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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
3
Barbara Kay Askea observed her second birthday yesterday and was guest of honor at a family turkey dinner hosted by her parents H. B. Askea. A grand mother baked the angel food cake and several Askea relatives attended and shared birthday remembrances.
Thatcher and Sandra of Austin Minnesota are noted in a sparse snippet from a local page, identifying two residents and their names within a brief community notice.
The Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society met yesterday at the Community building with 11 members and one visitor, Mrs. Jizzy Hogg of Pittsburg Penn. The group discussed returning to school and family vacation trips including a Klopfenstein family tour to the Bad Lands Black Hills Yellowstone and a Mormon temple visit in Salt Lake City. A social planned for two weeks with a cooperative dinner and potatoes rolls and coffee will be provided by the hostess.
Cedar Township Homemakers met with 48 members as Mrs. Earl Booth presided and new officers were reelected. The program featured skin care and cosmetics demonstrations, hair care techniques, and a hair setting lesson followed by a social tea with music. next meeting is October 3.
Notices list community dinner social at the church, Democratic club pot luck at the YMCA, and a speaker event by Frank Miles with invited auxiliary members. Handcraft and sewing activities, clubs, and church missions appear with dates, times, hosts, and items to bring.
The Iowa department of social welfare reports higher average payments this September for old age assistance aid to the needy blind and aid to dependent children. The needy blind averaged 40.12 up from 39.57, old age averaged 54.65, and dependent children 33.70 per case. Totals: 1,674,551 paid to 48,331 old age cases, plus 123,614 to 3,668 dependent children.
The St Anthony Circle of St James church met at Mrs. Martin Whittaker’s home with 19 members and Father Corcoran present. Prayer opened the session, minutes and financials were read, then pinochle and lotto awarded prizes to members. Refreshments followed with hostesses and committee named for October.
Anna Dawson and Mrs J O Sexton hosted the Fortnightly club Public Affairs luncheon at Emma Barnett and Dawson homes. Nineteen members attended with visitors Carolyn Hamilton and Elizabeth Dawson. Maud McCreedy led the meeting as Mrs C Phil Weldin discussed The Washington Chautauqua and memories from 1903 while Mrs H H McCleery spoke on The Music of Iowa with Iowa composers and the State University of Iowa. Carolyn Hamilton sang Meredith Wilson Iowa and Ben as a Flower.
The St James St Marys and Little Flower Circles met at K C hall with 31 members present. Father Corcoran attended as guest and Mrs Bernard McCarthy presided as plans were finalized to staff the three circles during the Centennial. Guests enjoyed refreshments during the social hour.
The PTA City Council elected Mrs FE G Humm as president to succeed Mrs Dan Brindley who resigned. She and Mrs Earl Loveless outlined plans for the district meeting on October 3 hosted by the local association at the Y Community room. Luncheon reservations are with Mrs Loveless.
The Seventh-day Adventist church discussed wartime destruction of church properties and joined a nationwide appeal to raise another million dollars in a single Sabbath for rehabilitation. A year earlier the drive contributed over a million to a five million dollar rebuilding fund with work already underway in the Philippines China Burma South Sea Islands and parts of Europe.
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