Persistence pays for new Miss Texas
Jenna Gail Fitzgerald, 21, won Miss Texas on her fourth try after starting pageants at age nine. The former Miss Greenville and UT Arlington student credits self belief and years of fiddle training for the win, planning a future in investigative television reporting while touring Texas ahead of Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Fort Worth
Jenna Gail Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Greenville
The
University of Texas At Arlington
Flint
Texas
Atlantic City
N.J
Dress and outer looks versus inner beauty in old column
A columnist recalls skepticism about clothes changing fortunes, citing a mother's bite of wisdom that inner virtue outshines attire. They discuss Saturday nights spent with a beloved parent, playing 500 rum and riffing on cocktail napkins, before a plan to speak at Radio City Music Hall emerged.
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ABC
Radio City Music Hall
Dress Drama at Wits End Dynastys Night Out
A first person recounting altered to fit a peach sequined Nolan Miller gown worn by Joan Collins. The narrator details the transformative impact of the dress, three inch heels, and stage moment, with backstage banter, wine talk, and a provocative exchange with a teen page. The piece closes with a claim the dress reveals the woman underneath.
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Dynasty
Nolan Miller
Joan Collins
John Forsythe
McGraw- Hill
Alexis
Linda Evans
Fall wardrobe trend roundup with long coats and glamour items
A fashion briefing previews top fall items from long broad-shouldered coats to seven-eighth toppers and short jackets. It highlights textures like velvet cashmere tapestries and svelte dresses, with slim pants and statement accessories including chunky earrings sunglasses and hats.
Odessan Poet Wins 1985 Golden Poet Award
Evelyn Naylor of Odessa has been chosen recipient of the 1985 Golden Poet Award by World of Poetry magazine. She will be honored at the First Annual Poetry Convention in Reno Nevada in late August. Naylor was selected for earning three Award of Merit certificates in the last three World of Poetry contests.
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Evelyn Naylor
Odessa
World of Poetry Magazine
Reno
Nev
Naylor
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