Spiced Short Ribs with Prunes and Apricots
A 3 pound beef short ribs dish braises with flour salt pepper lard water prunes apricots sugar cinnamon allspice cloves and vinegar. Meat browns then simmers until tender. serve with fruit over ribs and optional gravy.
Oil from shark liver yields large harvest
A historical note states that up to half a ton of oil can be extracted from the liver of a single shark, highlighting the immense fat content and industrial interest in marine resources.
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Hughes in Sophia Church Hall
Evelyn Jane Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hughes of Sophia, celebrated at a Friday bridal shower in Sophia First Baptist Church social hall. Hostesses presented a red rosebud corsage to the honoree as friends and relatives attended, with games, a three tier cake, and wedding bell decor. The groom is Airman 3.C. Larry James Proffitt of Midway, stationed at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, and wedding plans remain incomplete.
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Sophia
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Evelyn Jane Hughes
Sophia First Baptist Church
Raymond Polk
Darrell Payne
Ed Hughes
Jack Hughes
Herman Hughes
Airman
Larry James Proffitt
Paul Proffitt
Sam Blackwell
Bill Hull
Laura Lusk
Marvin Proffitt
John Proffitt
Anna Basham
Dorcas Taylor
Boots Lewis
Polly's Pointers Useful household tips from readers
A collage of Dear Polly tips and reader ideas on practical hacks. Bottle opening with a car door latch, matchbook jars as gifts, makeshift fire extinguishers from rice and bicarbonate, recording serial numbers on bills, labeling school lunch sacks, keeping diaries for kids, using a sleeping bag for warming an elderly relative, repurposing a worn garment bag frame for laundry, preserving a carnation corsage with borax, and other small efficiency ideas from Mrs D L to MARLENE.
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E. D. W. Dear
Cub Scouts
E. E
Dad
Grandma
Freda
Frances
Local notices report many hospital stays and a new birth
Rhodell notes Ernest Barker in satisfactory condition after a truck accident at Hinton Hospital. Linda Williamson ill at home. Maude Mitchell improving at home. Vera Barron learns husband is in Martinsburg VA Hospital. Hattie Kelly and others in Wyoming General Hospital. Edith Flinchum’s sister under observation in Charlottesville hospital. Bentley Flinchum returns home after three months with son in Bridgeport. Coy McKinney ill at home. Sturgille Brooks announce birth of Darren Lee March 29 at Wilkes General Hospital. daughter Lisa Rose, parents Drema Meadows and Lacy Meadows. grandparents S. C. Brooks of MacArthur. Rocky McKinney remains at home.
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Rhodell
RNS
Ernest Barker
Hinton
Linda Williamson
William Stuart
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Maude Mitchell
Vera Barron
Veterans Adminstration
Martinsburg
Hattie Kelly
Edith Flinchum
Charlottesville
Bentley Flinchum
Coal City
Bridgeport
Conn
Coy McKinney
Sturgille Brooks
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Darren Lee
Wilkes General Hospital
Lisa Rose
Drema Meadows
Lacy A. Meadows
S. C. Brooks
MacArthur
Rocky McKinney
Herbert McKinney
Tommy Creek
Francesco Nutter Marriage Announced in St Johnsville
Francesco and Bertha Nutter were married in a 6 pm March 19 ceremony at St Patrick's Church St Johnsville by Rev Thomas J Quinn. The bride, former Bertha Boggs, works as a nursing attendant with the New York State Civil Service Commission. The groom owns Bridge Street Grill. couple resides at 38 Bridge Street.
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St. Johnsville
N.Y
John Francesco
Bertha Nutter
T.R. Boggs
St. Patrick's Church of
Thomas J. Quinn
New York
New Tennis Dress Fashion Trends Surface in 1960s Shows
In Forest Hills at a West Side Tennis Club exhibit, designers unveil spring and summer tennis outfits blending Victorian era influences with modern silhouettes. Highlights include Courtship and Court Jester pieces in polyester and rayon, with skirts cut high above the hip bone and sheer fabric accents. Renowned player Hazel Wightman, 78, showcased a Courtship dress rooted in her championship era, signaling a shift toward minimal hems and streamlined lines while preserving feminine details like ruffles and lace.
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West Side Tennis Club
Forest Hills
N. Y
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Courtship
Tiny Miss Tops All In Her Spring Finery
Spring fashion for children and features on wife insurance. The piece notes Nannette designs in white Dacron and cotton for a young girl, contrasts stay at home wives with income protection plans, and highlights high fashion outfits like a wedgewood blue coat dress and a fur white rayon challis skirt.
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Tiny Miss
Nannette
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