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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1975
Page
2
A collection of simple dessert and savory recipes from a home kitchen. Includes Snowflake Pie with lime Jello and coconut, a graham cracker crust, Shrimp A La King served in Pepperidge Farm shells, and a macaroni and cheese style bake. Also notes calorie examples and a quick Bachelor’s Breakfast omelet.
Columbus Junction notes list four attorneys at Judge Joseph R. Leary s funeral in Ft. Madison after his passing on Wednesday. Also reported are a Mayo Clinic patient visiting home, local family trips and reunions, Wartburg basketball camp results, ISU degree news, college plans, a medical patient improving at University Hospitals, and the start of Music Mothers season with officers and council members named.
Mrs Merle Jeffries of Washington has returned from a trip to San Francisco California to visit her daughter Mrs Betty Ginn and sons Laura Behan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry Behan, celebrated her third birthday with a party hosted by babysitter Shirley Conry. Attendees included Laura Tom Behan Kristine Hoehn Tammy Chambers Jamie Rich David Chrissy Crossett Vicky Kimmy Moore Bobby Schenk Penni Moore and Clay Letcher. Mr and Mrs Tim Patterson and Ford Marie returned from an 18 day European vacation visiting Amsterdam Germany Switzerland and London noting drought in western Europe.
Due to high demand the YMCA adds two new Monday sessions, a 4 p.m. beginner class and a 4 45 p.m. fish and flying fish class led by Carla Pepper. Weekend sessions begin Saturday Sept 6 at 9 a.m. with beginner and fish classes still available. Call 321 for signup and details.
Funeral services for Cavanaugh were conducted at 10 a.m. at St James Catholic Church with Rev Edward J Shepherd officiating. Interment followed at Elm Grove. Jones Funeral Home supervised arrangements. Casketbearers were Leo Marie Homer Brinning Dr George Krogmeier James Roberts Paul Ryan and Hubert Redlinger.
The Prairie Painters Club met Monday at the Kalona Recreation Center with Mrs. Hazel Coffey as hostess. Mrs. Milton Ross demonstrated "Elusive Qualities and a Hint of Mystery" and Mrs. L. P. Statler led the business meeting. She reported on the State board meeting in Des Moines and announced the next China Painting Convention in Atlantic on April 28-30, 1976. After lunch members painted and shared ideas. the next meeting is Sept 27 with Mrs. Howard Yoder of Wellman.
Tuesday events include BPW Club dinner at Captain's Table 100F Lodge events at 100F Hall Tops Club weigh in YWCA room Tops dip and Senior Citizen's Council meeting canceled. Wednesday Priscilla Club breakfast Senior Citizen's picnic at Sunset Park with weather backup in Community Room Y lemonade and potluck dinner Bethel Mission Society Ruth and Mae Gideon Thursday DAR Log Cabin open 24 p.m. Sunset Park LBC Club Mrs Walter Nicholson meeting.
Mrs. A. K. Stoutner drove to Indianola Tuesday to visit her friend Mrs. Raymond Sayre and later called on Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rankin in Knoxville. Birthday festivities for Adam Greiner and a hospital stay for Debbie Funston are noted among the social visits and events in the Keota area.
Gene Lintz family from Tracy and Crawfordsville enjoyed a ten day Colorado trip visiting Estes Park Gypsum and Denver with relatives from Iowa Minnesota Florida and California. The piece notes Darrin David and Gene Lintz and Betty Kellogg's kin while also detailing Mrs Clara Miller’s 98th birthday party in Columbus Junction and a birthday celebration for young David Lintz with family and friends present.
New Yorkers paid 3.4 billion in income taxes in 1974, the most among states. California collected 1.8 billion, while Pennsylvania and Illinois recorded 1.1 billion and 1 billion respectively.
Dennis A. Roberts of rural Washington was found guilty at a Aug 21 hearing for speeding and fined 28 dollars. Multiple other drivers faced fines ranging from 5 to 91 dollars for speeding, excessive acceleration, disobeying stop signs, failure to yield, improper lights, mufflers and plates, with 70 counts of failure to appear and several overweight and truck violations noted across Kalona, Wayland, Washington, Ames, Hudson, Mt. Pleasant, Madrid and Ainsworth.
Tracy Colton of Chicago visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Merle Colton in Highland from Friday evening to Sunday. He works as a consultant at the Veterans Administration area office in Chicago and will move to an apartment near work soon. Grandchildren were taken to Brookfield Zoo and relatives from Iowa joined the trip.
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