Begonias celebrate a 100th birthday in gardening history
A feature on begonias notes their 100 year rise from a New World discovery to a European staple. Ghent remains the heartland for hybridizing, with 600 nurseries producing about 80 million tubers annually. The article details varieties, planting steps, soil, lighting, and care for year round begonias, including indoor wintering.
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New York
N. Y
China
Mexico
Europe
Michel Begon
Charles Plumier
Antilles
Ghent
Louis van Houtte
France
England
Gardner
Tender loving care makes vine ripened tomatoes shine
The writer celebrates home grown tomatoes and the gardener’s care. A sunny garden yields tall vines, yellow blooms, and sweet ripe fruit. Home grown tomatoes supply vitamin C and carotene, offer hydration, and make appealing summer dishes with simple dressings.
Stamp Corner highlights new commemoratives and issues
Pulitzer prize winning Herb Bock designed a five cent Bill of Rights stamp debuting July 1 in Miami Beach. Liechtenstein issues honor wildlife, Prince Franz Joseph, Belgium releases Queen Elizabeth sheets, Cyprus St Barnabas sheet, Greece stamps Crete and UNESCO, Israeli Independence and national memorial stamps, and Swedish stamps rising in price boosting Nordic collecting interest.
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Herb Bock
Miami Beach
Fla
Belgium
Elizabeth
Cyprus
St. Barnabas
Israel
Newspaper masthead artifact with staff credits
The document lists the editorial and business staff of a newspaper including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising, Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent, and notes on publication schedule. It also states the paper is entered as second class matter under a March 3 1879 act at Washington Iowa and lists associations and the United Press Leased Wire affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Press Ass
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Variety of dessert and casserole recipes from a home cook's page
Cookin Pound Cake can be used in many ways serving suggestions and a complete bake. Eggplant Casserole with cheese and crackers yields six servings. Pear and Avocado Salad suggests a light luncheon. Rhubarb Meringue Pie recipe details rhubarb bake and meringue topping.
Pancake Breakfast Draws Masons From Nearby Towns
About 60 Masons attended the pancake and sausage breakfast at the Masonic Temple this morning. Guests from Wayland Riverside Crawfordsville and Ainsworth were present.
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Masonic Temple
Wayland
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Halcyon Notes Highlight Local Social Visits and Engagement
Des Moines residents Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Wolfe and relatives visited Mrs. Joe Wolfe and others attended gatherings across Kalona Grinnell Decorah Ottumwa and Ottumwa Heights. Engagement announced for Rosemary Mineart to Gerald Pacha with a July 30 wedding planned at East Pleasant Plain.
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Sherman Wolfe
Des Moines
Charles Wolfe
George Zeck
Joe Wolfe
Leroy F. Mineart
Brighton
Rosemary Jeanne
Gerald A. Pacha
Albert Pacha
East Pleasant Plain
Miss Mineart
Ottumwa Heights
Marrycrest College
West Branch
Iowa
Pacha
Germany
Hart McConnaha wed in Minnesota
Marguerite Mc Connaha of Muscatine and Earl Hart formerly of Keota now of Inglewood Calif were married May 11 at 4 30 pm in Westminster Presbyterian church Austin Minnesota Present at the ceremony were Mr and Mrs R W Meinhard Bob and Darla of Austin Mrs Meinhard a Hart daughter After the ceremony the Meinhards hosted a wedding dinner at Hubbell House Manterville The couple will reside at 11009 Larch Avenue Inglewood Calif after visits in Iowa
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Keota
Marguerite McConnaha
Muscatine
Earl Hart
Inglewood
Calif
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Austin
Minn
R. W. Meinhard
Bob
Darla
Meinhard
Hart
Hubbell House
Manter
West Chester Woman's Society plans June events and drive
Eighteen members met with president Mrs. Joe Bauer to discuss a Portland Oregon assembly trip and a church basement cleanup on June 3. They request cookies for the Daily Vacation Bible School May 30 to June 3, 8 30 a m to 11 30 a m, with Federated Grace hill Moravian and Methodist churches participating. Committees were read for a mother daughter luncheon June 15 at 1 p m. The group heard a lesson titled Dreams and Reality with a skit, budget approval, a pledge service, and songs and another mission study skit Headlines Come to Life. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ivan Niffenegger’s committee.
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West Chester
West Chester Woman's Society of Christian Service
Joe Bauer
Seventh Assembly
Portland
Oregon
Bauer
Grace
Hill Moravian
Methodist
Marion Pence
Ted Kiesey
Eldin Bauer
Wallace Kinzler
Ivan Niffenegger
Dreams Realities program for WSCS circles
Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Washington Methodist Church held circle meetings Friday afternoon. The program Dreams and Realities was presented at each circle. Plans announced for officer installation on May 29 during morning worship. The general meeting will be a May breakfast at 9:15 a.m. on May 20. Past Presidents will be honored and special memberships plus the annual pledge service will be conducted. Hostesses listed for Friday include Mrs. Harold Perry and others.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Washington Methodist Church
Harold Perry
Earl Finke
Robert Foster
John Walker
Irvin E. Coffey
Florence Orr
E. E. Stutsman
D. A. Huber
Emma Barnett
4-H Activities By Dutch Creek Flyerettes Club
The Dutch Creek Flyerettes 4-H club met at Mildred Hahn's home. Members answered roll call with a favorite milk drink and heard Kathy Nall discuss why a good breakfast. Mary Temple demonstrated mixing methods for muffins and cookies using identical ingredients. Mildred Hahn demonstrated making cocoa in different ways. Each girl scored their breakfast for calories and nutrition with leader Beulah Temple. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother.
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Dutch Creek Flyerettes
Mildred Hahn
Kathy Nall
Mary Temple
Beulah Temple
Employed Women Luncheon at YWCA Speaker Richard George
Employed women of Washington are invited to attend a noon luncheon at the YWCA on Wednesday. Richard George will speak, and the program is designed to finish in time for attendees to return to their jobs after the lunch.
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Cloyce Stewart
VFW
VEW Hall
1St Presbyterian
UPW
Clarence Dehne
Circle V
Ralph Marshall
Marion Ave
Jaycee Ettes
Dick Anderson
Bob Dahl
Booster Club
Ronald Crawford
Bethlehem Commandery
YWCA
Rosemary Club
Wes Lavely
West Chester
Chiefs
Harold Griggs
Brighton Methodist Church
Edgar Stewart
Legion Hall
1St Presbyterian Upw
John Ganon
Esther
Altha White
Masonic Lodge
Washington
The
Richard George
City ordinance requires disconnect of drains within 15 days
The mayor L. C. Willits announces all downspouts overflows from cisterns patio drains and storm water must be disconnected from sanitary sewer lines by property owners within 15 days. If not, the city will disconnect the lines and assess the cost to the owner. May 14, 1966.
Rainbow Girls Plan Senior Honors Dinner Meeting
Rainbow girls will honor senior members and require all non seniors to attend a meeting Monday May 16 at 6 45 p m to plan the dinner honoring seniors Names of girls attending Grand Assembly in Ames and the $18 fee must be turned in by May 16
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Rainbow
Grand Assembly
Ames
Professional Directory of Attorneys and Doctors Listed
A local professional directory lists attorneys including Louis J Kehor Morrison Morrison and Lloyd John C Owen Stewart Shearer and Richard A Stewart Paul V Shearer with offices on Washington and Main streets plus medical professionals Dr M L Tweeton Dr P L Etter and Dr L B Eicher with addresses on Marion South Iowa and a vision specialist John W Lemmon O D. Contact numbers accompany each entry.
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Ceeetenteienee Eas Naan Eas
Begonia
Happy
Addiiton
By Walt Green
Liechtenstein
Prince Franz Joseph
Greece
Crete
Unesco
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
By Helene B. Dillon
Garine
Clarence Brown
S. Walton
Halcyon Notes
Marie Jackson
Kalona
Helen Stewart
Lester Duke of
Grinnell
Our
Home Mothers Day
Arthur Griffith
Richard Hopp
Santa Barbara
California
T.D. Anderson
Chicago
Lance Randolph
St. Louis
Clifford Thorne
Paul Kyle
William Kyle
Ronald
Mt. Pleasant
Eunice Kyle
Montgomery, Ind
Walter Kyle
Mrs. W. 8. Kyle
Murray Smiley
Just Us Club
John Sproatt
Decorah
Fred Steck
P.E. Holder
New England
William Wulf
Alan Wulf
Holder
Leo Hoover
Gilbert Biggs
Ottumwa
Grace Brinton
Halcyon House
City Hall
Ken Crow
Jo Janecek
E. Second St
Fern Cliff
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple Garden
Baptist Friendly Bible
White Shrine
R. J. Kleese
Women's Missionary Society
Faith Baptist Church
Donald Smith
Hart, McConnaha
Minnesota
WSCS
L. C. Willits
Cloyce C. Zieglowsky and Sons
Dial
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehor
Jeffry
Livingston Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
O. D
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
L. B. Eicher
South
Evening Journal
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