Kwill Klub Plans Essay and Editorial Contest
Austin Kwill Klub members announce an essay and editorial writing contest with prizes in each division to be awarded at the upcoming meeting on February 10. The group met at Mrs. W. T. Decherd’s home at 3404 Guadalpe where Miss Georgia Lucas disclosed December short story contest winners Mrs. W. E. Lander for Whats In a Name Mrs. J. L. Valentine for When Grandma Cried and Mrs. L. T. Adams for Stake All readings were given by Mrs. H. B. McFarland and Mrs. Decherd.
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Austin Kwill Klub
W.T. Decherd
Guadalpe
Georgia Lucas
W. E Lander
J. L. Valentine
L. T. Adams
H. B. McFarland
Home Demonstration Club names committee leaders
Florence January 17 The Home Demonstration Club appointed standing committee chairmen at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Cecil Reed. Appointments include F Miller program chair Reed recreation chair Tom Fisher expansion education chair C B Simmons finance chair Carl Smith marketing chair A J Wade yearbook chair W E Rutledge parliamentarian and Lloyd Lockhart to arrange a bread and cereals demonstration. Next session set January 24 at 2 p m hosted by Mrs. C R Simpson with Mrs. Green Vickers co host. Estella Strayhorn county agent will lead the program.
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Florence
ANL
Cecil Reed
Lloyd Lockhart
Green Vickers
C. R. Simpson
Louie Messer
Estella Strayhorn
Parliamentary Drill Led by Luling Club
Mrs. Ernest Wilson led a parliamentary drill at a Luling Study Club meeting held in the home of Mrs. Joe R. Smith.
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Luling Club
Luling
ANS
Ernest Wilson
Luling Study Club
Joe R. Smith
This Is Thrift Week Play Stages P TA Meeting
Leander January 17 A sixth grade play This Is Thrift Week was shown at a P TA meeting in the school library. J Faught superintendent of schools urged an intelligent conference between teacher and parent to boost understanding of growth and development and how report cards reflect that process. He noted that even bright students vary in growth potential so an A may not mean the same for all. Refreshments were provided by Mrs O J Paught and room mothers of the second grade.
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Leander
P-Ta
J. Faught
O. J. Paught
Building a Productive Soil Presented to Local Club
In Lampasas on January 17 a Home and Garden Study Club meeting featured Mrs. T. J. Casbeer Jr presenting a paper on Building a Productive Soil. Mrs. Owen Mehrens discussed plant types for acid and alkali soils. committees for the gladiola show were named by Mrs. Claude Gray. new members include Mesdames T. J. Kline Leonard Rawlings Gavin Garrett and Jesse Rhoden.
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Gavin Garrett
Jesse Rhoden
Ben Peak
Glenn Thornton
Ruh Neb Temple Sewing Meet at Scottish Rite
Members of Ruh Neb Temple 6 Daughters of the Nile held an all day sewing session in the Scottish Rite Temple dining room. Mrs Harry Bouchard led the project to make articles for crippled children in Shriners hospitals. Luncheon was hosted by Mrs Randolph Warren with assistance from Mrs A F Baker.
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Ruh Neb Temple 6
Daughters of the Nile
Scottish Rite Temple
Harry Bouchard
Shriners
Randolph Warren
A. F. Baker
Mesdames Bart Couch
Anita Jameson
Elizabeth West
Eleanor Miller
Dorothy Hamby
Nora Belle Peck
Sarah Newman
O. G. Williams
Mesdames
A. F. Nanney
Mae Simms
John Kelly
Carl Green
Albert Hooke
A. M. Boone
Gus J. Moos
D. R. Pery
W. M. Oglesby
Harry Nolen
M. H. Flournoy
Pete Ross
L. E. Belding
Earl Dennis
Marie Agrelius
L. A. McAllister
A. H. Swanson
Ray McLean
Marian Rosenblad Feted at Shower
Miss Marian Rosenblad bride elect of Norman Powers was honored at a shower and dinner in Taylor. Rainbow colors decorated the home of Mrs. Dewey Scott with many guests and gifts presented to the honoree.
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Marian Rosenblad
Norman Powers
Central Methodist Church
Gamma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi
Mesdames Loga Friedrich
O. D. Thomas
Robert Hedeen
F. C. Lochte
Roy l L. Wyatt
Frank Hoagland
Molly Lou Keeling
Doris Whittington
Joyce Lacey
Frances Gresham
Catherine Bearden
Doris Nowlin
Hazel Broderick
Jackie Harris
Dorothy Shirley
Dorothy Toungate
Hilleen Wolf
Ed Carlson
Finga Anderson
John Boortz
J. G. Smith
Miss Abbie Forson Engagement Declared for Harold Conlee
Mrs Joe Hannah Forson announces the engagement of her daughter Abbie Forson to Harold Conlee of Georgetown. A wedding date has not been set.
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Taylor
Joe Hannah Forson
Abbie
Harold Conlee
Paul Conlee
Georgetown
Mantel arrangements face shared monotony in homes
Decorators and editors urge readers to rethink mantel styling as most rooms show identical pairs and lifeless symmetry. A plan favors formal balance with simple objects and highlights furniture refinishing. Send 15 cents for Elizabeth Hillyer's booklet to learn do it yourself refinishing.
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Elizabeth Hillyer
Miss Hillyer
Mrs Byron Short Hosts Faculty Wives Tea At Home
The Byron Short home on East 32nd hosted a Faculty Wives Social Club tea with African violets and gardenias as decorations. Hostesses included Mesdames Frederick Eby Banks McLaurin J W Ramsay and many members attended alongside guests such as Mrs J E Throckmorton and Mrs R L Candlin. The gathering featured Eileen Short at the door and Mrs J C Dolley serving coffee.
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Byron Short
East 32Nd
Faculty Wives Social Club
Poetry Society Changes Saturday Meeting Place
The Austin Chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas changes its meeting location to 610 Rathervne at 7 45 p m this Saturday. Mrs Floyd Dunaway hosts with co hosts Mrs John W Pritch ett and Mrs John H Sanford assisting, replacing the previously planned home of Mrs J H Baugh.
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Poetry Society
Austin
The
Poetry Society of Texas
Floyd Dunaway
Rathervne
J. H. Baugh
John W. Pritchett
John H. Sanford
Birthday Tea Honors Mrs. N. G. Ozment at 75th
Mrs. Charles K. Hage hosted a Saturday tea at 400 East 35th to honor her mother Mrs. N. G. Ozment on her 75th birthday. Mrs. W. J. Bledsoe led the coffee service. granddaughters Miss Ann Woodruff and Mrs. Thomas Black cut the cake. About 35 guests attended.
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Charles K. Hage
East 35Th
N. G. Ozment
W. J. Bledsoe
Ann Woodruff
Thomas Black
Law Wives Honor Senior Members At Bridge-Supper
The University of Texas Law Wives Club held a candlelight supper and bridge party at The Homestead honoring departing members, wives of senior law students ending this semester. Honorees included Wiley N. Anderson Jr and several others with past members also recognized.
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Homestead
University of Texas Law Wives Club
Mesdames Wiley N. Anderson Jr
Jack Elliott
Steve Latham
Charles M. Leftwich
Sam W. Love
Jack T. Niland
John C. Langley
Wayne E. Thomas
William A. Seipel
Jack Jackson
Mesdames
James C. Sewell
William Russell
John W. Woodward
Eric W. Moerke
John T. Simmons Jr
George E. Gilkerson
William N. Lampe
Jack Hazelwood
Thomas G. Gee
Rogan B. Giles
Ras Redwine
L. E. Anderson Jr
J. R. Anthony
J. Glenn Barber
William E. Carroll
Sealy H. Cavin
Richard T. Churchill
Robert L. Fairchild
Martin P. Ferrero
Dan Felts
L. G. Gambill
Thomas E. Gee
George E
Charles E. McDonald
Jackie L. McMicken
Eric W. Moerbe Jr
Lonnie Moser
Jerome H. Parker Jr
J. Brooks Peden
Thomas G. Pollard Jr
W. Reed Quilliam Jr
Fount Ray
John T. Simmons
Robert E. Thornton
Jerry V. Walker
John A. Woodward
Liberty Hill HDC Adds 3 Members
Liberty Hill January 17. Three new members Mrs. E M Dumkee Mrs Bob Martin and Mrs Nathan Wetzel joined the Liberty Hill Home Demonstration Club at a meeting hosted by Mrs Charles Perry New president Mrs L M Parker announced C H Perry will head the membership committee Yearbooks were handed out and the council report read by Mrs C M Kauffman The group voted to move meetings from 2 to 230 p m Refreshments were served by the hostess and other members
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Liberty Hill
E. M. Dumkee
Bob Martin
Nathan Wetzel
Liberty Hill Home
Kauffman
Parker
C. H. Perry
Sam Jackson
Dumkee
Wetzel
Fay Cheak
Martin
Gladys Smith
Leo Brooks
T. B. Baker
W. T. Allman
Johnson City Chamber Banquet Planned
Johnson City plans its annual Chamber of Commerce banquet for January 25 at the high school. Herman Knox announces hundred tickets go on sale. Methodist Church women will serve turkey and dressing. New directors and officers will be elected and installed, with an out of town speaker sought by the arrangements committee.
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Johnson City
ANS
Chamber of Commerce
Herman Knox
The
Methodist Church
Knox
Oeltjendiers Huebel Betrothal Reported in La Grange
Frances Huebel of Smithville and Sergeant August Elo Oeltjendiers of La Grange were engaged, announced by the Huebel parents. Sergeant Oeltjendiers is stationed at an Air Force Base in Chandler, Arizona.
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LA Grange
ANS
Frances Huebel
Smithville
August Elo Oeltjendiers
August Oeltjendeits
Alfred Heubel
Oeltjendiers
An Air Force Base
Chandler
Riz
Stern-Anderson Nuptial Rites Read at Palm Valley Church
Bertha Louise Anderson and Victor Henry Stern united in a single ring ceremony Jan. 10 at Palm Valley Lutheran Church. Officiant Rev. O. M. Bloom. The couple will reside in Austin with Bertha employed by FE. M. Scarbrough and Sons and Victor by Cook Paint and Varnish.
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HUTTC
Bertha Louise Anderson
Victor Henry Stern
Palm Valley
Co. G. Stern
Hutto
Stern
Mary Katherine Benad
Round Rock
Edwin
AAUW Austin Branch Holds Panel on Why Members Went to College
At the Austin Woman's Club the AAUW announced a nominating committee with Mrs. Addison Lee as president and Mrs. J L Love as chair. Panelists discussed survey results on why members pursued higher education, featuring Miss Barbara Richards and others with a Texas Economy Commission update.
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Austin
AAUW
Austin Woman's Club
Addison Lee
J. L. Love
Mesdames
Ivan C. Belknap
L. R. Benson
Edwin Titt
Frances Malmberg
National Education Committee
The
Association
S. H. Womack
Frances Thorpe
Mesdames E. L. Galyean
J. B. Malone
Lewis Speaker
Dorothy Gebauer
Barbara Richards
University of Texas
Texas Economy Commission
D. Hoy Eargle
Irby Carruth
T. P. Baker
James L. Grizzard
Howard Berquist
Alden E. Jackson
Education
Square Dancers Plan Llano Gathering Feb 3
Hill Country Square Dancers Club will meet in the Llano high school gym on Feb 3 with Bailey Ratliff as president. Members host the event and guests from San Saba Mason Junction Menard Fredericksburg Kerrville and Brady are expected to attend. The group has met monthly in alternate towns since forming.
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Llano
ANS
Hill Country Square Dancers Club
Bailey Ratliff
Jewish Women's Council Plans Finance Project
The Council of Jewish Women Austin Section held a Wednesday business meeting at the home of Mrs. Sanford Bauman Jr. to discuss a ways and means project and financial planning with board members in attendance.
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Council of Jewish Women
Austin
Sanford Bauman Jr
Enfield Road
Mrs Homer Eddy Heads HD Council
Lampasas County Home Demonstration Council installed officers led by Mrs Homer Eddy as chairman Miss Milbra McFarland as secretary treasurer and Mrs Larry Nelson as reporter The council adopted three recommendations including aid to a state hospital in Austin a Pioneer Home in Lampasas and weekly cookies to Fort Hood hospital Laura Tharp was appointed Lampasas County civil defense chairman with one member from each club to assist her
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Lampasas
Lampasas County
Austin
Pioneer Home
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Fort Hood
Laura Tharp
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Lander
Mesdames Morrow
Josephine Daniel
W. T. Decherd
Pearl Drummond
H. E. Ferree
Paul Goldmann
David Karling
Adolph Koch
McFarland
Ethel Roe
Valentine
Misses Lucas
Rena Reynolds
Nina Lee Weisinger
Lillian Wester
T, B, Williams
Marian Marcia
Ruh Neb Temple
Mesdames Quinten Anderson
Ben Rosenblad Sr
C. H. Anderson
George Dollinger
C. J. Peters
Jack Peters
Ted Fisher
Ed Williams
J. W. Holmstrom Sr
Floyd Anderson
Mollie Wickstrom
H. F. Bergstrom
8. R. Cloud
James F. Scott
Abbie Forson
Austin American Woman’s News
Texas
Chet
Designing Woman
U.S. Pat
Mrs. Byron Short
Faculty Wives Club
Mesdames F. C. Ayer
M. L. Begeman
L. T. Belmont
R. L. Biesele
C. P. Boner
F. M. Bullard
J. W. Calhoun
C. M. Cleveland
J. A. Correll
L. E. Dabney
Raymond F. Dawson
Carl J. Eckhardt
W. A. Felsing
Mrs. N. G. Ozment
Bob Evans
Warner
Narner
Johnson City CC
Huebel
Stern-Anderson
Palm Valley Church
Anita Nell Anderson
Elaine Anderson
Henry Hooper
Doyle Lingren
Carl Stern
Conneer Sanders
Jewish Women’s Council
Homer Eddy
HD Council
Kellogg-Quick
Norcross
Burnet Road
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