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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1948
Page
3
Readable recipe notes describe fresh strawberries with sugar and cream, shortcake biscuits with orange peel, and pie style strawberry desserts. Steps cover biscuit dough, pie fillings, and a frozen berry-cream treat with macaroons and meringue.
If ham is stored long term rub outside with fat to prevent mold on the lean part. Place bacon in a cold pan and cook over low flame, pouring off excess fat. For cutting meat or fish for salads use scissors instead of a knife. Marinate in French dressing before mixing to add flavor.
A farm feed mill recently released to market uses twin knives to slice ear corn sorge straw and roughage before grinding. It chops hay straw fodder silage and similar forage components to prepare them for finer grinding and mixing for livestock rations.
A preserved menu presents Lynn Chambers at a dining table offering cold sliced boiled ham with creamed parsley potatoes buttered asparagus carrot slivers celery curls and a strawberry shortcake beverage. This appears as a structured set of course items from a historical luncheon or kitchen feature.
Shrimp scrambled eggs recipe details a luncheon dish with green onion mushroom margarine shrimp tomato and eggs beaten with cream salt and pepper cooked slowly until set. Serve on toast with grated spicy cheese. WNU Features release.
A vegetable heavy menu lists corn pudding creamed beans with almonds French fried carrots and radishes. Mushrooms can be baked in cream and served with turnip souffle buttered string beans and sliced tomatoes. Cottage cheese pairs with fruits or raw vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers with olives. A dash of honey enhances fruit pies.
The article notes kelp-based products used in munitions. It cites San Diego's large kelp harvests in World War I supplying potash iodine and acetone.
H P Wilson announces candidacy for county supervisors for 1949 term. former board member, long-time resident. Leonard Cline lecture style noted at Chamber of Commerce event with Wanda Palmer comparison. New residents John and Mrs Brouhard and son Dennis move to 521 West Madison. Chambers to host free dinner May 6 sponsored by Des Moines bureau. reservations sought. S J James depart for South Wales on first vacation in years, visiting Mrs James’ elderly mother. All veterans without 1948 American Legion membership urged to check eligibility with S W Easter. County rural schools set seventh and eighth grade state tests for Friday April 30 per Lester B Krabill. Prairie Flower district Cedar township votes May 10 on 30000 bond for a new schoolhouse.
City council in a special session at City Hall heard C D Mullenix of Howard KR Green describe a proposed sewer construction project to abate the sewage nuisance at the town edge. The report followed a Monday night assembly of officials and citizens.
M Manford Rabenold of Creed township files elrenlatine nomination papers to seek the Democratic nomination for member of the board of supervisors for the term starting January 1, 1949. The Iowa Transit staff addition and Fortnightly club events mark local civic and cultural activities surrounding National Music Week.
In hospital reports from the period, individuals are listed with names and addresses followed by medical or surgical status and dismissal information. The notices include multiple families such as Bartow, Steele, Schell, Wood, Hammes, Messemer, Graber, Swartzwelter, and Yoder, recording births and patient discharges across various routes and times.
In Des Moines KWDM radio box shows final preparations for Friday’s event. Ho A Dusenbery, West Chester resident, filed nomination papers before the deadline and is unopposed in Washington county for the Democratic state representative nomination. Mrs David McCartney, 83, living with son-in-law Tom Sterling’s family southeast of Washington, broke her hip after a Wednesday fall and was hospitalized. A reunion for Indian Creek school No. 2 teachers and past pupils is set for May 14 at 3 pm with a 5 30 pm basket lunch and a program of music and talks through the day.
Seventy five delegates from 15 precincts attended the county democratic convention at ten o clock in the R C hall. The event was among the largest and most enthusiastic in recent years per organizers. Tickets for a St Ambrose college band concert at Washington high school auditorium on May 5 are on sale. The concert is sponsored by St Marys circle of St James church.
Today’s notices list Mr and Mrs Paul F Hill of Harper and their daughter, Mrs Russell Lillard with son, Mrs Ralph Osborne of 909 E Madison and daughter, Jimmy Sherman of 3006 W Main, Raymond Anderson of 320 E Jefferson, and Mrs Everette Stewart of 205 BH along with Mrs Howard Lins of Brighton and their daughter.
Yesterday and today surgical admissions include Carroll Vorhees Lockridge at 614 E. Jefferson and Mrs Herb Osincup, with Mrs Dale Cole route 4 and Mrs Ronald Horn route 3 also listed. Also noted are Mrs Mary Sehell yesterday and Mrs Ralph Howell with daughter of Keota today.
Funeral services were held Monday April 26 at two o clock for Mrs Maria K Lehwier daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lunow of Bennett Iowa and sister of Ernest Lunow of Washington.
Yesterday two patients Mrs Mary Williams Washington and Mrs Mary Jane McCartney received medical updates for fracture of the left hip and surgery. Today patient Bradley Goff of 803 South 3rd underwent a tonsillectomy.
Yesterday entries list births for Mr and Mrs Ray Teel at 1302 North Marion a daughter born 8 35 p m. Also names Mrs Elizabeth Hawthorne and Gareth Pryor of Washington. Today Mrs Marvin Yoder Kalona welcomes a son. Other items include surgical cases for Erma Kephart and Don ald Bell at local facilities.
Mrs Frank S Barnes aged 63 of 608 West Monroe street died at eight o'clock Sunday morning in University hospital Town City after years of failing health and a period of serious illness beginning last Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Lehman of Berne Indiana and Carl Lehman of Bluffton Ohio joined Mr and Mrs Galen Widmer for Saturday dinner after attending a Wayland conference.
The Post Office project requests six hundred dollars for a new composition roof and plumbing work. Ruth Schauenberg buys the Minick cafe in the north end. Dr and Mrs M J Cruise acquire Mande Bott's home. Sixteen cars licensed this week. Wolts sponsor a 3000 flower favors opening day. International night by the U s Men's club supports the Red Cross. The Girls National Honor Guard forms at the high school under Lillian Minick. Mrs Manton Hebner stays in Washington at the press office during her husband’s Camp Dodge absence. Ed Eicher joins Eicher Livingston and Eicher after moving from Burlington.
The K of C held a large Washington banquet last Sunday serving 300. Thirty new members were initiated as the organization continues expansion.
Maurine McLaughlin has received a letter from the man who was given the sweater she knit. The note confirms appreciation and hints at a possible meeting to discuss the gift and its maker.
Mrs Rinner attended funeral services for Charles Tracksel in Iowa City. Earl Bachman and family were Sunday dinner guests at Joe Hirshey’s. Glen Yoder and family visited Peter Widmer. Rex Swan and Ethan Brooks dined with Clara Hebel and Grace. Rev Sam Goering of Newton Kansas called on Galen Widmer. Horace Hesseltine family visited Lester Hesseltine. Luelfen Amstutz Martha Suter Rev Ernest Bohn Clarence Sehneck Llewellyn Geiger are from Pandora Ohio. Otto Suter and Joyce were Saturday supper guests at Harry D Suter home. Elmer Roth family visited Vernon Roth near Washington.
At a general meeting Mrs Lorle Ook was elected president. Blanche Nicola attends many pre nuptial parties planned for this week. The thermometer fell below freezing on April 29 with ice and frost this morning. The Rebekah lodge degree staff from Sigourney initiated a local lodge with 17 candidates.
Special session with library trustees discusses location for a new library funded by the family of the late James F. Wilson. In related notes, country school wages for spring range from twenty to twenty-eight dollars, with most schools paying twenty-three to twenty-five dollars monthly.
A new vacuum hose allows unloading one million fish from a boat in under two hours. The system deposits the catch directly into storage bins, boosting efficiency for transport to markets.
James Oliver received a patent in 1868 for a cast iron hardening method. The invention aimed to boost wear resistance and scouring ability of cast iron used in industrial settings.
The Washington Evening Journal announces staff positions with R E Shannon as Managing Editor and Charles Merrik as News Editor. It notes publication schedule, post office status, wire services, and regional newspaper associations. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail across Iowa and out of state.
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