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TWO
CONNOR BI AKFSKYS HOME
FROM 8EVERAL WEEKS' VISIT
Mr. and Mr*. Connor Blakrney
returned to Stephenville last Thurs
«Uy from Baton Rouge, U„ where
they had been vrrrtmg for severs'
week* with their *on, Mack Blak,
eney, a student in Louisiana State
University, and Mrs. Blakeney's
brother, Joel Hunt, L.S.U. coach.
They went to Baton Rouge
•bortlv before Christmas and had
since been visiting there with their
son and brother and as gpesta
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L* A.
CarvilJe, where they were joined
by their son and daughter-in-law,
I-ieut and Mrs. Thomas O. Bisk
i eney of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
While there they attended the Uni-
football game played at the Sugar
Bowl in New Orleans.
Spent Saaday la Perrin
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Wilcox and
son,"Warren, spent Sunday in Per-
rin with Mrs. Wilcox’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Penick.
THE STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS
COMING ATTRACTIONS AT THE
MAJESTIC-PALACE THEATRES
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941
Majestic
Theatre
RETURN DATE!
“Gone With The Wind”
FEBRUARY 13-14
ADMISSION PRICES:
MATINEE 40C a=_. NIGHT........55*
Including Tax
Friday — Last Day-
GARYr
COOPER
MADELEINE
(, i# NEVER BEFORE A
W,CTURE LIKE IT!
£zT CECIL B. DeMille's
[ NORTH WEST
MOUNTED POLICE
in Technicolor!
b, CECIL B DeMILLE
MAJESTIC THEATRE
"Hadaoa’s Bay-
'll udson'n Bay," spectacular ac-
tion film from the 20th Century-
Fox studios which stars Paul Mu-
ni, promise* to open a new world
| of adventure for movie-goers when
jit come* here for a one-day show-
,!only Saturday at the Majestic
i Theatre. With Mum in a role unlike
! any he’s ever had, “Hudson's Bay”
swept preview circles with ita com-
■ felling. red-blooded drama of cx-
| 'led adventurers who gave the
world a mighty new dominion.
Muni portrays colorful Pierre
Radiation, known as “the First
Canadian.” A' roguish fur trapper,
Radisson, who was too tough for
frontier Montreal, followed a dar-
ing dream that resulted in the
founding of a vast empire in a
savage wilderness of warring In-
dians.
Rased on the founding of the his-
toric Hudson’s Bay Company, the
j dramatic film has a superb featur-
|ied cast which includes Gene Tier-
t S2F>. Cregar, John Sutton,
Virginia Field, Vincent Price and
Nigel Bruce. Irving Pichel direct-
ed and Kenneth Margowan was
the associate producer.
“Flight Command”
Robert Taylor and an intrepid-
crew soar through the air to high
■'■venture’ power-dive to supreme
.thrills, and give audiences every
moment of excitement aviation can
firodiye in "Flight Command,” dra-
matic story of naval aviation fllm-
ed with the cooperation of the’
F nited States Navy, and coming
for a two-day showing Sunday and
Monday at the Majestic Theatre.
I Taylor, fresh from triumphs in
‘Waterloo Bridge" and “Escape.”
gives his fans a new side of his
many talents as Alan Drake, Pen-
Lsacola cadet who is assigned to
tbs screen adaptation of Jo Swer-
ling and Niven Busch. “The West-
erner” features in the cast which
supports Cooper such notable play-
era as Walter Brennan, Fred Stone,
Dora Davenport, Lillian Bond,
horTest Tucker *nd Paul Hurst.
The setting of the story is Vine-
garron, Texas, in the roaring days
of the '80’s when there raged a
bitter and long protracted battle
between the cattlemen, original
settlers of the land, and the home-
steaders, who sought to till the
land which they home-steaded un-
der the law. Just when this battle
is reaching a peak, the Westerner,
a roving cowboy named Cole Har-
den, drifts into town and finds him-
self entangled in the vicious “Law
West of the Pecos.” But the West-
erner is a wily adventurer, fear-
less — Ul
to
SELDEN
(By Mrs. A. E. Stone)
Selden people were grieved to
learn of the death of John Wright
which occurred Sunday in Ste-
phcnviUs.
Grace, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Wyly will be able
to return to her home here this
week from the Stephenville Hos-
pital.
Mrs. E. J. Pickett has a very
sore hand caused when a garage
door closed on it.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Darnell
and Mrs. Pickett home from Ste-
phenville Monday. They had been
with Mrs. Thelma Hutchins who is
in the Stephenville Hospital under
treatment for pneumonia.
Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
is Rev. L. L. Broughton’s regular
preaching date at Pleasant Hill.
The ladies of Pleasant Hill
church sent a box to Waco Meth-
odist Orphans Home last Wednes-
day containing a quilt, clothing,
1 *"d andt wh-fn,he cDomer cookies and a donation of cash,
grips with wily Judge Bean, Valuation of
\\l^i*bu.LOUS beeut‘°“8 WtWr help "on the quilt and for
he proves a shrewd op
covering
Langtry the stranger .tells the
Judge that he has met the Jersey
Lily and knows' her well. This
news intrigues the Judge and he
manages to have Cole reprieved un-
til further evidence in the trump-
ed-up case against him is brought
in.
The story Teaches a smash Tit
—, n sinasn eu-
ro®* Tnd R ^ ^ cattle- /viva renuieion oi Brown wood
tests ■*!
their donation toward the box.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stone, ac-
companied by Mrs. Ed Fleming
and J. O. Ogan attended Methodist
quarterly conference at Duffau
Methodist church last Sunday. Mr.
Stone and Mr. Ogan visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stone
while in DUff&U.—
Alva Pendleton of Brownwood
White Brothers Motor
Company
Your Authorized Ford Dealer
i
Complete Line of New Ford Cars,
Trucks and Pickups.
Oar Repairmen are Experienced in AH Lines of
Repair Work.
Complete Stock of Ford Parts
MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COMPANY PRODUCTS
Wholesale — Retail
SALES
E. Washington Street
SERVICE
Telephone 38
farms throughout the area. Cole
realizes thratthp time has come for
a showdown with Judge Roy Bean.
He follows the weatherbeaten,
?nmy old man to Fort Davis where
Lily E,angtry is to make her long-
promised visit. How Cole waylays i
the Judge just as the gorgeous ac-
tress is about to step before the I
footlights and what happens when
guns are fired provide the story I
with a swift, action-filled ending.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odis Pen
dleton.
Charlie Koonsman of Salem was
here to see A. E. Stone Monday.
The following persons gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Stone Wednesday night to enjoy
the music by the string band: Mr.
and Mrs. L. T. Suitt and daugh-
ter, Miss Willodene, Mrs. Lydia
Stone and sons, Laquinn and Hu-
Morgan Mill High
School Honor Roll
For Third Month
The following students were on
the honor roll the third month of
the Morgan Mill school term:
First grade, Shirley Ann Sparks,
Margie Ann Homsley, Geneva
Coleman, Mary Jo Rasberry, Nora
Beth Holder, Billie Williams, Den-
nis Wooten, Philip Davis, Jo Ann
Huckabee and Ruth Scott.
---Second grade, Glynnettft Mnnt-
gomery, Dorothy May Rasberry,
Marie Rasberry and Jakie Laugh-
lin.
Third grade, Dorothy Jean Earp,
Donald Sparks, Jo Jean
-Evelyn—Rasberry and
mi. nuu mrs. j\iva , uaisy L,aughlin.
Stone and son, Jerl of Stephen- j Fourth grade, L. B. Herring and
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Stone 1 James Waylon Yancy.
and daughter, Miss Vella Lee and [ Fifth grade, Harvey Earp, Dor-
son, Delton, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh othy Montgomery, Mary Veda
Koonsman apd baby of Salem. Mu-| Smith and Earl Rasberry
sic was furnished by Eibert, A. E | Sixth grade, Sybil Chapman,
and Laquinn Stone and Hugh Dora May Senter, Lynn Sewell
Koonsman. and Lets Fay Tidwell.
ron suspects that Tt is g^wing In I l'mp lne ,ar*pst herd of . ”,day n,^t the following met The name of Jennie May Laugh-
‘ 1 rvve°nfTair misunderstandilie *Ver Photographed wag filmed as it fhome ,of and Mr*. L. T. lin. sixth grade student, was ac-
*r> motives. When he is ac* AH- SJ* * «,ojr the Ttnng^ band: ^ntolly left off" the list of honor
• to wfth a ewiff ahj. * i ana sons, laquinn and Hu- Third vi
twM" *»a «•ssras..
T, L t a. iv. Ilia sue
| (Ruth Hussey) and becomes a close
friend of her brother. When the
. brother is killed in a crack-upjuhile
Arizona, near Tucson. The road-
wny crossed a mountain range and
meandered over forests of oholla
j crossed the Mexican border to Ari-j $,u,tt to eni°y the string band: cii
! :’ona. Among the unusual sets ~»«» i , r- and Mrs. Elbert Stone and ro
• • structed for the film is the saloon 1 da“Kn«?>v Miss Vella Tee and son, of
I n — r* 1 * a a _ ^ i L_ i. 1 . # at I IP.If Dll M V* U n /I \f WO XX n calt Yaamm
. | testing a fog device. TayloTTrles a^ „hWo Lctl r * . 1
to cheer up Miss Hussey by show- n^v remain^ An f ’ 2“ CT
I ing her attention during PiWon’s l fP*"ytn^?» l ]oc»t,on
absence in Washington. The squad- i Jfc tbe W«C.h
ron suspect, that it is growine in- .. _e _thp larFf*t herd of cattlf
I to a _______
^Taylor’s motives.^ When he is
; rused, he resigns" from the navy.
Then the situation is cleared, af-1 *" “«= "a™"
fer. a thrilling rescue of the com- « a rer>,I<’a ™ that infamous liquor
mander. forced down during man- ,’.n Jud^ R°y
euvers, and the squadron again be- !l , ,d h,s CPUr^ and ruled as
comes one loval unit. Amid this the 80 e aw wcsl th® Pecos^ -
stor>' run. thrills of the air, dive | -*-*——-
bomb practice, aerial target prac- | ALEXANDER
tice, forced landings, paracute I _
SS,tbrRrritLnlandin^’ in fact (By Mrs- Jim Holcomb Jr.)
nrMuce P* * a*T i Mr and Mrs. W. M. Oliver at-
Mr. and Mrs. Jess McCoy of
Dunnigan spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Moore.
Allen Underwood and son, Bill
Moore and Woodrow Huffman at-
tended trades day at Stephenville
Wednesday.
Leo Marsdon, Allen .Underwood,
Jhn Newman and daughter were
Glen Rose visitors Saturday.
J. M. McCoy and son visited his
daughter, Mrs. Sherman Bandy
and family at Flag Branch re-
cently.
Thirty tons of salt have to be
| aviator, directed. Taylor, Pidgeon I iim ' i V* j j
and Miss Hussey are surrounded .ij1”- Jr attended
by a notable cast, including Paul C°n,ffr'
«! F
a 3-&U-SS!:; 2SS&
taking aerial formations, the nar-. al ,eader for Junlors ,n Erath
row escape of Taylor and his plane
"Der tangling with a sleeve tar-
:get in the air, and the aerial
Jt---1 im
CfNTURYFOX
GENE TIERNEY
UIRO CIICCM - JON* SUTTON
VlftCMM nao.VINCENT PRICE
MCE! BRUCE
acrobatics of “dog fighting” are
nmrmtf- the major thrills and high-
lights. Details of leading naval ... . T
nviat.ion-training grounds were con- , u
structed by exn-rts as an authen- Odessa visiting her
Saturday
“Flight Command”
—with—
ROBERT TAYLOR — RUTH HUSSEY
Sunday—Monday
j structed by exp' rts as an authen
tic background for the thrills and
| excitement, supervised by Com-
. mander Harvey Haislip as techni-
cal adviser.
“Shayne, Private Detective”
When Br^tt Halliday. famed de-
tective s)ory writer, invented Mi-
chael Phavne, he thought of him
County.
Mrs. J. H. Medford has been
elected by the Erath County Asso-
ciational Baptist Training Union
to the office of Young People’s
leader.
Miss Wanda Lee Childers is in
iessa visiting her cousin, Mrs.-|
L. L. Martin.
Delton, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Koons'
man and baby, A. E. Stone. La-
quinn Stone and Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Suitt.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stone, Mrs.
Ed Fleming and J. O. Ogan were «...
guests of Mrs. J. R. Preston in e
Stephenvill^, Friday afternoon. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Emery McGehee
—--------n, Annabel and He” '
man, visited the airport Sunday.
The best citizens of Selden for
the past ‘Wcr^k aie T.averne ‘John-
son and C. W. Currier.
■The Selden junior. boys played
Evergreen Friday at Lone Oak.
Selden wpn 18-16. They played
Bluff Dale Saturday and were de-
feated 32-4. The Selden boys are
expecting to 'play again Friday,
the 24th.
roll Students for the second month
the Morgan Mill school term.
UNDERWOOD
(By Mrs. Oma Huffman)
Mrs. Jess McCoy, Mrs. Hazel
and children were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Mr. and Mrs. Emery McGehee! Mttu® at 0den Satu.rday-.
and children, Annabel and Her- ' JJ? 3
m._„, vilud the airport Su„d»y. | Jg? hTeiti” &tS'rA Jght
$ i
With Our Eye Service.
Y’ou See Better.
Look Better. Feel Better.
Dr. H. Hampton
OPTOMETRIST
East Side of Square
■Out of Town Mondays
SHELBY
(By Mrs. S. R. Hicks)
All the sick folks in this com-
munity are improving. .™———..
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Whisenant
spent Sunday with her brother,
iir?. WelIs- and familyerat Sch^i
to furnish dish towels and pot hol-
der* for the WPA- lunch room in
the school here.
Mr. and.Mrs. Jack Gray of Ham-
ilton were guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D, Gray last
Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Gray
as “red-headed. tough-skinned. * „“u fZil'T' and *,rS’ G?y
i_ s. „„j „ * v I of the Baker Filling Station.
Shle capacity ^aWtSg put I and fj’ Hawrk, at‘
ishment and anything in a glass.” elte last Thursdav “ Cla‘r'
And so he comes to the screen in’ tJ.™ Th Y ‘*ht k
rongh-and-romanHc person of hJ£ a ..of
buteSwe0fafrLUiL0Utrh.t most
ncnONt WIMCSACK-
INO BOUOH-AND-
ROMANTIC NEW
fltllTH . ,. NOW ON
INI SCIIIN IN THE
A0VIN1UM THAT
THSIUIO MIlllONl _
Of MTSTUT-AEAOtttl *
------—r-si„ a “fiat
L
LLOYD NOLAN
Michah Shaym ,
Pri\afp Detect ue
JOAN VAlClli
WAITER ABEL
IIIZASETH PATTERSON
DONALD MacRRIOl
DOUGLAS DUMRRIllC
A JO l*i C*-Hxt.T*ii fktM
community,
‘‘Michael ShavnV,' Private''Detec- We ar®. Klad. thaV ™°9t ot
Live,” the Tuesday and Wednesday Ca8!s A1}ay€ hKht- ,
(bargain davsl feature at the local ' c'npnt tht^'iJu' ^“rif a,nd
Maiestic Theatre next week. 8Pent,the week end in the In-
Nolan. long known for his ready u,a" C?P.k .c°mniTun,ty'v .
wit and his complete adaptability, i Jd Ur V^K«^y/.Y?U*hnT
fits into the. role of the detective fathcr’ E E-
P rfectlv. It was a particularly ’'a“f,hfn J" JJ* CTmUnv.''
appealing assignment for him when . Vf4U*hl? who
be discovered charming Mariorie *\ .n i! f r some,time 18 re-
Weaver was to pl,v the girl ip to be .mproved.
the case. The film has been her- ! ' “*> ,and Mr?’,Baz«1 Hillborn
aided a* one of. th- most exciting and dau«hter of Fort Worth spent
in months. wb*t with its mixed- ft* k ,n„the home of Mrs.
* Ida Stringer. Mrs. Hillborn —“
_g_
of Stephenville
Alexander Sun-
y.
Mr. and Mrs. Wee Ponder were
in St'phenville Sunday afternoon
t sssajaa aat 1 g»g-
be’* fhn ^ visited friends in
Hill.
Mrs. Frank Hall and son-,- Tru—»
vant have returned to their home
In Norman, Okla., since the lu-
neral of her mother, Mrs. Kate
Wharton last Tuesday.
L. B. Eddy had a very painful
wrist -injury while cranking « ear
last week. - 1 ll
—Mr, and Mrs. S. R. Hieks spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Ripley and children at Johnsville.
The house on Mrs. Lois Gard-
ner’s place where Walter Carter
was living was burned Friday.
Most all contents were lost.
Mrs. S. R. Hicks spent Monday
with her sister, Mrs. Henrv Bel-
cher and aunt, Mrs. A. J. Wells
in Stephenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hamil-
ton spent Sunday with relatives
near Huckaba.v.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Haynes and
John Grissom "returned Thursday
from Abilene, where they had been
at the bedside of their grandson
who was improving from the ef-
fects of an operation.
The mattress center has opened
at Shelby and will run about four
PALACE
THEATRE
, A 4K
FRIDAY awl SATURDAY—
- “The Wildcat of
Tucson”
—with-
BILL ELLIOTT
SUNDAY and MONDAY—
“The Phantom
Submarine”
—with—
ANITA LOUISE
BARGAIN DAY—ADMISSION 10c and 15c
Tuesday—Wednesday
visiting their daughter, Virginia,
who is attending JTAC. 7
Rev. and Mrs.%uron A. Polnac
and son of Fort Worth were guests
in the home of Mrs. Ida Stringer
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Holcomb
and family have moved from their
home in Alexander to the Zeb Tid-
well farm formerly occupied by
W. J. McGee.
THURSDAY
be’« tbn last m-n to see th° vic-
*’m alive—and hisJgnn is the mur-
der weapon! But he turns the
j *„»>'„»- j„ *v„ climax that
cans n re-pr-ftneei-rr storv Clev-
erly hlend d in . “Michael Shavne.
P-'vnte Detective” are adventure,
action, romance, plenty of humor
and a set of unforgettable charac-
ters.
The teatnred cast aiso ityindra
Tnen Val-rie Wa’ter Abel Fli»a-
heth Patterson. Donald M^Rride.
-end Douglas—T>n»n hrttte.—Fui-ene
Pnrde direeted “Michael Shavne.
Private Detective” from a srrpen
plav by Stanley Rauh and Man-
j -i->- fiV'-wr Ssm M. Wurtzel
was executive producer.
“The We«femer”
Aeamst the colorful and adven-
♦'•re-fiPed background of the Old i
West. In the days when justice deith of our” husband, "father aon
'!*' rdr::;:;p:;d a; ^ a w- extend o„r most
gun and roistering Judge Roy Bean sincere thanks to Brother Cawver
tee “I a- We-f for hi(| kjru, wor<j!| of „vmpitthv
Pneos. Samuel Go'dwyn’s "The i end we also th-nk aM who cave
Westerner with Gary Sooner In flowers. May God’s richest Messing,
I, ’ ” OP”" a* ♦be M*. h- wDb all.—His wife Mrs Mel-
Thursday ton Shelby and daughter. Betty
|though United Artists relesse. Joyce: hi* narerta Mr and Mrs
Directed by William Wylelr from D. A. ShMby and family.
CARD OF THANKS
~~ want to lake this opportunt-
ty to thank our friends and neigh-
bors for their kindness to us dur-
ing the long Hines, and at the
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY-
DOUBLE FEATURE!
“LUCKY DEVILS”
mgmm —with—
RICHARD ARLEN — ANDY DEVINE
-ALSO-
“Meet The Missus**
—with—
ROSCOE KARNS
AMBULANCE
DAY PHONE 359
NIGHT PHONE 201
THURSDAY — BARGAIN DAY_
ADMISSION: EVERYBODY 10c
“The Lone Wolf
Keeps a Date**
—with—
WARREN WILLIAMS — JEAN MUIR
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