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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1963
Page
4
Baytown shoppers face steep food costs as subfreezing weather drives produce prices higher. Market managers report doubling prices for greens, tomatoes, and citrus with many shipments ruined by cold. Local mustard remains cheapest while potatoes and grapes stay relatively steady.
Highlands Eastern Star hosts a 42 party and benefit at 7 40 p m Tuesday in the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Donations are one dollar per person and refreshments are free. The event is open to those not interested in playing 42.
Mrs. Herman Gurley of Lawnside California stayed with her sister Mrs. M. M. Keith Sr. at 305 Cedar Bayou. The gathering included Jessie Tullos, Mrs. Mary Morgan of Wa, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stonett of Fort Worth, plus Mr. and Mrs. Ray Summers of Houston. After Baytown, Gurley visited niece and nephews, Mr. and Mrs. Rennte Ellis Jr., Mr. Yd Mrs. W. J. Keith, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keith Jr.
Eighteen piano pupils of Mrs. Ray L. Spear will join the Bach Festival in Houston sponsored by the Houston Music Teachers Association. The event, at University of Houston Cullen Auditorium and M D Anderson Library Auditorium, features adjudicators Mrs. Lois Oliver and William J. McKamie. Students include Carol Cox, Lynda Magee, Marsha Seale, Paul Seale, Debbie Boatright, Julie Cook, Donna French, Elizabeth Martin, Karen Scrivner, Glenna Conder, Wendy Felkner, Kay Beavers, Jo Cook, Patty Cox, Diana Beavers, Pam Spuhler, Diana Phillips, and Lucie Lee Curtiss.
Readers can choose from 116 printed patterns featured in the just released Spring-Season Catalog. The collection highlights diverse designs across fabrics and home decor with updated colorways and style notes for 2024.
Scallions perk up many dishes with the green parts cooked lightly in butter. Include beans and potato salads in spring and summer. Add half a peeled garlic clove for garlic flavor. A jar of not-too-sweet pickles can finish dishes. Send 50 cents to Catalog Dept. for a copy of the overnight catalog. Poach eggs by simmering and covering until set.
Advice on disinfecting gladiolus bulbs with 2 to 5 percent DDT dust at planting time and weekly dusting or spraying with DDT or malathion until blooms finish. Describes thrip damage to flowers foliage and corms and notes related gardening and local fire department meeting details.
Seed and plant catalogs arrive as harbingers of spring with new zinnias and petunias. All-America zinnias Firecracker Snow Man Sun God and Empress lead a diverse lineup including marigolds carnations violets and begonias. Other highlights include Bijou sweet peas Cherry Tart petunias and sturdy primroses from Wayside Gardens.
Psi Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Mrs. Joe Bushy on Tuesday night for a program titled The Garden. Mrs. Bill Kelley, Mrs. Louis DelHomme and Mrs. Ed Adams led discussions on formal versus informal gardening, foreign gardens and a history of popular flowers. Adams showed garden illustrations and urged year round color, with each member planning plantings to fit her ability. Members received a pinny plant. reports covered nominating committee planning, Spring Rush, Valentine dinner dance tickets at 3.50 each for Feb 9 at the Holiday Inn, and Founders Day Banquet on April 25 at the Holiday Inn. The spring seminar will return, inviting topic submissions. Hors d oeuvres and drinks followed. The next meeting is Feb 12 at Mrs Donnelli Brewer with Mrs Coley as co host. program on Nature s Landscape to be presented by Mrs Ed Bryan, Mrs Busby and Mr Brewer.
Mrs W W Roberts of 600 Neal welcomed the Julia Graham circle of Central Baptist Church Tuesday morning for a panel program directed by Mrs Henry Ward. Members included Mrs Jennie Edwards alongside other circle officers. The session studied Concentration from Romans 12 while planning sick cards and a February missionary program with lunch.
JOY MILLER reports on Paul F. Titchener of a 76 year old family firm in Binghamton NY who imagines futuristic home innovations. ideas include heat generating carpeting, ceiling suspended furniture for easy cleaning, and steel wire formed garments. he notes practicality, energy sources, and product development hurdles.
Mrs Clyde Fuller spoke on The Indians of Texas to the '39 Study Club hosted by Mrs Robert Kerr. She noted relics found in Texas may be older than testing methods indicate and cited the Karankawa as a Gulf Coast tribe described as primitive with varied diet and body art. Fourteen members attended.
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