Minister's Wife Mrs Smith Oversees Home Life and Hobbies
The article profiles Mrs. M. D. Smith wife of the United Methodist minister in Washington. It notes her view that family comes first, her hospitality, and her hobbies including candlemaking ceramics knitting and reading. The Smiths have three married children and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D
Helen) Smith
Smith
South
Iowa
Bert
Eau Claire
Wis
Helen
Helena
Gracious Hostess Word on Gifts and Family Life
Mrs. M. C. Smith blends candle making ceramics reading and knitting with family focus as a hostess and Cedar Rapids district project chair of the Women’s Society of Christian Service. Helen Smith wife of a Methodist minister praises independence for their children and herself while active in clubs and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Helen
Bert Smith
Methodist
Elizabeth McClung
Easter Themed Good Will Club Meeting
Miss Margaret Turkington hosted the Good Will Club on Wednesday. Bertha Henry led the business session with the Lord's Prayer. Easter favors accompanied dessert as Mae Stokes and Lela Miller received cards. Edith Zook and Jennie Mitchell arranged games and visiting was enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Turkington
Good Will Club
Bertha Henry
Edith Zook
Jennie Mitchell
Fragmented Washington notices and telegraph lines
Fragmentary OCR shows addresses and contact lines for Washington based postal and press entities. Mentions Marion, Inland Daily Pros, Daily Press Run, International, Audit Bureau of Circulations, David Hitler, editor, and production notes. Contains garbled pricing, subscription terms, and distribution hints with scattered names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Marionington
Nates Feuty
International 1 Siembers
Inland Daily Pros Assa
Daily Press
Twn Prem Asan
Bureau of Circulations
David Hitler
Janaiing
Taewellyn
Consumer safety rights and FDA device regulation concerns
A consumer rights briefing criticizes FDA oversight of medical devices and consumer products. It cites Relaxacisor and Res-Q-Aire as unsafe and dangerous, notes weak enforcement, and urges federal safety testing and a law requiring manufacturers to prove safety and effectiveness before marketing. Citizens are urged to contact their congressman.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Karen Hull
Iowa State University
Scenes from a kitchen window and county notes
A Riverside reader recalls forgetting items at grocery checkout and shares observations from Washington County Iowa. Mentions cabbage roses from Dutch Meyers and seed sources, family chatter about tender broth, a Washington County Historic Society meeting at The Captain’s Table, slides of local spots, Lovers Leap bridge, St Mary’s church, and City Hall history research. Also notes bulbs peeking up, hope for spring, and a homestyle meal of vegetable soup and bread.
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Dutch Meyers
South 9Th
Washington
Arizona
Iowa
Washington County
Dave Miksch
Kathy Fisher
Columbus
Quick Spam Potato Bake and Ginger Snap Cookies
A compact recipe page lists a layered potato bake using Spam Velveeta pimento and cream baked at 350 for 45 minutes. It follows with ginger snap cookies rolled in sugar and baked 10 to 15 minutes at 375. A whipped mayonnaise suggestion rounds out the kitchen tips.
Sausage Cake Recipe Sparks Conversation
An edited recipe share describes a sausage cake baked in a tube pan for two hours at 325 degrees. The note suggests sausage adds moisture by mixing sausage with hot coffee and other ingredients. Separately, Mr and Mrs Charles A Harris mark their 71st wedding anniversary on February 8, residents of Morton Mills. Charles is 95, Mrs Harris is 88, living in the house he built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Harris
Morton’ Mills
Harris
Charles
Saddle Club Hosts Cooperative Supper at Fairgrounds
Mr and Mrs Floyd Fisher and Mr and Mrs Clifford Thompson hosted the Saddle Club cooperative supper at the Fairgrounds Thursday evening. Merle Warner president led the business meeting. The Easter Seal pony express was discussed and the horse show committee named Victor Holzworth Lyle Lowe Howard Marquis H Brenteman and Lloyd Augustine. Traveling bingo provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Fisher
Clifford ‘Thompson
Saddle Club Cooperative
Fairgrounds
Merle Warner
Victor Holzworth
Lyle Lowe
Howard Marquis
H. 3. Brenteman
Lloyd Augustine
Walnut Women s Club Meeting Ends With Craft Session
Mrs Rodney Letts hosted 13 members of the Walnut Women s Club on Thursday. Mrs Lyle Wilson led the meeting while members shared sewing tips and problems. The afternoon featured knitting crocheting and sewing with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Everett Lewis assisting. Refreshments were provided by hostesses Mrs Maurice Pacha Mrs Wilson Mrs Earl Ferrell and Mrs Milton Schnicker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Letts
Walnut Women's Club
Lyle Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Everett Lewis
Maurice Pacha
Wilson
Earl Ferrell
Milton Sehnicker
University of Iowa to showcase creative photography exhibit
University of Iowa students and Professor John Schulze present a photography show at the U of I Museum of Art from Wednesday through March 26. The Refocus 71 festival features 35 students with studies in character studies landscapes and cityscapes plus solarization double imagery and photo structures offering a three dimensional effect. A Chicago graduate student John Puffer contributes a surreal nude color photograph.
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University of Iowa
U of I Museum of Art
John ‘Schulze
Creative Photography
U of 1 School of Art
John Puffer
Chicago
U of I Mar
Evensong and community life at United Presbyterian Home
A Lent topic evensong led by Ruth Noll and Martha Glass at the United Presbyterian Home centers on Jesus Christ. Updates note Mr. John Mitchell in Washington County Hospital, Miss Laura MacLachlan’s Pakistan mission work, and memorials for Mrs. LeRoy Selby. birthday mentions and local notes follow, ending with a historical life expectancy fact from 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Noll
Martha Glass
Jesus Christ
John Mitchell
Washington County Hospital
H. E. Kratter
Iowa City
Laura MacLachlan
Pakistan
LeRoy Selby
Selby
Local Professional Directory Rison Morrison and Associates
Directory fragment lists Edmund Morrone 36 James E., 211 West Main, phone 658 5431, John C Owen Attorney 109 East Main Street, phone 653 6501, Stewart Shearer law firm Richard Stewart Paul V Shearer, general office hours include Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at Tweeton North Marion.
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Rison
Morrison
Lloyd Edmund D. Morrone
James E
West W
John C. Owen
Main Street
Stewart
Shearer Atorneys
Richard Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
Ab- Dept
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Dorothy Luckenbill
M. D. Smith
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Helen Smith
Maurice
Mae Stokes
Lela Miller
Osincup’s
Riverside
The
Washington County Historic A Society
By Marge Lutery
Oneita Fisher
Groling
Helene B. Dillon
Oren W. Jarvis
Washington, Iowa
Mutual OF
New York
Saddle Club
Walnut Women’s Club
Washington Federal Savings
Marion Ave
United Presbyterian Home
Karl Megdelsen
Robert Megehelsen
Ainsworth
Jim
Tom
Ann
Gerard Megehelsen
Mary of
Ralph Wilson
Morning Sun
Miss Marion Wilson
Grace Williams
Cloyce Benson
Edith Barnes
Mim Carelates
Wesley Bader
Cloyce Stewart
Betty Colby
Florence Baird
Anna Blake
Baird
Harriet Clenden‘ning
Ella Erickson
U.S
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker
Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South B
Chiroprasior
DR. ML
Tweeton North
Marion
Cesar
Jrance
West Mi
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
P. L. Etter
South Town Avenue
Progress
Sitler
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