Surprise Roses Welcome Home Ocean Voyager
Mrs. Elsie D. Cox of Mahatta Vancouver Island recalls sailing from Southampton in 1929 to British Columbia. On a 1960s visit she boarded the Saxonia in Montreal and received a bouquet of red roses in Southampton with a card from Mahatta friends.
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Elsie D. Cox
Mahatta
Vancouver Island
Southampton
England
British Columbia
Montreal
Saxonia
Cox
Louise Haugland
Cunard
Pocketful of Flowers Pattern Ad Sparks Spring Show
An advertisement invites readers to order a sewing pattern, asking for forty cents and a plainly printed form with name address and style number. It promotes a Spring Summer 1961 fashion show and Color Catalog with pages of patterns.
Return to a Fifty Year Tea Sparks Warm Reunions
The John Milton Chapter 10 D E marks its fiftieth anniversary with a tea that welcomes former members, including a recovering contributor who cherishes old ties. Old friends share memories of wartime, mobility changes, and continued work, while present members carry on with younger helpers.
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Grand Occasion As Grace Visits Ireland With Monarchical Fanfare
The story traces John Kelly’s emigration from Croagh Patrick to Westport and Ireland’s pride as Grace Kelly returns with Prince Rainier. The Kelly clan buzzes over Grace’s Dublin visit and a theater strike that could block her sighting of Theater Royal. County Mayo hosts preps as cousins guard the family tree record and welcome plans unfold.
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Patrick
John Kelly
Westport
Clew Bay
America
Ireland
Princess Grace
Monaco
Murphys
Kellys
Grace
Dublin
Theater Royal
Eamon de Valera
Down
County
Mayo
Prince Rainier
Albert
Caroline
Kelly
Widow in Irish Cottage Awaits Royal Visitor
In a thatch-roof cottage once home to John Kelly a plain tea and soda bread welcome await a widow owner. She believes Grace’s cousins in the county may visit, stirred by a gypsy prophecy of a beautiful European woman dripping with diamonds. Newsweek report.
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Grace
John Kelly
Ireland
Europe
Newsweek
How Some Wedding Customs Started
The article traces wedding traditions to ancient roots. It notes the ring from caveman cords, the bridal party from capture-era customs, the veil to shield against evil spirits, and the trousers as tied to dowry systems.
Pattern for Turtle Cushioned TV Decor
Thrift pattern for a plump TV turtle cushion labeled Pat tern 504. Includes scraps of fabric and directions for a 1514x19 inch cushion. Send thirty five cents to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario for pattern and catalog order. Includes 1961 Needlecraft Catalog offer with 123 designs and free veil cap instructions.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New
Toronto
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Deacon Brown
Anne Adams
Neworonto
Ont
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Bob
Joy
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City Streets Commission
G.M
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Las Vegas
Fisher
Kennedy
White House
Secret Service
TY Turtle
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