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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1955
Page
7
Beverly Joy Silvey becomes Mrs. Bert J. Fairbanks in a 2 p.m. ceremony at Alvin First Baptist with Rev. Bill Hayes officiating. Attendants include Karol Ann Fairbanks and Kenneth Segelquist. Couple to reside at Fort Bliss after wedding trip. both graduates of local schools. Also includes a short recipe note on canned green beans with dressings.
Calendar items list events across churches and clubs in Humble Baytown and Trinity areas. Activities include kindergarten commencements, Rally Day at St John’s Methodist, Altar Society games party, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Rebekahs IOOF, Pilot Club, golf club, and women’s auxiliary meetings at churches, homes, and civic locations with times ranging from 7:30 p.m. to noon. The piece notes a Golden Age picnic at Roseland Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Graduation exercises were staged Friday night at Grace Methodist church for 25 children. Mrs. J. B. Blackburn and Mrs. Paul Moore led the ceremony with songs rhythm band numbers and readings. A reception followed with hostesses listed and pink rose bud centerpiece. Children plan a trip to the Houston zoo next Thursday.
Washington messages advise job seekers to be frank about marriage plans and career goals to prospective employers. Miss Mary Huck of Columbus urges honest evaluation of training, personality, ambitions and abilities, and notes women should plan to stay at least two years unless otherwise agreed.
Mrs Mildred Evans, a foods and nutrition chemist at Michigan State College, explains tears of weeping custard come from overheating. Direct heat makes temperature hard to control. placing custard cups in a pan of hot water during baking prevents premature heating and yields a softer finished texture.
Jenean Mead, spring graduate of Robert T. Lee, was honored at a tea hosted by Mrs. Homan Y. Reed at 1080 North First. Attendees included her mother Mrs. Clady Evans and several friends. a maroon and white doll adorned the serving table. Mead plans to enroll at Sam Houston State Teachers College in the fall.
New York recipe notes apples as a versatile accompaniment for ham pork or poultry. It suggests decorative spiced apple rings as a side and details a sugar cinnamon nutmeg syrup to coat and cook sliced baking apples until tender then chilling before serving.
United Press reports Sara Mayo Hospital in New Orleans celebrates its 50th year dedicated to women and children. Founded by eight women doctors from a $25 start in the Irish Channel, it became a full hospital in 1907 and helped train women physicians, continuing to admit men only as outpatients.
Gertrude Teter longtime joiner and leader in Jayceeettes and community groups. She held officer roles in Jayceeettes and co chaired the Mothers March on Polio with R B Stockton. A former honor graduate at Robert E Lee High, Valenc torian of Lee College, and first woman president of the Lee College student association, she later worked as registrar and instructor at Lee College and taught psychology at the University of Houston. She and husband Don Teter reside at 225 Lakewood Drive with two daughters Barbara and Joan.
A quick main dish casserole combines canned spaghetti tuna and ripe olives in a greased dish. Season with onion and pepper and top with grated cheese then bake twenty to thirty minutes in a moderate oven. A dusting of powdered sugar prevents sticking on fresh bakery. Cheese should be kept around forty degrees for best quality. Wax paper around frozen ice cream helps prevent ice crystals. Lower temperature slightly once freezing finishes. Porous flower pot bases can be waterproofed with melted paraffin.
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