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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
3
The Journal requests notices by 10 a.m for the social calendar. Booster club meets Wednesday with Mrs George Jarrard as hostess and Mrs Homer Jarrard as co host. Christmas exchange. Election of officers. Garden Department 1 meets 7 30 p m with Mrs W B Dupuis. Pythian Sisters 8 00 p m regular meeting.
Auxiliary meeting at W F W hall at 8 pm. Presbyterian prayer service at 9 30 am. Carol Brewer Missionary Society dinner at 6 30 pm. Havre and Gray School Christmas programs at 8 pm with lunch served. Odd Fellows party 8 pm with gift exchange. Rainbow Dance 9 pm at Legion hall for related groups. Pleasant Ridge and South Prairie school programs with lunch or meals.
The McCleery-Cumming company entertained 150 employees and spouses with a 6:30 p.m. turkey dinner at the Y M C A community room. Richard McCleery gave door prizes to Mrs. Bill Orris and Ralph Ogilvie, with three general prizes to Milford Cook, Mrs. Florence Hindahl, and Tom Charbonneaux. Harold Cumming introduced entertainers from the Rancheros, including singers a dancer a juggler and a comedian.
Thirty three students of Edith M Shields performed a recital at Lorden studio last night at 8 oclock. Nine others were unable to attend due to road conditions. Performers included Jack Carson Bonita Herr Catherine Pratt Richard Boettcher Linda Dee Stewart Lois Boettcher Mary Lou Slemmons and many more.
Sweet potatoes should be used within a week of purchase and never refrigerated. They spoil or darken when kept at cold temperatures around 40 F, since they are highly sensitive to cold.
Corporal Hank Jones endures cold nights in Africa after a long campaign. He reads a magazine pin-up with a baby girl who resembles him and hoards letters from Prue while dreaming of Anita, his possible daughter, as the troops surrender and he longs for home.
A humorous note describes Raccoon Fighter as a fine swimmer with four hands like a monkey. It claims many hounds were drowned when a coon sat on a dog’s head until he quit bubbling.
The Indian Creek P T A met at the school house Friday evening with Don Radda as chair. Group Christmas carols led by Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. R. L. Dunbar, and Illeah Farrier. Pupils performed two playlets and musical selections featured Betty Jean Applegate, Larry Boone, Carol Farrier, and Don Radda. A quartet including Mrs. Wayne Arnold, Mrs. Ralph Chorpening, Miss Applegate, and Mr. Boone sang. Farrier, Chorpening, and Mrs. Anderson won contests.
Reports show 83 percent of fatal traffic accidents in Washington DC occurred at night with 80 percent of night deaths being pedestrians. Crimes against women rise after dark, with 79 percent purse snatchings and 57 percent assaults at night.
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