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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
7
Snoring game at Maxey Community Center draws mixed crowd as Virs Rush and Dak Posa lead in a quirky local contest. Officials note a northern south contest theme and honor a longtime member in a light hearted club event.
Leenell Chesshir married James Addison in a Brownfield church ceremony attended by family and friends. The bride, a North Texas State University student and former Delta Phi Pi member, wore a formal gown and was escorted by her father. the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison. After the ceremony, a reception featured silver coffee service and rice throwing. The couple plan to reside and study at North Texas State University.
Former residents come back to Missouri as a series of reunions and visits unfold across towns and counties. Local groups highlight memories, housing shifts, and community ties revived by travelers and retirees returning to familiar streets.
Holiday visitors return to home as Rev and Mrs Dick Moody and Sherri Lev remixed to their home on Grand Saline Friday after spending Christmas with relatives. Moody, formerly Mrs Chapman’s daughter, visited St. Phees and Mt Afiss with family members and their parents.
An exhibition of 23 art treasures opens at Christie's in London with items loaned by Queen Elizabeth II and other nobles. Highlights include William the Conqueror’s scarf, Charles I’s Bible, and the Marie Antoinette necklace linked to the French scandal, valued at about 1.12 million dollars.
Floydada couple Mr and Mrs D R Badgett celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an informal open house from 2 to 6 p m Sunday at their son Woodrow Badgett's home on West Hallie Street. Guests invited to call. They have 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The couple married December 31 191 sometime at Whitewright. They moved to Floyd County in 1949 and have lived in Floydada since 1951. They request no gifts.
In Dimmitt on Christmas Day a party at Carlos Calvert’s home honored Charlie Richet Campbell of Waco, age 61. A live This Is Your Life program featured Campbell’s family, friends, and a 62 year old wedding portrait reenactment, with songs, prayers, supper, and a table set with fine china.
Velma Colleen Wooten became the bride of AIC Joe Mill ean in a double ring ceremony at 700 pm Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Hedges on Wichita Street. The bride wore a white three quarter length dress and carried white carnations atop a white Bible. Lester Wooten and Is Attendant served as witnesses. The couple will reside in Cheyenne after a wedding trip to California. the bride is a Jea n Tech graduate in economics and her husband attended Mississippi and is stationed in Cheyenne.
A YMCA New Year watch party is planned with worship at 7 p.m. at the Christian Church AY Soopoam venue. The group will travel to nen YMCA for a social, then to Congates fan Motel for an early event and breakfast reservations may confirm attendance for Miss Bettie fareer and Miss Farlene Wathen. An open invitation is extended to all single adults to attend the evening festivities.
Sandra Gasie Vierane and Gene Stantes exchanged double ring wedding vows at the First Baptist Church in Littlefield. The bride wore an ivory lace dress with a lace veil and carried white rosebuds atop a white Bible. The groom is a Cotton Center High School graduate now farming, with ceremony attendants including matron of honor Slee Poyer Dyer of Bovina and bridesmaid Miss Mardell Moore of Lubbock. A reception followed at the church parlor.
Mr. and Mrs Farnest Stevens announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Mary Ann Stevens to Charles Leroy Law son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Law. The bride, a Lubbock High School graduate, will vow vows Friday at the Arnett Benson Baptist Church. Construction to begin soon on a $20 million vine refinery near Quebec Tanada.
Izvestia columnist A Vasinsky argues American families are ruled by women, with men fleeing despotic home life. He asserts many women rely on wealthy husbands, others seek work only when public support exists, and mocks American media and culture.
Soviet ambassador Mikhail Menshikov leaves Washington after four years marked by the smile that earned him the nickname smiling Mike. He met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and voiced hopeful thoughts on improving understanding and settling many issues amid Berlin and Congo crises.
Psychologist Jack Arbit of Northwestern University Medical School tells the journal AMA that the mind can function as an alarm clock. He cites learned cues such as body temperature linking sleep depth to waking, suggesting a person can set desired sleep duration and trigger wakefulness when cues align.
Israel to begin construction of its first dentistry school in Jerusalem next year funded by Alpha Omega. The international dental fraternity reports ten years of fundraising bring the fund to nearly one million dollars.
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.