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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1943
Page
3
Fortnightly club author offers cooling menu ideas and recipes from peaches to salads. Recipes include a peach box cake with lady fingers, stuffed eggs with ham and a jelly mold with salmon filling. Also notes macaroni salad and salmon salad ideas for hot day meals.
Mrs Green W H P announces standing committees for the year in the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Nomination Auditing Music Social Flowers Publicity Calling and other posts list members including Ida Mc Daniel Florence Jones Jessie Means Rose Reid Goldie Miller Louise Hillrwood and many more.
Periwinkle or myrtle make good ground cover for shady spots under trees or beside buildings where grass lacks light and nutrients. These plants tolerate low light and help suppress weeds while keeping soil moist.
A crowded schedule lists meetings and events for many groups. Wesleyan Service Guild, Auxiliary, Pythian Sisters and Circle, Rebekah clubs, American Legion Auxiliary, G.E.S. Homecoming, Republican Women, and other societies meet at churches, Masonic temple, or community rooms. Notable items include the Memorial service for Ellen Wallace and the Bethlehem Commandery supper.
Mr and Mrs Al Crone observe their 39th wedding anniversary. Robert L West of Adel and Virginia Shannon wed three years ago today. Nan Hoover of Hopkington marks her 8th birthday. Others on the birthday list include Mrs W J Duncan William Springman Vernon Witting Mrs N J Linnenkamp Kenneth Farrier and Wanda Mae Kephart.
Social news lists committee heads for summer family night dinners at the Country Club. Dinners start May 27 at 6 30 p.m with June 3 cooperative dinners at 6 45 p.m. Each entry names chairmen, hosts, and entertainment coordinators for May through September.
Ruth Foster county home economist reviews two Farm Bureau Reading List titles at the Washington Public Library. Elliott Merrick's Australian nurse tale and Rachel Field's Emily Blair study illustrate rugged life and Deafness after illness, with lists of events and volunteers accompanying the project.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars lost will meet Tuesday evenings at eight o'clock in K Hall. Tom Swift, Commander 792 The Presbyterian morning prayer meeting will be held in the basement of the church Wednesday morning at 9 30 T912
Mrs Basil McBee hosted a missionary society gathering last evening with Etna Dawson presiding and Anna Dawson leading devotion in the Associates Presbyterian Church group.
A thousand square feet of good garden land can produce enough vegetables to feed one person year round if stored or canned properly.
Mary Atchison led a study group reviewing three chapters in a Dr. Goforth biography about a missionary in China. Members spent the evening crafting dresses for the Otumwa orphanage as part of their project.
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