Dear Heloise tips from readers small household hints
A collage of reader notes and tips from the Heloise column offering practical advice. Topics include stains and cleaning methods, braiding garter belts, polishing brass with sudsy ammonia, sewing bibs from scraps, tie back curtains measurement, using paper to line lunch boxes, shoe cleaning with a stiff brush, repurposing old shirts into pajama pants, and labeling jar lids with paint to create color coordinated containers.
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Heloise
Peace Meeting Held by Church of the Brethren Women
The Women’s Fellowship held a Peace meeting and Christmas party at Mrs. Russell Wray’s home. The program featured a Christmas worship service “When the Light Shines Through.” Mrs. George Royer assisted with refreshments and led a brief business session. It was announced that Mrs. Charles Du Mond and Mrs. George Shuler will lead the School of Missions each Sunday night in January. Fourteen members attended and exchanged gifts.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Church of the Brethren
Russell Wray
George Royer
Charles du Mond
George Shuler
School of Missions
Broadway debut of Coppels brings The Push Cart Affair
New York AP reports Alec and Myra Coppel, a husband and wife writing duo, prepare their first Broadway exhibit The Push Cart Affair a mystery comedy about a TV star who is suddenly burdened with a corpse. The show arrives next spring following Myra Coppels previous solo hit The Gazebo.
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NEW York
Alec
Myra Coppel
Coppel
Christmas tableaux finale disrupts nativity pageant
Fragmentary OCR describes a male individual banned from future Christmas tableaux at a high school after a finale scene. A burro named Joey released a loud heehaw while the high school choir performed a solemn nativity. A pair of sheep were exiled for bleating during the display.
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Joey
Heehaw
Local Paper Notes Mrs. Baker’s Revisions and Child’s Page
A fragmentary note mentions Mrs Mary Baker assigned to redo portions including research and retyping page 4. The item also references her year old child being part of the paper.
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Mary
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