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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1954
Page
5
The Fairview Home Demonstration Club hosted Family Night at the clubhouse with a covered dish supper and games including 42 and canasta. Recreation chairwoman A L Renfroe and finance chair Ray Holt led the event. hostess Kenneth Slaughter served punch and coffee to attendees including Mr and Mrs Ray Holt and others.
Wilma Sue Maddox of Sulphur Springs and Lt Dan Spears Shipley are engaged to be married in June. The couple announced the betrothal at a Sulphur Springs coffee hosted by Mrs. Maddox. Wilma Sue is a senior at Abilene Christian College and is a Ko Jo Kai society member. Dan Shipley is a son of Mr and Mrs Roy Spears of Brady and is stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo.
Mr and Mrs Everett C Grindstaff hosted an open house for their son and daughter-in-law Everett James Grindstaff married April 3 at Gambrell Street Baptist Church Fort Worth. About 200 guests attended in Bal linger with many relatives from Fort Worth Abilene Lubbock Midland San Angelo Odessa Winters and San Angelo listed among out of town visitors.
The Damrosch Music Club met at Mrs Wilson Jordan's home with Mrs A H Floyd as co hostess. President Mrs Roy May led the session reviewing year end business and junior club reports. Plans for music week lunch May 15 at Mrs Edward Geeslin's home were announced with District president Mrs H Leo Tucker as guest.
Carolyn Biglow of Temple, a noted violinist, stayed with Marylaine May in the Rev. Roy H. May home over the holidays. She performed a duet with Marylaine on flute at the Methodist Church services Sunday before returning to Temple Monday.
Terry and Gay Lynn Townsend visited grandparents J. W. Townsend and wife in Christoval on Easter Sunday. Mr Townsend, a patient at Dr Rawls Bath House for eight weeks, is reported doing as well as can be expected. Phone your news to The Standard.
The note says he will celebrate his birthday on Tuesday April 27 and wishes to be at home to greet his many friends. Terry and Gay Lynn were accompanied to Christoval by Sylvia Nixon and Wilburn Shurtleff.
The article lists wedding party members from multiple towns and notes a rehearsal dinner hosted by the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Taylor, in Brady. About 30 guests attended at the First Baptist Church fellowship hall, with purple and yellow pansy decor.
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