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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27

making q survey. Was she, they
wanted to know, covered against
accidents in her home? She wasn't.
G. c. Hardy stepped out Of his
truck in Sidney, Tex, was struck by
a passing car and tossed high into
the air. Just before his head struck
the concrete pavement, bis pocket
caught on the high truck door han
die and held him suspended in the
air.
On the way home from the Bronx
Zoo in New York, Henry Carrumit,
Is, sought to initiate the monkeys
he had seen. He leaped monkeyish-
ly up and down on the subway seat,
scratching and grimacing. On an
especially high leap an electric fan
nipped his scalp. No more monkey
business for Henry.
Louis Boardman halted his auto
mobile in Cleveland to watch the
huge gas plant fire there last Octo-
Der. He stepped out for a better
view = and fell through an open
manhole, the cover of which had
been blown off by the gas blast.
Clarence Brown, Jr., of st. Louis,
knows just how a baseball fan feels
when he is really burned up. Watch
ing a sandlot game this summer,
Clarence was struck by line drive
and promptly burst into flames. The
batter had scored a bull's-eye on
a pocketful of stick matches. Both
the blaze and the batter were soon
put out.
Top honors in the freak fall de-
partment for 1914 go to 4-year-old
Raymond Davis, Jr., Of Chicago,
who fell three stories from a back
porch and suffered only a bruise on
the head. A neighbours clothes line
caught him as he fell bounced
him gently a couple of times and
then let him fall the few remaining
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been released by its president, Her
man Eichenhofer.
The December meeting will be
Christmas party with one of the
school groups presenting the pro-
gram.
The New Year program in jan
uary will include a round table
discussion"
February meeting will be marked
by special observation of Found
ers Day."
A business meeting and election
of officers viii comprise the March
program.
In April "Open House" at which
time parents will visit the schools
and observe the school routine.
May meeting includes a business
meeting and general installation of
officers.
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Strauss Gantz
Continued from Page -

Kan, horses figured one afternoon
when they were scared silly by a
girl on roller skates. They ran and
ran until they encountered parked
car. Then they got their signals
mixed. Horse No. went on one side
of the car, horse No. 2 on the other.
That left only one place for the
wagon tongue to go right
through the car. Nobody was hurt.
The Woodrow Andersons of the
st. Louis AnderSons are careful folk
SO when Mr.. Anderson got back
from a hunting trip, he placed his
rifle on a kitchen shelf, out of reach
of the Anderson children. Equally
cautious, Mrs. Anderson took all the
arrows away from 8-year-old Donald
before leaving the house to visit
neighbor. But Don still had the
bow. SO he merely substituted a
yardStick for an arrow and let fly
from the back porch toward the
kitchen. The yardStick went through
hole in the screen door and struck
the trigged Of the rifle. The rifle
went off and the bullet struck
Don'S little sister, Darlene.
Ed Cloud and Earl Thomas, of
Knoxville, Tenn, didn't know for a
minute whether they were coming
or going the day that a train hit
their truck. The engine tossed the
truck onto the pilot of another
locomotive going the other way A
scratch on Clouds head was the
only casualty.
In Chicago, Mrs. Rita Hatfield
ran to answer the phone, stumbled
over the dog, fell through a glass
topped coffee table, suffered bad
cuts on her arms and legs. Dog
gedly answering the phone, Mrs.
Hatfield found the call was from
an accident insurance company
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27
FATHER, FOUR SONS
MEMBERS OF VFW

A father and four sons, all veter-
ans of combat on foreign soil, are
now members of the Trenton Post
1888 VF.W., according to Henry
Vickery, post Commander.
Commander Vickery believes the
unique membership rates high dis
tinction among posts of the state
and perhaps of the nation.
The honored members are Jerome
B. Galloway, of 1850 Carleton drive,
Flat Rock, a veteran of the Spanish
American War and his four sons:
They are: Alexander, now serving
with an infantry medical battalion
in New Guinea; Duane A, with the
Second Marine Division somewhere
in the Pacific; and Bentley, Jr., q
sergeant in the Army in the Pacific
Area, and Peter, in the U. S. Navy,
also in the Pacific.
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STRAIGHT
1--WE
BY Marie Herman and
"Slim" McGrath

Gone all too faSt-waS the past
four days vacation! Back to the old
grind-of getting up early and try
ing to develop a so-caled educa-
shion!
With the astounding idea of open
ing Bleeding Heart" department
at RIBS. by some ingenious
tahemD perscn-everything is COM
ing along "Ho-Kay"! Business is
good! So far-"one" letter has been
received! poor boy - he doesn't
stand a ghost of a chance with
Carol CrumD
So-if you're bothered with love
life" problems-depoSit your letters
In the box in the general office.
II you don't want your name in
volved, or if you wish to remain
secret, just sign your locker num-
Der at the bottom and your reply
will be slipped in your locker dur
ing the day!
Everything will be kept strictly
confidential. Our motto is: Mum is
the word. Chat is unless you use
Arrid.)
Oh brother-anything to be orig
inal! Bob Sellers favorite pastime-
when he isn't thinking of Janice
McCauley-is to take out his new
store" teeth and marvel at their
whiteness.
Comments Phil RuShlow: It can
hardly wait til get mine. Then We
can form two-some for bridge"
Krashing into the Kinsel Krowd
is one "Beaner" BarSoda who in
forms me that he has taken the def
mite steps to put on the dances
at the Masonic in place of Jimmy
Eastman! Gle hasn't run up a bill
with the Masons-yetD
That Gordon Knox is really a
wicked" guy! His technique sounds
like something out Of True Story.
His latest flame is the much talked
about Tokea Dauds. They are ru-
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Till wars hell starts to view,
Then, dear friend, you are the first
To cheer the Navy Blue.
When we are dead, when we are
gone,
When life's last cruise is through
Well not be barred from heavens
gate
For wearing Navy Blue.
So when you meet sailor boy,
I'd smile if I were you.
No better men are made, by God,
Than boys in Navy blue.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27
Trenton
News
is MUSIC CLUB HOSTESS

Mrs. Ira Slater, of Breton Woods,
Trenton, will be hostess at the De-
cember 20 meeting of the Trenton
Music Club at her residence. 1t will
be the annual Christmas meeting
Of the club.
Mrs. Slater will be assisted by
Mrs. Henry Krotter, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alvin Tyler, of Wyandotte.
New members of the club are
Thelma Newell, violinist, and in
Structor of strings in the G. E.
Strohm school. Dorothy Molter, Mrs.
Kenneth Schuyler and Mrs. Robert
Smith of Gibraltar.
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fering from partial paralysis.
SO you see, folksies, let THAI
be lesson to you Don't take bath
on Saturday night unless you
can sing with your eyes open.
And there must be some CONNER
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cial value to the colyum. The Ivory
Soap people might offer to buy it.
Their soap floats.
SEE YOU at coffee time
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27

Gone all too faSt-waS the past
four days vacationl Back to the old
grind-of getting up early and try
ing to develop a so-called educa-
shion!
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feet to the ground.

feet to the ground.
And in Hollywood, Strip Teaser
Betty Rowland put so much heart
into her work that she bumped one
of her swivel-hipS against a wall
and took off for the hospital, suf-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27

mored to be going steady. (This is
strictly off the record. Don't let it
get around)
It's a bird-it's a plane! Nope!
It's Bill Hodson, returning veter-
an Of Great Lakes Looking plenty
sharp in Navy blue!
SEE Bill, about boot-training,
There is nothing like it! Thank
goodness
Do you want to find a fortune?
Just corny way (my way) of
telling all of you that Sandy New
ell and the Coed group of the Y
are having a big blowout-come
Saturday night at the Masonic
where on hand to make with the
music is Al Fortune and his band!
A pretty sharp character with mu-
sic that promises to be the best
we've heard yet! The price is 15c.
In the line of refreshments will
be the usual cokeS and cheese It'd
bits, the latter being distributed
free of charge.
Remember: A. F. NJ. s. M.
Turning to the serious things of
life-in my mail, the other day. ]
found a letter from Bill Kane who
is stationed in Memphis, Tennessee
killer wrote and told how fierce
things are down in Memphis! The
people are really tough on the boys
down there! One of killers" bud
dies whipped up poem which he
sent to me and I'm passing on to
YOU:
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A SAILORS LAMENT

A SAILORS LAMENT
Say, girl, I saw you sheer, just now
Don't I look good to you?
I'm not one of your class, you say
wear the Navy blue.
You bar us from theaterS, folks,
And from your ballroom, too,
Where there's room for everyone,
Except the Navy blue.
We're only common sailor boys,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27
FORM TENTATIVE PROGRAM

A tentative program for the ball
ance Of the year for the Trenton
Parent-Teacher Association has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
Pointers for Perkier Hats

the kitchen or can peel off OF a
cracker box-and press it with q
warm iron.
If prickly feathers bend OF
flower petals fold, put them near
the spout Of steaming kettle and
iron them out with your fingers. Re-
curl limp ostrich feather by wind
ing it around a pencil and holding
it over the steam.
4. If a ribbon kinks up, press out
the curl.
5. When the powderline Of q
headband becomes soiled, use a dry
cleaning fluid to freshen it up. An
unsightly band may not show, but
it tells on you in the way you fee
about a hat and the way you veal
1t.
If trimmings become so limp OF
shaggy that no amount Of renova-
ton will perk them up, try your
hand at replacing the original trim
with flowers, feathers, ribbon OF
yelling purchased at department
store notion counter. AL sorts Of
novel and gay effects can be OBJ
tanned this way with a few stitches
and a little imagination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

you are doing right now, expert
ences sch can't share with you. Talk
some of the experiences the two OF
yo uhave shared in the past.
Don't completely ignore the fu-
ture. She'll feel more secure if in
your letters you talk of your plans
and your hopes for latter the
war"
Don't write about the swell time
you had at a dance last night I'M
less you want her to wonder if she
is being a dope for substituting
movies with the girls for the dates
she could have.
Never write, IF I get through
this all right" or IF I come back. -
If she loves you those are phrases
sch won't let herself think. Don't
force them on her.
SHOW YOUR INTEREST
Don't give the impression that
you have shed the feeling of be-
ing married. Tht is easy to do,
especially if you wrote only OF
yourself and your doings without
stopping to express your interest
and concern with her life.
Occasionally when you speak
of your newly-made friends, try
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
BY EPSE KINARD
NA staff WrsteT

New York-Your spring bonnet
will ned q lot more care than most
Of those you've bought in the past,
for this years hats aren't wired for
even the slightest banging about.
But though they may be made
Of fabric, which in itself isn't shape
preserving, are trimmed with rib
bons that soon begin to curl, feath-
ers that grow limp, or flowers that
fold up after a few wearings, you
can keep your hat as pretty and
perky as the first day you donned
1t with these few refreshing tricks:
/. Brush a fabric or felt after
wearing with q soft brush "a straw
with sitter brush) and put your
hat away In a box, cushioned with
tissues. II the hat Is fabric, stuff
and shroud it with tissues and lay
1t upside down to preserve its out
lines.
2. If there's yelling, put your hat
away on q hat stand on a closet
shelf and give it plenty Of room.
When the veil grows limp, re-starch
it by placing over it a sheet of
waxed paper-the kind you have in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

factory protective mary Beard
pad for the bed can be made from
q dozen thicknesses Of newspaper
basted together and covered with
q piece Of old muslin. A newspaper
bag, pinned to the side Of the bed is
routine equipment in the Sickroom,
because 1t provides a depository for
waste that can be burned EARLY.
MAKES GOOD BOLSTER
To make a newspaper bag, take
a double sheet Of newspaper and
fold 1t in half, along its creased
fold. Keeping this fold toward you,
fold the top piece back toward you
TO make a cuff. Turn the paper
over, smooth side up, keeping the
nodded edge toward you. Now fold
the paper from the sides, in thirds,
and grease it well. Lock 1t by tuck
ing one side under the cuff OF the
other side.
Open the bag. shape 1t with the
hands and stand it up. The hap
helps to support the bag when
standing, or strengthens 1t when
pinned on the side of the mattress.
A pillow may be folded length
wise, wrapped around with news
papers for protection and firInness
and tied with a string. When COW
cred with a pillow slip, this makes
good bolster to place under the
knees for support when the patient
lies on his back, or sits up In bed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer


For the home wedding buffet,
serve a delicious combination OF
chicken and asparagus with a
cheese sauce.
Chick and Fresh Asparagus, MOrnay
(Serves 100
One-third cup shortening, Ia cup
flour, 2 cups chicken soup, / Ia
cups milk, 2-3 cup cream, pinch
cayenne pepper, pinch nutmeg, ga
teaspoon salt, 1-3 cup grated Par
meSan-type cheese, egg yolk, 3 IL
cups cooked chicken cut in Julienne
(ong thin) strips, 1-2 cups cooked
fresh asparagus cut in 1-inch piec-
eS.
Melt shortening, add flour and
cook well. Add hot chicken soup
and milk little at a time, mixing
thoroughly, and then the cream
and seasonings. Add cheese, cook
ing until well blended. Remove
from fire and add beaten egg yolk
carefully. Keep hot but do not al
low to boil after egg has been ad-
ded. Mix sauce carefully with
chicken and asparagus. Place mix
ture in casserole, sprinkle lightly
with grated Parmesan-type cheese
and brown quickly under broiler.
Garnish the top with cooked aspa-
ragus tips and pimento strips.
Here's a suggestion for very
small wedding breakfast or lunch
con:
Baked SweetbreadS
(Serves 4 }
Two pairs sWeetbreads, l table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
A&As% tan KtchQh BAN
Chicken And Asparagus
Belong. On Bridal Menu

I spoon vinegar, teaspoon salt, egg
salt and pepper, fine crumbs,
strips bacon. Remove outer men,
brane from sweetbreads; cover
sweetbreads with cold water; add
vinegar. Let stand for IL hour
Drain and cover with / quart boil
ing water; add salt. Simmer 20
minutes; remove Sweetbreads. Cool
by plunging into cold water. Sepa-
rate halves Of sweetbreads. Dry
well. Beat egg slightly; add l ia
blespoon cold water and season with
salt and pepper. Roll sweetbreads
in crumbs; dip in egg; roll again in
crumbs. Place in baking pan. Cut
bacon strips in halves, crosswise !;
place IL over each sweetbread half.
Bake in moderate oven $50 degrees
F) Is minutes. Basic with drip
pings in pan occasionally. Serve
hot. with tomato OF parsley sauce
II desired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
Beauties Hints
This Bleach Will
End Embarrassing
Upper Lip Shadow
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer


1--WE tried your recipe for bleach
ing superhuous hair on the face
repeated applications Of full
strength peroxide, mixed with q
few drops of ammonia-and 1t
doesn't work." a reader writes.
whats wrong with your advice,
or with me?"
NY answer to that one is some
things probably wrong with your
advice or with me?"
NV answer to that one Is some
things probably wrong with your
peroxide. It may not have been
strong enough-there are various
strengths. Peroxide decomposes
rapidly, If bottle has not been
tightly corked or has been around
for a long time.
Start this time with fresh bot
tie, and for this procedure get 20
volume peroxide. To the shallow
pool of it, poured into a saucer,
mix in a few drops of ammonia
(The ammonia is secondary AND
is added merely to speed up the
bleaching action of the peroxideO
If dark hair is stubborn about
turning light, it's a good idea to
get some ordinary magnesium car
Donate from your druggist and use
it in the mixture to make moist
pack to cover the lip or other area
that you want to bleach. Leave
the pack on to dry, then wash 1t
off.
Go easy at first, watching the
reaction, and repeat the next day
If necessary. Be careful to guard
your eyes against fumes from both
peroxide and ammonia. Don't apply
this mixture near the eyes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

Designed especially for slim,
young school figures, this frocl;
has what the school girl wants
a trim, pretty, full-skirted, wear
able dress.
Pattern No. 1865 is in sizes 8
10, IL, IA and 16 years. Size 10 re-
Quires 3 yards of 39-inch material;
yard ribbon for bow; 3-8 yard
for contrasting collar.
For this attractive pattern, send
is cents, plus 1 cent for postage
in coins, with your name, address
pattern number and size to Water
bury Democrat Today's Pattern
Service, 1850 Sixth Avenue, New
York 19, N. Y.
Ready NOW, the Spring issue OF
Fashion, just 15c. Complete. Full
Of brand new wardrobe ideas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
HOME FRONT FORECAST
Metal To Replace One Trip
Cardboard ClOtheS-HaneerS

will probably be forthcoming to re-
place one-trip cardboard hangers.
LION IN, LAMBS OUT
March came in like a lion and
roared loudly most of the month in
some Embarrassing states. Cold
winds kept the grass from growing.
Therefore 1t may be some time be-
fore your butcher has much of an
army Of spring lamb to show you.
Feed and weather conditions IN
Texas kept large crop Of yearling
lambs in fine fettle, the Department
Of Agriculture reports, but raisers
were Short-handed for shearing.
Lambs are expected to come to
market in large quantities in May
and June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

Jane Eyre, Loved by millions as
the most stirring romance in liter
ature the enormously popular and
dramatic story of an immortal love
pitted against co-stars Orson
Welles and Joan Fontaine, bringing
the two great performers together
on the screen for the first time.
Academy award-winner Fontaine
plays the part Of Jane, part that
has been described as the role every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

Kenney and Joseph e. Low were In
third position.
With the opening lead Of the dia-
mond king, Mrs. Golder'S contract
on today's hand would have been
easy: but with the spade opening,
the play became much more difhcult.
The first trick was won with the
queen Of spades in Mrs. Golder's
hand (South), then four rounds
Of clubs we're taken, followed by the
two high spades in dummy.
In order to protect his diamonds.
West let 60 two hearts. 90 MIRA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
, MCKINNEY
ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
(America's Gard Authority

The mixed pair event in the East
ern Tournament again proved one
Of the most popular Of all the con-
tests. Seventy-six pairs turned out
for this two-session event, and the
final scores showed Mrs. Benjamin
M. Colder and Charles j. Solomon
of Philadelphia out in front. Behind
them in second place were Mrs.
Louis W. Noel and Pvt. Tobias Stone
of New York. Mrs. William E. Nc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

woman would die a thousand
deaths to live. Welles Is cast In the
role Of Edward Rochester the
brooding and mysterious master OF
Thornfield Hall whose love for Jane
no powers of darkness could deS.
troy.
The co-feature on this hit pro.
gram is Memphis Belle" filmed ID
Technicolor by the Army Air Corps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

rage isn't a one
sided affair
and the kind of
letters men write
their wives back
home is import
ant, too.
Here are a few
rul eS a service
man might keep
in mind when he
is writing a let
ter to his wife or
to the girl he
plans to marry at
the wars end:
Don't fill your
letters completely
with the things
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
A STAR is BORN

Although Paramount's "And the
Angels Sing" started out as q three
star picture. with Dorothy Lamour,
Fred MacMurray and Betty Hutton
the trio, it would up as q four star
vehicle when Diana Lynn was ele-
waited to stardom following her per-
Torrance in the tunef1lm when
cast in Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
WE, THE WOMEN.
Soldier: Tell
Girl At Home
You Love Her
BY RUTH MILLETT

Wives have been impressed with
the fact that the kind of letters
they write their service men will
have lot to do with the way their
marriages weather long period OF
separation.
That is true, Of course. But mar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
COLLEGE PROFESSOR ACTS

Donald Curtis, young M-G-M
actor who quit a college professors
job several years ago to turn to the
stage, has been named for an i'm
portant role In Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo" film version of Cap
tain Ted w. Lawson's best-selling
book.
He joins a cast headed by Spen-
Ger Tracy, Van johnson, Phyllis
Thaxter, and Robert Walker,
Mervyn Leroy Is directing, Sam
zimbalist is producing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
FILM AIDS RED CROSS

America Speaks" a series Of short
subjects produced without profit by
M-G-M has just returned $75,812.1 Is
to the American Red Cross as the
result Of their exhibition nationally,
1t was announced this week.
In addition to the SIS, 812 18
raised nationally through the short
subjects, Loew's Incorporated made
a contribution Of $4,000 giving a
total Of $155,812.18 for the Amer.
lean Red Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Stewed prunes,
cornflakes, milk, sugar, half
bran mullins, butter or forth
fled margarine, marmalade, cof-
fee, milk.
LUNCH: Spanish rice, radish-
eS, whole wheat bread, butter or
fortified margarine, grapefruit
and strawberry cup, tea, milk.
DINNER: Baked sweetbreads,
new potatoes, buttered aSpara-
gus, enriched bread, butter or
fortified margarine, tossed green
salad. rhubarb. lattice pie, cof-
fee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
BY ANN STEVICK
NEA Stan Correspondent

Washington, April 10 - So that
vital foodstuffs may continue to be
adequately packaged, many nom
essential uses of cardboard will be
eliminated when new government
controls are put into effect soon.
Thus the era in which a 25-cent
cosmetic in a plastic case must
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
LONG WAIT BETWEEN

Tom Powers, Broadway leading
man who plays the husband muir
dered by Barbara Stanwyck and
Fred MacMurray in Paramount,s
Double Indemnity" turned down
his first film bid in favor of a va
cation. Then he waited twelve years
for his second invitation, the role
in this Aim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19

Colder cashed the ace Of hearts,
took the heart finesse and cashed
the king Of hearts, leaving three dia-
monds to the ace in her own hand
and three diamonds to the jack in
dummy. West held the king, queen
and ten Of diamonds. A small dia-
mond was led toward the jack. Thus
West was able to take only one
trick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19


table under the
wash basin alb
sorbs splash e d
water and pre-
vents spots on the
table. Likewise,
papers are a con-
venient protection
when the bath
basin Is placed on
the bed 50 that
the patient can
I'm m erse his
hands or feet for
soaking. In the
absence Of q rub
Der sheet q salts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-19
QUICK CHANGE ARTIST

Dorothy Lamour has done a
wardrobe switch in her last three
pictures that qualities her as Hol-
1ywoOd's top quick change artists.
In "And The Angels Sing" she
wears 10 different and modern out
fits. In Paramount,s Rainbow Is
land" she wears nothing but a
sarong and in Road To Utopia, 4"
she is done up in .furs throughout
most Of the picture.