10 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1956
Page
1
Miss Joan Kline receives honors at a Saturday afternoon kitchen shower at John Johnsons home. Guests include Mrs. AL OB Johnson and Mrs. A N Ogden, with daisies and bells as centerpieces, and many attendees listed by name in a formal household gathering.
Mrs J P Yoas was honored with a birthday party Friday at the home of Mrs F W Herbst 500 Spring Street. Mrs KR L Graham led a prayer and Mrs J L Barhes played Happy Birthday on an old music box as guests offered greetings and well wishes for the Dallas Class of the First Presbyterian Church attendees and friends from Los Angeles and local households.
The engagement of Miss Martha Eileen Iglehart, daughter of Mrs. Lee Roy Wood, to Charles Lailer Jr. was announced this week. The wedding is planned for July 21 at St James Episcopal Church. The bride-elect, reared in Del Rio, attended local schools and works at Del Rio National Bank. Her fiancé is the son of Mr and Mrs C D Laffer of Portland, Maine. He is a 1952 graduate of Myr am Edison and is stationed at Laughling Air Force Base. He will enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in September.
A Sunday menu at the Del Rio Country Club highlights grilled T bones with mushroom, sugar cured ham, baked ham with champagne sauce, candied yams, asparagus au gratin, garden greens, and desserts including ice cream and cake. The note lists multiple dishes and general supper offerings for a noon event.
Lt. and Mrs. Charles Drury Weed Ill were honored at a splash party and supper Friday evening at the Del Rio Country Club. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wallace, Mrs. F. C. Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. D. Finkdin and Mr. and Mrs. Therrell Rose. Twenty five attended. The Wood couple had been visiting his parents and left Saturday for Quantico Virginia to join the U S Marine Corps.
Mr and Mrs J Z Cottle and granddaughter Susan return from El Paso visiting son Ted Cottle and daughter Beverly. Beverly Cottle chosen for Dallas stage tryouts with top stars in Can Can Gress Waltz Show Boat engagements. Jack Torras of Fort Worth visits parents over weekend. Mrs P A Kerr of Los Angeles visiting Del Rio with Mrs R L Graham. Mrs Wayne Nelson from Emporia Kansas visiting A E Johnson. Mrs Charles Merkin flew to Kingston Tennessee to be with sister Mrs Frank Holmut and will drive back with Mrs Otis Crenshaw from Mississippi.
The Woman's Benefit Association plans a meeting at JOOF Hall Austin on June ipalay. Highway Patrolmen were evaluated Friday from the Department of Public Safety training academy. A birthday note marks the author’s sixty-fifth as a poet and marriage is hinted at in the text.
The article reviews a bridge hand where West led spades and Harry Phipps’s quick, casual play from the dummy influenced the outcome. It explains why five hearts was sound and how East’s misplay could have altered the contract, crediting Phipps for a risky move that gave East a chance to err.
With both sides vulnerable, North South West East have shown two diamonds and seven hearts. South holds HITIZ WQ542 GAIA bi and must decide. The suggested bid is three hearts, conceding distribution. Monday’s lesson compares similar hands and asks how South should reply with AK QISZ WT542 GAIL HS.
The article promotes using a French style painting knife to loosen beginners, create varied textures, and focus on large forms. It notes thinned colors, oil additives, and economical mixing, with emphasis on painting on canvas, not the palette, and on quick, dramatic flowers and landscapes.
A garbled OCR fragment blends kitchen instructions with stray lines about boiling vegetables, baking dishes, and dinner ideas. It also mentions poetry like a Ring of Verse, religious references, and a Rosicrucian address, all in a jumbled, historical newspaper style.
The Ansittary of St Jemes Episcopal Church will meet in the Parish Hall at 3 p.m. The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Hapilet Church will meet for the birth at S110 Sah with Mia Ciaterice Herte ford as jitigiitn reader Almés. Gné and Teo bf the First Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs. Jack Fakes at 5:30 with Mrs. Fakes and Mrs. Douglas Bork as hostesses.
A fragmented instructional passage guides painting a cityscape from background to foreground. It covers sky first, then houses and trees, with emphasis on depth, color value, and brush technique to avoid misplacing objects or creating dark foregrounds. It notes iterative color adjustments and learning from mistakes.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe a kitchen or storage unit with shelves and compartments for various items including plates, bread, and hot items. The exact meaning is unclear due to numerous typos and garbled words.
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