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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1956

Page

3

Junior Assembly Season Opens at Festive Dance

The newly organized Odessa Junior Assembly hosted a Winter Wonderland dance December 1 at Hotel Lincoln ballroom. Seventy percent? No. One hundred seventy members and guests attended a formal event with a large Christmas tree and Santa. The group plans three formal dances this season with rules like no dates, no smoking, and no corsages. Out of town guests attended and a note on Christmas tree ornament craft appeared.

Junior Assembly Odessa Lincoln Wenderland Messrs Mmes Pete Gillespie Boaz Hoskins Pete Bush Cecil Hardwick Ray Cole Vernon Stepp Mmes. Hosking E. P. Ramosek Stepp Bush Hardwick M. M. Foreman Delmar Groos Rufus Harris W. T. Henderson, Jr Odville Myers Glee Lorette Sharon Lyons Sandra Malone Linda Jeanne Milburn Barbara Myers Jeanette Medford Miriam Mitchell Shirley Moore Susan Mums Paula McNeal Mary Louise Mc

Students Present Workshop in Odessa by Music Teachers

Odessa students took part in a November workshop hosted by the Odessa Music Teachers Association at the Ector County Library. The program showcased many local students and listed a January 22 1957 return date for the next workshop, with the public invited to attend.

Odessa Music Teachers Association Ector County Robert Anderson Mary Joy Brunson Mines O. L. Taulman Will Martin John Parry Brown Louis Kluck Robert Sewell M.B. Beam Ardis Fern Benson Sheri Leverett Joyce Ann Groves Warren Barnes Gay Lynne McDonald Larry Hensley Cheryl Moss Sandra Fitzgerald Jane Middleton Drue French Alicta Hammond Bobbie Rhea Dailey Patricia Ray Elliott Kay McWhirter Benny Springer Susie McCloud Linda Nell Darity Cynthia Green Susan Bailey Mary June Somers Riki Hemphill Madelyn Cochran Patty

Women Educators Discussed by Club

The Pioneer Study Club met in the library to hear Mrs. J. J. Willis discuss women in education and the fate of the country. She urged lifelong learning, highlighted Alice Freeman Palmer as a pioneering educator, praised women’s higher education, and noted the need for moral leadership in families and communities.

Pioneer Study Club J. J. Willis Alice Freeman Palmer Windsor Academy Harvard Michigan University Land Alice Miss Freeman Wellesley Massachusetts

Keller Story and Club Notes Highlight 19th Century Figures

The narrative covers Helen Keller learning through Miss Sullivan at Perkins and her later life dedicated to aiding the blind. It also reports on a Texas Federation of Women's Clubs meeting with notes on scholarships, Christmas gifts to a veterans hospital, and a nominating committee. Attendees and hostesses are listed along with social details of the gathering.

Miss Sullivan Perkins Institute For the Blind Helen A. J. House Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Veteran's Hospital Big Spring Mmes. Willis A. C. Rumbaugh Hughes B. Caddell Mmes Ocle Blair T. L. Todd Charles Thomas J.H. Williford Harold Young J. C. Zant, Sr

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