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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1947
Page
3
Mary Grantham advises adjusting wardrobes to current trends without full replacement. Let hems down where possible, add contrasting trim to skirts, and repurpose jackets. Dresses gain life with ruffles and bands, coats are shortened, and evening skirts trend toward ankle length.
Miriam Solovieff voiced that music satisfies man's deepest spiritual needs across history, though two hours cannot cover three centuries. The audience welcomed her, autographs flowed, and her next concert was planned for Tallahassee Florida as she hinted at a Houston return.
The Sigma Alpha Chi sorority at SJC hosted an open house for freshmen women at Miss Joyce Vidrine’s home on Sunday October 19. The event recreated the old west with kerosene lanterns and western music, and refreshments were set around an artificial campfire. About 85 guests registered, greeted by Miss Louise Davis, president, as Miss Emma Jean Davis chaired invitations while Anne Steed and other committee members handled decorations and refreshments.
Wayne Baker loses his clothes in the gym during calisthenics and suspects a prank. His friend Jimmy Montgomery, similar in build, convinces him to attend algebra class in gym attire. Baker returns later to find the clothes hidden in the gym, the prank apparently resolved.
If God should punish men according to what they deserve the Ko ran says he would not leave on earth more than a beast. The excerpt reflects a moral cause and effect reminder in religious prose from the Ko ran.
Review of Robert Tallant’s Voodoo in New Orleans outlines how enslaved Africans and West Indians shaped the city’s voodoo lore from the 18th century onward. It notes laws against Voodoo, fear of ceremonies, Marie Laveau’s influence, and the tradition’s decline by century’s end. Johnnie Lou Sprayberry provides the critique.
Local arts notes praise community talent in Martha at the Community Playhouse Houston. Mentions Solovieff Concert LJC, Chopin violin version, Jacques Abram piano recital, Curtain Club trip backstage at the Little Theatre and Gertrude Levy’s standout performance.
Beginning Monday October 27 all overnight books must be due between 5 30 and 6 30 p m. Fines are 5 cents per hour or fraction after 6 30. Miss Sylvia Steen, librarian, announced. Books checked out on Friday for weekend may not be renewed. Aesop quoted.
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