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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Page
8
Article blends quotes on personal happiness with social duty and kindness. It cites Dr. Richard H. Klemer on finding satisfaction through improving actions that make others happy rather than acquiring things. It argues small kindnesses ripple outward.
New officers of the AAUW Child Study Group were entertained by members with a social Monday morning at St. Luke's Methodist Church. Hostesses included Mrs. Bob Bowers Mrs. Clyde Schneider Mrs. Nelson Morris and Mrs. Charles F Hodges.
The Silver Anniversary of the Women’s West 2 Texas Golf Assn will be observed with a 7 p.m. dinner at Lubbock Country Club featuring an Oriental garden theme with Lotus plants and Oriental fans. Founders Mrs. Guy L McAfee and Mrs. C L Dean will attend along with original members including Mrs. Olan Key and Mrs. Nora Brown. First tournament winner was Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite of Fort Worth.
Margaret Hills the 62 year old librarian at the American Bible Society manages 21 015 volumes all of which are the Bible. She fields questions on italics the Apocrypha and Bible values while drawing on 31 years in the Bible Society and 22 years in her present role. She notes reading the Bible daily matters more than handling many copies.
Lubbock Camp Fire Girls stage a Camp Fire Style Show at Monterey Shopping Center mall Thursday at 7 30 p m free admission. Forty girls from fourth grade to horizon club groups model for J C Penney Charlene's Casual Shop Shelton's Mode Oing and other shops with Rex Webster as commentator and Mrs Larry Doyle at the piano.
Sherry Lynn Middleton and Jerry Eldon Gass married Thursday at the Middleton home with Rev. Bill Burton officiating. Attendants wore beige outfits, and the couple plans to reside in O'Donnell after July 1. Both graduates of O'Donnell High School.
Miss Sandra Lackey and Ronnie Joe Darby plan a Friday wedding at Acuff Baptist Church. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. M. Lackey and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Darby of Rt. 1 Lubbock. Lackey is Roosevelt High School alumna and Darby farms near Acuff.
Miss Tiddly Moseley daughter of Mrs Dolores Moseley Seagraves and Jerry Joe Blakely son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Blakely Seagraves married June 10 in the parsonage of First Baptist Church Denver City officiated by Rev F C Bradley. The bride wore white organza and orchids while the groom is a Seagraves High School graduate and a junior at Eastern New Mexico University. They will reside in Seagraves.
Miss Georgina Long, bride elect of Jim Logsdon of Amarillo, was honored at a Saturday miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Joe Hardcastle of Amarillo with assistant hostess Mrs. Don Hardcastle of Lubbock. The event featured crystal, silver, and a bridal bells centerpiece. The couple will marry July 30 at First Baptist Church in Lubbock. Mrs. George B. Long and Mrs. H. T. Logsdon joined in the receiving line. Miss Kay Logsdon kept the guest book.
Guidance for readers on sending wedding notices to the Lub bock Avalanche Journal. Instructions cover timing before and after events, spelling names, including signatures and phone numbers, photo policies, and where to mail notices to the Women's Department in Lubbock Texas.
Riverside California visitors Mr and Mrs Ross N Popejoy and family join Lubbock relatives for a Popejoy reunion at Ropes Club House Ropesville with about 50 guests expected. The 23rd annual Frost family reunion is slated for Roaring Spring next Sunday with a basket dinner.
Mr and Mrs George Wayne Goodson married June 13 at the bride’s parents home in a double ring ceremony. Bride Helen Hilton wore lace trimmed dress and carried a white carnation bouquet. Best man Wayne Pruett and maid of honor Martha Hilton attended. The couple left for a wedding trip from Fort Gordon Ga. after the celebration with piano pieces and solos. Maurice Harmon and family visited relatives on 49th Street.
Miss Pauline Corbin married Delbert Warren Gehrett Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Clovis with Dr Herbert Bergstrom officiating. The couple plans a wedding trip and will reside in Portales while Gehrett resumes studies at Eastern New Mexico University.
Miss Dorothy Louise Atkins and Don Terrell Hall were married Saturday at 8 p.m. in Plainview First Baptist Church. Officiating was Dr Roy McClung. Attendants included sister Mrs Bob Findley and several bridesmaids. The couple plans a wedding trip to Acapulco and will reside in Odessa after July 1. Hall attended Texas University and works for McDonald Buick Co. Atkins is a 1960 Texas Tech graduate.
Emily Post notes in July Reader's Digest how to handle blunders with poise citing cases from spilled milk to a naval side recovering a distinguished lady's runaway panties.
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