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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1960
Page
3
Ruby Osborn shares her lifelong sewing craft from Poland to Lubbock Texas. She learned patterns with help from her husband during service era displacements and now crafts smocked pillows wool suits and personal garments showcasing a practical home sewing talent.
Readers report parents pushing for a boy girl dance in fifth grade. Ann Landers advises to keep children out and preserve home manners. Columns also cover overfilled dinner menus, a vow of obedience debate, and reader asks about etiquette in marriage ceremonies.
The ceremony at First Presbyterian Sanpagita featured Miss Rachel Kay of the Islands and groom John Clement Robertson of Brownsville. The Filipino inspired gown used pineapple fiber and taffeta with a pannellino, veil, and a sari train. Guests included Gamma Xi Gamma Alumnae and numerous clubs. invitations used sugar cane parchment highlighting both families. The groom’s parents could not attend. the couple will visit them with the dress display.
Miss Barbara Helen Jernigan and Mervin Lee Gross married in a double ring ceremony at 7 30 p m Friday in the home of the bride s parents 2512 25th St The Rev Bruce Giles officiated The bride wore an organza gown with a fitted bodice and bouquet of white carnations The maid of honor wore aqua blue velvet and carried white carnations The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs J W Johnson Je
Yvonne Piedmont 23 vows to stay in Stanleyville despite threats from Congolese gendarmes. The Belgian woman says she will die rather than leave her birthplace, arguing the home is her legacy and family ties bind her to the city amid colonial upheaval.
Entertainment venues add catering to bowling and theaters in suburban centers. Americana Properties on Long Island builds catering halls beside bowling operations to draw traffic, expand family and corporate events, and boost weekly grosses.
A reflective piece explores how lifelong conditioning to value others’ judgments shapes self image. The narrator recalls neighbors, family members, and a child’s accusation, revealing distrust, shame, and the pull to conform to external opinions.
Taoka couple Mr and Mrs T R Riddle announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Ginger Riddle to Roche Lee Hayes son of Mr and Mrs Noel Hayes of Rt 5 Tahoka The wedding is set for Friday at 8 00 pm at the First Baptist Church Rev T James Efird will perform the ceremony Riddle attended Tahoka schools and works at Tahoka Auto Supply Hayes is a Tahoka graduate and employed by Continental Oil Co
Joan McCrory daughter of Mr. and Mrs ROW McCrory of Tahe sa will marry Melvin Ray Lobstein son of Mrs. uey Lobstein of Lamesa in a January 5 ceremony at the First Baptist Church in O'Donnell The bride is a O'Donnell High School graduate who worked at the First National Bank Lobstein a Lamesa School System graduate is in the US Army stationed at Fort Sam Houston The engagement was announced from the couple's families. Castlecaulfield Ireland enters best kept village lists as workers remove grass between cobbles.
Mr and Mrs C L Walker ages 83 and 77 observed their 60th anniversary with an open house at 221 North First Tahoka Their Dec 9 1900 wedding at Summers Mill Bell County followed by 30 years in Lynn County where they farmed 18 years They raised eight children 17 grandchildren and never lost a family member The couple plan to reside at 506 Avenue X with their daughter and son in law attending.
Mrs J E Musser announces the engagement of daughter Aileene to Charles Kenneth Williams son of Mrs Van McAda The wedding is set for Wednesday December 9 at the First Baptist Church in Lockney.
The Rev. Bob Longshore united Miss Judy Doris Park and Johnny Anderson in a 2 pm Tuesday ceremony at First Baptist Church parsonage Littlefield. Attendants included family from Earth. post wedding trip to Ruidoso NM.
Washington AP reports the Population Reference Bureau estimates world population will exceed 2.9 billion and grow 1.7 percent annually. It lists the ten most populous nations: Red China about 700 million, India 603 million, Soviet Union 210 million, United States 178 million, Japan 93 million, Pakistan and Indonesia 80–90 million each, Brazil 64 million, West Germany and the United Kingdom over 30 million each.
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