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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1958
Page
3
Mary Ledford profiles Mrs. Ed D. Allen Jr. who crafts bead pictures as a hobby. She won a blue ribbon at the Panhandle South Plains Fair and enjoys designing floral bead patterns that create three dimensional effects. Allen balances family duties with craft work and notes the hobby is eye‑straining yet rewarding.
Muriel Lawrence argues against condemning baby talk as pure tenderness. She cites family stories showing its soothing value and says adults should meet children on their level, resisting the cult of adult terminology. She warns against degrading gentleness in a world pushing early maturity.
Miss Glenda Fae Bilberry and Doyle Raymond Fowler wed Saturday at 8 p m at Seventh Day Adventist Church. The groom is a Lockney High School graduate and draftsman for the city of Lubbock. the bride is a Frenship High School alumna. Local family members attended as toasts and candle lighters. Reception followed at the home of G R Rowell on Colgate.
Miss Ireta Polvadore and Jimmy Long married Tuesday in the bridegroom’s grandmother's Crosbyton home. The couple plans a Colorado and New Mexico wedding trip before Long reports to Ft. Carson for basic training.
Ghana and Guinea reach ambassadorial level diplomatic relations after talks in Accra. Ghana pledges potential aid to Guinea with details to follow.
Local church groups from First Presbyterian to First Cumberland Presbyterian list tea luncheons programs circle meetings and WSCS sessions across city venues including First Methodist First Christian and Hotel Lubbock. Activities span 3 30 p m to 9 30 a m with venues at parishes work centers banks and hotels.
Two George Washington University students died early Sunday when fire swept the Delta Tau Delta house near campus. Six others escaped, one severely burned, as investigators linked the blaze to careless smoking in a coal mine themed party setting.
The fall cooking school at Farr's Super Markets opens Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. Four Lubbock businessmen Herman Heath Fenner Tubbs Guy Victory and Wayne Healy will host patio barbecue demos. Ruth Knight lectures on cookery. A fashion show by Hemphill Wells follows later. Free admission.
Crosbyton special report announces the engagement of Miss Frances Berry to Arthur E. Copeland. The wedding vows are planned for November 7 at the Berry home. Miss Berry works in Crosby County ASC office. Copeland is son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Copeland of Ralls and employed at Bill Smith Gin in Ralls.
Readers clash with Ann Landers over living quarters for couples and personal choice. A letter-writer defends cohabitation before marriage while others critique literacy and relationship dynamics, with advice and light ridicule woven through responses.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hoskins announce the engagement of their daughter Kay to Leon Feazell son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Feazell of Lubbock. They plan to marry on November 28. Kay is a 1958 Lamesa High School graduate while Feazell attends Monterey High School in Lubbock.
Magda and Eva Gabor embrace their 76 year old father Vilmos in Vienna as he obtains eight day travel permission from Hungary. Zsa Zsa may join from Rome. the reunions would mark the first time in 14 years if all meet.
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