The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1955 Page: 3 of 6
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Women s Interests
Office Phone, 700
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MR. AND MRS. OTIS RALPH HODGES
Mrs. Wayne Hardy
Feted with Shower
Mrs, Wayne Hardy was the guest
of honor at a stork shower and
coffee given Saturday morning at
the home of Mrs. Rex Hudson,
1508 Austin St.
Hostesses serving with Mrs. Hud-
son were Mmes. J. Ernest Rails-
back, Tom Sappington, Curt Lang-
ford, Frank Bigham, Don Ashton.
Art Hall and Dick Cooke.
A very clever program lh the
form of a T. V. program was pre-
sented. It was directed by Mrs.
Railsback.
Presiding at the silver coffee
service was Mrs. Langford who
served from a -lace covered table
with a centerpiece fashioned from
two small blue containers filled
with' pink blossoms. Favors of ba-
by things filled with mihts were
presented the gifts.
The $ifts were presented in a
clever manner with Tommy Bur
nett making the presentation. A
large stork pulled the basinett and
also the baby bed, gifts from a
group of Mrs. Hardy's friends.
WHITHARRAL, (Spl.) — A-2C
and Mrs. Otis Ralph Hodges are
at home in Biloxi, Miss., after
their recent marriage in St. Mon-
ica’s Catholic Church in Santa Mon
ica, Calif.
Rev. G. J. Moschel read the
double ring ceremony. The aisles
were marked with red poinsettlas
and greenery.
The bride is the former Miss
Jeanette Elizabeth Soper, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin L.
Soper of 718 12th St., Santa Monica
Calif. The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Vemor Dee Hodges of
Rt. 2, Levelland.
Mrs. Eileen Westcott sang Shu-
berts “Ave Maria,” "On This
Day,” and "Ave Verrum Corpus.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a floor length dress
of white net and lace featuring a
portrait neckline, fitted bodice,
with long sleeves pointed at hands
and a three tiered full skirt. Her
finger tip veil of illusion was at-
tached to an Elizabethan cap. fhe
carried white orchids on her daily
missal.
Mrs. Leonard G. Soper of Santa
Monica attended her sister-in-law
as matron of honor. She wore
two piece dress of midnight bjue
velveteim with red camelias on
blue velvet muff.
Bridesmaids were Misses Delor-
es Squillace, Trudie Fleming, Ele-
anor Horovity, and Sharon Soper,
sister of the bride. Their identical
dresses of rpidnight blue velvet
featured full gathered skirts, stand
up collars on the bolero and three
quarter length sleeves. They wore
red camellias-on blue muffs.
Flower girls were Ann Monica
Girous, cousin of the bride and
Christine' Kathleen Giroux, the
bride’s god child. Their dresses
were of midnight blue velvet also.
Ring bearer was Johnny Lynn
Hodges, of Anton, nephew of the
groom. J. C. Hodges, of Anton, was
his brother's best man. Ushers
were Norman Hodges of Whithar-
ral, Leonard Soper, Tom Soper
and Allen Soper of Santa Monica,
Calif.
The bride’s mother wore gray
day were Douglas Cannon, Jean : blue figured dress and jacket with
Nance, Barbara Golden, Anna navy accessories, and red camillia
Ruth Nipper, Peggy Wiley,, Connie____
Mack Clark, Virgil Coffee; pick j .
Tubb, Paul Bcnnmgfieid, Wiiiiam M rs. Wynn Attends
Fortner. Dawn Hamili, the honorcc | Shower fQr Sister
Home Phone, 1654-JX
Hodges-Soper Vows ore Read
In Santa Monica Ceremony
Rcrtlsback Honored
At Birthday Party
Charles Railsback was honoree
at a birthday dinner Sunday. Mrs.
J. E. Railsback was hostess at her
son's thirteenth birthday and
served a fried chicken dinner to a
number of the younger set at her
home northeast of town.
The meal was served from a
dining table and guests were seat-
ed at smaller tables. The group
participated in both indoor and
outdoor games during the after-
noon.
Guests present for Charles' birth-
and his sister, Phyllis Elaine.
St. Paul's Lutheran
Brotherhood to Meet
The Brotherhood of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church will meet in the
parsonage Thursday evening, Jan.
20 at 7:30. '
The pastor, Rev. W. F. Bigott,
will bring the topic on the history
of the church.
All men of the church are urgtd
The TV program presented was
a song, "Little Mother of Mine,”
Tpmmye Burnett; A reading of | to attend the meeting
Temple Baileys, '‘Parables for,
TGi°Iia» M-e pTm Mrs. Rickels Host
Mighty Lak A Rose, Phyllis j
Elaine Railsback; Edgar A. Guest For Bridge Party
“Home," Mrs. Russell Michell: j A bridge party at the home of
"Three Kids," poem, Mrs. J. F. Mr. and Mrs. JuDon Rickcls, 302
WHITHARRAL, (Spl. > — Mrs.
| P. A. Wynn and children visited
relatives in Coahoma from Wed-
nesday to Saturday of last week
and attended a bridal shower for
her sister, Mrs. Grady Ti.ndal.
Mrs. Tindal was the former Ola'
Sue Buchanan before her marriage
to Tindal . at the Coahoma Church
of Christ Dec. 27. Mrs. Wynn was
her sister's matron of honor.
Mrs. Tindal has visited here sev-
eral times.
Bigham; "Braham's Lullaby,"
Mrs. Quentin Morris; "Sons," by
Grace Noll Crowell, Mrs. J. G.
Stacy; “There Ain’t Another Kid
Morningside Holds
Layman's Program
The men were in charge of ser-
vices at the Morningside Baptist
Church on Sunday, Jan. 16, Lay-
man's Day.
The women of the church will
put on the program on Wednesday
I Those enjoying the hospitality evening and will also have charge
were Mr. and Mrs. ,E. E. Broder- of next Sunday's services. This
week is Focus Week for the W.
10th Street was enjoyed by a group
Saturday night, Jan. 15.
The hostess served an informal
lunch ronsisting of snacks, cookies
Like My Kid," Mrs. Charies Bar- i candies and coffee from the buffet.
ton; Mrs. R£x Hudson served as — ... -.......
studio pianist.
Around thirty guests were pres-! son, Mr. and Mrs. fSrady Hutchin-
ent for the entertainmenl and soc- son, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hoi- m.U. and the ladies are cooperat-
iab j land, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Meador jng wifh that program.
l and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. The object of these services is
NEW MEXICO VISITORS i Earl Head, of Los Alamos, N. M. t0 enlist all members of the church
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Head, of Los I --------- | in Sunday School, both men and
Alamos, N. M., were visiting Mr. ■ Leroy Seate underwent surgery’ I women.
and Mrs. Bruce Meador over the at the Phillips-Dupre Hospital Mon ' _______
weekend. day morning, Jan. 17. ! OKLAHOMA CITY VISITORS
Mrs. Maude Graham and her
sons and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Revie Bowen, of Oklahoma
City, visited Mrs. W. H. Ford and
Mrs. Susie Epperson the first part
of the week.
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Morningside Cfass
Host for Dinned
Group 1 of the Morningside Bap-
tist Training Union entertained
Group No. 2 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Gilbert, 209 Hick*
Drive Friday night, Jan. 14 with
I a supper and social hour.
The meal of baked ham, meat
loaf, vegetables, pineapple whip,
and coffee was served and after-
wards the group participated in a
number of games.
Later in the evening, refresh-
ments of cake, coffee and Cokes
were served.
^hose atfending the affair were
M.l ill
corsage. The groom'k motlwr wore
a navy two piece dress accented
by rhlhestones, white and navy 8'
cessories and red camellia Cpi - Rev. and Mrs. Dale Lavender, Mr.
sa8e- t \ ind Mrs. Henry. Davis, Mr. and
A reception foKowetf at Tru-! Mrs. A. D. Rowden, Mr. and Mrs.
man' Res '(Westwood i. Members j Oran Cummins, Mr. and Mrs. Al-
of the houseparty w ore Mrs. Lou-! fred Brook?, Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
ise Marks, Mrs. Lucille Kephart
and Misses Carol Ritchie find Sue
Grasty.
For travelling the bride chose a
blue suit with black accessories.
Mrs. Hodges is a graduate of
Santa Monica High School, was
employed by the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Co,, in Santa Mon-
ica.
Hodges, a graduate of Whit ha r-
ral High School, is stationed at
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi,
Miss.
Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Hodges, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Hodges, and
Mr. and Mrs. J.'C. Hodges and
children were in Santa Monica for
the wadding
Huffman Residence
Scene for Sundown
Bowman and
hostess.
\(j the host /ind
Book Review Given
By Mrs. Railsback
Mrs. J. Ernest Railsback
brought a book review on "Heaven
in My Hands," by Alice Lee Hum-
phreys to the Future Teachers of
America, at their monthly meeting
,n the High School Library Friday
night, Jan. 14.
Keith Fortner, president of the
organization, presided over the
business meeting.
Those present were the sponsors
! Mrs. Pauline Winningham and
Miss Frances Murray, the guest,
Mrs. Railsback and members Gra-
i-ie Wheeler, Marilyn Marcom,
! Mary Jo Minor, Pam Nesbitt, Gail
! Grimes, Barbara McMillan, Jackie
Sisk, Jo Ann Cummins, Berta Jane
j Burton, Peggy Blair and another
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SUNDOWN, (Spl.) The Sun The dal® of the February meet-
down Home Demonstration Club i jig will be announced later.
met at the home of Mrs. Grace] -#-
Huffman, Tuesday, Jan. 11, with
eight members present.
The meeting was opened by the
president, Mrs. Dona Carter, and
roll call was answered with a new
trend in furniture.
The county agent, Mrs. Robin-
son. gave a , very interesting pro-1
gram on "How to Select Furni- j
ture." It was decided that the club |
yvould serve the football banquet j
Styjurday night, Jan. 22.
The food demonstrators. Mrs.;
Denton and Mrs. Huffman will at-!
Mrs. Landers Hosts
Lums Chapel HDC
WHITHARRAL, (Spl.) — The
Lums Chapel Home Demonstration
Club helci its regular meeting
Thursday in the home of Mrs. C.
G. Landers, north of town.
I.amb County H.D. agent, Hazel
Hickman, gave a demonstration on
laundry problems.
' Mrs. .Roy Taylor presided ’ht the
tend a demonstration at the home bu: .ness meeting and appointed
of Mrs. Robinson in Levelland. bgirmen for the following com
Jan. 18. The demonstration wilj be mittees: Finance, Mrs. H. J. Al-
on "How to Fill the Cookie Jar." ; len; Yearbooks. Mrs. , Fred New
.The club will have an all day ;om.; Three E's, Mrs. C. G. Lan-
meeting the first Thursday in Feb. decs’; Recreation, Mrs. Hub Spra-
on work-shop on upholstery. berry; 4-H. Mrs. Doss Maner.
The next meeting will be at the Yearbooks were filled out.
home of Mrs. Donii Carter, Jan Refreshqients of hot cinnamon
25. All members are urged to at- toll*, pineapple and cottage cheese
tend. saidd, r of fey and cocoa were
Refreshments were served by; served to Mmes. Hickman, J. E.
the hostess, Mrs. Huffman, to Waif, J. I).-Waters, Taylor, Doss
Mmes. Carter, Melton. > Denton, \1anev. Newsom, Spraberry and
Strickland, • Cade, Norfleet, and Allen.
Wright. Mi's. Chester Gray was The next meting will be with
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1955 Packards and Clippers in dealer showrooms
January 17. Heading the Clipper line of five models
for the medium priced field is the Constellation
hardtop (above).
Termed the most important development in rid-
ing comfort and safety since the introduction of
front coil springs in 1934, torsion bar suspension
appears for the first time on a production car. The
engineering term “torsion” means twisting. As
shown in the diagram, two long steel bars running
the length of the car take the shock of road bum'
and dips by twisting. This means these road shoe!
do not ieach the car frame and car passengers. A
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a visitor.
Mrs H. J. Allen on Jan. 27.
Officers Installed
By Mission Group
Levelland Student
In Operetta Cast
LUBBOCK. (Spl.) — Texas Tech
u II present its first full-length op-
The Women Mission Workers oi teb. 14-15 according to Dr.
St. Paul Lutheran Chur, h me' la-t i firno Hommle, head of the Tech
Sunday in the home of Mrs H L . music department. Gilbert a
Adkins v i Sullivan's popular musical, The
Yeomen of the Guard," will be
directed by Robert Elson, Tech
cos-
instructor. Original
The following newly -elected of-
ficers were installed in an im-
pressive ceremony by Rev. \V. F. j tousle
Bigott; Presicent. Mrs. A A Gran tum&s will be used m the two per-
mann: Vice President, Mrs Nor- formances at the Lubbock High
vin Nessel; Secretary, Mrs. Henry i *^C2)CK)^ Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Nesel; Treasurer, Mrs. Bill Guct- • The Texas Tcrc*1, orchestra, con-
ersl0h i ducted by Paul Ellsworth, will fur-
nish the music for the perform-
CLOSING
NOTICE
YOUR LEVELLAND BANKS
WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19
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In Observance of
ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHDAY
LEVELLAND STATE BANK
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
tickets are $1.20 for adults and
.) for students, and they may
bf- obtained from the Tech music
department office.
Included in the cast is Sara-
beth Simpson, of Levellanc. in the
Chorus of Citizens. •
Mrs. Westbrook Feted
Modest maidens
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Mrs. II. Adkins, in charge of thi
devotions, lit three' candles while i onces
explaining the purpose of path:
New Beginnings, Joyous Beginning
and Hope.
Mrs. Bill Crabtree gave a report
on Christian Service, which the de-
partment stressed this rmnth. The
topic discussion, led by Mrs. Crab-
tree, centered on the Reformation
of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Gue-
ES, With Farewell Party
zine, "The Women’s Missionary! Mrs. George Stevens, 1616 Mc-
Outlook." • r<:nley, entertained Monday night,
Rev. Bigott led the closing pray, ui. 10, with a farewell party bon-
er after a hymn had been sung ■' ng Mrs. O. L. Westbrook, who is
Following the business meeting. 'bis week with her family
a delightful lunr-h of colorful can- j for Brownsville, where Mr. West-
died cupcakes and coffee was i br«- . has been transferred,
served bv thp hostess, Mrs. Adkins The lea table held an attractive
-----------------------j arrangement in red and silver.
Nandina berries were a part of
'hr decoration.
The hostess served refreshments
fruit cake, salted nuts, cookies,
candies and coffee to the following
| guests: Mmes. Phi; Campbell, Bill
Waller, Jimmie Broussard, Van
Taylor, John Rush, Polly Spencer.
Gloria Mclntire, Glory Price, the
i honoree and the hostess,
j- The guests presented Mrs. Wcst-
! brook a beautiful piece of silver
jewelry from Hawaii as a parting
tfift.
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ChurcFi Preparing
For March Meeting
0 Beginning this Wednesday night,
i Jan. 19 and continuing on indefin-
1 itoly will tie an evangelistic calling
program at the First Christian
Church. This program will be un-
der ihe direction of Bill Capehart,
I chairman of the Membership and
Evangelism Commitlee.
The program will he to enlist
prospective members and inactive
members and is working iowai\
Iho evangelistic meeting to be held
at the church the latter part of
1 March.
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t ATTEND KI. PASO MEET
Rev. J. M Gilbert and Wm.
.Plcmmors Ipf? Tuesday. Jan. If
(for El Pas#, wlvcio yiqy will al-
1end a .meeting of I’umbytery at
t'-c Manhattan Presbyterian
.nneh there. They expect to re-
turn Wednesday night.
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the car level with the front end regardless of pass-
enger or luggage weight. Packard’s new “Torsion-
Level Ride” provides a flat, constant, level ride at
all times. Rear‘end drop oh acceleration is elimi-
nated; wheels have better traction; front end
plunge is reduced when brakes are applied; and
the car has greatly increased stability. \
Packard’s new V-8 engines range from 225
horsepower, 245 in the Constellation, up to 275 in
the Packard line. Teamed with this new family of
engines ia a Twin-Ultramatic transmission, which
gives either smooth st^rt or rapid breakaway ac-
celeration.
A new safety feature is a windshield wiper spe-
cifically designed for a sweep-around windshield,
because it cleans the curved areas.
There are more than 100 other engineering ad-
vancements in addition to distinctive new styling
for both the Clippers and the luxury line of
Packards.
The cars are the end result of the Packard pro-
gram launched two years ago by James J. Nance,
Studebaker-Packard president, which has brought
the company a new young management team, the
most modern production plants in the industry, and
dealership service in 4,000 cities and towns. _
Church Attendance
Country CJub Sets
Family NigFit Jan. 20
Thursday night, Jan. 20 is fam- PftCCOC Q flAA MmpIt
ily night at the Levelland Country ; ■ V/WV ■ 1WIK
Club. More than three thousand Were
in Sunday School Sunday which jg
still an increase over last Sunday’s
total. Following is a list of the
seventeen churches included in the
group and the attendance at eqch
church, total of 3,002.
J Harmony Baptist ... 199
Area Baptist Men Trinity Baptist 196
i a . t i vi. l. First Methodtft 403
Meet Tuesday Night First B«ea*t 626
The Hocklcy-Cochran Association-] Wesley Methodist 87
al Brotherhood will hold its quar-' Fifth Street Baptist 144
tcrly meeting Tuesday night, Jan. j Presbyterian 82
18 at the South Ward Cafetei ia ; Cactus Drive Church of Christ 147
with dinner beginning at 6:30. j First Christian 52
The Trinity Baptist Church will Austin Street Church of Christ 369
The meal will be served at 7
and games will be played after-
wards.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis and
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brown are
serving on the committee.
be hosts for the meeting.
4m interesting program is being
planned with Virgil Coffee in
charge of program arrangements.
| Assembly of God
Morningside Baptist
Nazarene
Four”, Square Gas pci
Mexican Baptist Mission
Churoh of God
St. Paul's Lutheran
Sanders FJonored
By BirtFiday Party
Mrs. Al Sanders was hostess in
her home in the llarpole addition
Saturday night in honor of her
husband's birthday.
Only family members were pros-
f°r. ,he blr,hday dinner at 7 kkti'RN.S FROM VISIT
The TV programs provided diver- Mns Julia Barnhart returned
ment evening s entertain- las( Wednesday from a thrce
1 week's visit with her sisters and
their families in Kilgore and Ath-
ens.
MONDAY GUESTS
Mrs. F. N. Welch and daughter,
Jan, and ^frs. J. V. Hoqper, of
Friona were guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lockhart
Monday of this week.
1 Ways to Create
An Estate...'
VISITS IN OKLAHOMA
Mrs. John Dupre returned home
Sunday after a week’s visit with
relatives in Oklahoma.
BILL DISONS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dison visited
relatives in Hale Center and Plain-
view Sunday, Jan. 16. They were j ATTEND MIDLAND WEDDING
accompanied home by Mrs. Dis- Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Luker were
on’s mother, Mrs. J. N. Watson, I in Midland for the week end and
of Hale. She will be a guest in I attended, the wedding of Mrs. Luk-
the Dison home this week. er’s niece while there.
You can create tt In thirty yearn
by saving regularly a certain sum
of money. Or, you can create ft
In thirty minute* and then take
thirty years to pay for it!
May we help you create an In-
stant estate?
-ARROLL MARTIN
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HARRY MANN
917 Austin Street
Phone 501 or 58
LEVELLAND
Representing
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needs overhauling)"
BUCKIE CHANDLER
Would like to announce to his many friends and cus-
tomers that Fie is now employed at
STUART PONTIAC CO. i
AS MECHANIC
In order that we may render the best of service to our
Dwnersand friends we are working tFie following person-
211:*
ROYAL MATTHEWS, Service Manager
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Red McClesky-Bryan Culpcpper-Blackie Chandler
JIM TAYLOR as paint and body man
We are equipped to handle all types of cars and trucks
on our large BEAR MACHINE
STUART PONTIAC CO.
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