Survey Finds Teens Question High School Marriage
A Raleigh Register reader survey shows 74 percent of high school teens who married before graduating doubt teen marriages work. The study, by a vice principal pursuing a master's, suggests schools could use students’ experiences to counter the trend toward earlier marriages. News prompts consideration of future high school surveys for honest insights.
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Ruth Millett
Raleigh Register
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N. Y
Timely Weight Loss Tips From a 1950s Guide
A health column outlines simple steps for weight loss including weighing regularly, consulting a physician, determining ideal weight, understanding eating habits, counting calories, retraining appetite, eating balanced meals, reducing junk food, exercising in moderation, and maintaining weekly weigh-ins. It notes overweight poses health and self esteem risks and ends by mentioning 30 000 teenage rocket club members in the United States.
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L.H. Erickson
Rocket Clubs
United States
Skirt Lengths Debate and Start as a Dress Designer
Mrs M V asks about knee skirts and comfort for seated use. Gaile cites Pauline Trigere on balance and advises personal choice, warns against overly short styles for less fit legs, and notes designers target youth. Mrs M C is guided to start at home designing for friends, with tech tips from Richard Cole and FIT or Parsons for courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaile
Richard Cole
Fashion Institute of Technology
Parsons School of Design
New York
Food Shopping Guide Highlights Weekend Fresh Deals
Washington shoppers can save on cold weather groceries with plentiful produce at area markets this weekend. Beef roasts poultry dairy and vegetables top the specials with broccoli cabbage carrots and lettuce among top buys alongside apples chestnuts limes and bananas. Fish offers include fillets oysters lobsters halibut and clams. In Fairdale a block of college students returning home is noted with several WVU and Concord College students and families visiting from Glen Daniel Glen College Athens and Ravenscliff.
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Washington
UPI
Claude Worley
Glen Daniel
Concord College
Athens
Sandra Hawley
Elmer Hawley
Ronnie Lilly
WVU
Bob McMillion
Cameron Lilly
Ravencliff
Eugene Brunty
Columbus
Ohio
Lewis Brunty
Marvin Kingrey
Nancy Sutherland
Greenbrier College
Carrie Canterbury
Maple Meadow
J. H. Byrd
Chicago
Ill
Rosa
Eddy Soulsby
Dewey Brod
Bob Fanning
Emma Tolliver
Sweet Springs
Tolliver
Ian
Pastor cites slow driving by elderly in Long Beach letter
Long Beach California based Rev Crawford Trotter wrote to the community raising concern about driving reactions of some slower and elderly persons. He said he is barely touching 75 years of age.
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Long Beach, Calif
Telephone etiquette from Millet on caller manners
A pamphlet notes that when a woman telephones a man and his wife answers, it is common courtesy for the caller to state her name. The guidance stresses polite, straightforward introductions to avoid confusion and promote respectful communication.
Nationwide Campaign Extends Seat Belt Crusade to 1962
Beckley’s Woman’s Club safety chair Mrs Duke Williams says the national drive for seat belt use is extended to March 1962. joint effort with General Federation of Women’s Clubs and Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee. Cards describe benefits and list participating Raleigh County clubs.
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Duke Williams
Woman's Club of
Beckley
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee
GFWC
Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Woman's Club
Gulf Woman's Club
Marsh Fork
WCB
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Gaile Dugas
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Food Shopping Guide
Fairdale
Claude Bunch
Tennessee
Clifford Daugherty
Ted Stover
Ted Jr
Mullens
Manners
Millet
Vine Springs
Sealy
Neville Maytag & Furniture CO
Neville St
Women’s Crusade
Mrs. Duke Williams
Skinner
Camp Moc
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