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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1948
Page
3
A article extols salads as meal enhancers with diverse types from crisp greens to fruit molded salads. It lists recipes including Tomato Cottage Cheese Mold Health Salad and Tongue Macaroni Salad and offers tips on dressings onions and serving ideas. It notes onions cause tears and cites nationwide fire loss estimates around 700 million dollars for the year.
A menu and recipe collection describe baked beans with wieners, vegetable salad bowls, and rolls with fruit. It includes a chilled asparagus dish with diced eggs, French dressing, and cornucopias of meat. Desserts feature pineapple gelatin molds with cream cheese, nuts, and whipped cream plus a Roquefort cheese variation.
Reports from Dr Bradbury and Dr Kraushaar on a March cancer survey for Washington County. Mrs Mary DeWolfe injured in a highway crash near Brighton. admitted to University Hospital Iowa City with multiple injuries. National Hospital Day activities planned with hospital buttons. Wanda Huston starts as secretary to the county assessor. 1694 residents sign petitions against Western Union service cuts. FCC hearing date pending. Glenn Smith calls county Legion meeting at Ainsworth Legion Home Tuesday. Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Richard Shalla return to Richmond home. Mrs Shalla resumes county treasurer duties. Attendees at John E Thompson funeral include several relatives from Waterloo, Ames, Des Moines. Mrs Mary Fountain hosts visitors. Beggs improving. Longwell family hosts Mother's Day guests. Chicago relatives depart. Margaret Nichols enters University Hospital Iowa City for treatment on 5-C. Ranjana Sidhanta of Lucknow to speak May 14 at the YWCA in Washington.
Engineers at the U S forest products laboratory in Madison Wisconsin built the first all plywood prefabricated house in 1935. The project launched architects engineers and builders on the road to show built houses using fir plywood.
Washington county reports a busy week with American Legion and Auxiliary meetings, farm home kitchen tours drawing 150 homemakers, Poppy contest winners, Prairie Flower bond approval, district DeMolay and Town and Country Paster school plans, and Memorial day preparations. Local weather, school events, plays, and community visits fill pages.
Legion auxiliary met in Legion rooms led by Mrs. Golia Miller with 27 members at the mixer club session at the YWCA. They outlined a May 29 poppy sale and early June bake sale with Mrs. R. J. Tanner in charge, plus summer activities and a detailed program to be announced at the fourth Tuesday meeting.
Supt. and Mrs. J. L. Calkins hosted West Chester school staff for a Monday dinner honoring Enola Rubey and Warren Smith, teachers who will not return to the district next year. The gathering was spent in guests’ company.
Winfield Smouse donates half the funds for a new nurses home and turns the first spade of earth during a National Hospital Day ceremony. A party at Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Boice announces the engagement of their daughter Myrgle to Thomas Anderson of Chicago, to marry in June. Mrs. Trazel Stewart Alderson will visit from Asheville and plans a European tour with friends. Rev. Willard Wylie has received a call to preach in Newton Town. Washington junior college is accredited after two inspector visits. prospects for next year look excellent. Dr. H. F. Masson leaves for New York for further medical study.
Mrs. Dave McLaughlin visits east for a national missionary convention as family life shifts at home. Ralph Livingston starts farming in town with a new straw hat. Fox and Dewey open the north side shoe firm led by Dewey and Fox with long experience in Des Moines and at the Q station. Their elderly repair man brings decades of expertise.
J L Brookhart, Wallace school principal, passed the Supreme Court examination for admission to the bar after studying during vacations and teaching. A telegram announced the arrival of a son, David Palmer Livingston, in Chicago on May 14 to Mr and Mrs Schuyler Livingston. Col Palmer expressed pride in the namesake. Lightning struck the Boileau residence tearing chimney cornice and furrowing siding. the couple slept nearby and woke to smells of smoke. Sheriff Teeter reported murder on the Gil Vincent farm near Brighton. Tom Pierce arrested the would be murderer as he tried to board a train. Charley Meacham, not related to local Meachams, shot Will Garbrick who was wounded in the abdomen and had a chance of recovery after Garbrick threatened to garnish Meacham wages over a prior $11 loan from South Dakota.
Yesterday several patients were discharged including Mrs. Harry Kleese of Keota and Mrs. Russell Miller at 433 W Jefferson. Also discharged were Mrs. Ed Nardy and son, Mrs. Waldo Fisher and son from Wellman. Today admissions include Dale Beenblossom of Columbus Junction and Mrs. Orville Carter with daughter Route 2 plus Mrs. Charles Fish at 828 S Ave C and Mrs. Robert Lowe at 1920 N 6th. Admitted yesterday also Mrs. Harlan Roberts of Fairfield and Virginia Simmbering Route 3.
Tuesday report lists medical tonsillectomies for Mrs Jess Page Keota and patients Gary Lewis 603 North Marion Christine Junghluth 1192 East Washington Kenneth Norton Fairfield. Births: Mr and Mrs Donald Geyer Wellman welcomed a son at 10 32 A M.
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