Mrs. Ava Gatlin and Gwyn

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20037118

Description

Mrs. Ava Gatlin, the former Ava Dewees, and her daughter Gwyn were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eckholm when a lei from Hawaii was delivered. The lei is made of about three dozen orchids mounted on a silver-papered straw ringlet. She is wearing a dark-colored outfit on which the top has a peplum over a fitted skirt and a lei. Gwyn is sitting on her mother's lap and wearing a dress with a faux apron and cap sleeves trimmed in lace. The chair has an antimacassar and doilies. Clipping: "MRS. G. WELDON GATLIN AND DAUGHTERWhen a lei of Hawaiian orchids was delivered Saturday to Mrs. G. Weldon Gatlin, Dallas, while she was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eckholm, 2925 College, it was only one of a series of gifts she has received from her Navy chaplain husband since he left for overseas duty 10 months ago. . . .Chaplain Gatlin will be remembered as former pastor of Broadway Methodist Church. When he entered the Navy as a chaplain and lieutenant junior grade 14 months ago, he was pastor of Grandview Methodist church. His wife and their daughter, Gwyn, two and a half years old, now live in Dallas with her sister, Mrs. A. V. Kinslow. . . .Mrs. Gatlin is the former Miss Ava Dewees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dewees of WIlls Point. Chaplain Gatlin is the son of Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Gatlin of Magnolia, Ark." "(Star-Telegram Photo.)" Published Star-Telegram Eve. Jul 30, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-07-27

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-620

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Dresses; Silk stockings; Chairs; United States. Navy; Chaplains; Eckholm, Carl; Toddlers; Doilies; Gatlin, Ava (Mrs.); Dewees, Ava; Gatlin, Gwyn; Gatlin, G. Weldon