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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1985
Page
11
Custom dressmaking has long been a profession since the early 1700s with shops and apprentices. By the 1910s and 20s ready to wear rose, yet working women now boost the market for custom sewn garments as they value fittings and quality despite time constraints.
The senior citizens club menu for May 8 to 15 lists oven fried chicken ham fried fish Swiss steak liver and onions salmon croquettes with sides and milk. Alma Fonseca of Texas A&M Extension explains home sewing offers income options through crafts, tailoring, bridal wear and custom projects, with courses and local resources available.
Jolisa Corbin Meadow is honored at a bridal shower held April 27 in Meadow Baptist Church fellowship hall from 2 to 3 30 pm. Hostesses include Iva Lee Patton Thelma Benson Margie West Peggy Bingham Glenna Curtis Lillie Gilliam Henri Henson Carol Ann Cornett Beverly Gibson Faye Carroll Lois Blair Beverly Anderson Phyllis Preston Janelda Pendergrass and Maxine Cato. The gift presented is a vacuum cleaner. Jolisa’s fiancé Tommy J Hardaway is the son of Mary Sue and Henry L Hardaway of Brownfield Texas. He recently completed Fort Belvoir Virginia Army power generation equipment repair course. He is a 1984 Brownfield High School graduate. He and Jolisa are from Brownfield.
Plains Band Boosters started selling community calendars on Monday April 29. Forms went home in Plains schools and were due back May 3 with birthdates and anniversary dates. Contact Carolyn Culwell Paula McMinn or any booster members to buy a calendar.
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