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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1947
Page
3
Style Wise notes Easter era and warm weather bring picnic talk as cottons return and playsuits gain prominence. Active and dressy looks emerge with bloomers inspired shorts and midriffs, while pedal pushers and knee shorts shape summer silhouettes.
An old LJC piece wryly compares spring moods to fruit metaphors. It classifies women as apricots peaches plums or gillyflowers, urging a warm smile to summon nicer traits and cautioning against drying out in rain.
John Nesselrode and family traveled from Brownsville to Matamoras during Easter holidays. They faced a sandstorm near the border but continued with car lamps lit. The trip featured grapefruit and oranges, friendly Rio Grande residents, brief shopping for souvenirs, and plans to explore interior Mexico including Mexico City. No bandits were encountered.
The library announces new titles including One Damned Island Another and The Island War about the Pacific War. Also added are All But Me and Thee and Together, plus Several fiction works by DeJong Walworth Driesel Mundy and non fiction titles by Welles White and Jacoby.
The article surveys how LJC students view spring as a time for varied activities. Euclid Norris handles real estate for Miss Humble as a spring sport, Chaney Coker enjoys beach strolls at Morgan's Point for relaxation, and Ralph Wooster takes up bell making hoping to ring in a wedding tune.
RELHS presents You Cant Take It With You a Pulitzer winner April 19 at 8 15 pm in the school auditorium directed by Lois H MacGuffie with seniors Gene Wells Betty Joyce Hopper in the leads and a cast including Ardean Meadows Ella Blankenship Ellen Edge Fred Conant Billy Coker Charles Ramsey Kay Terrill Jayne Gaynes Eddie Thompson Jimmy Montgomery Billie Shewell Jack Prince Bruce Causey Harold Smalling Dana Kellogg Delton Ashley James Ingram and Norma Steed as script girl admission is 50 cents and available from cast crew or room 230
Dean Rundell reports from Austin that the Whitworth tuition bill for out of state students appears headed for passage with support from Rep J M Heflin Carlton Moore and Charles Murphy. The Stockard Bill would raise junior college state subsidies from 60 to 100 per full time student and is backed by several representatives.
Somerset Maugham’s Then and Now centers on Machiavelli the political philosopher. The novel, set in the early 1500s, explores constant human nature and political conduct, with Maugham drawing on Machiavelli’s life, views on love, religion, and power, and his aphorisms about seizing authority and truth.
Winners of the National Order of Gregg Artists contest were announced by Mrs. Fern Lane. From the club entered by high school and college students, 43 papers qualified. Miss Joy Hiland received the top award with a gold OGA pin, and Miss Joyce Williamson placed second with a gold pin. Third-place honorees were Louise Davis, Peggy Rae Bittick, and Joyce Buchanan. First through third places earn Superior Merit Certificates. A Regular Certificate list follows with many names. An essay contest on Dutch settlement to influence American civilization offers six-week trips to the Netherlands and other prizes. entries close May 1, 1947, with details at the library.
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