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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1969
Page
4
Brenda Sue Awalt and John Dale Craven exchanged wedding vows Saturday night at 7 in the First Methodist Church. The ceremony featured can delabra and white gladiolus, with organist Randy Stevens and Kay Orr performing. The couple plans to live in Austin after a brief trip.
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church met Tuesday morning in the church parlor with Mrs. John Schaffrina presiding. The group sang, prayed, heard reports, and discussed the four year emphasis The New Church for a New World. The secretary read a thank you letter from the Wesleyan Home in Georgetown for blankets sent by the Winters society.
Donna Katherine Gehrels and Lyndon Coy McBeth exchanged wedding vows May 3 at the Gehrels home. Officiating was James M. Gehrels, a Baptist minister. The bride is daughter of Mrs. R. M. Gehrels and the late Mr. Gehrels. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester McBeth of Crews. The ceremony featured family attendants and a reception hosted by the bride's mother. The couple's educational and service details are noted, with both having ties to Winters High School and local beauty and military backgrounds.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met for a monthly program and business session in the educational building. A four member panel discussed Baptist medical ministry in Nigeria and highlighted a modern 110 bed hospital treating about six thousand patients yearly and the Ruth Kersey Children’s Home near the hospital.
The present is employed with Waddell Chevrolet Co in Winters. Mr and Mrs McBeth will make their home at 611 Tinkle Street in Winters. They were hosts for the rehearsal dinner at Huffman House.
The Baptist Health Service supports a treatment center and hospital for Hansen's disease patients and earns gratitude from Nigerians. Mrs. Butts urges more Nigerian Convention responsibility as nationals take key roles. Jim Cowlishaw asks women to help fund a November India trip for Rev. Harry Grantz. A committee led by Mrs. George Poe plans. The WMS donates $50 to the campaign. The Mission Study group meets next Tuesday at 9 30 a m to study The Power of Positive Praying.
Combed cottons are treated to remove short fibers leaving longer strands. Bonded cottons require no linings when sewing.
A Sunday afternoon Coke party honored graduates Cherlyn Beard Carolyn Brown and Kay Lynn Rives at 214 Parklane home of Mr. and Mrs Grif Brown. Hostesses were Mrs Grif Brown Mrs Bill Bean and Miss Becky Brown. Special guests included Mrs George Beard Mrs C T Rives Mrs Linda Bell Mrs Ernest Brown and Mrs George C Hill.
Marco Polo noted ancient Chinese wore cloth with cotton fiber. Cotton lint ranges from white to brown. Early desert nomads wore cotton layers to stay cool.
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