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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
6
A warm spring day sparks talk of seasonal changes as townsfolk notice sudden signs of spring. Residents discuss fieldwork, asparagus harvests, and delphiniums blooming overnight while Carrie Berdo and Ruth Lytle host a Nineteenth Century club luncheon with fried chicken and frozen raspberries.
Sunday afternoon visits include Mrs. Helen Keck and Mrs. A Anderson. Harriet Keck entertains Burrell Keck who works on a Chicago suburb newspaper. The Means family plans moves on West Jefferson and Roy Means prepares an apartment for his wife in Key West as George enters service.
In Crawfordsville on May 1 the junior class led by Ann Langford hosted the senior banquet. Guests entered to Aloha and Hawaiian music amid a Hawaii decor theme with coconut place cards and pine apple booklets. The dinner, prepared by juniors' mothers, honored seniors and faculty before a program built around the Hawaii motif.
The senior class includes Juanita Baker Lewis Beenblossom Grace Conrad Yvonne Ernst Dwight Graber Betty Huston Ernest Kiene Maxine Rickey Kathryn Reschley Ann Sommer Harry Suter Wilma Wooley. The juniors are Ruth Atkinson Mary Cherryholmes Junior Despain Roger Hamilton Robert Jones Joan Maxwell Doris Mitchell Don McArtor Dwight Owens Ruth Rich Christie Rickey.
The Rotary club heard a report on the annual district conference held in Des Moines. Willis Jones served as program chairman with Ralph Shan non presenting a brief report. Iowa City’s Owen B. Thiel and Mt. Pleasant’s George H. Scott attended as guests. A short quiz on state abbreviations revealed some discrepancies with postal recommendations. Overall mail delivery was noted as generally reaching destinations.
Riverside observers, including Doro thy Brophy Ruth Rice and Luthiera Yeggy, members of St. Marys High School, graduate this week from Mercy hospital school of nursing in Iowa City. Rt Rev Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier presided with Benediction. local residents attended, sharing in the exercises and related events.
Rural Route Three notes a weekend visit from Nate Benson and a gathering of Mr and Mrs H J Myers and their daughters Artis and Lenard Johnson and family. Weather disrupts the rural carrier work with roads needing grading and poultry observations amid farm life.
Daughters of Mrs. Eugene Duffy of Iowa City and Miss Escher plan a May 3 ceremony at Holy Trinity church Richmond Iowa. Riverside social note lists visitors and relatives from Iowa City Coralville Davenport and Kalona including the Hartzlers Yaders and Brennemans.
Charles recounts climbing Vesuvius near the cone during a major eruption. He describes lava about a quarter way down, bright flames from the molten rock, and ash clouds spanning 18 000 feet high to 30 miles out. He left the summit around 2 AM as the cone collapsed.
A vivid account describes hot lava cascading down a mountainside and striking a town wall before engulfing surrounding areas. The scene is seen as a natural masterpiece yet leaves many residents homeless while students anticipate summer vacation and local examinations proceed at Union.
Chapter CX P E O Sister met Monday evening with Martha Butler Mrs Grace Weber read a paper on Some Advances in Science as a by product of the War. Robert Cassabaum Neil Courtney and William Finke visited Ensign Joan Cassabaum and Ensign Ellis Finke at Beeville Tex where they are instructors at Chase Field. Pfe Richard Coon returned to Santa Marie Calif after a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs John Coon. Mr and Mrs William H Jordan will observe their 35th wedding anniversary Tuesday May 2 at their home on their farm east of here. Mrs Jordan was Katie Rowe. They have a daughter Mrs BK J Sadel of Letts a son T Set William Keith Jordan New York and two grandchildren Mrs Carrol Bell is visiting her husband Sgt Carrol Bell at Camp Carson Colorado Springs Colo.
The article suggests sharing food by using abundant staples like eggs potatoes oranges breakfast cereals peanut butter and similar readily available items. It emphasizes practical approaches to distribute widely available foods among households or communities.
A note of gratitude to all loyal and faithful customers for support and patronage, with appreciation for continued business and trust.
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