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The Tribune-. . •Woman s PageVera Busch, Editorj Telephone 3-4336Johnson-Shockey Vows To Be Saic! Tomorrow' Miss Irene Johnson and Howard Shockey will exchange wecjding vows tomorrow at the Central Methodist Churchchapel. , • . •A-reception in the church par- INSny.iouow the 8:30 p‘a; Dean Writes -MJss Johnson is the daughter of Mr,4and Mrs. Daniel L. Johnson, *■* ii i |\ I | iho are :, i Ballad BookletMJ\ Shockey‘s mother is Mrs.Ruth Shockey, 2112 E. Gold. oean j. d. Robb oI the Univer-The prospective bride is a grad- sjty conege 0f fine arts, collector uatn of Hayward High and was;Qf Spanish-American .folk music, employed by the General Eloc-jis the-author of an introduction trie ’Supply Corp. here for two a booklet on cowboy ballads years. . !for the Ethnic Folkways Library.Her fiance is a dairy xho booklet Is intended to'ac-north of Sar.dovai and a graduate ..rtvrri,nv thr* Library's records ofof Albuquerque High •Mr. Shockey served :n China andMndia during World War II with the Air Force. .attended the University where he was a member of Vigijantes and Kappa Alpha fraternity. He is a past president of the Jratcrniry.company the Library’s records of original cowboy songs.According 10 Dean Robb, cowboy ballads originated in the move me nt of American civilization westward from' the Mississippi. Strangely enough, Dean Robb says, the cowboy didn’t sing of bis work, as is commonly'thought, although his life was a rugged one
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

Tue, Apr 01, 1952

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