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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1963
Page
6
Antique and reproductions lead in spring displays at Dallas Market Center with rugs furniture and wall decor also featured. New accessories include a versatile cowl hood head scarf and modern decorative items such as artificial trees and candles. A reader notes a stolen bicycle and urges helping a 12 year old.
The text highlights designed for petite figures with a Brittany style outfit suitable for casual elegance. It notes a spring coat with seaming, notched collar and yoke, and mentions a missy size option plus a camel hair double breasted coat with a smart collar for petites.
New York UPI report notes Valentine Day arrives as Christmas bills loom for many couples. The feature humorously urges mindful spending and suggests lovers focus on thought over money while debts linger and cash runs low.
The Lubbock Antique and Collectors Club hosts a Valentine Tea at 3 to 5 p.m. at 2302 Slide Rd with hostesses and serving ladies named. Weekend visitors include Dallas lawyer-elect and a San Angelo mayor with Texas Tech ties, plus other relatives and local residents enjoying gatherings and Valentine shopping tips.
In Plainview a double ring wedding was held at the First Presbyterian Church with Paula Sue Graham daughter of Paul Webber Amarillo and Lt Jerry Bateman son of H Bateman Jr. The Rev Frank Travis officiated. Attendants Barbara Cook Mary Sanders Mona Anderson attended. The bride wore white silk organza and a chapel train. A reception followed in Fellowship Hall. The couple will live at 1313 Jackson Redondo California. Bateman is a Texas Tech graduate and Air Force officer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Climer announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Linda Louise Climer to Curtiss Dean Laasson of Mineola. Linda is a Monterey High School and Texas Tech graduate. Curtiss is Mineola High School and Tech mathematics major, manager of Bowling and Billiard Supplies Inc. The wedding is set for February 22 at Lubbock View Christian Church.
The First Baptist Church of Stanton will host a group training school for six area churches from February 18 to 22. Participating churches include Courtney Garden City Lenorah Tarzan Lakeview and Stanton.
Wedding and engagement notices require prompt submission to the Women’s Department. Provide typed names addresses signatures and a contact number. Include timing deadlines for Sunday publication and mail or deliver to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeWayne Kerbo wed at 8 p.m. February 5 at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. F. W. Elmore officiating. The bride Jackie Ann Henry wore Chantilly lace and bridal taffeta. The couple resides in Colorado Springs after the wedding in Plainview.
The Lubbock County Home Demonstration Council gathered Friday morning in Monterey Reddy Room with representatives from 10 clubs. Reports from clubs were read and education, finance, exhibit and recreation committee recommendations adopted. Mrs. A. E. Newton spoke as county chairman of the Texas Home Demonstration Association. Clara Pratt announced the program. Self Expression With Fashion will be presented March 7 at 2 pm at Municipal Garden Arts Center open to the public. Mrs. A. V. Autry elected county THDA chairman with Aubrey Russell district 2 agent as guest.
Miss Carolyn Haskins bride elect of Charles Law honored at a Saturday night reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John V. Law at 4301 38th Street. The June 8 wedding at First Baptist Church Inola, Okla. Attendees included Miss Regina Foster, Glenn Graham of Tulsa and Mrs. Joe Chambers of Fort Worth.
Mrs W L Broadhurst of 2822 22nd St visits her sister Mrs S L Hogan who is seriously ill at Wesley Hospital in Oklahoma City. Mrs Hogan and her husband have made many visits to Lubbock with Mrs Broadhurst and are known in the community.
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