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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1940
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Davis hosted a Sunday chicken dinner to celebrate the birthdays of Mrs. W. Schene felt and Mr. Davis. A centerpiece of sweet peas and a large decorated cake graced the table. Among the guests was Mrs. Catherine McClean of Grand Forks, N D, visiting from out of town.
A meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church is announced for Friday afternoon at 2 30 p m in the home of Mrs William Merr r with Mrs A Anderson as leader.
The Methodist Home Builders Class will hold a potluck supper at the church on Thursday evening at 4 30. Each member should bring a dish to pass and the committee will provide the meat for the meal.
Fourteen members of the drama department of Fortnight club met last evening in the home of Elsie Glassburner. Eva Denny reported on several articles from Theater Arts magazine. Mrs. Raymond Dayton reviewed the play Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert Kerwood. Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
Chapter CX of the PEO met at the McCleery home in Columbus Junction with Ms Louise McCleery in charge of entertainment. The next meeting is March 4 at the home of Mrs Anna Robertson with a potluck supper at 7:30. Officers and an alternate delegate to the state conference at Ft Dodge will be elected. August Foss and Harold Graham hosted Columbus City Methodist Sunday school classes in the arch parlors Thursday evening.
The West Chester Woman's Home Missionary society met at Mrs. F. M. Lindenmeyer's home. Mrs. E. F. Bauer led the devotional and discussed stewardship and tithing. Mrs. Clarence Niffenegger presided. ten members attended.
Bridge was played at three tables at the White Shrine card party in the Masonic Temple yesterday afternoon. Mrs EK Stutsman won high score and Mrs Mae Roth won low score. Hostesses for refreshments were Mrs T A Plenner and Mrs Roy Means. next party in two weeks will be hosted by Mrs T W Harwood and Mrs Fred Reid.
Lincoln P.T.A members plan a founder's day tea and a kitchen shower at Lincoln school tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The event will take place in the school gymnasium and members are asked to bring tea towels dish cloths and similar items to donate to the kitchen.
A local birthday list notes several anniversaries and ages. Mr and Mrs Martin Westen celebrate twenty seven years of marriage today. Mr and Mrs James Havel of Ainsworth mark forty five years. Lois Mace turns fourteen. Mrs Homer Godwin Mrs J E DeWit Jessie Gray and Reed Boyd observe birthdays. Frank L Wilson, a Three Quarter Century club member, is seventy seven. Sally Claire Bruty celebrates her second birthday.
A cake recipe features a spice cake with a thick applesauce and whipped cream filling. Glazed pink apple slices form a flower like decoration atop the two layers. Ingredients include shortening sugar eggs flour and spices with a gelatin thickened filling and whipped cream.
In Washington Garner appoints Senator Guy M. Gillette as chairman of the senate committee to probe 1940 election expenditures amid talk of him as a potential Garner running mate. Iowa concerns include soil conservation study by Rep Ben F Jensen and testimony on farm mortgages by Dr. Murray, with Spangler and McClure visiting the capital for Republican meetings.
A dense list of social events fills the week with V F W auxiliary, Royal Neighbors, Pythian Sisters, Lincoln PTA, Founders Day tea, Snowball Social, Legion Auxiliary luncheon, and more. Notable notes include a Washington dinner by D A R, various club luncheons, and a February party hosted by the Town society of Washington on the 21st.
A Denver fireman rolled from bed during a dream and fell 18 feet through a pole hole onto a concrete floor. Doctors report possible vertebrae fractures and potential serious injuries.
Lillian Roth claims Eugene Weiner broke her jaw in a brutal assault in New York. Weiner denies the charge and says he hopes to marry her someday.
Zelma Schnoebelen of Riverside and Loren Burr of Lone Tree were married at St. Wenceslaus parish in Iowa City on February 3. Attendants were Zelma’s brother Alvin and sister Coletta Schnoebelen. The couple will reside on a farm north of Lone Tree.
Mrs. Ed Gingerich led the Wellman Garden Club February meeting at Mrs. H. E. Ross home with fourteen members present. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. K. E. Foster as president and Mrs. L. C. Miller as secretary. A bird house contest was discussed and a milk fund donation of five dollars was approved.
British cable company workers on Direction Island in the Cocos group in the Indian Ocean sourced soil from Christmas Island Phosphate to grow vegetables. They long for fresh food and spend spare time tending crops amid coral terrain and tin supplies.
At the Rainbow Girls meeting in the Masonic Temple the group scheduled a St. Patrick's day party for DeMolays on Monday March 18 and discussed an initiation service next month with no date set. Past Worthy Advisors club president Harriett Bey presented three gavels crafted by Carris Manufacturing and painted by Harrison Dodder. Ten new Rainbow members passed proficiency tests supervised by Frances Sartor. Mary Westphal presided as thirty two members attended.
The Washington area reports the Bryan Swift family moving to a farm south of town and John Deere day attendance by Newt Benson and Thomas Koffman. A local obituary notes Mrs. B A Holmes dying February 14 and lists survivors, with a memorial poem included.
In Lexington on February 14 Marion Pence and the school’s pupils hosted mothers for a Valentine party. The event featured class recitations, valentine games, and a decorated box reveal. Refreshments were served by the Pence family. The gathering included several named mothers and church activities alongside plans for a March meeting and a family church supper.
West Chester report notes Mrs Visser mother of Mrs M. J. Tandy of Trenton Mo. was remembered with friends visiting the Tandy home during Mr Tandy’s tenure as West Chester school superintendent. Mrs Lindenmeyer led devotions at the Methodist Ladies Aid and Mrs Niffenegger led a program highlighting Valentine’s Day and Lincoln’s birthday.
The Christian Ladies Aid society will serve a chicken dinner Thursday from 11 15 to 1 o clock at the church. 43 Work in the first degree will be given at the Masonic Temple Wednesday February 21 at 8 pm. Howard McBride W M 512.
The day included a patriotic duet by Mrs. Eldin Bauer and Mrs. James Stancer and a lunch served by the refreshment committee. The United Presbyterian and Baptist church ladies society met, featuring two U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Washington birthdays in February. Mrs. Walter Leet, Mrs. Emma Cherry led entertainment. dinner by Mrs. W Ralston, Mrs. Theodore Poore and Mrs. Floyd Crayne. Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Strohm and children visited Homer House. telephone exchange at Haskins changed hands. John and Robert Pennington hosted the King’s Herald Society. Marietta Halgason and Ferne Ulferts traveled to Des Moines with Ruth Ulferts.
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