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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1932
Page
3
A guide to stocking a picnic emergency shelf with ready prepared foods for all ages. It lists sandwiches such as sardine and tongue mushroom, ham and cheese varieties, sweet sandwich options, and heat‑in‑container dishes, stressing convenience and minimal waste.
Wednesday events list activities for Country club women golfers Harmony club meeting with Mrs Ralph Lytle and children program U and I club gathering at Mrs Morgan home Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid meeting with Mes Harry Jones Reservations due by Tuesday noon for the breakfast event at the golf course
The IX club will meet with Mrs Harry Drake Thursday at 2 PM. The Royal Neighbors will meet Tuesday night at 9 o'clock in the Woodman hall. The St Paul Evangelical Lad...
Several clubs set gatherings Thursday afternoon July 7 with hostesses listed including Mrs Henry Witthoft Mrs Jack Caldwell Mrs Nora McKinstry Mrs J B Hoxworth and Mrs Harry Hutt An aluminum demonstration an angel food cake demo and an officers election are on the agenda Members urged to attend and bring needles and thimbles Harmony community club and Happy Go Getters also noted for July 7 gatherings with hostesses named.
The Christian Ladies plan a ten cent social Thursday afternoon at the church. An attendance is desired to support the event.
The Friday U P Ladies Aid will hold a 4 PM meeting with a short business session and a brief program. A pot luck supper follows. each member brings sandwiches and a dish to pass. General chairwoman is Mrs W J Duncan. Mrs Charles Brown to entertain the Friendship Club.
Bob Hammer won the flag tournament at the local club with a total of 110 strokes, finishing on the twentieth hole to claim first prize of six golf balls. Paul Gorham edged Thomo Brookfart for second by a scant inch, with five and four balls awarded respectively. Ten places were named with Dee Crow, Bun Blair, Al Baldrige, and Lester Orr among top finishers, and Merritt McDaniel tied for ninth and tenth. Forty four players competed as plans move toward the city tournament in two weeks.
A quip from H B L Mencken about college professors being uncivil is framed as fresh man humor in a campus exchange item. The remark underscores student wit and campus discussion without detailing events or names beyond Mencken.
The Haskins area completed a two week vacation Bible school with a noon picnic and evening program. Thirty one pupils enrolled with twenty four average attendance, eleven perfect. Activities included music, Bible lessons, flag awards, temperance talks, Chalk Talk, mystery hike, and town tour visiting the sick.
Richmond and Keota held Fourth of July celebrations with large crowds despite rain. In Richmond the afternoon program included speeches by K C Bicher and E E Kennedy and a kittenball tournament won by the Richmond team. Keota saw about 1000 attendees with band concerts, races, and greased pig, though rain shortened fireworks and a pavement dance.
Carl E Martin of near Wellman died suddenly yesterday afternoon at about one o'clock at the Henry Schmelzer home in Wellman after complications from a tonsil operation. Funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at the MM E church Wellman. He was born near Parnell May 27 1894 and married Beulah Sehmelzer on January 19 1922.
Mr and Mrs Dan Rohrer celebrated their golden wedding yesterday at home with a noon dinner for family and intimate friends. About forty guests attended with ice cream and cake served in the afternoon as music and dancing provided by a three piece west of Washington orchestra.
The phrase Separatists Seminole refers to Creeks who left their tribe and settled in Florida, adopting a self designated label that highlighted their break from traditional Creek leadership.
Dr F W Eastwood presided over diploma exercises closing the nine year daily vacation Bible school at the Presbyterian church with 120 diplomas awarded. Enrollment reached 187, average daily attendance 114, and a brief program highlighted a long list of named graduates across primary, beginners, juniors, and intermediate groups.
A golden white themed celebration honors Mr. and Mrs Rohfer on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Eight grandchildren, numerous cash and gold gifts, flowers, candy and cigars, bouquets, a table lamp from the Just Us club, and hearty wishes accompanied the evening.
The solar system centers on the sun and includes nine major planets with 26 satellites, about 700 minor planets or asteroids, plus comets and meteors orbiting the sun.
Announcement notes the Merry Makers club will meet with Mrs E B Young on July 13 and prompts a date correction. Beal of Ainsworth reports on the Women's General Missionary Society convention of the United Presbyterian Church at the U S church in Coursley City Friday afternoon at six o clock. Five congregations Aireworth Crawfordsville Winfield Morning Sun and Collumbus city invited.
Pieces of old inner tubes are useful for pot holders, floor protectors under furniture legs, rug end strips, mats for flower vases, and water pitchers, offering flexible repurposing ideas for practical household items.
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