This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1969
Page
9
National Cotton Council suggests crafting fabric flowers for gifts or bazaars. Create a tulip using two fabrics with seven-petal design, wire supports, and a fabric stem. Glue fabric layers, insert wire strips, shape petals around a central cotton ball, and finish with florist tape for a durable stem.
District 6 Caprock Girl Scout Council hosts a 9:30 to 11:30 a m neighborhood play day at Esla Tes School gym with ten troops and about 100 girls. Junior Troop 113 from Ellates School leads flag ceremony. campus Girl Scouts of Texas Tech directs songs games and dances. Junior 25 from Martin School retires the flag.
Xi Gamma Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Thursday at Mrs. Mark Beavers home. Mrs. Doyle Edmiston attended as guest. Mrs. Bob Langford presided. A donation to Goodfellows was given. A Christmas party for members and husbands is at 8 p.m. tonight at the Langford home. Don Braswell presented selections from the Grand Canyon Suite for the program Understanding Art. The next meeting is a Christmas party and gift exchange at 8 p.m. December 18 in Mrs John Reagan’s home.
Final plans for a cookbook and bake sale run today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hemphill Well Monterey Center by Alpha Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Proceeds go to the Lubbock State School for the Mentally Retarded. Next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Bob Kinsey’s home.
A reading laboratory developed to enhance comprehension of American literature proposes four levels of understanding from basic meaning to creative synthesis. The program, featuring 35 books and teacher tools, tests students after each book on word meaning, interpretation, critique, and original insight, using works by Orwell, Twain, Hemingway, and others.
Ann Landers prints a note about a pet turtle dying due to lack of care and a call for better pet store guidance. A reader shares loneliness and seeks advice. Landers responds with empathy, urging counseling and self worth, and invites further questions via the Burbank Avalanche Journal.
Forty people attended a luncheon and installation of HD Council officers at South Plains Electric Co-Op Amarillo Road. Mrs. Mary Roberts presented a Christmas decorations program. Miss O Lynn McGinty installed officers and the council thanked Mildred Patterson with a gift.
Jim Covington guest speaker at the Lubbock Altrusa Club dinner at the Women’s Club. Covington heads Nationwide Communications Service for TIME DC Motor Freight and spoke on Communi cations of Tomorrow with color slides. Mrs Elsie Gilbergen introduced him. Dr Norma Porres presided as business session planned a lasting party from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Flame Room of the Pioneer Natural Gas Building.
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW 2466 met at the Post home. Three new members were welcomed. A Christmas party is planned December 18 at the VA hospital in Big Spring. The next meeting is set for January 8 at 7 30 p.m. at the Post home.
Combine tomato sauce sour cream capers salt and basil to make about 2 cups. Save juice from maraschino cherries to color and flavor. Use with vegetables fish poultry or sausage links for lunch boxes or pasta.
L. D. Pendleton aged 88 was feted Friday night at his home on 1713 With St. Hostesses included Mines, William S. Settler, Martha L. Collins and Marvin D. Pendleton. A retired farmer, Pendleton has lived in Lubbock since 1925 and is a charter member of the Horn Bible Class at First Methodist Church.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.