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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
4
Mrs. Milton L. Pierce of 2601 crafts a hobby focused home. She decorates cans and jars into dolls and toys, crafts a tile coffee table, and sews items for family use while balancing housekeeping and cooking. Her hobby hours center on creative upcycling and family joy.
A fragmented narrative describes the Pierce family in New Orleans hosting weekly Family Night with activities, a kitchen built for efficiency, and shared hobbies like genealogy. It contrasts affectionate domestic scenes with harsh racial prejudice directed at a Black neighbor child, highlighting community tensions and a call to rebuke disobedience to hateful attitudes.
Mrs. Gene Hammit was installed Friday night as the new Noble Grand of Lockney Rebekah Lodge. District Deputy President Mrs. Judy McDaniel led the ceremony in the City Auditorium with officers installed including vice grand Mrs. Leonard Strickland and secretary Mrs. Pauline Reagan.
Paris fashion shows begin January 23 with Ikendaga Hubert de Givenchy and Jean Patou setting the pace as Dior plans its new spring and summer lines. Designers Piter Cardin Jacques Heim and others follow in sequence as houses unveil ready to wear themes and Dior stages its bold collection on January 26 in a continuing battle for dominance.
A collage of missives and replies to Ann Landers addressing youth, marriage, and social issues. Letters discuss crushes, unwed mothers, drunken husbands, and couples seeking guidance about reading the column and behavior.
Bridge players from surround first and second place areas will begin arriving for each event. Masterpoints will be awarded Thursday for opening events and attendance. The three day King Cotton event offers refreshments after each session at Parkway Manor Motor Hotel. The Weratoeet sponsors a Lubbock duplicate bridge set at the American Contract Bridge League unit 197. Thursday events include individual play at 1 30 p.m. open pairs at 3 p.m. dinner guests at 7 p.m. trophies awarded to winners. Tournament directors are Paul Marks Ken Stone and Mrs Joe Matthews.
A couple, Shirley and Roderick Manson, married inside a jail cell after being arrested December 12 following a marriage license. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy and passing worthless checks from a defunct account, delaying their honeymoon until sentencing February 17.
London reports Fenner Brockway announced plans to publish a Shaw play about 1000 words long. The final act is a single sentence and replies to a political Palestine statement, with Shaw denying the historical part and commenting on Balfour Weizmann and Zionist themes.
Mary Lindley and Hasie wed at Baptist Church in Waco with Rev. Weldon Bailey officiating. The bride wore a lace hand bodice wedding gown and carried a bouquet of white roses and pink accents. Attendants wore red winterberry velveteen and carried nosegays.
A church tea at Mrs. Robert Smiths 366 41st St Sunday featured Miss Wiley as guest. The house party included Mines Joe Schnell Ross Montgomery Everett Bloxom and Richard Bell with seventy five guests. Best man Larry Merriman of Lubbock and groomsmen from Fort Worth Denison and the bridegrooms party included ushers Keith Cecil Macy Post and Dr Herbert Colvin organist Mrs John Vanderpool soloist. The Spencer parlor hosted the reception and other party members included Marilyn Warren Gare lyn Porter Forney Martha Kerley San Angelo Amy Adis and Mmes Floyd Jensen Henry Seale Roy Marvin Grant Martin Johnie Gagley C E Brame and W L Perry Houston.
A federally funded sea water conversion plant near Freeport is scheduled to begin operations in March. It is one of five planned plants using varied distillation and electrolysis methods, with sites at Point Loma California Webster North Dakota Roswell New Mexico and locations on the East Coast.
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