AT WITS END BY ERMA BOMBECK
Erma Bombeck jokes about pet obsession and the idea of pets in human roles. A Miami tale of two poodles marrying in a back yard is used to lampoon pet worship and humanizing animals. The narrator insists dogs are only domestic animals despite playful exaggeration.
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Beta Sigma Phi Chapter News and December Socials
Preceptor Kappa held a Secret Sister Revealing party with hostess Frankey Craven and guest Liz Shelley. Christmas gathering hosted by Peggy and David Liles featured pot luck and gift exchange. Thanksgiving dinner celebrated at Russell’s Mt. Charleston home of Juanita and Less Russell. XI ALPHA DELTA Xi Alpha Delta’s Shirley Butcher to host Dec 20 Christmas party. December meeting at Dorothy Lawson’s with Shirley Trantham’s cultural program. Previous meeting at Brenda Moeller’s featured House and Home program. Dorothy Wilbanks of Alpha Omega attended as guest. Barbara Kellar named new pledge.
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Community Activities and Holiday Events Report
Community activities list upcoming events from December including the Toys for Tots Dance on December 21 at the Silver Slipper Ballroom with toy donations and music by Tony Celeste and the All Star Big Band. Welcome Wagon Club hosts a Christmas party December 20 at Red Rock Baptist Church.
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Western States Arts Foundation launches Skills Development Institute
A grant of 82600 funds an 18 month intensive program for state arts agency staff and board members in Arizona Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington and Wyoming. The institute aims to improve governance budgeting and programming with regional consultants and a 10 state foundation board guiding sessions and outcomes.
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Durant says emancipation of women a man made trap
William Durant, aging historian and philosopher, argues that by removing women from the home into factories and offices, men used their labor and charms. He warns youth that liberty without moral order leads to chaos, while praising the long life of his 11 volume Story of Civilization with wife Ariel.
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