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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
27
Dear reader Molly Mayfield writes of a husband whose constant nagging turns home life into misery. The columnist suggests possible medical or psychological causes, urges a physical checkup, and advises sympathetic handling until the irritability can be addressed, with a warning that harsher confrontation may be needed if nagging worsens.
An advertisement extols Bruce Cleaning Wax and related Bruce Floor products. The narrator praises shiny wood floors with minimal effort and touts various Bruce wax and cleaner items including Bruce Self-Polishing Wax and Bruce Asphalt Tile Cleaner. The tone imitates a testimonial praising ease and results.
Connie Crain discusses general exercise for improving posture in brides elect and the daily balance muscles, bones, and tissues require. Josephine Lowman notes how adults underuse awareness of body balance and the learning process behind sitting, standing, and walking.
A 1940s style ham mousse recipe offers a hearty main course using leftover ham, nonfat dry milk, and gelatin. It suggests serving with sweet sour beans and French bread, noting the dish can be made ahead and fed six to eight people. The method covers blooming gelatin, mixing ham with relish horseradish lemon juice salt and mustard, then beating in dry milk and chilling in a mold until firm.
Pi Mu Xi sorority installed officers after a recent Saci Society gathering at a home. Carol Madsen, Ann Fisher, Nudy Polson and Robin Watts performed, with Wes Jo on the president’s gavel. Officers listed include Gerry Elenga vice president Jerry Graham chaplain Vicki Lutz recording secretary Alice Beiley corresponding secretary Marthe Wilkins treasurer Daria Smith pledge mistress Bobi Upton assistant pledge mistress Carole Radcliffe publicity chair Eliza LaPont refreshment chair.
A mother recounts her son who has reached six feet tall at sixteen and struggles with self consciousness about his height. She notes praise from family but worries about peers and social reactions affecting his confidence.
A guidance column discusses improving posture to reduce back and neck strain through simple floor exercises. It notes that poor carriage worsens breathing and circulation, urges supervised treatment if needed, and warns about teen concerns over height and growth. It advises parental support and explains that growth varies, with teenagers maturing between ages 17 and 21. Questions can be sent to CHILD CARE via the Press- telegram.
Mr and Mrs Chester R Crain of Compton announce the engagement of their daughter Connie Elaine to George Lauren Tong son of Mr and Mrs James L Tong Jr 3042 Baltic Ave The couple was told of the betrothal during a January Tri Theta candle and chocolates event at Compton High School where Connie is a student Tong is a Long Beach State College student and Polytechnic High School alumnus Both are members of First Christian Church Compton No wedding date set.
Martha Kueh and Margaret McCampbell host the Progressive Business Women's Club at their Cooper Arms apartment Saturday evening. Members will show color movies from vacations and plan a February group outing to Cinerama Holiday. Recreation chair Margaret Wallace handles reservations. FBI agent John M. Cashel spoke on FBI operations at a YWCA dinner. Patricia Zieg provided Vora nummers.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Boden travel with their niece Mrs Evelyn Rhodes and Clara McPherson on their first Hawaii trip. They visit attractions including the Princess Lanulani Hotel gardens in Waikiki while traveling round trip on the SS Lurline.
A Boston report introduces Lydia Pinkham's Tablets, claiming to relieve menstrual cramps and associated nervous distress for about three of four women tested. The tablet allegedly calms uterine contractions and sympathetic nerves, offering greater relief than aspirin and available without prescription at drugstores.
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