Domino champs Foster and Morgan win Lufkin tourney
Ralph Foster and James Morgan, 53 and 56 respectively, dominated 71 teams to win the American Domino Tournament in Lufkin. They captured the $1,200 top prize after a five point final over Ed Jackson and Mark Jackson of Fort Worth, extending their two year dominance with world and Texas titles. Morgan and Foster, known for long hours of practice, run a Bassfield domino hall and a Mesquite barbershop where players gather between haircuts.
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Morgan
Foster
Bill Pickle
Carthage
Miss
Shufflin
Jack Emons
Dallas
Paul Kendrick
Nacogdoches
Texas
Jackson Boys
Fort Worth
Kansas City
O.L. Parker
Lufkin
Dallas Times Herald
Anabosie
Big Spring
Gary Ener
Bassfield
Ed Jackson
Mark Jackson
Soft drinks fizz with flavors beyond major cola names
The industry showcases a rainbow of beverages from grape Nehi and orange Crush to Vernor’s ginger ale and Caribbean malt drinks. Independent bottlers market innovative flavors like Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda, using Nutra-Sweet and 40 ingredients, as Diet chocolate fudge drives unexpected sales.
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Prather Bottling
Kissimmee
Fla
Vernor
Dr. Brown
New York
Maltas
Alan Canfield
Chicago
Bob Greene
Chicago Tribune
Canfield Company
Greene
Blood banks rely on donor flow not stored family blood
Grace M. Neitzer explains that blood banks cannot function like money banks. Donors provide a steady stream of blood for all patients, not just relatives, and many organizations discourage directing donations to specific individuals. Readers are urged to donate at local blood banks to save lives.
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Abby
American Association of Blood Banks
The
American Red Cross
Council of Community Blood Centers
Grace M. Neitzer
Diet and fitness books top trendy health lists
Amid rising health interest Americans pursue running walking weight lifting and dieting. Publishers flood shelves with health and fitness titles including Dr Abravanel's Body Type Program for Health Fitness and Nutrition Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook and The 4 Day Wonder Diet among others.
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New York
Dr. Abravanel
Bantam
Elliot D. Abravanel
Elizabeth A. King
NAL Books
Jean Nidetch
Local lodges host summer gatherings and officer installs
Scrapbook notes Odessa events: Women of the Moose and Odess a Moose Lodge attendees and award winners. Best losers Elena Gale Wanda Aycock list. Receiving awards Gale Aycock Watson etc. Women of the Moose install new officers with Barbara Stanley named senior regent and others. Odessa Basin Lions Club installs 1985-86 officers Jose Banuelos president Joaquin Contreras secretary Ramon Galindo treasurer. Basin Lioness officers Magda Ranuelos president Vera Maldonado secretary Teresa Carrasco treasurer Elodia Ramirez Tail Twister. Special guests Rev Edward Couch and Josette Rodriguez. Odessa Desk and Derrick Club met to hear Frank Swinehart discuss pressure coring. Ann Mullins elected alternate delegate. American Association of Retired Persons held June 13 with China trip film. reports by officers and legislative update on Austin bills. Retired Persons district manager Ed Hardisty spoke on social security impact in Ector County. future social security and Medicare discussed. New members May and Chester Halloway joined.
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Odessa Basin Lions Club
Rodeway Inn
Jose Banuelos
Joaquin Contreras
Ramon Galindo
New Basin Lioness
Magda Ranuelos
Vera Maldonado
Teresa Carrasco
Elodia Ramirez
Robert Ponce
Edward Couch
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Josette Rodriguez
Odessa Desk
Petroleum Building
Frank Swinehart
Pressure Coring Inc
Pressure Coring
Ann Mullins
American Association of Retired Persons
China
Albert Dale
Johnnie Hooper
Wilma Savage
Pauline Stanley
Treasury
Leavis Sterling
Lois Brooker
Pete Shugla
R.J. Harder
Austin
Senior Citizens Center
Ed Hardisty
Ector County
Jewell Dowell
May
Chester Halloway
Club Scrapbook Notes Past Events on Tuesdays and Sundays
The column covers past events with the event date required, and reports are not accepted more than seven days after an occurrence. It allows one publication of an organization's slate of officers and may include a president's photo with the listing.
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Bill Prince
Midwest
Nehi
Curacao
Roy Ching
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Florida
Celery Soda
Caribbean Islands
Brazil
Cola Giants
Pepsi-Cola
Coca-Cola
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Grace Neitzer
Harmony
Judy Wardell
Barbara Austin
Delacorte
Lois Lindauer
Dr. Berger
Stuart M Berger
Putnam
Margaret Danbrot
Random House
James F. Fixx
Nike Sport Research Laboratory
Little, Brown
Jan Todd
Terry Todd
Doubleday
Eugenia Chandris
Evans
Kenneth H. Cooper
Fireside
Simon & Schuster
Mona Shangold
Gabe Mirkin
Jim Palmer
Harper & Row
St. Martin’s
Michio Kushi
Alex Jack
Karen Pryor
Odessa
Moose Lodge
Elena Gale
Wanda Aycock
Aycock
Dorothy Wallace
Anna Green
Jean Wilson
Etta Watson
Pansy Headrick
Leora Norrell
Thelma Thomas
Deolva Hinds
Gale
Watson
Joyce Drake
Pauline Hollowell
Judy Williams
Ruby Steele
Thelma Johnson
Jerita Rogers
Women of the Moose
the Moose Lodge
Lulvne Menchu
Betty Brymer
Tricia Cartwright
Dee Floyd
Beverly Tice
Barbara Stanley
Jean Taylor
Frankie Hunt
Cindy Doss
Judy Coleman
LaQuita McDermitt
Nita Palmer
Edith Barclay
Viola Jackson
Argus
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