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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1955
Page
4
A warm season guide to window curtains and drapes. It explains choosing fabrics to soften glare while allowing airflow, suggests white or light tones for bright rooms, and notes full fullness for graceful lines. Kitchen windows deserve bright organdy or lace panels and ivy for fresh appeal.
Calendar item notes a horticulture club meeting at 1408 Woodsen in Baytown Grove on Wednesday evening. Grace Methodist Vacation Bible School runs from 9 to 21 am, with a clerical note about chwen.
Robson will be hostess for the Diet Gazeiue event featuring succulents begonias and other plants. E Ferrell will be co host with M L Snyder coordinating the meeting among club members.
Linda Lee Doyle of Houston celebrated her 15th birthday over the weekend at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mrs. W. E. Duplanus in Baylawn Fram Corpus Christi Tilang Manley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Manley, 309 North, returns home this week after a Corpus Christi visit. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Bailey and children Carolyn and Norman.
A four act melodrama titled Oh Where Is My Wondering will be performed at 7 80 p m Thursday on St Mark's Methodist church lawn. Cliff Hodges directs with piano by John Smith. Proceeds support a church prayer altar. Cast includes Bobbye Jean Pipkin Corine Stout Dicky Smith John Deverter Joan Franklin and Eric Shultz with Betty Pryor Ruth Tarrar and others assisting. Tickets available via class members or Cecil Sutphin.
Mrs. W. E. Duplantis of 311 South Whiting is president of the East Harris County A and M Mothers Club and has held multiple roles in local civic groups since moving to Baytown in 1922. She also serves as treasurer for the day kindergarten at her church, participates in the Baytown hospital board, and helped organize the A and M Mothers club to support Baytown boys, including funding a school animal and hosting a yearly Cotton Ball shuttle.
Baytown residents tease a community theater idea as teens stage a summer play. The writer laments dull town life, praises local effort by St Mark's church leaders, and urges attendance to support a real Baytown production.
A column argues Baytown lacks a unifying social hub and calls for a city auditorium a new public library and a YMCA. It urges residents to stop complacency and turn dissatisfaction into concrete projects, noting Methodist teens who acted on cocreation ideas this summer.
A Baytown student column recounts two weeks at the University of Houston, detailing debate instruction by Prof. Scott, dorm life at Settigast Hall, and field trips. It notes Rainbow Girls visiting Baytown, trips to Liberty and Raytown, and vacation plans of local teens from Texas and nearby states.
Fashion pattern advertisement promotes a panelled sun dress with V neck and pockets, detailing sizes and yardage. Includes ordering instructions, postage, and price, urging readers to mail in for patterns from The Baytown Sun.
Annette Hernandez was feted with a Sunday afternoon shower in the home of Mrs. Z. J. Choate. Co-hosts included Mrs. Harpy KK Johnson Jr. and Mrs. W. TL Verre. The honoree received a steam ban. Josses and chrysanthemums with umbrellas formed a decorative centerpiece. Over 29 guests were registered.
Social events fill the pre nuptial week for Miss Mary Hinson who will marry Louis Del Homme at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7 30 p m Saturday. Tuesday night she will have a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs L Gunn and Thursday evening Mrs E Redecape will host a buffet supper in her honor.
Charene Miller discusses spelling difficulties in children and offers steps for parents. Emphasizes eye tests, calm tutoring, phonetic practice, syllabic division, rote spelling, repeated viewing of words, and mastering one word before moving on. Encourages patient, methodical habits and positive attitudes.
Mr and Mrs BH F Vacek announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Jane Vacek to William John Holman son of Mr and Mrs J D Holtman The couple plan a August wedding at La Porte Community Helen Vacek is a La Porte High School graduate this year Holman is a student at Stephen F Austin College in Nacogdoches
A kitchen tip suggests mixing one pint thick sour cream with six ounce lemon concentrate for a fruit salad dressing. Also notes a method using commercial degreaser and steel wool for neglected ranges, plus a homemade snow candy using marshmallows dipped in chocolate and coconut served with waxed paper.
The Sun requires photos submitted a week before the birthday. Black and white glossy images reproduce best. Color or tinted photos are not accepted. Photos of children outside The Sun’s circulation area cannot be accepted.
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