Alligator skins ultimate in fashion
A Boston Globe feature notes live alligators have returned and alligator goods are rebounding in fashion. It cites high prices and regulation, with Jordan Marsh selling handbags 300 to 700 dollars and retailers offering boots and belts from 70 to 2000 dollars, plus care tips and market insights from industry members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Hatfield
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
Boston
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Southeastern United States
Paul Nickerson
Newton Mass
Jordan Marsh
Walker's
Boylston Street
el Paso
Newbury Street
Bally
Switzerland
Helen's Leather
Charles Street
New York
Texas
Torino Belts Inc
New Orleans
Noah Fleschner
Chic de Paris
Cleaning book offers home tips and product reviews
Larry S. Finley reports on a new Consumer Guide book The Fastest Cheapest Best Way to Clean Everything published by Simon and Schuster. It rates items and brands for home cleaning with practical steps for records clothing furniture and more including dishwashing detergent for vinyl records and a Discwasher system as best option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry S. Finley
Chicago Sun-Times
Estelle Weber
Consumer Guide Magazine
Simon and Schuster
Sun-Times
Consumer Guide
Yes
AARP to Fund Bricks for Library Plaza in Midland
AARP Chapter No 1009 held a meeting at Ector County Senior Citizen Center with President Edna Smith presiding. Mrs Les Wilson announced a regional Prudential insurance talk for AARP subscribers on June 15 at 6 30 p m at Midland Senior Center. The group approved purchasing 10 personalized bricks for the plaza at the new Ector County Library. Gordon Gillette from Odessa College spoke on aging as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired Persons
Ector County
Edna Smith
Les Wilson
William Bradley
Peter Shulga
Ways and Means
Sunshine
Harve Ellison
Legislative
Edward Jones
Community Service
Prudential Insurance
AARP
Midland Senior Center
Gordon Gillette
Odessa College
Dear Abby column readers recall trust and grammar debates
A reader shares a hearing aid theft encounter and loss of $398 after a door-to-door con. Another notes personal health and running tips after cancer, while a third comments on proper usage of titles like Reverend and Father, plus a teaser for Abby’s teen booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Indiana
Tulsa
Modern Gardeners Review Club History and Activities
In a recent Modern Gardeners meeting charter member Mrs. W. T. Henderson and longtime member Mrs. W. T. Williams presented the club history. Slides highlighted a Hong Kong tour by Mrs. Alton Bostick Mrs. Omar Herring Mrs. Charles Ice and Mrs. W. T. Henderson. Members voted to enter a float in the Odessa 100 parade in July and to donate a permanent flower container and perpetual arrangements for a niche at the new public library. Mrs. H. C. Whitmire reported on Easter and Mother's Day garden therapy projects at Deering Nursing Home. Mrs. Alton Bostick was thanked for offering her home for the Home Flower Show held in April. The club received thanks from the Globe of the Great Southwest board for landscaping at the Renaissance Faire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Henderson
W. T. Williams
Hong Kong
Alton Bostick
Omar Herring
Charles Ice
New Public Library
H. C. Whitmire
Deering Nursing Home
Globe of the Great Southwest Board
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Alligator
Library Plaza
Gertrude Parr
Bertha Weaver
R. J. Harder
Buster
Koret City
Westgate Plaza
W. University
Winwood Mall
42Nd & Grandview
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Lindsay Alexander
Jones
Smith
Andrew L. James
Athens
Ohio
Peoria
Lasky Drive
Beverly Hills
Calif
Gardeners
America
the Gatsby
Sigma
Falco
Odessa
Santa Fe Square
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