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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16
ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT DAY

The women of Union County
are looking forward to Thursday,
June 2, for their annual Achieve
ment Day. All committees are
working on a very fine program
for the day. Some of the high
lights will be on address by c. M.
Ferguson, director of Extension,
Ohio State University; a Style
Show presented by the F. &. R.
Lazarus Co., Columbus, and a
talk on THE Woman of India as
Wife, Mother and Homemaker"
by Mrs. Rajammal p. Devadas.
NYLON SEWING HINTS
The cause of most nylon pro-
blems is not with nylon fabric
or with thread but with the ten
sion adjustment on the sewing
machine. When sewing, be GER
tain that the top and bottom ten
Sions are as loose as possible, con-
sistent with good stitching.
Avoid any stretching of the ny
lon thread as it feeds into the ma
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16
-rHE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvnLE. OHIO,

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Davis had
for their guests on Mothers Day,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark and
daughter, Phyllis, of Redwood,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Davis and
sons, Lee and Larry, daughter,
Jane, and Rose France, of Kings
ton. Their mother received sew
eral nice and useful presents for
Mothers Day.
Mrs. Lena Warner was Moth
tr's Day dinner guest of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Warner, and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Eta Potts, the mother
of Mrs. Arthur Warner, was also
a guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Livings-
ton, of Redwood, were Sunday
guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Warner and son,
Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Styer and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Clemment
McCafferty and children were
dinner guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. McCafferty and
family, of near McGuffy, on
Mothers Day.
Mrs. Hugh Ridge was brought
from the Marion hospital on Mon
day afternoon to her home.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16

house cleaning with inflammable
fluids. Home cleaning of cloths is
dangerous. However, if it is done,
use only non-inflammable clean
ing fluids. When storing always
keep the container closed to a
void evaporation. Be sure to do
all such cleaning out of doors.
Remember! you bet your life
when you take a chance.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16
PLAN BAKE SALE

New Dover Future Wives of
America All Club met at the
home of Phyliss Jackson on May
3. Thirteen members were pre-
sent. 1t was decided to hold a
bake sal in the McAuliffe Bro
theirs Store on May %. The next
melting will be held at the home
of Bernice and Phyliss Guy on
June IA. Mrs. Walter Low, adj
visor, Marlene Rogers, reporter.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16
.AGE EIGHT
FARM SAFETY

Here lies Mary who won her
crown,
BY using gasoline to clean her
gown.
Do you believe this jingle?
Well, during the past year, so
farm people in Ohio lost their
lives in farm fires. Several of
these were the result of doing
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-05-16
Home Demonstration
News

chine. Nylon thread is very elas-
tic and in winding the bobbin,
care should be taken so that it
is not wound tightly but with an
advisable to use nylon thread in
sewing nylon materials whenever
possible, because of the differ
enceS in shrinkage and elasticity
between nylon as opposed to
cotton or silk.
The sharpest needle possible
should be used. Nylon, you will
find, tends to blunt your sewing
machine needle since it is so
strong. Nylon thread must be cut,
not broken. The pull, when break
ing, will disturb at least five or
six stitches at the end of seam.
When cutting nylon, give
plenty of seam allowance as it
trays. Cut notches outward;
never into the seam allowance.
Cut edges evenly with the sharp
est scissors possible Use only
Sharpened pinking shears or you
will shred the fabric. Nicks in
the shears will cause pulls, puck
ers and shirrings in the fabric.
On sheers especially, or any fab
ric that trays, stitch two seams,
one at the regular seam line, an
other about "a inch out into the
seam allowance. Then trim off the
excess. This prevents fraying.
Iron nylons at silk or rayon tenn
peratureS.
OATMEAL COOKIE MIX
3 cups Sifted flour
teaspoon soda
2 teaspoon salt
teaspoon baking powder
212 cups sugar
cup shortening
3 cups rolled oats
Sift flour, measure and sift
again with soda, baking powder,
salt and sugar; repeat three
times. Cut shortening into sifted
flour mixture until it resembles
cornmeal. Add rolled oats and
mix well. Store in covered con-
tainer at room temperature. This
amount will make 8 dozen cook
les.
TO MAKE
TWO DOZEN COOKIES
2 cups oatmeal cookie mix
egg
l tablespoon milk
teaspoon vanilla
Add egg, milk and vanilla
to mix, beat until well blended.
Drop from teaspoon onto creased
baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees
F. from IL to Is minutes.
Variations; /. Add 12 cup chop
ped nutmeats, raisins, coconut or
chocolate chips to prepared batter.
Mix as directed. 2. Add l teaspoon
cinnamon and "a teaspoon nut
meg to dry mix; blend well, omit
vanilla Add egg and milk and
mix as directed above.
Evening star., 1949-02-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador 1.-The Accused;
1:05,, ,3:15. $40, 1880 and GAS pm
Capitol-"Chicken Every Sun
day; II am, las. AIS. 7:l5 ano
10 pm. Stage shows: /. $40
$50 and 9:15 pm.
Snake Pit; 10:45
am; 1855. $40, 5:25. TAO ano
9:55 pm.
Dupont-"The Red Shoes; 2:30
and $3.50 pm.
Hippodrome-"The Ghost Goes
West; 2. 4:45. 1880 and 10 pm
Keith's-"Joan of Arc; ILLS
am: 1850, 4:25, Z and $50 pm.
Little-"Hamlet": 2:30 and $3.50
pm.
Metropolitan - "The Plumber
ers";; 11:15 am, 1920. 1928. $50
1885 and GAS PIN.
National-"The Sun Comes Up;
1885 am. 1880, 3:25. $40, 7:15
and 9:10 pm.
Palace-"The Paleface": Ills
am, 1920. 3:25. $50. 1888 and
$40 pm.
Pix-"Symphony Of Life; 2:40
5, 7:25 and 9:45 pm.
Playhouse-"Symphonic Pasto.
rale"; II am. 1:05, $40, $40
7::30 and 9:40 pm.
Trans-Lux "Enchantment";;
1910 am. 1910. 2:10, Ais, Sis
8:15 and 10 pm.
Warner - The Accused: II
am. !. $40, 5:25. 1885. and s:5f
pm.
Evening star., 1949-02-14

statement. "she still loves Enrol,
insists Nora's mother. I hope thai
is the case, for the sake of theil
two young children.
Mickey Rooney will settle his
battle with Sam Stiefel on the
understanding that, If he makes
"Quicksand" with his manager
the latter will free him from his
contract afterward. When ]
talked with Martha Vickers this
morning, she told me that she
plays a girl in love with Rooney
in the picture.
George Sanders and his "a "a, it
is now definite, will be married in
New York. They are on their way
to the big city by car. George is re-
placing Robert Morley in the stage
hit, Edward, My Son." It could
be a year before they return to
Hollywood.
Lana Turner will dye her origi-
nally brown hair red for her role
in "The Reformer and the Red
head" in Technicolor. It hasn't
been decided yet what color to
dye the reformer.
' The feuding in the "Roseanna
Mccoy" picture is not confined to
the Hatfields and the ,McCoys.
Every one wants to get into the
act!
This should not have happened
to Susan Peters. Planning tele-
vision show, she called a big studio
to ask If she could use some of
their players. If we let you." she
was told, II would be just out Of
pity for you" Susie hung UP and
cried silently.
Bob Hope tells me, I'm ready
to 60 out on another tour!' He
has just returned from a 33-city
tour of one-nighters. Bob made
a total of $612,00o. but that is not
why he Is rarin' to be of again.
The boy loves to travel.
Paul Henreid is starring in and
co-producing Runaway" a story
about a psychologist who has to
work with emotional girls in a
home for juvenile delinquents.
Loretta Young's 13-year-old
daughter Judy asked her advice
about an acting career. In the
first place." Loretta told the very
pretty girl, you'll never get any
where unless you change your
name and keep secret the fact
that you are my daughter" In
this way Judy will discover
whether they want her for her
Evening star., 1949-02-14
Hollywood:
Racing Film
Cast Packed
With Names
By SheiIoh Grohom

Paul Douglas, Richard Wild
mark, Mark Stevens and Barbara
Lawrence comprise the big lineup
of stars for the Goth Century
Fox's expose of the bookie racket.
The picture Is temporarily titled
"The F. B. I. Of Horse Racing"
Looks like a long separation
for the Kirk Douglases. Wife
Diana, now screen acting in EAST
Side Story" told me that she is
planning to go to New York to
work with Jessie Royce Lands in
the play, Magnolia Alley" She
is leaving the two children behind
with Kirk and they will live in
her home here while she is away.
AS of today, Diana Lynn and
Don De Fore are set with John
Lund and Marie Wilson for my
Friend Irma," with, Of course.
comics Martin and Lewis. George
Marshall is the director.
Enrol Flynn still hasn't given up
hope of getting Nora to return to
him, in spite Of her recent divorce
Evening star., 1949-02-14

ly written effort to dispose of a
hero often is more distasteful than
comic.
The latest University theater Of
fering goes behind the baseball
scene to examine the private life
of Fungo Flynn. Fungo, a young
gorilla, with a 400 batting aver
age, is tougher on civilization than
on opposing pitchers. Next to hit
ting a baseball, his favorite pas
times are slugging umpires, court
ing burlesque queens, gambling,
drinking, frightening children and
hating his mother.
Even the hard bitten dame who
owns the team knows that Fungo
has got to be tanned. To this end
she hires a press agent, a chap
whose job is to keep the slugger's
private relations from becoming
his public ones.
Except for the Kremlin, no one
has ever assigned any man a
tougher Job of suppressing the
truth, but the press agent in
"GrandStand Play" never finches.
He devises a formula which in
wolves incarcerating Fungo in his
hotel room when he is not in uni
form, hanging the walls of these
rooms with pictures of rFungo's
mother and his nonexistenD dog,
and collecting a small portable Ii
brary of the works of Pliny the
Younger and Arnold Toynbee
which he pretends the player
I3reads when off duty.
These are effective gag props
and they can be worked for a
limited number of laughs, but not
enough for three farcical acts.
To its credit, "Grandstand
Play" does not rest its case alto
gether upon them. Author Brady
undertakes to explore the comedy
possibilities of the type of humans
drawn, voluntarily or otherwise.
to freaks like Fungo. The one
most emphasized is the press
agent, a guileful guy but not al
ways up to matching the animal
cunning of his client. Another
thing ne is not up to, as played
by Meredith Schoonover, is get
ting away from the impression
Evening star., 1949-02-14

that he is a strictly stock char
acter.
Fungo should be the best bet
of "Grandstand Play" and, in
a way he is. Nevertheless, he
rises up to demon
strate that a creature Of his quail
ties is as much of bore as Brady
thought when he began to write
his farce,
This defect in Fungo as hero
is not the fault of Bill Callahan
who plays the role. Callahan gives
a creditable imitation Of a sheer
Drawn boy whose vacant head has
been turned by the adulation of
those crazy people in the stands,
and the crazier ones who follow
him to his off-the-diamond lairs.
y X X
"Grandstand Play" turns on the
miscarriage of the press agents
plan to get his man selected as
the big Brother" of the year, a
distinction for which Garguantua
is conspicuously better fitted. This
is a fine farcical idea. but it did
not come of as visualized in OPEN
ing nights performance.
y II u
Author Brady has directed his
own play but not sufficiently ex-
perJly TO conceal the rough edges
of the materials out of which it
is made. His presumably unpre-
dictable people are nearly always
in the next move they
will make, always a defeating cir
In addition to Callahan, the
director has encouraged a good
performance from Jill Leahy as
the harassed harridan who owns
the ball club.
James D. Waring devised the
three hotel rooms in which Fungo
displays the qualities which indi-
cate that a wiser place to confne
him would have been a cage.
Evening star., 1949-02-14

own acting or. for her mothers
Loretta started her career at IA.
Sonia Henie's skating partner
wife, Mrs. Michael Kirby, has
flown to Mike from Toronto tc
spend two weeks with him. Pur-
pose? To squelch those recurring
stories that he is getting divorce
from her to marry Sonia.
X X X \
Constance Moore is up to her
pretty neck in television. Her
original weekly f1ve-minute show
has expanded to Is minutes, with
Eddie Moran as writer-producer.
Her first guest is Dennis Day.
Charles Laughton and Elsa
Manchester are in the market for
a movie in which they can work
together again. i've played
Charles daughter and his wife"
says Elsa. I'm the next I ought
to play his mother"
Corrlne Galway, starring with
Burt Lancaster in Rope of Sand"
tells me that John Bromfleld fell
in love with her when my face
was completely bandaged follow
ing my auto accident" I always
dreamed of a man falling for me
without seeing my face" says
Corrine. She and John. nephew
of novelist Louis Bromfield. will
travel to Paris this summer to
visit her family.
X X y
Richard Basehart will like this.
On Sunday night Jack Warner
ran Richards fine movie, II Walk
Alone" at his house. After the
showing. Jack turned to a guest
and said, THAT Basehart Is q
great actor! His face is kind of
familiar; where have I seen him
before?" You had him under
contract" Jack was told gently.
"but you dropped him!"
Gregory Peck Is going to sell
his $4,000 home because he says
Evening star., 1949-02-14

IN THE MIDDLE Waiter
Pidgeon plays the general
caught betWeen the problems
OF his command on one side
and the demands of the ad-
miniStrdtion on the other In
"Conmand Decision" The
film version of the ,0ar play
DiH haze its local premiere
at the Palace Theater We'd
nesday and open its regular
run at the Capitol the tol-
lo1Ding day.
Evening star., 1949-02-14

tradition tnat you cannot write a
drama about a sports idol in
"Grandstand Play" new farce at
Catholic University theater.
At least he defies it to the ex-
tent of having tried to write
around this jinx. which ends up
by defeating him just as it did
such older and more famous de-
bunkers as Ring Lardner.
Author Brady finds an anus
ing character in his hero, a bat
ting baboon who knows how to
hit a baseball, but the regrettable
. truth is that he did not find a
play to go with the fellow. Like
Lardner's Elmer the Great, "
Brady's man cannot be cut down
to stage size. He belongs either
in a jungle or a baseball park, and
whatever fugitive laughter he
arouses in a theater never adds
up to an evening of entertain
ment.
"Grandstand Play" Brady's
three-act biographical sketch of
this character, looks like hasti-
Evening star., 1949-02-14

it Is too small now, with a third
baby on the way. He plans to
build a mansion Of his own de-
sign.
X X X y
Geraldine Brooks has a new
Australian admirer, Albert Styles.
He gave her big rush plus an
expensive diamond. The gem
looked so pretty that Geraldine
kept it overnight, then returned
it regretfully the following morn
Evening star., 1949-02-14
New G.. i. Farce Ventures
To Debunk Baseball Idol
By Joy Cormody

Now that have stopped being of skill and have
what the matter with
fighting should the and movies debunk this
competitor muscular which decided that putting
profitable than staging athletic contests
notion mind Playwright Leo Brady dees the
Evening star., 1949-02-14

EISER. BETHESDA ~. T., wiz; H., Ave:
CARY GRANT. BETSY DRAKE. go
every Girl Should Be Married"
At !. 2:4o, 4:30, 6:15, 8, e:46 P.4->
Evening star., 1949-02-14

ing. Now Mr.. Styles is on his
way back to Australia to fetch
his mother to help him with Miss
Brooks.
(Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Natures Children
By LiIlion Cox Athey

which run in meridional lines from
one pole to another of the more
or less spherical body and separate
into 10 divisions. Five of these
have perforations or small pores in
the plate of the shell. These are
called ambulacral zones. Through
these holes pass the small tubes
which are connected with the water
canals. The wide spaces seen be-
tween the double rows are called
zones, and the 10 spaces diverging
from the soft part are known as
the peristome.
The many spines which cover the
body are of three types. All proceed
from the knobs on the shell over
which they fit. forming perfect ball
and-socket joints which the animal
can govern at any time. The long
spines are ribbed and, like those of
the porcupine, are used for self
protection. The second set, the
pedicellariae, are very unusual organs
scattered over the surface in vast
numbers. Each has a head bearing
three bill-like blades mounted on a
flexible stalk. Their Office Is to re-
move the waste from the body and
drop it in the water. Others open
and close to grasp. anything that
might get tangled up with the
spiness The third set are round
bodies said to have something to do
with perception.
Empty sea urchin shells are decor
ative. But live inhabitants are far
more interesting to study. They
have been wonderfully equipped for
their way of life and are prosperous
fellows.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
SEA URCHINS.

Sea urchins travel over many OF
the sandy beaches of the world
Collectors of shells are eager to
know more about the strange ami
mails which trip over the sands or
are imbedded deep in rock along
the shores.
Porcupine sea urchins are not
readily forgotten. An encounter
with one can spoil your vacation.
The spines break off readily, enter
your flesh quickly and remain in
the wound. But crepe-soled shoes
worn in the water or upon the beach
are too much for the spines to
penetrate.
Sea urchins are fascinating to
study. The mouth and nervous
system are located on the under
side of the shell, the last place you
would expect the mouth to be.
Further, it has five long, sharp
teeth equal to grinding into hard
rock. The nervous system sur
rounds the mouth and communi-
Gates with the tube feet. Some say
the nervous system has something
to do with perception.
Each sea urchin's shell consists
OF numerous calcareous plates called
ossicles which fit snugly together,
forming a continuous exoskeleton.
These plates are so perfectly united
externally it is almost impossible to
discover where they join. Close in
spection reveals that the countless
projections and knobs which are
grouped together are In double rows
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Goren on Bridqe

Postmarked Toronto, there arrived
q few days ago a voluminous letter
from my good friend and frequent
teammate, Brig. Donald Farquhar-
son of the Canadian Army. The
deal shown today was one OF the
interesting Enclosures and recalled a
hand from the Southeastern cham
pionships in which Farquharson,
playing at the time with Edward
Cohn of Philadelphia, gained
match for our team by employing
a bidding sequence that involved
rare delicacy. :,
The opening bid Of one heart and
the response of two clubs requires
no comment except, perhaps, that
the brigadier, in the South position,
was in no hurry to get his big guns
into action until he acquired
greater knowledge of the terrain.
The rebid of two hearts was stand
ard and then came a somewhat alb
normal bid from the standpoint OF
many players, the call Of two spades:
This is a temporizing measure and
entails no real risk, since there Is
not the slightest danger of being left
to play the hand in that make. In
the methods we employ, whenever
the responder names new suit, the
opener is obliged to speak again.
Cohn, treating the spade bid as
honest, raised to three, and now 1t
became time for South to show the
heart support. North then made the
very thoughtful bid of five clubs.
This could hardly be construed as
an effort to play the hand at that
contract, since he had passed up
several opportunities TO support the
suit. The fact that North was will
ing to make a slam try after having
opened with but 212 honor tricks
indicates what an impression OF
strength the brigadier had gieen by
his three bids. The flve-club bid
showing the ace was intended TO
make it, clear that everything was in
good shape but the diamonds.
Farquharson, realizing the danger
of permitting the hand to play at
hearts, because of the susceptibility
of the king of diamonds to immed1-
ate attack, tried five no-trump. This
requests partner to bid the slam IN
the suit which, in his opinion, will
be the best final contract. Such a
bid clearly describes the king of dia-
monds, but not the ace. For with
the ace of diamonds, the proper bid
at this point would have been five
diamonds. North thereupon bid six
no-trump.
West feared that the opposition
would take all 13 tricks If he did not
"cash," so he led the ace Of dia-
monds. He proved right in his
analysis, but to no avail, for his
teammates playing against us, con-
tracted for a slam in hearts and the
natural opening of the queen of dia-
monds promptly settled their hash.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Take Ny Word for 1t
By Frank Colby

Annabelle Davies of st. Louis
writes: MY Pet Speech Peeve is
the writer who leaves you in doubt
as to who's who. Here is an ex-
ample from a news story:
1.-The celebrated lion had be-
longed to Mr.. Anderson since he
was brought to the United States
by Frank Buck when he was a
cub
Don't you think there ought to
be a law against such writing as
that?"'
There is-the law of correct usage
BY a careless use Of the pronoun
he" the writer of the news item
tells us that Mr.. Anderson was
brought to the United States by
Frank Buck at a time when Buck
was cub!
Here is a good rule from the
College Handbook of Composition
Heath): Do not use a pronoun
instead Of noun if there might be
doubt about its antecedent. (By
"its antecedent," the Handbook
means the noun which the pronoun
stands forD
The news item would make sense
if worded thus: The celebrated lion
had belonged to Mr. Anderson since
the animal, then a cub. was brought
to the United States by Frank
Buck.
Not clear: Calling the post
master, he told him he was going
to change his address and asked
him to have his mail delivered at
his new address as soon as he
could"
Clear: Calling the postmaster, Mr..
Jones said that his address was
being changed. He asked that his
mail be delivered at the new
address as soon as possible.
A similar mistake Is the misuse
Of the relative pronoun which:
Unless you obey the traffic laws,
you may damage some ones car
which could be quite serious"
II isn't some ones car that could
be quite serious-it's the damage
Therefore: Unless you obey the
traffic laws, you may damage some
ones car, perhaps seriously.
Vague: 'The white house perched
atop a wooded hill, which had been
vacant for several years"
Clear: The white house, perched
atop a wooded hill, had been vacant
for several years.
Vague: HE angrily slammed the
door, which was bad manners"
Improved: Angrily, and with bad
manners, he slammed the door.
You'll want Mr.. colby's list of the
100 English words most frequently mis-
pronounced, ca. It contains many .
surprise, For copy. send 5 cents in
coin and stamped, sci, ADDRESSED en-
BOX 30. Station 9. New York 10. n Y.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Test Your Horse Sense rDr W. c'e"s

Score one point for each of the
first five problems. The last counts
five.
/. Which of these terms Is usually
linked with a woman?
Hunch Intuition
Telepathy Premonition
2. The product of which of the
following species would most likely
be served with a helping Of Poland
China at breakfast?
Shropshire Persian
Belgian Orpington
3. The word "albino" should make
one think of which related color2
Mauve Emerald
Alabaster Ebony
4. A man too old to participate in
athletics might say that Father
Time had done what to him?
Tabled Planned
Shelved Floored
Evening star., 1949-01-25

Tomorrow's Problem.
AS North you hold:
AA63 0K1094 1s52 AQs4
The bidding has proceeded:
West North East South
4 spades Pass Pass mt
Pass ?
What do you bid now?
Copyright, 1949, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-01-25
$1,000, 900 Well Fails

After spending a reported $3,000,-
600 on the project, a United States
oil company has suspended drilling
operations at It's Bos de Toro con-
cession in Panama, but may try
some other site in the country.