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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1979

Page

8

Doctors tout small alcohol use linked to lower heart risk

A Boston study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that moderate beer wine and liquor consumption may reduce coronary risk. The article contrasts public acceptance of health claims with skepticism toward dietary advice and includes a home entertaining recipe from the Odessa Women’s and Children’s Hospital Auxiliary featuring beef consomme milk celery and a simple garnish.

The Boston Journal of the American Medical Association

Odessa Society Events Include Meeting and Christmas Party

The Odessa Grandmothers Club No 208 will meet December 19 at 2 pm at the Odessa Senior Citizens Center for a brief business session followed by a Christmas party. St John’s Elementary classes present a Christmas program December 1 at 7 pm under Mrs W Wayne Jones at St John’s. Odessa Panhellenic hosts a Meet and Greet for active sorority pledges and mothers from 11 am at the home of Mrs Bryan Henderson 4143 Springdale. for details contact Mrs Frank Rawley 4243 Springdale.

Odessa Grandmothers Club Odessa Senior Citizens’ Pan St. John’s Episcopal da School W. Wayne Jones St. John’s Odessa Panhellenic Bryan Henderson Frank Rawley Springdale

Carter drives up consumer programs overhaul drafts

Thirty federal departments published draft plans in the Federal Register under an executive order by President Carter. The drafts outline how to file complaints, what agencies do for consumers, and contact numbers. Comments are due by March 10 and can be sent with a brief questionnaire to the Consumer Information Center Pueblo Colorado. Free copies are available by writing to Craft at Pueblo. Now, a motorbike on skis debuts for cross country skiers this winter.

Uncle Sam Federal Federal Register Carter Consumer Information Center Dept Pueblo Colo

Dear Abby Letters On Etiquette And Family Life

A collection of Dear Abby excerpts covers calling etiquette for executives, secretary burnout, a tuxedo confusion at a formal dance, and a cautionary tale about a single woman seeking a father for her child. The column ends with a reader's note on social pressures.

Abby Suzie

Basin Food recipe column invites Odessa readers

The Life Style Department invites readers to submit favorite recipes for a new column titled Basin Food. Submissions will appear weekly in the Life Style section with contributor names and may include meats vegetables casseroles candies cookies pastries desserts salads home remedies and homemaker tips. Send to Jerry Ashley at The Odessa American P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760.

The Odessa American Basin Food Jerry Ashley Odessa Tex

Auxiliary honored with holiday brunch at Odessa hospital

Odessa Women’s and Children’s Hospital Auxiliary members met for a holiday brunch at Mrs. J. E. Gunkel’s home 1709 Beverly. Hostesses included Mrs. Gunkel Frances Everett and Ada M. Gunkel. About 70 members attended with Harold Boyer Bud Turner Blair Hickey Anita Quinn. Frances M. Gunkel was in service director. The next meeting is January 9 1980 at 1 30 p.m. at Billie Bob Dublin’s home.

Odessa Women’s and Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Jack Gunkel J. E. Gunkel Beverly Billie Bob Dublin Harold Boyer Bud Turner Blair Hickey Anita Quinn R.N Frances M. Gunkel

Greek embroidery exhibit at American Museum of Natural History

An exhibition titled Dowry Embroideries of Greece showcases 17th to 19th century needlework from private collections at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Descriptive panels include a copy of a 1790 Athens marriage contract from Benaki Museum, outlining embroidery's cultural context.

New York Greece Benaki Museum Athens

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