The Sumner Gazette from Sumner, Iowa • Page 7

April J934 THE GAZETTE, SUMNER. IOWA RANDALIA SPEAKER FIRST AT POSTVILLE Lillian Arthur Places First in to District Contest Arthur won first in the humorous division of the declamatory contest held at Postville Thursday evening. This week Friday she will compete in the district contest of the state series, which will be held at Preston. Mr. and Mrs.

M. R. Clark and daughter spent part of their Easter vacation with his parents at Nora Springs and the latter part with Mr. and Mrs. A.

E. Cunliffe in Strawberry Point. Mr. and Mrs. R.

W. Binning and children went to Greeley last Monday to assist the former's mother, Mrs. G. F. Binning celebrate her birthday.

While there they had the opportunity of viewing a scene of "Western Plains." The town of Greeley purchased four buffaloes from a disbanded circus at Cedar Rapids. Although the animals are quite thin in flesh at present, they expect to put them on pasture north of Greeley, known to everyone as "down on Elk." Mrs. Ella Snyder and "children and Walter Warnke of Lowden were Saturday dinner guests in the John Meyer home near Sumner. R. W.

Binning, Glair Sprague, Art Bright, Gerald Davis and Lloyd Sprague were Wednesday evening visitors in Sumner. Mrs. Clyde Powers visited with relatives and friends at Cedar Rapids several days the past week. Phil Turner of Sumner was a Sunday visitor of relatives and friends in Randalia Sunday. The farmers round table of the Adult Night school presented Alonzo Hancock of near Fayette, a farmer cow tester, with a dairy talk Monday night, March 26.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Benz and family visited Wednesday in the parental George Benz home at New Hampton, Mrs. R. W.

Binning spent several days the past week in the parental James Watt home in Fayette, caring for her mother who was ill. Myron Talcott attended a sale at Waterloo Tuesday, March 27. Mrs. Mary McNaul of Arlington attended Ladies Aid meeting in the W. J.

McNaul home Wednesday. Charles Talcott of Fort Dodge, Gladys Talcott of Cedar Falls and friend, Miss Luther of Perry were Sunday guests in the parental M. E. Talcott home. Miss Ruth Hall in company with her pupils, Mildred Jacobson, Vivian Wells, Dorothy Shaller, Ruth Peiplo and David Wells went to West Union Saturday where the children sang in the rural school.choir at the teachers' meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. William Fetrow and family went to Eagle Grove Thursday to spend Easter in the home of their son, Everette and family. Mrs. R.

P. Lewis and son, Carl accompanied them as far as Hansel, and visited friends and relatives there. Mrs. Ella Snyder and family and Walter Warnke of Lowden were Sunday dinner guests in the Dewey Puls home. Phyllis June Clark visited relatives at Wadena during Easter vacation.

E. F. Winkleman of Cedar Rapids visited several days the past week in the Forrest Odekirk home. Miss Naida Jennings spent Wednesday and Thursday in the Aulden Peters home at Arlington. Mr.

and Mrs. J. B. Fairchild and daughter and Robert Stinzi, all of Chester, were Saturday and Sunday guests in the home of her sislter, Mrs. O.

E. Severs and family. Mr. and Mrs. D.

M. Davis, Pat and Jerry Doran and Mrs. Delia Middle stadt, all of Oelwein, were Sunda dinner guests in the Lee Jelling home. Pat and Jerry remained for longer visit. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred McFadden an family and Mrs. Sarah McFadde: were Wednesday guests in the Wil Sinnott home in Oelwein. Mr. and Mrs.

Marion Donat an children were Saturday guests in th Grant Dawson home in Oelwein. Duahe Hophfner of Cedar Falls wa a week end guest with relatives here and was a Sunday diner guest in the Perry Odekirk home. Mrs. D. N.

Austin was a Sunday overnight guest in the Henry Shales home in Sunnier and Monday in com pany with Mrs. Shales went to Cedar llapids to visit in the Mrs. ID. A. Ma bon and Harold Skinner homes unti Wednesday.

Walter Warneke of Lowden spen Saturday and Sunday with 'his sister Mrs. Ella Snyder and children. Miss Estella Hummel of Maynarc spent the week end in the Stros chein home and was confirmed in the Lutheran church at Hawkeye Sunday Miss Florence Bronn of Johnson spent the Easter vacation in the parental George Bronn home, L. R. Vargason and Gary Parker of near Centenary were Friday guests in the John Mahoney home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lenius and Mrs Dave Irvine and Mrs. Lib Sprague were Friday guests in the F. W.

King home in honor of the latter's 47th wedding anniversary and the birthday of Mrs. Lenius. Harry Bright of Oelwein and Arthur Bright were Sunday dinner guests in the H. Liscum home. Dale Jarchow of near Fredericksburg was a Sunday guest in the parental John Jarchow home.

Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney am children were Sunday dinner guests in the Bruce Vargason home in Hazleton. The Farm Bureau women held a follow-up meeting in the home of Mrs Henry Wegner Thursday with 20 women present. The lesson was 'Block printing." The Ladies Aid.

of the Methodist church met Wednesday with Mrs. J. McNaul as hostess for an all day meeting and picnic dinner at noon. In the afternoon a short program was given, followed by the usual business meeting. The first meeting of the Center xnvnship boys 4-H culb was held at the Randalia gymnasium Monday evening with election of officers as folows: President, Leonard Talcott; rice president, Dean Davis; secretary, Lester Severs; treasurer, Theodore Wegner; club reporter, Leland Benter; sports manager, Harry Arthur.

The April meeting will be April 2 at home of Leonard Talcott. The first practice of the basketball team was held and there was a good turn out of players. Select Home Demonstration Agent for Two Counties Miss Lillian B. Lewis was chosen yesterday to be home-demonstration agent for the farm bureaus of Fayette and Winneshiek counties, says the West Union Argo-Gazette. Four candidates appeared here before the committees appointed by the bureaus of the two counties.

Miss Lewis succeeds Miss Geraldine Brainard, who has been agent for five years, and whose term of work ends Saturday, as she is to be married soon to Ashley Elliott of Linn county. Miss Lewis, whose home is at Boone, is teaching home economics and English in the, high school at Shell Rock, where she has been located two years. She was graduated in 1929 from Iowa State college at Ames. During the summer months Miss Lewis will have direct charge of the twenty 4-H clubs in the two counties, and during the fall and winter season will carry on the Iowa extension program for the women's projects. She will also direct the Achievement day work and the girls' and women's de partments of the two county fairs.

KITCHEN KLATTER By MEB tet Louisiana Put-Together Ib. flank steak (or left-over beef roast) 4 tbsp. fat 3 onions, sliced 1 green pepper, sliced 1 c. left-over cooked vegetables 1 diced celery 1 c. tpmato soup tsp, salt tsp.

pepper 8 stuffed olives, sliced 1 rice Cut meat in very thin slices. Heat skillet, melt fat; fry meat rapidly until brown and crisp. Remove meat. Cook onion and pepper until solt. Add tomato soup, meat, celery, seasonings.

Simmer until onions and celery are tender. Add left-over vegetables (peas, string beans or carrots) and olives. Serve with steamed rice. STEAMED RH3E: Put washed, drained'rice into top of double boiler with 1 quart boiling, salted water. Boil rapidly 6 minutes.

Cover. Place over boiling water, Cook until rice absorbs water and is tender. Coffee Sponge Pie 3 eggs 1 c. sugar I.e. strong, hot coffee 1 tbsp, gelatin cold water tsp vanilla c.

whipping cream 1 baked pie crust Soak the gelatin in the cold water about five minutes. Separate the eggs and stir cup of the sugar into the beaten yolks, Gradually add the hot coffee and salt and cook for five minutes or until thickened, Stir constantly, Add the softened gelatin and continue stirring until thoroughly dissolved, Chill, Beat the whites of the eggs stilf, fold into the custard and add the remainder of the sugar and Pour into baked, pit and cover with flavored whipped cream. This recipe makes eight servings. Creamed Spaghetti with Carrots IMr'c. spaghetti 3 tbsp, butter 3 tbsp, flour tsp.

gait tsp. pepper 3 c. milk 1 Mi cooked carrots Clean and scrape the carrots, cut into long, narrow slices, and cook until tender in a small amount of boiling salted water. Cook the spaghetti until tender in three quarts of boiling water, to which has been added one and one-half teaspoons of salt. Put the spaghetti and carrots in alternate layers in the pan, Prepare white sauce of the other ingredients, and pour over the mixture.

Heat and serve hot. Old-Foahioned Harrison Cake 2 sugar shortening 2 c. raisins c. sliced orange peel 5 sifted flour 3 well-beaten eggs 1 molasses milk 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp, hot water tsp.

each of mixed cinnamon, clove, allspice. Dissolve the soda in the hot water; add the molasses and other liquids. Cream the shortening and sugar; add the liquids alternately with 4 cupful? of the flour mixed with the spices. Beat well and fold in the fruits mixed with the remaining cupful of flour. Bake at 325 degrees P.

for 1 hour, turn the heat wn to 350 degrees and continue taking for minutes in dwp loaf-cake yin. REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN Ten Yeats Ago Thursday, April 3, Seventy-seven voters went to the polls in Sumner Monday at the regular biennial city election, and with but a few exceptions these 77 voters cast their ballot for the citizens ticket intact. 0. 0. Ladwig is leaving this week for the Globe Battery company of Milwaukee, Wis.

Mr. Ladwig has been engaged in the automotive equipment business hero until recently. Mr. and Mrs. R.

I. Munger, who have spent the winter in Texas returned last week to their home in Sumner. The rain, snow and sleet storm which swept the Middle West last week had its local effect, causing considerable damage to the Northcas.tein Iowa Power Co. and to the Hurmonce Telephone Co, Sumner stores were open last eve- ning and from now on will be open each Wednesday evening and until 0:30 each day. Mr.

and Mrs. J. F. Cass returned to Sumner the latter part of the week having spent the winter in San Antonio, Texas. Friends here received word the first of the week from 3.

A. Michcner at Pine River, informing them that his daughter, Myrtle, had been married on March 20 to a young man from St. Paul. Tho M. M.

K. club, each with a guest enjoyed a theatre party last Wednesday evening at the Cass opera house. Following the show, the party wnnl to tht home of Mrs. J. M.

Murphy where the remainder of the evening was spent. Mrs. Ben Winks, who has beer an invalid in her home all winter following the automobile accident last fall in which she suffered a broken limb, is recovering nicely and able to be about the house again, One of the most pleasing and interesting social events of the season was that at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.

P. Winks last Thursday evening when 45 guests were present at their lome at a real hard time parly. In courtesy to A. D. Allen, recently retired president of the school board, Prof, and Mrs.

T. J. Durant on Friday evening entertained at a 0:30 dinner tho present and past members of the school board and their wives. Mrs. F.

K. Brown entertained a f.arty of friends at her home Tuesday evening at an April Fool party, the evening being spent in playing bridge. Pmes were awarded to Mrs. F. J.

Rries and Mrs. H. W. Bathke. Mrs.

Chas. Rcimler of Waterloo came Thursday for a visit at the home of her son, E. C. Reimler, and also to attend the Evangelical home of her son, C. Reimler, and also to attend the Evangelical conference which is being hold here this week.

Mrs. G. W. Dickman and son left Friday for Dubuque for a visit with friends. From there she expects to go to Cuba City for a visit with her father.

Twenty-five Years Ago Thursday, April 8, 1909 Louis P. Linn who for the past two years has been principal of schools at Drayton, N. has accepted the prin- cipalship at Kenmare. Harold Wood left Friday morning for Rinova, to work aa operator in the dispatcher's office. Ruth and Alberta Wpodrine; of Waterloo have been visiting their aunt, Mrs.

E. A. Wismer and family. Mrs. Henry Koch of Chicago, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.

H. Karsten for a couple of weeks went: to Waterloo Saturday to visit a few days and from there she will return to her home in Chicago. She was accompanied to Waterloo by her daughter who remained until Monday. Mrs. Fred Moser and two children went to Readlyn Saturday after-noon for a visit with her mother, Mrs.

Berger. Misses Clara Potratz and Valesca Bredow were visitors of the former's sister, Mrs. Oliver Capper at Westgate last week. Ben Winks went to New Hampton Friday to visit until Sunday with relatives. On her return home she stopped at Fredericksbm-g to visit her brother.

The ladies of the Culture club and their husbands enjoyed an April Fool party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Dickman on the evening of April 1. Forty Years Ago Thursday, April 5, 1894 J.

M. Johnston building hotel on his lot near the depot. Carroll brothers are doing the work. Mrs. Williams of Dubuque was ft guest here over Sunday at the home of Mrs.

Kate Barker. W. O. Smith is the name of the new minister here to take the plnce of Kev. W.

B. Arble who left Monday for Garwin. Mrs. Kate Wilson and Mrs. Frank Thull leave this evening, via St.

Paul and the Northern Pacific, for San Francisco, to visit their brother living there. Ed. Wentworth and A. D. Allen of this place have been drawn to serve on the grand jury which convenes in on April 17.

SEE FIRST TALKIE Mr. and Mrs. Baehman of Aurora, attended the Grand theatre Saturday night to hear their son Donald speak his contest selection at the amateur night which he will deliver at the contest at Posty'ille, says the Oelwein Register. This was the first time this worthy couple had ever heard a talking picture and they expressed astonishment at how the actors on the screen could act and talk as though they were the living actors in person. GUARANTEES MILEAGE MAKE THE It isa Daring Challenge bin: Ht'fO COSTS NO MORE THAN ORDINARY GASOLINE This sensational money-back guarantee is made possible because D-X is entirely different from ordinary gasoline.

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