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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Miss M'Ivor's
Engagement
Made Known

A MUCH anticipated luncheon
was held Saturday at the De-
troit Athletic Club, as invita-
tons adorned with wedding
bells had been received by
guests revealing the engagement
of Miss Catherine MacIvor,
daughter of John A. MacIvor of
La Sale Gardens and the late
Mrs. MacIvor, TO Ensign Edward
Hess.
Ensign Hess is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Hess of Iro-
quois avenue.
The luncheon table was CEN
tered with a lovely arrangement
of red carnations and white
spring flowers.
Each of the guests received a
nosegay of red and white carna-
tions.
Miss MacIvor's sister, Mrs. F.
B. Lowrie, and Mrs. o. r. Will
coXon were among the guests.
Miss MacIvor was graduated
from the University of Michi-
gan, where she was affiliated
with Kappa Alpha Theta soro-
rity.
Ensign Hess was graduated
from Wayne University.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Mary Nelson.
1t. Armstrong
Speak Vows

MISS MARY LOUISE MEL
SON, niece OF DR.. and Mrs.
Henri L. Grafton of Lawrence
avenue and of Miss Eleanor
Salliotte of Southfield road. on
Saturday became the bride of
1t. Frederick NJ. Armstrong Jr.,
son of Col. and Mrs. F. NJ. Arm
strong of Athens, Ga.
The wedding took place at
1920 a. m. in st. Francis Xavier
Church. The Rev. Father T. C.
Morrin officiated.
Mrs. Raymond Louis Fisher
attended the bride, and Mr..
Fisher was best man.
Miss Sally Krebs of Crosse lie
and Miss Mary Alice Patrick
were bridesmaids.
Guests were seated by Jack
Fisher and William Anderson.
A wedding breakfast was held
at Dearborn Inn.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Arm
strong left for Arizona, where
he is stationed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

SURPRISE DAUGHTER with
these feminine new bedroom dec
orations-a lovely dressing-table
skirt and matching spread!
Smart economy suggestions,
too, such as a dressing table
(she's always wanted oneD
made from a packing box.
Instructions 46l contain direc-
tons for varied bedspreads,
dressing table skirts, screens;
materials required.
Send II cents in coins for this
pattern TO The Laura Wheeler
Pattern department. 1925 Times
Square, Detroit, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Marine Dance
On February IL

DEARBORN UNIT of the
Marine Corps Auxiliary will give
a benefit Marine dance Febru-
airy II in the William Ford
School in Ford road.
The committee in charge in
cludes Mrs. Margaret King, Mrs.
Ruby Wood, Mrs. Alice Spickard,
Mrs. Eva Fleck and Mrs. Della
Huffman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

THERE'S only one thing
more absurd than some of the
new food rationing and that's
the yell we make about it,
You'd think, TO hear us carry
on, that we'd hitherto lived on
a diet of caviar and peacock
tongues.
I'm remembering some of the
grand meals I had in my
fathers house and I'll wager
that many a famous citizen had
the same and was glad to get 1T.
There were five of us young
sters-seven. in ALTO feed and
dress with three off TO college,
And often I've wondered how
mother managed it all on a poor
mans salary. Yet l never sat
down to better fare or rose
more satisfied.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
IN N syfs.!.jjr
win s>.s

ADENA WRIGHT has decided on February 20.
AS her wedding day.
But. :. being a wartime bride.
Whose fance is in the armed forces -,
She. e. naturally has TO make her, plans.
Subject TO change.
Ensign Bob King. the bridegroomelect. to-.
not expected until the very morning of the wedding day.
So that there rehearsal dinner, of
He his brother. John. to be his best
But John is down in Maryland doing work. 49,.
For the government. and may not be able to
However . Adena is Of the girls in her wedding
party
Her sister LAME, will be her maid Of honor.
Mrs Lansing Pittmsn and Mrs Irving Book will be the
bridesmaids
The ceremony will be performed at o'clock.
BY the Rev. Frank Fit
At the Crosse Pointe Memorial Church. 800.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Irene Orbik
Weds Soldier

NEWS HAS just been re-
ceived in Detroit of the wedding
of Miss Irene Orbik. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Orbik of
Grandy avenue, and Cpl. Edward
J. Dombrowski, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Steven Dombrowski, which
took place in December.
The ceremony was performed
in the chapel at Camp Crowder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Prepare Tin Cans
For Next Collection

EVERY TIN can that is
thrown way'is a little Hitler or
Jap. It's lost to the war ef-
fort and that loss is fireplace
able-our greatest source of tin
is from the homemakers of this
country, who should make sure
that every tin can they use is
cleaned. flattened and made
ready for collection Saturday,
March 13. Neglecting that easy
job is almost like aiding the
enemy. Start now-be ready
March Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
SIicine Contest
School Feature

COME TO cooking school to-
morrow armed with bread
knife, No, it's not training in
commando tactics we're PLAN
ming. but simply a bread slicing
contest in which all homemakers
are invited TO test their skill.
Bread and the working space
will be provided. along with
judges and prizes for the victors,
but all entrants must bring
their own knives.
Come and take part or come
and watch-there promises TO be
plenty of excitement. 4
And the second feature Of thu
cooking school, Prudence PEN
ny'S demonstration Of wartime
dishes. will help solve menu
programs.
Among the dishes you Will see
prepared are kidney loaf and
praised beef kidney. meat turn
overs. d creamy cheese entree
and fried corn and squash with
Sauteed onions.
Prudence Penny cooking
schools are held every Tuesday
on the fifth floor of The Detroit
Times Building, at 100 in the
afternoon. Your ticket Of adj
mission is your Homemakers
Club membership card.
If you are not a member OF
the HomemakerS Club, join in
the lobby Of The Detroit Times
Building. Tuesday, before cook
ing school starts. There is a
10-cent charge for a life menu
haVcbir card
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Hospital Auxiliary
Plans Bridge Tea

ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOS
PITAL AUXILIARY will spon-
Sor a bridge tea February 10 at
l 80 p. m. in the nurses audi
forum.
Mrs. F. w. Schaldenbrand,
Mrs. Walter Olde, Mrs. Jose
phine Troe ste r, Mrs. Lillian
Klein and Mrs. w. T. Howell
are hoSteSses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
children in Wartime
Subject Of Talk

DIR. ROBERT FOSTER Of the
Merrill-Palmer School will speak
on Children in Wartime" at
the Sherwood Forest branch Ii
brary. 1920 Livernois, 8 p. IN,
Thursday, February II. The
talk will help parents explain
the war to their children. Ad-
mission is free.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Society TO See Benefit Hockey Game

OUT AT Olympia tomorrow night.
There will be a smart gathering ...
To the hockey game.
Between the Red Wings. and the Royal Canadian Air
Force
All topranking professional players.
The players from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Have been assembled from national and international
teams.
The looking forward to exciting evening
For. when these teams met previously in Windsor
The Z to IT,.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
OAR 10 Me ct
With Mrs. Spence

COL. OSHUA HOWARD
Chapter of the OAR will meet
February 10 at l p. m. in the
home of Mrs. Marvin Spence in
Martha avenue.
Luncheon will be served.
r. II. Adams, superintendent
of the Dearborn schools, will be
guest speaker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Liberty Luncheon Plans Laid

FINAL REPORTS preparations for the bang-up
Liberty luncheon to be given by the Detroit Womens
Council of the Navy League
On February Is. Hotel Stater.
Will be made by members of the special committee.
Who will lunch together Thursday. at 1890 o'clock.
At the Women's City Club
Guest of honor Thursday will be Mrs Edgar Butler
Wife of Lieutenant Butler.
A marine recently returned from Guadalcanal. -.
Who to be the speaker at the Liberty luncheon.
Mrs Richard Thornton Brodhead honorary president
the organization is chairman of the speakers table and
entertainment Of distinguished guests.
Mrs Fred t. Murphy is program chairman Mrs
Charles Fisher is in charge of decorations Mrs Byron
Flechtner. is chairman of luncheon arrangements and
Mrs. Norton H. Pearl. general chairman. -.
Mrs. Sid A. Erwin president of the council of
will preside.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Diehl. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Diehl
the Silas Stricklands. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Ulrich
the Leo Fitzpatricks. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Camp
bell. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Dean. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Gnaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Mapphaei. the Larry Shield
ricks. the Roy Mitchells
:. the Don Devors. :. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Butt. T.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mandel e.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Carter. ;. the Lynn Persons
=. the Earl Cosgraves. :. {.
the Luke Hoffmans. :. the
Raymon d Murphys. Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Mcdonald. :. :.
and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Storer. 80.
There is a double incen-
tive for going 49,.
AS all the proceeds will
be given to the Red Cross. ;.
Detroit Red Wings. -.
two weeks hence. -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Boiled Potatoes

Sometimes there'd be only a
great bowl of boiled potatoes
fresh from the pot, with the
salty steam jcrisping like snow
on their white goodness, and
the fine smell of them filling the
whole room. And a big. creamy
mug of milk for each of us.
Boiled potatoes and milk and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Danes Luncheon
On We dnesday

MRS. FLETCHER FIELD
will be hostess 10 the Danes OF
the Loyal Legion az a luncheon
at The Womens City Club al
1890 Wednesday. a business
meeting Will follow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

Mrs. Eleanor Mandel OF
Cedarhurst, L. l., announces
the marriage of her daughter,
ELEANOR MANDEL of De-
troit, and Leo Saltz of the air
corps on January 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Jewish Group
viii Give Tea

DETROIT wOMENS DIvIS-
ION of the American Jewish
Congress will give a tea at
las p. m. Wednesday in the
English Room at The Statler
Hotel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
May Wear Uniform

Members may wear the ma
tional OCD uniform, although it
is not required for participation.
The uniform may be purchased
by the warden after so hours of
work for OCD. This includes
the household survey, blackout
patrols, bond drives and class
work. Each company meets one
night each week.
You can learn about the com
pany in your neighborhood by
calling your area headquarters
or First Regiment, Office Of
Civilian Defense. Cadillac 57Sl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Pudding Made
WITHOUT Sugar

WHEN IT comes to sugar ra-
tioning, the American home
maker is, additionally, an old
hand at the game.
Some learned TO cook with
sugar substitutes during the
first World War.
Others know il just by hear
say. Either way, it's so much a
part of our kitchen heritage that
we can all take to il without
much effort.
Frontier housewives learned
TO use foods they had on hand.
and so we can today. We can
sweeten with molasses, honey
and corn syrup and use such
prepared fruits as jellies, apple
butter, buildings and mince-
meat 10 add seasonings and
spice TO our desserts. Here's
how.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Siqma Omicron Party

SIGMA OMICRON SOROR-
ITY will give its annual Valen-
tine party in the home OF
Eleanor Holm in Birwood ave-
nue..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
These Will Sit in Boxes

AMONG THE box holders for this event are.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. German, who will have par
of 10. -.
The Lou Maxons. six. the Frank Germans. five
the Vic Ballots who will have II in their party Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond J. Berry Douglas RobY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Elsie Robinson
OId-Fashioned Foods
Are What Built America

the light spreading warm from
the old oil lamp-beat that if
you can.
Or, again, 1t might be a big
platter piled high with cubes of
new baked corn bread. There
was a sight and smell for you!
The crunchy gold, pebbled
with darker brown, fresh from
the oven and steaming sweet
and all of US scrambling to get
a corner!
We'd have molasses with that
old hioned Nawleans
m'lasses. Maybe apple sauce
made from dried ones we
bought by the sack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Rich Indian PUDDING

I cup milk, scalded
y cup corn meal
2 cups mincemeat
y cup molasses
y teaspoon salt
egg, slightly beaten.
Pour milk over corn meal.
Add, combining well, the mince-
meat, molasses. salt and egg.
Pour into a creased cake pan,
SxS inches, and bake in a moder-
ate oven $3.50 degrees) for 60
minutes. Serve with milk.
Serves 8.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Makes Better Wardens

The First Regiment of Women
Air Raid Wardens was formed
by Augusta Phelps Munro in
May, 1912, and has as its aim,
the making of better wardens.
OCD officials have ex-
pressed the belief that under
standing a "chain of command"
and being trained in military
drill and discipline will prepare
women wardens to act more
quickly and efficiently during an
emergency.
The regiment already has a
membership of approximately
1000, and any certified warden
or woman signed up for an air
raid course is eligible 10 join.
Since the age limit for women
wardens has been lowered to Is,
an entire new group is available
for membership.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

Will play against the Royal Canadian Air Force in
Ottawa. to benefit the Canadian Red Cross.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Oyster Soup

And often, when the storm
came beating up from the bay
and we tramped in wet as
ducks. there'd be a huge,
steaming tureen of oyster
soup.
Not the fresh eastern kind
we were still 5000 miles from
that. But the plump canned
ones floating in little islands Of
butter and a great froth OF hot
peppey milk.
Or there'd be a mess Of mus
tard green's, still crinkly fresh
from the black earth, cooked
with small chunks Of salt pork.
You liked that, too, didn't you,
Huey Long?
And gingerbread-hot.
Soup Plates Full
Mornings we had mostly oat-
meal. Not dainty little dabs
but big old fashioned soup
plates filled to the brim with
cereal and milk.
Sometimes. for a Speci !
treat, we'd have hash Drowned
potatoes and country gravy
Know how TO make country
gravy frying the bacon till
the fat is amber gold. rubbing
in the flour till il starts 10
brown. pouring in the rich milk
till the pans near running over?
Built America
Simple food. Plain as boiled
potatoes. Red checked table
cloths. Home cured hams.
A brown jug filled with the
first buttercupS.
Slabs of homemade bread
covered with apple butter or
brown sugar when we came
home from school. Plain stuff.
But that stuff built America.
And that stuff is going to keep
America on the map.
And il wouldn't do the proud
est Of us a mite of harm to
st down 10 such a meal now
and then and quit fussing be-
cause we've lost our imported
Injuries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
NewCompany
OfWardens
To Be Formed

AREA WARDEN, Kirby HIATT
of Area 3 announced today that
the tenth company of the First
Regiment of Women Air Raid
Wardens, a branch of the De-
troit Office of Civilian Defense,
will be formed in Area 3.
This new group will be known
as Company J and will meet
every Wednesday evening at
7:30 p. m. at Foch intermediate
School, Fairview and Charlevoix.
All women wardenS in Area 3
are invited to attend the first
meeting, February 10, when the
purpose and advantages of the
regiment will be explained and
a demonstration will be given.
MakeS Raf4ar Wardaps
Evening star., 1943-03-29
italicized words, Rat just one eye
lash and I'll break your neck!"

italicized words, "Bat just one eye
lash and III break your neck!"
Suddenly the Inspecting omcer
grabbed the rife from the hand OF
Grafenstein, who stood beside me.
His lightning sWoop on the gun,
coupled with the speed with which
Grafenstein relinquished it, COM
pletely paralyxed me. An almost in
audible groan made me look At the
sergeant. He was making furious
grimaces. at me and his face looked
As II he was going to burst 4 blood
vessel. He kept wagging his eyes
down to the bolt Of my rife. A split
second before the officer reached me,
! managed to pun the bolt.
I could see the sergeant unloading
freight carloads Of potatoes for me
to peel. I could see the next week
end. with me restricted to quarters
while the rest Of the platoon en-
joyed themselves in town.
, The ofiicer reached me several life
times later. He looked At my face
and sighed YEARLY. Then, with in
finite tenderness, he gently lifted the
rifle from my grasp. He inspected it
and handed 1t back to me as though
he was laying brick on an orchid
or giving 100-pound weight to his
aged grandmother. He sighed again
and passed on to the next man,
whose rifle he grabbed with the con-
Evening star., 1943-03-29
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DwMARION +4ARGROvE

ton has been improved upon to the
extent that" and he went on and
on. After that we began at the be-
ginning of the manual of arms and
took each command slowly. The
corporal sweated for IS minutes.
"Are there any questions now,
Private Hargrove?"
I thought for a while. Eyes, sir"
I said. That is, yes. corporal
What use will I have for q rife?
I'm going to be cook.
The corporal mopped his brow.
We'll, Private Hargrove," he said,
patting me lovingly on the shoulder,
you'll find use for it. Ha ha. In
the first place, you can peel potatoes
with . bayonet. And in the second
place-f you're rs good q cook as
you are = soldier-you1l need it
every day. After breakfast, lunch,
and supper youu need it to protect
yourself from murder at the hands
Of your comrades in arms"
One Servants fearful Plea.
"See here, Private Hargrove," the
sergeant sighed. Cant you try
just once to do something right?
Don't you want to be credit to the
platoon? You don't want us to be
the worst bunch in the battery after
we've been the best for so long, do
you?"
please, sergeant" begged him,
couldn't I just stay inside for this
once? They'd never miss me at rifle
inspection. I'd be very quiet and
nobody would ever know"
He ignored the request. "Try
hard to remember, private. these
few simple things. When the Of
ficer reaches the man next to you,
open the rife. When he grabs your
gun, don't hang onto it or you'll
have q benyache for two weeks.
When he throws it back to you, don't
catch it with your chin. And when
you get 1t back, snap the trigger.
And heaven help you If you ball
this thing up!"
The forces Of Destiny placed me
second in the front rank at inspec-
ton. We stood at attention for
three minutes before the inspecting
officer approached. Four seconds
after we brought our rifles up for
inspection, fly which seemed to
be a little larger than a June bug
landed on my forehead. The
sergeant shot warning glance
across my bow and decided to hui
NOR the fly. 1t would go away soon,
told myself, although I knew it
wouldn't.
The hell-sent little beast walked
au the way across my forehead and
back again. 1t stopped awhile, wiped
its shoes and began pacing back and
forth, stamping its feet. Then my
nose began to itch.
Sergeant Of No Help.
The inspecting ofncer still had not
begun his rounds. He was waiting
for us to get OF our guard. The fly
demonstrated its impatience by Step
ping up to double-quick in its pacing.
"Oh, if I only had you alone!" I
thought. The itching nose became
more insistent. A gnat made a
three-point landing on it and began
playing about the left r1ostril.
gave the sergeant a glance which
said distinctly, This can't go on
much longer. Something's going to
pop" His return glance said, in
Evening star., 1943-03-29
iidence that the man wouldn't fall
apart II he Snatched It. =

fidence that the man wouldn't fall
apart II he snatched 1t. :.
When he threw the mans rifle
back, the soldier snapped his trigger
Heavens to Betsy" said to myself,
except that I used stronger terms
A cold sweat broke out on my FORE
head, making the fly walk more
slowly. I strained my eyes down,
past the tip of my nose, where the
gnat played merrily. and down to
the rifle. The cooking piece stood
out like q sore thumb.
| Another trigger snapped farther
down the line, then another and
another. The itching nose froze;
the fly and the gnat retreated before
the approaching catastrophe. / felt
my hand straining toward the trig-
ger and I held 1t back desperately.
I watched my time and when I
thought the next man was ready to
pun his trigger, I frightened my nm
ger on mine. In the silence, the
snap of my trigger sounded like a
slap. 1t could have been heard from
one end Of the battery to the other
Oh. well! The kitchen isn't so
bad after you get used to it.
CONTINUED tomorrow
tcopyrisht. 1912 by Henry Holt d ooJ
War bonds make bombers to bomb
the Axis and lower eur taxes. Why
mot buy some and help yourself? ,
Evening star., 1943-03-29
INSTALLMENT vi.

BY the time Congress says / ma,
90 home and be q mere civilian
again, I suppose I'll be the bes
soldier at Fort Bragg. At least
seem to get more individual atten.
tion than any one else. Private
tutoring, I always tell the boys.
We were at work the other morn.
ing learing how to handle = rife
The sergeant was putting US through
our PAGES.
"Hargrove,' he said, with infinite
sweetness, where is the balance OF
your rifie?"
This Is all the supply sergeant
gave me. sir" said. Il thought
1t was all here"
The sergeant slapped his fore
head and mumbled something fu-
riously under his breath. wonder
child" he said, this (pointing) is
the balance of your rife. I can't
imagine why they call it that, m-
less it's because when you hold the
rifle there with one hand, it's bal
anced." He then went on for q
few minutes, explaining q few Of
the things I had still failed to
master.
Nov do you understand it," he
asked, beaming at me with . look
made of all sweet accord.
tNn cir - coiS
The sergeant sighed wearily.
"Private Hargrove." he said. right
down by the next barracks there's q
group Of young people who are
practicing with rifles for the first
time. They haven't had theirs for
three days like you have. Run along
down there and see if you can keep
up with them"
It Didn't Work.
I tried. There was some con-
fusion about the orders, however.
At the end Of a movement where
! wound up with my rife on my
left shoulder, the rest of the detail
had theirs on the right. noticed
also that I usually finished a COM
mand long before the others.
The sergeant in charge of the de-
tail commenced on this. You know
Shorty" he said, you have all OF
these routines worked out much bet
ter than the War Department vas
able to do them. Where it took
them 16 counts to complete the 16-
count manual, you always manage
somehow to complete it in 12."
was still blushing modestly
when he called the corporal over
He said something to the corporal,
who took me by the elbow and
guided me gently around the build
ing at spot where, he said, the
battery officers wouldn't see me
drilling and thereby be discouraged.
This" he said, pronouncing each
syllable slowly and distinctly, lis
what we have come to call rifle.
R-i-f-l-e. 1t is used for the purpose
OF shooting. Primitive man, we are
told, did not have rifle. Primitive
man was forced to bring down his
supper with knife, spear, a stone,
bow and arrows or his own little
primitive hands"
I nodded automatically and paid
scant attention to all this. I al
ready knew it.
Today" he continued, "civiliza-