China painting grows in popularity and study in area
Artists attend school for painters of China at Flat Rock with Virginia Lawrance Louise Cox and others learning porcelain art. Painting on porcelain expands beyond plates to tiles and wall scenes with fine mounted jewelry and miniature portraits in demand from collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lawrance
Louise Cox
North Carolina
Hackberry
Nebraska
Douglas Pool
Flat Rock
Lemons Run Amok in American Scent World
Erma Bombeck riffs on lemon scented everything from air fresheners to furniture wax and dish soap. She jokes about a culture obsessed with citrus fragrances and questions if other smells could be similarly embraced. The piece playfully laments lemon overload in daily life.
Ann Landers Letters Debunk Stereotypes And Dog Myths
Readers duel on prejudice and genetics in Ann Landers column. A Maryland reader rejects silence on bigotry while a Boston dog loyalist defends dobermans against public fear. An anonymous professor questions eye color genetics citing three genes.
Understanding Octane Ratings and When Higher Octane Is Needed
The Cost of Living Council may require octane ratings on gas pumps. Octane measures a gasoline’s resistance to knock, which can harm engines if sustained. Regular is about 94 and premium about 100, with higher octane needed for large high compression engines and hot, high altitude, or aggressively timed driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cost of Living Council
American Petroleum Institute
API
Pecos High graduate named Border Patrol Agent in Yuma
Vernon Dugan 36 of Odessa graduates from the U S Border Patrol Academy at Los Fresnos and will serve as a Patrol Agent in Yuma Arizona. He is a Pecos High School alumnus and Air Force veteran who previously worked as a road contractor supervisor and is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos High
Border Patrol
Yuma
Vernon Dugan
Odessa
United States Border Patrol
Los Fresnos
Yuma, Ariz
Dugan
Border Patrol Academy
A.E. Dugan
Alamosa
Colo
Pecos
United States Air Force
Eglin Afb
Fla
Barbara Ann Perryman
Jones Bros. Dirt and Paving Company
Seeds From The Sower Reflects On Fixed Hearts And Faith
A devotional piece urges steadfast devotion to God and integrity in all places. It contrasts public church piety with private conduct and cites Psalm 108 1 to emphasize a heart fixed in faith. It calls for Christians to remain true both in worship and in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Also Mentioned on This Page
Painters of
China
Erma Bombeck
Wits End
Michigan
Sufprise
Newton
Mass
Ann Landers
Maryland
U.S
S.S
Boston
Rover
J.E. Wodsedalek
C. Brown Co
C.A. Ville
Saunders
D. Marsland
Holt and Rinehart
Carl Witkop
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Consumer
Virginia Knauer
Office of Consumer Affairs
WTO
Dr. Charlies Gann
Sandra Keen
Charlotte Duggan
el Paso
St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio
Charlotte
Major
William Duggan
Atlanta
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Miss
Texas
Pecos Savings & Loan Association
5Th
Cypress
Michael A. Guido
Metter, Georgia
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