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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1948
Page
12
A columnist riffs on George Bernard Shaw on desire and tragedy. A psychoanalyst warns about love after 36. Notes on fashion, beauty, and aging in cinema, with examples from stars like Hepburn and Gable, plus a holiday market scene and gossip from a Texas corner shop.
Dr and Mrs Warren W Yo cum announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce Lenora Yo cum to A Dane Bowen Jr son of Mr and Mrs A Dane Bowen of Royalty The wedding is set for January 29 at 7 pm in the First Christian Church
Mr and Mrs Samuel Rogers of Union near Slaton celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with an open house at their Union home Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 4 30. The couple married in Paris Texas December 22 1898 and moved to Union in 1917. Rev J T Clinton of Lubbock repeated the wedding ceremony under a flower arch as Robbie Lee Rogers and Linda Potts played. Attendants served cake and punch to about 100 guests including out of town relatives from Portal NM Bogote and O Donnell.
On Tuesday Freedom chapter CES IOOP hall and South Plains Navy Mothers club meet 7 30 pm American Legion hall Theta Chi chapter Beta Sigma Phi sorority 7 30 pm Hotel Lubbock On Wednesday Ladies Day at Lubbock Country club On Thursday ten dance for junior high senior high and college students who are children of Lubbock Country club members 5 to 7 pm IOOF hall Rebekah lodge 7 30 pm IOOF hall On Friday Star Dust Dance club 9 30 pm Hotel Lubbock
Betty Jo Maynard and Paul C. Vaught exchanged marriage vows Saturday at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist church chapel. Rev. Wester Wolker officiated in a double ring ceremony with white gladioli and palms. The bride wore white wool crepe with a satin peplum and a white orchid on a white Bible. Attendants included maid of honor Vicki Martin and best man Carroll Wilson. Out of town guests came from Littlefield Dimmitt Silverton Petersburg Pampa and Acuff. The couple will reside in Waco where the bride holds a BA in speech from Texas Technological College and the groom studies at Baylor University.
Twin Coffman sisters marry Sequoyah Perry and Donald Eugene McClendon in a Kaufman Baptist church ceremony. Family, out of town guests, and a reception followed at the Kaufman hotel. The brides, both Kaufman High graduates, plan to settle in Dallas after a Texas Tech stint.
Mr and Mrs W B Burford will host an open house in the Yaqui room at the Hilton hotel to observe their Golden Wedding anniversary. Receiving hours are from 3 to 5 o clock.
The annual midwinter meeting of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers Board of Managers will be held in Austin January 3 to 5 at the Driskill hotel. The executive committee meets January 3, district presidents that evening, with a school of instruction for state and district officers and delegates to the national convention in St. Louis May 16 to 18. Mrs. H. F. Godeke of Lubbock is a vice president.
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