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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1963
Page
6
A letter from a teenager questions religious restrictions on bathing suits and dating and asks for guidance. Ann Landers declines urging respect for faith while noting youths who rebel may act out. The page shares a second letter about babysitting fears and a family diner picnic cook, offering practical pointers and a plug for a coping booklet.
About 700 attendees enjoyed a fashion show titled Fashion and All That Jazz in the Tex Tex Tech Student Union ground floor ballroom. Proceeds support the Panhellenic scholarship fund as Margarets supplied fashions and Mike Farley’s combo provided music.
Midland teams dominated the first session of the Llano Estacado sectional bridge tournament at the Holiday Inn East. Winners included the Bae group from Midland and several other placings in teams and pairs events. The four day event continues with sessions daily and trophies to be presented at a Sunday dinner.
Mrs. E P Norwood of 3604 47th Street returned to Lubbock Thursday after a two week stay in Houston. Her daughter Mrs Eugenia Wicker is recovering from an automobile accident in a Houston hospital. Norwood's grandsons Brice and Donnie accompanied her and they will return to Houston on Monday.
A kitchen gadget shower for bride-elect Miss Lynne Hutton was hosted by Mrs. D. R. Hopkins at 3109 25th St. Seventy five guests attended with Mrs. John Hutton as a special guest and plans for a August 20 wedding at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Jack Louden hosted a miscellaneous shower for bride-elect Miss Ann Baxter, Jerold Davis’s future wife, with guests including her mother Mrs. Kirk Baxter and Mrs. Herman Clay. Hostesses and attendants wore royal blue and white as the Aug. 24 vows at First Christian Church are planned.
A reader laments the sweet polite culture and urges sharper critique of social pretensions. The letter evokes H. L. Mencken and John the Baptist as models of boldness, arguing for artful anger over timid compliance.
A mother living with her daughter and son-in-law resists being excluded from social events. The columnist counsels embracing personal vitality by hosting separate gatherings, inviting companions, and crafting one’s own social life beyond family parties.
Miss Ethel Glasscock, soon to wed Sexton, was honored at a luncheon in the Gold Room of Hemphill-Wells Monterey Center hosted by Mrs. R C Pace. Attendants included Mrs Harold Glasscock and relatives such as QO Sexton Jimmy Sexton Dick Heath Arnold Weed S W Noble and W T Rush. Centerpiece featured yellow and white flowers with a yellow and brown orchid corsage. Hostess presented china as a gift.
A 1 p.m. luncheon in the Gold Room honors Miss Janet Bell, bride elect of Vernon E. Bell. Guests include Mrs. Vernon E. Bell, Mrs. Charles P. Miller, Mrs. Jim W. Brown, Mrs. Ken Snyder, Anita Bell, and Peggy Brown. Blue and white decor, white bridal figurine centerpiece, and trellis of white and blue accents planned.
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