Gladys Eckerd Middlebrooks Engagement Tea Details
Miss Gladys Lu Eckerd to wed O H Middlebrooks of Macon Georgia announced at a tea hosted by her sister Mrs E Leo Miller at 2601 Tyler Street from 4 to 6 pm About 70 guests were greeted by the honoree and Mrs Mitten and others in the house party wore corsages of daisies in wedding colors A July 17 1943 wedding date was announced on napkins The ceremony will be at Polk Street Methodist Church in the afternoon. Also notes Coronado Marine mascot Guadalcanal collar described with prior island service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Lu Eckerd
O. H. Middlebrooks
Macon
E. Leo Miller
Tyler Street
C. E. Mitten
Woodward, Oklo
Wayne O'Keefe
J. D. Kerr
C. Lloyd King
Margaret Miller
Jerry May
Jare Roddy
Miss Eckerd
Polk Street Methodist Church
Portland wrestler Jackson loses ring after left turn
Bulldog Jackson of Portland, known in the ring, loses a $1,000 diamond ring during a downtown turn signaling move. He offers a $150 reward through police. Some unrelated lines about octopi appear in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Portland
Orc
Bulldog Jackson
Blackout News From New Caledonia And Times Square Arch Proposal
A second war time blackout in Noumea, New Caledonia subdued town lights for half an hour, drawing interest from residents and colonial forces. In New York Times Square, plans for a large Victory arch of simulated palm leaves were submitted to Mayor La Guardia for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
Noumea
New Caledonia
South Pacific
Times SQ
New York
Times Square
F. H. la Guardia
Broadway
Seventh Ave
Currants Rise in Wartime Kitchen Use Pie Charm
Wartime restrictions shift cooking toward currants as a practical fruit. The piece praises currants for economy and flavor, detailing a Currant Pie recipe with Zante currants, sugar, water, vinegar and flour, baked in a 9 inch shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Merritt
California Valley
Wartime Picnic Menus and Recipes End with Roosevelt Ride Mention
The article offers simple no-transportation picnic ideas for war workers with menu notes like fried chicken fresh greens and mayonnaise sandwiches plus a cheese sauce and a chocolate sugarless cake recipe. It ends by recounting Theodore Roosevelt's 1909 98 mile ride in 17 hours with three horses from Washington to Warrenton and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Warrenton, Va
Bees in the Ceiling Uproar Turns Honey Surprise
In Lebanon Oregon the Lon Collins family mistook buzzing noises for bats until bees in the ceiling were found. Pianist Joe Smith lured the swarm away, earning bees and honey in the dining room space. Pico California features Kenneth D Well Jr and a palomino horse ready to warn of any enemy strike. Maine reports a 300 acre desert inside its borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Joe Smith
Smith
Paul Revere
Pico, Cal
Kenneth D. Well, Jr
California
Kenneth
Pico
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Pork
Paramount Theater
Coronado
Cal
Col
Gilder Jackson
Guadalcanal
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Amarillo
Cavalry
Cyclotte
Tid Polk
B. R. Solnick
Mgr
New Caledonians
Rt al
Lebanon, Ore
The
Lon
Maine
White & Kirk
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