Woodcarver David Stilwell Featured at Jefferson Arts Festival
David Stilwell, local woodcarver, will exhibit at the Jefferson Art Society Arts and Crafts Festival August 30-31 at Freeman Plantation. He works with wildlife motifs in high relief and wood types from walnut to mahogany, and aims to open The Woodcarver's Cottage by his home next to the original farmhouse.
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David Stilwell
Jefferson Art Society
Freeman Plantation
David
Marine Corps
Karoyn Stilwell
Jefferson Area
Garland
Dallas
Robynn
Brady
Jefferson
Highway
Sharp Whitfield
Honduras
Isis
Karoyn
Avid
Japan
First National Bank
Carnegie Library
Vernon
Texas
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Drulaine Hellums Honored At Breakfast
Miss Drulaine Hellums bride elect of Harold Drake of Oklahoma City was honored at a breakfast Monday morning August 11 at the home of Mr. Carl Bailey with her daughter Mrs. Ben Johnston as co host. Guests were seated at a table centered with garden flowers in pink and green, the bride’s chosen colors. Little Miss Melinda Johnston presented hostess gifts to the honoree. Attending were her mother Mrs Drue Hellums Mrs P G Henderson Jr Mrs Jesse Haggard Mrs Dowell Sterrett Mrs Merrill Ham Mrs Jesse M L De Ware III and the hostesses.
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Drulaine Hellums
Harold Drake
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Carl Bailey
Ben Johnston
Melinda Johnston
Drue Hellums
PG. Henderson, Jr
Jesse Haggard
Dowell Sterrett
Merrell Ham
Jesse ML de Ware
P. G. Henderson, Jr
Elot
Henderson
Buck Markos
Clearece Suber
de Wayne Jowell
Kenneth Scaggs
H. B. Thornton
Larry Johnson
Pease Air Force Base
New Hampshire
John Taylor
Darwin Roraback
Jerry Suber
Suzanne Suber
Jowell
Methodist Women To Meet At Fellowship Hall
The United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church announce a regular meeting on Tuesday August 26 at 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. President Mrs Garland Rich says the program Toward an Honest Commitment will explore keeping your word to family, community, church and God. All women and friends are urged to attend.
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United Methodist Women of the First United Methodist Church
Garland Rich
Bridal Shower Honors Drulaine Hellums
A spacious home hosted a bridal shower for Miss Drulaine Hellums on Thursday evening August 14. Guests included family and friends with about 75 in attendance. Hostesses wore pink and green, registrants signed the bride’s book, and fruit punch with embossed petit fours were served.
Guests Praise Excelsior House and Jefferson Town Charm
A letter from Clark Langhurst of Dallas thanks Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club for preserving the Excelsior House and Jefferson. He recalls a honeymoon visit on August 2 and shares a poem about Jefferson’s cobblestone streets and gracious past. Also notes guests Norman Callison and Harold Kirby’s England visit and plans to stay in the U.S. for weeks.
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Excelsior House
Jessie Allen Wise
Jefferson
Clark Langhurst
Dallas
Texas
England
Norman Callison
New Orleans
Harold Kirby
Manchester
Patriotic Poetry Seminar Set in San Antonio October 3 1975
The Stella Woodall Poetry Society hosts a Patriotic Poetry Seminar at Central Christian Church San Antonio on October 3 1975 featuring nationally known poets. The event includes a noon luncheon a 1 30 pm banquet and prize contests with $50 cash prizes in Lyric Sonnet Kaiku and Free Verse plus a $50 door prize oil painting and a largest registration prize. Optional river boat ride and city tour offered October 4. Registration via Sherry McAdoo and Dr Stella Woodall includes a $10 seminar fee.
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Stella Woodall Poetry Society
Central Christian Church
Main Street
San Antonio
Texas
Stella Woodall
Adventures In Poetry Magazine
Military Drive
Sherry McAdoo
Jefferson
McAdoo
The
Poetry Society
Mae Willie Weds Sgt Ralph Henderson in Marshall Ceremony
Mae Esther Willie became the bride of Sgt. Ralph Edward Henderson at 7 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 197s, at the home of her parents in Marshall. The groom, son of Mrs. Fannie Mae Henderson of Dallas and Charlie Henderson of Jefferson, is stationed at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring, Texas. After a wedding trip to Dallas, they will reside in Big Spring.
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Will Willie
Marshall
Mae Esther Willie
Ralph Edward Henderson
Fannie Mae Henderson
Dallas
Charlie Henderson
Jefferson
Webb Air Force Base
Bigpring
Texas
Big Spring
Margaret Ann Voyles Receives BS Degree at SFA
Mrs. Margaret Ann Voyles of Marshall, formerly Miss Margaret Ann Fant of Jefferson, daughter of Mrs. Dan Lester and the late Reese Fant, received a Bachelor of Science in Education during summer graduation exercises at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, on August 16.
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Stephen F. Austin University
Nacogdoches
Texas
Margaret Ann Voyles
Marshall
Margaret Ann Fant
Jefferson
Dan Lester
Reese Fant
Voyles
Card of Thanks for Virginia McNeely
Thefamily of Virginia McNeely expresses sincere thanks for thoughtful acts during illness and death. Cards calls food flowers memorials and prayers were greatly appreciated.
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Virginia McNeely
Fall Buying Trip in Dallas Brings Westbrook's Merchandise News
Mr and Mrs Bill Westbrook of Westbrooks Department Store in Jefferson travelled to Dallas for a weekend buying trip. They selected fall merchandise for the Jefferson store, aiming to refresh stock and attract customers.
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Dallas
Bill Westbrook
Westbrook’s Department
Jefferson
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NASA
Dalas
Fort Worth
Six Flags
National Woodcarvers Association
North Texas Woodcarvers Guild
National Organization
Woodcarvers National
Fellowship Hall
Haley
Haley’s Museum & Antiques
Double Money
Polk Street
Amana
P.C. Furniture & Appliance
T.R. Grubbs
Larry McNeely
EXXON
Mae Willie Bride of
Ralph £. Henderson
Old
Jefferson House
East Delta
Glassware & Books
P.M
Mr. and
Mrs
Hank Hallock
Bellecliff Antiques
W. Lafayette
Opie First National
Jefferson, Texas
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