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Newspaper
Waco Tribune Herald
Location
Waco, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1956
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Henry Dyer of 2721 Parrott Avenue left Saturday to visit Brenham El Campo and Rockport. They will stay with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs T W Ray of Corpus Christi before returning home.
Maj. Gen. Disosway told Officers Wives Club at James Connally AFB that wives are vital to officers careers and morale. He cited $100000 training costs and discussed housing hospital issues solved by Air Force and wives. The event honored Disosway, Col. Collins, and featured a crazy hat contest won by Mrs. Maxwell, with other winners named.
In Big Spring, Wanda Lou Petty and Warren Lee Wilbur, both Baylor graduates, wed at First Baptist Church. Petty is from Big Spring and a former Baylor music student. Wilbur, from Miami Oklahoma, earned English and drama and pursues divinity. Officiating was Dr. P. D. O'Brien.
Mr and Mrs Collins announce the birth of a daughter Carroll Elizabeth Collins at Hillcrest Hospital on June 6. The infant and mother are with her maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J Carroll Wood in Lake Waco for several days while Clark Jr spends time with his paternal grandparents Dr and Mrs C T Collins.
Lucy Collins travels with five University of Texas classmates to Camp Monterey in Monterey Tennessee. She joins her mother in Hearne and will serve as an assistant swimming counselor through August 13. Her sister Frances Collins is a counselor in training at Camp Val Verde Crawford.
Peggy Jean Otto, UT nursing student, arrives from Galveston for her wedding to Diinwaod Altus at Trinity Lutheran Church Saturday at 8 p.m. The couple, with families in Fort Worth and Bay City, plan a rehearsal Friday. best man is Altus’s father, with three cousins as groomsmen and Gene Schutza as usher. Maids include Carol Yvonne Schutza, Ann Maness, Mrs Leroy Boothe, and Mrs R B Webb Jr. Flower girls Susan Randles and Kay Koos.
Engagement notice for Miss Frances Thomas and Carroll Francis announced by the Thomas family Route 3. Frances is a China Spring High School graduate and Carroll is a University High School and Dallas Harbor College graduate employed locally. The wedding is July 9 at Brookview Methodist Church Colcord Avenue with Rev Len Layne officiating. A reception will follow at Mrs Guy Harrell’s home North Nineteenth Street. The couple will live in Waco after a Galveston wedding trip.
D B Buck Pippin and wife transform the old Leuschner place known as the ghost house into a working rustic home. They reuse bricks from a 1953 tornado, add cedar porch support, and fill two downstairs rooms with antiques and practical fixtures. Upstairs ready for grandchildren Kay and Ross, the house blends Early American pieces with modern comforts.
Mrs T Y Pelly hosted two out of town guests at a luncheon at her home 2601 Colonial Ave Friday. Guests included Mrs Pallie Lawson of Los Angeles and Mrs John Pelly of Marlin. Lawson visited with her son and daughter in law at 3128 Lyle Ave for three weeks and longtime friends attended the event along with several other ladies. A second note lists the Luella Boynton Study Club planning to meet at 3024 Novice Ave Wednesday at 10 am with Mrs B A Bennett presiding and Mrs J S Barnett Jr discussing Dead Sea Scrolls.
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