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Newspaper

Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1968

Page

19

Women Holiday Gatherings Highlight Beatrice Biggs Notes

Beatrice Biggs reports activity as Honey Creek Garden Club plans a Wednesday 12:30 luncheon gift exchange at Candlelight Restaurant with tray favors for a nursing home and host Mrs Arnold Hughes. Busy Bee Garden Club meets Thursday 1 pm at Candlelight Inn for dinner and a $1 gift exchange. Women’s Transportation Club hosts a Wednesday Christmas party at Club 70 with a $3 grab bag. Suc cess Lodge No 78 Ladies Auxiliary serves luncheon at noon followed by a 1 pm meeting and officer installation with a $1 gift exchange.

Honey Creek Garden Club Busy Bee Garden Club Candlelight Inn Women's Transportation Club Club 70 Success Lodge No. 78, Ladies’ Auxiliary Brotherhood of Railroad

Holiday visits and gatherings among Purdue and Notre Dame families

Several students and relatives plan holiday visits across Indiana. Miss Myra Kelsey of Purdue returns home to Earl and Mrs. Kelsey RR 6. A newborn son Warren Emerson arrived at Union Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William Cook 502 Carol Drive, joining daughter Leslie. Alan Grosbach son of W. H. and Mrs. Grosbach 125 Gardendale Road arrives Friday from Indiana University Medical School. Merry Winklepleck, Purdue senior, also returns Friday to her parents R. L. and Mrs. Winklepleck 107 Berkeley Drive. Ann Kelly and John T. Kelly visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly 325 Barton Avenue. Ann is a Notre Dame junior and John a Notre Dame sophomore. The neighborhood Christmas cookie exchange is set for Jan. 5 at 12:30 p.m. at Mrs. Sayers home 436 Blue Bird Drive with Mrs. Frank Sayers assisting. The Terre Haute Hairdresser and Cosmetologists Assn. No. 8 holds its Christmas Party December 19 at Elks City Club with dinner and officer installation by past president Rosemary DeHart. The Louie K Trio performs. reservations by December 17. Members are asked to bring gifts for County Home residents, plastic waste baskets suggested.

Thomas Kelly Barton Ave Miss Ann Kelly John T. Kelly Kelly St. Mary College Notre Dame John University of Notre Dame South Bend Torhood Frank Sayers Bluebird George E. Smock Rosemary de Hart Joy Underwood Vera Baesler Sandra Ridge Garnet Spencer Lucy Roe Althea Johnston Martha Kress Kathryn Trueblood Barbara Page Darlene Olinger Pauline McGee Norma Meadows Louie K. Trio Pauling McGee Rosemary DeHart

Balloons and Glitter Crafting: An Odd DIY Card

A quirky craft note describes inflating a balloon with saturated string, letting it dry, popping to remove fragments, spraying stiffened web, and coating with gold spray and glitter for a decorative finish.

Senior Citizens Set Yale Events

The Wabash Valley Senior Citizens Center schedules pre Christmas activities including a Christ mas covered dish luncheon for Kitchen Band members at the center. A 7 p.m. Wednesday color movie on a runaway balloon will be shown with carols and ornament exchange follows. A Christmas program led by Marguerite Tyner is planned for 2 p.m. next Sunday with solos, group singing, a reading, Kitchen Band numbers and a Santa Claus visit. The center closes on Christmas Day with no evening program.

Wabash Valley Senior Citizens Center Wabash Marguerite Tyner Santa Claus

Humane Society Elects Tonight in Terre Haute

The Terre Haute Humane Society will elect its 1969 directors Tuesday at the annual membership drive meeting at the shelter office 1811 S Fruitridge Ave. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m. George Hanks is president and Ethel Morgan is secretary.

The Terre Haute Humane Society S. Fruitridge Ave George Hanks Ethel Morgan

Secretary Wife Wants to Be Both DEAR ABBY Commentary

A reader seeks advice on preventing his wife from returning to his office as secretary while she desires work. Abby explains calmly that the husband removed her to manage the home and that she does not need the money, suggesting she find constructive volunteer work and offering potential reconsideration when the children are teens. Additional letters touch on kissing, teen dating respect, and Christmas visitation fairness, with Abby responding concisely to each.

Abby Denny

CROP Group Ships Flakes To Biafra

Elkhart Indiana UP I reports the Christian Rural Overseas Program shipped 15 tons of dehydrated potato flakes to Biafra. Donated by Ore-Ida Foods valued at 17903 dollars. CROP has already this year sent over 100000 dollars of high protein food to hunger victims in West Africa.

Elkhart, Ind UPI Christian Rural Overseas Program Biafra Ore-Ida Foods, Inc Boise Ida Church World Service

Pen and Brush Club Christmas Party Tonight

Members of the Pen and Brush Club will hold their annual Christmas party tonight at the Elks City Club. Dinner for members and their guests will be followed by a program featuring Mrs. Jacqueline L. Hughes, concert vocalist, who will present a Christmas themed musicale accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Edris Bennett. Committee members in charge are Mrs. Lois Eck, Mrs. Janie Poths and Charles Cady.

Pen and Brush Club Elks City Club Jacqueline L. Hughes

Beta Iota Chapter Delivers Cheer To Local Family

West Terre Haute residents Dusty Downey and his parents received a Christmas surprise from the Beta Iota Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha. The group brought a tree, decorations and gifts to the family after Madge Galloway learned of Dusty’s spinal condition and surgery in St. Louis. Dusty attends a Laboratory School class and is described as a lively conversationalist.

Beta Iota Epsilon Sigma Alpha Dusty Downing West Terre Haute Dusty Robert Paul Sheehan Madge Galloway Tracy Downing Richard Sipes Robert Smith Chuck Strausburg Beta Lota Robert Downey Tribune St. Louis Sorority

Appetite of a bird quote tied to baby weight claim

New York report notes a proverb about appetite and a claim that if a newborn fed as a baby crow would for eight months the infant would reach about 200 pounds, illustrating a playful exaggeration rather than a factual figure.

New York UPI

Police training academy seeks funds from 1969 General Assembly

Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board plans to appeal for part of the $10 million needed to build a police training academy as the State Budget Committee omits funding in 1969-71. Deputy Budget Director Thomas H. Taylor notes a 1967 law created a cumulation fund, but actual payments have fallen short of estimates. Franklin College President Wesley H. Haines says legislative appropriation is essential to attract federal and private support.

Indianapolis Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board General Assembly State Budget Committee Thomas H. Taylor Taylor Edgar D. Whitcomb Indiana Franklin College Wesley H. Haines Academy

Solvents Plans Christmas Party at Shrine Temple

More than 1,000 employees and families are set to attend the 32nd annual Commercial Solvents Corp party at 6 45 p m Thursday in the Shrine Temple Auditorium. CBC Athletic Association sponsors the event with master of ceremonies David O Howe and welcome by plant manager William W Wilson. Jeanne Allen will play organ selections and J T Craig directs the music program with Jack R Roman directing entertainment. Santa Claus will arrive with gifts for children. Party committees include Nancy Lee Henry Fick Joan Kasameyer Ray Watts James Conley Marvin Gard Martha Elliott Percy Miller and Jack Roman.

Commercial Solvents Corp Shrine Temple Auditorium CBC Athletic Association David O. Howe William W. Wilson Jeanne Allen J. T. Craig Jack R. Roman Santa Claus Nancy Lee Henry Fick Joan Kasameyer Ray Watts James Conley Marvin Gard Martha Elliott Percy Miller Jack Roman

Warren School PTA Christmas Program Planned

A Warren School Christmas program titled Christmas Is Happiness will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school, directed by Mrs. Gene Melendy. Fifth graders under Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Maxwell will sing carols and read, with kindergarteners presenting living tableaus. social hour precedes the event and a brief business meeting follows.

Warren School Pta Gene Melendy Charlotte Jones l Kathleen Maxwell Janice Volkers

Gamma Psi to Present Books and Games at Hospitals

Gamma Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and Western Publishing Company of Racine Wisconsin will donate books and games for young patients at St Anthony and Union Hospitals. The Dec 20 presentation will be attended by the Service Committee led by Sandy Riddle Georganna Cheek and Patricia Wimsey with Mayor Leland Larrison and hospital representatives.

Pediatrics Department St. Anthony and Union Hospitals Western Publishing Company Racine Wisc Gamma Psi Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Sandy Riddle Georganna Cheek Patricia Wimsey Leland Larrison Thes

Kerman Caldron Meeting Set For Wednesday At 7:30

Kerman Caldron will hold the regular stated meeting Wednesday at 7 30. Each member is to bring a one dollar gift for the grab bag. Refreshments and entertainment follow the meeting. Members are asked to remember donations for Christmas baskets for those in need.

Kerman Caldron

The spotted skunk agile leader among skunks

The spotted skunk is described as the most agile of all skunk species, noted for its speed and nimbleness in the comparative assessment of traits.

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