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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1950
Page
2
A vintage style guide outlines an autumn party plan with ice breakers, apple dunking to pair guests, eerie games, and a Halloween menu. Recipes include glazed hamburgers and a hot fruited punch with marshmallow skulls. decorative centerpiece ideas and a ghostly dessert option are described for a festive buffet.
Mrs Margaret Blair of Evansville Indiana credits Hadacol with easing nerves sleep and appetite after a deficiency in vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and iron. She says her life improved from constant fatigue and irritability to better sleep steady nerves and enjoyable meals.
Jacqueline Catlow 18 and Herbert Belsom 26 wed at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Taft Louisiana as threats by a hidden whistler failed. Crowds watched from church and levee while gifts totaling 1200 dollars were exchanged and the couple planned a Miami honeymoon. Sheriff Vial said investigators found no real threat to the couple or family.
Gene Ray Julian of 2103 25 St. Lubbock enrolled as a freshman at Harding College in Arkansas. He chose a BA in music and took placement tests with 200 other freshmen. Orientation included informal sings at the campus fishpond, a softball game, and a wiener roast before classes begin Thursday.
Mexico City October 1 George Ochoa a Laredo Texas customs broker wanted in Texas on two murder charges lost another round in his bid to avoid extradition The first penal court denied his injunction against transfer to Tijuana Baja California for extradition hearings Judge Enrique Azuara ordered him to remain under the Tijuana judge and he is to be sent there soon He was arrested July 10 in Mexicali after being charged with the July 31 1949 shooting of two men in a Laredo hotel Mexico seldom grants extradition of Mexican citizens
A DARING shift in fashion pairs shirts with skirts for campus and cocktail events. The era of separates offers practical, wrinkle resistant outfits in wool jersey to velvet, letting a basic color scheme mix and match pieces. Evening wear can mix street-length velvet, metallic tops, and boleros for adaptable formal looks.
Local clubs and church groups organize meetings in the evening across Lubbock venues including Presbyterian chapel Lub bock Women's clubhouse and several church rooms. Events cover needlework, Bible classes, WMS circles and memorial society gatherings with speakers and executive sessions.
St Pauls on the Plains parish will attend a reception at Seaman hall tonight chaired by Mrs Ben Brewer. Invitations went to parish members and Episcopal students at Texas Tech college.
Mrs. Billy Hamilton hosted a birthday dinner for her husband and his twin brother Bob Hamilton in Petersburg. Guests included Miss Emilee Knoblock Carl Wayne Rambo and Bob Scarborough along with the honorees. A game of forty two followed the meal.
Two guests and 18 members of the Shallowater HD club toured the homes of three yard demonstrators to observe the season's work. Miss Clara Pratt from Lubbock county lectured on bulbs at the event. Homes visited included those of Mesdames T A McClure James McMeanamy and M T Stanton.
Bread cake plants and cut flowers will be received from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Women’s building on the Panhandle-South Plains fair grounds. Other exhibits will be inspected when gates open at noon. Mrs. O. R. Copeland chairs the women’s department with George Long as assistant director.
Texas fire insurance rates are reduced for policies effective today. The State Board of Insurance Commissioners and Commissioner Paul H. Brown said the net savings total about 2 million dollars for the coming year, with Mercantile buildings and contents seeing the largest cuts. Some increases remain for fireproof buildings and brick churches and schools, while other classes gain lower rates including farm property and hospital contents.
Cincinnati dispatch says Dallas deputy sheriffs began extradition of Edgar F. Whiteaker and his wife Madge after they agreed to surrender. Whiteaker, 35, escaped from a Dallas jail with her help, FBI reports say. The couple reportedly lived in Matador, Texas earlier this year.
Florence Lustig endorses individualized beauty through coordinated necklines and hairlines. D'Amico advises near shoulder length for autumn, four inch nape length for versatility, while Bernard Az Guro prefers short cuts that reveal the head and frame the face.
The National Executive Committee of the Reserve Officers Association says mobilization should continue until the communist threat is removed. Col. Charles W. Skeele of Derutter New York states the group will not demobilize while Korea remains unsettled. The committee met in Dallas after many members attended the Air Force Reserve convention in Fort Worth last week.
Graduate nurses of District 21 will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community building Seagraves hostesses will include nurses from Seminole Mrs George W Smith Jr announces attendance urged for the district meeting with Seminole nurses assisting as hostesses.
Mrs Grady Hartman formerly Dorothy Hodges was honored with a bridal shower at the home of Mrs A L Rose 2415 Seventh. Hostesses were Mesdames Ross J W Chism and Earl Nails. Sixty five attended or sent gifts.
The October meeting of St Elizabeth's Altar Society will be Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Jack Henry's home 2517 Nineteenth. Co-hostesses are Mesdames Marion Sanford Jimmie Paver Beck and Tom Simmons. All new parishioners are invited.
Mrs Twitty marks her eighty fifth birthday celebrated Saturday afternoon at 2120 Twenty fifth Street by TEL class members of First Baptist Church and friends. Ernie Wells and Rex Webster sang, a birthday cake was served, and Dr. J Ralph Grant delivered a talk.
Sam Posen of Beltone Hearing Aid Company announces a new electronic discovery that promises to restore hearing for millions who are hard of hearing. He demonstrates how deaf individuals can hear with clarity using modern electronics and offers a booklet detailing the invention free to readers who request it by mail.
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