Family visit sparks Movie Stars talk and a father’s ode
A cluttered house with visiting grandsons prompts reflections on fatherhood, a Marfa trip to watch a Giant scene, and admiration for Rock Hudson while dashing expectations for Elizabeth Taylor. The author also shares a sentimental fatherly poem and a simple lime Jell-O cheese salad recipe with notes of reader response.
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el Paso
Marfa
Chill Wills
Rock Hudson
Elizabeth Taylor
Pineapple Cheese Gelatin Mold with Lemon Whip
Recipe for a cold dessert combines milk or cream, grated cheese, pineapple, and lemon juice. Dissolve gelatin in hot water, chill with ice, melt cheese with pineapple, whip gelatin to light color, whip cream. combine and chill until set.
Engagement Announced for Betty Sue Woods and Edward Hollowell
Mr. and Mrs. Irby Woods announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Betty Sue to Edward Hollowell of Blackwell. The ceremony is set for August 5 at the bride’s parents home. Hollowell works for Lone Star Gas Co. at Fort Chadbourne and is an honor graduate of Blackwell High School where he captained football and led the senior class and annual staff. Betty Sue will be a Bronte High School senior this fall and was a cheerleader last year. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Rawlings spent two days last week in Abilene with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Randal Meador, and children.
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Irby Woods
Betty Sue
Edward Hollowell
Blackwell
Hollowell
Lone Star Gas Co
Fort Chadbourne
Blackwell High School
The
Bronte High School
A. N. Rawlings
Abilene
Randal Meador
Chilldren
Former Blackwell Resident Weds Wisconsin Bride
Raynor T. Laird formerly of Blackwell and now a Navy man at Great Lakes Michigan married Miss Eileen Worn of Bristol Wisconsin on June 28. The ceremony was held at the Sweetwater home of his sister Mrs Old Johnson 1916 Preston Road with Rev Ray Seay officiating. Lairds parents are Mr and Mrs Albert Laird of Palace formerly of Blackwell.
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Raynor T. Laird
Blackwell
Navy
Great Lakes
Mich
Eileen Worn
Bristol
Wisconsin
E. Helson
Chicago
Ill
Sweetwater
Mr. Laird
Old Johnson
Preston Road
Ray Seay
Evangelical Methodist Church
Albert Laird
Palace
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Bronte Enterprise
Charles Ragsdale
Paul Smith
Service Dept
Dale Luckett
Huston Wright
Glenna Fletcher
Leon Graham
Charlie Boecking
L. T. Youngblood
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