The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 96, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1964 Page: 7 of 8
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Tabor Rowes Are
Home From West
Coast Vacation
They saw Disneyland, which
Andy liked best of all, went to
Marine Land, Knotts Berry Farm
and got lost, more than once.
Arriving in San Diego they
called their friends for directions
and were told to turn at a certain-
street. The Texans saw quite
a bit of country before they
learned they had been told to
turn on “Genessee Street” and
not "Tennessee Street.”
MRS. WEST SHOWS ANTIQUES SET — Mrs. John T.
West of Wink, stands by the love seat and a chair of the an-
tique set which features living room furniture in the West
home.' The dark, soft finish of the wood makes a perfect
frame for the aqua antique velvet used for upholstering. (Staff
Photo)
Antique Love Seat, Chairs Are Beautiful
Attractions in John T, West Home, Wink
BY MAUD GREEN and three regular chairs. Fronts She was fortunate in the ex-
A beautiful antique love seat of the chairs are on old rollers pense of having her set re-done,
and four matching chairs feature which were used on many early The wood needed no refinishing
living room furnishings of the day pieces of furniture. and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Background of the set is not John Newton, did the uphol-
West, 113 Oaklawn, Wink. known by the Wests. They bought stering.
The sturdy walnut frames, fea- it from Jim Marks, a teacher Mrs. West has a special Ilk-
turing rather elaborate carving, in Wink schools and sort of a ing for antiques, but the only
are in perfect condition. Each dealer in antiques. He bought other two such pieces in the
piece is upholstered in aqua an- it to Wink from Missouri, Mrs. home are two round tables, one
tique velvet. The set consists of W est saw it and fell in love with being used as a coffee table and
the love seat, one armed chair it._ . the other for a dining table.
Mrs. West has lived in Wink
15 years and her husband has
lived there 17 years. He Is with
Humble Production and she is
tax collector for Wink school
system.
LUBBOCK,— Donald H. Als- Mrs. Jim Roberts, the former They were married in Wink
paugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle Peacock, and son, Bill, and have one child, Mark, an
Haskell Alspaugh of 900 E. Aus- of Amsterdam, N, Y., are visit- active 9-year-old youngster who
Jin, Kermit, has been commis- ing here in the home of her makes pretty good grades in
prepare for and await the ar-
rival of their baby, she planned
it to be permanent. But, six
months later, first she knew, she
was back at work.
Her main interests outside her
home and work are church work
and taking an active part in East-
ern Star. Favorite hobbies of
her husband and son are golfing,
hunting and fishing.
CAMP WAS FUN — Experiences at Mitre Peak Girl Scout Camp will long be remembered
by these five Kermit girls. Jean Graves (standing center) was with a drama and music group.
The four others were in a survival unit. Seated (left) are Sherrilyn Odom and Carol McCann.
Back (left) are Judy Mayer and Judy Flattley, at right. (Staff Photo)
Kermit Girl Scouts Enjoy
Mitre Peak Camping Trip
Don Alspaugh
Gets Promotion
Visiting Here
From Amsterdam
Mrs. Bryson Visits
Friends in Colorado
Mrs. Ruby Bryson, bookkeeper
for Kermit school system, has re-
turned home for vacation, spent
mostly in Colorado.
She stayed several days in
Five Kermit Girl Scouts re- getting by with scarce camp
turned home during the week- equipment,
end from a camping trip at Mitre Then followed two days of iso-
Peak Girl Scout Camp, which lation. They camped across a
lasted from July 19 through Aug. creek from the rest of the camp-
1. ers and no one could come near
One of the girls, Jean Graves, them and they could not go to
was with a drama and musical anybody else.
unit, and the four others, Sher-
rilyn Odom, Judy Flattley, Judy
Mayer and Carol McCann, were
with a survival unit.
Jean’s group prepared and pre-
sented the stage play, Oklahoma,
before the camp group. Another
highlight of her stay there was
This proved an interesting
chore. They had cook out break-
fasts, rested, made friendship
rings and did some more rest-
ing.
Working with the survival unit
as counselor was Miss Shirley
Chandler of Kermit, a former
senior Girl Scout who is help-
ing this summer at Mitre Peak.
Enroute home they stopped in
Sun City, Ariz., to visit former
Wink friends, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Norris. Here the weather was hot
and Mrs. Rowe chose the com-
forts of being inside rather than
join the men in their golfing.
“We had a fabulous trip,”
Mrs. Rowe, who is supervisor of
the records room of Winkler
County Memorial Hospital said,
* ‘but it was always either hot or
it was cold and it was fun from
beginning to returning home . .
and coming back to work.
Ruffles Back
For Children
Ruffles on children's, clothes
went out of stylcjglflfth cheap
householdhelp. mothers
did not spend a better part of
their days bent oyer a hot iron-
ing board when they could press
something flat and simple in a
few minutes.
Ruffles are back, though, and
this time in surprising striped
shirting materials usually re-
served for strictly tailored
dresses. They never would have
been, however, if textile chem-
istry had not discovered wash
and wear fabrics. _
ioned a second lieutenant in the sister, her mother, Mrs. Ruth school, likes to swim, play base- Durango, resting and enjoying &oing Alpine and watching a
U.S. Air Force upon completion Peacock, accompanied Mrs. Rob- ball, golf and go fishing.
scenery. She also was in Silver- Ross State College group
the Air Force Reserve Officer erts to Kermit. The family is active in Wink ton and then went to Cortez, to Practice the play, Merchants of
’raining Corps program at the
Texas Technological College.
Lieuteant Alspaugh also
received his B. A. degree in
government upon graduation at
the college. He is a member Victor and later fly back to
Mrs. Roberts and son flew in- Methodist Church and Mr. and
to Austin, July 21, and went to Mrs. West are both members
Lake Victor to visit Mrs. of Eastern Star and he is a
Peacock. Mason. She is a member of
They are to return to Lake Upsilon Lambda Chapter of Beta
of Kappa Alpha Order.
The lieutenant’s wife, Diantha,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jonathan Lancaster of 860 S.
Ave. D, Kermit.
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Sigma Phi but, because of an
illness, was not active the past
season in the chapter. West also
is serving on Wink City Commis-
sion.
Keeping track of Wink school’s
tax affairs is a familiar routine
for Mrs. West. She first began
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Mrs. Bryson said the Ruckers akle *° care
are beginning work on the base- of themselves in case of emer-
ment of their new home and gencies.
plan to have it completed next Th® urat, composed of some 26
summer. Rucker is to teach math Sc°u^ throughout the Per-
in Dolores High School and Mrs. n?*an Basin> was going about
Rucker will teach the third grade, chores as usual when a surprise
Mrs. Bryson reported the evacuation order was given. They
Ruckers will teach in a new hadPrepare bed rolls, take
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Friday, Aug. 7,1964 Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas_Page Seven
Mr. and Mrs. Tabor Rowe
and sons/ Bobby and Andy,
of Wink, have returned home from
a vacation of two weeks spent see-
ing tourist attractions in the West
Coast.
In San Diego they stayed with
friends, Mr. and Mrs. George
Hoagland, who escorted them to
many places of interest.
They got mixed up again in
Long Beach but these experi-
ences only added to the fun of
vacation.
Their vacation began with a
Stop in Cloudcroft, where they
flayed golf in the rain and en-
joyed cold t’emperatures.
Mrs. Rowe said it was cold in
California . . especially when
they went swimming in the ocean.
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Sclair, Dave. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 96, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1964, newspaper, August 7, 1964; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth809906/m1/7/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.