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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1933
Page
6
Miss Prisquila Morrison, bride to be, was guest of honor at a shower hosted by Miss Mary Louise Harwood at 416 E Main. Guests hemmed tea towels and embroidered initials while the evening featured refreshments.
Fashion note by Ellen Worth highlights a detachable cape two-in-one outfit. The cape doubles as a shoulder broadening layer that hides a sleeveless top for tennis or bridge and runs up quickly. Linen options in off-white pastels and chic black linen are recommended with pattern No. 5273 for sizes 12 through 42 bust.
The Evening Journal Pattern Department in Washington Iowa announces a new Summer Fashion Book. Readers send for the book with a pattern order and include 10 cents extra for postage. Submit required cash to the Pattern Department.
Miss Dorothea Thompson and Miss Jean Marie Pettit of Wellman wed Koyd Netser of North English at a Methodist parsonage in Iowa City on Wednesday July 12. The ceremony, conducted by Rev. H. J. Henry, featured a single ring service and a sunburst rose bouquet for the bride. The couple plan to move to Kansas in August to work with the groom’s brother on an old station.
Ruth Stewart presided over a H J club session with a cotton fabrics roll call and a pattern cutting lesson plus a color study. Ruth reported on the Century of Progress via Farm Bureau band. Maxine Darbyshire spoke on the Ames 4H convention.
A Friday afternoon gathering led by Mrs Wayne Gideon invites attendees to bring a thimble and a darning needle for a sewing activity. The event is announced as a community craft session and welcomes participation.
Long before modern liver therapy for anemia, people in Ceylon reportedly used liver to treat sprue, a tropical disease resembling pernicious anemia.
The Women’s Relief Corp holds a regular meeting Saturday July 15 at 2 30 led by president Mrs Ethel Steele. The Rosemary club plans a Monday July 17 gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Dale Jones at the Lloyd Foster home. A Past Noble Grand Circle picnic is set for Sunset Park Monday evening with each family bringing sandwiches a dish and tableware. If rain the meeting moves to the Odd Fellows Hall.
The Lexington Ladies Aid will meet Thursday afternoon July 20 with hostesses Velva Green Besse Huber and Mable Huber. Entertainment committee includes Mary Oldfield Maria Oldfield and Amanda Sehulty.
Knottnerns and family plus Mrs John Lasek and daughter Lorene and Mrs John Rotenburger Sr with children Charles Agnes Velma visited Melo Lasek home Sunday. Lorene Lasek returned Saturday after visiting aunts Ima and Mary Horak and friends in Washington and Iowa City. Several from the community aided at a fire on Elmer Kolosiek farm Sunday evening. Much corn is laid by and oats cutting is the talk of the season with threshing upcoming.
We extend heartfelt sympathy to the William Murphy family on the death of their father and grandfather Sam Carson. Miss Lorene Lasek is reported on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Durst of Oakdale were visitors at the Elmer Durst home Wednesday.
In a survey covering sixty nine Ohio counties, no town exceeds a population of 30,000. The data suggest broad municipal spread without a single large urban center.
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