At Wits End Pills for Every Ill Life Changes at 40
Erma Bombeck notes a world of pills for every condition yet none for reaching forty. She jokes that doctors offer glasses and cold comfort, highlighting the unexpected emptiness of a 40th birthday solution.
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Erma Bombeck
Wits End
Gail Martin Qualifies for Texas Teen Ager Contest
Gail Martin 14 of 301 Lincoln Sr. has qualified for the Miss Texas Teen Ager preliminaries from Texas. She will compete in the National Teen Ager Pageant July 5 6 and 7 at the St Anthony Hotel San Antonio. She is an honor student active in Rainbow for Girls Girl Scouts 4-H and Drama Club.
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Gene Martin
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St. Anthony Hotel
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Gail
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Bunn Drive
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Ann Landers columns on marriage woes and advice
Dear Ann replies debunk swingers excuses and condemns infidelity as a betrayal. Letters reveal working women, unhappy spouses, and a daughter facing a parasitic marriage with in law and finances. The diary joke marks a 40th birthday reflection on aging and society.
Fabrygel piano pupils tie for first place
Piano students of Mrs. Beverly Fabrygel led a Odessa contest showing high school results as Carla Potter and Kristi Kesey tied for first by performing Sonatine. In junior high Lisa Smith won and Vicki Hurley placed third.
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Carla Potter
Kristi Kesey
Beverly Fabrygel
Lisa Smith
Vicki Hurley
Gillock
Debra White Betrothal Announced To Michael Burton
Mr and Mrs Lawrence D White announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Debra Kay White to Michael Wayne Burton son of Mr and Mrs Jack C Burton The couple plan a June wedding Debra is a senior at PHS and VOE student at Terrazas Furniture The groom attended PHS and works for the City Water Department Other students performed in a school recital at Odessa High School auditorium with nine of twelve entrants placing The note ends with thanks from a family for support during a bereavement and gratitude to Dr Hay nursing staff and Rev P M Almendarez and family.
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Ann
Lawrence D. White
Tra-Park
Debra Kay White
Michael Wayne Burton
Jack C. Burton
Lum St
Miss White
PHS
Terrazas Furniture
City Water Department
Dr. Hay
P. M. Almendarez
Porcelain Art Club Sees Rose Focused Workshop
Members of the West of the Pecos Porcelain Art Club held an all day covered dish meet in the CPS Reddy Room on March 10. Guest artist Mrs. Wanda Claphan from Conroe led a China painting on roses workshop and will teach this week in Mrs. Louise Cox’s studio.
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Wanda Clapham
Conroe
Pecos
Hostesses Needed for Coffee Tea and Bridal Luncheon
Readers are invited to bring a typed copy of the affair notice for the family page. Advance picture appointments can be arranged as time allows.
Contemporary fashions for today’s young women
The article explains contemporary style as the modern mindset of today’s fashion conscious woman. It notes age groups between teeny boppers and misses, urging shoppers to browse lines shifting toward mature looks in juniors and younger looks in misses.
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Ann
Leonie
Karen Valentine
Missy
Webster
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