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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1950

Page

7

Radio and Grooming Topics at Taylor B P W Club

Taylor Feb 25 The Taylor Business and Professional Women's Club heard talks on radio by Mrs Gillis Conoley of Station KTAE and on good grooming by Miss Ethel Dyer. The meeting at Mrs C G Davison's featured autumn leaves decor and reports on potential projects including support for the Moffett fund for women in medical research.

Federal Communications Commission Miss Dyer Taylor Frank Svoboda Mayo Tanner C. C. Warren Aubrey House Anna Beth Stewart Ethel B. Hodge John Cornforth Jerry Ivicic Clinton McAdams Homer Gilstrap Gillis Conoley Ed Rhodes Rebecca Robertson Ethel Dyer Frieda Joseph Frances Fullerton Floy Jones Mary Agnes Roddy

Manchaca HD Club Hears Two Talks

The Manchaca Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Sam Speir s home with Ms. Fred Seibert explaining seed inoculation against lung diseases. Mrs. Claude A. Martin demonstrated piecrust making and plans for a charity project were discussed. Mrs. J R. Jones was named as delegate to the district meeting in Austin in April.

Manchaca Fred Seibert Sam Speir Claude A. Martin J. R. Jones Austin Edward Carrington Joe Rowles W. O. Moreland

Austin Community Chest Women Set Begin Work Tuesday

The Community Chest division plans a Tuesday 10 a.m. meeting at the Community Chest and Council building to organize 25 teams led by five district leaders. Mrs. R. V. Miller will outline plans with Wayland D. Towner and announce the 25 team captains as volunteer workers prepare to solicit about 2,000 Austin businesses.

Austin Community Chest R. V. Miller Community Chest and Council Guadalupe Willie Kocurek Miller Wayland D. Towner The Austin Community Chest Lucile Morley John C. Tirado C. C. Calvert George R. Snowden Fred L. Sharp

Sweetheart Banquet Wins 100 Attend at Lampasas Church

Lampasas reports more than 100 attendees at the annual Sweetheart Banquet by the Intermediate and Young People's Training Union of the First Baptist Church. The event at the church educational building featured Norman Davis as master of ceremonies, R H Mathison's devotional, Bill Keltner presenting king and queen Alton Berry and Nine Lee Jones, group singing, Bill Tanner's evangelistic message, a Betty McGuire vocal solo, and Peggy Morris reading.

Bill Tanner Betty McGuire Peggy Morris

Austin Girl Helps Stage Stephens College Show

Miss Shirley Ruth Moody of Austin, a Stephens College student in Columbia, Missouri, chaired makeup for the Panhellenic Follies. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Moody, she belongs to Sigma Alpha Chi sorority. The three act show titled A Century of Progress on Basin Street carried the Basin Street theme.

Shirley Ruth Moody Austin Stephens College Columbia E. B. Moody Northwood Road Moody Sigma Alpha Chi Sorority Basin Street

Designing Woman Furnishings From Postwar Air Plane Maker

An air plane manufacturer turned furniture maker premiers a dressing table chest in mahogany like wood avodite with enamelled aluminum drawers on steel channels. The piece features steel angle joinery and a finish applied before assembly with tops resistant to boiling water and chemicals. Elizabeth Hill yer offers a booklet on color schemes for every room by sending 15 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to the newspaper.

Elizabeth Hillyer Miss Hillyer

Mrs Rose Fife Honored At Surprise Birthday Shower

In Elgin on February 25 the Woman's Council of Central Christian Church arranged a surprise birthday shower for 81 year old Mrs Rose Fife. The event followed a program on The Plight of Old Age with musical numbers by Mrs John Lowell and Mrs M W Winters, and an original piano piece by Mrs Fife.

Elgin ANS Rose Fife Woman's Council of Central Christian Church Warren Arbuckle Whispering Hope John Lowell M. W. Winters John Brooks the Brooks Jefferrs C.E. Fraim Mesdames Rose Fife C. E.graim M. V. Winters

Mrs Challstrom Honored at Surprise Birthday Party

Mrs Gunnar Challstrom was honored with a surprise birthday party at her Hutto home recently. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. O. H Holmstrom, Miss Frances Holmstrom, and many Holmstrom and Johnson family members from Granger and Austin, with numerous relatives in attendance.

Lambert Holmstrom C. F Jernquist Verner Swenson Arthur Ollander P. R. Lidell Theo Pearson Mamie Hultin Marjorie Pearson Mabel Wegstrom

First Anniversary Observed at Party By W. H. McCord

Mr and Mrs Warres Harold McCord marked their first wedding anniversary with an open house at 4205 Marathon Boulevard. Pink blue and yellow daisies adorned the living room as guests including T McVey W A Chapman Otto Obermiller Mamie Hastedt Susie Muller Elizabeth Zschiesche N J Robensburg E F Shropshire Preston Parish William McCord Jeanette Flachmeier Emily Jo Blanche Virginia Meek Ernestine Kowerschke David Gayle Sullivan Norris McCord attended.

Warres Harold McCord Marathon Boulevard Messrs. and Mesdames T. McVey W. A. Chapman Otto Obermiller Mesdames Mamie Hastedt Susie Muller Elizabeth Zschiesche N. J. Robensburg E. F. Shropshire Preston Parish William McCord Jeanette Flachmeier Emily Jo Blanche Virginia Meek Ernestine Kowerschke David Gayle Sullivan Norris McCord

UT NAUD Fashion and Bridge Groups Convene Members

UT NAUD fashion group met in the Texas Union ladies lounge with Mrs. Helen Sellers of the Community Chest and Mrs. M Marguerite Stephenson discussing spring hats and store hats. Bridge group gathered at the campus cafeteria adding a beginners table and canasta and awarding prizes to Mrs Forest McDonald, Mrs J W Jones, and Mrs Robert A Booker.

University of Texas NAUD The Texas Union Helen Sellers Community Chest M. Marguerite Stephenson Goodfriends William F. White A. J. Russell Thomas H. Thompson Mesdames A. G. Cargile Jr Jim Gober J. M. Bernson Bill Carter Marvin Masur Pat Williams J. T. Terrell Charles Queen Mesdames Williams D. Jones Lloyd Wlavka Thomas Turman Kay Noble Mesdames Forest McDonald J. W. Jones Rob

Dr Primer to Speak at Travis County Council Meeting

City and county health officer Dr Ben Primer will be guest speaker for the Travis County Council of Women meeting Thursday morning. The group meets at 10 30 a m at Mrs T L Helton s home on RFD 3 Austin with the topic Health Pediatrics to Geriatrics.

Dr. Primer Council of Women Ben Primer Travis County Council of Women T. L. Helton RFD Austin Primer

Evangelical Free Group Meeting Planned at Church

A meeting of the ladies and society of the Evangelical Free Church is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the church. Miss Virginia Williams will be principal speaker on the program arranged by Mrs Axel Blomquist. Hostesses will be Mesdames Roy Ryden Dewey Johnson Carlos Anderson and Wesley Johnson.

Ladies and Society of the Evangelical Free Church Virginia Williams Axel Blomquist Mesdames Roy Ryden Dewey Johnson Carlos Anderson Wesley Johnson

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Taylor B&pw Mesdames Carrington, Siebert,, Moreland, Martin, Jones, Bowkles Robert Bauerle F. W. Biggs Ray T. Karr Clara Long Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham Penthnes Lydia E. Ablets Santone Y Enfield Warier Edinburg Epergnes Colorado Street Community Chest Division Alice Condron Raymond Johnson Baptist Parsonage Kenneth Sellers J. T. Jennings Marble Falls Arvid Carlson Johnson Ila Condron Elgin High School Lawson Rivers Chevrolet Miss Condron Vivian Scales Howard McGee Mesdames Vernon Taylor H. C. Olson Will Gage O. Scott Austin Girl Designing Woman U.S. Pat of Condron W. C. Eggleston Ozie Brown Finch Dunkin James Adams Joe Taylor G. B. Frazier George Bell Frazier Carter Frost Yaring Vanity Fair Mrs. Challstrom W. H. McCords Naud Fashion Ert A. Booker Gilbert L. Danielson Carl V. Tibbetts Forest McDonald Gilbert L. Taft Harold R. Ray Douglas Huie Robert A. Booker A. H. Grice Meg McAdams Thomas F. Thompson Jack Rannenburg Lyda Mitchell J. R. Timmerman Eli Mayburg Pat Stovall James Meyers Victor C. Sumner J. C. Sloan Kitty Walker Batiste and Eyelet Congress Cash Evangelical Free Group
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