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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
3
An editor notes fashion shifts with long timbered silhouettes and emphasized hip lines. Skirts lengthen from ankles to floor for evening wear, with decorative godets, hip yokes, and two material frocks gaining favor. Short jackets tighten to three quarters and chic Etons return with defined waists.
Announcement says Miss Lutie Benson and Ralph Long wed last Tuesday August 13 in Hollis Oklahoma. Ralph Long a Wellington native and 1929 graduate, longtime local guard on the football team. Bride is daughter of County Judge R H Templeton and formerly a Comanche high student.
The speaker states the aim to include worthy pupils from unaffiliated schools while maintaining high academic standards. He emphasizes broad general testing instead of subject detail, and warns the district can forfeit affiliation with the State Department of Education in Austin if standards slip. The policy stresses fairness and responsibility in preserving school quality.
The article mentions an ex governor of Nebraska linked to the Farm Board and wheat interests under Hoover. It notes his Lincoln home and outlines six weekly or six week exams and six semester examinations. It states that passing those exams would grant credits to unaffiliated students.
Mrs. C. B. Parker, longtime Catalina Island resident, has become nationally known as the world’s only woman fish curator. She describes her work from the moment a fish leaves the water, mounting birds and sea creatures in lifelike poses, with a collection including yellowtails tuna dolphins and sharks. She also notes feats with carpentry and shipping masts, and mentions rare species such as a Japanese moonfish and a poisonous sealpin.
Chicago man Le Ron Esterdahl sports a new pumaja outfit linked to a fad started by Eli sabeth City editor W. O. Saunders. He was seen strolling down Michigan avenues in the latest summer wear.
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