The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 135, Ed. 2 Friday, October 29, 1943 Page: 7 of 14
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
• for and about
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1943
Surgical Dressings Work Gets
As Working Quota of 40 Met
quota of 40 workers daily at they ing under supervision of Mrs. J.
B. Crutchfield.
The 33 workers included Mmes
George A. Wall, William R. Brad-
ford, M. F. Specht, G. E. Timm,
G. R. Frith, H. L. Wilcke, C. W.
Creasy, D. B. Levi Jr. H. R. Hunt-
er, Joshua Davis, James W. Crouch,
John E. Pearce, Frank Kerchaw,
John Donovan, Glen Eager, J. L.
King, Henry Todd, T. B. Grace,
John S. Gunning, Frank B. Bilder-
back, J. E. Riddle, J. M. Collins, A.
Moskowitz, Charles Adams, E. C.
Bourdon, D. R. Sacks, A. E. Lin-
dow, H. E. Lindow, Cohen, P. A.
Reed, A. C. Bryant and Carl Foss.
The 18 Thursday afternoon Red
Cross workers were Mmes Tandy
C. Young Jr., John Fraser, Onas
Johns, George A. Wall, Charles Ed-
mund Kelly, Albert Kaplan, T. R.
Thompson, L. K. Rehnberg, John
Allen, W. G. Lawman, A. G. Olson,
Thomas A. Ward, E. O. Anderson,
A. N. Prince, R. W. Grisham. E. S.
Cummings and Nancy H. Timber-
man and Gladys Arledge.
Red Cross surgical dressings center
has been met the past two days,
with 30 women making dressings
vOnesday and 50 reporting Thurs-
day. Mrs. W. A. French, super-
visor for Friday morning, has is-
sued an appeal for more workers
for that shift.
Seven members of the Traveling
Man’s Wives club were at the work-
room Wednesday morning, when
Mrs. R. M. Wagstaff was super-
visor. They were Mrs. C. C. Steve
ens, Mrs. Cecil A. Fitch, Mrs. A. W.
Copeland, Mrs. Howard Fry, Mrs.
W. C. McMains, Mrs. Tom Blakley
4g Mrs. Wiley Stephens.
Others working Wednesday morn-
ing included Mrs. John P. Byram,
Mrs. G. R. Moore, Mrs. C. M.
Tucker, Mrs. Murrell Sayles, Mrs.
Erle D. Sellers, Mrs. Locket Shel-
I Mrs. D. D. Parramore, Mrs.
Paul Hoppe, Mrs. Clyde K. Chap-
pell, Mrs. John F. Downs, Mrs.
George A. Wall, Mrs. H. N. Hill
and Mrs. W. A. French Jr.
Supervisors for 17 other women
—Wednesday afternoon_were Mrs.
FOle Robertson and Mrs. George
Carter. At the tables were Mrs.
E. L. Whitaker, Mrs. W. A. McDon-
ald, Mrs. A. L. Stewart, Mrs. Allan
Hill Brown, Mrs. C. L. Payne, Mrs.
R. H. Boone, Mrs. M. W. Ogle, Mrs.
Ray Reynolds, Mrs. Lewis Orr. Mrs.
D. E. Wagner, Mrs. J. V. Beau-
champ, Mrs. H. B. Fullerton, Mrs.
D. E. Elmore, Mrs. Price Campbell.
In the Wednesday afternoon
group were three members of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary
- Mrs. W. L. Jimerson, Mrs. Louis
Rowell and Mrs. Ira Yarbro.
Largest group of women for the
week was working Thursday morn-
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PAGE SEVEN
Party Held for
Methodist Class
Mrs. Ira Dorton and Mrs. T. E.
Taylor hosted a meeting of the
Suzannah Wesley class of the First
Methodist church, entertaining
Thursday evening in President’s
hall at McMurry college.
Guest speaker was Mrs. J. C.
Holden, returned missionary from
South America, who discussed life
and habits of the people of Co-
lombia, S. A.. %
Mrs. Ed Posey gave the opening
prayer and Mrs. Clay Davis di-
rected the business session. Mar-
guerite Cornelius gave a devotion-
al from Psalms 27. Twenty-six
members attended.
Mrs. Wright Host
To Merry Wives
Mrs. J. B. Wright was hostess
Thursday afternoon for a meeting
of the Merry Wives club, attended
by nine members. The club vot-
ed to continue making Red Cross
surgical dressings, a project to
which most meribers give at Jleast
one half-day a week. The after-
noon was spent sewing.
President Sends
Birthday Gifts to
Lydia Members
Members of the First Baptist Ly-
dia class who observe birthdays in
October received gifts from the
president, Mrs. George S. Anderson,
at the monthly social meeting held
Wednesday in the Soldier Center of
the church.
Mrs. Anderson sent the gifts from
Dallas, where she has been spend-
ing several weeks with Mr. Ander-
son, who is recovering from sur-
gery.
Flowers from the garden at the
Anderson home were used in deco-
ration of rooms.
Receiving the birthday gifts were
Mrs. Maude Malone, Miss Preston
Vineyard, Mrs. Tom McWhirter,
Mrs. Beulah Saylers, Mrs. T. R.
Spencer and Mrs. J. O. Shelton.
Mrs. O. A. Hale, vice president,
directed the meeting which was op-
ened with devotional by Mrs. J. R.
Fielder. Mrs. H. H. Stephens, social
chairman, was in charge of refresh-
ment service.
Mrs. B. B. McCormick of Dallas
and Mrs. W. E. Reynolds of Fort
Worth, who were guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Jared,
attended the party with Mrs. Jared.
Daughter is Born
To L. F. Clarys
Mr. and Mrs. L. F., Clary of
Plainview are parents of a daugh-
er, Carolyn Ann, born Thursday af-
ternoon, at Plainview. Mrs. .Clary
is the former Flo Caldwell, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Caldwell
of Abilene.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clary are
graduates of Hardin-Simmons uni-
versity.
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Whether True or Not, Superstitions Are Fun
too.-. turn for the worst, Mrs. E w Club Makes Donation
Not superstitious, but Minnie Belle Dimond always, bedecks her hair
McMinn insists, that the people she with a flower—alive or artificial-
walks with go on the same side and if there is no flower, matches
of the post that she does, or she and 1 - -.
follows them. “That is said to are tucked into her hair.
mean that we wouldn’t be friends | How many times have you wish-
any more, and I don’t want to take
the chance of losing my friends."
Too, Miss McMinn doesn’t like to
walk under ladders, and she’s heard
that gifts of knives cut friendship,
so she doesn’t like to chance that
either.
By ALLENE CURRY
So you’re not superstitious!
Strange, because most people are.
Sure now? What about Friday the
13th, black cats, wrong-side-out
clothes, 13 guests at a party? You
means," you actually never give
them a second thought? Then why
did you say, “Now, some people
1 wouldn’t light three cigarets on
a match, but I’m not superstaiti-
ous!” -
JUANITA PRATT
Juanita Pratt in
Training As Marine
Working as a clerk in a store
may be fine in peacetime, but when
there’s a war on, Juanita Pratt,
Abilene, didn’t think it was enough.
So she-joined the U. S. Marines
and is now in training at Camp
Lejeune, New River, where she will
learn one of the jobs in. which
women are replacing fighting Ma-
rines on the home front.
"I just felt I wasn’t doing my
part in the war in a store," Private
Pratt explained.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Pratt, 909 Hickory, she is a gradu-
ate of Roscoe high school.
On this Halloween weekend, ev-
eryday superstitions come into ex-
tra attention—and most persons
will let no black cats cross their
trails or miss a chance to wish for
luck with some familiar sign.
Mr. Webster says that supersti-
tion is "any belief, conception, act
or practice resulting from a state
of mind"—other people say super-
stition is pure ignorance. If the
latter is the case, then there must
be a lot of ignorant people in the
world, judging from discoveries of
one author and lecturer, who made
a 10-year check. The conclusion
was that nine out of 10 people in-
dulge in some common superstitious
practice.
Most common superstitions in
show business, said Lt. Edwin T.
Victory Model Synthetic Girdle
Shakes WPB To Its Foundation
Birthdays
The Abilene Reporter-News ex-
tends birthday congratulations to-
day“to the following:---------
Mrs. John Bishop.
Sgt. Dean Austin, Indo, Calif.
G. L. Francis III.
Maurice Brashear, flying in-
structor at Lubbock air field.
Neil Bradshaw Jr.
Erwin W. Buch.
Mrs. Joe W. Horton, Hattiesburg,
Miss.
W. P. George.
Mrs. Charles P. Parrish, Indio,
Calif.
Betty Dick.
Patty June Ross.
Mrs. W. E. Kauffman.
Mrs. Wm. J. Zickler.
Congratulations Saturday Octob-
er 30 to the following):
George Antilley, Pocatello, Idaho.
Mrs. E. Douglas Carver, Pampa.
Bobby Crisman.
Ensign Edward R. Dressen, medi-
cal depot, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Arthur Faustgen.
, W. N. Foster.
John E.. Griffin.
Mrs. John W. Hockersmith.
By EDITH GAYLORD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 - (P)-
A victory model answer to a wom-
an’s number two prayer appeared
in the War Production board press
room today and shook the place
to its foundation.
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The sample synthetic rubber
girdle — a little unmentionable
of tea rose neoprene with un-
dershadings which gave a blue-
ish effect—roused comment as
snappy on the comeback as the
— old two-way stretch------— _
In fact, a WPB spokesman in-
sisted that the synthetic held its
shape—and that of its wearer-
better than did the pre-war natur-
al rubber plastic.
It developed also that a woman
on the WPB staff, who hastily
claimed anonymity, has been wear-
ing one of the neoprene jobs for
five- or six weeks as part of her
contribution to the home front war
effort.
"Its very satisfactory," she assert-
ed. "Of course, there are a few bugs
to be worked out yet."
The unmentionable launders
“nicely,” though, she said.
However, the girl guinea pig
for the test tube girdle added
that pleasingly or otherwise
plump women shouldn’t figure
that stores soon will have stacks
Stewart, assistant special serve
ice officer at Camp Barkeley,
concern whistling in theater
dressing rooms, putting on the
left shoe first and laying hats
on beds. These things provoke -
bad luck, so show people take
no chances, he said." And Lieu-
tenant Stewart should know,
since he spent several years in
theaters in Chicago and St.
Louis.
Lighting three cigarets on one
match is an old Army superstition,
dating back, to the first world war
(maybe further), and now is a pet
of the Army Air corps. The world
war one story goes that the enemy
waited until the third man lighted
a cigaret on the match and then
picked them off. Failed to learn
if the same thing happened with
two on the same match.
She’s not in the Army, but if
Gwen Gray is in the room there’s
no three-on-a-match cigaret light-
ing. "Might not be bad luck," she
said, “but I’m taking no chances!"
Black cats are the things that
many people steer clear of. Take
Jess Winters, for example. He’ll
drive around blocks and blocks just
to keep a black cat from crossing
his path. "They tell me it’s bad
luck, and I believe ’em!’
Mrs. Robert H. Hastings said
of control scantier for sale be-
cause manufacturers still are
experimenting all along the
line.
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For another thing, there’s a tug-
of-war between manufacturers. The
garment guys are wary of mass pro-
duction until the elastic yarn mak-
ers prove that all those bugs are
worked out.
But when production works up to
the fullness thereof, the number
of victory models for conquering
that too, too solid flesh should
amount to about 65 percent of the
pre-war supply, WPB estimated.
practically the same thing.
“One time in downtown Fort
Worth, I turned around square-
ly in the middle of a block to
keep from crossing on the heels
of a stray black cat,” she re-
lated. “What did the cop do?
Nothing, after I explained my
motive. He was superstitious.
By June of 1943, one of every
three civilian jobs in the quarter-
master corps was held by a woman.
Santa Isabel was the first of the
Solomon Islands to be discovered.
IS
TE
IMPERIAL’S
100th BIRTHDAY CAKE
THE first Texas sugar cane was planted on the old Williams Plante-
tion at Sugar Land just 100 years ago. Imperial Sugar only sugar
refined in Texas—commemorates this occasion by publishing this
White Cake recipe—a favorite with Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston
D and early Texans of a century ago. Handed down from mother to
daughter, it is made best with Texas’ own sugar—lump-free, quick-
dissolving IMPERIAL SUGAR, 100% Pure Cane. Try it
% cup butter 3 leaspoons baking powder
2 cups Imperial Granulated Sugor • 499 whiles, beaten until stiff
Y tup milk but not dry
Vi cup water % leaspoon lemon, rose, or .
3 cups sifted flour almond extract
Cream shortening until soft and light. Add Imperial Granulated Sugar gradually
and continue creaming for several minutes to incorporate as much MIt as PiMDle
Mix flour and baking pow der and sift three tie
Add flour alternately with liquid to creamer
minutes.
rack. For a
icing berwe
er Add extract to milk and water,
mixture, beating well after each
but not dry and fold immediately into batter,
void beating. Pour batter into three greased
Bake in moderately hot oven (375: F.) for 30
ive minutes and remove from pans onto wire
site cake put white frosting or Buffy uncooked
on top of layers.
DEMAND
TEXAS’OWN SUGAR
Methodist Leader Speaker for
Abilene Parent-Teacher Council
Mrs. C. A: Bickley, president of
the Northwest conference Metho-
dist Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, was guest speaker Thurs-
day morning at a meeting of the
Abilene City Council of Parents
and Teachers. The meeting, held at
the Second Street USO club, was
attended by 30 council members.
* *!
Speaking on Home Guidance
in the Spiritual Growth of
Children, Mrs. Bickley said
that children should be sur-
rounded by good music, good
books, good conversation and
the opportunity for seeing and
loving beauty. “Children of to-
day are exposed more to these
things than in our day,” the
• speaker added, “and the world
of tomorrow will be better than
the world of today.”
Another outstanding statement in
her discussion was that "home must
do its part, since the child trans-
lates spiritual truths through daily
living to become a well-rounded
child.”
Dr. L. E. Dudley, superintendent
of city schools, presented Mrs.
Bickley. Mrs. W. H. James, presi-
dent, was in charge of the meeting,
and she emphasized the importance
of the United War Chest drive, now
being conducted in Abilene.
Mrs. Thomas E. Roberts, defense
chairman, reported that North ju-
nior high school will be in charge
of soldier entertainment Tuesday
night at the USO club.
M1
RATION!
Girl Scout Leader
Gives Program for
Abilene Altrusans
Allyce Nelson of Dallas, national
Girl Scout representative, discuss-
ed the Scouting program which is
now being set up in Abilene with
emphasis on the work planned for,
girls in the Mexican school, at a
Wednesday meeting of Abilene Al-
trusa club.
Miss Nelson is conducting train-
ing school for leaders: here this
week.
Julia Luker, Altrusa president,
directed the meeting, which was
held at the Abilene Woman’s club.
Jennie Tate served as secretary in
the absence of Mrs. Pete Elliott.
Miss Luker also gave a report
from the annual fall meeting of
district 7 of Altrusa International,
held early this month in Fort
Worth.
/ She announced the next meeting
for Nov. 10, a dinner at the Wom-
an’s club, with Stella McCullough
hostess. 4.
Three members of a 42 foursome
brought out the old superstition
about luck in a recent game, with
never a serious thought about
whether or not they actually be-
lieved it would work. "My luck is
bad,” said Mrs. Sam C. Young of
the Y-6 ranch, near Hamlin, "I’m
going to have to sit on my handker-
chief.” Might be a good idea,"
agreed Mrs. I. N. Jackson and Mrs.
John Guitar.
Other 42 and bridge fans walk
around their chairs to change their
luck . . . still other bridge players
insist on dealing the deck of cards
from which the foursome cuts for
the deal. Better hand is the re-
sult of this, they’ll tell you.
• * •
"I cured myself of my fav-
orite superstition—not going
back after something I gorgot,”
said Mrs. Edith Smith. "That’s
supposed to be bad luck. So
I forced myself to do just that
—go back and get the thing I
forgot."
When her luck in bridge takes a
ed on wagons filled with hay as
they passed? Or wished on the
moon, looking over your left should-
er (or is it right shoulder)? Stamp-
ed white horses for some reason or
other? Or repeated the age-old
"Star light, star bright first star
I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish
I might, have the wish I wish
tonight?”
You can’t get around it, whether
you believe in them or not, super-
stitions are fun!
Decision to give money to the
United War Chest drive was made
by So Sum club members, meet-
ing Thursday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. A. B. Cranston, 618
Sayles. Members spent the after-
noon sewing. Fourteen members
and one guest, Mrs. W. B. Hamp-
ton, attended.
DR. JOE E. BUSBY
CHIROPRACTOR
Chtropraette Health Service
in Abilene 25 Years
Conveniently Located Downtown
Fourth Floor Mims Bldg. Ph. 570
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