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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1954
Page
4
A nostalgic promotion praises chairs as ideal Christmas gifts and decor enhancers. It highlights recliners with ottomans for Dad, attractive occasional chairs for Mother, and modern fabrics, colors, and refinements like ferrules and new upholstery. The piece urges cheering a friend’s home with a new chair.
A winter ready dish describing country fried steak made by braising and frying. It covers selecting chuck steak, dredging with seasoned flour, browning in lard, slow cooking, then finishing with a milk gravy. Onion rings and classic sides complete the meal.
Leftover pork in gravy is used with corn bread baked in a ring mold for a quick, hearty main dish. Heat the pork and gravy, unmold the ring, fill it, and serve six. recipe uses cornmeal flour eggs milk butter and salt with baked pork ring.
Wichita Falls resident Mrs Glenn Jones was the honoree at a Friday morning coffee hosted by her sister Mrs Raymond Donnelly at 403 West Jack. Co host was the honoree's mother Mrs M M Carter. Guests included numerous local women and the gathering featured chrysanthemums throughout the home.
Mrs James Huey was honored with a stork shower at 7 p m Friday in the home of Miss Marlene Roe 807 East Pearse Variegated asters decorated the home The centerpiece featured a stork perched near the gift table about to drop its bundle About 25 guests attended Refreshments included lemonade sherbet ginger ale cookies and mints The honoree received a diaper corsage with blue ribbons and tiny safety pins Hostesses were Misses Marlene Roe Gloria Dell Wortinberry Colling Cannon Susie Hooks and Kay Ellen Unilerwood
Tuesday through Thursday community listings show Rebekah lodge Oddfellows hall Thimble club Raf G guild Girl Scouts Daughters of the Confederacy and WMU groups meeting at various homes churches and community houses. The calendar notes times locations and hosts for Baytown area clubs and civic groups including League of Women Voters and Parent-Teacher groups.
Thanksgiving guests gathered at multiple Huffman homes including Mr and Mrs J S Norris and families from Houston Baytown Beaumont and Huffman. Relatives from Teague Refugio Harlingen Crosby and Crosby joined for dinners and reunions.
Mrs J Q McGiffin chairs a Christmas gathering for the American Association of University Women at the Elks lodge Wednesday night starting at 7 pm A buffet supper will follow and members will bring spouses to the event assisting organizers include Mrs Roy L Fuller Mrs G B Felkner Jr Mrs Forest Gober Mrs C W Tomlinson Mrs Al Melinger Mrs P S Wiles and Mrs W H Castleman
About 40 guests attended a recent family reunion for Mr and Mrs Douglas McKellar at 2002 Hill. Attendees from out of town included Mrs Oudin Bashlin of Dallas Mr and Mrs Alfred Baker Mr and Mrs A J Connelly Marjorie Doc and Jan Wregington of Texas City and Mr and Mrs Charles Keys Sherry Humphrey of Houston. A Thanksgiving dinner was served at noon on a white linen table with a red rose centerpiece and mums. The Rhode Island state house marble dome in Providence is noted as the world’s second largest.
Sew What club schedules two holiday gatherings with a 9:30 am social at Dee 14 home of publicity chair Mrs G W Laughlin 510 East Republic and a 7:30 pm December 21 party for members husbands at Mrs Hart Wilburn 1800 East James. A regular meeting is set for 9:30 am at Mrs J B Plocheck 30 Live Oak with luncheon at noon. Last week Mrs Karl Optyshek hosted 3100 Missouri with 10 members and one guest Mrs R G Sharpless attending. A Thanksgiving basket for three needy families was delivered Wednesday.
Nine year old Joe Floyd Harris Jr was feted with a birthday party Friday afternoon in the home of his mother Mrs Joe Harris 600 Parkway Drive Guests were Jim and Mary Karen Lyons Brenda McAllister Tommy Willis Ronnie Adcock David and Jeanene McCullery Larry Vick and Butch Moravits Carol Rowe and Kirk Mann and Ronnie Laus ford
Mrs Frank Nussbaum of Galveston, a member of the state board of League of Women Voters, will address the Baytown LWV board meeting. The session is set for Tuesday night at Mrs Doe Reid's home, 625 North Gilliard, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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