Uncooperative Sheep Delay Abilene Grad’s Wall Description
Odelle Gary’s long journey to higher learning spans one room school in Abilene hinterland to Abilene Christian College and a Texas master's in psychology. Her SPAR service across Portland Seattle and New London shaped a varied wartime career before returning to Lee Junior College as registrar.
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Abilene
Odelle C. Gary
Abilene Christian College
Gary
Hermleigh
Texas
LJC
Odelle Chrane
Parks
Breckenridge
New London
Spars
Connecticut
Portland
Seattle
SPAR
Oregon
Coast Guard
Mrs
Menuhin
Anderson
Heifetz
Porgy
Bess
Paul Robeson
Katheryn Dunham
Don Cossack Chorus
Ballet Russe
England
Goose Creek
Tri- Cities
Ise Lee Junior College
Ice Cycles Of 1948 Attended By Sorority
Gamma Phi Kappa sorority held a social at the Coliseum in Houston on Saturday January 7. Attendees included Marcelette Macon Ruth Morris Jesselee King Mary Lee Salter Margaret Sheffeld Doris Hylton Jake Gregerson Carl Bond Walter Rundell Jr and Robert Porter.
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Coliseum
Houston
Gamma Phi Kappa Sorority
Marcelette Macon
Ruth Morris
Jesselee King
Mary Lee Salter
Margaret Sheffield
Doris Hylton
Jake Gregerson
Carl Bond
Walter Rundell, Jr
Robert Porter
Etiquette for dining and fashion trends in a New Look era
The piece offers dining etiquette tips such as proper napkin use and utensil rules. It then shifts to fashion commentary on the New Look, noting a shift in beauty standards and the evolving ideal of what is considered attractive as skirts lengthen and trends change.
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Bowling Green
Joy Fuller
Little
Art Students Display Work In Library
The library art week January 15 to 19 features works by Miss Robertson’s students. Exhibits include oil paintings, ink drawings, pastels, and crafts by many names such as Jo Ella Dommert, John Mattingly, Frances Humphries, Doris Heard, Winnie Laird, and Mary Williams among others.
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Miss Robertson
Jack Akin
Judy Alexander
Billy Angel
Harold Baker
Lillian Capps
Eutha Carpenter
Mattie Crowell
Jo Ella Dommert
John Mattingly
Marjorie Moore
Mildred Moore
Harvey Moris
Margaret Ann Pratt
Johnnie Sacaris
Dorothy Sawberger
Jo Anne Steed
Tommie Terry
Saribenne Thomas
Joyce Vidrine
Willie Bell Wall
Gene Wells
Mary Williams
Chemistry class parody and Shaw quote mix
A playful, sardonic piece mixing a parody about a strict chemistry teacher with a Shaw quote. It juxtaposes school stress with wit, ending noting the famous line about the liar’s punishment. The piece references exams, ignorance, and the chemistry lab as a setting.
Paris Herald era recalled by Al Laney in new book
The Paris Heralds wild 1920s 30s era is chronicled by Al Laney night editor 1924 35. The piece notes staff legends like Severeid Barnes Kelley Shirer and the paper enduring odd feats from Yap to Itchy Guk while remaining a lively city beacon for American tourists. It praises Laney for balanced prose and envisions hopeful Paris editions future.
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Paris Herald
Amercan
Uncle Sam
Chillun
Paris
al Laney
Eric Severeid
Ralph Barnes
Frank Kelley
William Shirer
Herald
Philadelphia
James Gordon Bennet
Seine
Elnot Paul
Duncans
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
Montmartre
Lindbergh
Gertrude Ederle
Sparrow Robertson
Laney
Characer
New York Herald-Tribune
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University of Texas
Bernstein's Department Store
W. L. Douglas
Adams
Shamrock Tailors
B. E. Barbour, Jr
Market Street
Greens Bayou
Minnesota
Tompkins Appliance Co
Baytown, Texas
Peoples State Bank
George Bernard Shaw
John D. Thompson
Indiana University
Scarborough
Walgreen Agency
Texas Avenue
Chauvin & Myers, Inc
Firestone
St. Baytown
Irene
Baytown
Mize Jewelry Co
China
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