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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1971
Page
9
Dorothy Moore demonstrates a new sewing method using newspaper patterns and measurements to create exact dress copies. Her book Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking explains the technique, and she tours nationwide promoting home sewing creativity.
On Okinawa Mrs. Moore teaches pattern drafting to Army families turning fabric, measurements, and math into perfectly fitted garments. She stresses 22 exact measurements, practice over six weeks, and the joy of starting from scratch rather than only using commercial patterns. Home sewing expands to a $2.3 billion industry with tools and a math based approach.
Betty Yarmo reports that Social Security benefits favor women through earlier retirement formulas and widow or ex-spouse options. Widows can claim 82 percent at 62, divorced women may gain via longstanding marriages, and remarriage allows choosing between former or new benefits.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Cave and Guy Stephen Kindred exchanged wedding vows Friday night at Highland Presbyterian Church Dallas with the Rev Michael G Renquist officiating The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Cave of Hurst The couple plans to live in Dallas where both are students at El Centro Junior College
A 1935 Texas Tech graduate Mrs. Wine nelte Nelte of Laramie Wyoming received the Employee of the Year Award at the Wyoming Human Resources Conference in Casper Sept 29. Nelte is an Albany County Public Assistance caseworker since 1956 and works with adoptions foster care and juvenile cases. Governor Stan Hathaway presented the plaque. Her family includes Mrs. J E Ward of 2013 Broadway.
The Texas Tech University Red Raider Band under Dean Killion won the Continental Congress Award of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for a halftimeshow at the Sun Bowl in El Paso New Year’s Day 1970. The award was announced at the DAR convention in Washington with presentation slated during Tech vs Texas A&M halftime. Mrs. Charles Stillaid and Mrs. Marvin Hilburn Jr. will present the honor to Killion and the band.
The Women's Division of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce sets noon today as the deadline for reservations to the annual membership luncheon. The event at Vann's Catering Service Thursday features a western theme tied to the Ranch Headquarters dedication at The Museum and a Pitchfork Ranch trip planned for Oct 15. Reservations and bus transport from Fairfield Shopping Center are arranged through the chamber office at 763-4656. luncheon price is $2.35.
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