Kitchen Kap ers Antiques Enhance Home Of Shallowater Couple
Former Lubbock residents Solon and Mrs Lea live on a Shallowater farm where he once served as Lubbock corporation court judge and she ran beauty salons. Since 1952 they farm on contract and her cosmetic business keeps an office at home. Their antique-filled dwelling showcases handmade crafts including afghans beadwork decoupage china painting and yarn and burlap flowers. The white stucco house sits among trees and flower plots with summer blooms and a border of magenta moss rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Usby
Lubbock
Solon Lea
Shallowater
Lea
O'Brien
Matador
Texas Tech
John L. Lea
Glenn A
Evelyn) Fletcher
New Braunfels
U.S. Air Force
Fletcher
Bill
Sybil) Echols
Fort Worth
Echols
Texas Woman’s University
Mike Lea
Johnson
Kan
Sprinkled Cream Trick For Better Instant Coffee
Heloise explains that instant dry creamer works best when sprinkled on top of hot coffee after pouring. She notes many people ruin flavor by adding cream and coffee in the wrong order and shares a personal endorsement after trial and error. The column also answers a 14 year old reader about hope chests, origins, and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heloise
Frosty low cal drinks offer sliming ideas and tips
Mary Sue Miller sources frosty low cal drink ideas to curb hunger and calories with preprandial appetizers and between meal quenchers. She shares recipes using water, bouillon, clam juice, lemon, tea, tomato juice, and sparkling water, then invites readers to write with feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Miller
New York
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Spotlight on Mrs Lea’s Dining Curios and Date Nut Cake
A feature highlights Mrs Lea’s 600 decanters and a lamp table made from an old charn. Her prized keepsakes include gold-edged dishes given by her husband after marriage. The date nut cake recipe, three generations old, is found on aged crumpled paper and begins with boiling water and soda to steep chopped dates.
Three Inch Heels Return In Fall Fashion Rise
New York reports three inch heels return for fall and winter with seamed nylons. The look is described as sexy and nostalgic. Boots and musketeer styles appear with updated, lighter oxford pieces and elasticized laces trend.
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Patricia McCormack
New York
UPI
Alice Regensberg
American Footwear Institute
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Janis
D. Boobar
E. Bleser
Kathy Demanse
Lake Ransom Canyon
Lubbock, Texas
American State Bank
Mathis Enco
Suly Sale
Oakwood West Shopping Center
Soth
Beauty Helen
Sussex
University Avenue
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