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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1961
Page
6
New York AP report describes radio host Mary Margaret McBride in the Catskills farm home setting. Neighbors visit her barn converted for recording and they share coffee talks about people during informal chats.
Miss Sylvia Marie Nevils of Larchmont New York married Charles N Hilbert of Fort Worth in a 7:30 p m ceremony at First Methodist Church Mineral Wells officiated by Rev W Whitefield. The bride is daughter of Mrs Jane Nevils and Howard Nevils. Maid of honor Pat Nevils wore green and pink feathered mums. Best man Charles N Hilbert cousin of the groom. Lt Hilbert is stationed at Perrin AFB Sherman and the couple will join him after her graduation from Texas Tech with a BS in elementary education.
Mr and Mrs Dale Buckner announce the marriage of their daughter Gail to Kenneth Martin son of the Rev and Mrs John Martin. The ceremony was Dec 28 at Monterey Baptist Church with the bridegroom’s father officiating. The couple reside in El Paso at 220 N Valencia. The bridegroom is in the service stationed at Biggs Air Force Base.
The Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2466 meets at the post home with Mrs. Lynn B. Jones presiding. They announce the 26th annual National High School Writing Contest with entries due March 15 on the topic Law and the Free Citizen. First and second prizes noted, contact Mrs. Middleton for details at PO2-3835. A covered dish luncheon is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at the post home, and the next meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19.
Betas Sigma Phi sorority votes to begin spring rushing at the Valentine dance on Feb 17 at Parkway Manor Motel. Decision made at a Thursday Lubbock Women’s Clubhouse business meeting. Members will continue to sell candy as a fund raising project.
Mr and Mrs Robert Koger hosted a Dawson County Farm Bureau directors dinner in Lamesa. About 40 attendees and spouses joined the event at the hotel basement where a decorated buffet featured green votive candles. Roger serves as Farm Bureau president this year and the gathering preceded the directors meeting.
Bridge classes at the YWCA will begin Tuesday and run through Feb 28 with Mrs Wesley Collier as instructor. Beginners meet 9 39 to 11 30 a m and intermediate 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Nursery facilities provided on request for five families. Reservations by Monday at PO3 0469.
The article recalls Mrs Sanders with McMillan forming a Lubbock firm, Bruckner remaining as a partner under W G McMillan. It mentions the late Val Tudor directing excavation with four horse teams and a scoop dubbed frezno, predecessors to bulldozers. Wagons and teams removed dirt from the bacument area amid a Helsinki letters note.
A Thursday meeting in Lubbock featured Bailey as chief organizer for Tu and Mrs A C Sanders as hostess for excavation work. Guests attended at the Pancakeamiga Club with refreshments blasted by dynamite in a Caliche area.
A reader requests reprinting a year old set of parenting rules. The list includes guidance on respecting a child as a gift from God, avoiding anger, fair discipline, avoiding smothering love, modeling hard work, allowing adversity, and fostering faith in God and compassion for others. The piece invites readers to mail questions for assistance, including a self addressed stamped envelope.
Mrs. Sam Loomis hosts Upsilon Sigma Chapter at 2724 62nd as they back a city council project to aid a local senior citizens home and plan to send cosmetics to women at Big Spring Mental Hospital. Jan Lovell presents literature.
Mrs. Marvin Boyd spoke on Bruckner and a steam hoist used to transport materials to a six story structure. St. John's WSCS fellows plan a 6:30 p.m. dinner with Dunn Circle hosts and Geraldine related groups. Homer Maxey, owner, modernizes hotel while preserving a rusty horseshoe as a keepsake.
Fortenberry recalls history of light spot cotton supports and prices. He notes 65 percent of land grows light spots and premiums can reach 18 dollars per bale, signaling strong market acceptance and the reality of private price supports rather than government money.
The Water and Light Collection office relocates today to 1107 9th St after moving city offices from the old City Hall area on 10th St and Texas Ave. A drive-in window opens near Ave J/K, with night depository still at the old hall until Monday. Bids to raze the old City Hall and American Legion home go to the Commission next Thursday as part of a two story City Hall expansion.
President Eisenhower will address the opening session of the White House Conference on Aging in Washington. The event gathers about 2,700 delegates from all states to explore expanding opportunities for older people.
Millett counsels readers to avoid inviting more guests than can be managed without confusion, urging practical hosting limits and orderly gatherings.
Pythian Sisters of Lynn Temple No. 45 in Tahoka install new officers led by Most Excellent Chief Bertha Williams. New officers include Emma Halamicek, Winnie Spruiell, Dorothy Kidwell, Elsie Dee Brooks, Charlotte Croxton, Christine Jaquess, Darlene Gurley, and Laverne Dykes. Installation conducted by Glenda Dunagan with assistance from Nina Short and Elnora Curry.
At the Pioneer Hotel remodeling site a rusted horseshoe is found, triggering memories for Herman Bruckner, former carpenter foreman for J. E. Johnson Co., which built Lubbock’s first modern hotel in 1925. The relic evokes 36 years of local construction change and community fundraising for the project.
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