Christmas Cards Through the Century
A survey of holiday cards from 1812 to today notes evolving styles from ironic to religious. Louis Prang popularized modern American cards in 1874, making them affordable. today many firms offer varied designs for all occasions and personal connections across distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Boerner
States
St. Nicholas
Carl Drepperd
Pennsylvania
John M. Welff
Philadelphia
Clement C. Moore
Marcus Card Co
Charles Dickens
Berlin
Vienna
America
Louis Prang
Prang
Rosbury
Massachusetts
Praing
Christmas
OES Christmas Meeting Observed With Gift Exchange
Eastern Star members gathered at the Masonic Hall for a Christmas program and gift exchange last Monday night. Worthy Matron Nina Mae Bullock and Worthy Patron Curtiss Winterrowd led the meeting with officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Hayton
Willie Winterrowd
Pecos
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Nina Mae Bullock
Curtiss Winterrowd
Worthy Matron
Worthy Patton
Winnie Jameson
Margaret Smith
Electa
Charlene Evans
Barbara Cooper
Ida Teaney
Ralph Winterrowd
Elvin Crow
Ann Marsh
Odessa
Yale-Time Party for China Club Highlights Christmas Social
The West of the Pecos Porcelain Arts Club held its annual Yale-Time Christmas social at Mrs. Curtiss W. Winterrowd’s home. Co-hostesses assisted. gifts, carols, a reading, and a Christmas game with prizes marked the evening. A card sent to ill former member Mrs. Nona Kent and tributes for John Temple Rice were noted. A memorial and ritual concluded with a festive program and decorated tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West of the Pecos Porcelain Arts Club
Cutiiss W. Winterrowd
John Sullivan
Carl Byler
Melvin Pointer
Gene Jackson
Ralph Bolden
N.D. Henderson
J.J. Maxey
San Jose
California
Mines
D.E. Bond
H.G. Bradley
Hershel Cox
Amanda Frye
Pete Lawrance
Buck Miller
Opal Parham
Roy Talley
S.B. Hunt
W.L. Kington
Henderson
Jackson
Bolden
Maxey
Sullivan
Byler
Pointer
Winterrowd
Wanda Champhain
Odessa
Pauline Bryan
Willie Winterrond
Ona Pointer
Willie Winterrowd
China Club
Pecos
C.C. Reagan
WL. Kington
Modern Study Club
England
Crochet LA Trim Snowflake Trims
Cobwebby ornaments crocheted from glitter-sprinkled cotton yarn give a Christmas tree an old fashioned air. For free patterns of these Coats & Clark designs, send a stamped self addressed envelope to the National Cotton Council Dept. PR Box 12285 Memphis Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coats & Clark
National Cotton Council
Dept. PR
Memphis
Tenn
Pecos High Latin Club Caroling Tour Report
The Latin Club of Pecos High School held a Christmas Caroling Party on December 14 starting in front of the high school and visiting homes of Edith Mellvain Judge Hightower Nail and the Dick Slacks. Thirty seven members participated and refreshments at the Slack home included hot chocolate cookies fudge and divinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin Club
Pecos High School
Edith Mellvain
Judge Hightower
Mr. Nail
Dick Slacks
Slack
Frank Kelley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bonnie Dearley
OES
Die Yell Oxford
C.L. Edwards
Perry
Terry Penguin
Cannon Homemaking Service
Crochet
S. Eddy
Con Tobas
Sopapillas
Jeying Staton
the Security State Bank
Pecos , Texas
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