The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1974 Page: 2 of 15
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The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Thursday, August 8, 1974
Newlyweds
Make Home
In Kermit
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
Grantham are making their
home at 216 South Pine,
following their marriage July
27 at 4 p.m. in Grace Temple
Baptist Church. Rev. L. D.
Green, pastor, read the
ceremony.
She is the former Brenda
Simon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Simon. Mr. and Mrs.
H. V. Grantham are parents of
the bridegroom.
Church decorations included
an arch with greenery and
white bells tied with pink
ribbon.
Mrs. Jerry Helmer was
organist and Lawana Newell
sang Walk Hand in Hand,
Twelfth of Never and The
Wedding Prayer.
The bride was escorted to
the altar and presented in
fnarriage by her father. She
wore an A-line modified gown
of silk organza and Alencon
lace. A profile tiara of lace
flowers centered with pearl
sprays held her bouffant elbow
length, multi-tiered veil of silk
illusion. Bridal bouquet was
pink roses, stephanoitis and
baby’s breath, carried on an
antique Bible.
Remona Bradford was maid
of honor. Clint Warnick and
Paul Adams were ring bearers
and Kim Stroud was flower
girl.
Preston Cherry was best man
and ushers were Kenny Hix
and Ralph Simon.
Wedding reception was held
in the home of the bride’s
parents.
The bride attended Kermit
High School. He is a 1974
graduate of KHS and is
employed with Simon’s
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile
^Company.
|From Coyanosa
£ Barbara Dunlap from
£ Coyanosa has been visiting
$with relatives, Mr. and Mrs.
*§Malcom Hill, Anna, Susan,
^ Diana and Kay.
and, another thing.
by maud green
and, another thing is, this living under a vacant house,
should’ve been done ere now, T’other day Bertha
but there’s been so much going Kimbrough was sitting on her
on here and there, simply front porch, 311 South Ash,
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MR. and MRS. HARLAN GRANTHAM
. . .recently married
hasn’t been time.
Belated or not... let’s
extend a warm welcome to
Bud and Judith Dyer, for their
fancy new furniture store. It
sure makes a welcome and
improved appearance to the
Kermit Downtown area.
* * *
William Jex quickly caught
five dozen Republicans.
So what?
One thing, this little
sentence, far as I know, is the
only one of its kind.
It uses all letters of the
alphabet.
* * *
You already know this one,
said to have been said by
Napoleon after his exile:
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Reads the same, frontward
or backward.
* * *
How true, especially this
time of the year.
Practically everybody is
growing five things in the
garden this year... peas,
radishes, beans, tomatoes and
tired.
* * *
and, another thing is, there
are some “residents” in our
neighborhood, the 300 Block
of South Cedar and South Ash,
I sure would like to see.
Others in the block have
seen them and say they are
holding her big pet cat. The cat
suddenly became alarmed and
scratched Bertha’s arm. She
looked across the street and
hurriedly put the cat inside.
Then she watched as two big
skunks and three little ones
marched from the west side of
the street, across the street and
into the yard south of the W.
T. Hairs.
Bertha said the babies were
pert and frisky and held their
tails almost straight up.
Nellie Lovelace has seen
them and so has Hettie
Leslie ... several times.
That would be a picture to
end all pictures ... Papa and
Mama Skunk and their three
little ones, prancing across the
street in the 300 Block of
South Ash.
So far, they’ve been real
nice . .. not a trace of them by
nose.
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and, still another thing Jfrs- Cora Harris and her long-time friend, Polly, are shown in their home, 209 North Avenue C.
. that picture on Monday’s PoI1y has been a member of the family for many years and is remarkably talented in the talking
Page One of The Newsy. Shows department. She is beautiful in bright yellow and green and, in addition to her talking, when
4 - she s in the mood, shp sinas thp hvmn Praiop tv»a t (Staff Photo)
'>«■» You and Your Home
Garden irises are hardy,
long-lived perennials that need
a minimum of care. They are
an established “backbone” of
home gardens because they
bloom when few other plants
do — after spring-flowering
bulbs and before peonies,
delphiniium, and phlox.
Easy to grow iris varieties
adapted to every region of the
United States are available.
They produce graceful flowers
in a wide range of shapes, sizes
and colors.
Iris flowers have six petals.
The three upright petals are
called standards; the three that
hang down are called falls.
Flowers may be white, yellow,
pink, purple, blue, reddish or
bicolored.
From the several thousand
varieties of irises available,
select varieties that will provide
the colors you want in your
garden. Many new varieties are
introduced each year. Growers’
and breeders’ catalogs and
garden magazines describe and
picture many popular irises.
Irises may be planted in
triangles, clumps or borders or
in beds with other garden
flowers. The best time to plant
irises is in late summer or early
autumn. Thsy should be
established in the soil before
winter. Irises need full
sunshine. Select a site with
southern exposure and good air
circulation.
Prepare the bed one to two
weeks before planting irises, to
.allow the soil time to settle. ^r‘ andtMi
Dig and loosen the soil at least and ^UJtis.
‘ 18 ■ inches rdeep. Thoroughly
break up all lumps. Us!
commercial fertilizer to enrich
poor soil in the iris bed; use
organic matter to improve soil
structure and productivity.
three men working on Yellow
Jacket stuff. Reading says,
“Left to right are Walter
Dickie, Calvin Workman and
Bill Rea.”
Everybody in town has
commented on a “mistake”
being made, that the fellow
named “Bill Rea” sure ain’t
Bill Rea . . . no*t the
insuranceman.
No, it isn’t but that guy’s
name is really “Bill Rea” and
he works for El Paso Natural.
So, now you know . . . there
are two Bill Reas around here.
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she’s in the mood, she sings the hymn, Praise The Lord.
Polly Is
Quite A Gal
Polly is a gal with a
personality all her own.
She talks and sings and • is
noisy and friendly until she
gets sleepy .. .then she wishes
to be left alone.
Polly is the companion of
Mrs. Cora Harris, 209 North
Avenue C, who is the mother
of Mrs. C. O. Jones.
VtPtfICK
vexae
Tried walking around the
neighborhood lately? If so,
you’ve probably ducked tree
limbs or stepped off the
sidewalk to keep from
scratching an arm or cheek.
Energy crisis or no, pedestrians
are still the forgotten people in
motorized land. The
By
Louise Allen
pocket of his jump suit, he has
gradually cleared our route of
troublesome branches.
First it was the volunteer
elm that made a bush by a
garage. Getting a few little
snips an evening and dropping
them in the alley, he soon had
that trap cleared. Then on a
Home From
Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur (Top)
Davis have returned home from
a vacation trip when they saw
their three children and
families and all of the
grandchildren.
First stop was in Fort Worth
with a daughter and her family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Clark, Denise
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or veered to miss the green was a huge catalpa branch a
snares that beset our path. ‘' '
Finally, he found a solution.
. ---------------------— One considerate family who
yellow head and shoulders and trimmed up the red oaks that
bright green body. overhung their walk gave him
She sings her favorite hymn, -!4*1 ,Cl|ipplers
aise The Lord. One trick is to __^ ipped into the hip
ago from Brownfield.
As far as the family can
estimate, the parrot is at least
70 years old. She has a brilliant
•‘ill
fill
Taking Basic
Pvt. James D. Parish,
formerly of Kermit, is now
They went to Pelham, Ala.,
for a visit with a son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Davis, Renee’ and Shel.
In Birmingham they saw a
World League Football game
between the Birmingham
Americans and a team from
Tennessee.
On the return trip, a stop
Praise The Lord. One trick is to
get in the window and call the
kittens. She’ll call
“Kitty-Kitty” and then turn
around and meow just like a
cat.
Polly is a never-ending
source of entertainment for
members of the family and
seldom does a day pass she fails
to come up with something
new to startle and amuse them.
Gives Report
Of WMC Meet
Betty Deatherage reported
on the Women’s ^Missionary
Council District meet, held in
Lubbock, with several
members of Kermit First
Assembly of God Church
attending.
A tour of the Dorcus Room
was interesting to the group. It
is a large building where linens,
silverware, bed linens, all kinds
block away that reached out
over the sidewalk to bat us in
the eye. The two-foot branch
he whacked off was
incriminating evidence, so he
carried it along to put in our
own garbage can. For a few
days we half-expected “the
law” to show up and tell us we
owed a fine for mutilating
private .property, but none
came. Now our nightly walk is
uneventful and straightaway.
One side effect of the energy
crisis is that it has reminded us
we need some exercise anyway.
But a few thoughtless folk who
aren’t about to use their own
two feet to get around threaten
our eyes, hair and skin with
overhanging greenery if we
happen to walk their way.
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Newcomers
gSngVhrou^h’S^aW^ °" retUrrn ‘rip’ a stop Mr- “"d Mre- Ricky King "eVfmSng --------
Parris Island, South Carolina. ll,mada m, Canton to see have recently moved to Kermit needed to ODerate .. * MaYer To
He is in the United States anothe' , Lnd, family: from 0dessa' He is employed ™ed on EJL andtehles * °
— ........-..... Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hudson and Oampanjo
r-vw lhe missionarv popm in and
King and Mr. and Mrs. D. M
Wall.
Marine Corps. His parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Parish,
formerly of Kermit, now living
in Sherman.
family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hudson and Murray, Sandy
and Amy.
Discourage
property damage
by vandals
with a
Nite-Liter
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RUGS
JUST RECEIVED A
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Lots of New
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Floor,
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SEEING IS
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BEAUTIFUL
THROW
PILLOWS
Assorted Colors, Sizes, Fabric $
Shapes. CHECK OUR PRICES!
The missionary goes in and
chooses all she needs and does
not have to pay for it. All
items are donated by WMC
groups.
Mrs. Deatherage reminded
the group that the WMC
Retreat is to be held in
Lubbock in September. She
read from Daniel 11:32 and
spoke of The God of Our
Strength, saying: “The Lord is
our strength so to be strong
with Him requires to actually
know Him, to read His word
daily and to depend on Him
completely as did Daniel,
David and Paul, who all three
determined to pray and be
obedient to God.”
After prayer requests were
received a short business
meeting was held and Mrs.
Marie Noble gave dismissal
prayer.
DRAPES &
BEDSPREADS
TO MATCH OR SEPERATE
GREAT BUY AT DYERS
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Marty Mayer will be
speaking at the First United
Methodist Church Sunday at 7
p.m.
Marty and his wife, Joette
were in Fullerton, Calif., the
past year with “Athletes in
Action”, a program working
with coaches and athletes on
high school campuses.
Marty, Joette and their
two-month-old daughter,
Jennifer Bryn, have just
returned from three weeks of
staff training with Campus
Crusade for Chrsit at Colorado
State University at Fort
Collins, Colo.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D.M. Mayer of Kermit.
The public is welcome to
come and hear him speak.
To San Diego
Pvt. William F. Helms Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Helms,
is taking basic training at San
Diego, Calif. He’s in the United
States Marine Corps.
Visits Aunt
Susie Sikes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Sikes, lias
returned from a visit to
Seymour, where she stayed
with her aunt, Mydelle Melear.
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Parks, Phil. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1974, newspaper, August 8, 1974; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1034993/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.