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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
6
A Housewife notes shift from blue white kitchens to bright color choices. Louise Fillebrown suggests gray as a background with red black accents or yellow green combos. Proposes lacquered containers and clever storage to refresh old spaces without full overhaul.
Louise Ewing hosted a bridge gathering at her parents home with six members and an invited friend. Loretta Wheelan and Hannah Welch received honors. Other clubs met with hostesses, luncheon plans, floral decor, and preparations for charitable and commemorative activities including May 25 meetings, bridge prizes, and veterans’ day arrangements.
A community notes several picnic plans and meetings. Readers are urged to rehearse past outings with a vacuum maintenance check and keep summer spirits high. The Young Missionary Society meets at the Mildred Kennedy home for a lesson and light refreshments, with a June picnic planned at Sunset Park. A birthday dinner at 620 North Marion Avenue honors Charles Beatty with sixteen guests and a three course meal. The Ladies Aid group meets midweek, reports a successful card party, and previews the next gathering hosted by Mrs. Schulty with refreshments and social time.
The first meeting of the Washington County Rural Letter Carriers association was held Saturday night at the Dell Washington. About twenty members from Washington, Brighton, and Crawfordsville attended. President Mell P. Crandall led a general discussion on rapal delivery issues. A summer meeting schedule was approved for June 8 in Ainsworth, with meetings rotating among towns alphabetically. A resolutions committee was appointed for adoption at the next meeting. The group amended by-laws to rotate meetings among towns. Refreshments were served after adjournment by Crandall and others.
A. Waughina recounts learning European gardening tricks for tender early harvests. He notes tiny, butter tender carrots from France and small, delicate kohlrabi in Germany. The piece advises quick harvest when crops are very small and describes a rotation plan of sowing carrots and turnips every ten days. Mrs J P Thomas of Cotter was a shopper in Washington yesterday.
Social calendar outlines week events with meetings and parties. W C4 class ends at six. The Rose Maiden event and a butter evening follow a six o’clock start. Residents host parties at homes across town with various members attending.
A collection of social and club notices from a town paper details meetings and events at M. W. A. hall and various homes. Activities include the Royal Neighbors meeting, garden and woman’s clubs, a Baptist social, a state convention report by Mrs Winifred Brookhart, and other neighborhood gatherings with times and locations noted.
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