Alpha Xi Snow Formal at Berry Hotel
Alpha Xi Delta staged a Snow Formal on a cold January night at Hotel Berry with snowball favors, a snowman and snow girl at the door, and a deep blue velvet backdrop for Bill Schwilagabel’s orchestra. Chaperons included Mr. and Mrs. Picard and others. About 75 couples attended.
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Alpha Xi Delta
Hotel Berry
Bill Schwilagabel
Picard
Ralph Beckett
Mary Jane Hitchcock
Irma E. Voigt
Esther Smith
Gertrude Clarke
Georgia Bright
Rita Lane
Elizabeth Harley
Peggy Crammer
Betty Giler
Lois
Zeit
Alpha Xi
Figures on WAC Service Are Given
Lt amy morison announces War Department figures on the strength of the Women Army Corps as of January 1, 1944 totaling 62 859 officers and enlisted women, with overseas WACs numbering 3 002. The report highlights overseas deployments from North Africa to India and England, and notes recruitment gains in 1943 despite expected holiday declines.
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Amy Morison
War Department
Women’s Army
WAC
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAAC
Hobby
North Africa
England
Southeast Asia
New Delhi
India
Cairo
Egypt
New Caledonia
United States
North
Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
Allied Forces
Algiers
Wacs
Eighth Air Force
Jon
Bride Better Than Crooner-Swooner by RAT MILLET
Calender of club events and notices list meetings for several organizations including WONDAY W.B. A., Golden Relief Corps, American Legion Auxiliary, Marin Army and Navy Women’s Club, and Westside PTA. Birth announcement reports M Sgt Thomas Edward McBride and family. Also notes Sayre Study Circle, Social Literary Club, and a bride’s future home during wartime.
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Bride
Crooner
Swooner
Rat Millet
Ration Token Changes Set For Feb 27 Rollout
The Office of Price Administration explains token use starts February 27. Consumers will receive tokens only as retailer change, with blue tokens for processed foods and red tokens for meats and fats, each token worth one point or ten points per the new scheme. Tokens do not expire at the end of a ration period and overall point totals stay roughly the same.
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OPA
Miss Greenlee Weds Sgt Ronald Good in Steubenville
Alberta Ruth Greenlees, daughter of Mr and Mrs William F Greenlees of Marietta, married Sergeant Ronald Good, son of Mrs James Good and the late Mr Good, in a wartime ceremony at Third Presbyterian Church Steubenville. The bride wore pale green wool with matching hat and short veil, attended by her twin sister Roberta. After a wedding luncheon at a Steubenville hotel the couple left for a short honeymoon. Sgt Good returns to Salt Lake City area for duty. The bride, a Marietta High School and Ohio University graduate, was active in campus groups. the groom, from Ravenswood, taught at Ravenswood High School before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942. The couple are now residents of Ravenswood. Vereta Phi Alumnae meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs Hopkins.
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Alberta Ruth Greenlees
Ader
William F. Greenlees
Mavieth
Ronald . Good
James . Good
Ader E' Good
Kenna
W. Va
Taeetay
Pass Cnuse
Third Presbyterian Church
Steubenville
Sohn W. Meister
Meister
Marietta
Athens
Mian
Roberta
Beth Greenieen
New Matamoras High School
Mise Greenies
Steubenville Hotel
Good
Sgt Good
Salt [Flakery
Army
Air Corps
Marietta High School
Marietta College
Ohio University
Gee Gun
The
Chorus
Westminster Fellowship
Phi Chi Delta
Ohio “University
Ravenswood Manactry
Sgt. Good
Wellsburg High School
Asa Shinn McCoy
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Marietta Col
Kappa Delta Pi
Army Air Corps
Ravensword High School
Ravenswood
Lions Club
Royal Arch
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Save His Civvies by Cleaning and Careful Storing
Advice for families keeping servicemen’s clothing in good condition. Store dry cleaned garments in sealed garment bags, moth proof woolens with proper insecticide, and prevent moth damage. Preserve sweater sizes with traced outlines and careful washing. Seal closets, inspect hats, shoes, and shirts, then pack each item properly for long-term storage.
Sausage with Baked Apples Dinner Recipe from Ohio Fuel Co
A timely cold weather dish presented as guidance for Sausage with Baked Apples. The method uses large apples with centers scooped and filled with a sausage apple mix, sugar sprinkled over, then baked in a dish at 375 degrees with water until tender and sausage is cooked, serving six.
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Ohio Fuel Company
Guards In Disguise And A Dinner Rendezvous Mystery
In this serialized fiction passage, a tense plan unfolds as Lillian, urged by a telegram, dresses for a rendezvous while guards blend with diners at a restaurant. The narrator coordinates escape routes, commands a taxi, and sets messages to trusted aides and family as a looming confrontation approaches that evening.
Soybean ice cream near future uses soy flour
Washington reports possible soy flour replacement of 20 to 40 percent of milk solids in ice cream by next summer. Alabama Experiment Station notes improved body and texture with soy flour, needing more vanilla to mask soy taste. War Food Administration says no milk cuts yet but possible future shortages and priority coupons for pregnant women and children. Lard prices slide two points. vitamin D content boosts substituting lard in cooking. Jam point values may fall with seasonal supply changes, while frozen fruit to jam boosts production. Post March 1 metal tubes recycling urged. toothpaste and shaving cream tubes to be salvaged on voluntary return due to low tin content.
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Ann. Stevior
Washington
Alabama
War Food Administration
Portland News Notes Highlights Local Visits
Portland notes list brief personal visits and travels among area residents and relatives. Newport News guest furloughs, Columbus and Cincinnati visits, Camp Peary local deployments, Point Pleasant relatives, and Cottageville farm visits are noted. The WSCS met at Mrs. Van E. McDade's home with invited relatives and friends in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Portland
Pally Minasert
Newport News
Oscar Middleswart
C. P. Cecil
Columbus
Cincinnati
Wilk Larson
James Jiiden
Herusband
Camp Peary
Eris Price
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Rhodes
Cottageville
Ws.cs
van E. McDade
Storie McDade
Parkersburg
W. Vor
Sie
Ralph McDade
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Hal Potluck
Phoebe Jones
Cleveland Field
Ina Hoover
New Salem
Golden Relief Corps
C. V. Strawn
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Court St
Marin Army and Navy Women's Club
Legisia
C. J. Allstock
James F. Cumley
M. P. Josten
Roy Mullins
Joseph’ Kennedy
Francis Lavelle
C. L. Dow
L. J. Addiecot
Elmwood Place
Sayre Study Circle
Minnie Hughes
Morris Ave
Harry Cromley
Westside P.T.A
Ooo Social Literary Club
J.D. Heidher
L. Dow
Thomas Edward McBride
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Thomas Edward Jr
Charles McBride
R. H. Woodrum
Alkol
McBride
Asia
Kent
Walter Florest
Miss Greenlee
Ofr. E. Good
Vebeta Phi
Pi Beta Phi
Rofus Hopkins
F. State St
NRA
Love
Neoo
Adele Garrison
Madge
Lillian
Marion
Lilian
I Forred
Theo
Ronald
Spon Tim
T Ann
Tcion
Graham
Spencer
Gus
Portland News
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Westernsenne
Etmnoanet
Ginger Rogers
Roxie Hart
Adolphe Menjou
Tewte Montgomery
Oklahoma Outlaws
Illy Good Furl
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Mickey Rooney
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Gene Klip
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