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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1949

Page

3

Social Calendar and Club Meetings Borough Notice

Notices for this column due by 10 a.m. Thursday include Women's Bible class at 5 30 p m picnic at Sunset Park Rebekah club family picnic IOOF hall dish to pass and sandwiches Maxwell reunion at Sunset Park Rural Women's club 2 00 p m Mrs Carl Phillips Chautauqua H H club 1 30 p m Pleasant Hill Ladies aid toll prayers of Jesus K C meeting Thursday evening Prairie Flower Missionary Society 2 00 p m Mrs Frank Leeper Vigilant Sunday school 6 30 p m potluck dinner Sunset Park serving sandwiches table service and dish to pass Cooperative supper 7 00 p m Country Club Friendship club 2 00 p m Mrs Ed Cady Town Starters potluck picnic 7 09 Sunset Park Mormen ders and families Loyal Women class Baptist church supper postponed Monday Knight of Pythias 8 00 p m KP hall

Women's Bible Class U.P. Church Sunset Park Rebekah Club Maxwell Carl Phillips Chautauqua H. H. Club Howard McAtlin Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Churen

Cost of softening water vs soap savings for a family

The cost per ton to soften water runs about five cents while washing with soft water can cut soap usage by as much as 75 percent for a family of four.

Rachel Graber Weds R Wyse in Wayland Church Ceremony

In a candlelit Wayland Mennonite church service Sunday night Rachel Graber daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Graber married Roger Wyse son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wyse Rev E S Mullett officiated A large display of white gladioli and pink asters framed the altar Music included duets by Betty Wyse Virginia Myers and Boyd Nelson a cornet solo by Virginia Myers and choral numbers The bride wore a white nylon marquisette gown with a bertha collar fingertip veil pearls and carried a white Bible The groom’s attendants included ushers Laverne

Rachel Graber R. Wyse Wayland Church Wayland Wayland Mennonite Church Joseph Graber Roger Wyse Arthur Wyse E. S. Mullett Boyd Nelson Betty Wyse Virginia Myers Miss Myers William Brooks Lavern Blosser Harold Myers Vincent Krabill Joe Sutter Wilbur Swartzendruber Mr. Swartzendruber Laverne

Wyse and Graber wedding unites Wayland couple

Graber and Wyse wed at Church with 150 guests. The bride’s mother wore aqua crepe and the groom’s mother gray printed crepe. white carnation corsages adorned both. A three tier cake in green and white, served by Friendly Helpers class, marked the reception. They will live on the Wyse farm southeast of Wayland after a brief honeymoon.

Max Roth Don Myers Sara Lu Graber Wayland Eagle School Washington County Mr. Wyse

Holberts and friends attend Iowa summer commencement

Mr and Mrs J C Holbert and Mr and Mrs Glenn Zaring with daughter were in Iowa City for summer commencement at the University of Iowa. Mary Jewell Holbert graduated with high distinction and will join the zoology graduate assistant staff in fall. S C McCleery and others returned from Chicago after attending the Drift Show to buy for Nicola and Harmon. Cloaye Snider and Lester Butterbaugh visited Dr Snider in Des Moines after his illness.

J. C. Holbert Glenn Zaring Iowa City University of Iowa Mary Jewell [Holbert Holberts S. C. MecCleery Russell Frink Howard KL. McCleery Chicago Nicola & Harmon Cloyee Snider Lester Butterbaugh Dee Moines Mr. Snider

Sunshine Community Club Holds Family Picnic

The Sunshine Community Club hosted a noon picnic at the Town City park with 52 attendees. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Wageman and daughter of Wellman and Mrs. Joe Stover. activities featured swimming, animal viewing, and a trip to Coralville dam project. Ward 1, Veterans Hospital, Des Moines is the contact for notes on a patient with polio improving to sit in a wheelchair.

Veterans Hospital Snider Veterans’ Hospital Des Moines Town William Wageman Wellman Joe Stover Henry Lanning Lyle Wilcox Shme Coralville Dam

Poor Drug Card Claims Realty Cure All

An advert from a Washington Iowa druggist promotes TROL as a universal germ killer with bold claims. The copy urges customers to reach the germ to kill it and to insist on satisfaction at any drugstore.

Bh. McDaniel Washington Iowa

Nicola Family Reunion Draws Seventy-Eake Attendees

Eighty seven members of the Nicola family gathered at Sunset Park for the annual reunion. The event included a basket dinner at noon and photos taken in the afternoon. Birthday celebrations honored Mae Moriarty, Eva Brinks, Viola Johnson, and Albert Nicola. Relatives from Davenport Ottumwa Powell Des Moines and Washington attended along with many others from Illinois and Nebraska.

Marcellus Nicole Sunset Park Mae Moriarty Davenport Eva Brinks St. Louis Viola Johnson Powell Wyo Albert Nicola lCotter Will Nicola Marcellus Nicola California Louisa Peak Cedar Rapids Mary O'Connor Myrtle Carl Zieglowsky Carla Ronnie Betty Prebyl Washington Sam Baker Richard Johnson Carl Hocken Leslie Cotter M. B. Alkire Laurence Moriarty R. L. Nicola Donna R. J. Merrifield Clint Moriarty Omaha Nebr D. L. Dungan Des Moines

Notable contributions of Indigenous crops to global agriculture

Indigenous peoples of the Americas introduced crops that transformed world cuisine and farming including maize, potato, tomato, vanilla, tobacco, peanut, and other staples with wide usage and cultivation.

Americas

Casein Fiber Becomes Established U.S. Market Material

Casein textile fiber has been on the market in the United States for about five years and is now established as a commercial fiber rather than a laboratory curiosity or pilot-plant possibility.

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