Corn Baked In Cream Is Good
Creamed corn dishes appear in many households during sweet corn season. The recipe from Mrs. Dewey Weeks calls for 6 cups corn 3 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons sugar salt and about 3 cups cream baked 35 to 40 minutes. Raymond Bell visited Ames for Farm Youth reunion last week. Mr and Mrs George Zeck and Beenblossom family gathered for a dinner with grandparents Mr and Mrs James Zeck in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Weeks
Salem
Raymond Bell
Ames
Farm
Omaha
George Zeck
Mr Zeck
Charles Beenblossom
Beenblossom
James
Norma
California
George
Wayne Zeck
James Zeck
Mildred Manley
Buxton
Oregon
Goss Item Sparks Dinner Guests and Local Visits
Zecks and Esther Wolfe hosted a supper with Mickie S and guests including Zeck’s sister. Bernard Eyestone visited from Keokuk with family. Chabal reports son Stanley at Camp Murphy in Florida en route to signal corps duty. Farm Bureau group in Jackson township planned fall membership drive with E Ray Bell and Knotek families. June Arlene Knotek visits Chicago aunt Mrs. Reller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Wolfe
George Zeck
Bernard Eyestone
Adolph Larson
Chabal
Stanley
Camp Murphy
Florida
Signal Corps
Will Olsen
Moline
Ed Shalla
Louis Havel
Farm Bureau
Jackson Township
E. Ray Bell
Joe Knotek
John Knotek
Everette Stewart
Arthur Duensing
Dewey Weeks
Almos Stout
June Arlene Knotek
Louis Reller
Chicago
Mrs. Reller
June Arlene
Joe Shalla
Rosin Production Doubles Through Tree Wound Treatment
Scientific American reports a method to double rosin yield by applying a 25 percent hydrochloric acid solution to tapped tree wounds. The balsam remains unaffected by the treatment.
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Scientific American
Fats Saved Yield Glycerine for Anti-Tank Shells
Seventeen pounds of kitchen fats saved will yield a pound and a half of glycerine enough to fire eighty five anti tank shells.
Boy Hurt in Fall From Tree House
Duane Tadlock, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Tadlock, fell from a tree while building a tree house and cut his chin needing four stitches. The item also notes community events including a surprise birthday dinner, summer school returns, and a 4 H club meeting with plans for the county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Duane Tadlock
Ralph Tadlock
Duane
Billy Berry
Byerette Green
Dean Emde
Gardner reunion program at Lexington church aug 14
The annual Gardner reunion at Lexington church on August 14 drew fifty two relatives and friends. The afternoon featured remarks by Rev. Walter Smith, group singing, prayers, solos by Mrs. Edgar Stewart and a missionary address by Mrs. Laughead. Attendees listed include Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Eyestone and families from Iowa City West Liberty Ames Des Moines Washington and Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Lexington
Walter Smith
Bruce Eyestone
Iowa
God Bless
America
Jody, Harvey
Howard Timmins
Clarence Timmins
Darilex
Edgar Stewart
Mary Ann Bauer
Mrs. Laughead
Egypt
Walter Bauer
Mary Ann
West Chester
J. R. Gardner
Jessie Brindley
Laura Longwell
Washington
June Gardner
Flynn and Timmins Families Feature in Local Notice
Local social column lists Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Flynn, Abigail and Capitola Timmins, Clarence Timmins, Harold Timmins, Jody Harvey and Howard, Mrs. James Patterson Junior, Bobby Marion Patterson, Mrs. Clara Patterson, Mrs. Gertrude Tipton, Lon and Wade Fleming, and Dick and Jerry Gardner.
Honor Helen Bishop At Family Dinner
Helen Jean Bishop of Dayton Ohio visited her mother Mrs Warren Bishop. A large gathering shared a Sunday dinner at the Bishop home with many relatives including Lindsay Nead Graf McCrabb Rear den White Littreland Armacost and others. Helen Jean will leave Friday for Santa Monica California to take a new job. The Lexington Circle met Wednesday with Mrs Ralph Tadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gardner
California
Naval Air Corps
Cedar Chips
Dean Emde
Leland Beneke
Lexington
Helen Jean Bishop
Dayton
Ohio
Warren Bishop
John Lindsay
Iowa City
Dorothy Nead
Henry Graf
Raymond Graf
Elvin Graf
Don McCrabb
Chas. White
Gerald Graf
Teresa Rearden
Ft. Madison
Harold Littreland
Lissa Armacost
Crawfordsville
Helen Jean
Santa Monica
Ralph Tadlock
Circle ladies hold noon cooperative dinner and sewing
The group enjoyed a midday cooperative dinner with quilting and sewing as the day’s diversions. The next meeting will be with Mrs Wilbur West on September. Names will be drawn and gifts prepared for Circle friends. Guests included Marie Stewart Dorothy Flading and Helen Jean Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur West
Marie Stewart
Dorothy Flading
Helen Jean Bishop
High Maintenance Cost on 5 Million Commercial Vehicles
The text notes nearly 5,000,000 commercial vehicles incur costs approaching a billion dollars yearly in labor and essential materials. Improved operating practices would cut demand for new parts, free labor for war production, and increase available vehicles for service while reducing road breakdowns accidents and owner costs.
California Leads Beet Sugar as Production Grows
The first American beet sugar factory started in Alvarado, California in 1879 by E. H. Dyer. Nine years later Claus Spreckels built the second factory, producing 1,000 tons that year. By 1941 California led beet sugar with 6,182,431 hundredweight bags produced.
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Alvarado
Calif
E. H. Dyer
Claus Spreckels
California
Senior Needle Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Roy Snyder
Mrs Roy Snyder hosted the Senior Needle Club at her Riverside area home with guests Mrs Mildred Stevens Mrs Victor Burieh Helen Tener and Mrs Allen Snyder. The group enjoyed needlework and visiting followed by refreshments served by Mrs J W Tener Mrs Mildred Stevens and Mrs Allen Snyder. Mrs Robert McConaghey will host the lab group at her Riverside home on August 27 for an afternoon gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Roy Snyder
Mildred Stevens
Victor Burieh
Helen Tener
Allen Snyder
J. W. Tener
Robert McConaghey
The
Lab
Detroit war plants to aid ride sharing plan
The city seeks data from about 100 large plants on workers homes, shifts, and transportation. WPA workers will analyze by shift and home, then return cards to plants to organize employee riding clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
WPA
Baby Carriage Industry Shifts From Steel to Wood
The industry plans a major conversion from metal to wood across coaches strollers and walkers saving 11 000 tons of steel. This move aims to cut costs and promote lighter more affordable baby carriages for consumers and manufacturers.
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Mickie
Zeck
OR. P
Steopathic Physicias
Lowa
Mildred H. McAfee
WAVES
Paul Blackburn
U.S.N
New York
Grace Cheney
Naval Office of Procurement
Mra. Wade Gardner
Kirksville, MO
D.H.I. Association
Alvin Leader
Des Moines
Ted Anderson
D.H.I
Byrd
Helen Bishop
Senior Needle Club
Roseville
Westphal the Jeweler
Ran PLC
Bisel Ata Ural
Hilo
John Shields
FURL
Scrap Iron
Manila
Charles de Gaulle
Col
Amilakvari
Bir Hacheim
Sernaville
Avery
Cairo
United States
Richard BE. Byrd
U. SS. Marine Corps
South Sea
County War Board
Local Salvage Committee
Conservation Division
American Industries Salvage Committee
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