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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1961
Page
7
Three brothers from Del Rio George Gary and Grov Hamilton joined the Air Force today at San Antonio. Sgt James Oxford says they may be the first triplets to enlist together in the Air Force.
Miss Sara Ann Franklin and Milton Samuel Jordan Jr announced their engagement at a reception hosted by the Giddings family at 808 Lindenwood Ny. The couple plans to wed Aug. 26. Franklin attends the University of Texas, Alpha Chi Omega member. Jordan studies theology at Southwestern University, Phi Delta Theta, minister at Hutto Texas. About 150 guests attended the pink and white affair with a garden reception, hosted by Mrs. H A Connor and others.
Past presidents of Delta Kappa Gamma were honored at a luncheon Friday in the home of Miss Ethel Henson, Gamma Nu Chapter DEG president. A salad course was served. Attending were Mrs. C. G. Muston, Mrs. George Day, Mrs. Fred S. Parker, Mrs. E. M. Simmons, Miss Davida Thompson, Miss Evla Potter, Miss Ethel Henson, and Dr. Alvera Griffin, president of Epsilon Psi.
Miss Neta Hallman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Hallman, and Carl McAfee, son of Mr and Mrs Carl McAfee, married at Missouri Street Church of Christ. Bride wore de luxe satin with lace and a waist veil. Groom a Tulane student and football player. Ceremony officiated by Merle Bryant and Melvin Vaughn. Reception at the Hartt home. After a honeymoon trip to Corpus Christi, the couple will reside at Tulane Towers, New Orleans.
Winners announced for two doll shows at Lamar Elementary and Alamo centers. In baby dolls, first places went to Donna Parsons Becky Ballinger Donna Bailey Kathy Luker. second to Mary Pierce Abbie Nickerson Diane Bailey Julie Ballinger. third to Charlene Pierce Mona Kay Hudman Nan Weatherly. Cindy Jackson topped bride dolls. Chevyl Eaton second. Diane Bailey third. Cindy Jackson led novelty dolls. Karen Scriven? second. Julie Bollinger third. Foreign dolls winners: Sharon Troutman first Barbara Preston second Karen Pavliska third. Pretty dolls: Mona Kay Hudman first Dolores Pierce second Karen Eaton. Dressmaker dolls: Becky Bollinger and Karen Pavliska tied first. Abbie Nickerson second. Barbara Preston third. Lamar Elementary show included stuffed animals old dolls baby dolls most beautiful homemade dolls most unusual glory book dolls. Calvin Black first with stuffed animal Carolyn McKinney second Janie Hornsby third. Old dolls first Linda Jones second Ann Black third Kathy Dyre. Margarete Mings first baby dolls Debbie Ford second Katherine Greer third. Most beautiful doll Darlene Greer first Becky Bailey second Patricia Brinkman third. Sandra Schiller Barbara Moses first second for homemade dolls. Most unusual Barbara Moses first Carli Parker second Dohany Ferrel third. Paula Jones storybook doll first Becky Gerven second Anetta Green third.
Mrs. Mary Jane Bartholomew, executive of the American Business Women's Association, will hold interviews in the Chamber of Commerce Building on Tuesday and Wednesday to select Baytown business women. The ABWA aims to elevate social and business standards by uniting women in business to exchange ideas, elect officers, and choose a Business Woman of the Year at the national convention held in October.
An Oklahoma City AP report says a Tulsa trash hauling company seeks state Supreme Court review after the State Corporation Commission blocked its request to publish its full company name in Southwestern Bell Telephone Co directory listings. The company argues any reasonable listing should include its name, while the carrier says limits apply.
Washington AP reports Secretary Goldberg ends the term surplus in a departmental shift. Mary Arthur J Goldberg announces marriage plans to Johnnie A Harper of Harperlands Methodist Church regionally. The engagement follows a departmental order about unemployment and labor resources at Texas A&M context. Aug. 26 wedding anticipated in Highlands.
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