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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1948
Page
7
Alicia Hart offers guidance for teens to converse with older people. She suggests entering rooms calmly, speaking after a deep breath, and having school anecdotes ready. Leading questions about civics or social issues invite informed responses from older, wiser heads.
The note advises that when visiting a friend who just moved, you should not offer to tour the house unless the host invites you to look around. If the hostess does not suggest a tour, avoid asking to see the home.
Alicia Hart explains a home exercise using tied sofa pillows as a punching bag to strengthen pectoral muscles and enhance bust size. Hang them in a doorway above head level and perform rapid punches starting at ten, increasing to fifty as strength builds.
A wife seeks help to save a three year marriage amid frequent arguments over politics, friends, and lifestyle. The adviser notes mutual incompatibility and advises focusing on real partner rather than idealized roles, urging self-awareness and effort from both sides to avoid divorce.
Two fruit desserts feature tapioca cream and orange segments served in parfait glasses with coconut garnish. The recipe details egg white and yolk preparations, vanilla, orange rind, and milk based tapioca cream, plus a breakfast and luncheon menu including meals such as casserole, lamb chops, and baked macaroni.
A Memphis theater installs a sound proof glass booth for parents to retreat with a fussy baby during intimate scenes. The column suggests a home version could spare nerves, proposing shatter proof walls for tantrums and teen phone calls.
An article describes a soundproof booth as a solution to family disputes at home. It suggests spouses and children could retreat to the booth to escape noise, with options like a built in radio to accommodate listening preferences.
A speaker accuses another of calculating pressure and manipulating a partner to meet personal tastes. The critic argues such tactics fuel discord and urges abandoning arrogance. To salvage the marriage, the adviser must embrace mutual accommodation of temperaments.
A vintage needlework ad offers embroidery tea towel patterns by Laura Wheeler. It promotes Pattern 718 with six motifs on 6 by 7 inch towels, plus a Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Send twenty cents for the pattern to Middle town Journal in Brooklyn, with name address and zone.
Tuesday events include Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 3809 at 7 30 p m and Miami Valley Post VFW at 7 30 p m. Sportsmen Club trustees meet at 8 p m, Library Board at 7 30 p m, Hunter Clark Post VFW at 8 p m, Cancer Clinic at Middletown Hospital 7 p m, National Guard drill at 7 p m, Eagles weekly business meeting at 8 p m, Spanish American War Veterans at 7 30 p m at the Legion Home.
Worthington Minnesota sends relief supplies to Crailsheim Germany after 11 year old Martha Cashel writes to a Finnish girl. Charles and Mrs Cashel sponsor the project extension drawing 200 residents from both communities into a pen pal aid program run through CHALOG.
Middletown Co-Operative Club meets at 6 30 p m at the Manchester Hotel for its regular weekly gathering. Holy Trinity PTA holds officer elections at 8 p m in the school. Maple Park School hosts a public achievement display from 2 30 to 9 p m. Mayfield PTA election of officers occurs at 8 p m in the school with fifth and sixth graders presenting the program.
Members of the Order of Ahepa meet at 8 p m at the YMCA. Delegates of the Chauffeurs Teamsters and Helpers Local 836 convene at 7 30 p m at the Trades and Labor Council Hall. Miami Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers views a noon film titled Designing Machinery For Arc Welding at the Manchester Hotel. The motion picture was produced by Lincoln.
Lawrence Gillen, 28, of Canton, was held in default of $5,000 bond on a Mann Act charge for transporting a 23 year old waitress across state lines for immoral purposes. The story also notes that petroleum products were first exported from the United States in 1861, some in sailing ships.
The Electric Company of Cleveland and the Chi Ro Class of Holy Trinity parish will meet at 7 p.m. in the school assembly room to discuss activities and plans.
The house committee and executive board of Blythe Williams Post 231 will meet at 7 30 p m at the hall.
Perfect refreshers for summer skirts and suits. Sew a blouse now Pattern 9419 bow neckline sizes 12 to 20. Includes 35 inch fabric hints and contrast yardage. Send 25 cents to Town Journal Pattern Dept at 232 West 18th Street New York 11 NY. One hundred eight illustrations in the Marian Martin Pattern Book plus a free beach bag pattern.
Jockey Ted Atkinson rode eight consecutive winners at Aqueduct during September 15 and 16, 1944, boosting excitement in the track's fall meeting.
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