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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
8
A scrambled note shows a price of 8.50 and a postal code 05012 with references to gifts and umbrellas. The legible fragment indicates a sale or purchase context, but details are unclear and missing key nouns or dates.
The First Methodist Church Francis Asbury Class held its annual Christmas party and program on Tuesday evening with hostesses including Mesdames John Simpson Jr and Charles Leggett. Mrs. Wiginton led the business session and gifts were collected for needy children as the group sang carols.
Lytton Springs residents and guests list recent trips and visits. Della Strawn trip to Stoneville Mississippi. Vernon Kelley family and Ronald Evans visited from Austin. Pollards and Williams family members visited Luling and Roswell. Multiple couples from San Antonio Austin and Cedar Creek hosted and visited relatives. Attendees included Mrs W P Watts Cedar Creek hosting a reunion with Lytton Springs families.
West Austin Baptist Church hosted a Tuesday night banquet in its hall for three young married women classes the JOY Deble mar and Dorcas groups. Guests and members wore Christmas decor as tables carried white and green runners and crystal candlesticks.
The University Newcomers Club announces a Christmas dance from 8 p m to midnight Friday at the University Club 2304 San Antonio honoring Dr and Mrs T S Painter Dr and Mrs J C Dolley Mr and Mrs C D Simmons Dr and Mrs R N Little Jr and Mr and Mrs Roy R Krezdorn Hosting is the Music Group chaired by Mrs Robert N Adams.
Hattie Lucile Dowell Study Club, composed of officers from five Austin OES chapters, met Friday night at Mrs. David P. Hamner’s home on Reagan Terrace. President L. E. Lane led a discussion on light and the Christmas spirit. scripture roll-call. a study discussion by Mrs. Dowell. gifts exchanged. refreshments served to members including Baker Warren Dowell Curley Chandler and Hamner.
Mrs. D. T. Starnes will address the AAUW International Relations Group at the University Tea House at 12 30 p m Friday. She discusses observations from England this fall and her Britain born family including nephews Robert James and Barbara Bray who stayed with her during the war. Reservations through Mrs. Walter L. Pondron at 8 6214 before Thursday noon.
Traditional winter concert of the University Junior High Orchestra will be presented in the school auditorium at 7 45 p m Friday director of the group is Frank Phil lips Included in the Christmas selections to be played are Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts Hark the Herald Angels Sing Adeste Fideles and Silent Night Soloists will be Ellen Sue Roach playing Serenade by Franz Schubert and Sybil Bruck playing Intermezzo Sinfonico by Pietro Mascagni Organized in the spring of 1945 the orchestra has grown from five to 42 members of which 22 are string players The musicians won highly superior rating at the Texas Interscholastic League Orchestra Festival last March Members are Dennis Brown Josephine Klotz Sybil Bruck Iris Stewart John Wiley Sarah Johnson Nell Ricketts and Annabelle Williams first violins Laurie Stone Sandra Moore Delaine Leman Charlene Boyd Ava Jean Rodgers Jerry Mann Charles Paris Hames Jones and Horace Perry second violins Also Ellen Sue Roach Janis Grumbles Russell Gregory and Nat Davis cellos and viola Lona Stenzil Floy Seekatz Charles McCullo ugh Mary Hugh Colley Ruth Prouse Knox Clark James McFar lan and Jimmy Lee Hull wood winds Jim Hart Bobby Courter Bobby Bohn Marcia Hearon Dale Henderson Eugen Chick Jack Woods and Keith Grimes brass and Henry McCown and Clyde Berry percussion
Ridgetop P-TA schedules two Christmas musical programs led by Virginia Caldwell music chair. The 96 voice student chorus from fifth and sixth grades performs at 1 30 p m Wednesday with a repeat at 7 30 p m Thursday during the P TA conference. Ann Bishop reads the Biblical Christmas story. J W Edgar Austin Public Schools superintendent will speak on the Gilmer-Aiken report.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Oakley of 1108 Reagan Terrace expect Mrs. Oakley’s brother H A Kern and Mrs. Kern from San Diego California as holiday guests. They are to arrive Tuesday.
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