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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1928

Page

6

Genkinger Family Birthday Reunion At Home

A joyful family gathering marked Mr. Genkinger's birthday with a 1 PM chicken dinner and a large cake baked by Mrs. Herman Genkinger. Attendees included Herm an Genkinger and Willard Augustine from Illinois and Des Moines residents, plus Clarence Jacobs Olive and Robert Genkinger. Rosemary Clinch meeting hosted by Mrs Ralph Waggoner featured six members and two guests with social visiting and a luncheon.

Sree John Genkinger Lawrence Genkinger Des Moines Clarence Jacobs Olive Robert Genkinger Ralph "Waggoner Rosemary Clinch Waggoner

Local Church Groups Schedule August Events

Readers learn of community notices from West Chester and surrounds. The Ainsworth United Presbyterian picnic is set for August 25 in the park. P T A hosts a book exchange in the Y community room on August 41 and September 1 2. The West Chester Womans Relief Corps meets Thursday at 2 with initiation. officers meet at 1. Garden club plans a meeting with Mrs Frank Carter on August 24. B and P club starts Sept 12. EK 0 W club birthday party at Mrs Amys Norton's home on August 25. Susan Coffey Auxiliary Kings Heartds and Little Light Bearers mite box opening August 24 at 2 30 in the church. All women and children invited. program and light refreshments. August committee of West Chester Pythian Sisters preparing.

West Chester Womans Relief Corps W. Club Amys Norton Susan Coffey Kings Heartds West Chester M. E Kings Herald

Booster Club Collects Favorite Salad Recipes for Picnic Menus

Washington booster club shares a woman’s page contribution with tested recipes from its meeting. The list includes Salmon Salad variants Cherry Salad Apple Salad with walnuts olives and whipped cream and several molded gelatin salads served on lettuce with mayonnaise and sour cream.

Washington Journal Chautauqua

Lemon Jelly Salad Assembly From Simple Box Mix

A vintage recipe item instructs mixing Jello with the lemon jelly mix, adding one teaspoon vinegar and diced pineapple and cucumber in quarter cup increments. The sequence mirrors a quick fruit salad style dessert from home kitchen guidance.

Orville Caldwell

Social calendar items from local clubs and gatherings

Pythian sisters meet this evening at eight. a breakfast at nine honors Miss Isabelle Lemmon, bride-to-be. Kolah club afternoon at Sunset park. H. J. club with Mrs Kern. West Chester WRC officers at 1 pm. Garden club at 3 38 with Mrs Carter. Methodist Ladies Aid called meeting at 2 30. Ainsworth U P Sabbath school picnic in the park. You and I club picnic at Sunset park with families.

Isabelle Lemmon Earl Galloway Kolah Club Sunset Park Garden Club Frank Carter Methodist Ladies Aid Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church

Local Happenings At Columbus Junction And Surrounding Areas

Aug 20 Columbus Junction reports visits and travels of residents. J Robertson family to Ames state fair, daughter Jennie back from Knoxville after visiting Robertson brothers. News of relatives visiting, trips to California, weddings in Stout, reunions in West Virginia, and a Muscatine Louisa reunion at Weed Park. Frank Tland funeral at Conesville.

Columbus Junction Jay Robertson Fatherine Rees Stout Eleanor Ellinger J. O. Devore Harley and Chester Stella Hammer West Virginia Rosa Pool William Wells Minn Oren Jennings Ernest McRoberts Wellman Charles Gallagher Kearney Neb Lew Duncan Rosa Poole William of Muscatine Louisa Weed Park Edna Shellabarger Iowa City Frank T»land A. W. Douglas Conesville

Hobo Social Friday Evening Event

A community social gathering titled Hobo Social is scheduled for Friday at 8:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Hollywoods foremost flapper Alice White rises in filmdom

Hollywoods foremost flapper Alice White jumps from script clerk to star status in The Bid Noise at Fox Theatre. Once a modest salary notes assistant, she now headlines ingenue lead in First National Picture showing Wednesday and Thursday.

Hollywood Alice White Alice Milton Sills Fox Theatre

Hoover and Elizabeth Wood Return From Fairfield Visit

Herbert Hoover and Elizabeth Wood came back last night from Fairfield where Wood had stayed with friends for a week.

Elizabeth Wood Fairfield

Debts and Savings Lessons For Women In Paducah

Bessie Q. Mott told the Woman's Conservative League in Paducah that debt hinders success and saving builds credit. She urged careful accounting of income and obligations, planning expenditures, and using installment loans for purchases while maintaining sleep and peace of mind. She warned that debt grows unless well managed.

Bessie Q. Mott League Paducah Kentucky

Carlyle Quote Inscribed in Library Corridor

In the Library of Congress Washington DC a Carlyle inscription reads The true university of these days is a collection of books placed along the south corridor, signaling a timeless emphasis on literature as learning.

Library of Congress Washington University Thomas Carlyle

Cathedral of Milan among Italy's grand ecclesiastical landmarks

The Milan cathedral, begun in 1386, sits in Lombardy's vast northern plain beside Naples and is described as one of the world’s most striking ecclesiastical edifices.

Naples Milan Italy Lombardy

Fish Catch Birds: Dangers to Divers in Oceanic Food Webs

Birds dive to catch fish and in rare cases fish prey on diving birds. recordings show birds sometimes are caught and drown after an attack by fish in marine ecosystems.

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Ainsworth The B. and P West Chester Pythian Sisters Our Home Bakery Mayo Booster Club Ingredien Delbert Darnell Ernest Crawford Tom Swift Lloyd Walker Merle Eckles Sam Munson George Jarrard H. J. Club Joe Kern West Chester W. R. C West Chester Woman's Relief Corp Ainsworth U. P Ainsworth United Presbyterian Martha Butler Alex McCulloug California Richard Thomas Chicago Hoover Anne Minthorne Heald Herbert Hoover Mayfield Graham Chain of Department Soves GIANT Pioneer Pencil Box Universal Rite Rite Master Pencil Penny Ber Carters Herbert Hoover, Jr Harvard
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