Evening Division Hosts United Presbyterian Women at Home
The Women's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian church held an afternoon meeting at the Home with routine business and delegate elections. Elizabeth Wilson of Lewis, Iowa, a WGMS missionary bound for Cairo, Egypt, spoke and displayed Egypt scenes to about 100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Women's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Jessie Stewart
Harriet Coulter
Mary French
Harret Clendenning
Ethel Mc. Creedy
Hugh McCleery
Nora Ebner. Alter
Maud Jackson
Elizabeth Wilson
Lewis
Iowa
WGMS
Cairo
Egypt
Miss Wilson
Fowler Girl School
Wot McIntyre
R. W. Caldwell
W. H. Merriam
Monmouth
David Larsen Sr
Minden
Nebr
Miss Jackson
Grace Munn
Edith Cranston
McConaughy
Mae McCreedy
Ola MecCleery
Skeletons Unearthed in Colombian Andes Prompt Arctic Expedition
Skeletons of an unidentified race were found in the Colombian Andes near Bogota. A Navy sponsored expedition traveled to Alaska to search for bones of North America s first inhabitants to learn if they migrated from Russia.
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Bogota
Alaska
North America
Russia
1952 Red Cross Fund Campaign Appeal
The message urges support for the Red Cross after Arkansas hurricanes. It notes Washington County Red Cross has answered two local appeals for welfare reports on missing loved ones and calls readers to donate to the 1952 fund to keep relief efforts ready.
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Arkansas
Red Cross
Hand
All America
Washington County
Red Cross Fund
Tea Time Feature For Handcraft IIll
Handcraft TT members gathered at Mrs. Paul Horak's home for an evening on formal tea. Frances Minick Frances Minick Lillian Minick and guest William Meyer assisted as co hosts. A film on table settings and a talk on tea etiquette followed by a tea service were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Horak
Frances Minick
Ralph Minick
Lillian Minick
William Meyer
Tests Fail to Find Horse Meat in Des Moines Samples
Iowa Secretary Clyde Spry announced today that 40 more test samples were examined with no trace of horse meat or sulphide preservative in hamburger. The results bring total determinations to 250 since inspectors began sampling after the Illinois horsemeat scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Spry
Illinois
Lowa
Man Found Dead in Des Moines Creek Bank
Police discovered the body of Winfred Vincent in Four Mile Creek within Des Moines city limits. Coroner ordered autopsy. Initial reports suggested accidental drowning, but detectives consider possible assault during a robbery due to a deep head wound and facial bruising.
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Des Moines
Winfred Vincen
Four-Mile Creek
A. BE. Shaw
Vincent
English waits and oboe players evolve through time
The 15th century English waits were city gate guards who played tunes on oboes to signal time. From their city guard roots they formed ensembles for amusement and gained noble patronage. Today the oboe is central to major symphony orchestras worldwide.
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England
Franklin and Philadelphia Fire Insurance Mutual Founding
Benjamin Franklin helped establish a mutual insurance company in 1752 named The Philadelphia Contribution for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire. The enterprise still operates today reflecting early mutual insurance efforts and Franklin’s role.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Philadelphia
Mutual
Easter Dinner Ideas With Elegant Make Ahead Dishes
A spring Easter dinner plan emphasizes fresh seasonal foods and careful prep. Recipes include a stuffed shoulder lamb roast with apricot dressing, prune cavi ties, a bright fruit salad bowl, moistened muffin batter, and an Orange Velvet Pie for dessert.
Social Calendar Events Open House and Meetings
Weekly group gatherings and meetings listed from Tuesday to Friday across Damascus Shrine Masonic Temple YWCA Prairie Flower Community St. James and local clubs. Activities include mixers potlucks pie sharing handkerchief exchanges fashion notes and prayer services with various hostesses and meeting times.
Chester Social Circle Plans Washington Baptist Rally
Chester Social Circle met at West Chester Federated Church with seventeen members, five guests, and seven children. Officers led a business session voting five dollar Red Cross and Jeffrey Ferrell fund contributions, planning a March 30 rally and a supper for new members.
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Chester
Federated Church
West Chester Federated Church Social Circle
Karl Pearson
Jed Ladehoff
John Pearson
Arthur Peters
Red Cross
Jeffrey Ferrell
Washington Baptist Association
West Chester
Dr. Peters
Visitation
George Evans
Effie van Sickle
Lynn Chambers Easter Dinner Menu and Beverages
Lynn Chambers presents a complete Easter dinner menu featuring stuffed lamb shoulder roast with new potatoes and peas, glazed carrots with pineapple, olives, celery curls, bran muffins, fruit salad, and orange velvet pie. Also includes grape juice and ginger ale beverages.
Lynn Says Vary Basic Dressings For Salad Variety
The note suggests variations in salad dressings. It advises adding stiffly beaten egg white to cooked dressings for fruit salads and fruit gelatin. It asks if coleslaw tastes as good as desired and mentions adding prepared mustard to cooked dressing for tang.
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Lynn
Mustard and horseradish dressings for fish salads
The guide recommends enhancing fish and green salads with a pronounced mustard flavor by adding 2 tablespoons of prepared mustard to 1 cup French dressing. Horseradish dressing is favored for fish and meat salads with 2 tablespoons horseradish to 1 cup mayonnaise. Honey can sweeten French dressing for citrus fruits, substituting 1 tablespoon honey for 1 tablespoon vinegar.
Applied Art Department Meets Monday In Fortnightly
Mrs Claude Goldsmith hosted the Applied Art department in her home for a Fortnightly meeting with 15 members and two guests. Ralph Shannon spoke on plans for a city home for the aged. a brief business session was held and refreshments served. Mrs Warren Dare will host next meeting.
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Claude Goldsmith
Ralph Hesseltine
Ray Glover
Ralph Shannon
Vernon Pitagner
Lewler
Warren Dare
Catholic Women Meet At St Josephs East Pleasant Plain
The Diocese of Catholic Women district meeting gathered at St Josephs church East Pleasant Plain with Father Wetzstein in charge. Board meetings and a cooperative noon dinner followed the morning Mass. Mrs Ernest Jacobs led with encouragement from Bishop Hayes to enroll in the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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St. Joseph's
East Pleasant Plain
Father Weistein
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
St Joseph's Church
Ladies of Tin
Hoard
Father Kuebrick
Ernest Jacobs
Vincent Menke
Jacobs
Bishop Hayes
Christian Doctrine
Father Wetzstein
St. James Parish
Mrs. Bauer Wins at White Shrine Bridge
Four tables of bridge were played by the White Shrine Bridge Party Monday afternoon with Mrs Walter Bauer named as the high score winner. Mrs Boyd Foster was the second high score winner. Hosts Mrs Ezra Smith and Mrs Will Sheetz served refreshments from a table decorated with the shaster motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Shrine
Walter Bauer
Boyd Foster
Ezra Smith
Will Sheetz
Joint VEW and Auxiliary Meeting With Potluck Supper
A joint VEW and Auxiliary meeting is set for tonight at the hall starting with a 6 30 PM potluck supper. Meat will be furnished and members are asked to bring one dish to pass and sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stewart
Christian Women's Fellowship
Red Horsers Club
Don Bealer
Women's Mission Society
Baptist Church
Married 50 Years Br ighton Couple Celebrate
Mr and Mrs W O Schafer mark their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Methodist church in Brighton on Sunday March 30 from 2 to 5 pm Relatives and friends are invited no invitations issued and gifts are requested to be not sent
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Brighton
W. O. Schafer
Mothers Honor 28 DeMolay Birthdays
DeMolay Mothers Circle held a Monday evening party honoring twenty eight DeMolay boys with January February and March birthdays. Mrs Walter Longer presided, with Mrs Belle Rice leading in prayer. Twenty two members attended and three new members joined.
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DeMolay Mothers Circle
Walter Longer
Whien
Belle Rice
Thelma Kiersey
Clyde Dawson
Harold Anderson
Lancer
Howard Hazen
Edmund Morrison Jr
Homer Godwin
Mothers and Boys
Robert Wiley
Kennedy
Tule Norton
Mothers Circle
Older Women Meet at YW Club Afternoon
The older women's club gathered at the YW room Monday with 17 members present. Mrs Richard Bordwell read an Easter story and Mrs Raymond Wheelan with Helen Havey at the piano sang I Stood Where Jesus Walked. The group later discussed plans for the next meeting in two weeks and refreshments were provided by the YW committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bordwell
Raymond Wheelan
Helen Havey
Jesus
Wilson Putnam
Ethel Palmer
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Wolf’s Flower Shop
Karle F. Libe
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Mutual Insurance
Ine
Carl J. Roberts
Damascus Shrine
WSJ
Masonic Temple
YWCA
Shirley Soeth
Louise Wasson
Shirley Dunbar
Prairie Flower Community Meeting
St. James Study Club
P.m
John Mattes
Hall
Homemakers Club
George Dare
Sunshine Community Club
Will Richards
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Presbyterian Prayer Service
Bethel Missionary Society
Charles Wulf
Fred Bey
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Fleur de Lis Club
Joe Knotek
Pansy Hill Club
Dale Woodburn
Keith Vetter
WRC of
KP Hall
Val Fuhr
KC Meeting
St. James
Tian P
Emma C. Anderson
Methodist Church
Lynn Chambers
Applied Art
Mrs. Bauer
White Shrine Bridge
RR. Q. Eastland
Journal
Weké
Cairne
Washington Oil CO
Bast
Washington
VFW Joint Meeting
Glen Fuar
Willis Longer
Een Vogue
Joseph Nunan, JR
Nunan
International
N&h
Nicola
Harmon
Navy
Brown
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