Stone-Kirk vows pledged in church
Miss Reba Lois Stone and Paul Dean Kirk exchanged wedding vows Thursday July 1 at 6 pm in Fellowship Baptist Church Liberal Kansas. Officiant Reverend L W Moff. Attendants Miss Julie Mason maid of honor. Billie McBride best man. ushers Donald Kirk Galen Winston Steve Franz. Reception at Holiday Inn Holiday Hall. After trip to Galveston they will reside 321 South Purdue Liberal. Groom employed at south Ideal Food Store. Bride a Liberal High senior this fall.
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Reba Lois Sone
Paul Dean Kirk
Fellowship Baptist Church
Liberal
Kansas
Adrian D. Ailstock
Pecos
A.D. Kirk
North
Missouri Avenue
L.W. Moff
Linda Schweitzer
Ashland
Velma Mason
Henry Felton Cockerham
Henry Cockerham
Julie Mason
Billie McBride
Donald Kirk
Galen Winston
Steve Franz
Turpin
Oklahoma
Felton Cockerham
Holiday Hall
Holiday Inn
J.D. King
Gloria Lee Dixon
Jim Kilgore
Darla Jean Cockerham
Galveston
South
Purdue Street
South Ideal Food Store
Liberal High School
Polly's Pointers On Blocked Knits And Household Tips
Dear Polly shares methods for blocking knitted garments by stretching pinning and steaming on a padded surface with damp cloth. Other reader tips include braking an egg with a rubber band and handling pastry packaging annoyances at a bakery. The column invites readers to submit ideas for future features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Cora
Florence
Texas historical markers guide available for tourists
The 1971 Guide to Official Texas Historical Markers, a 109 page pocket book, lists over 8 000 markers with locations across cities and towns. It was released in July and can be obtained free from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
P.O
Lester Prokop
Texas Historical Foundation
Men and their fashions both in better shape
AP News features a shift as men focus on fitness and slimmer fashions. Hart Schaffner & Marx cut waistline sizes. State-O-Main reports demand for 30 and 32 inch waists. AMA notes income links to shape concerns as YMCA enrollment blooms and exercise gear sales rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Schaffner & Marx
State-O-Main
James L. Breelin
American Medical Association
AMA
Chicago Health Club
National Ymca Council
Walton Mfg, Co
Dallas
League of American Wheelman
Infant Dies in Florida Chad Louis Smith
Funeral services were held for Chad Louis Smith infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayland L. Smith in Orlando Florida. The graveside ceremony occurred at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Chad Louis weighed 2 pounds 4 ounces and lived seven hours after premature birth on July 10 at 8 50 P M. Mrs. Smith is the former Alta Band of Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland L. Smith
Orlando
Florida
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Chad Louis
Visit ends as J B Williams returns to California
Mr J B Williams left Monday to return to Comp ton California after visiting at his daughter Mrs Rufus Spivey and family. The family thanks friends for sympathy, visits, cards, food and flowers after the death of P M Juan Moulding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Williams
Compton
California
Rufus Spivey
Barber Topples 11 000 Haircut Milestone at Boysville
Barber Chester Gunn, longtime operator at Boysville in San Antonio, surpasses 11 000 haircuts, having trimmed about 900 each year for 12 years at the home for homeless boys, following the earlier 11 000 cut by Jesse Menchaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Chester Gunn
Boysville
Jesse Menchaca
Gunn
New fur colors and bold costumes in Rome fashion show
Italian designer Tivioli opened Rome autumn winter shows with blue and red furs and unconventional skins from kangaroo to zebra. Mapil offered mink and human hair accents. Gucci presented a cat suit in Mongolian lamb with silk jersey tights. Menswear featured motorcycle riding wear and velvet tuxedo jackets in neo classical line.
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Rome
Tivioli
Turin
Mapil
Gucci
Valentini
Baratta
Today in History July 21 1971 highlights
On July 21 events include Bull Run battle in 1861 and Washington’s West Point HQ in 1779. Burns dies in 1796, Rock Island train robbery occurs in 1873, and U S Veterans Administration founded in 1939. Space milestones span Grissom 1961 and Apollo related links through 1968. Israel denies Egypt claim about 20000 Americans in the Israeli army last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bull Run
George Washington
West Point
N.Y
Robert Burns
Adair
Iowa
Jesse James
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
France
North Vietnam
Geneva
Virgil L. Grissom
U. N. Security Council
Bizerte
U. S
Michael Collins
John Young
Israel
Egypt
UN project aids threatened palm trees in Malaysia from Samoa
A United Nations initiative based in Western Samoa aims to protect endangered palm tree species in Malaysia. The program focuses on conservation, research, and community engagement to safeguard biodiversity and sustain local ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Western Samoa
Malaysia
Betty Canary’s Bitter Words and Family Regret
A reader laments sharp words to children and their deaths in three auto accidents. Advice urges gratitude, humor in memories, and steering thoughts toward healing. A cook’s spicy meals prompt a cheeky poem title. Readers are invited to respond with addresses for replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Barstow Residents Attend Visits trips and Funeral in 1971
Community notes record visits by Barstow families to relatives in Las Cruces Brady Estelline Wewoka and Pecos. They report church installations, twirling school, Pony League and Little League awards, and a funeral for P M Maulding with local and regional attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Robert Abila
David Dominguez
Pony League
Ramon Gonzales
Andrews
Ricky Gonzales
Little League All Stars
Monahans
Marfa
Steve Abila
Growers get one more year
A 50 acre rice field near Rosharon Texas shows eight years of continuous rice crops with this year’s harvest bringing nine of ten years in production. Agronomist Ercell Jeter says land pressure and rising costs drive the shift from idle fallow periods to continuous cropping or alternating crops like soybeans or sorghum. Soil tests indicate soil condition improved over the eight years of cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosharon
Tex
South Texas Rice Farms
Rice Belt
Ercell Jeter
South Texas Water Co
Jeter
British horticulture farmland faces 542 million market value
A Rich Market London reports Britain excluding potatoes will produce crops valued at 542 million dollars this year. The Central Office of Information lists 700000 acres under horticulture with 470000 for vegetables 207000 for fruit 36000 for flowers and nursery stock and 4500 acres for glass greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Central Office of Information
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Bedias
AP News
P. M
Juan
Barber
Pecos Garment Company
Delma Larez
Floward’s
Odette Mengin
Betty Canary
Peoria
J.H. Freeland
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Teal Ann and
Steve
Brady
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Cinnimon
Elizabeth Felts
Estelline
Julia Fleenor
Ione Dykes
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Betty) Swanson
Wewoka
Jo Ann Groom
Ella
David Roe
West Columbia
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Ernest
Naomi
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Rex
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Carlsbad Caverns
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Ann Priem
Debra Hughes
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Chimney Spring
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N.M
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Richard Schmidt
Frank Baker
Fort Stockton
James H. Elder Jr
Freelands
Wright
J. E. Echols
Bobby Avary
Ward County Irrigation District
Ada Bele Collins
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
L. M. Watters
Alpine
New Iberia
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Lynn
Angela
Ere Ie
Larry Watters
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Kimberly
David
Jeanine Neff
Butch
Marsha
Dale
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Otis Henson
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Gulf
Juan) Maulding
Raymond Wilson
C. L. Jones
Snyder
Eldon Burk
Kermit
G. C. Les Croy
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T. J. Sanders
June Henderson
Roswell
Maulding
Elva Haralson
Joyce Myers
Wichita Falls
Lawrence Wilkins
Larry Wilkins
Houston
C. E
Besesie) Swafford
Opal Swafford
Clyde Chasteen
Rube Pattillo
Pescos
Paul Sullivan
Red Bluff
Whispering Hope
First Baptist Church of
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Bill Jenson
Dalton Taylor
Bill Allgood
A. Allen
V. E
Pat) Whitaker
Ira
Hame Ilton
Chandler
Arizona
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Mauldings
Missouri
Ward County
I.G. Bradley
Eddy
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