Campus Clubs
Hold Parties
Over Holiday
The Extension Service Club and
the Campus Study Club were two
campus organizations^ which held
Christmas parties over the holi
days.
The Campus Study Club held
a Christmas tea, Dec. 14, at the
parish house of St. Thomas
Chapel. Mrs. H. L. Heaton, pres
ident, Mjs. Gibb Gilchrist and
Mrs. P. W. Barker welcomed
guests at the door.
General chairman for the tea
was Mrs. Ben Ferguson who was
assisted by the Fine Arts and En-
| tertainment Committees of which
^Mrs. Orin Helvey and Mrs. J. H.
‘■Sorrells are chairmen.
Honor guest of the afternoon
was Mrs. Lowell Parish who read
a legendary Christmas story.
The Extension Service Club
held its Yuletide party on
Thursday, Dec. 16, in the lounge
of the YMCA.
In charge of the program were
Miss Myrtle Murray and her co
hostesses, Miss Gladyce Martin,
Miss Sadie Hatfield, Miss Gena
Thames, Miss Helen Swift, Miss
flrma Wines, and Mrs. Grace Mar
gin.
Miss Hatfield spoke on prepar
ing Christmas decorations, and
Miss Dorothy Brightwell told sto-
Yies of interesting Christmas cus
toms throughout the world.
Miss Jennie Hill Barry led the
singing of Christmas carols after
which tea was served.
On New Year’s Eve the Bryan-
College Station Dinner club held
a celebration at the Maggie
Parker Dining Room in Bryan.
Decorations were in the Christ
mas motif and featured white
Christmas bells against a back
ground of greenery.
Dinner and dancing were en
joyed by 100 guests. Paper hats
and horns were provided for the
merrymakers to usher in the New
Year '
Simple Recipes
Are Needed
i
After Holidays
The rich foods of the holiday
season, though rightly enjoyed,
leave most of us with the desire
for simpler, yet tasty, dishes.
Here is a recipe which should
^appeal to anyone—Baked Noo
dles Supreme. Ingredients are 4
ounces noodles, 1 cup creamy
cottage cheese, Vs cup sour
i cream, 1 tablespoon finely grat-
^ f^> ed onion, Vi teaspoon salt, pep
per to taste, 1 teaspoon Wor-
m cestershire sauce, Vi cup fine
dry breadcrumbs, and 1 table
spoon of butter or margarine.
Cook noodles until tender in
boiling salted water; drain. Mix
cheese, sour cream, onion, salt,
pepper, and Worcestershire sauce
together well; add to noodles and
mix lightly. Turn into a 9 inch
shallow baking dish. Melt butter
or margarine in small skillet, add
breadcrumbs and stir well. Sprin
kle over cheese mixture. Bake in a
moderate oven (350 F.) for about
20 to 25 minutes. Serves four.
For those who have left-over
• turkey, croquettes are an an
swer to the problem.
Ingredients needed are 4 table
spoons fat, 4 tablespoons flour, Vz
| teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, 1
‘*tup milk, IVz cups finely chopped
turkey, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons wa
ter, fine dry bread crumbs, and
additional salt and pepper to
taste.
Make a white sauce of the fat,
flour, Vz teaspoon salt, pepper and
milk. Add the turkey and addi
tional salt and pepper to taste.
Put mixture aside to cool and stif
fen. Shape into cones, allowing a
heaping tablespoon of the mixture
for each croquette. Beat the egg
slightly and mix in the water. Roll
the croquettes in the crumbs, then
dip in the egg, then roll in the
crumbs again. Fry in deep fat (375
to 380 F.) until delicately brown
ed—«bout 1 minute. Drain on ab
sorbent paper and serve immedi
ately.
Two pastel Terry cloth bath tow
els can be used to make a smart
and practical bathrobe for a child.
Or a robe for a small child can
be made from one extra large bath
towel.
FORTYNINER
MISS 1949
She may look like this
By VIVIAN BROWN
AP Newsfeatures Writer
Samuel Murray Lange, a dress designer, has designed
a “perfect girl” for 1949. She is a composite of 12 reigning
beauties, all done up as a plaster mannikin.
Ten of the twelve and the attributes for which they
were selected:
Head — Society’s Pamela Cur-4
ran; facial bone structure—Model
Wendy Russell; lips—Model Elaine
Bassett; nose—Model Pat Ryan;
eyes — Marlene Dietrich; bust
Lana Turner; waist — Constance
Bennett; hips — Model Jo Cagle;
legs—Starlet Arlene Dahl and “the
detached look” — Lady Sylvia
Ashley. He’s not telling who the
other two might be.
Lange says he spent 6 months
creating his beautiful doll.
The most important thing about
this wan beauty is her “bone
structure,” according to Lange.
She has “interesting hollows and
a visible cord in her neck.” She is
not vigorous but rather the “hes
itating type” with the Detached
Look, ladylike and ' appealing,
definite qualities a girl needs in
1949, he says.
She has three different hair
dos—simple, madonna-like (add
ed hair piece) for men; short and
swirly as a luncheon conversa
tion piece for the bridge club;
casual for travel.
Here are the measurements of
this ash-blonde super-queen:
Height—5’ 6 inches without shoes;
weight — 114 lbs.; head — 21 Vs
inches; shoulders—16 inches; bust
—34% inches; waist—23Va inches;
hips—34 inches; thigh—19 inches;
calf—13Va inches; ankle 7% inches;
waist to knee 28% inches; center-
neck to center back 18 inches.
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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949
Page 3
Marriages and Engagement
Take Holiday Spotlight
Weddings take the holiday spotlight with College Station
residents and A&M students.
December 20 was the wedding date for Miss Glenda
Lauterstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lauterstein
of College Station, and Sylvian4 —
Some New Years
Household Hints
For Housewives
Alter, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Alter of San Antonio. The nuptial
service took place in the Crystal
Ballroom of the Gunter Hotel, San
Antonio, with Dr. Wolfe Macht of
Waco and Rabbi Sidney Guthman
of San Antonio officiating. The
couple will be at home in San An
tonio. Many College Station guests
attended the ceremony.
An A&M student, Jerry Puck
ett, and Miss Jane Warnock of
Ft. Stockton were united in mar
riage at the First Methodist
Church of Ft. Stockton on Tues
day Dec. 28. Miss Warnock is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Warnock and Mr. Puckett
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Puckett, both families of Ft.
Stockton.
The couple will reside in College
Station while Mr. Puckett finishes
his studies.
A marriage of the near future
will be that of Miss Betty Sue
Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Warren of Longview, and
Eddie Aaron Richard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Richard, Dallas.
The wedding will take place Jan.
29 at the First Baptist Church,
Longview. Miss Warren is a grad
uate of Longview High School and
formerly attended TSCW. Mr.
Richard is a graduate of North
Dallas High School and will re
ceive his degree from A&M in
January.
’49 May Be Better
By CYNTHIA LOWRY
AP Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK—Oh, it wasn’t such a bad year after all.
. . . It was the year we expected to win a first lady whose
favorite recipe was Berkshire pudding, made with rice, and
we actually received a first lady whose favorite is Ozark
pudding, made with corn meal.
It was the year a couple of im--f
portant male socialites proved
anew that the Cinderella story
really is a true one.
It was the year that skirts
stopped dropping around our
ankles and started the long climb
back toward our knees.
It was the year a whole pack
of Paris designers stopped pre
tending they were oblivious to
American markets and opened
shops on our own fair shores.
It was the year people started
getting telephone calls from radio
shows and picked up items like
washing machines and mink
coats for NOT answering simple
questions correctly.
It was the year a fresh-faced
Canadian girl named Barbara
Ann Scott won Olympics honors
and came closer to being a na
tional heroine than anyone since
Helen Wills.
It was the year women were
urged to crop their hair short,
like the flappers of the twen
ties, and climb into clothes like
Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, wore.
It was the year “Life with Moth
er” opened, and showed signs of
being just as healthy a stage show
as “Life with Father” was.
It was the year people with
television sets really began to
grouse because their living
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room was always full of people
— many of whom they didn’t
even know.
It was the year that a few peo
ple all over the place were able
to say out loud they’d been lucky
enough to find an apartment.
It was the year they discovered
that ice could be frozen in the
shape of balls instead of cubes.
It was the year Charles Boyer
opened in a Broadway hit with
out toupee.
It was the year that one per
fume manufacturer broke down
and publicly confessed that a touch
of his product was NOT guaran
teed to deliver the man of your
dreams, hog-tied, at your feet.
It was the year they attached
bands to the end of eye-glasses
bows which permitted one t o
wear them draped around the neck,
like necklaces.
It was the year that a lady show
ed up at the Metropolitan Opera
opening with the ends of her hair
dyed purple to match her dress.
It was the year that women
movie stars kept pretty much out
of trouble, but several male glamor
boys didn’t.
It was the year a $2-bill
bought about a pound of butter,
a dozen eggs and a stick of
gum.
It was the year they started
making bobby pins with real
diamond decorations, a consider
able improvement over last year’s
solid gold jobs.
It was the year that lady writers
occupied themselves with reams
and reams of autobiographical
books or, in alternative, historical
novels.
It was the year when there
wasn’t much in the way of new
popular tunes, but every nice
oldie we ever heard was
dragged out of moth-balls.
It was the year when they tried
to persuade the girls to go back
to closed toe, closed heel shoes—
and a whole raft of them refused
to change from open-toe, sling
backs.
It was the year when necklines
dropped from a-way up here to
a-way down there, and are still
plunging.
It was the year of the pastel
shades in cosmetics and alto shades
in stockings.
It was the year — heavens
above, it was a pretty horrible
year when you think about it,
wasn’t it? Glad it’s over with.
Weekly Meetings
Of Baptist Church
Are Announced
This week’s meetings of the
College Station First Baptist
Church have been announced by
the pastoi% Rev. R. L. Brown.
The Sunday school workers’
supper and conference will be
held Wednesday at 6 p.m. This
will be followed by a church
business meeting.
Friday at 6:30 p.m. the Inter
mediate Royal Ambassadors will
meet.
An associational Royal Ambas
sadors’ conclave is scheduled for
Saturday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church.
Now that the holidays are over
College Station women can settle
down to their jobs and housekeep
ing and have time for a few house
hold hints.
Coffee makers should be aired
when not in use to insure fresh
tasting coffee. If there’s room on
your closet shelves, put the coffee
maker away unassembled.
Fashion loves to go into quick
reverse. That’s why nowadays
Lazy Susans are once more
gracing dining tables. If you
have one, get it out and use it
and you’ll be right in style.
If you’re a potential shopper for
an innerspring mattress, pay at
tention to the spring as well. In
nerspring mattresses can give
maximum comfort and service only
if they are placed on the proper
type of spring.
Home economists say that they
have hit on the perfect arrange
ment for every kitchen. A tri
angle is the secret of success.
If the sink, refrigerator and
range are placed in a triangle,
the economists say that work can
be reduced as much as 40 per
cent.
Most present-day arrangements
stick to the old custom of placing
the refrigerator near the back door
and the range near the dining room
door. But the new plan calls for
placing the range and refrigerator
as close together as possible with
plenty of work and storage space
for each. Most equipment such as
bowls, dishes, glasses, and silver
ware is used at the refrigerator
more than 50 percent of the time.
Study your kitchen arrangement
and see how you can save steps
and work by a few changes.
MiiiWWiMttiCIAR ;
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Jane Froman
Beatrice Shopp
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p f WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Margaret Chase Smith
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Bulletin. Board
S.A.M. WIVES’ CLUB, Tuesday,
Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the parlors
I of the YMCA. A social meeting.
PUBLIC SERVICE | DRAMA
Vivien Kellems
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tallulah Bar&head
Betty Smith
By DOROTHY ROE
Associated Press Woman’s Editor
Typically Amei'ican, with a tart
Yankee humor and a stout fighting
heart, Senator Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine, first woman to
win an initial election to the U.S.
Senate strictly on her own merit,
has been voted the woman of the
year by editors of Associated Press
newspapers.
Campaigning against what ap
peared to be overwhelming odds,
capable, smiling Mrs. Smith, who
once worked in a ten-cent store,
rolled up a popular vote which was
more than that of her three male
opponents combined. In a heavily
Democratic Congress, this Maine
Republican’s decisive victory
proves once more that the Ameri
can people love a fighter.
Among other women outstanding
in their fields for 1948 are a num
ber of new faces and several fa-
Hitchhiker on High Plane
(Editor’s Note: The following article is by Alma DeLuce, wife of
AP’s Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Dan DeLuce. DeLuce recently
arrived in Berlin.)
AP Newsfeatures
By ALMA DeLUCE
BERLIN—No skirts are allowed on the Allied airlift.
I had to borrow overalls to hitchhike over the clouds to
Berlin. The sky was soupy. The big C-54 was roaring to
go with ten tons of flour on the cargo deck. The airmen
politely overlooked my frivolous Legroux hat, but they firmly
outlawed my dress. 4
Anybody riding the airlift, they
explained, has to be ready to
buckle on a parachute harness, if
necessary. That’s why trousers
are de rigeur.
I really hadn’t expected to be a
hitchhiker. But the fog was so
thick in Frankfurt, the capital of
the American Zone in Western
Germany, that nothing flew for
nearly three days. Commercial
planes were still grounded when
the Berlin blockade-busters be
gan taking off again.
The woods around the Rhein-
Main airport looked like a set
ting for The Snow Maiden. The
C-54s were zooming off into the
mist like street cars passing a
downtown street corner. One
every four or five minutes.
Changed into overalls, I climbed
up an eight-foot ladder and into
my ship. Flight Engineer, L. E.
Eichenlaub, of Mt. Vernon, Wash
ington, took my hat-box and week
end-bag up past the dusty piles of
flour sacks to the crew compart
ment.
Flour is heavier than a house
wife would guess. The ten tons
covered only a fraction of the
cargo deck.
I sat on the lower bunk in
what the crew call their bed
room, just behind the radio con
trols. It was strewn with para
chutes and other gear.
“No seat belts here,” said Engi
neer Eichenlaub, “just hold on.”
Before I knew it, we were in
the air. Dense fog streamed past
the port-hole window. Then sun
shine came pouring in. We were
up 500 feet and it was quite clear.
Lieutenant (junior grade) G. W.
Kimmons was flying on a beam.
He made it seem easy. He said he
was a long way from home in
Akron, Ohio, and even farther from
his last navy assignment—flying
between Honolulu and Guam.
He and his co-pilot, Ensign
W. A. Nomber, of Gary, Nebras
ka, and his engineer had come
over together in a transferred
Pacific squadron. They were the
first Navy crew to cross the At
lantic to join the airlift.
They had one night out in Paris,
but mostly for two months they
had been contending with Ger
many’s cold and fog. Their squad
ron had 12 planes and had set a
record of 40 flights to Berlin in
24 hours.
I asked if we were sure of be
ing able to land at Tempelhof field
in Berlin, because weather reports
from there hadn’t been too reas
suring and we would arrive after
dark. The young pilot grinned.
“They tell us that if the ceiling
is less than 500 feet, the landing
is done at a pilot’s own discre
tion,” he said. “My own limit is
400 feet. As far as I’m. concerned,
there are always three VIPs
aboard—me, my co-pilot and my
engineer. We’re al very impor
tant persons. It it’s less than 400,
we’ll go over to Fassberg in the
British Zone. That flour back
there is worth only a minimum
risk.”
Over Fulda, I was given a chance
to broadcast our identification and
position signal to a ground sta
tion.
“It makes a nice change to
hear a woman’s voice on our
communications system,” Lieu
tenant Kimmons said.
“Of course, somebody may think
it’s just an imitation and kid you,”
cautioned Ensign Nomber.
I’d barely concluded the signal
with “Roger!” when a baritone
voice came through my earphones.
“Hey, Babe, when did you leave
California?”
I thought this proved the sys
tem has remarkable clarity, at
least for California accents.
The sun had set before we near
ed Berlin after 100 minutes in the
air. Any other city might have
danced with lights. But most of
Berlin was dark. Airlift coal is
precious here and electricity is
skimped.
Tempelhof’s GCA—ground con
trol for approach—started direct
ing us vocally. We circled accord
ing to instructions. A steady
stream of precise information came
over the radio — altitude, speed,
time, headings, and rate of des
cent.
Landing in misty darkness,
Jessies '68
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Rogers, a
daughter, Gail Lee, born Dec. 27
at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Ivey, a
daughter, Margaret Ann, born Dec.
28 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Kaspar, a
daughter, Joanne Marie, born Dec.
28 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Albritton, a
daughter, Dana Lucille, born Dec.
28 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Bryhan,
a daughter, Marie Dale, born Dec.
30 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Tovar
of Venezuela, a daughter, Rose
Mary, born Jan. 1 at St. Joseph’s.
Aggies '68
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Alexander,
a son, David Lawrence, born Dec.
24 at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart D. Her-
vey Jr., a son, Paul Morgan, born
Dec. 27 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Magee, a
son, born Dec. 29 at St. Joseph’s.
even by GCA, impressed me as
akin to driving blindfolded a
heavy truck at top speed down
a sheer mountain grade.
We rushed downward at two
strings of white, yellow and red
lights, marking the Tempelhof
runway. I was standing up cling
ing tightly to a metal railing, and
it was more exciting than a roller
coaster dip.
Once GCA made a correction in
our descent: “Level off! You’re
60 feet too low.”
The pilot pulled the nose up
for just a moment. GCA okayed
it. Then we plunged downward
again.
We touched the runway without
the slightest perceptible jar. The
co-pilot strained at the brakes to
shorten our run. We curved off to
a side-strip in the wake of a yel
low jeep marked “Follow me.”
The engineer pushed open the
rear door. An Army truck
swarming with German workmen
plus a couple of military police
backed up in a drizzling rain.
Another load of flour from Op
eration Vittles was through the
Russian blockade.
In slicing refrigerator cookies
for baking, use a thin bladded,
very sharp knife; cut with a saw
ing motion and do not press too
VinrvI nr fhn sbnne of the roll mav
miliar to the yearly lists of the4
distaff Who’s Who.
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig, as
sociate professor of pediatrics at
Johns Hopkins University in Bal
timore and noted heart surgeon at
Johns Hopkins Hospital, was voted
the year’s outstanding woman of
science because of her sensational
work in “blue baby” operations.
In the field of business, the vote
went to Vivien Kellems, the Con
necticut cable grip tycoon, who has
made the headlines regularly dur
ing the year by talking back to the
U.S. government income tax digni
taries.
Loretta Young won the crown
as movie queen of the year, as
Academy Award winner for her
performance in “The Farmer’s
Daughter.”
Jane Froman was named first
lady of radio, because of her gal
lant comeback as a major star of
the air after her tragic accident
near Lisbon in 1943, when she was
almost killed in a plane crash as
she was flying to Europe to en
tertain servicemen. It took 25 op
erations and 5 years to restore a
fractured leg, crushed ankle and
arm, broken 1 ribs and dislocated
back and put her on her own two
feet again. Last March she married
John Curtis Brown, pilot of the
clipper that crashed in the Lisbon
harbor, who saved her life by hold
ing her up for an hour after the
crash, although his own back was
broken and his skull fractured.
Outstanding in the field of edu
cation was Mabel Studebaker, biol
ogy teacher at Strong-Vincent
High School in Erie, Pa., who was
elected president of the National
Education Association.
Voted outstanding in the field
of sports for 1948 was Mrs. Fanny
Blankers-Koen, of Holland, who
made history by winning four gold
medals for track events in the
Olympic games. A housewife and
mother of two children, Mrs. Koen
amazed the sports world with her
sensational performance.
Runners-up in the voting for
sports queen of the year were:
Vicki Draves, of Los Angeles,
Olympics diving star; Ann Curtis,
of San Francisco, swimming cham
pion; Babe Didrikson, the veteran
golf champion; Barbara Ann Scott,
Canadian skating sensation; Alice
Coachman, track star; Zoe Ann Ol
sen, who also won Olympics div
ing honors, and
In the field of literature, Betty
Smith, raconteur of Brooklyn, scor
ed again with her new novel, “To
morrow Will Be Better,” based on
the same pattern as her earlier
success, “A Tree Grows in Brook
lyn.”
Beauty honors of the year went
to Beatrice Bella Shopp, of Hop
kins, Minn., chosen Miss America
for 1948.
Stage honors went to Talullah
Bankhead, long one of the great
ladies of the American theater,
who won fresh acclaim for her
performance in the Noel Coward
play, “Private Lives.”
Laurels for public service were
voted again to Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt, for her work with the United
Nations.
Your Child Today . . .
Medics, Home,
School to Aid
Junior in ’49
By DAVID TAYLOR MARKE
AP Newsfeatures
A round-the-clock, all-year-round
concern for the physical, mental
and emotional life of the child was
cited by leading authorities as the
highlight for 1948 in the field of
child development and education.
So say Dr. Arnold Gesell, foun
der, and until recently, director
of the Clinic of Child Developffigfrtr-" 1
at Yale University; Dr. Harry
Bakwin, Associate Professor of
Pediatrics at New York Univer
sity’s Medical School; and Profes-
son Jean Betzner of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University.
According to Dr. Gesell, “over
half of the pediatrician’s time is
devoted to the care of well chil
dren. This supervision is steadily
broadening to include mental as
well as physical welfare.
“It is safe to predict that in
1949 this same trend will grow
stronger and take the form of
more systematic supervision of
child development through parent
and child guidance and through
family counseling.”
Dr. Bakwin adds:
“There is also a growing real
ization of the need for individual
izing child care. The physician’s
role is to give advice from his
general knowledge of children; on
the parents falls the responsibili
ty of applying these generaliza
tions to their own child. This ap
plies to all phases of the child’s
development—eating, sleeping, toi
let training, etc. It is hoped that
the flexibility implicit in the new
er attitudes will make child rear
ing easier for the parents, that
childhood will be happier and that,
in addition at least some of the
emotional disturbances which pla
gue adults will be averted.”
In the field of childhood educa
tion, says Dr. Betzner, “This stim
ulated concern for the 24-hour
life of children results from our
newer understanding of the fact
that the early emotional experi
ences of youngsters are of the ut
most importance in fixing their
lifetime personality patterns. This
trend has been accompanied by
a renewed appreciation of the x’ole
of his parents and his home in
each child’s development. Schools
are beginning to see children
against the whole background of
their existence rather than in the
classroom setting only.
“As we gain greater insight in
to children’s capabilities, we will
be able to give them responsibili
ties that make for a realistic ap
proach to life,” she declared.
“Schools will have a new sense
of their moral responsibility to
make the classroom merge with
the world outside so that the ‘I’
concept of living can change to
the ‘We’ concept.”
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