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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1952
Page
2
Mrs Walter Messer hosted the Y Wives on Tuesday with a smocking demonstration by Mrs Calvin Wolfe. Eighteen members and three guests attended with Mrs Wilson Putman as co hostess. Refreshments followed. next coffee hour set for Tuesday August 12 at 1 20 pm with Mrs Bill Crayne as co hostess.
The Women s Missionary Society of the Associate Presbyterian church met with Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Monday afternoon at the church. Etha Dawson presided. Mrs Basil McBee led the program with guests. Roll call featured thoughts from Corinthians. Mrs Ralph Wilson spoke on religious conditions in Japan. A social hour followed with committee refreshments. Blue window frames ward off spirits, per a Spanish superstition.
A piano recital will be given at o clock Thursday evening at the Presbyterian church by students of Mrs. Edith M. Shields. Participants include Mary Jorie Slemmons Carol Laubach Linda JoePence Russell Herr James Stephens Mary Kay Young Jack Carson Donita Herr Sara Knupp David Stephens Janice Laubach Mary Lou Slemmons Linda Dee Stewart Peggy Stewart Gladys Knupp and Maurine Stephens. The public is invited to attend.
Members of the Y's Men's club held their annual family picnic at the Sunset Park pavilion Tuesday evening. A large attendance enjoyed supper and social time. Richard Weeks chaired the committees in charge.
Maj Gen. William C. Chase, head of the U S military mission in Formosa, said Chiang Kai Shek era Nationalists could blockade the China mainland within an hour. He noted U S officers have aided the training of Nationalist forces and that morale is high with new coordinated air land and sea operation techniques.
From age two a child should visit the dentist twice yearly for exams and cleanings. Small cavities should be filled and minor defects repaired to maintain oral health.
All items due by 10 a.m. Wednesday for a busy social week. Linger Longer picnic at Sunset Park invites meat dish and two sides, with note of date change. Friendly Circle and DAR events at Sunset Park and log cabin, plus golf club dinner at Sunset Park. Flower show, church picnics and 4-H Mothers tea, WSUS workshop, Rebekah lodge, Missionary Society luncheon, Relief Corps, and a John Meyer family reunion featuring a basket dinner.
A United States Air Force colonel's wife, Katherine Go Reed of Mt. Clemens Michigan, was found guilty by a U S High Commission District Court of five of seven counts of illicit dealings in rationed coffee, gasoline coupons and currency. Col Allen W Reed of Fairfield Iowa faces disciplinary action in Washington. The verdict was read by Judge Dewitt Winter Morgan as spectators including many Air Force wives filled the Wiesbaden court.
A Washington golfer spent yesterday at the local club hunting balls by the out-of-bounds area along holes five and six as Earl Davis cut the grass. He gathered dozens of balls and drew attention for the unusual scene at the course.
Weekend plans center on ready to assemble meals and advance prep. Readied meats cheeses and relishes pair with molded salads and cold entrees like deviled ham mousse salmon steaks and shrimp dishes. Include cream soup crusty rolls and a hearty tomato aspic as part of a make ahead menu.
Lynn Chambers offers a Colesian Bacon dressing with assorted pickles potato chips fudge cake and a beverage recipe. The item lists a simple menu snippet with dessert and drink guidance.
A quirky food snippet describes half pineapple prepared lengthwise and cubed with oranges and strawberries, filled peach halves with berries, and a raspberry jelly mayo dressing. It notes Brazil nuts add melt and chew to muffins with a half cup chopped nuts before mixing into dry ingredients.
Fort Meade Maryland Maj. Gen. Robert W Grow former U S military attache in Moscow faced an official reprimand and six month suspension for letting his war diary fall into Communist hands The court martial found him guilty of two offenses improperly recording classified information in private records and failing to safeguard it The sentence is subject to review by the 2nd Army commander the judge advocate general and the Court of Military Appeals before becoming final The court martial acquitted one third charge related to information that could not be made public
The Defense Department reported today that American battle casualties in Korea now total 118,668, up 305 from last week. The update notes that those with next of kin notified through last Friday, a process typically requiring one to three weeks.
In the United States life expectancy has risen to about 70 years. Major death causes have shifted from infectious to degenerative and tumorous diseases. Currently eight percent are over 65. projection shows around 13 percent by mid-century.
In Tulsa Oklahoma widow Nancy Deather aged 100 was visited by an old friend aged 82 who proposed marriage. She was pleased to see him but said he was much too young and declined.
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