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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1921
Page
6
The Christian church missionary society elected Mrs Homer Dusenberry as president and Mrs Charles Keating as vice president. Mrs Frank Gobbie was named secretary and treasurer. The officers will serve the coming year.
A page of Washington County women activities features the Rebekahs Halloween party at I O O F hall with pumpkin pie and sandwiches. Many clubs plan meetings, box suppers, sewing for charity, and social events at churches schools and homes around the area.
Queen Mary personally reviews the royal household accounts each month. At Holmwood England a life band of women receive fleece from farmers, wash dye spin weave and make clothes for Miss Bertha Hay to wear.
The Women s Interchurch committee held a bake sale Saturday in rooms on the south side of the equate. Volunteers offered a wide array of baked goods and hungry patrons purchased them promptly. Proceeds of 54.45 will finish paying for the piano at the A. M. E. church and fund needed equipment for the Friday school.
A large number of tried recipes have been added to the service at the Chilcote Library. The recipes come mainly from Fortnightly club household economics departments and each is credited to a donor. The collection now exceeds 850 entries with diverse cooking directions.
Mrs. Amy Davis Winship of Madison, mother of Dr. J. J. Davis, celebrated her 80th birthday in April after decades as a college student at 16 and again at 79. She studied at Ohio State, Wisconsin, Johns Hopkins, Kansas, Texas, and USC, majoring in philosophy and psychology with extensions into literature and journalism.
Local education brief notes an initiative to support early literacy and home instruction for kindergarten age children. It highlights parental involvement and available community resources to assist in foundational reading skills.
A prominent educator urges translating knowledge into action through play. Families stage nursery rhymes and Miss Muffett to teach behavior and imagination, urging kindergarten expansion and mentioning a National Kindergarten Association for communities without programs.
The local women’s relief group W R C will sew for Perkins Children’s Hospital at Iowa City. They will meet at Mrs. Scott Reister’s home this week to craft garments and solicit funds and materials. Miss Besse Conger chairs the committee guiding the project. The piece also notes Kerstin Hesselgren as the first female Swedish parliament member and a longtime labor leader.
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