Miss Cotton contest slated for Pecos August 6
The 1970 Miss Cotton of Pecos contest will be presented on August 6 at 8 p m at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Thirteen contestants will be judged on beauty poise and personality with questions on the cotton industry. The winner advances to Dallas for Miss Cotton of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
Gail Slack
Pecos
Kenneth Slack
Gail
Texas
Evening Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Young Women’s Auxiliary
Howard
Pecos Valley Country Club
Pecos Cotton Crusaders
Dallas
Roy Blahosky
Mmes
Bobby Bell
Jack Duke
A. J. Wafer
L. B. Johnson
W. W. Hill
Tom Segalia
The
Cotton Crusaders
Elvin Crow
Polly's Pointers Flatten Snapshots And DIY Fixes
Mrs. L. W. learns to flatten snapshots by washing in glycerin and water then pressing between blotters. A photographer suggests soaking prints and pressing them to a window pane with waxed paper. Also shared are a kneeling pad made from nylons and door smoothing with taped sandpaper strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Roberta
Polly Help Us and Helen Help Us column excerpt
Reader queries from a nineteenth to early twentieth century advice column cover sewing sleeve gathers, teen dating and parental control. Patty asks about inserting sleeves without gathers. Helen answers with guidance on teen limits and parental boundaries, while readers share experiences with dating a much older man and a troubled mother.
Eastern Star Meet Held Monday Night at Masonic Hall
Nina Mae Bullock presided for the meeting of the Order of Eastern Star held Monday night at the Masonic Hall in Dick Morelan acting pro tem as Worthy Patron. Officers and guests attended, with sick noted and a thank you read from the Fowler family. Refreshments followed a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Mae Bullock
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Dick Morelan
Etta
John Sullivan
Alaska
Martha
Helen Hildreth
Elbea Gibson
Adah
Betty Poitevint
Esther
Doris Milburn
Electa
Hollis Smith
Sentinel
Winnie Mae Pigman
Bob Capps
Margaret Smith
J. M. Fowler
Barbara Cooper
East Texas State University
Commerce
ETEP
Masonic
OES
Marthana Hudson
Pecos Eastern Star
Hudson
Milburn
Decoupage Study In Boston With Mrs Longman
Mrs Thomas Longman of Odessa attended a Boston school of decoupage instruction this week. She studied under Hiriam Manning author of Manning on Decoupage. Manning is a noted authority on 18th century decoupage and a multi talented artist and restaurateur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Jean) Longman
Odessa
Boston
Massachusetts
Hiriam Manning
Manning
Hawaii
Milford Howard
South Oleander
Guests In Byler Home This Week
In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Byler visitors include two month old Robert Wayne Marshall of Kermit and his cousin Sue Wick of Denver City. Duke the infant will stay while his mother recovers from strep throat. Sue, ten, is Mrs. Byler’s niece who has visited before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Byler
Robert Wayne Marshall
Kermit
Sue Wickson
Denver City
Robert Wayne
Don Marshall
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By Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Helen
Mrs. G
Vear Helen
Bill
Famlet Helen
Achee
Helen Bottel
Pecos Enterprise
Gerard
Mary Martha
Calvary Baptist Church
Homer Nowell
Shawn Are
Ella Mae Jones
Frances Nowell
Ima Wendt
Deanie Owens
Marie Stevens
Reba Stokes
Willie Hamilton
Lillian Lamb
Mary Akins
Nancy Greer
Beulah Fleming
Plano
Houston
CES
Arlington
Marjorie Mays
Beulah Wilson
Marian Morelan
Rainbow Advisory Board
Byler
Permanent Press
Dacron
Bankamericard
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