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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1933
Page
3
A Country club crowd gathered for a long table picnic supper on the clubhouse porch. The evening included visiting, golfing, and bridge, as families and out of town guests attended the weekly pot luck event.
A group from a Baptist church met at Miss Nellie Wiley’s home to listen to a radio broadcast from Ames by Iowa Baptist Assembly members. They discussed a trip to Iowa Falls for the assembly and planned an upcoming ice cream social. Lemons lemonade were served and enjoyed.
The Dorcas society of St Pauls Evangelical in Washington hosted an ice cream social at Roy Finke home in Prairie Flower with about fifty attendees. Funds of around four dollars were raised for mission work and donations were pledged to Hoyleton Orphan Home.
The Moosier Bend picnic will be held at Sunset park, Washington, Iowa, July 27. All former scholars and families invited to picnic dinner. Those wishing to try out for a summer play under Fortnightly club Drama department sponsorship meet tonight at Rev. S. Williams home. Ten roles, five women five men. Presbyterial Woman's missionary society Keokuk presbytery meets Columbus City U church June 2 at 9 30 with Dr C A Owen delivering the address.
The Pythian Sisters will hold their regular meeting Tuesday night at six o'clock at the hall.
A column shares a humorous memory of Aunt Maria and a Beaten Biscuits recipe. It notes that authentic beaten biscuits evoke the South and provides Iowa State College inspired steps using lard, flour, salt, and a stiff dough, folded and beaten before baking at high heat.
The West Chester W R C meets Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock. All members are asked to attend the garden club meeting at 2 30 PM with Mrs M W Bailey.
A damaged OCR fragment presents Aunt Maria's molasses cookies with a list of ingredients and steps. It mentions lard sugar salt eggs molasses flour soda ginger vinegar and oven temp 360 F for about 10 to 12 minutes. The Ames Lard booklet is referenced though specifics are unclear.
A recipe titled Sandbakkels lists ingredients such as butter lard sugar and eggs with vanilla almond and cardamom flavoring. The method describes creaming sugar with shortening adding egg milk and flavoring then mixing in flour to form a stiff dough chilling kneading and baking in a moderate oven until light brown.
A surprise party on June 15 at St Mary's hall Riverside honored William Sims who retired January 31. About 100 guests from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Fairfield Kalona Libertyville Mt Pleasant Riverside Washington Wayland Wellman attended with talks and a cafeteria supper.
Friday at 2 30 pm the Baptist Ladies social and missionary program meet at the church while the Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church gathers with Mrs Carl Roberts. The Ladies Bible Class also meets with Mrs Silas Korf for the quarterly social and a home department invitation. Saturday events run 2 30 pm with W R C and IX club both meeting with their hosts including Mrs Ethel Steele and Mrs Harvey Meek.
Johnnie Westphal spoke at a noon Rotary meeting about engraving as an art with live demonstrations. He showed work samples and discussed the skill as a hobby yielding practical results through study and practice. Rev. C W Klein outlined Fourth of July plans to fund an emergency kitchen, aiming for an outstanding program.
Washington pupils Betty R. Jones Mary Juliet Lemmon and Lou Jean Stewart are among eighty Iowa students chosen for the all state high school music organization. They began six weeks of training at the University of Iowa under Prof. Charles B. Righter and Louis H. Diercks conducts the chorus. Full article notes selection criteria and planned public concerts broadcast from WSUI.
Robert G. Cousins aged 73 of Tipton Iowa former congressman from the old fifth district for 16 years died today at University hospital after a prolonged illness He served in congress from 1893 to 1909 and chaired the foreign affairs committee He was an authority on foreign policy and a famed speaker on Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton.
Ainsworth defeated Riverside 19 to 5 Sunday to stay tied for first with Lone Tree in the Iowa Cedar baseball league. Both teams have four wins and one loss. Riverside stands third with two wins and three losses. Nichols West Liberty and Hills share the cellar with one win and three losses. Next Sunday Ainsworth visits West Liberty, Hills plays Lone Tree, Nichols meets Riverside.
Des Moines Iowa farmers vow to oppose cancellation of United States market news service set for July first. State leaders Charles E Hearst and Glenn Miller warn the move would harm Iowa producers and disrupt farm markets amid economy driven plans.
Ellen Worth discusses dot patterns and clever dress lines to slim and lengthen figures. The capelet frock illustrates new patterns from the Summer Fashion Book, promoting fabric choices and pattern No. 5251 for sizes 34 through 48 with mailed pattern envelope.
Crawfordsville notes report Miss Veda Twinam returned home after another year teaching in Chicago schools. Manda Davis won honorable mention in a Bible reading contest at Stanwood Iowa. Beulah Rich attends Epworth League Institute at Mt Pleasant. John McNeill and Helen Stewart joined Hawkeye club picnic at Oskaloosa. Mrs Charlie Shafer in Mt Pleasant Memorial Hospital with a broken leg.
Funeral services for Leonard George aged 80 were held at the family home in Columbus Junction with Rev W A Lamp presiding. Burial followed in Cedar Bethel cemetery. He died after a long illness and is survived by his widow formerly Marina Wagner and several children.
The Eatcies of Iowa will hold their annual state convention in Clinton on June 26 and 27 with over 400 delegates expected. John Witt of Davenport is to become president for the coming year, succeeding John Lichty of Sioux City. Large delegations are anticipated from major Iowa cities.
The Jugenheimer reunion takes place Sunday June 25 at Weed Park Muscatine. A basket dinner will be served, and attendees should bring dishes and silverware for their own families.
Report says the old typhoid germ strain used in vaccines since 1903 is becoming ineffective. The claim cites British soldier samples from the Boer War era as the basis for concern about current protection.
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