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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1954

Page

4

Odessa Club Sends Gifts To TB Patients

The Voting Home Owners Club will deliver two pick up loads of gifts to McKnight State Sanatorium near San Angelo for tubercular patients. Items include record players radios sewing machines headphones and a TV set plus a rifle toaster and electric sweeper on display at White's Treat Yourself. A club meeting at East Side Community Center Monday night June 28 will report TB drive progress and invite public participation.

Voting Home Owners Club McKnight State Sanatorium San Angelo White East Side Community Center

Society Schedule Highlights Local Club Activities

Duplicate bridge at Elks Club on Wednesday June 30. Lakeview Home Demonstration Club meets June 29 in Pioneer Gas Co Flame Room, rescheduled from June 22. Bishop Quaterman Guild hosts a coffee and book review June 29 at 10 a.m. Mrs. C. W. Hardy reviews Forty Plus and Fancy Free. admission $1. Tickets available by phone. Cimbri Chapter sponsors a sport dance June 29 at West County Park pool from 8 to 11 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary initiation at 8 p.m. June 30 in Aerie Hall on Andrews Hwy. Triple Triangle Sunday school class hosts a backyard picnic Friday at 7:30 p.m. at 911 West 19th. Cooking tip suggests canned ham with honey brown sugar glaze.

Lakeview Pioneer Gas Co Bishop Triple Triangle First Baptist Church Bill Pardo West 19Th

Houston Woman Reports 50 Pound Weight Loss From Barcentrate

Ruth A. Darlington of Houston Texas claims she lost 50 pounds after taking 9 bottles of Barcentrate averaging about 5.6 pounds per bottle. She says she dropped from 235 to 185 pounds and recommends getting Barcentrate from a Texas druggist with grapefruit juice as directed on the label. A money back guarantee is offered.

Ruth A. Darlington W. Clay Houston Texas

Colorful Girl Scout Day Camp Ends After Five Busy Days

Colorful Girl Scout Day Camp at the Alvin Parker ranch near Odessa closes after five days of unit activities. Girls from Odessa and neighboring areas joined adult leaders to plan menus and run chores while some units practiced outdoor cooking and group crafts.

Alvin Parker Ranch Odessa Gairdsmith North Cowen Iber Phickers oYedlowstone Natural HC Strate Caveerns Sama Ared Raneed Heave Diitehr Ise Sesson R. M. Robinette Sis Tavalb Beier County Coca-Cola Co Webb- Davis Fraet Cot McVean and Barlow Odessa Printing Odessa Janober Co Ruehs White House Creacher Snowhite Bakery Mary Lewie Blue-Flame Butane Co Amd J. W. Hunt Abin Parker Jean Fdavis Terry Lane Shoemake Janice Tucker Loretta Sharp Johnny D. Muse Beth Shibnutt Linda Williamson Judy Fuse Sander Loretta King Mary Robinette Pat Shilcutt Mimes K. L. Shoemake T. W. McSpadeen Tom Muntise C. J. Bolton Foal Relief D. EE. Mariner W. R. Soren Edsaoi Bredemeyer Rover John Miller Roger Fancov J. L. Cross Winton Rochelle Fawin Crenshaw Martha Wilikameon Bill Tucker Ros Aberg Dee Dased Greenlees B. F. Evans C.D

Cotton fashions and camp notes from Odessa camp

The article highlights summer cotton dress trends with pleated and ruched bodices and matching blouses, plus care tips for preserving pleats. It also covers a Girl Scout Day Camp in Beier County with safety briefings, first aid provisions, unit leadership, and generous community support.

District 4-H Camp Draws Girls from 13 Counties

McCamey hosts a four day District Six 4-H Leadership Camp with about 100 girls, leaders and agents. Sessions cover First Aid Health Nature and Conservation Personality Development and making paper sack puppets under leaders Miss Vida Holt and Myra Holman with volunteers from Notrees Rankin Culberson Hudspeth Pecos Ward Martin and others.

McCamey District Six McCamey Park Vida Holt Myra Holman Upton-Reagan County LaRue Angel of Martin Notrees Jane Batchelor Janelle Batchelor Shirley Allen McCamey Home G. W. Huffman Jim Patton Jack Bucado Mary Alice Skains Delight Huffman Catherine Payne Jacquelyn Lucado Beverly Stacy Rankin Sandra Cowen Martha Knott Eloise Johnson Texas Agricultural Extension Service Ima Sander Ward C. W. Simmons Ezelle Johnson Culberson Hudspeth Vera Thormann Pecos Mildred Eiland Martin Glasscock Sally Ferrell Winkler Marie Marshall Alma Hale Elkin Minter el Paso Hattie G. Owen Ector Andrews Pauline McWilliams Midland Mary Merck Reeves County Flms

Bible School Ends Tonight at Christ Evangelical Lutheran

Tonight at 8 p.m. the closing program for the three week Vacation Bible School at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church on N Lincoln and 20th will be held. Thirty five children aged two to eleven participated. they were divided into nursery, kindergarten, primary, and junior departments under the theme Our Lord's Prayer.

Bible School of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church N. Lincoln Christ

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