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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1935
Page
8
Country club members will have landscape scenes studied this summer by a group of young artists led by Bonnie Helen Pease. The painters began this morning and will meet weekly through the season, focusing on scenes around the clubhouse and golf course vicinity.
Snowball residents attend a county home play last Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Howard Hoyle visit parental L A Hoyle home. D P D C Griggs and Duane call at Armour Griges. Mrs John Shebeck Milred visit D I Griges. Lawrence Howell visit L E Hoyle. Electrolux installed at D Crigus home, not Frigidaire.
In Russia women must struggle for life on exactly the same footing as men. In all the work in the vast industrial plants is done by women in the machine shops, the motor car and tractor factories, the mines. Women build the military tanks, the airplanes, the artillery and the locomotives.
A described program sets outdoor painting on Tuesday mornings if weather allows and shifts to Thursday mornings otherwise. A second weekly indoor class runs Thursday afternoons. The northwest upstairs Journal building room hosts the classroom, with Miss Pease leading beginners' instruction.
One of the most beautiful services at St Marys church marked by a coronation ceremony on Thursday evening. Nearly two hundred children led by Samuel Green and others marched in the procession to the church for the crown placement on the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. fifty communicants enrolled in the scapular of Mt Carmel. Benediction and hymns conclude the rite.
Scientists report that human noses adapt to climate, with longer nostrils helping preheat cold air. The finding highlights how facial features may evolve in response to environmental conditions across populations.
West Chester reports a group visiting Washington gardens on Decoration Day, meeting residents and families from Illinois to Minnesota. Local families such as the Hinds, Benson, Bakehouse, and Gash socialize with Washington friends, with travel and reunions noted across Iowa and Michigan.
The text notes that ancient Egypt could teach nothing to modern civilization, at least in arts and crafts that serve beauty and luxury, implying timeless values in design and execution.
Kalona wide notices report Mrs. Joel Swartzendruber seriously ill after a stroke Thursday evening. Mentions include dinners with Lemley and Kesnar families, travels to Washington and Iowa City, and a silver wedding anniversary at Clutter. Other items note visitors from Gary Indiana and heartening community updates.
Ha Frank returned from the State University Hospital in Iowa City after cataract removal from his left eye. He can get around alone and saw his four month old granddaughter Imogene Sheetz for the first time Friday. Classified ads follow.
The earliest knobs were door pulls seen on ancient homes in the Past. They were followed by hammer type handles and later by designs depicting animal heads and human figures.
Mrs Frank Rathmel reports the first ripe homegrown strawberries picked May 3. John Beiben shows a June 3 harvest with both sharing lunch. Rain last fall revived plants and Abe Summers predicts a good crop at his garden on Fast Washington Street.
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