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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1950
Page
7
Store layout highlights Valentine stock across departments on the first floor. Notable items include fabric gloves, satin blouses in magenta royal and sea green, green taffeta dresses, handkerchiefs, leatherette embossed jewelry cases, blue and pink notions, cylinder designs and bags. Stockings, chocolates, silk scarves, chintz curtains, pearl necklaces, and soaps mark specials on first floor displays.
Small chairs skip stuffing with cut-out backs and sling seats while wood arms remain. Dining chairs favor shaping over upholstery. Storage pieces grow narrower and tables nest compactly. Large coffee tables reach 45 inches and sofas exceed seven feet. Upholstered sectionals spread across rooms as Chicago previews at the American Furniture Mart. Elizabeth Hillyer offers color schemes and do it yourself booklets for 15 cents each.
Mrs. C. W. Chewning spoke on Tela in Honduras and Copan ruins at a Pan American Round Table meeting. The event in the Georgian Tea Room featured hosts Mesdames J. E. Hickman Howard Williams and H. T. Manuel, with a lithograph and woodcut art exhibit announced by Dr. Bernard Myers.
Friday evenings from 7 to 9 pm the Chalmers Recreation Center hosts a teenage canteen for children over 13 in Chalmers Courts. Sponsored by the city recreation department with Richard Johnson and Buddy Anderson as chairmen and advisers Miss Joyce Walker John Martinez and Miss Polly Harvey. Social activities and talent shows will be planned by the teenagers.
Acacia actives and alumni with their wives and guests will gather Friday evening at the new Acacia House 2614 Rio Grande from 8 p m to 12 midnight. Dancing and a play staged by the wives of active members will provide entertainment, sponsored by the Acacia Auxiliary.
The executive committee of the Evelyn Wright Women's Association of First Presbyterian Church will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the home of Misses Evelyn and Katherine Wright, 416 A West 11th.
Taylor Feb 7. The Music Club at First Methodist Church will present Music of Romance with Mrs. Claude W. Patterson directing. Mrs. Kennedy Jones assists. performances include piano pieces Wedding March and Liebestraum and several vocal numbers by Miss Moody Miss Simmons and others. Tea at Mrs. Elmore Torn home follows.
Fourth grade students will run the Govalle P-TA program Thursday afternoon at the school. The session opens at 3 15 p m with an invocation by B W McCarty. Fourth grade room mothers will supervise the social period: Mesdames N T Childers M M Lee E H Pounds and C O Etheredge.
Mrs. R. H. Talley will celebrate her 88th birthday with an open house at her Taylor home on Wednesday. Several of her children will travel from out of town to join the event, and friends may call from 3 to 10 pm. Talley was named Mother of the Year in Taylor in 1948.
A luncheon fashion show by the Junior League of Austin spotlighted comfortable day and evening wear under the theme That Wonderful Look of Spring. Models including Mesdames Jack Gray and Al Robinson displayed white lace over linen, navy ensembles, shadowed pockets, and silk creations by Adele Simpson.
Bluebonnet Circle of King's Daughters will meet at 10 30 a m with Mrs Lee Satterwhite 600 Carolyn Avenue for an all day sewing session to produce garments for hospitals and other institutions A birthday luncheon for February celebrants will follow at 1 p m
The Hyde Park Dramatic Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs George Feurbacher 3111 Dancy. Mrs Ray Bolton will present the program.
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