned goods. Refreshments followed, and the next meeting will involve planning for county Achievement day with Florence Kyle.
In Crawfordsville on August 4 the Methodist church Standard Bearers hosted a picnic supper for the missionary society women at Tourist Park. The girls revealed their mystery mothers and each gave a gift, with two Davenport pillows presented to sponsor Mrs. Ollie Anwyl. A fine outing followed by a Threshol's party nearby brought together about 40 families who finished threshing, amid reports of local yields from 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid announces a Thursday August 11 gathering at 722 East Jefferson Street in the afternoon at the usual time. Members are reminded of the change in meeting location for this session.
About sixty to seventy women and children attended Grace Hill Ladies Aid East Division quarterly social yesterday in the community building. A skit titled The Mayor's Secretary was presented with Mrs Nelson Woodford as the mayor's wife, Mrs Otis Kirton as the secretary, and Mrs Lester Small as Dolly Dimples. Each member could bring two guests.
Fortnightly club yearbooks for 1938 39 are available at the public library. The edition features a smaller, more portable size, a darker blue and gold cover, a slightly changed composition, and a new inside page box for member names. Committee head Mrs Glenn Wilson leads the effort with members Mrs Nels B Westermark Mrs I T Rehmel Mrs Arthur Krause and Mrs J C Sexton.
Stella J L Goodspeed born near Mendota Illinois died in Chicago July 31 1938. She moved with her parents to a farm near Lexington Iowa where she grew up and taught school earning a county normal diploma. She earned a life diploma in education in California and was a pharmacist. She taught in Seattle public schools and taught vocal music and piano. She painted landscapes sold some and gave many to friends and relatives. She had an intense desire to teach and create.
The Journal has been chosen by Ruthrauff Ryan Inc Chicago to carry the lion's share of the Quaker Oats campaign in Washington. The campaign emphasizes the product as rich in nerve nourishing Vitamin B and is well known to readers.
The Romine family reunion is set for Sunday August 14 at Wellman Park with rain plan to meet in the Christian church dining room. The Kephart reunion will be Sunday August 7 at Sunset Park with rain fallback to the Christian church dining room. relatives and friends are invited.
Ancient Chinese observers noted sunspots and pondered their meaning. Fritz traced sunspot epochs to 300 A D, while telescope use in the early 1600s finally enabled scientific study.
The obituary notes Miss Goodspeed a longtime Iowa native who pursued nature, marine life, and botany studies, joined Seattle clubs, retired to Iowa in 1920, then moved to Chicago. Surviving relatives include sister Alice L. Goodspeed and nieces Lucile Pye and Hersalera Olver. She died Sunday evening July 31 in Chicago and is buried in Lexington's family cemetery.
U and I club members met at the home of Mrs. Mert King for a warm August afternoon. Seven members attended with Mrs. Dick Taylor as a guest. Needlework and visiting filled the hours while Mrs. Ralph Williams helped serve refreshments. The next gathering will be September 7 at Mrs. Pat Moriarty’s home.
John Tomlin of the internal revenue office in Washington reports the federal firearms act is now effective covering manufacturing and dealing in certain arms and ammunition. Application forms are being sent to dealers and those under the law must have a license number with a $1 fee.
The second performance of Sleeping Beauty was better than opening night with a larger crowd at the Morrison home garage. The cast largely remained the same except Henrietta Stewart subbed for Mary Voorhees as the bad fairy. Mary returned to give a splendid performance and Henrietta learned her lines in one day.
The Home Bakery installs an automatic doughnut machine described as sanitary and fast. The new equipment is said to speed production and preserve a home-like doughnut taste, aligning with modern trends.
Gail Davis aided director Margaret Ragan in the performance and served as prompter, assisting in many ways during the singing event in the Dutch kindergarten.
Floyd Grecian proprietor of the Home Bakery invites the public to inspect the new bakery equipment. Doughnuts and other bakery goods will be sold at Washington grocery stores.
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