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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
2
Ed and Dick Gray traveled to Des Moines to spend the rest of their holiday vacation with their grandmother Mrs. Ethel Gray. Carl Bard of St. Paul Minnesota is staying at the Carl Jungbluth home as a guest.
West Chester set to host a girls and boys doubleheader at the high school gym Friday evening with alumni teams. Referee George Freshwaters, Keystone coach Keith Stewart leads the winsome West Chester boys in a season that has them atop the Ke-Wash league.
Lt. Col. C B Obermann arrives from Atlantic City to spend Christmas with his wife at her mother's home Mrs Nina Law. Mrs. J M Kelley visits from St Louis while S/Sgt J M Kelley serves overseas. Howard Little, M T Sgt, returns on a 30 day marine furlough to his grandmother Mrs Mary Little after two years in the south Pacific. Captain Voorhees travels from the east to California via Des Moines after Christmas with his parents the Carl Voorhees. Pvt Robert Pearson leaves for Chanute Field after Christmas with his West Chester parents. A F Beasty of St. Louis visits his sisters Mrs John King and Mrs Frank Bruty and plans rabbit hunts. Harry Ramseyer Jr attends Iowa State College as president of the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association at a luncheon. Mr and Mrs Henry Teats and daughter visit from La Crosse to stay with Mr and Mrs C J Jungbluth. T/3 Charles Morris leaves after a six week furlough to Jefferson Barracks and then Puerto Rico via Florida. Mrs Charles Morris returns to Journal office after six weeks off. Pvt Wesley Custer spends five days with his parents before reporting to Fair Flax Kansas after Camp Fannin Texas.
A compact rechargeable battery designed for industrial flashlights operates on the same principle as car storage batteries. A single charge provides about three hours of continuous light.
A Cedar Rapids region roundup highlights numerous Christmas and post Christmas gatherings. Families including Zimmermans Davis Longwell Blakes and Phillips share meals, gifts, and photos at homes in Wayland, Wellman, Kalona, and surrounding areas. Capt. R A Jones Jr stationed in the Philippines and other relatives travel or stay locally for holiday observances.
Mrs. Joseph Hotka sold her farm west of Riverside to Karl Waldschmidt and will move to a farm near Iowa City by March 1. Waldschmidt and his family will relocate from Hills, where he farmed, after possession transfers. The Riverside community discussed the Rosebud Camp Royal Neighbors of America gift exchange and upcoming officer elections on December 27.
A vintage recipe page describes Scalloped Shrimp with breadcrumbs and milk baked in a casserole, then presents Gingerbread with Orange Flatt and Scrambled Eggs with Cream Cheese and vegetables. It includes steps for layering, mixing, and baking, plus a beef loaf with cornmeal and olives baked until browned.
Thursday events include Pansy Hill club with Kathryn Flynn and a Christmas exchange for club sisters at West Chester W R C hall at 2 p.m. Sunshine Community club hosts roll call and carol, Just Us club hosts a cooperative luncheon. Friday lists Women’s Missionary society luncheon hosted by Baptist church with multiple hostesses and a dish to pass. Saturday features A and club families cooperative dinner at 6 30 p m with I B Hoxworth and gift exchange reminders.
Theodore and Eleanor Bailey, twins of Mr and Mrs Ted Bailey, have four candles on their birth day cakes today. Gladys Mace and her mother Mrs M A Mace are observing birthdays today. Miss Mace, a lino typist at the Journal, provided birthday treats weeks ago. Others observing include Nadine E Chalupa of Ainsworth Mrs Godfrey Juzeler Mrs F G Livesay David Henry Davis of Crawfordsville Myrtle Freyenberger of Stringtown Will Sickles and Clara Wenger.
Fires across farms last year destroyed buildings valued at about 85 million dollars. Three thousand five hundred rural residents died, leaving thousands homeless without furnishings or equipment. No quick prospects for replacements were seen.
Philadelphia residents favored shad while city planned gas lights. Concerns cited fumes and discharge from gas works risking nearby shad factories, delaying the installation for some time.
In the year before the war the United States imported over 3 million pounds of paprika from Hungary, more than from all other nations combined. A note mentions a moving picture show in relation to the snippet.
A Christmas gathering at the Richardson home featured a goose and chicken dinner, gifts from Santa, and games. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, Walter Wolfe, Roscoe Robertson, W. C. Robertson, John Hough, Leroy Richardson, and many others from West Chester Wellman Packwood and Weota.
The S and C club gathers with Agnes Bowman for a cooperative dinner and gift exchange. Prizes go to Lilian Fisey and Alma Kucera during an afternoon of banco and guessing games with guests Mrs. Dal Novy Dennis Nicola Carol Fisher Larry Jirsa and Kenneth and Laurel Kucera.
At a regular meeting the Damascus Shrine arranged for a seeing eye dog for Nova Loraine Long of Brighton. The dog will be trained in Rochester, Michigan next month under the Supreme White Shrine of Jerusalem program, the first dog funded through this law.
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