Nursery Students Make Doll Clothes Plant Seeds Bulbs
A work and play party for the University Methodist Church nursery department led by P. J. Anthony drew about 70 attendees including mothers and teachers. Mothers and teachers chose projects at centers such as housekeeping making doll items, story book posters, and a nature center for bulbs and seeds supervised by named organizers.
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University Methodist Church
P. J. Anthony
John Beard
Anthony
H. C. Story
John P. Guinn
J. F. Stevens
H. F. Murrow
Gerald M. Clapton
Story Book Center
James R. Reed
Newlyweds Gilmore Return Home to Henley Residence
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilmore have returned from a wedding trip and settled in Henley. The bride, formerly Mrs. Victoria Smith, was employed by Western Reserve Life Insurance until shortly before the marriage. The groom works for an oil pipeline company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilmore
Henley
Gilmore
Victoria Smith
Western Reserve Life Insurance Company
Presidential Platforms Are Forum Topic at Austin Junior Forum
Mrs. De Witt Reddick leads a forum on presidential platforms during the Austin Junior Woman's Forum lunch. Attendees include Mesdames Arno Nowotny DeWitt Reddick C N Chapman Kenneth Pope M P Ball J W Lawless Rex Shields Herbert Bohn R Max Brooks and hostesses.
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de Witt Reddick
Austin
Junior Woman's Forum
Arno Nowotny
DeWitt Reddick
C. N. Chapman
Kenneth Pope
M. P. Ball
J. W. Lawless
Rex Shields
Herbert Bohn
R. Max Brooks
Meetings For Today In Austin Clubs And Groups
A list of today’s Austin meetings including the Austin Woman's Club program at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m., University Presbyterian Church Girl Scout course 9–11 a.m., UDC at Texas Confederate Museum 3 p.m., Art Group Six 11 a.m., Violet Lodge 26 2:30 p.m., IOOF Hall 7:30 p.m., and many others across local venues and times. Names, places, and session times include Saengerrunde Hall, 400 West 13th, Burnet Road addresses, and University addresses.
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Austin Woman's Club
Soroptimists Set Session With Plans for Year
Mrs. Eugene Bullard, program and publicity chairman, leads a Soroptimist Club meeting Thursday at 6 p m at 400 West 13th home of Mrs J Walter Pierce. Mrs Maurene Moore, the president, will preside as program plans for the year are presented. A buffet supper will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bullard
Soroptimist Club
J. Walter Pierce
West 13Th
Bullard
Maurene Moore
Kappa Alumnae Schedule Luncheon
The Austin Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma will hold a luncheon at the chapter house at 2001 University Avenue on Friday at 11 30 a m.
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Austin
Kappa Gamma
University Avenue
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Plans Complete for 3 Day Insurance Women’s Gathering
Final arrangements are set for the Federation of Insurance Women of Texas convention in Austin at the Driskill Hotel. About 250 delegates will attend a program spanning Friday to Sunday with executive board meetings, luncheons, tours of insurance offices, a Governor’s Mansion tea, a ranch party, and a banquet hosted by Wick Fowler with Collin Lockfield’s orchestra.
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Federation of Insurance Women of Texas
Driskill Hotel
Oriental Room
Driskill
Austin
Jerome Schwab
E. B. “Tops” Porter
Schwab
Porter
Margaret Buchanan
Ella Smith
Emma Wendlandt
Noeline Stumpf
Ralph Campbell
Nellie Sorenson
Jessie Ragsdale
O. W. Pearson
Stumpf
Insurance
State Department of Insurance
Governor's Mansion
Wick Fowler
Collin Lockfield
Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Annie Anderson at 50
A Saturday coffee party at Mrs. William Anderson home 1407 Garner honored Mrs. Annie Anderson on her 50th birthday. Co hostesses were Mrs. Milburn Anderson and Mrs. William Anderson. About 60 guests attended with fall flowers and chrysanthemum arrangements. Out of town guests included Mr. Theodore Lyckman of Elgin and Mr. Joe Anderson of San Marcos.
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William Anderson
Garner
Annie Anderson
Milburn Anderson
Randall Jenkins
Anderson
Theodore Lyckman
Elgin
Joe Anderson
San Marcos
Model Meeting Conducted By Beta Sigmas Alpha Phi Chapter
A pledges meeting of Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Phi chapter was held at Mrs. Truman Brown’s home Tuesday evening. Mrs. J C Wright welcomed pledges and Mrs. Marie Matlock gave a brief history. Miss Dorothy Schons spoke of Guatemala travels and displayed Guatemalan fabrics.
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Alpha Phi
Beta Sigma Phi
Truman Brown
J. C. Wright
Marie Matlock
Xi Zeta Chapter
Dorothy Schons
Guatemala
Record shows peak life insurance ownership in 1947 US
At the end of 1947 the United States reached a historic high in life insurance ownership with more individuals holding policies than in any prior period reaffirming postwar financial growth and security awareness.
Bride of Fortune Author to Lecture in Austin
Louisiana writer Harnett Kane will give a public lecture October 28 at the Austin Hotel, sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi and Sonl Book Store. The 8 p.m. talk precedes an informal social hour with hostesses. Kane’s latest book Bride of Fortune, based on Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, went on sale Wednesday.
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Bride of Fortune
Harnett Kane
Louisiana
Austin Hotel
Theta Sigma Phi
Sonl Book Store
Austin Books
Women In Journalism
Mr. Kane
Mesdames V. C. Jung
Annie Lee Shelton
van Kennedy
W. Terrell Blodgett
James E. Patterson
Frank W. McBee Jr
Bruce G. Meyer
Gerald M. Clapton
Eugene Pendergraft
William H. Holloway
John E. Moore Jr
Joyce Pursley
Joyce Bell
Virginia Parton
Frankie Mae Welborn
Dental Auxiliary to Hold Morning Coffee
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Austin District Dental Society meets Friday at 10 a.m. at Mrs. Carl Moore's home 1602 Northwood Road for a morning coffee and social.
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Austin District Dental Society
Carl Moore
Northwood Road
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W. H. Mallard
Ed M Barclay
T. L. Hutchinson
W. M. Pierce
Edmund Heinsohn
R. W. Vowell
Kirsch
Lunaire
Congress
University Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Albert Sidney Johnston
UDC
Texas
Austin Art League
Marion Fowler Ranch
Violet Lodge
Saengerrunde Hall
Mary Rebekah
Woman's Study Club
Mrs. de Griffith
Newfield Lane
Pine
CES
J. M. Ramsey
Speedway
Rosedale
LAH Club
T. L. Weathers
Burnet Road
Alpha Chi Omega Mothers Club
Pathfinders Club
TFWC
Ridgetop
Dennis Dement
East 52Nd
Naud
Texas Union Junior Ballroom
Alpha Omicron Pi
Elizabeth Tarpley
Pan-American Round Table
Lillian Wester
A West 32Nd
Soroptimists
Rayo
Kappa Alumnae
The
Austin American's Society
Woman’s News
Mears
E. B. Porter
Beta Sigs
Mesdames J. C. Wright
Douglas Johnson
Hiram Elliott
Joe Gartman
W. E. Sumner
Lyndon L. Stuckey
Marie Brown
Elizabeth Gibson
Hazel Herm
Marie Johnson
Helen Gottbholt
Tomlinson
Doris Dees
Rothy Porter
Mesdames Jack Eliott
Wallace Hammer
Charles Partlow
Naomi Fischer
Wayne L. Jarvis
Roberne Misses
Kay Cole
Jane Arr
Jarvis
Sweetwater
Schleir
Kilgore
Polly Weaver
Oh Williams
Gabardine
Slim and
B. Wīīkiami
Julliard
Moss Crepe Rayon
Nelly Don
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