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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1953
Page
18
Letters reveal conflicts of gender roles and romance with a 33 year old man torn between marriage and independence and a 19 year old woman managing engagement with a Navy boyfriend amid a date with his friend. The exchanges urge responsibility and caution while exposing young adults navigating love and commitment.
The Press Telegram notes the November 1920 introduction of the first adhesive bandages by Johnson & Johnson, a product line now offering over 19 sizes and types under the Band-Aid name. J J began in 1886 with medicated plasters and expanded in 1887 to cotton packaging, with a 1890s shift to first aid kits and baby care products following the company’s New Brunswick, Connecticut facility.
Mrs Norma Taylor was honored at a shower hosted by Mrs Marjorie Carpenter and Mrs Selma Todd at 266 Granada Ave. The event featured white and pink crepe paper stork decorations and a bridge game as the evening’s main diversion with players including Mines Maude Arwood H A Taylor Nancy Richardson Betty Grisat Lera Guntner Garnett Hedley Veda Wells Joy Grand Kay Brown Mary Ford Lavenne Harling and Jean Sluth.
A columnist urges combating loneliness by joining groups, clubs, classes, or volunteering. Personal anecdotes show hobbies spark conversations and friendships, with Mary Bothwell cited on backstage chats sparked by her elephant collection. The piece highlights friendly effort, risk of being rebuffed, and using shared interests to forge ties.
A nuptial mass at St. Ann's Church Seal Beach united Miss Faye M. Hart daughter of Mr and Mrs R P Hart of Little Falls New York and Sunset Beach with Arthur L Keating son of L Keating North Quincy ASS The bride was given in marriage by Frank Barnhart of Sunset Beach in a double ring ceremony Mrs Pearl Van Auken of Seal Beach attended the bride Richard Hart the bride's brother served as best man A small reception followed and the couple departed for Pensacola Naval Air Station where Keating serves as Crash Fire Fighter Instructor.
Eton and Mrs Cole marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a party at 1110 Ohio Ave. Sigma Delta Sigma Sorority members aided arrangements. The couple, married in this city, featured a three tier anniversary cake, roses, white candles in silver candelabra. Guests included E. Adams, Howard Lee, and Lyle.
A Fifth birthday party was held last week at the home of Linda McCarthy's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Havert vartyy. Guests included family members and well wishers who gathered to celebrate Linda's milestone with cake and songs.
A flavored homage to cheesecake and fashion from a vintage ad piece. It praises leatherlike hosiery and leg fittings, touts Belle Sharmeer hosiery with Vassarette girdles, and urges perfect fit for stockings, garters, and shapewear. The quasi provocative tone blends dessert metaphors with product messaging.
An advertisement touts a non-diet method to shrink the tummy hips waist and thighs while resting at home. It promises rapid results with inches vanishing, claiming healthful safe and easy use and claiming a lovelier youthful look.
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