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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1968

Page

7

Blue Ridge Job Corps Center Helps Appalachian Girls Train

Nellie and one hundred Blue Ridge Mountain girls from Appalachia moved into Marion Junior College dorms for a second chance program. The center offers medical related courses, aims to place graduates, and emphasizes confidence and independence while reducing poverty in Virginia and neighboring states.

Virginia Appalachia Clare White Marion Wns Nellie Marion Junior College Blue Ridge Job Corps Center Blue Ridge Mountain Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee Appalachians Blue Ridge Job Corps Mildred Blue Ridge Center Rosalie Tennessee Boarder Carolyn Thomas W. West Blue Ridge Job Corps Center West Lutheran Church In America U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity Community Resources Division Brunswick Corp Sam Russell

Heloise letters offer home help and simple fixes

Readers share practical tips from sandboxes as storage for winter to a foam sheet between mattress and box springs. Other notes advise on blind carbon copies, a rubber finger cover for knitting, and using plastic garment bags to prevent rust on hangers during travel or damp conditions.

London Trouser Suits Spark Midseason Fashion Parade

A London fashion parade showcases trouser suits and ready to wear styles from major houses, drawing on Paris and Rome cues. Designers feature A line and short dresses, Eastern influences with turbans and tunics, and crushed velvet, moire, chiffon materials for Christmas trade.

London Nadpane Walker Benetout Yves Laurent Paris Rome Vorites Mono

State Officer Visits Auxiliary To VFW Post

Mrs. Jackson Craven Texas Ladies Auxiliary president spoke at the twenty fourth Friendship night of Auxiliary to Post 2466. The Kemah resident addressed Loyalty at the Post location with a junior girls unit program. About 150 people attended and a Thursday business meeting was led by president R K Sikes with twenty eight attendees and visiting members Mrs Craven Mrs Becker and Mrs Clements from Slaton Auxiliary.

Jackson Craven Department of Texas Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Craven Kemah S4th St Ave. N Murs R.K. Sikes

Sigma Omega Gives Afternoon Tea at Mrs Ferguson Home

Sigma Omega chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a Sunday tea at Mrs. M. Ferguson's home 4512 43th St with hostesses Miies Davi Das Mae Simpson and Charles McGill and eleven guests. An open meeting follows Tuesday at Mrs Day's home 5205 8th St. A Northwest Texas conference officers training school met at First Methodist Church with attendees from Lubbock including Nelda Griffin Howard Medlock Willie Washington Margaret Hotaling Dale Blackburn Christine Flint Myrtle Rochelle Ethyni Short.

Shma Omega Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Plainview Northwest Texas Woman's Society of Christian Service Wesleyan Service Guild First Methodist Church Lubbock Nelda Griffin Howard Medlock Willie Washington

Lubbock Women’s Club meets as various groups plan events

Low Tabbe presided at a Lubbock Women’s Club board meeting with Mrs. Tracy Gage and Mrs. Tim Hatch sharing duties. Yearbooks and a fall term study club begin, while decorations feature burlap and antique crystal. plans outline the Texas Division United Daughters of the Confederacy convention set for late September.

Tracy Gage Lubbock Women's Club Harold Warshaw Medical Assistants Society Tim Hatch Randolph Mills Gage Howard Alford Reginald Rushing W. C. Mingus Joe Arrington C. L. Boggs Dale Johnson Clement Sorosis Lubbock A. B. Bryant C. T. Green Belverd Needles Lennis Baker Harold Russell 43Rd St Texas United Daughters of the Confederacy L. A. Werr 28Th St Pioneer Hotel Robert L. Smith Slaton

Those Horrid Age Spots Patent Ad

An old advertisement touts ESOTERICA medicated cream to fade brown surface spots on hands face and neck claiming it clears pigment in the skin not just cover up. It promotes a fragrance free greaseless base and costs $2.00 at drug counters with a petro soap product for dryness and blemish care.

Fifty-Five Club Meeting at Fiesta Bowling Al Jey

The Fifty-Five Club will hold a 7 p.m. business session today at Fiesta Bowling Al Jey located at 1902 I. All residents aged 65 or over are invited to attend.

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