Brother's Gift Launches Woman In Profession
In 1910 Mrs. Tessie Frank Dickeson of 2316 15th St received a box camera from her brother and began taking pictures as a hobby that became a career spanning over sixty years. A millinery apprentice and later a portraitist, she opened a Corsicana studio after learning on the job and gained wide acclaim while appearing on the Los Angeles Times front page in 1920 as a Southern artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Nickel
Tessie Frank Dickeson
15Th St
Dickeson
Longview
Fyear
Los Angeles Times
E. E. Doty
Armed Services
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Corsicana
Shreveport
National Federation of B & PW Clubs
St. Louis
Southwestern Professional
Notable Texas Portraitist Mrs Dickeson Retires
The Spotlight on page profiles Mrs. Dickeson a Corsicana photographer who worked for Keen Studios in Lubbock. She photographed Will Rogers in 1926 at Navarro Hotel Ballroom and earned early recognition in Who's Who in Professional Portraiture. She continued to build a career with creative lighting and a box camera philosophy before retiring in August.
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United States
Dickeson
Will” Rogers
Corsicana
Navarro Hotel
Mr. Rogers
Bridal shower honors Miss Sheryl Evitt bride elect
Miss Sheryl Evitt bride elect of Nicky Headlee was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted at the home of Mrs. Lindsey Doss. Co hosts included Mines James Bowers Norman Specter and others. Special guests were Mrs. Milton Evitt and Mrs. Leon Headlee. The event noted navy and white decorations and marked the community ties of longtime professionals.
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Sheryl Evitt
Nicky Headlee
Lindsey Doss
49Th St
Mines
James Bowers
Norman Specter
Leslie Duncan
Clifford Newton
J. R. Morrow
Jewell Hobbs
Harold Carnes
R. D. McConnell
Sandra Specter
Milton Evitt
Leon Headlee
Family of champions Evert clan shines in tennis world
Fort Lauderdale teen Lon Chris Evert is hailed as part of a gifted tennis family. At 16 she headlines the U S Open at Forest Hills after a rout of Edda Buding and is ranked No 1 in the national girls 18 and under group. Her siblings Drew John Jeanne and Clare follow in tennis paths as father Chris coaches and daughters study at Thomas Aquinas High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Rts
Lon Chris Evert
Billie Jean King
Margaret Court Smith
Miss Evert
Newark
Forest Hills Stadium
Helen
Wills Moody
Edda
Buding
West Germany
Frank Parker
Larchmont
Colette
2Larchmont
Sam
Sinde Power
Evert
Chris
Ase
Holiday Park
Drew
Florida
John
Jeanne
Clare Hacks
Maureen Connolly
United States
Court Star
Energ
Thomas Aquinas High School
Dear Ann Landers Opinion: Alcohol and Funeral Glasses Letters
A reader pleads for help with a husband who drinks, while another asks about mortician practice with glasses on a deceased person. A teen shares a contest tale and recovery hope arrives as Ann Landers responds with guidance and requests for submissions.
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Ann Landers
Jim
Garden City
G.C.W
Ann
Engagements of Rene Brooks Cameron Underway in Memph is
Miss Rene Brooks Cameron of Memph is announced as engaged to Cameron of San Francisco California Her mother Mrs S Burrows and stepfather Mr and Mrs Ira J Burrows of Austin announce the engagement The bride to be is granddaughter of Mrs Mabel Aven and Mr and Mrs Robert Brooks of Hart Cameron is a member of University chapter 1082 Order of the Eastern Star The group met at Lubbock Masonic Lodge Hall with presiding officers An initiation ceremony is planned for September 23 at the lodge hall The article also notes the bride elect is a Hart High School and Texas Tech University graduate and will marry September in Dallas at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
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Order of the Eastern Star
Lubbock
Masonic Lodice
Bill Taylor
M. J. Eldridge
Prostem
HP. C. Odom
Grace Cameron
Clinton
Iowa
Alfred Cameron
Hart High School
Texas Tech Universi
Wesley Chapel
Lovers Lane
United ‘Methodist Church
Dall
Wines Legends by Kenneth Odom
A warm day in 1967 marks the launch of Digest's new six color letterpress as executives celebrate with champagne. The plant, one of the world’s largest, will print 18 million copies monthly using a shift from ink to a ceremonial bottle arcing through the air. Cecil's in Lubbock promotes a fine wine selection for meals.
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Paul W. Thompson
Reader's Ciest
Digest
Cecil’s
Cecil's
Tahoka Highway
iLubbock
Texas
Adv
Daily Bridge Schedule and Meeting Announcements
The calendar lists Helle Center Duplicate Bridge Clubs at 10 pm and the Bridge Center. Lubbock Duplicate Bridge club meets at 2 am at the Bridge Center. An 8 and Doll Club square dance is planned at Hodges Community Center. Alpha Slama chapter of Delta Kapow Gamma meets at 10 am at Lubbock Center. Also note Stockholm Premier Golda Meir met USSR officials in Finland.
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Helle Center
Bridge Center
Lubbock
Duplicate Bridge Club
Pim
Alpha Slama
Delta Kapow Gamma
Lubbock Center
Stockholm
Golda Meir
Ussr
Finland
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Lubbock, Texas
Humorist
West Texas
Keen Studios
UT Tennis
HLVN
Mattison
M.E.G
Stockton
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Brooks
Cameron
University
OES
London
D. Wilkins
Kenneth Odom
Magic Mirror Beauty Salon
Treva Harville, Carolyn Messimer
Francis Whitener
Wolfforth
Costa DO Sol
Coats
Family Park
THE
Orig
Ladies
34Th and
Ave
Itasca Vor
Ruth Reed
Fai
Uacy Lubbock
Hanes
Lena Sterheny, Inc
Indiana
Sten DO
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