Reading list highlights from midcentury histories and plays
A survey of notable books ranging from travel and Renaissance discovery to war memoirs and social histories. It notes Penrose travel before passports, Montgomery of Alamein memories, Ellis coffeehouses, the Encyclopaedia Americana, Natural History volumes, Alcoholism aid, The Music Man, Goldilocks, Spindletop oil tale, Civil War visual history, Madame de Stael, and Costain’s Three Edwards reflecting era shifts.
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America
Boies Penrose
Montgomery of
Alamein
Antoun Ellis
Encyclopedia Americana
American Museum of Natural History
Outer Space
James Lamb
Meredith Willson
Mariana
Jean
Walter Kerr
W. A. Owens
Francis T. Miller
J. Herold
Madame de Stael
Three Edwards
Thomas C. Costain
England
Certification Path for Secretaries Sets High Bar
The text describes a demanding CPS certification process with a 12 hour two day exam across six parts covering personal relations law contracts management and secretarial skills. Requirements include age 25 and a college degree with experience or seven years without a degree. A humorous quote about secretary duties closes the piece.
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University of Houston
Phi Theta Kappa Initiates Fourteen New Members at Lee College
Phi Theta Kappa adds fourteen new members including Don McAlvany and Charles R. Robertson at Lee College. Initiation followed Schultz's talk and a social hour with refreshments. Old members listed include Dorothy Dixon and Lee Odom. Future plans include selling student directories and sending delegates to the national convention.
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Dorothy Dickson
Lee Odom
Stanley Yarbrough
Ann Armstrong
Jo Wilson
Sylvia Taylor
Chico Holzheuser
Florence Niell
Don McAlvany
Charles R. Robertson
Bennett Harrison
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Tyrrell D. Harvey
Tommy Hutton
Jim Keeshan
Jimmy E. Thomas
James Clarion
Steve Thompson
Ronald M. Gieger
Nancy Vernon
Lynne Dell Grafton
Pat Henneke
Phi Theta Kappa
Lee College
Yellow Line Notice From School
A rushed morning ends with a parking notice after speeding through town. Ann Griffin describes arriving at the school lot just as the clock nears zero and receiving a warning about the yellow line.
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Ann Griffin
Curtain Club Selects Sabrina Fair For Spring Play
Curtain Club has chosen Sabrina Fair for its spring production set for May 15 and 16. Mrs. David L. Norton calls the romantic comedy stylish and the cast includes Ellen Spiers, Maude Larrabee Owen Davis, Julia Ward McKinlock, Mary Lou Steele, Jim Hart, Jim Smith, Ellen Kay Jones, Lamont Vacek, and others with Leon Murphy as stage manager and Sylvia Griffin assisting. Rehearsals started March 6.
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Sabrina Fair
Curtain Club
David L. Norton
Ellen Spiers
Maude Larrabee
Owen Davis
Julia Ward McKinlock
Mary Lou
Signs of the Times in a bustling city block
A crowded street scene shows a steam shovel on its side marked Now operating Eddie Briggs with past credits noted in signs. Nearby are shop signs Furs by Robert and Coiffures by Charles, a Petrol by Murphy gas station, a badge on a used car lot Quiet timid salesman now on duty, a French antique shop with English and French Spoken Cash Understood, a photo lab warning All orders for delivery yesterday must be placed before noon tomorrow, and a psychiatrist's office listing Five couches no waiting.
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Eddie Briggs
Mid- Town
City Bank
8Th Street Bridge
Robert
Charles
Murphy
Flagpole suggestion for dry sunny rocky garden spot
A nurseryman advises a woman to plant a flagpole in a yard that receives little rain due to overhanging caves, faces hot afternoon sun, has clay soil, and sits on a rocky ledge. The back-and-forth ends with the joke that a flagpole is the solution.
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The
Reader’s Digest
Garden Etiquette For Real Enjoyment In The Sun
The best way to get real enjoyment out of a garden is to wear a wide straw hat and light clothing, carry a trowel in one hand and a cool drink in the other, and direct the man where to dig.
Points to Ponder T. A. Boyd in Professional Amateur
In the biography of Charles Franklin Kettering the quote attributed to Kettering describes research as a welcoming attitude toward change. He contrasts the problem solving composer mind with the let-well-enough-alone fiddler mind and contrasts tomorrow versus yesterday.
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T. A. Boyd
Charles Franklin Kettering
Kettering
Dutton
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Schultz
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