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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1961

Page

5

Pick Your Spot For Bold Bid In Asheville Bridge

Sheinwold examines a five year old incident where a declarer misfired in three notrump. Defenders Margaret Wagar and Hal McDonald set a clever trap by discarding the jack of clubs to reach five club tricks and swing the result from down two to a defeated contract.

South Asheville N. C Margaret Wagar Hal McDonald Atlanta Declarer East Mrs. Wagar

Dr George Crane Worry Clinic Case J-48 on sleeping babies

Janet J seeks advice about her husband who wants to give sleeping drugs to quiet babies. Dr Crane condemns bar barity and urges parents to stop tobacco, attend church, and use simple psychology to restore sleep without chemicals.

Case Janet J

Good Parents as Trainers of Children and Adults

The article urges parents to adopt dog training principles based on consistent rewards for good and penalties for bad behavior. It criticizes light punishments for minor misdeeds and calls for steady routines, spousal support, and regular babysitting. It ends by suggesting readers request the “Tests for Good Parents” with return postage.

Parsnip Croquettes Featured In Dinner Menu

The article notes parsnips in season in late fall and spring, with croquettes as a staple. It provides a full recipe: boil parsnips, mash, mix with salt pepper sugar butter bread crumbs egg, shape, bread crumb coat, and fry. The Monday dinner menu includes pineapple juice, glazed smoked pork, barbecue sauce, fresh panned parsnips, spring greens, corn bread, strawberry whip, and coffee.

Homemade Hot Sauce from Milk and Pantry Staples

A simple stove top mix heats milk with corn starch cider vinegar Worcestershire onion garlic salt sugar chili powder powdered mustard ketchup Tabasco tomato juice to boiling. Use as a hot sauce or a snappy barbecue sauce.

Parsnips Shown To Aid Reducing Diet In Small Servings

Waistline watchers note parsnips fit reducing diets with half cup portions delivering 47 calories and B complex vitamins. High cellulose provides roughage and satiety aiding hunger control. The French practice a teaspoon cider vinegar in cooking to keep color and enhance sweetness.

French Panned Parsnips with Lemon Butter Recipe

Scrub 2 lbs parsnips not peeled and cut into quarters then eighths. Boil in a saucepan with water to 1 inch depth until fork tender about 20 minutes. Remove cores peel and dice parsnips. Toss with 1 tablespoon butter or margarine 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon lemon juice and chopped parsley.

New England

Misses' Travel Dress Pattern 9141 for Summer 1961

Printed Pattern 9141 by Marian Martin offers a two piece travel dress with a bold check or tweed fabric option. Includes size 16 requiring 4% yards of 35-inch fabric and mail order details from Middletown Ohio Journal Pattern Dept. 91 in New York.

Marian Martin Middletown Ohio Journal Pattern Dept West 18Th St New York N. Y

Dear Mary Haworth letter questions prying family talk

A reader laments relatives gossiping about the mother’s past in a county home and fosters, arguing that one’s character today matters more than origins. The writer urges discretion and privacy in family matters, noting the damaging effect on trust and the belief that decent people respect reticence.

Mary Haworth Our A. D Tom Harry

Social friction over foster family bragging and past hurts

The writer analyzes tension between a foster relative who repeats the mother's earlier hardship for attention and the reader's irritation at such boasting. It suggests jealousy or perceived inferiority driving the bragging, with possible exploitation in the foster family's past.

From a Foster Household to Prosperity in Marriage

The text notes an uneasy conscience in Mayes clan members after your mother wed and gained prosperity through teamwork with her husband. It describes how the foster household later boasted of her rise, turning her story into a family boast and bluster.

M. H

Slim Hips Exercise Advice From Ida Jean Kain

A teen writes about failed hip slimming routines and asks for effective exercises. Instructions describe posture, leg lifts, and pelvic engagement, urging a posture program and exercises to shape hips, with a mail-in request for Slim Hips in a Hurry and Get a Lift with Posture.

Ida Jean Kain

Hip extension drill for sprint posture and resistance

The passage describes a hip extension exercise to tone the back of the hips. It instructs a sprinter stance with hands on the floor, one leg back and the other bent, then a vigorous jump to switch leg positions, repeating six to twelve times for teens.

Miami Junior Wins Carnegie Foundation Fellowship

Gretchen Ott, a Miami University junior from Logan, has been awarded a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship for study in Mexico this summer. Prof. Raymond L. Meloney said Ott will spend the summer at the University of Guadalajara under auspices of Arizona California and Stanford universities and plans to return for her senior year in September.

Oxford Gretchen Ott Miami University Logan Carnegie Foundation Mexico Raymond L. Meloney Miami College of Arts & Science Miss Ott University of Guadalajara Arizona California Stanford University

How to glaze store bought plain doughnuts

Heat doughnuts in the oven until warm. Dip them in confectioners sugar glaze made with water. Mix sugar with boiling water gradually until smooth, then stir vigorously as you add the water.

Mary Haworth Counseling Through The Journal Column

The Journal features Mary Haworth advising readers through a column written with care and authority. She addresses handling sensitive family dynamics, urges restraint when confronted with a relative's awkward remarks, and reminds readers that personal threats remain the issue of the offender.

Mary Haworth

Position drill pose and leg lift sequence

Instructions describe a floor position with head on folded hands. Execute eight counts lifting legs slightly, separating them wide with hip and thigh effort, then bring legs together and repeat. Continue from the same pose holding legs in a controlled position.

Teens Turn Laundry Into Weekly Mending Party

Teenagers can be encouraged to care for their clothes by organizing two or three friends to meet weekly for mending repairs ironing and washing turning the session into a small social gathering.

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