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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
3
West Point winners Peggy McDowell and Donna Reit demonstrated good nutrition practices at Achievement Days and contributed their recipe for publication in the Journal. The event highlighted recipes used in tasty products, sharing practical nutrition ideas from 4 H teams.
Demonstrations by Janice Booth and Donna Cave cover Quick Cake mixing with flour sugar shortening milk and vanilla, then beating, folding egg whites and baking at 350 for 30 to 85 minutes. Also includes recipes for grape milk shake banana milk shake colored milk custard and notes on ingredients and serving.
A meal plan outlines two recipes using a pressure pan. The first cooks custard cups with scalded milk eggs sugar salt vanilla and wax paper wraps in a pressure pan at 4 psi for one minute. The second makes meat loaves with celery onion bread egg salt and vegetables cooked at 1 psi for 16 minutes, then cooled in cold water. Names Rosalie Robison and Lola Ruth Faris appear.
Joan Shettler and Paulette Gislain demonstrated a cottage cheese salad bowl recipe. They mixed chopped celery green pepper onion and cottage cheese seasoned with salt and pepper, then lined the bowl with salad greens before serving.
A collection of recipes for cottage cheese gelatin desserts and savory molds. Includes strawberry gelatin with cottage cheese pineapple cream layers, a cottage cheese potato salad, a minty whey gelatin mold, and a light custard cheese pie with pastry shell and nut topping.
Today Burlington residents celebrate birthdays for Bessie Nadine Schmidt Carolyn Jean Cromwell and Marilyn Kay Connell. Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Howard Beensl som and Mr and Mrs T J Berdo on their wedding anniversaries.
Marie Davis to perform in a vocal recital at the McElhinney House Fairfield at 8 15 Thursday evening September 2 Mrs Dillon Lowell presents the recital All friends invited Marie Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Mae Davis of Ainsworth recently graduated Washington high school with top vocal honors and will study music at Town State Teachers college this fall
The Crawfordsville class of 1945 enjoyed a cooperative picnic dinner at Sunset Park on Saturday evening. A brief business meeting followed to set a definite date for next year’s reunion, with rapid plans made for this year’s event. Dwight Owens, on vacation from Willcox Arizona, returned to participate. Members Mary Cherryholmes and Junior Despain were absent, while Marjorie Lantz of Wyman attended as a guest.
Instructions say pour warm fudge into a tin pan lined with multiple sheets of waxed paper. Leave excess paper to cover the top so the fudge can be lifted out. When cut, the candy remains fresh as when packed.
A travel note from Denver praises irrigation turning Colorado soil fertile as lawns glow vivid and fruit trees line boulevards. It contrasts lush city greenery with sparsely watered farm areas where water conservation limits growth. The writer attributes color and abundance to sufficient irrigation.
The text notes extensive water spouting and the need for additional supplies to keep lawns green, signaling urgency for infrastructure development.
A Iowa resident notes mountain water projects under way to capture rains and snow for pipelines that feed Denver and other Colorado cities. He recalls Denver’s wartime expansion and its current population near half a million.
Mrs. Orville Griggs heads the Dutchettes 4 club and had a busy summer after the fair. She canned peaches tomatoes and more, finishing with notable energy that impressed a cranberry merchant.
The text warns that mammoth deep freeze units resemble water tanks in hazard potential for homes with small children. It urges supervision of kids who may climb to peek inside and notes Aunt Sarah’s advice on shifting outlook to count blessings for a favorable balance.
Starved Rock state park near La Salle on the Illinois river is the state’s most developed park featuring campgrounds a recreation area a dance pavilion and a children's playground. The 140 foot Starved Rock rises above the river as the park’s namesake landmark.
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