Beaumont Woman Turns Scraps Into Barbie Doll Clothes
Beaumont artist Jeanette Hebert designs 114 inch Barbie fashions from fabric scraps, turning a small home workshop into a thriving micro factory. She and husband Frank create garments from bikinis to gowns priced 50 cents to 10 dollars while Barbie’s popularity drives global sales and a devoted hobbyist market.
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Beaumont
Texas
Mattel Toys
Jeanette Hebert
Barbie
Hebert
Mattel
Shillman
Brooke Shields
Jordache
Sergio Valente
Herbert
Frank
Regina
Club Scrapbook Thursday Study Club Meeting
On January 17, at Ann Countryman’s home, the Thursday Study Club held a regular business meeting with Margaret Litsey presenting Diversity of our past creates an understanding of our present. Ann Countryman interpreted Preachers and Pioneers by Robert William Mondy. Harriette McClendon spoke on water conservation. Laureate Alpha Zeta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met January 17 at Vanna Lou Wortham’s home for a regular business meeting. Carolyn Emerson presented a program on Richard Simmons exercise book.
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Ann Countryman
Margaret Litsey
Robert William Mondy
Harriette McClendon
Alpha Zeta
Beta Sigma Phi
Vanna Lou Wortham
Carolyn Emerson
Richard Simmons
Engineers Set Meeting Today for ASME Reorganization
The Permian Basin ASME will hold a 7 p.m. reorganization meeting in the Devonian Room of UT Permian Basin. Ron Campbell of Compressor Controls Corp. in Houston will present Compressor Antisurge Protection. Public invited. no dinner.
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Permian Basin
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
University of Texas
Ron Campbell
The
Compressor Controls Corp
Houston
Americana Study Club Meets at Mission Country Club
The Americana Study Club is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mission Country Club between Texas Highway 191 and the Old Bankhead Highway. Mrs. Steve Dennis will present a program titled Needle Art.
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Mission Country Club
Texas Highway 191
Bankhead Highway
Steve Dennis
Queen Elizabeth II Coin Portrait Unveiled at Royal Mint
The Royal Mint in Llantrisant South Wales unveils a new image of Queen Elizabeth II on the 50 pence coin this month replacing the portrait used since 1968. The change marks a modernized depiction of the monarch for circulating coinage.
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Great Britain
Elizabeth II
Royal Mint
Llantrisant
South Wales
Car as a force in life in Erma Bombeck essay
In this humorous essay Erma Bombeck traces the car from a basic mechanical device to a central American life force. Detroit introduces lights sound climate control and comfort while adding features like ashtrays cup holders and tape decks. Social life moves into the car with TVs talking heads and bumper messages.
Skiwear designer tests garments on the slopes
Skiwear innovator Roffe expands with four way stretch pants priced around 150 dollars. Wini Jones, Roffe's design chief, tests fabrics for tear strength shrinkage water repellency color cracking and wind resistance. Jones notes wind proofing as key in ski jackets and Roffe holds a large share of the U S stretch pants market while competitor C B Vaughan leads jacket sales.
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Roffe
Wini Jones
Switzerland
Sam Roffe
Jones
U.S
Rolfe
Vermont
C.B. Vaughan
Bennington
Vaughan
Dear Abby in full figure debate prompts self esteem
Readers weigh in on body image and breast size with anecdotes from teens to adults. Contributors challenge padded bras and endorse honesty and confidence while noting personal journeys from teasing to surgery and self acceptance.
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Abby
Texas
Augusta
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Wit’s End
By Erma Bombeck
Detroit
Seattle
By Bil Keane
Abigail van Buren
Dear Abby
Iowa
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
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