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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1981
Page
6
The narrator details last minute shopping rituals and dread of crowds. They laugh at early shopping advice while confessing a habit of waiting until five days before Christmas. Family dynamics, gift anxieties, and post holiday mail habits color a humorous, anxious holiday vignette.
Simple step by step guide shows how to craft tissue paper roses using bathroom tissue, scissors, florist wire, a pencil and spray paint. Ann Scott from Scott Value Center explains twisting corners, forming petals, assembling stem, securing with wire, and finishing with fixative and metallic spray for a festive look.
Odessa area organizations announce December events including United Ostomy Association in Midland Odessa Chapter meeting December 20 at Medical Center Hospital with slides and film. Permian Basin Data Processing Management Association meets December 21 at Picasso's Rose Room. Deering West Nursing Center hosts Christmas party December 18. Retired Teachers hold a covered dish dinner December 21 with Christmas music. Eastern Star plans a salad supper December 21 and exchange gifts. St Barnabas and St John’s hold lessons and carols December 20 with services at 10 and 11. Odessa Basin Lions Club Christmas party December 20 at Southside YMCA with movies and gifts. Public welcome.
The Presidential Museum expands into the main floor of the former Ector County Library at Seventh and Lee Streets, offering a themed shop with paper models of Mt. Vernon, the White House, and Independence Hall. Prints feature Teddy Roosevelt as a Rough Rider and a 19th century White House view. Adult gifts include presidential signature scarves and White House cookbooks.
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