Pecos BPW Club President Returns from National Convention
Mrs. Bonita Hart, president of Pecos Business and Professional Women's Club, traveled with District 8 members Stella Tiller Peggy Brooks and Pauline Porter to the National Convention of B P W Clubs in San Juan Puerto Rico. The Texas delegation stayed at Condado Beach Hotel and joined events including the Texas Bar B Q and a Texas reception. Mrs Hart toured Dorado and brought home information on new BPW programs for the coming year. For membership inquiries call 445-4387.
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Bonita Hart
Pecos Business and Professional Women’s Club
B&pw
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Texas
Condado Beach Hotel
Piilani C. Desha
Hawaii
BPW
Palani
National Federation
Hart
Jerry Edison
Fort Worth
Quilt heritage and price rise linked to American history
Houston shop owner Diane Giles explains quilts reflect early American life from Pilgrim beginnings to westward expansion. Patterns recall political figures, daily life, and religion with regional quality differences. Antique quilts grow rarer while modern pieces use different batting.
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Houston
Price
Diane Giles
Jane
America
Mrs. Giles
Giles
Houston Quilt Guild
England
North America
Whig Rose
Clay
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Maryland
United States
At Wit's End Erma Won't Inflict Kids On Anyone Else
Erma Bombeck humorously contrasts Grandmothers ready to shock with Super Children praised by teachers. through anecdotes about two mothers of college students, she questions parental burden and independence while noting her own reluctance to push her children.
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Erma
Erma Bombeck
Art Linkletter
Iod
Martha
Seeds From The Lower Etter Georgia
A jumble of notes from a column mix includes a sermon on sowing the Bible seed, a reader apology about chasing a fire, praise for readers’ honesty, and a Denver AP report on Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion Awards where religious bookstores served as judges. Awards honored Where is God When it Hurts Philip Yancey, A Severe Mercy Sheldon Vanauken, Eerdmans Handbook, I Came to Love You Late Joyce Landors, Jesus Friend of Children David C.
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Denver
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
Philip Yancy Zondervan
Sheldon Vanauken
Harper and Row
Eerdmans
History of Christianty
Tim Dowley
Erdmans
Joyce Landors
Fleming H. Revell Co
Jesus
David C
Cook Co
Ann Landers column sprinkles mixed advice on manners
A collection of reader questions covers pregnancy scandal, marital tension, and a mother-in-law living situation. Ann counsels tone, while a New York AP report notes nonprofit groups forming the Telecommunications Consumer Coalition to monitor federal telecom regulations and provide consumer information.
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New York
Telecommunications Consumer Coalition
Everett C. Parker
United Church of Christ
Polish Dumplings and Chocolate Cookies Recipe Pair
Instructions describe making Polish dumplings from farmer cheese eggs flour with salt and rolling to a rectangle then cutting into diamond shapes and boiling in salted water. Also included are after school treat chocolate cookies with flour soda butter sugar vanilla milk melted chocolate and walnuts and raisins baked for about six minutes at 400 degrees makes about four dozen.
Second West Texas workshop features Emilio Caballero watercolor
Amarillo art educator Dr Emilio Caballero led a watercolor demonstration at the Community Public Service Reddy Room on Sunday August 6 sponsored by the Pecos Art Association. He demonstrated wet on wet technique using raw egg as a diluent while focusing on a cityscape of buildings.
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Emilio Caballero
Amarillo
Community Public Service Reddy Room
Pecos Art Association
Caballero
Joyce Edwards
Anna Bowers
Anne Rankin
Pauline Bryan
Pearl Gustafson
Iane Morelan
Midland
Anaconda Aluminum Co
Heart Fund Association
Flyd County Heart Association
Amarillo Globe Times
Panhandle
Texas
Central States
1501
West Third
Liberty Bell moved to Allentown hidden from British march
The Liberty Bell was relocated to Allentown Pennsylvania and concealed within Zion Reformed Church as British forces approached Philadelphia on September 18 1777. It remained hidden until June 27 1778 when it was returned to Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Allentown
Zion Reformed Church
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