The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 191, Ed. 2 Monday, December 27, 1954 Page: 16 of 20
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Abilenians
5-A AML
A A THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
A Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, December 27, 1954
COLORADO PINK STONE HOME — The new home of the J. David Proctor family is |-----------------------
located at 1710 River Oaks Rd. Built of Colorado pink stone, trimming is of wrought A A I
iron. The furnishings in the dining room are black finished oak. In the built in on the Ancon ( niinia
wall are sections that open for two way serving from the breakfast room. (Staff photos DUI1 VUUUl v
by Don Hutcheson) 1
ABILENE BUILDS Weds in Abilene
Lester Byrd and Maxine Owens
of Anson exchanged wedding vows
at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 22. at the home
of the Rev. J. D. Mabry, 2142%
Cedar St.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Owens of Anson. The
bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and
Greek Key Design Is Frequent
In New J. David Proctor Home
By CLARA BETHE COATS
Reporter-News Staff Writer
The Greek Key design themes
wrought iron used in building the
new home of the J. David Proctor
family at 1710 River Oaks Rd.
Mrs. Proctor explains that the de-
sign is a favorite of theirs and
they had it made locally into an
entrance guard for the exterior,
into the balustrade of the staircase,
and in other appointments.
Colorado pink stone constructs
the contemporary home, designed
with two stories to accommodate a
family with four children. The Proc-
tor’s children are Bill. 11. David,
7. J’Lynn, 4%. and James, 5 weeks
old. Bill is in the sixth grade at
Crockett Elementary School and
David is a second grader there
The children have the "run” of
the house, but center their activ-
ities in a playroom upstairs. The
two older boys’ bedrooms are con-
nected with a bath and open onto
the playroom.
561
Chenille Stole
Is Real Luxury
Top illustration shows a stunning
crimson chenille stole of velvet
chenille edged in gold thread and
pearls: lower stole is also crochet-
ed in three colors of wool yarn to
wear with sweaters, sports coats.
Instructions for both designs in
pattern.
Send 25 cents for Pattern No. 561,
your name, address, pattern num-
ber to Carol Curtis, The Abilene
Reporter-News, Box 229, Madison
Square Station, New York 10, N.
V. 4
The Needlework Guide 36 pages,
13( designs for knitting, crochet,
embroidery, hairpin lace, dozens
of beautiful color transfers Order
as you do needlework patterns.
Only 25 cents.
, . Mrs. Newell Byrd of Anson.
Downstairs, entrance is through inets. Pink and cocoa set the The bride wore a gray suit with
two large bleached oak doors to color theme in the kitchen and black accessories
a foyer laid with Mexican tile. Col- breakfast area. The floor is cocoa Attending the ceremony were
or is provided by a wineberry rayon vinyl tile and the wall paper has , mothers and grandmothers of the
carpet and Belgium wallpaper that a cocoa background with designs couple, and Doris Byrd sister
repeats colors of adjoining rooms, appropriate for a kitchen. - • • -
The staircase is carpeted in wine- Draperies, cabinet tops, and
berry also sinks are all in pink. Bottom of the
On either .ide of the entrance cabinet is painted cocoas with the epwyeu w
doors, the floor to ceiling side win- Ne
dows are covered with light grey cabinets
silk gauze draperies, also used over Proctor’s have a dumb
the upstairs windows. The Proctor s.have a dumb wait
_ • . ter from the kitchen to upstairs,
The living room on the north and little J’Lynn says mother of-
side, with a large picturewin- ten wishes it were size enough to
dow on the east wall. Nubby carry her upstairs. It does save
fabrics upholster the 13 foot long many steps Mrs. Proctor declares,
couch and occasional chairs. The 1)er utility room with lots of
couch is in black, white, and gold, storage space is just off the kit.
and two chain are pink and black, chen.P M 1
Two other large chairs are gold. Upstairs is the domain of the,
W alls are covered with grass weave children and the family bedrooms
paper in black, white, and gold. I cnuaren ana me lamny oeorooms. |
The wool carpet is champagne
wool and the draperies’ pattern
blends with the limb and thistle de-
sign of paper in the dining room.
The fireplace is made of rough
finish golden tone Austin shell
stone.
In the dining room the carpet
is rose and the furniture is black
finished oak One wall of shelves
and bleached oak paneling has
two doors that open into the break-
fast room for two-way serving.
Built-ins are featured in the den
also. One wall has a gun case and
magazine and book .helves, oppo-
site the fireplace of Colorado pink
stone. • Modern light fixtures are
scattered throughout the Proctor
home, but the one over the fire-
place in the den deserves special
mention. It’s black and gold, the
black being pierced half circles
which throw out the light from the
pierces and around the base. The1
two half circles are crossed with
brass rods.
Furnishings in the den are in
leather, oak. and upholstery. Drap-
eries of heavy cotton have modern
designs, with the Greek Key repeat-
ed in them. Waffle back vinyl tile
in flecked rose pink covers the
Bill and David have rooms sim-
ilar, except for the colors. The
walls are covered with burlap and
have wainscot heighth oak panel-
ing. David’s room is in green and
some red and Bill’s room is in
red with white touches. Their fur-
niture is ranch oak and the cafe
curtains and bedspreads are dem-
in. Carpeting is a light rose. The
connecting bath is in desert tan
and saddlewood tile with bamboo
strips on the windows.
The playroom has a vinyl tile
floor matching- the cocoa and
brown wall paper. Draperies are
nubby weave cotton.
A hall leading to three other bed-
rooms has burlap and wainscot
heighth oak paneling on the walls.
J’Lynn’s room is typically "lit-
tle girl," with pink colors pre-
dominating. Oak furnishings are
finished in rubbed pink and wall
paper theme is pink. Carpeting is
wineberry rayon and the curtains
feature a pink background with
silver butterflies. A bath connect-
ing to the nursery is in pink and
lavender tile, with lavender net
curtains
Baby James' room has a gold
rayon carpet and blue wallpaper
with hobby horse design. The fur-
____ I nishings are white and the spread,
floor and the grass weave paper gold quilted chintz with blue ruffle,
is brown and beige. Blue chintz cafe curtains cover
A guest room off to the north- the windows
west of the house provides, ■ The master bedroom is decorat
pleasant surprise-it s done in elec- ed in dusty pink, color of the car
tric blue The grass weave paper, peting, the grass weave paper, a
rayon carpeting, velvet upholstery, contour lounge chair, and drap-
all are electric blue. A white quilt-eries. The bedspread, valance,
ed silk taffeta spread with plain draperies are of bamboo cloth,
ruffle covers the mahogany fur-1 and the design is a modified bsm-
nishings White nylon panels with boo tree garden.
bule valances cover the windows. The bath is divided into a dress
Guest bath is in bronze and can- Ing room and bath section. Pink
ary yellow tile with pale yellow and oatmeal grey tile are used in
marguisette curtains. the bath, and atop the lavatory sec-
A pink marble table with elec- tion is coral design tile. Behind
trie table top burners and an oven the square bath tile squares in
centers working space in the kit- soundwave design in the dress-
chen. Mrs. Proctor has another ing room, the wall paper is purple
oven in the wall built in the cab-land lavender
. - -___of
the bridegroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrd will make
their home in Anson where he is
employed with the State Highway
Bake Bose pears and serve them
with a soft custard sauce for a
company dessert. The pears will
bake tender in three-quarters to
one hour in a moderate oven. Baste
the pears with a light sugar syrup
while they are baking.
Son Marries
In California
EL CENTRO, Calif., Dec. 26. -
Madeleine Jane Golden became
the bride of Edmund Ike Denten
of Dallas in ceremonies Dec 1B at
the First Methodist Church of El
Centro.
The bride is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Joseph Golden of El Cen-
tro and the bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Deaton of
Abilene, Tex.
The couple repeeled double ring
vows in front of the flower-banked
altar with Rev. Arthur Nagel of-
ficating.
The bride approached the altar
on the arm of her father and was
given in marriage by her parents.
Her gown was of satin and lace
and her finger-tip veil of imported
illusion veil was caught to a ju-
liet cap of lace and net.
The portrait neckline of the wed-
ding dress was edged with cutout
lace design and the full aetin skirt
had appliques of Alencan lace
medallions with pickup skirt detail
over pleated nylon tulle. Her train
was cathedral length.
Baskets of white gladioli, chrys-
anthemums and red poinsettias
were set in front of the chancel
rail which was covered with cedar
boughs with clusters of red Christ-
mas balls.
Preceding the bride and her fa-
ther were bridesmaids Nancy Na-
gel, Janel Young, Nancy Merx and
maid of honor, Diane Kaser.
Bridesmaids
They were gowned in matching
dresses of American Beauty red
satin worn with matching Juliet
caps edged in pearls and satin
muffs adorned with sprays of ros-
es
Preceding the ceremony, junior
bridesmaids Nancy Bennett and
Shelia Rae Crosby lighted tapers
at each of the windows lining the
sanctuary and those in four altar
candelabra. Their dresses were of
cedar green velveteen, ballerina
length, and they wore matching
ballerina slippers.
Kathleen Reed and Kathleen
Bush were flower girls and wore
green corduroy dresses similar to
those of the junior bridesmaids.
Carl D. Deaton of Abilene was
best man for his brother and ush-
ers were Dan Odum, Dr. N. 0.
Walker, Bert Cosby of Lemon
Grove and assistant ushers were
Ben Jones and Virgil Bryant.
James Fisher was organist.
Mrs. George Washburn and Mrs.
Eugene Waterman sang.
A reception was given for the
450 wedding guests in the church
social hall. Background music was
played by Ida Ruth Smith, at the
piano; Loraine Sims, flute, and
Beverly Williams, violin.
Mrs. John Jolly of Santa Mon-
ica, the former Ann Hauk, and
Miss Olga Carpadakis of San Di-
ego were in charge of the guest
| books.
The couple will leave Dec 27
for Dallas and then move to Aus-
tin, Tex., where both will enroll at
the University of Texas.
The new Mrs. Deaton was grad-
uated from Central Union High
School in 1952 and attended the
University of Redlands. Deaton
was graduated from Hardin - Sim-
mons University in 1950 and will
work for his master of arts degree
in mathematics at the University
of Texas. His bride will continue
her studies for a general education
teaching credential.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 191, Ed. 2 Monday, December 27, 1954, newspaper, December 27, 1954; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1649674/m1/16/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.