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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1977
Page
2
A bake a white cake recipe with orange icing, a White House Pie variant using pecans and dark syrup, plus tips on potato salad binding with Bleu Cheese dressing. Also included is a Chicken Chili recipe featuring a chicken, tomatoes, onions, garlic, chili powder, beans, and simmered broth served with saltines.
Mr and Mrs Dan Shirkey of Sigourney welcomed a son Daniel Ralph Jr born Thursday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Grandparents Dale Shirkey Harper and Daniel Greenfield Fairfield. Several families hosted and visited including Zug of Lancaster PA Havel Chicago Ill and many others from Iowa Illinois and Canada. Lisa Simpson wedding mentioned. great grand daughter Iva Simpson attends.
Blair House Players of Washington Iowa bring two shows to Mt Pleasant July 29 31 at Midwest Old Threshers Theatre Museum. Performances start eight Friday and Saturday and 230 Sunday admission two dollars adults one dollar children. Cast includes Dave Elder Kathy Fisher Nina Metzner Jim Frame Rollin Secrest Mike Zachs Mickie Curley Ed Colby with Gary McCurdy piano Kent Keating Scott Sotelo and Dave Hillman.
Admitted Saturday Mrs. David Wilson Washington medical. Sunday John Sinclair Washington medical Mrs Gladys Farrier Brighton Merle McDowell West Chester. Dismissed Sunday Mrs Pete Rich Brighton Allen Evans Washington. Today Stephen Shorter Cedar Falls. Transferred To Long Term Care Ralph White Washington.
Social Calendar lists Y Women coffee at 9 30 a m BPW Club rides to Margi Marek cabin Lake Odessa with dish and service Tops Club weight in YW room meeting 7 30 p m Priscilla Club breakfast at Winga s DeMolay at Masonic Temple Advisory Board 8 30 p m Senior Citizens at YWCA film coffee and cookies H J Club picnic Kalona Park LBC dessert with Mrs Bartholow Fleur de Lis family ice cream social Sunset Park
Senior Center invites sixty and older to weekly Wednesday gatherings with potluck dinners films and card games. July 25 features quilting lunch and cards while July 27 offers a 1 30 film with social treats. August 3 hosts the Birthday Party and a Volunteer Callers program reorganization.
Melinda Eaton was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Ella May Ruppert with co hosts Mickey Bump Kathy Hunt Mena Mineart and Jean Reisener. Thirty one guests including Lincoln School staff Doris Eaton Sharon and Jenny Eaton Dorothy McCarthy and Mary Dunbar attended. An August 13 wedding is planned.
Ford E Skola and wife transfer 65 feet of Lot 3 Block 1 in F M Sniders Addition to Kalona to Jerrold J Kauffman N. Eldon J Meade transfers Lots 12 and 13 Block 9 Original Plat of Riverside to Peter S Fisher and wife Eileen L.
A reunion for all involved in the Washington Community Theatre production of South Pacific is set for Wednesday August 10 at the Community Center. The event opens with a hamburger fry from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by a program at 8 featuring a video tape slides and other photos. All cast members and others involved are invited.
A compiled list of individuals and entities from Olds Plymouth Lincoln Toyota and other firms appears, including Eldon Walter Witthoff Olds Werner M. Ida R. Lowry Olds Robert L. Miller Kawa Mc Sarah Swartzendruber Plymouth Dennis J. Brown Chevrolet Powell Funeral Home Inc. Various brands and firms such as Washington Cleaners James Lawrence Hesser Thomas H. Mohr and others are referenced in a notices fragment.
The Busy Bees 4-H club held its local achievement show with all members present and several guests. Mrs. Ernest Caltvedt served as judge for intermediate at 11 a.m., seniors at 1 30 p.m., and juniors at 2 p.m. A total of 106 projects proceed to the County Fair. Refreshments were served.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports a doubling in intoxicated high school students over 20 years. Among surveyed teens about 70 percent tried alcohol and 45 percent said they had been drunk at least once.
Henry County residents contributed to the 1976-77 Henry County Fund Drive for Iowa Wesleyan College totaling 102,856 dollars, surpassing a 100,000 dollar goal. President Louis A. Haselmayer credited 525+ alumni and local supporters, plus 120 volunteers, for a balanced budget and notable hours of community backing. John Kleven lauded the county effort amid population context.
United States energy use totals show petroleum supplying 46 percent, natural gas 30 percent, coal 18 percent, water 4 percent, nuclear about 2 percent, and miscellaneous roughly 0.2 percent.
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