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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
18
A reader suspects false pregnancy after 17 months of alleged pregnancy with Verna. Ann Landers advises pseudocyesis and urges medical confirmation. Other letters seek phone etiquette tips and gin rummy budget concerns with mother in law. final note invites readers to send problems to Lub bock Avalanche-Journal.
Photographic advice for posing to look slimmer in bathing suits. Tips include tall posture, three quarter views, knee and foot positioning, hand placement, and shoulder rotation. Seated poses described and readers urged to write Mary Sue Miller at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for more beauty guidance.
Vicki Jo Davis a Roosevelt High School junior will join about 1200 delegates at the 1968 national Future Homemakers of America meeting in Miami Beach Florida from Monday through July 11. Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley P Davis of the Acuff community, serves as Area I FHA president and teacher Mrs Glenda Harris will be one of the advisors on the trip.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cox and Gib Landis of Amarillo pledged wedding vows at 3 p.m. Sunday in a double ring ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev. Cecil Foster of First Baptist officiated. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weathers. A reception followed. Landis retired after 11 years as adult probation officer for the 47th Judicial District Court in Amarillo. The couple will reside in Kress.
The Diet Right TOPS Club met Tuesday at Security National Bank with Mrs. June Lindsey presiding. Mrs. Peter Bolash had the greatest weekly weight loss and Miss Barbara Sears was queen for the month with Mrs. Ken Wright as runner-up. A new contest begins and the next meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the bank.
Betty Yarmon reports in 1968 that Broadway remains alluring to aspiring actors despite low weekly wages and unstable jobs. Many seek work through summer stock off Broadway and repertory theater while hoping for a big break, with Equity listing 14 000 members as new seasons loom.
Calendar items list Pine Hills Ladies Golf Assn at Pine Hills Country Club at 9 am and a variety of civic club meetings across Llano, Lubbock, and nearby venues with times from morning to evening. Names include TOPS club, Rebekah lodge, and local garden and social groups.
The engagement of Miss Emma Louise Downey to Billy Lee Carson is announced by the Downey family of Bayou La Batre Alabama. They set July 19 as the wedding date. Downey attends Graceland College Lamont Iowa majoring in physical education and playing in the college band. Carson a Graceland senior majors in elementary education and plays on the varsity football team.
The December flower is the marecissus also known as holly. Named plant chosen for the month emphasizes festive greenery and year end symbolism.
ARMSTRONG'S SUPPLY CO promotes LENNON central air conditioning as a remedy for noisy summer nights. The ad claims quiet operation and low cost, likening it to a kitchen refrigerator and offering a frog gimmick for sale.
In Hemphill at 12 15 p m Friday Wells Monterey Gold Room hosts Miss Pat Fowler bride elect of Mike Fielding and members of her wedding party. Mrs Charles A Fowler mother of the bride elect serves as hostess with guests Mrs Virginia Fielding Mrs Sam Hodge and Mrs John A Iverson of Houston. Avocado and white are the chosen wedding colors in decorations.
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