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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1948

Page

9

Austin High School Christmas Parties Highlight Season

Austin High School students celebrated the Yale season with a Friday cafeteria reception and a Friday night basketball game followed by a semi formal Christmas dance. Decorations featured cedar, pine, angels, Santa faces, and a snowy gym scene with a long list of student committee volunteers overseeing decorations, publicity, entertainment, and lighting.

Austin Santa Claus Social Council Dale

Foreign Yule Customs Are Giddings Topic

Giddings Study Club held its annual Christmas party with Mrs. Charles A. Hertel as hostess. Theme was Christmas Customs in foreign Lands with talks on England Mexico Sweden Germany and anagrams about carols. Ronald Hertel sang two carols as gifts were handed out by Santa Claus.

Giddings Giddings Study Club Charles A. Hertel W. D. Moody England Emmitt Hannes Mexico Fred Willard Sweden Robert Pieratt Germany Ronald Hertel Santa Claus

Christmas in Other Nations program featured by Beta Sigma Phi

The Alpha Phi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted its annual Christmas party at Miss Ellen Johnson’s home. Emmy Tomlinson and LaNeil Stapp presented a program on Christmas in America and other nations. Gifts were exchanged, carols sung, and guests included Rosalee Ramsey and Stapp as honored visitors, along with Save the Children Federation representatives and many members and friends.

Ellen Johnson Alpha Phi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi John Bogel America Emmy Tomlinson LaNeil Stapp Rosalee Ramsey Nu Phi Mu Austin International Kansas City Dorothy Porter-Smith The Save the Children Federation Percy V. Penneybacker

One-Year-Old Entertained In Washington Heights Party

Ethel Pumphrey aged one was feted by mother Mrs. Henry Pumphrey at their Washington Heights home. Yuletide decorations featured Santa boots and candy canes as guests Winnie Hannah Margaret Hannan Amos Peters III Margaret Ruth Vance Teddy Wittliff Coles Hairston Bob Lehmberg D. D. Davis David Edward Livingston James Bernard Garry John Henry Fox and Henry Pumphrey Jr attended with their mothers.

Mrs Cartier Hosts Asbury WSCS Christmas Party

The home of Mrs H A Cartier at 1305 East 28th hosted a Christmas party for the WSCS of Asbury Methodist Church. Mrs Rex Jackson led the program with devotional by Mrs D R Allison. talks by Mesdames K R Isbell Jr S P Jones and Jim Rowe. Christmas carols were sung and gifts for the church nursery were opened after business. Refreshments served to 21 members and two visitors.

H. A. Cartier East 28Th WSCS Asbury Methodist Church Rex Jackson D. Rhea Allison Mesdames K. R. Isbell Jr S. P. Jones Jim Rowe

Christmas Party For Cedar Creek Home Club

Cedar Creek December 21 A Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Mac Alexander Bastrop entertained Cedar Creek Home Demonstration Club members. Decorations featured holiday motifs with greens and tapers. Games were played and gifts distributed attended by Mesdames Watts Moncuro Templeton Powell Alexander Watt Turner Smith Sim mons Yeast Alexander Wamel Ellis Simmons Sturges and Miss Lena Sturges.

Cedar Creek Mac Alexander Bastrop Mesdames W. P. Watts Walter Moncuro Tommie Templeton C. Y. Powell Andy Alexander T. C. Watt Dewey Turner

Texas Lutheran Alumni Elect New Officers at Spring Party

Travis County Texas Lutheran College alumni held a Christmas party at Frances Pfluger's home. Officers elected for the year were Robert Fuchs as president, Monroe Hagn as vice president, and Frances Pfluger as secretary. An amendment moved meetings to quarterly.

Travis County Texas Lutheran College Frances Pfluger Robert Fuchs Monroe Hagn Miss Pfluger

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