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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1947
Page
3
Quick guide to sandwich fillings and toppings for school lunches and entertaining. Includes potato salad ham tuna salmon egg and celery liver and raisin honey fillings with open faced spread ideas and mushroom pimiento tomato egg cucumber toppings.
The note lists quick kitchen remedies such as souring milk with vinegar, using bread to catch splatter when broiling, rinsing hands in cold water to remove fish odor, salt water wash, shaking sugar with dates, cutting beans with scissors, and reheating leftovers in a paper bag with hot water.
At a public installation in the Masonic temple Patricia Patterson was installed as worthy advisor of the Rainbow Girls and Robert Bell as master councillor of DeMolay. Officers and members from Rainbow Girls and DeMolay were installed by officers including Miss Blattner and Mrs Turnipseed, with a following reception and pin presents for the retiring officer.
The Friendly Circle club and families, about 71 attendees, enjoyed a cooperative dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Longers at 205 East Madison on Saturday. Entertainment included a choral trio, readings, plays, a hillbilly skit, bingo, and a song hour with prize games and card play afterward.
Mr and Mrs John Wheelan and Raymond were entertained at a turkey dinner by Mr and Mrs James Brooks and other neighbors in the Brooks home. Fildie Crayne played two piano solos as a New Year doll centerpiece and blue bird themed place favors highlighted the evening. The Wheelans, moving from the neighborhood, received a card table as a farewell gift.
Calendar lists numerous group meetings and social events including drama department, Legion and Rainbow Girls installations, church cooperative dinners, Pioneer and Garden groups, women's circles, choir and booster events, Snowball Social, Pythian Sisters, V F W and Memorial services. Offices, times and locations vary across churches and halls.
Ruth Foster presents a daily suggested menu from Martha's Market Basket. Today's plan includes Breakfast with Tem ple oranges and cinnamon rolls, a Luncheon or supper of Cream of tomato soup and rice raisin pudding, and Dinner featuring Shepherds pie and vegetable wedges.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met with 24 members present at the hostel. Mrs. Harry Turner presided, with Mrs. T. K. White as secretary pro tem. Devotions by Mrs. R. R. Dawson cited Ephesians and the home’s Beatitudes. A Grace Noel Crowell poems collection was shared concluding with Someone Had Prayed.
The Presbyterian morning prayer meets at 9 30 Wednesday at the church. The Masonic lodge gathers Wednesday evening at the Masonic temple for work in the third degree. Mrs Kennedy hosts luncheon. Friday the friendship club and families hold a cooperative supper at 380 p m at Mac Davis home with coffee provided and two dishes to pass.
The January meeting of the Dutchette 4 H club was held Thursday with LaVern and Leon Sherman. Six members responded to roll call by giving how we could be better groomed. Donna Moody was a visitor. Mrs. Orville Griggs spoke on hair grooming and Marlene Mayer demonstrated fixing a sewing box. Plans were made for a cooperative supper at the Grace Hill community building or the next meeting. After singing games, refreshments were served.
A survey of manufacturers finds brides favor the traditional narrow wedding band. Diamonds are mounted in white palladium, a sister metal of platinum, but many still choose simplicity in their rings.
Dorothy Schaeffer hosted eight Clover Leaf 4-H members and two leaders at her home on Tuesday evening. Janet Fletcher rejoined the club, roll call featured plans to protect against colds, a Greece-based letter was read, and a clothing box was sent. Members prepared linens for sewing boxes and were served refreshments.
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