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2, 1939 THE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HA%VKEYE-RECORD AND THE LISBON HERALD Page Fi ve I?EB. 7 Fellowship in the Methodist afternoon, February Dr. W. G. Row'- the devotional hour, Zabilka will read Richard Baker's articles will be presented by Current and Fred be served by Division Ladies Aid society. SOCIALLY M00NT VERNON TEA Mr. ? J. eU ! GAVEl, TO I ~)I)G E [ Hill City Rebekah lodge Rapids on Monday lry 6, to present the to Home Rebekah tile lodge delivered it organization re- are requested to meet hall at 6:15 o'clock. will be available, call -MEETS Tuesday evening for business meeting at The club is planning entertainment to be held their treasury but has not been decided. taiued their evening card chlh at their home last Thursday evening. Bridge was pla3ed :it four tables. Refresh- ments were served after the games. Mrs. Ra~ Farr was'h.stes~ Tuesday e~ chink fi,r the regular meetillg of the J.Ily Seven ('lub. The eveuing was spent +%ith fancV work and sew- ing. Mrs. Far( served refreshments. Mrs. It. M. Rhoads entertained her afternoou card ehlh at her home Oil Tuesday afternoon. Bridge was play- ed at three tames. Refreshments were served hv the hostess. The employees of th'e Mount Vernon and Lisbon division of the Iowa Elec- tric Light and Power company en- j-yed their monthly picnic slipper ill tile company social rooms on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. \\'. B. Crumhaugh entertaiued at a faro:l) dinner at their home on Sunda3. Guests ~ere Mr. and Mrs. 1t. M. Bartlett and family of Alhiou, Mr. and Mrs. Charles (}able of Cedar Rapids, aud Mr. aud Mrs. John Crumhaugh and soil 1)on- aht of Mount Vernon. "]'he 761h birthday of Mr::. Frank of the birthday club l)ance, grandmother of Mrs. l)ou rise party last Thurs- Thomson was celebrated with a dln- honor of Mrs. J M ~r . . ner at the Dance home in Cedar Rap- . B. Crumbaugh and ids on Sunday. Mrs. l)ance has been who had birthdays it: ill health" for several vears and were thirty preseut she received a card shower t?rom Inanv which was held at the triends and relatives, in additiou to . A lovely birthday the dinner on Sunday. Those present njoyed, iuc'hlding the were: Mrs. Arlene" Bittner, Robert baked bv Mrs ltattie Bitt ler, Mrs Gall tt. Clark, Miss • M. Rhoades and Miss llelen Clark,' Miss Bess \Vaguer of Gifts Were presented to Cedar Rapid," Mrand Mrs Victor of honor, lhmken, Troy Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frederick, Fllzaheth and I.eo of Mclntosh entertained Li~h.n and Nil'. and Mrs. l)ou Them- bee receutlv at s.n and s~m l)avid of Moullt Vernon. Fir~ avenue. F'our-i guests. A delicious ught by the guests, and until ten o'clock in Hodgson was hostess at in honor of Mrs. lop, of Sioux ('it)', %~ho the home of her mother Coleman. Other guests Coleman, Miss l:rances Rose Hickman. A pot luck supper was enjoyed Tuesday evening by the following: girls, ai the home o( Connie Sullivan: Shirley Minnick, Jean ltunt, Eula Burner(, Pauline 1)aubenmler. After Emil Reyhons enter- at their home on Sun- were: Mr. and Mrs. of Lisbon, parents of Mr. and Mrs. Richard ~gville; Mr. and Mrs. Rev. Father Michalek .--..--____ Ball:e( chapter D. A. R. I a one o'cb~ek luncheon home of Miss Anna Jor- ~uest and will speak to the members. Sorosls was entertained Monday ev- ening at tile Mrs. J. B. Ringer home. Mrs. J. p. Laing presented the pro- gram and gave a review- of Luther tlalsev (;ullick's hook, "Education for American Life". Mrs. Laing, who is teacher of the kindergarten grade in the Ward .wheel, also discussed, "The Psychology of Modern Kindergarten ' Work." IOWA LARD MAKES BEST PASTRIES l.:ll"tl, lowa'ff wn product, tops the list of "pl'lstie" fats foe use ill p:tstry Hcrc is the pie-crust recipe wUh Nellie of lho prepar'ttion sugges- tions of tb(. Agricultural l.:xpe/'i- uwnt Station at Iowa .'qlate College. l).lstry 1 cup hard-%%hoat all-puFpose flour I/3 oup hu'd 1/2 leilspoon salt \\'liter The pastry bocolnes nlore und nloFe )(q/tier us tilt, tinle of mixing lilt' fat and flour is increased, uc- cording to lhe results of lhe 5-year projt,ct conducted hy Miss Belle l.owe, I)r. I'. Mabel Nelson, and .I. 1t. lluehanan, Iowa State Col- lo,e,c. I.onger mixing gives a mealy p,qslry and sllorter Ioixlng results ill II flaky pastry. (Ill the olher hand, they say that tht' ~;]lort('st tinlo possil,le for corn- hi:ling' the water wilh the flour, sail and fat is II(~st. If mixed too ShOl'l [L lime, hO~A'Ov(!r, the water ' may nut be mixed well enongh with 1/w ot her ingredients. If tll(' ilastry is Ilaked inlmediate- ly, it is more lender than if the dollgh "ages" '2 or 3 boues, lint if lit(, dough stands as long a per- iod as overnight, the t~ql(lernoss of the llastry iUCI'(~UNI'S, Miss l.owe el)serves. "'Aging" after Ilaking'. however, is not so good. The pas- t,'}' becomes tougher ill the first t'OV,' hours "lnd tllon loses its crisp- n I 'SS. Bailing lemPeratnre is important chiefly from the standpoint of fla- vor. I'astries llaked at high tem- l)iq'atures ha`.'e u :letter flavol'. The t(,ndeeness is practically the same at leloperatnres ranging fronl 365 tel 473 degrees F. The most tender product is nlade i"r(lUl lard jnst at i'oon/ tenlperature -- -75 to 79 degrees F.--rather than from cohl or warnl fat. The softer types of lae(ls give the tenderest pastries, but either sulooth or grainy lar(ls arc satisfactory. Ingles:de cluh will meet Monday exening, Fehruarv 6, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Nicimlson. The program the ~upper the evening was spent play- will he by Mrs. S. J. McLaughlin, ing games, iwho will present a review of "Jean Sihelius," by Karl Ekman. A meeting of Bethlehem lodge Knights of Pythias w 1be held in. Mount Vernon Temple Pythian Sis- the hall ou Monday " I . evening, Febru-Iters will meet for a regular meeting ary 6, at 7:30 Cclock. District Dep- \Vednesdav evening, February 8. A utv Grand Chancellor, Frank 1).picnic supper will precede the meet- Sl~ephard of Cedar Rapids will be a ing. Mrs. Ferne Bryant and Mrs. Ada lledges will be in charge of the sup- For Friday and Saturday 2 pkgs, Corn Kix, 1 pkg, Special, 3 for 26e 2 pounds .............................................. 19e 1 pound tins, 2 for .................... 25c p . Quart Jar ........................ 37c aratlise, 2 pound package ............ 27c Butter Nut, 2 pound tin ............. .......... 55e Shortening, 3 pound tin ........ 53c Van., B. Scotch, Choc., 3 pkgs 15e Richelieu cut, 2 tins ........................ 33c eu, G. Bantam, tid bit, 2 tins ............ 29c . Baby Stuart, No 2 tins, 2 for ............ 25c K, raft American, 2 "pound box ......... ,48e California Navels, 200 size,dozen ........ 23e as Seedless, 200 size, dozen .......... 21c ERRIES pitted hvy syrup 2 tns 39c Quaker, large package ............ 19e mn or Tomato, 2 tins .... 25e ,CH, Honor Brand, 14-oz pkg ..... 21c Cross & Blackwell, 3 tins ........... 25c Phone 132 Mount Vernon, Iowa nounceme purchased the Snowwhite Sandwich shop Open it for business Thursday noon under the •hite Pantry. wiehes, Tenderloins, Hamburgers, Pies, and other Short Orders will be served be- today. On next Monday we will begin serving Your patronage will be appreciated. Try Our Home Cooked Food Snyder, Prop. Phone 22 New, Attractive, Clever Large Selection per. At the last regular meeting it was decided to hohl the picnic suppers ,n the first meeting night of each month instead of the last meeting of the month. The February meeting of the Linn and Franklin Corn cluh will he held next Saturday evening, February 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Crain, near Paraha. A dinner meeting was enjoyed by Entre Nous, Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. R. A. Nelson, with the folh)wing ladies assisting, Mrs. R. W. Barker, Mrs. F. G. Brooks, Mrs. G. I. llill. Included as hostess was Miss Mattie B. Hunt who is spending sev- eral weeks in Park Ridge, III. The program was given hy Miss Leila Ht, ebsch who presented "Important Events in 1938." Chapter DT "P.E.O. will meet at tile home of Mrs. James McCutcheon on Wednesday evening, February 8. Mrs. E. C. Prall will he the assisting hostess. Miss Grace West will present tile program. Miss Leila Huehsch and Miss Rachel Pc:sen were joint hostesses at an after- noon tea given Saturday in Bowman hall. More than one hunderd guests were invited. Assisting in the living room were: Mrs. Jessie Coleman and Miss Elsie Barrett. The refreshment table was centered with a bouquet of spring flowers and candles. Pre-! siding at the table were: Mrs. Eugene Young, Miss Rebecca Green, Mrs. Charles Keyes and Mrs. D. U. Van Metre. Others assisting were six Cor- nell senior girls, including: Ethel Brown, Edith Chambers, Frances Per- • ter, Jeannette McDonald, Phyllis Hog- • man, and Elizabeth lsaacs. Miss Edith Carver entertained with several violin solos accompanied by Beatrice Woods at the piano. The New Century club will be en- tertained at the home of Mrs. Carrie Lahman, Wednesday afternoon, Feb- ruary 8. Miss Mary Kepler will pre- seut a review of the book, "How to %qn Friends and Influence People," hy Dale Carnegie. Members are re- quested to notice the change of meet- lug place and the date of meeting. . The Cozy Corner club will meet at i the home of Mrs. Nellie Plattenberger in Lisbon, Thursday, February 9 for an all day meetiug. Families of the members will be guests. The Good I,~lek Social club will meet for an all day meeting, next Thursday, February 9, at the home of Mrs. Edgar Neal in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Gordon Neal was hostess for the regular meeting of the club last week. The Womans-Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet at the home of Mrs. R. A. Scroggie next ;\Vednesday afternoon, February 8, at o'clock. Mrs. Arthur Lindsey will he in charge of the devotional I: hour; Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball will present a review of an article on Africa and Mrs. Nannie ltainen will discuss, Negroes in America• The regular meeting of the School Music Sponsors will be held in the high school auditorium, Thursday afternoon, February 9, at 3:00 o'clock. Important husiness will be disefissed. Bunte, Alice Blue, Quality Candy Beautiful Heart Shaped Boxes All Sizes and Prices The Rexall Store Mount Vernon Ahruria was entertained at the home oi Mrs. Mary Buser, Monday even- ing, with a good attendance present. The program featured modern trans- p.rtation. Mrs. Edna Messenger read a paper on the subject, "'Trains, To- day and Tomorrow"; and Mrs. Nellie Stearns' subject for a paper was, "The ('hina Clipper". Both papers were very much enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Biderman spent Monday and Tuesday at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Carver and family in ('enter Point. Rev. Lloyd G.ustafson, pastor of the Mount Vernon Methodist church, will lead a song fest tomorrow afternoon at the weekly high school assembly at 3:15 o'clock in the high school building. All America Marks 29th Boy Scout Anniversary Name Hughes As Graduation Speaker l'resident H. J. l/urgstahler has announced Bishop l,:dwin Holt Hughes of Washington, !). ('., as slleaker for the conlnlencenlent ex- orcises here on June 5. Bishop Hughes, who t'eceived his A.B. at (~hio Wesleyan. S.T.B. at Boston I(niversity, S. T. 1). at Syracuse and IA..I). at 1)e Pauw, was the Cor- llell coin nlencell/ent speaker ill 1932. He is the anther of nulner- ous boot;.s, lhe nlost recent heing, "'Art, You An l,:vangelist?" "lolanthe" Will Be Presented In Theatre on March 17, 18 poxter by HarMd H Amdtrton THIS poster, showing how "Scouting Carries On American Ideals", theme of Boy Scout Week from Feb. 8to 14, marks the 29th an- niversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America. 39,750 Boy Scout Troops, Cub Packs and Sea Scout Ships now ini:lude 1,233,950 boys and men. a membership !.:in of better than 13% in the past year. Since the beginning of Sedating in America 8,400,000 boys and men have been identified with t~le Movement. ................ Jacques Jolas Will Cornell News Notes Broadcast Today Cornell Talent To for ,.,, .is( lb.e on by Ingle- Broadcast Over W UI In'el'Ill, ~ill be f(!Htlll'ed by ]'l'Of. :,la('flll('S .Iol:ts on his I'll,lie pl'ogl'anl tloginning with a piuno reci|ll] I ell ThllrS(]ay, l,'cbrnary '2. from hy Jgtcques ,lolls on I,'ebruary 7, ('hit':go. "I'll(, re('ilal will tle hroad- (~orne]l talent will he featured in (.asl through (!()lulubiI.L Broadcast- : series of six 1)rogranls presented in~ Nyst(qn o,,'or \VI;BM and \vet; on a]ternat(! TI esd (ys fFOIII stKtiou :ll '2 ],.nl. WSll in Iowa (~ity. These broad- Th,, pro~4raln ~ill l)e Iio:trd in oasls starl lit 8 p.nl. llud ;11'(! II. tlalf I,'l'iluo(~ by tile ('olupospr Ibrough far:Ill l-S of she I'lwave. ] ugle- hour long. The speech departnwnt will pre- [I}r(.(,hl, who has eOmllosed the went selections fronl Gilberl :nit "Nur:;(~ri¢,s" iS it piwson:tl frie.nd of Sullivan's "lolanthe." on l,'ebrual'y l'rof..Iolas. Head of lllo I,'rench '21. {)n ~'Ial'ch 7, lhe ('orn,dl Sll'in!( ]broadl'a:~linK service, he has com- quartet will aPl)ear in II spt,.cial re- Dosed nix s,,ts of such "Nurseries" cital. I'rof. "tnd Mrs. t!lyde Tull from lhe l:eench children's songs, wiU discuss "Iowa Poetry" on the~and th(, s.l('~qions \vhi('h Prof. Joins Murcii 21 tlroadcust. . will play :tl'~ i'rorl~ the last wet. They Prof. Karl Andrlst will be fen v¢(q'(, eonqms~(,d chiefly for the lured on April 4, in a violin recilal, pi:lno 1,ul a nunltmr of them have The S(~l'ies will be eonchlded on I b~on nrch0slr:lt('d. April 18, with a pFograIII furnish(.t i ()lhor s,.l(!c'lious on lhe program by students of the conservalory, includ~ two sonatas by Scarl-ttti, a i)tl'(,nl~ of sludies and a hallade by Painting Of Grant Wood 'Chopin, a).l "Goht l,'ish" by l)e- !)llSSy. On Display At Armstrong ']'o 1,, con,p';eed with Whist ,.,'s String Quartet To Play "Mother," according Io art critics ! At Morrison, Ill., Feb. 10 is Grant \Vood's "Wom:(n \vilhl l,'rid;ty, I,'(q)ruarv 10, the Cornell Plants." a paillting of his molher. This is on(, t)f the prints being featured ill lho (.xhibil ill Arm- strong Hall. Mr. Wood, ,'113 [OW:tU, },rings Ollt in lhis portrait as in mauy of his works, an Iow& atnlosphel'e. The n(-at ric]-;-I'ack ll'inlnled atlrnn o()V- el'S the nlOther's blacl~ sill< erep. h'ess. We see lh(! nlottler's full face, (,ontrill'y Io the sille view giv- en by Whisller. It is a strong, l):ttes for the production of the Gill)eft and Sullivan light opera. "/olanthe," have been nanled as b'eiday and Saturday, March 17 and IS, with a special afternoon matineo on Saturday, which Is also ] Grex Day. The oonservatory of must,' is collaborating with the speech departnlent for this event which ix to be staged in the little ; theatre, and for which special scenery is be|ng construoted. Prof. Fcancls German wlU { play the I.ord (?haneel o1", and Miss Ruth Pinker:on will portray the Queen of the l,'airles. The support- ' ing cast of stu,lents has not yet ]be(,n deoided upon. Music is under the direction of { Jacques Jells, assisted hy Profs. (l(wman, Williams, and Devereaux. "l'l/(~ orchestra wUl he under the butou of Prof, l.loyd Oakland and nlembers will be selected from the ('ornell Symphony Orchestra. A chorus of fourteen men and woulen will b- chosen fronl the choir, ora- torio sociely, and the sludent hody at large. The enlirc iiroduction is under lh(, dire(,tion of Prof. Albert Frank- lin Johnson, with Bertha French lohnson directing the staging. "lolanthe" is considered by Olllsi('iaus to be one the best and also one of the most difficult of lhe (filbert and Snllivau works. Dr. Burkhart Will Discuss Youth Problems Next Week "l#rom Friendship to Marriage" ' is not only the lttle of 1)r. Roy A. Hnrkhaet's recent book, lint also I thc general topic for his lecture:, group discussions, and interviews lion the campns Monday and Tues- (lay, I,'ebruary 6 and 7. I)r. Burk- }hart is brought here from Colum- [Iuls, Ohio, nnder the auspices of lhe Health Commission of the C.C. i A. i id the Men's Senate. l)l.~'nx~s Haiqly .Marrhtffes , Ill iris hook, which oan be found ]in the C.C.A. lit)raries in the dof tuileries, l)r. Burllhart disensses , the psy(.hological and moral values ;involved in building for a perman- ent and happy marriage. A for- lnuht for determining the answer to the age-ohl problem: "Am I in I.ove?" is to be found here. He presents "non-sexular" friendships and gives a straight-forward way of creating new and interesting friendships with those of the Op- posite sex. Gridiron Banquet To Be February 22nd The Gridiron Banquet, sponsored by the Pi Clnh has tleon set for l,'ebruary 22, at Bowman Hall and the jonrnnlistic wits tire being sharpened for the progranl that will include all forms of razzing the faculty, administr'llion, and earn- [;us hig shot.',. O11 this particular evening noth- ing in sacred and anything can be said without a fear of the hereafter. There will be dra- lnatic skits, wandering minstrels sinking topical songs, wlth direct reference to ('ampus personalities and events; there will he hurlesque, satire, and fantasy in its wilder serene face, the fuee of a g'r¢.al man's mother and ~t, gre~lt lnolhev of a ulan. ']'his is just one of the several )aintings on exhibit this veeok in Armstrong Hall. ()n Monday, leeb- ruary 6, it will be replaced by the )rints givon the school }ly Mrs. Jaques. HARTUNG DIRECTS "KISS IN XANUDU" On l,'riday afternoon, [0(~/~rn{ll'y 17, I)eems Tnylor's "Kiss in Xitn- udu" will tie given in the little heatre under the dire('tion of Bob Hartnng. This fltnlasy w;is pl'o- dllced here two yo;ll'N ago, ill I he spring of 1937. Dr. Gilbert Is Guest In Mount Vernon Today Thursday noon, l,'ebrnqry '2, tho viol:,: a.,,l I'hyllisI forms. From soup to nuts there ( ';ll }l('I'in(' IAlley. l'(.:trson, cello, will be a continuous action--as Address High School Groups At Dubuque l)e:*n King will speak to three llundrcd higll school girls in I)u- ] btlqll,q [OWIt, Tuosday. Janllltry 3] t (in I ]1o topic, "Successful Court- 'shill," [,'ol]o~ing 1his Ille()liOg of lh(' Girl l~.cs(q'ves, I)r. l(ing wUl I })e lho spi,Hkel' lit |}le annlltl+l ~r. M. ('. A. dinner in the same ('it)'. His sub.:,'c( will }m "ttelping tho Youth , I"a:'(' the J,'uturc." i I,is:-~(41.' I.:hrm:tn, secretary of the New Yorl; elnt~, hud charge of all ! ~ll'riln~!/|l(tllts. Ennis Speaks to C. R. College Club Saturday [ ....... 111". T. Harold I':nnis ad(lressed Oxford l,'eUowship will have a I lh,+ tne/llbers of the Cedar Rapids luncheon with l)r. Vq, M. Gilhert+ • . I Mad son, ]('olleg,~ (Tlub Sltlur(]ay, January 28, fl'OlU 1)feW l~nlverslt y. at lh