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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
7
The gEL Class of the First Church of Baytown gathered for a monthly business session at Fwaneddish luncheon. Mrs Leon Fra Hawthorne led decorations with hibiscus accents.58 sales and a vantage plan followed the session, as members noted.
Rev Frazier gave the devotional from Philippians II on Practical Christianity at the luncheon. Mrs A H Bynum closed with a prayer. Dr E H Lewis presided over the business. Attendees included Mesdames J W Smith S J Sands F Frazier J D Frazier Alice Atchison E B Magill EB Lewis and Laurell Frazier.
Miss Diane Kay Wilks was honored on her sixth birthday with a party at her parents home Mr and Mrs T W Wilks 319 East Adone The party featured six pink candles a green Irish linen cloth pink streamers pink roses and balloons as favors Refreshments included cakes ice cream and punch for a list of attendees and helpers Mrs Wilks was assisted by several relatives and family friends.
The Harris Circle of the Wooster Baptist Church WAU met at the home of Mrs. R A Weaver for a missionary program led by Mrs A Walter. Members present included Mrs E R Tate Mrs A George Mrs D B Bailey Mrs Brooks Sasse Mrs E Williams Ann Tate and Johnny Cole.
Elizabeth Toomey reports candy-striped bed sheets from Wamsutta Mills with pink green or yellow stripes and nylon options at $25. Plastic rayon lunch cloths from Frank and Sader pair with matching colors. New dishware named Arabian Nights and Mermaid by Cobell and Refregier appeals to modern tables. Playdine dinette table combines plastic top and felt game surface priced $70 to $90.
Houston report highlights Marilyn Maxwell as possessing the most alluring mouth in Hollywood. A lipstick maker cites Maxwell’s lips as a torrid expression of smoldering fire, able to tempt without words, alongside a gallery of other famous lips from Elizabeth Taylor to Patti Page. The piece blends modish celebrity gossip with quotes from a commentator credited as Al Commitere. Also noted are local items from a church Sunbeam Focus Week musical tea and a serious domestic shooting tragedy, plus a birth notice in Houston.
The engagement and upcoming marriage of Sara Ann Lowe to Thomas J Bolieu Jr are announced by her Baytown parents Mr and Mrs E O P Lowe. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs T J Bolieu Sr of Baytown with a September wedding planned. Morrell Park Garden Club to meet 7 30 p m tomorrow at 202 W Francis with refreshments to follow.
Hennigers were feted at a farewell party held at their home at 2400 Bure Bank with Mrs Besta Henninger and Miss Charlene Beaird serving as hostesses. Refreshments included cake and ice cream for guests such as Mrs Sarah Ems Peggy Humphries Betty Lynn Beaird Tody Altimore Jerry Rutledge Woody Kinsey David Saunders Rickey Saunders and Buster Altimore. Allie Nunan Circle of Grace Methodist WSCS will meet tomorrow at 2 pm at the home of Mrs Glenn Taylor 613 Harding.
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