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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1970
Page
7
Dear Polly offers two quick fixes for a stuck metal top on a cocktail shaker. One reader suggests hot water and a twist to release the lid. Another recalls a teen's balloon breath pop method that frees the cap, with caution to avoid dropping the shaker as the top pops off.
Polly asks how to restore yellowed white summer necklaces to their original color. The column offers practical cleaning advice and a simple potting method: line pots with aluminum foil to prevent soil leakage, fill, plant, water, then punch drainage holes.
The Pecos Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star promotes a Monday meeting on August 24 with Rob Morris as the feature program. Mrs. Nina Bullock presides, a 7 p.m. covered dish supper precedes the session, and Verlie Akridge Lyndall Elkins Ava Hagar head the social hour. Visiting Stars welcome. All local members urged to attend.
Residents are invited to have pictures taken of their clubs or social activities by appointment with Bonnie Dearley at 445-5475. Advance notice is appreciated to avoid conflicts with other engagements.
Deborah Nutting and Woody Merritt exchanged vows in a Dallas ceremony at University Park United Methodist Church. Officiated by Rev. Russell S. Moxley Jr, the service featured candlelight, white flowers, and a candlelit reception at the church parlor. The bride wore candlelite silk organza with a mantilla veil and carried a white magnolia bouquet. The couple planned a Monterrey Mexico honeymoon and reside at 1101 North O Connor Road Apt 123 Irv.
Mrs Richard Naylor will present a book review on Housekeeping Hints at the Area II Convention of Young Homemakers and Young Farmers in Pecos on Saturday September 19 She is known as Carol Naylor born in Cleburne and a Baylor graduate with BA and MA degrees in Speech and Education She has taught in Waco and Pecos and has two children Richard and Melodee The Reeves County Homemakers host local Pecos citizens for sessions tours and an awards banquet in a full day program The convention opens with hosts and ends with an evening banquet
Betty Canary offers comic warnings to parents about sending a child to college. The piece lampoons common parental worries such as finances, exams, peer influence, curfews, and packing, advising practical jokes and blunt honesty over lecturing.
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