RENTNER
In the elegant mood . . . Mau
rice Rentner’s “rocket” dress in
black taffeta highlights the cur
rent spring showings.
MANGONE
Slated for top popularity in
*49 is Mangone’s dressmaker suit
of dark gray wool with self flut
ing trim.
Church Council Elects
New Committee Members
Mrs. P. L. Thomas was hostess for the executive com
mittee of the College Station Council of Church Women
when it met at her home Wednesday.
Plans were made for the 1949 program of the Council,
‘and Mrs. Thomas, who is president^
ry fifth Monday, and special meet
ings are observed on World Com
munity Day and World Day of
Prayer.
of the organization, made commit
tee assignments for the new year.
It is . this organization which
sponsors the Thursday afternoon
radio program heard over
WTAW at 4:15, giving local
church news and inspirational
messages. Mrs. Thomas was the
originator of this program sev
eral years ago.
Mrs. R. R. Lancaster was au
thorized to send an article telling
of the program to “The Church
Woman,” the national publication
for the United Council of Church
Women.
Committee members for 1949 are
Spiritual Life, Mrs. W. E. Schenk;
Religious Education, Mrs. D. W.
Williams; Social Welfare, Mrs. E.
.B. Middleton; State Projects, Mrs.
F. I. Dahlberg; Social and Finance,
• Mrs. Manning Smith; Radio, Mrs.
Dallas Belcher; Community Rec
reation, Mrs. Gordon Gay. These
women are all chairmen of the
above-named committees.
Mrs. J. C. Miller and Mrs. R.
R. Lancaster gave reports on the
Christian Rural Overseas Pro
gram which recently sent a ship
load of grains and wool cargo to
Antwerp. This cargo, contributed
by farmers of Texas, Kansas, and
Colorado, cleared Galveston Dec.
31 for Antwerp.
The Council of Church Women,
College Station, hold meetings eve-
Classes in Square "
Dancing Begin At
St. Thomas Chapel
New classes in square dancing
under sponsorship of the College
Station Recreation Council start
ed this week at St. Thomas Parish
House, Mrs. R. B. Hickerson has
announced.
Children and adults who have
not been in these Recreation Coun
cil classes are requested to con
tact Mrs. Hickerson before report
ing in their age groups.
Adult instruction will be given
by Lee Thompson, and classes for
children will be taught by Mrs.
Lee Thompson and Mrs. G. W.
Schlesselman.
Schedule of classes announced by
Mrs. Hickerson is: adults, Monday
7 p. m.; 3rd and 4th grames, Mon
day, 5 p. m.; 1st and 2nd grades,
Tuesday, 5 p. m.; 5th grade and
up Thursday, 5 p. m.
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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,1949
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VM ’SI Wives
Enjoy Meeting
The VM ’51 Wives Club met
Wednesday evening, January 12 at
the home of Carolyn McMurry, 330
Foster Avenue.
Bridge and dominoes followed a
short business meeting and re
freshments were served to the 15
members attending. Hostesses
were: Carolyn McMurry, Mickey
Roberts and Louise Fenner.
At the next meeting, which will
be announced later in What’s Cook
ing, new officers will be elected
for the spring semester.
CHRISTINA OHLSEN ... On
Soviet wanted list.
The Council extends a sincere
invitation to any church woman
or church organization not al
ready working with the Council
to cooperate with its program.
Officers elected for the new year
are Mrs. F. L. Thomas, president;
Mrs. J. C. Miller, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. E. E. Vezey, second
vice president; Mrs. W. R. Hors
ley, secretary; Mrs. I. W. Rupel,
treasurer; Mrs. R. R. Lancaster,
parliamentarian; Mrs. G. S. Fraps,
historian, and Mrs. J. H. Bass, re
porter.
Bulletin Board
VETERAN’S WIVES BRIDGE
CLUB, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on
3rd floor of YMCA, Campus.
NEWCOMER’S CLUB, Wednes
day at 2 p.m.j in the YMCA on the
Campus. Bridge and a musical pro
gram are planned.
Diamonds of one carat or less
are more valuable than rubies or
emeralds of the same size.
’49 Promises
More Food
Lower Prices
By CECILY BROWNSTONE
Associated Press Food Editor
Americans will eat well in 1949
and will continue to grumble about
the food budget. One ray of light
is an indication that meat prices
will drop slightly toward the end
of the year, and that most of the
favorite diet items of Mr. and Mrs.
U. S. A. will be available in abund
ance.
Assurance as to food supplies
comes from 0. V. Wells, chief of
the Bureau of Agricultural Econo
mics in the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, who says:
“Supplies of food available to
American families will be just
about the same in 1949 as they
were in 1948.”
During the war our food con
sumption per person was upped—*
the peak came in 1946, when it was
18 per cent above prewar. This
year we’ll not hit that high point,
but we’ll still be 12 per cent above
the average in 1935-39.
We probably shall continue to be
better fed nutritionally in 1949
than in any prewar year. Ameri
cans now are getting more than
a fourth more iron, niacin, and
riboflavin and more than a third
more thiamine—thanks chiefly to
the continued enrichment of white
bread and flour. The quantities of
vitamin A, vitamin C, and calcium
in the diet have stayed well above
the prewar averages because peo
ple have continued to eat more
leafy, green and yellow vegetables
citrus fruit and tomatoes, and more
cheese and fluid milk.
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BUDGET SHOP — 2ND FLOOR
Glance at individual foods and
More of next year’s meat is ex
pected to be pork with less beef,
veal, lamb, available. Pork prices
will be lower than beef. What
beef there is will be of better
grades as more cattle will be
grain-fed.
If your family can’t get all the
meat they want they’ll take fish,
figures on the consumption of
fishery products show. Our present
fish consumption is 10.8 pounds
per capita, as compared with about
ten pounds per capita a year ago.
Supplies of canned fish probably
will be about the same in 1949 as
in ’48. Though we may have lots
more tuna, the salmon pack may
be a good deal lower.
There should be more turkey and
chicken around than there was this
year and prices should be better
too.
When it comes to per capita sup
plies of fluid milk, cream, evapora
ted milk and cheese, 1949 will see
us consuming about the same
amount as we did this year, though
there’s a chance there’ll be more
butter around. Prices of dairy pro
ducts are expected to average about
what they did in 1948.
Somewhat larger supplies of fat
and oils will be available for civi
lian consumption, and they should
be cheaper, too.
Fresh fruit supplies will continue
to be large, especially vitamin C-
rich (citrus) fruits. The prices of
fresh oranges and grapefruits are
expected to be about the same.
Canned fruit juice supplies will be
ample. Smaller crops of apples and
pears this year mean somewhat re
duced supplies ahead, and prices
higher; canned pears may not be
quite as plentiful as last. But just
to balance things there’ll be a
large supply of canned apricots.
If your family particularly ap
preciates bananas, they’ll be glad
to know that they will constitute
the largest ite mof fresh fruit we
import in 1949. Pineapple is ex
pected to be in good supply too.
Supplies of frozen foods are
swinging upward with packers at
tempting to meet consumer de
mand for such basic items as fruits
vegetables, fish and poultry. And
it looks as if there would be more
frozen strawberries for shortcake
all the year round. No one is mak
ing any predictions about what the
price of frozen foods will be.
More fresh vegetables for the
family table this winter is the
word. Plenty of white potatoes and
dry beans for the winter but sup
plies of sweet potatoes are smaller
this year than they were last. Can
ned vegetables, in ample supply,
will help make menu-planning
easier.
There will be plenty of peanuts
and peanut butter too, for small
fry and good nutrition. JBrazil nuts
cashews, chestnuts, will be import
ed as usual.
No one with a sweet tooth need
to worry. In 1948 our diet had a
little more carbohydrate than it
did two years ago because we got
plenty of sugar . . . and supplies
ahead are ample.
Cecil Rhodes, British colonial
statesman, provided in his will for
three-year Oxford scholarships for
about 200 students. Of these 32
scholars are elected from the Uni
ted States; five annual scholarship
allotted to Germany were annulled
in 1916.
Pert Radio Artist
Irks Reds; Is On
Wanted List
By DANIEL DE LUCE C¥)
BERLIN—The prettiest heckler
of the Russians in Berlin is on the
“wanted” list of their political po
lice.
Twice a week, storm or shine,
she makes jokes at Russian ex
pense. Most of Berlin -chuckles.
As long as she stays on the Al
lied side of the boundaiy dividing
this city, blonde Christina Ohlsen
hopes she’ll be safe. But regardless
of dangers the future may bring,
she is now the most popular enter
tainer on RIAS, an American-spon
sored radio station here. It’s man
aged by William F. Heimlich, of
Columbus, Ohio.
She’s a ‘Newsbabe’
Christina calls herself, in Ber
lin slang a newsbabe. Pretend
ing to be hawking newspapers on
a downtown street, she cries out
the headlines with pin-pricking
comment.
It’s a rare week that word or
action by German Communists and
their Russian bosses doesn’t make
her script-writing easy.
The newsbabe fad has grown so
much that little dolls in Christina’s
supposed gamin likeness are sold
in western sectors of Berlin. Each
clutches a bundle of papers and
wears two blonde pig-tails.
Russia Wants Her
RIAS discovered Christina was
on the Soviet wanted list when one
of their reporters was arrested re
cently in East Berlin. Russian of
ficers grilled him angrily about the
newsbabe.
“Nix gut, we’ll catch her yet,”
the reporter said he was told be
fore the reluctant Soviets releas
ed him.
Christina says her ambition was
to be a ballerina. But the Nazis,
she says, sent her to work in a
factory after the war began. Her
health broke down. After convales
cing, she became, a minor comedian
in films and on the stage.
Gets Election Letters
Her most prized radio fan let
ter bears an East Berlin postmark
and is in the crude handwriting of
a day laborer. It arrived just be
fore the anti-Communist city elec
tion in December.
“If we could elect you, little
newsbabe, we’d do it,” the letter
promised. “Then all the politi
cians could sell papers and we’d
have peace in the world.”
Unlike most German theatrical
folk, Christina denies any wish to
emigrate from her ruined home
land. She says:
“I want to stay in Germany and
have a really beautiful life—get
ting paid in laughs.”
She likes RIAS because her pro
gram doesn’t hew to a rigid ideo
logical line. Her barbs find a va
riety of targets. For example, she
disagreed with the American-li
censed Taggespiegel the other day
when it called upon all Berliners to
boycott all theaters in the Soviet
sector.
“Siliy!” retorted Christian. “You
would break down the bridges
which we Berliners need.”
Mrs. H. Shuffler
Reviews New Book
A book review by Mrs. Hender
son Shuffler was the feature of a
meeting held by the Woman’s As
sociation of St. Thomas Episcopal
Church in the Parish house last
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Manning Smith, president,
presided at the brief business ses
sion.
Mrs. Shuffler spoke on Pierre
Lecomte du Nouy’s “Human Des
tiny.” This book concerns the
spiritual view of man as seen
through the eyes of a scientist.
Alternating in pouring at the
tea table were Mrs. F. L. Thomas,
Mrs. G. S. Fraps, Mrs. Orin Hel-
vey and Mrs. A. G. Edmonds. The
table was centered with silver can
delabra holding white tapers. Eng
lish Ivy twined around the candela
bra. A lace cloth was laid.
Serving as hostesses for the
meeting were Mrs. Robert Wil
son, Mrs. Bill Murdoch, Mrs. R.
M. Curran, Mrs. Van Scoates,
Mrs. H. L. Kidd, and Mrs. Fred
Smith.
BANK HOLIDAY
The banks of Bryan and College Station
will be closed Wednesday, January 19,
1949 in observance of Robert E. Lee’s
birthday, a legal holiday.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CITY NATIONAL BANK
FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST CO.
COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK
POTTER
For Spring Comfort. .. Clare
Potter’s long shorts and weskit
of dark green sharkskin. The
weskit is big fashion news.
Aggie Wives
Hold Meeting
At the weekly meeting of the
Aggie Wives Circle of the A&M
Methodist Church, Mrs. Buck
Brown resigned as president. The
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Jake Diddle, last Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. R. N. Henry was chosen to
replace Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Jay
Holt was elected spiritual life
chairman.
The devotional was given by
Mrs. Henry, and Mrs. C. B. Broth-
erton delivered a study on a Civil
Rights theme.
Mrs. C. C. Thrift, a new mem
ber, was welcomed into the circle.
Those present for the meeting
were Mrs. J. S. Mogford, Mrs.
James F. Jackson, Mrs. Orville
Cartwright, Mrs. Jakie Schrum,
Mrs. Wallace Bridges, Mrs. Her
man Stoner, Mrs. Newton Gann,
Mrs. Henry Brown, Mrs. Ferris
Baker, Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Thrift, Mrs.
Brotherton, Mrs. Henry, Mrs.
Buck Brown, and Mrs. Diddle, the
hostess.
Shrimp, Rolls
Food For Thought
Here’s a company dish, easy to
prepare, and soo good to eat! It
calls for 1 five-ounce can of shrimp,
French dressing, 1 small close of
garlic, % cup of finely chopped
celery, 2 tablespoons of mayon
naise, 1 teaspoon of tarragon wine
vinegar, and 14 teaspoon of Wor
cestershire sauce.
You guessed it! We’re going to
make shrimp salad. Here’s what
you do: Drain liquid from can of
shrimp and rinse shrimp thorough
ly under cold running water. Re
move black vein from back of each
shrimp with tip of small sharp
pointed knife. Put shrimp into a
small refrigerator container, cover
with French dressing (about 14
cup) and add a small clove of gar
lic that has been peeled and cut
into quarters. Allow to stand in
refrigerator overnight; turn shrimp
over a few times with a fork or
spoon so that they are all well
marinated in the dressing. When
ready to use, add the finely chop
ped celery, mayonnaise or creamy
salad dressing, tarragon wine vin
egar, and Worcestershire sauce to
the shrimp and mix well. This gives
four servings.
With it why not serve hot
rolls, using the ready-mixed
packages now available at your
Mrs. D. Scoates Speaks
To Garden Club Members
Mrs. Dan Scoates was principal speaker for the A&M
Garden Club when it met Friday afternoon. .
Mrs. Scoates, who attended the Texas Audubon Nature
Camp at Kerrville in June of 1948, explained the purpose of
’ the Audubon Society and gave a
St. Thomas Chapel
Has Parish Meet
For New Year
The annual parish supper and
business meeting of the St. Thomas
Episcopal Church, College Station,
was held Wednesday evening in
the Parish house.
There was a covered dish supper
followed by entertainment by the
vestry quartet and four men chos
en from the audience to vie with
them in “barber shop harmony.”
During the business session
the church treasurer, Charles
Smith, presented the budget for
1949, and it was adopted.
Jack Linn gave a report on the
“Every Member Canvass,” and oth
er reports were: Mrs. Bernard Ba-
ty, new Junior choir; H. L. Math
ews, co-superintendent with Jack
Linn of the Sunday School; Ralph
Shuffler, YPSL; Nancy Raynolds,
YP Fellowship; Jack Linn Jr., Aco
lytes Guild; Mrs. Manning Smith,
Associated Women; and Mrs. Spen
cer Buchanan, Thos. E. Bittle Chap
ter.
Mrs. A. G. Edmonds gave reports
as both the treasurer of the As
sociated Women and as President
of Daughters of the King, and Dr.
Lester Blank reported as treasurer
of the building fund.
Two new vestrymen were
elected, Col. John Cummings and
Jack Linn.
A. G. Edmonds was elected dele
gate to the Texas Centennial Dio
cesan Council to be held in Hous
ton 1 'on Jan. 23 to 25. L. B. Martin
was elected alternate delegate.
Mrs. A. G. Edmonds was elected
delegate to the Council represent
ing the Associated Women and the
Daughters of the King. Alternate
is Mrs. Orin Helvey.
Church Holds
Mission. School
A school of missions is in prog
ress for members of the A&M
Presbyterian Church. It marks the
observance of a season of study
and self-denial for the benefit of
foreign missions which is an an
nual part of the work of the
church. In charge of the school is
the women’s foreign mission sec
retary, Mrs. Jack Miller, and her
committee: Mrs. Raymond Rogers,
Mrs. I. G. Adams, and C. O.
Spriggs.
The study opened with a book
review given last Tuesday by
Frank Coulter. He spoke on Dr.
Frank Price’s “China, Twilight
or Dawn.” There were also spe
cial programs for the children
with Mrs. E. G. Smith in charge
of the primaries and Mrs. Phil
lip Goode in charge of the inter
mediates.
Monday night the membership of
the church me tat the church at
5:30 for a Chinese supper. Dr. Ide
P. Trotter showed pictures which
he took in China, and Dr. John
Vinson, the son of missionary par
ents living in China, spoke on his
life there.
brief summary of the work at the
camp during the summer sessions.
The Texas Garden Clubs are spon
soring this camp and are justly
proud of the interest being shown.
Mrs. Sid Loveless gave the les
son or identification of plant ma
terial, and Mrs. W. W. Armistead
talked on shrubs and flowering
trees. Mrs. Armistead had prepar
ed a chart showing how to achieve
continuous bloom in the yard dur
ing the entire year. Cultivation
was stressed as the best way to
obtain results in blooms. It was
also recommended that flower beds
be raised above ground level in or
der to obtain maximum drainage
and soil aeration.
Mrs. George Potter brought a
collection of flower containers and
explained the importance of con
tainers and accessories in flower
arrangements.
Mrs. Marty Karow and Mrs. J. C.
Mogford were responsible for the
examples of arrangements using
an accessory.
The club calendar was prepared
and presented by Mrs. John Milliff,
and Mrs. J. C. Miller was awarded
the door prize of flower stakes and
vigoro which was presented by
Mrs. Dell Bauer.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
Mrs. A. M. Waldrop, Mrs. Dona
Carnes, Mrs. H. C. Fulgham and
Mrs. Carl Cole.
Bridge Club
Honors Seniors
The Veteran’s Wives Bridge Club
held a party Saturday night in the
South Solarium of the YMCA hon
oring those members whose hus
bands are graduating at midsemes
ter.
There was a table prize at each
table for which the players cut.
High score prize for women was
won by Gwyn Bums; the same
prize for men was won by A. G J .
Koenning. Low score prize went
to Roger Ward, and the traveling
prize was given to Barbara Good-
son.
Acting as hostesses for the eve«
ning were Doris Bennett and Lois
Koenning.
grocery store? They’re econom
ical, and easy to handle provid
ing you allow enough time for
them to rise properly. It takes
about two hours to make them
according to directions.
And here’s another food sugges
tion. Why not serve more liver?
It’s a fairly inexpensive meat (if
any meat may be termed inexpen
sive now.) It’s also very nutri
tious and delicious if properly pre
pared. Get a good grade of beef
liver, salt and pepper it, put a
little grease in your frying pan
and heat, add liver and let it brown
on both sides. When it is browned,
add a little water, put a cover
over the skillet and steam. If you
prefer your liver with onions, cut
them up and place in the liquid
along with the liver and let them
steam, too. Be careful not to over
cook as this makes the liver tough.
Mrs. Don Joyce
Will Teach
Ballroom Dancing
Enrollment for new classes in
ballroom dancing to be conducted
at the Bryan Country Club will
take place at the Club January 24,
according to Mrs. J. R. Lyon, chair
man of this activity of the College
Station Recreation Council.
Instruction will be continued to
junior and senior high school stu
dents by Mrs. Don Joyce, teacher
of the classes now in progress.
Juniors will register at 5:45
p.m., and their class will begin
at 6 p.m. Seniors will register
at 7:20 p.m., with their class be
ginning at 7:30 p.m.
Succeeding instructions will be
given each Wednesday, with jun
iors at 6:30 p.m. and seniors at
7:30 p.m., Mrs. Lyon said.
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