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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
3
Extension textile specialist explains turning worn garments into fresh outfits. Patch knees and hems, transform knit shirts into tank tops, renew jeans with half legs, add flare using fabric inserts, and lengthen dresses with trims. Creative remodeling suits both kids and adults on a budget.
Go and Let Go Club met Tuesday with five members due to bad weather. Mrs. Paul Hazelett presided. members shared items and Mrs. Stanley Vodicka led a word game and history quiz. DAR discussed National Defense contents and cabin committee changes. State meeting plans were made for March 18 to 21 at the Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids.
Y-Wives gathered 43 members and five guests for a March dessert luncheon in the Y community room. Speaker Mrs. James Bash of Golden Touch Decorators discussed new fabrics colors and uses with slides on draperies and laminated shades. The next meeting is set for March 13 at 1 30 p.m. with activities including three dimensional pictures frames and various games.
Nine Division I ratings earned by Waco entrants at the district state speech contest in Mediapolis. all will advance to the state contest in Fairfield on March 17. Participants include Susie Swartzendruber, Beth Gerig, Kathy Stone, Barbara Reschly, and Judy Hulme under Mrs. Frick.
Mrs Albert Lay of Gladbrook and Mrs Harry Ramseyer return from a 10 day Hawaii tour visiting Maui Oahu and Pearl Harbor. Miss Mary Ann Nihart pledges Sigma chapter of Alpha Xi Delta at the University of Iowa and is a freshman in pre pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy. Mrs Edgar Rotzinger discusses Oxnard earthquake damage with daughter Mrs Rhu Moberly. Mr and Mrs Scott Wilcox return from a 15 day bus tour to Florida visiting Cypress Gardens Everglades Disney World NASA Space Center St Augustine and Key West. Donna Fritz and Linda Fritz visit their mother Mrs Martha Fritz in Washington. Thelma Rohrer Mrs William Barth Mrs Orville Meek and Mrs Charles Mayer deliver lap robes to the Soldiers Home at Marshalltown. Larry Shalla of Riverside undergoes emergency appendectomy and recovers. Mrs Dorothy Hender Bohlander of Marion dies after a stroke while returning from Florida. funeral at Murdock's Marion home listed.
Mr and Mrs P L Fenn of Route 2 have just returned from a ten week tour of the Southwest. They visited Mellen Mission Texas Rio Grande Big Bend National Forest Falcon Lake and San Carlos Bay Sowors and Nogales and Tucson. They describe crossings into Mexico via leaky boats share details of a primitive Mexican town and note heavy rainfall back in Kansas before returning home.
A brief thought notes that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said Taxes are what we pay for civilized society emphasizing the social contract and civic duty behind public funding.
Hospital activity reports show yesterday admissions for Scott Gosling and Mrs. Alice Zeck and Mrs. Dale F. Smith in Washington with births to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs of Letts. Discharges include Mrs. Robert Truax, with Washington and Kington entries for Mrs. Emma McAtlin and Mrs. Russell Jones. Additional notes list Mrs. Wendell Warner of Washington and Boyd Lowry of Ainsworth in Brighton.
Social Calendar lists events at Masonic Temple ISU meeting room and churches. Cancer and Stamp project program by Women of Moose at 8 p.m. Friday. Methodist WSCS Circles IV V VI VII with 2 p.m. times. Coffee at Mrs Weeks home at 9 30 a m. Antioch Club 130 p.m. Note change of place. Monday activities include Literature 7 30 p m TIT Chapter El dessert with Mrs Lundquist TT Chapter Y 8 p.m Mrs Sherman. Monday Nighters 7 30 p.m. DeMolay 7 30 p.m. Catholic temple.
Mrs Ray Steele and Mrs Jean Klein joined the Marion Hobby Club for a Wednesday session with Mrs Clark Wagner as eleven members discussed household hints. Deposits were made for an April Kalona trip and slides on The Responsible Consumer were shown. Refreshments were served.
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