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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1962
Page
6
The piece laments Texas Tech losses to Texas Tech Red Raiders, notes stadium litter and crowd behavior, and argues sportsmanship matters as much as wins. It also sketches opinion on public driving etiquette and memory aids, plus a dog adoption and meat wrapping trivia.
Miss Jacqueline Rose Smith and Doyle Dan Jones were married at 1 30 p m Saturday in the Utica Street Church of Christ in Plainview. The bride is the daughter of the couple.
Plainview notes the Travel Study Club 0th anniversary observed with a tea at First Methodist Church parlor. A 3 p.m. program precedes the tea, with club president T. L. Wright in charge of arrangements.
The 1952 Study Club meets at 10 a.m. Thursday in the South Room of the Lubbock Women's Clubhouse to study Sophocles Oedipus Coloneus and Ajax with Mrs. J. J. Willingham introducing the program led by Mrs. M. H. Dewhurst and Mrs. Melville Hawkins. The Shakespeare Club holds a 3 p.m. session at the same clubhouse with Mrs. Roger Powers discussing King Lear as the first in a series. roll call uses Lines From Act 1. Sunshine Study Club gathers at 3 p.m. to prepare supplies for the Lubbock Cancer Closet under Mrs. W. M. Ryan with Mrs. Frank Bass hosting and Mrs. C. V. Sandlin presiding. A visit to Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Byrd’s home features Mrs. Will J. Rutledge of Kenedy visiting for several weeks.
Ann White, a Massachusetts widow and former public information officer, bought the 74-foot two-masted Alice Wentworth, the oldest sailing ship still in commercial use, and now operates passengers from Hyannis Port to Nantucket Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands. She hires a skipper and Sea Scouts, charging about 20 dollars a day for a taste of life before the mast. The ship is berthed in Fel Pond Woods Hole for the winter existing with harbor master approval after a long local dispute.
An advertisement touts Cardui Brand Tablets to relieve premenstrual bloating and tension. It claims the drug quickly removes excess bodily fluid, eases emotional mood swings, back pain, headaches, and cramps without narcotics or antihistamines, enabling normal daily activity.
Mrs. Leona Shepherd of Denton president of the Rebekah Assembly IOOF of Texas will pay an official visit to District 76 Thursday at Denver City Rebekah Lodge No 116. Lodges from Seagraves Seminole and Plains will participate.
Forty nine women attended a Campfire Leaders Association meeting at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Training chair man J. A. Beatty outlined October training at Forrest Heights Methodist Church. A creative workshop is planned for Oct. 18 at Westminster. Executive director Jeannie Donovan spoke on the United Fund drive and distributed materials. Program chair Bill Atwill reviewed the 1962-63 calendar. Maedgen Elementary School hosts were noted.
To run your engagement or wedding story print before or after the event you must submit in advance. Provide clearly written names and addresses with signature and phone number. mail or deliver to the Women’s Department at the Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Lubbock Texas.
At Plainview High School Area 1 Texas Young Homemakers elected officers during a convention meeting. Betty King Lockney was named president with Ann Walker Hale Center as vice president Linda Hicks Hereford as secretary treasurer and Patsy Fortenberry Hereford as reporter historian State president Max Marble presided and greetings were given by officials from Lockney Hale Center and Plainview A style show by Browns Department Store featured Linda Scheele and Paulette Kropp of Lockney with dry flower arranging by Arch Keys of Plainview.
A column on etiquette advises that when a hostess or guest receives a phone call others in the room should continue their conversation without interruption. It emphasizes discretion and allowing the speaker to resume naturally after the call ends.
The Lubbock Crosby County Medical Society will vote at 7 30 p m today at the Ming Tree Restaurant on whether to proceed with Type II Sabin vaccine for the Oct 28 second round or switch to Type IT final dose. Dr Royce C Lewis president explains the choice hinges on the planned vaccination sequence and public health strategy.
Dr Timothy Donovan, assistant professor of history at Texas Tech, will address the League of Women Voters at a luncheon on The United States and the United Nations. The meeting is at Lester's Hickory Inn at 12 noon Thursday with reservations by noon Wednesday via Mrs Buck Frederiksen.
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