Courage Over Money in Marriage Advice From Mrs Barton
Olive Roberts Barton recalls a young woman asking if it is safe to marry on a hundred dollars a month. Barton shares her own story of poverty and perseverance, noting child training and stamina matter more than wealth. She and her husband started with seventy dollars a month, faced hardship, and later prospered, with the husband becoming a colonel.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Ohio River
Dicky
Mary
Wilkesville Social Notes Highlight Local Events
Miss Jane Steele directed a roller skating party for festival participants and the high school teams. The girls and boys glee clubs plan to enter the Portsmouth festival in March. Mabel Lyons rushed to Dayton after her sister Ruth Kirkendall’s death. The Wood families attended a Columbus funeral. A K of P Hall dance drew a crowd. Wilkesville girls fell 17-22 to Hamden. boys tied then lost in OT. Washington Twp teams won here. girls 11-22, boys 26-31. Games await at McArthur and Bidwell. Pythian Sisters held a meeting with cards and a potluck. OES meets Feb 11. Masons conferred third degree. Garden Club met Feb 7 with lantern slides and music by Miss Steele’s group. Clarence McCumber’s father William ill. they traveled to Columbus for care. Rio Grande College to stage a play Feb 21 at the Wilkesville school. Mrs. Marie Penn ill with bronchitis.
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Gallipolis
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Doris Wood
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Garden Club
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Miss McClusky
Glee Club
Clarence McCumber
William McCumber
Alice McCumber
Rio Grande College
Marie Penn
Funeral for Mrs. Kate Eynon at Mt Olive church
Bashan briefs report the funeral of Mrs. Kate Eynon at Mt. Olive Church with burial in the local cemetery. Out of town mourners included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eynon, Mrs. Mable Taylor of Steubenville, Donna Eynon of Pennsylvania, and others who traveled to Parkersburg Hospital for the death notice.
Women’s Relief Corps Meeting At Mrs Harvey’s Home
The Women’s Relief Corps will hold a called meeting at Mrs. J. R. Harvey’s home, 69 West State Street, Monday at 2 p m. Important business will be addressed.
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Women's Relief Corps
J. R. Harvey
W. State St
Marriage Meddlers Sequel to Married Comrades
Adele Garrison presents Madge Graham and Philip Veritzen planning a day at the Graham farm to interview exile Queen Olga amid guarded danger and a tense test of Mary Veritzen as a young star, with intrigue about Veritzen’s motives and Mary’s lead role.
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Madge Graham
Philip Veritzen
Lansfield
Mary Veritzen
Mary
Madge
Philip
Veritzen
Olga
Olina
Graham Farm House
Transvania
Secret Diplomatic Service
Philip Vertizen
Gloucester Steaks and Atlantic Chowder for Ash Wednesday
Recipes for Lenten meals include Gloucester Steak with cod and sardine stuffing baked as sandwiches and Atlantic Chowder serving 8 to 10. The chowder features salt pork, potatoes, fish, milk, cream, parsley, celery, lemon juice, and a light stock. serve with buttered sailor biscuits.
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Bermuda
Daily Menus: Breakfast Luncheon and Dinner Servings
The menu lists breakfast items of applesauce cracked wheat cereal date muffins coffee and milk. Luncheon includes chopped green salad Atlantic fish chowder pilot biscuit hot gingerbread tea and milk. Dinner features stuffed Gloucester fish steaks parsley new potatoes escalloped tomatoes and onions grapefruit salad strawberry jam tarts coffee and milk.
Glouster Social Notes Highlights Club Bridge Evenings
Glouster hosts two contract bridge gatherings with prizes for top scores and guests. Mrs. F H May presides over the Valentine themed session with ten members and three guests, while Mrs Gene Hughes entertains the Trimble Club with prizes for high guest score and club members. Other notes include a Church of Christ Primary party plans and marriage announcement for Martha Ellen Exline and Edward Eugene Welch.
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F. H. May
Valentine
Josephine Hedfelt
Carl Pico
Harriette Weymueller
B. R. Angle
W. W. Bryson
L. K. Heiskell
T. A. Noon
John
Trimble
Gene Hughes
Spring St
Glouster
Myra Martin
Helene Sanders
Connie Brown
Velma Barstow
Merle Danford
Myrtle Olbers
Lillie Exline
Martha Ellen
Edward Eugene Welch
Modoc
Hoyt Williams
Leo Welch
Marriage as Motivation for Education and Self Improvement
Ruth Millett argues marriage should not excuse women from pursuing education and personal goals. She cites Helen Goldenberg of New York who earned a degree at Hunter College after years of study interrupted by children, illustrating a mother’s pursuit of the education she missed. The piece urges women to choose self development rather than living through their children.
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Helen Goldenberg
New York
Hunter College
Eitess
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