The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 14, 1997 Page: 36 of 79
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Sunday, December 14,1997
Beverly Laimou, Bobby Guess wed
"iss Beverly Anri Lan-
Mrs. Bobby Joe Guess Jr.
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The rehearsal dinner was host-
ed by the groom’s parents at
Cafe Adobe on the eve of the
wedding. Mrs. Gordon C. Lan-
non, grandmother of the bride,
hosted a bridesmaid luncheon at
Brennen’s for the bride and her
attendants.
The bride is the daughter of
of Houston, formerly of Bay -
town. She is the granddaughter
of Mr. Albert L. Jacobs of Bay-
town and the late Patricia A.
Jacobs and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
C. Lannou of Baytown. The
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Joe Guess, Sr. of Hous-
ton. The groom’s grandparents
are Mrs. Joan Davis of Beau-
mont and Mrs. Sarah Guess of
Bentonville, Ark.
The bride was given in mar-
riage by her parents and escorted
included Spring Concerto, by her father. For her wedding,
Trumpet Voluntary; Still, Still," the bride wore an elegant gown
Still; Finale to Beethoven’s Ninth of candlelight duponi silk and
Symphony and Mendhelssohn’s imported French tulle accented
wedding March. - with embroidered Alencon lace
_ loped lace surrounding the hem-
line of the elegant gown. Her
veil was a cresent of Alencon
lace flowerettes, to which three
tiers of silk illusion fell to her
waist. Her hand-tied bouquet
was a cascade of white tulips
and white canna lilies accented
with Nicole roses. She carried a
lace handkerchief belonging to
her grandmother, Mrs. Patricia
A. Jacobs.
Serving as matron of honor
was Mrs. Sonja Spjut of Hous-
ton. Bridesmaids were Miss
Aimee Lannou, sister of the
bride, of Houston and Mrs.
Stephanie Sitter of Houston.
Flower girl was Miss Stephanie
Spjut of Houston.
The bridesmaids wore black
wool crepe dresses accented
‘ with lace bodice inserts. They
carried hand-tied bouquets of
Nicole roses and white lilies.
....... Tiffany Tran served as
and hand beaded baroque and appliqued along the bottom, of wedding coordinator.
seed pearls. A deep border of the skirt and was swept into a Serving as the groom’s best
lace and seed pearls was cathedral-length train with seal- man was Mr. Albert Tillery of
Tk yTiss Beverly Anri Lan-
\/| nou of Houston and e
-L V J_Mr. Bobby Joe Guess C
Jr. were united in holy matrimo-
ny, Saturday, October 11, 1997,
at 1:30 in the afternoon at
Vargo’s International Restaurant.
The ceremony was officiated by
Reverend Ron Ramey. A recep-
tion followed at Vargos Interna- Mr. and Mrs. Michael R.°Lannou
tional Restaurant, providing
music was the Ronnie Renfrow
Big Band. The groom — along
with Richard Birk, Debra Scott,
Carl Muller, Jonathan Weeks,
Bruce Melville, Jimmy Arbour
and Jeff Cooper — dedicated a
special eight-trombone musical
ensemble to the bride, playing
“Stardust.”
The music for the wedding
was written and arranged by the
groom -and performed by a four
trombone enserhble. Selections i
Houston. The groomsmen were
Mr. Jonathan Weeks and Mr.
Gary Hudson, both of Houston.
Ring Bearer was Master Jordan
Jacobs of Baytown, cousin of the
bride. Mr. Jimmy Arbour served
as usher, and Master Ryan
Nouis, cousin of the bride, of
Deer Park served as junior usher.
Master David Nouis, cousin of
the bride, served as train atten-
dant.
The bride is a graduate of the
University of Houston and is
employed by K*TEC as Strate-
gic Accounts Representative.
She was a member of the Cougar
Dolls.
The groom is a graduate of the
University of Houston, member
of the U of H Band, Phi Mu
Alpha Fraternity and is
employed by the Cy-Fair School
District as Music Director. He is
a member of the Ronnie Ren-
frow Big Band.
Following the honeymoon to
New Orleans, the couple reside
in Katy.
25th anniversary
David and Cheryl Dickerson will be celebrating their
25th wedding anniversary on December 21,1997. A
surprise party is being given by their children on
December 13. David is employed by Exxon Chemi-
cal Co. and Cheryl is employed by the Goose Creek
School District. They have been residents of Baytown
for 23 years.
58th anniversaiy
Tom and Nina Parkinson of Baytown will celebrate
their 58th anniversary on December 16, 1997. Their
children include Jack Parkinson of Baytown, Jeanne
Hill of Tulsa, Okla., and Sue Jobse of Houston. They
have six grandchildren: Cheryl Gavrel of Katy, Tom
Hill of Albuquerque, N.M., Julie Beardmore of
Cypress, Greg Rice of Beaumont and Steffani
Machicek and Stacey Nethery of Baytown. They also
have 10 great-grandchildren. Mr. Parkinson was
employed by Ethyl Corp, for 32 years. Mrs. Parkin-
k son was employed by Citizens Bank for 26 years.
Residents of Baytown for 56 years, they are mem-
bers of Memorial Baptist.
Finding more creative uses for lenses
Beginning photographers usu-
ally purchase lenses for specific
photo situations.
They buy wide-angle lenses
for landscapes, telephoto lenses
for portraits, super-telephoto
lenses for sports and wildlife
photography, and macro lenses
for close-ups of flowers and
insects.
Photographers get good results
using these lenses in the afore-
mentioned situations, .
However, the versatility of the
lenses — and the creativity of
the photographer — can be
expanded by using lenses in not
so obvious photo situations.
Wide-angle lenses, for exam-
ple, can be used for dramatic
close-ups with very good depth-
of-field (as opposed to macro
lenses that offer shallow depth-
of-field).
This benefit makes wide-angle
lenses, especially those in the 14
mm to 20 mm range, well suited
for close-ups of flower patches
and other scenes in which the
photographer wants all the ele-
ments in focus.
Telephoto lenses, indeed, are
ideal for close-ups of athletes,
fashion models and distant ani-
mals.
These lenses, however, can be
used for landscape photography,
too.
When you want to isolate a
subject in' a scene, say a bam in
a farm scene, or a waterfall in a
mountain scene, a telephoto lens
is a good choice — if you can’t
get close enough to the subject. «
~ A telephotd iehs can afsd be
used to compress the subjects in
a landscape scene for special
effect.
Try experimenting with differ-
ent lenses the next time you are
in the field, and see how each
lens dramatically changes the
scene.
The idea is not to get locked
into using a lens for a Specific
purpose.
When you view and photo-
graph the same scene with dif-
ferent lenses, a whole new world
of creativity opens up for you.
It’s also fun (and important) to
experiment with different f-stops
to see how each variation
changes the depth-of-field.
Sometimes, shallow depth-of-
field is desirable, as in most por-
traits, when a blurred back-
ground makes the subject “stand
out” in the picture.
And then there are times when
the maximum depth-of-field is
desired.
This isdesirableirimostlarid-'
scape photographs. In any case,
it’s important to take note of the
f-stop at which you are shooting,
and realize how it affects the
depth-of-field.
Another important point about
f-stops: they are not all created
equal. Usually, the f/5.6 and f/8
settings on lenses are sharper
than the f-stops over and under
these settings. I
This is simply a function of
lens design. However, you will
find that as the price of the lens
increases, so does the sharpness
throughout the entire f-stop
range.
Photographing a page from a
newspaper at different f-stops
and viewing your results will tell
you which f-stops are the
sharpest, ■
If you are new to photography
and are not familiar with the
lenses that are available for your
camera, stop by your local photo
dealer for a brochure. ■
CameramanufacTurersoffer
these brochures, illustrated with
end-result pictures, at no cost.
While you are in the store, try on
a few lenses and see how each'
lens can add a new perspective
to your photography.
Tiffany’s 20th Centuiy’ reprises 100 stylish years
is that Tiffany’s has continually
partner established a stationery
Keep up with the
latest club news in
Sun Lifestyle!
Broadway with $1,000 from his
father in 1837.
Keeping up with fashionable
New York’s continuous moves
uptown, Tiffany’s relocated in
1870 to Broadway and 15th
Street, then to Fifth Avenue and
37th Street and a building
designed for Tiffany’s by Stan-
ford White in 1905.
The store’s move to its present
spot at the corner of 57th and
Fifth came in 1940.
“Charles Lewis Tiffany saw his
annual net income was $ 172,600.
Hoving held a white elephant
sale in 1956 to get rid of outmod-
ed stock.
He also reinstated the position
of design director, vacant since
Louis Comfort Tiffany’s death.
He hired Van Day Truex, for-
mer president of the Parsons
School of Design, to redesign the
china, crystal and silver, and
hired Jean Schlumberger to revi-
ing said.
“By the 1870s, there were
acres of home furnishings —
floor after floor of porcelains,
clocks, bronzes and other objects
how Americans wished to be
represented and how editors of
publications that marketed
America to the world wished it to
be seen.”
The magazines often featured
both stylish women and Tiffany
products such as the 2,190-piece
dinner service the store made for
the Johnson White House in1
1968.
customers should be able to find
something of good design and
quality.”
After his father’s death in
1904, Louis Comfort Tiffany,
already renowned as a designer
of art nouveau glass and ceram-
ics and as an interior decorator,
took the store in a more elitist
direction.
He was one of the inventors of
what the world has come to know
as American style — which Lor-
ing describes as relying on nature
and simplicity and being general-
ly uncluttered, uncomplicated
and sleek.
Among the first examples of
American simplicity were
Tiffany’s art nouveau glass and
ceramic designs, which have won
awards at world’s fairs through-
out the 20th century.
After Louis Comfort Tiffany
died in 1933, the company sol-
diered on through the Depression
and World War II.
But it fell on hard times.
Between 1943 and 1954, average
earnings were $323,530 a year,
down considerably from the
stores as great emporiums,” Lor- glory days of the early 20th cen-
tury when earnings averaged
more than $1 million a year.
In 1955, the year Walter Hov-
ing bought a controlling interest
in Tiffany & Co. from family
When President Dwight D. What also emerges in this book
Eisenhower asked Tiffany’s to is that Tiffany’s has continually
talize jewelry design.
Hoving exercised his consider-
able talents at promotion, making
sure, for example, that the story
about Lincoln not getting a dis-
count became public.
He also saw to it that the
Tiffany name was associated
with socialites.
But his greatest publicity coup
was allowing scenes from
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to be
filmed in the store in 1960.
Hoving’s efforts paid off hand-
somely.
By 1961 profits were up to
$782,000. In 1979, sales exceed-
ed $70 million a year.
Tiffany’s has been a publicly
traded company since 1986.
There are now 120 stores in
more than 40 countries world-
wide, with sales, averaging $3
million-plus a day.
Tiffany’s product design in the ;
future is expected to be influ-
enced more by the international :
character of its Business than by’:
copies of the past.
“We are becoming a worldwide
monoculture and we need pat-
terns that everyone will respond
to,” said Loring.
make a pendant for Mamie’s reinventeditself
1955 Christmas gift, he inquired Charles Lewis Tiffany and a
whether he would get a discount.
“Well, Abraham Lincoln and fancy goods shop at 259
didn’t,” replied Thomas Hoving,
president of Tiffany & Company,
alluding to pearl jewelry Lincoln
had bought in 1861 for $530.
Anecdotes like this pepper the
text of “Tiffany’s 20th Century:
A Portrait of American Style”
(Abrams, $60) by John Loring.
The book features color pho-
tographs and drawings of more
than 100 years of Tiffany jewelry
and home accessories, shown
against backgrounds of period
photographs and drawings from
Tiffany’s archives and from mag-
azines like Town & Country and
Vogue.
Loring, Tiffany’s design direc-
tor since 1979, says his book is
not merely a Tiffany tale. , _ , ________z
Hewanted to “show through for the home. His philosophy members for $3,765 million,
photographs and illustrations was that whatever their budget, i' "‘
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 14, 1997, newspaper, December 14, 1997; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176501/m1/36/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.