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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1962
Page
9
Seventeen members and three visitors attended a TOPS Club meeting at the Lubbock National Bank cafeteria. After weighing in, each member reported a loss of about one pound for the week and measurements showed inch reductions toward the club goal. The next meeting is set for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the cafeteria.
Reader's Digest presents findings that challenge beliefs about men and women and reveal overlooked facts about compatibility. Condensed from the book Men, Women, and Man the item promises a new road to true harmony and is featured in the November issue now on sale.
Lubbock unit of Texas Retired Teachers will dine at Farr's Cafeteria on 34th Street at 6 30 p.m. Dr Ralph S Underwood will introduce Mrs Fern Cone who will present slides from her New Zealand trip. W M Slagle reports Area 7 TRT Fort Worth meeting October 15 17. All retired teachers administrators and their spouses are invited. Junior High School hosts hot dog supper followed by talent and style show.
A reader narrates a wealthy, unethical employer and quits over petty manipulations. Ann Landers agrees quitting was right and expands to urge honesty about ethics. A second reader argues non smokers must resist inhaling secondhand smoke, advocating outdoor use at social gatherings.
District 18 Texas Graduate Nurses Assn met at Alcove Restaurant in Plainview for a dinner and discussion on the Public Health Program and community needs. Speaker J. T. Marshall urged that public health serves all, not just the indigent, noting every phase of health matters. Mrs. Billie Becknal presided. about 30 members and guests attended.
The P T A at P. F. Brown School plans a Halloween carnival from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. It is the unit's sole annual project with spookrooms, talent shows and other entertainments in classrooms. Refreshments will be sold in the cafeteria.
Mrs. David Foster hosted Sigma Omega Chapter Beta Sigma Phi at 2324 54th. Members discussed prose rules and wrote themes from mimeographed sheets. Plans for a rummage sale on Nov 3 in Toho ka and a Nov 12 luncheon at Hemphill-Wells were noted. New pledges Bob Henderson Bill Baker welcomed. Transferee Ford Robertson welcomed. Guests Velma Flowers Elton Chambers. Next meeting 8 p.m. Nov 8 at 2130 67th St.
The islands of the Aegean have stabilized the tourist hotel trade by using the Dracone, a 300 foot nylon tube functioning as a water supply barge, to deliver crucial water resources to resort areas.
A stated meeting was held Tuesday night by Freedom Chapter 898 Order of Eastern Star at MacKenzie Masonic Hall. Associate Matron Leda Self and Past Patron Champ Busby presided with pro tems Neal Byrd and Mrs M L Eldridge and Mrs Ethel Mayfield. Nine past matrons attended along with guests Mrs Ellen Dunn Amarillo 787 and Mrs Mildred Spencer Jacksboro. Hostesses were Mrs Eldridge and her niece Mrs Spencer. Mr and Mrs Troy Bartlett on a vacation trip in Colorado.
Mrs. Vincent Thiel formerly Miss Sharon Blair was honored at a gift tea held Sunday at 2614 20th Street East hosted by Mrs. A B Ohtenbusch. Attendants included Ginger Ohtenbusch Leslie Duckworth Jofa Prestridge Pat Smith Sue Watson Donese Mayfield and Catherine Leftwich.
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