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The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 23

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j( MILDRED EWEN'S files represent people and their stories some funny, some sad and some strange. (Daily Mail Photo by Chester Haxves.) DEAR ABBY Designers Of Shoes Should Get The Point DEAR ABBY: A while back you started a campaign to get rid of the sack dress. How about a campaign to get rid of dose horrible pointed shoes? I have held out buying shoes for a year and my feet are almost back to normal again. There are just no comfortable, good looking shoes to be had anymore. Even elderly women are hobbling around in those ridiculous pointed toed, spindly heeled shoes.

And the steel tips arc ruining everybody's linoleum and carpets! Gosh. Abby, can't we do something about it? FOOTSORE AND WEARY DEAR F. AND I am told the women "love" the new pointed shoes. (YcsT and even the spindly heels what ruin the floor covering!) I may be a heel I am not sold! DEAR ABBY: Some ncijh bors of ours were very friendly at first. Then all of a sudden they stopped coming 1o see us.

so 1 went over there one night to sec what was wrong. Through the window I could see her and her husband sitting LODGE ACTIVITIES Past Noble Grands Assn. of Elkhurst Kebckah lodge 03 will mce; Fridav at 6:30 p.m. at the Gier, Eik 10OF Hall. Vjr ginia Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Plans will be made for a dinner in March. A Valentine party will follow, and each member is requested to a Valentine card and handkerchief. Refreshments wiii be served by the president. Grscic Haskins. The regular ruceling of Elk burst Rebcfcah lodge will at 7:30 p.m.

District deputy president of district K. Mrs. A. Brace Campbcil. will make ht official visit.

A social hour will foiiow. 20 YEARS W1TH01T A TITLE Mainstay Of Dentists' Bureau Has Anniversary My WULMA lUGGlMOTILtM, 1' Mail Wwn't E4te Miilred Ewea is having an anniversary Thursday. The day nill mark her 20th year with the Physicians' and Dentists' Bureau. She doesn't have a title. Nobody ever thought of giving her one.

Torough the years she has bien Mildred or Millie to hundreds of clients. Many have never heard her last name. The bureau collects delinquent accounts for professional groups. Mildred "deals with the clients, talking with them and handling final collection steps." This assignment fills her days with both humor and pathos. She's convinced that most people are honest.

Only a small per cent are dishonest and about one per cent are extreme dead beats. Most want to pay their bills and are delighted when we can help them work out a way. "If they are truly medically indigent, we make recommendations." Those who refuse to pay come up with unusual reasons such as the man who wouldn't pay his psychiatrist because "all he did was talk." And there was a woman who returned her hus Greenbrier March 16 13. Prizes at the state level will be: first, S100: second, $25: third, six months subscription to Vogue and a pattern. The state winner will be entered in a national coniest.

Prizes for this are: first, three week trip lo Europe For two. all Logan Art Supervisor Will Speak Members of the Holden Woman's Club will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Hoidcn Rccreaiion Building to hear Mary Ernest S'nclton of Logan. Art Stipervisor of Logan County Schools, speak on "How Television Affects Our Children." Dr. John Harvard give the devotional.

The Club Collect win be led by Mrs. v. S. Coca. Hostesses for the evening wili the Mental Health Committee including Mrs.

Clifford co jgh. Mrs. T. R. Hansaw.

Mrs. Roma Mays. Mrs. W. Carry.

5. coca, Mrs. Clarence band's false teeth explaining he had died and since no one else in the family had been able to use them, she saw no point in paying for them. One woman told Mildred she was just back from her husband's funeral and too i stricken to discuss bills. After apologizing, Mildred became suspicious.

She called the a n's employer. The "deceased" answered the phone. They learned his wife had spent the for medical bills on something else and falsified receipts. Finding people who fail to leave forwarding addresses is another a big job but Mildred has a bit of the tenacity of the Northwest Mounted. After some years she found one ex service man right outside lier office window.

Her last information was that he worked for a window washing company. She asked a staffer to lean out the window and ask the washer if he knew the man. The workman climbed inside the office St Mark's Will Be Hostess April 18 21 To State Conference Of Methodist WSCS The nineteenth annual meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church, will meet at St, Mark's Church in Charleston April 19 21. The executive committee and board ot trustees will meet April IK. Flans for the convention were discussed Tuesday at a meeting held at St.

Mark's. The Charleston District Woman's Society, composed of 66 local societies, will be the hoscss group. Mrs. Andrew Gardner, president of Charleston District, is general chairman of arrangements. Mrs.

H. Walker is co chairman. Official hostess will be Mrs. Ross Culpepper, wife of the Charleston District superintendent of the Methodist churches. Ijocal chairmen for the meeting have 'been named as follows: registration: Mrs.

Paul Hannon. Humphrey's Memorial; transportation, Mrs. Clarence Hermton, Morris Memorial; housing, Mrs. E. Stasch, Christ Church; music.

Mrs. G. H. Overholt, St. Mark's; information.

Mrs. Stanley P. Cavendish, First Church, South Charleston: Communion, Mrs. Tom Ilickerson. St.

Andrew's, St. Albans: first aid. Mrs, Raymond Baldock, St. Mark's: corsages for missions. Mrs.

Frank Crumbaker, Christ Church; ushers and pages, Mrs. T. A. Scbu ARRIVING FOR PLANNING meeting at St. Mark's Church are, left to right, Mrs.

Ross Culpepper, Mrs, Andrew Gardner and Mrs. W. ff; Walker. Mrs. Gardner and Mrs.

Walker are co chairman for a convention of WSCS planned for Charleston and Mrs. Culpepper toil! be "official hostess. Mail Photo by Kay Wheeler.) da. Humphrey's pub Sutton, Sixth Mrs. A.

Walworth, Christ Jicity, Mrs. W. W. Wcrtz, Christ packet, Mrs. Glen Armstrong.

Church; Mrs. E. H. Bowling, St. Church; checkroom, Mrs.

C. R. Morris Memorial; reception, Mark's hostess. FOR CAPITOL DISTRICT there watching television, but I couldn't get in a the screen door was latched. I wrote her a letter telling her I thought it was insulting to lock up a house as tight as a bank so people couldn't even get up on the porch to ring the bell.

She ignored my letter. Don't you think there is something wrong with people who lock themselves in? FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR DEAR FRIENDLY: Folks rarely lock themselves but they frequently lock others out. Latch on to 0 friendlier neighbors. DEAR ABBY: My best girlfriend's husband is the type who "loves his wife but oh, you kid!" He tells her lie has to work late, go to a meeting, and in the meantime he is run ning around with other women. She is a wonderful person.

They have two small children. Do you think it's my place In tell her? This has been going on for about four years. They have been married for five. A VERY GOOD FRIEND DEAR FRIEND: If you arc Inily "a very good friend" tell HIM. not her.

CONFIDENTIAL TO "TROUBLED It's nice lo be important, but it's more important to he nice. "Whai's your problem?" For a personal reply from Abby. send a scif adrircsscd stamped envelope to ABBY. Box 3365. Beverly Hi sis.

Calif. Who pays for what? For pamphlet. "How To Have A Loveiy Wedding." send 5ft to ABBY. Box 33fv. Beverly Hub.

Calif. Hummaszc Set Rummage sale will be Saturday at iO a. m. at the First Pentecostal Church. Patrick Sertet end Sixth Avenue.

Sponsors are the youth oi the Sewing Contest Judging Saturday Capitol District judging of entries in the fourth statewide sewing contest will be held Saturday at 10 ajn. in the Dunbar Woman's Clubhouse with the Dunbar Junior Woman's Club as hostess. The contest is co sponsored by the General Federation of Worn paid, or $1,500 and even's Clubs and the Vogue Pat paid General Fed tem Sendee. eratton convention in Florida District judging js being coord plus for tne winner's inated by Mrs. Clarence Ander club; 'second, 3500 cash and trip son, Capitol District chairman.

to Federatiojl and Mrs. Harry P. Conor, Cap S250 for winner's club: third, itol District president. $250 plus $100 for winner's club. 1 wo winners oc nameti: one from the Junior group and one from the general club.

Tne district winner will be Edith Tabor judged at the state level and the winner announced at the I Federation Convention at The In Detroit The wedding of Miss Edith M. Tabor to Mr. Charles Phillip Hornsby. both of Detroit. is being announced by the bride's mother.

Mrs. Lcsta A. Eastham of Marmct. The bridegroom is the son oE Mrs. Minnie A.

Hornsby of East Washington Street. The Jan. 14th ceremony was held at the home of the bridegroom's hrothcr in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Aniceto Franco of Detroit.

Dr. Aroy Noland was the officiating minister. The bride was alii red in a royal blue wool dress with white accessories. Her only attendant. Mrs.

Har riett Flynn. wore a light beige knit dress. Mr. Jack Hornsby served as best man fcr his brother. A reception was held im mediately fnlio Air the cere mony.

The former Tabor attended Hurricane Hich School and was formerly employed as a nurses at Crjar.cston morial Hospital. Mr. Hornsby attended school? irs Montgnaiarv srvi Patterson. Mrs. W.

E. White, by Kelsey Hays Co. in Detroit Mrs. Howard Mrs. Acer, where the crfirpie arc residing Pack as chairman.

at 433 CommcTwcahh Ave. and towered over the girl saying. "I'm hiiu. What do you The startled girl fled to Mildred exclaiming "it's him' It's him: NOW what do 1 do?" Sometimes requests leave Mildred stumped. One payee called saying she was in a phone booth across the street.

Would Miss Ewen please come to the window and wave so she 1 know "exactly where to come." Mildred did. The woman waved back gaily and was soon in the office paying her bill. Many extra curricular services have gone into Mildred's career like baby sitting in an emergency shopping on anniversary eves physicians delayed in surgery running errands for hospitalized clients or deciphering signatures of new physicians in town. As a notary, she does a great deal of work with death certificates, deeds and wills. If physicians and their helpers have grievances she some Ant Preventive The best preventive measure ants is to keep a spotless kitchen.

Ants are easily attracted by spilled sugar, crumbs or spatter of bacon grease. Trace the ants back to their hiding probably a crack along your sink or baseboards, and then set out an ant trap. Lured by the bait, (he ants will carry it back as food and kill the entire colony. times wnfa both of them until the difficulties are honed out. Mildred started workiog part time for the bureau while in high school and went to full time as soon as she graduated.

She attended Morris Harvey College at night with the goal of becking a dietitian but changed her mind as the bureau grew and her work became more fascinating. A bit sentimental, she n't let her boss. Harry Winston, buy her a new typewriter. She prefers her original one. Her hobby is collecting unusual cups and saucers.

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