Christmas Dusters and Gifts for Her
A Christmas ad highlights frilly dusters priced from 1.95 to 29.95 as charming gifts for women. It promotes a box of surprises and suggests comforting items to please an angel this season.
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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1960
Page
3
A Christmas ad highlights frilly dusters priced from 1.95 to 29.95 as charming gifts for women. It promotes a box of surprises and suggests comforting items to please an angel this season.
In a New York Life column, GAY PAULEY notes wealthy women and celebrities now hire top hairdressers to visit homes or hotel suites for styling. Designers like Daniel of Charles of the Ritz and Kenneth of Lilly Dathe Salon transport to clients, with fees around 75 dollars plus travel and hotel costs, serving Marilyn Monroe and Miss Montel among others.
A weekly social calendar lists events from Tuesday through Sunday including PTA meetings and club luncheons. The notes describe open houses, holiday parties, family nights, and a joint American Legion dinner, with reservations due by December 12. A feature on top hairstylist rates cites typical charges of about 100 dollars per hour, with out of town calls up to 600 dollars plus travel and lodging, naming Claude of New York and Michel Kazan as prominent figures.
UPI reviews Bob Hope's NBC special as strong in sketches with Durante and Bergen. Jokes target Eisenhower Kennedy Nixon and others. Buddy Hackett underused on Danny Thomas Show. Notes on TV moves include CBS canceling Person to Person and June Allyson Show relocation.
Mostly cloudy and cold through Wednesday with light snow or sleet tonight and Wednesday. Low 25, high 33. Local residents and visitors travel and holiday plans across Amarillo, Childress, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio with several N E W S and TV schedule notes including Face the Nation moving to alternate weeks and new ABC game shows Camouflage and Number Please.
House guests at the Carl Miller home include Bonnie and E Smith Olton. Watt Gibson Wichita Falls. Lester Miller Tohoka. John Morris Childress. Don Miller Childress. and Jimmy Miller Wichita Falls. Other visits span Kingsville Wichita Falls Childress Gainesville Paducah Tell Olton and more.
Blue Bird group met Friday at Mrs Arch ie Howell s home to organize a Christmas party to be hosted by Mrs E O Sims. They wrapped presents for their mothers as Janet Gloar and her mother Mrs C B Gloar hosted the gathering with attendees Julia Camp Orinda Eikman Diana Fanning Judy Henderson Kay Holtman Cindy Howell Jackie Mills Marilyn Robbins Paula Rogers Susan Sims Rebecca Cooper.
The Junior High PTA will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday to hear about a special musical play titled Christmas At Our House. The 7th and 8th grades will present the play directed by Mrs. Bob Watkins and Mrs. Wade Kimbrough.
Maurice Richard was named to the NHL all star team for six consecutive seasons from 1944-45 through 1949-50, highlighting his sustained elite play with Montreal.
Mrs Roy Coffey hosted a piano party at her home Saturday with help from her mother. The session featured student performances, a social hour, and Christmas table decor followed by refreshments for a long list of attendees including Parman Reynolds and many others.
Readable fragment lists individuals including Lyn Holland Lynn Bettis Mar sha Harris Jennie Collins Carol Denny Linda Liles Linda Holland Ricky Turner Barbara Sledger and Mary Turner. These names appear in a community notice or social item within the scanned newspaper page.
Louisville batter George Shaffer hit three home runs to clinch the national league round-trip title in 1877.
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