*
Here’s a view taken during construction of the R.. H.
Fletcher home in Beverly Estates. It was a family project
* with all members pitching in to help.
' Miss Martha Fletcher
proves that you’re never too
young to help build a home,
especially if it’s your own.
'Both Martha and her brother
Skippy, children of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Fletcher, helped
lay the blocks for their own
rooms and they are rightly
proud of their accomplish
ment.
Bulletin Board
VETERANS WIVES BRIDGE
CLUB, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on
3rd floor, YMCA.
Mrs. W. H. Myers
Speaks to Club
On the Bible
Discussions of the Fourth Dis
tinct Federation meeting to be
held here Feb. 28 occupied mem
bers of the Extension Service Club
a ttheir meeting Thursday after
noon in the YMCA lounge.
Mrs. Fred Elliott, vice-president,
presided in the absence of the
president, Mrs. 0. G. Tumlinson.
After the business session,
Mrs. R. E. Burleson, program
chairman, introduced Mrs. W.
Hudson Myers who presented ^he
second of a series of Bible study
lectures. She spoke on “Dispen
sations of the Bible.”
Refreshments were served to
thirty members and guests. Sal
mon-colored gladioli and pansies
were used for decoration.
Guests for the occasion were
Mrs. Eli Taffinder of Oglesby,
Mrs. John Hutchinson of Bay City,
and Mrs. W. V. Powell of San
Antonio.
Serving as hostesses were Mrs.
Jo. Mathews, chairman; Mrs. J. F.
Rosborough; Mrs. W. C. Banks;
Mrs. W. S. Allen, and Mrs. Uel
Thompson.
Mrs. Gollard
Gives Party
Mrs. F. G. Collard entertained
with a bridge-Stanley party at
her home in College Station, re-
cently.
After the Stanley demonstration,
bridge was played by the guests,
and high and low score prizes
were given.
Later the hostess served coffee
and donuts to the fourteen guests.
Shimmering Iridescence . . . .
JUSTIN McCARTY plays a fashion trump with
iridescent rayon chambray; takes all the tricks
with a flattering dress adorned with jewelled
buttons. The skirt is gathered, has a convenient
pocket. Green mink, delphian blue, rose quartz.
7’s to 15’s — 10’s to 20’s
$17.95
/
Cauthen Circle
Has Banquet
The Cauthen circle of the WMU,
First Baptist church of College
Station held a third anniversary
banquet last Tuesday evening in
the social rooms of the church.
The president, Mrs. R. E.
Snuggs, led the invocation, and
then Mrs. N. T. Gault, circle chair
man, took charge of the program.
Mrs. R. R. Hunt gave a history
of the circle and presented char
ter members and the sponsor, Mrs.
R. L. Brown who has served in
that capacity since the circle was
organized.
Dr. L. B. Reavis and Joe Trus-
sell who are holding services at
the church during Religious Em
phasis Week spoke to the group.
Mrs. Brown, led the benediction.
Decorations were mirrored
plaques with tapers and water
lilies resting on them. Burning
birthday candles were at each
place and also a program in the
shape of a “3.”
Mrs. Chas. Sewell, Mrs. Billy
Stewart, and Mrs. Jack Hubbard
planned the menu.
Twenty circle members were
present and the following special
guests: Dr. Reavis, Mr. Trussed,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Snuggs, and
Rev. and Mrs. R .L. Brown.
Play Is
Safety Valve
For Tykes
By DAVID TAYLOR MARKE
AP Newsfeatures
“It’s not easy for adults to see
the value of play for children.
Subtle deep-rooted attitudes make
us resist the whole idea. We refuse
to plan for play. We squeeze it
out of our schools as soon, as we
can. So long as it must go on we
accept it grudgingly and starve it.
The country that once proudly pro
claimed the pursuit of happiness
as a legitimate human goal now
feels apologetic if its children have
fun.”
So says Dr. James L. Hymes,
professor of education and author
of two well known pamphlets, “A
Pound of Prevention” and “Enjoy
Your Child,” speaking before the
annual conference of the Play
Schools Association.
But, continues Dr. Hymes, if we
can shed our out-worn folklore
and if we can spot these hidden
pressures on us in our today’s
living, the value of play for chil
dren can be easily seen and ap
preciated.
A child growing up, he says,
needs a world where, for a time,
the tables are turned and he is
the boss. In play he can make
that world.
He needs a world where the pen
alties are not too severe if he acts
the way he feels. In play he can
make that safe world.
A child needs a world cut down
to his size, a world he can cope
with, a world just a little freer
from restrictions that are too
much for him to handle with ease.
In play he can create that world
where time and distance and
speed and gravity do not have the
force that they have in real life;
where cleanliness and order and
politeness do not have the standing
that they do in real life; where
even the inevitable restriction of
small size and lack of skill and
inexperience are not as binding
as they must be to a child.
To build a play world, Dr.
Hymes says, children need raw
materials they can shape; sand
and dirt and water; clay and
paints; wood, raw wood, boxes
and barrels and boards; wheels;
(lolls; rope . . . the odds and
ends of closets and junk yards,
the left-overs of kitchens and
garages and barns, the scraps
from shops and cellars and at
tics.
Good play offers children suc
cess, he says. Good play offer’s
children complete absorption and
intense interest. Good play offers
Sore Throat:
CASE NO. 1349: A girl, age 9,
suffering for past year from fe
ver, aching legs, sore throat,
frequent colds, earache, consti
pation, and delicate health gen
erally, was taken to a chiro
practor for spinal analysis and
X-ray examination although
family friends laughed at the
idea. Rough play had caused
a spinal injury which had been
overlooked. Corrective adjust
ments brought rapid return to
vigorous health which caused
her entire family to become pa
tients also. She remained well
by visiting the chiropractor af
ter any hard falls.
Home Knitting
Booms in U.S.
By DOROTHY ROE
Associated Press Fashion Editor
The steady click of needles is
heard through the land, as home
knitting hits a new high.
Following a survey of yarn sales
the American Wool Council esti
mates that one out of every six
women in the United States will
own a hand-knit or crocheted suit
or dress this winter—one that she
has made herself.
Socks, sweaters and berets will
continue to flow from the knitting
bag in increased numbers, but the
big interest is in hand-knit suits
and dresses, say yarn manufac
turers.
This new and ambitious inter
est is attributed to the high-price
of custom knit garments and to
the improved yarns and patterns
now on the market. These make it
possible for women to turn out
smart, professional-looking gar
ments in a minimum of time. The
results are far different from the
shapeless, sagging garments turn
ed out by proud knitters of a de
cade ago.
High-style details, simplified in
structions and sag-resistant yarns
have made the difference, as well
as improved methods of sizing and
blocking.
Today’s hand-knit styles are in
step with the ’49 silhouette, and
smart women all over the country
are knitting their own.
children the chance to slough off
uncomfortable feelings. Good play
has a healing and a strengthening
power.
“Today,” concludes Dr. Hymes,
“we ai’e about to spend large
sums on remedial work, patching
people up so that they can stand
the strains of modern living. Good
play can save us some of that
money. It can be the means for
keeping uncomfortable feelings
within bounds so that children,
as they grow, can face life and
live it, rather than retreat from
it or unreasonably attack it.”
Asthma:
CASE NO. 1442: A little boy of
five was brought to a Chiro
practic Clinic suffering from
Asthma which he had had since
birth. Various treatments had
failed to do more than relieve
each spell. Examination dis
closed a vertebrae at the top of
the spine causing nerve inter
ference and defective energiza
tion of the air sacs of the lungs.
Corrective adjustments restored
the spinal alignment to normal
and the Asthma has not re
turned during the past year.
Mrs. Madeley Is
In Charge Of
Reservations
Mrs. Edward Madeley, reserva
tion chairman for the Campus
Study Club, has stated that all
reservations for the Fine Arts
dinner to be held Monday night,
Feb. 28, must be in by noon Sat
urday, Feb. 26.
The dinner is to be held in
connection with the Fourth Dis
trict Women’s Federated Club
Convention which will convene
in Bryan and College Station
Feb. 28 and March 1.
Other members of the reserva
tion committee are Mrs. J. A. Orr,
Mrs. Ray Oden, Mrs. Bob Curran
and Mrs. L. P. Richardson. Reser
vations may be made by calling
any of these ladies.
Husband Rebels,
Starts Precedent
With Party
It’s a wise husband who can
turn the tables on his wife. Maxie
Powell of 18A Vet Village did just
that when he entertained with a
Stanley Party for men only Thurs
day night. One lady was allowed
to be present, the Stanley repre
sentative, Mrs. Lois Lykins.
Maxie got tired of sitting home,
keeping the children while his wife
went to a number of Stanley par
ties which were being given in Vet
Village. He decided to find out
what it was all about; so he call
ed the Stanley representative and
booked a party of his own, “no
wives allowed.”
Seventeen of his friends left
their wives at home to come to the
party. Maxie served sandwiches,
cookies, and cold drinks, all pre
pared by himself. However, it was
proved that women were indispen-
sible to the party, after all, as
many husbands had to run home
to ask their wife’s advice on which
products to buy.
A door prize was won by Sonny
Dillison of College View, and he
has decided to give a similar party
of his own.
Promptly at 9:30 the wives ap
peared at the Powell’s to escort
their husbands home, none too hap
py about the whole business. The
precedent being established, they
realized that their husbands might
like this partying idea and so be
difficult to persuade to stay at
home in the future.
Veterinary Wives
Organize Society
The Freshman Wives Veterinary
Medical Club was organized Mon
day night in the home of Mrs.
C. D. Bourke.
At this first business meeting
Mrs. C. D. Bourke was elected
president, Mrs. T. B. Angel vice
president, Mrs. W. S. Nichols Jr.
secretary-treasui’er and Mrs. R. J.
Goodwin reporter. Fourteen ladies
were present at this first meet
ing and refreshments were served.
The members, decided to hold re
gular meetings on the first Tues
day of every month.
Heaton Announces
Spring Enrollment
Final registration at A&M for
the spring semester is 7,450, H. L.
Heaton, registrar, announced. Of
these 1,200 are freshmen students
at the Bryan Air Field Annex.
Registration for the 1949 spring
semester closed Wednesday, Febru
ary 16, Heaton said.
Corned beef hash makes up about
one-tenth of all meats packed in
tin cans.
Newcomers Hold
Washington
Bridge Party
The Newcomers’ Club met Wed
nesday afternoon in the YMCA
for a session of bridge.
A George Washington decorative
theme was used. The tea table was
centered with a silhouette of Wash
ington, and white tapers and red
and blue streamers completed the
decoration.
Hostesses were Mrs. Richard
Mitchell, Mrs. Sam Southwell, Mrs.
L. S. Dillon, Mrs. John Merkle,
and Mrs. Dale Wretlein. ‘
Mrs. Harry Stiteler won high
score prize and Mrs. Joe Benish
won second.
Mrs. Garland Hammer and Mrs.
William King were welcomed as
new members.
Eight tables of bridge were fill
ed for the meeting.
Simple Meals
Feature Salads
Cookings fun, if you plan it
right. Cecily Brownstone, the AP
cooking editor, lists two menus and
special salads which, seem simple
and ’ interesting to prepare.
Hearty Luncheon Salad*
Hot Yeast Rolls
Fresh Pears
Currant Jelly
Coffee
(Recipe for Starred Dish Fol
lows)
Hearty Luncheon Salad
Ingredients: 2 cups elbow maca
roni, 1 cup diced celery, diced sweet
pickle (to taste), 1 green pepper,
1 cup diced sharp yellow cheese,
% cup cooked drained peas (fresh,
canned or quick-frozen), cooked
salad dressing, salad greens.
Method: Mix the macaroni, cel
ery, sweet pickle, green pepper,
and cheese together in a mixing
bowl. Add the peas and salad
dressing and mix lightly; serve
bn salad greens. 4 servings.
Chili con Carne
Steamed Brown Rice
Apple Slaw on Watercress*
Heated French Bread Loaf
Cheese and Crackers
Beverage
(Recipe for Starred Dish Fol
lows)
Apple Slaw on Watercress
Ingredients: 2 cups finely shred
ded cabbage, 1 cup grated raw car
rot, 1 cup diced tart apple (do not
peel), finely grated onion (to
taste), salt and freshly ground
pepper (to taste), mayonnaise or
creamy salad dressing, water-
cress.
Method: Toss the cabbage, car
rot, apple, and onion together in
a salad bowl. Add salt, pepper and
salad dressing. Serve on bed of
watercress, heaping salad over
stems and allowing leaves to show.
Tessies '68
\
Mr.' and Mrs. Julius H. Pettit, a
daughter, born Feb. 10 at St. Jo-
seph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell D. Wall
ing of College Vieew, a daughter,
bom Feb. 12 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lewis of
College View, a daughter, born
Feb. 17 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Gorden E. Kerr, a
daughter, born Feb. 18 at St. Jo
seph’s.
Magee Represents
Brazos Scouts
Jake Magee, a Life Scout from
Troop 10 2, College Station,
represented the Brazos district in
statewide Texas ceremonies inaug
urating the Boy Scout Crusade to
“Strengthen the Arm of Liberty.”
BOYCE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
309 West 29th
X-RAY APPOINTMENTS
NEUROCALOMETER DIAL 2-2085
PALMER GRADUATE
CLINIC
REPORT
“What A New Science
Is Doing!”
J. E. Boyce, D.C.
CHILD CARE
CROCHETED TAILLEUR . . . The hand-crocheted suit on the left is made in
soft cedar green wool, a perfect foil for accessories in many new, interesting colors.
It packs like a sweater and cost about $28. to make. The TRI-COLOR KNIT on the
right is in Placid blue with bodice stripes in white and oak-leaf brown. Both this
high-style hand-knit dress and its matching blue broadcloth cape coat may be made at
home at a reasonable cost.
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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1949
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Campus Study Club Plans
Federation Dinner, Program
The Campus Study Club met in regular session last
Tuesday afternoon in the YMCA on the Campus.
The club president, Mrs. H. L. Heaton, presided over
the business meeting during which Mrs. A. W. Melloh and
fMrs. D. R. Lewis were elected
La Villita, D.A.R. | delegate and alternate, respective
Elects Delegates
At Special Meet
The La Villita Chapter of the
D.A.R. elected delegates to the
Texas Golden Jubilee Conference
when it held a called meeting Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. R. E. Patterson.
The Conference will he held at
Galveston in March, and the pres
ident general of the D.A.R., Mrs.
Roscoe C. O’Byrne, will be guest
of honor.
Delegates elected are Mrs.
L. L. Fouraker and Mrs. F. B.
Brown. Alternates are Mrs. R. R.
Lancaster, Mrs. R. E. Callender,
Mrs. J. J. Sperry, Mrs. J. W.
Barger, Mrs. E. B. Reynolds,
Mrs. Art Adamson, Mrs. John
Mitchell, Mrs. L. S. Paine, Mrs.
R. E. Patterson and Mrs. Jack
Clark.
To enable the regent, Mrs. Four
aker, to make her annual report
to the state regent this month, the
annual reports of the chairmen of
the various committees of the
chapter were made at this meeting.
Today the chapter will hold an
old-fashioned box supper at the
home of Mrs. E. B. Reynolds in
observance of Washington’s birth
day. The supper will be held at
6:30 p.m. and Mrs. J. W. Barger
and Mrs. F. B. Brown are com
mittee chairman and program
leader, respectively.
VM’51 Wives
Elect Officers
The regular meeting of V.M. ’51
Wives Club was held Feb. 16, at
the home of Mrs. Ruby Fuchs, with
Mrs. Delores Murry and Mrs. Hap
py Parkhill assisting. Twenty nine
members were present at the
meeting presided over by Pres.
Frances Dayhle.
Election of new officers high
lighted the meeting with Mrs. Ruby
Fuchs being selected as president,
Mrs. Edna Landrum vice-president;
Mrs. Holly Wommack, secretary;
Mrs. Eleanor Baker, treasurer;
Mrs. Hazel Parker, benevolance of
ficer; and Mrs. Dorothy McDonald,
reporter. Mrs. Betty Duwe was
named social chairman by the
newly elected president.
Upon request by letter from
the V.M. ’49 Wives Club, Mrs.
Frances Dayhle was selected to be
one of the candidates presented to
the Junior American Veterinary
Medical Association in the election
of a Duchess to the Cotton Pageant
by the A.V.M.A.
Special guest for the evening
was Mrs. Sam Kruz.
Aggies '68
Mr. and Mrs. Romulo Cervantes
Jr., a son, born Feb. 15 at St. Jo
seph’s Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. White
of Vet Village, a son, born Feb.
19 at St. Joseph’s.
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Flanders,
a son, born Feb. 21 at St. Joseph’s.
ly, to the Fourth District Conven
tion of Federated Clubs which will
meet in Bryan and College Station
Feb. 28 and March 1.
Appointed to act as pages dur
ing the convention were Mrs. Roy .
Carpenter, Mrs. Joe Benish, Mrs.
P. G. Murdock, Mrs. G. T. Hill,'
Mrs. James Tinsley, and Mrs. Roy
Garrett. Mrs. F. B. Clark and Mrs.
L. R. Richardson were appointed to ’
the arrangements and properties
committee.
Mrs. J. C. Culpepper, co-chair
man of the planning committee, ,
and Mrs. A. W. Melloh, chairman
of the fine arts program told
their plans for Feb. 28. A din
ner will be held at 6:45 p.m. at
Sbisa Hall. A fine arts program
will take place in Sbisa at 8:45
p.m. Formal or informal dress
may be worn at the dinner. The
theme for the decorations and
for the fine arts program will
be The Spirit of Aggieland, Past,
Present, and Future.
Of the 152 federated clubs in
the fourth district, at least 125
will send delegates to the spring
meeting, said Mrs. H; W. Card-,
ner, district president.
A report from the American'
Home committee given by Mrs.
C. W. Crawford told of an essay
contest to be held in A&M Con
solidated school on some phase of
home life.
Members voted to contribute to
the International United Nations
Children’s Emergency Relief Fund.
After the business meeting Mrs;
Carl Lyman introduced Mrs. G. E.
Madeley who spoke on fashion de-'
sign, using live models to illustrate.
her talk. Spring suits, dresses, and
hats were modeled by Mrs. R. M.
Curran, Mrs. Tom Covey, Jr., Mrs..
L. S. Paine, Mrs. John Ashton,
Mrs. Homer Adams. Mrs. P. W.
Barker, Mrs. R. F. Wall. Mrs. J. B.
Johnson, Mrs. W. F. Farrar, and
Mrs. Charles Tigner. Mi’s. Farrar
was co-chairman with Mrs. Made-
ley for the program.
Hostesses were Mrs. Carl Ly
man, Mrs. W. B. Langford, Mrs.
J. B. Baty, and Mrs.. Allen. Watson.
The meeting scheduled for
March 1 will be cancelled because
of the Federation meeting.
WACS Invade
West Point
WEST POINT, N. Y.. Feb. 3
OP)—About those new WACs at the
U. S. Military Academy—yes, the
cadets will he allowed to date
them.
Nine of the enlisted women have
arrived here to be trained as med
ical technicians—the first female
soldiers ever stationed at the acad
emy.
The WAG detachment is expect
ed to reach 56 within a month.
As for the social side, Mrs. Doris
Barth, cadet hostess, said the
WACs may date cadets “subject
to the usual restrictions.”
That means a cadet can take a
WAC to a movie, an athletic con
test and other events on the post.
He can take her to a Saturday
night hop, but must be back in his
quarters an hour after the dance
ends at midnight, or 45 minutes '
after he leaves the dance.
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