Heloise hints foil wraps and knitter tips in column
A 1969 Heloise column offers household hacks from foil wrapping to knitting tricks. Readers share ideas on keeping hamburgers hot, preventing stains, and binding buttonholes with ribbon tape.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1969
Page
7
A 1969 Heloise column offers household hacks from foil wrapping to knitting tricks. Readers share ideas on keeping hamburgers hot, preventing stains, and binding buttonholes with ribbon tape.
Zeta Chi and Zeta Delta chapters held fall rush events this weekend at two private homes. Zeta Chi met at Donald Blaine’s residence for a covered dish dinner with ten members and spouses, and planned a model meeting for October 14 at Mrs Joe Giese’s home. Zeta Delta hosted its annual fall rush party at Mrs Tommy Simpson’s house with twelve members and five guests in attendance, next meeting set for December 13 at Mrs Tam Jones’s home.
Calendar snippet lists events in South Platts including clubs, meals, golf and religious group meetings. Mentions TOPS and various venues like Meadowbrook, Masonic Hall and Garden Center with scattered times and names.
A New York dermatology test reports that concrogenic hormones reportedly smooth facial wrinkles and soften skin. A 50-woman trial used hormone-containing cream on one side of the face while a non hormone formula was applied to the other side, with most showing noticeable improvement. A later 15,000-woman trial of Hormonex Beauty Serum says quick results in five to twelve days, with a money back guarantee and price offers.
Miss Bonnie Carson and Buddy Baldridge were feted Sept. 30 at 3009 Mess Road hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maedgen. Special guests included the couple’s parents and relatives. The pair plan to marry Oct. 18 in Ozona, according to the notices.
Mrs Quebe of Plainview attended a meeting of the Southern Methodist University Mothers Club Thursday in the Humphrey Lee Student Center at SMU Dallas. Members may write SMU Mothers Club Box 1239 SMU Dallas 75222 for information. The next luncheon meeting is scheduled for 11 45 a m November 20 in the student center.
Believers from Ceylon including arthritis and rheumatism patients travel to the temple at Maviddappuram. They reportedly roll around the temple ground to cover as much as six miles in a healing rite. The practice is linked to faith healing and local beliefs.
A scrambled TV log page lists programs by channel and time across days in October 1969. It includes names like Friendly Giant Batman Secret Storm and assorted local weather and news segments. The garbled OCR preserves channel identifiers Amarillo and program blocks with times but lacks coherent narrative.
Sears Roebuck and Co. plans Sunday openings at the Lubbock store on 1625 13th St during November and December. Manager Charles J. Deahl notes a trend toward Sunday shopping and that the store will keep regular weekday hours alongside the new Sunday hours.
The Bank of America argues that private day nurseries can be profitable with margins of 10 to 15 percent. It notes rising demand due to more working mothers and better-educated families, with 630000 licensed centers serving millions of potential customers. A special Small Business Reporter outlines steps from site setup to lunch planning, urging capable operators to pursue this growing market.
Arthur E Quest Jr of 3311 46th Street was named by Gov Preston Smith to a two year term on the West Texas State University board of regents. He joins nine appointees including James E Jenkins and Thomas B Pickens Jr of Amarillo and B Raymond Evans of Tulsa. Also Lt Gov Ben Barnes named Sen J H Blanchard to the interim committee on the Texas tort claims act. The five member panel will study the act allowing suits against state and local governments. In Jakarta the Indonesian army plans a 50 000 militia force start in 1975 as a cheaper alternative to a large standing army.
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