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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
3
Abigail Van Buren shares readers' notes and responses from her Dear Abby column. Topics include whether women can serve as pallbearers, editors defending Abby to readers, haunted house questions, and a humorous mail about mother daughter bill payments and newsletter letters from Vietnam.
Riverside December 23 families join for pre Christmas and Christmas meals at various homes. Attendees include Rose Soika Harold Beenblossom Cerny Wollrab Sojka Kloopfer Stewart and many relatives. prayer and gift exchanges noted across Riverside Ames Des Moines Iowa City Stanwood and surrounding communities.
Keota reports the Almeta Camp of Royal Neighbors elected officers for the coming year led by Oracle Ferne Wimmer. Officers include vice Oracle Pat Greiner, recorder Dorothy Chambers, Marshall Vina Mattison, Chancellor Maratha Sanders, receiver Marjorie Sondag, and manager for three years Maxine Carris. Installment set for January at Amy Williams home with a cooperative dinner.
Americans love sweets and chocolate dominates. Cacao, or cocoa, traces from Aztec and Inca origins to Spain via Columbus, then Cortes. Domingo Ghirardelli popularized chocolate in the U S, building a San Francisco factory and expanding to an Oakland plant with modern production.
Mrs. Sally Wettstine advises turning ready cooked meats into convenient meals by freezing portions promptly, carving into slices, and thawing for cold treats or reheating for hot meals. Pack cubes for casseroles or salads, make TV dinners or pot pies, and enhance with cream sauces, gravies, soups, or dressings.
Practical tips from extension home economist Mrs. Sally Whetstine on tidying up after gifts. Declaring a discard day helps reduce clutter while keeping favorites accessible for play. Use labeled boxes, shelves at child height, and visible picture cues to organize toy collections.
Keota scene recounts Vic Vogel and relatives traveling from Ottumwa to Martinsburg for Christmas, with stops through Chicago and Normal Illinois. Additional visits include Wayne Dickenson ill with flu in Iowa City Cedar Rapids duties, Dill family gatherings in West Liberty Sigourney and Des Moines trips, and relatives aiding Veterans Hospital patient.
Christmas visits spread across Keota with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Krause hosting relatives from Mr. Pleasant Crawfordsville and Washington. Other gatherings include Dr. Richard Adams family Des Moines and Powell family Wellman. One patient Typhoid Fever Barbara Renfro is in Keokuk County hospital.
Mrs Ethel Aller was hostess for the Chat A While club Christmas party in Keota. Guests included Mrs Myrtle Stites and Mrs Lucille Royce. Decorations featured a lighted tree with poinsettias and holiday place mats. Prizes went to Mrs Ila Aller and Mrs Marie Kracaw, with a guest prize to Mrs Royce. Supper guests included Mr and Mrs Paul Long and Bill of Washington. A1 C and Mrs James Warnke visited from Illinois, plans to be stationed at Scotfield AFB. Claude Greiner, recently discharged, attends Eastern Iowa Community College. Christmas holidays extend to Coralville visitors and local families.
CHICAGO UPI The American Medical Association issued advice urging people to avoid overexertion while shoveling snow. The AMA cited risks including chest pressure circulatory demands heart artery spasms and falls on ice. It recommended hiring help or using power equipment to reduce health risks.
A set of four homey recipes from Centerville cooks include Party Salad Green Bean Casserole Pecan Bars and Del Monico Potatoes. Party Salad blends lemon jello pineapple and cream cheese. Green Bean Casserole uses beans mushrooms water chestnuts and celery soup with crumbs. Pecan Bars melt margarine mix sugars eggs flour pecans bake and cut warm. Del Monico Potatoes grind potato onion and pimento with hot milk butter salt and pepper then bake long at 325.
End of a two week Kalona area stay features a pre Christmas dinner at the Vodickas and gatherings with Lybberts Fry family and Yoder relatives from Owensboro and Iowa City. Locals include the Kelso move to Iowa City, Kalona hostings by Hartzlers and Peterseims, a Junior Choir Christmas party, and a stolen antique clock found in Mar del Plata Argentina police search.
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