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THE STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, STEPHENVtLLE, TEXAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1989
FRII
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
PARSONAGE KOW OCCUPIED
BY REV. COLE AND FAMILY
&
ior children.—With love, Mary
iuise Russell, Stephenville.
R, S.—Remember my big sis-
ter and please bring her every-
thing she wants.
The most modern Methodist par-
sonage Stephenville has ever had
To All Our Friends and Patrons, we
say Thanks, for their patronage
during the year now closing.
May 1940 bring you good health,
success and happiness.
amwKiciaigniggwpwM
Last Minute Shoppers
Will find us ready to take care
of their gift needs.
kMMMMM
Qcitvyo/i Dlag Q
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PHONE 71
has been completed at a cost of
$54,600 and now is occupied by the
pastor, Rev. William H. Cole, and
his family, consisting of his wife,
a daughter and three sons. •
Members ahd friends of the
Methodist church financed the
building, constructed from local
materials by local labor. In ad-
dition to the $4,500 outlay, lum-
ber and other materials from the
seven-room, frame parsonage,
which had served pastors of the
church here 40 years, were used.
Built of white-face brick, the
new structure contains seven
rooms, two baths and a large base-
ment. It has hardwood floors
throughout and Venetian blinds in
every room. The parsonage, near
both the church and the downtown
business section4M>n West Wash-
ington Street—ia located on a
large lot, with< trees and a sunken
garden adding to the beauty of
the building. Th% entire grounds
have been landscaped.
At the open house and dedica-
tion service held recently, 800
persons^ attended.
Rev. Cole led the drive for the
new parsonage. R. F. Higgs, a
steward and trustee in the local
Methodist church, was chairman
of the finance committee, and A.
F. Anderson, also a steward and
trustee, was chairman of the con-
struction committee. Members of
the board of trustees of the
church, which controls the church
property, are: Ben B. McCollum,
chairman; Anderson, treasurer;
Oren H. Ellis, secretary, and
Frank Henson and Higgs, mem-
bers.
Dear,Santa Claus: I have tried
to be a good little girl this year.
a si
Plans Advance For
Joe Buzze and Band
Dance On Dec. 29th
ILLNESS FATAL
TOKICO BANKER
Will y(>u please bring me a Hew
ing set, a cooking set, a black-
board, and a bicycle? Don’t for-
get other little girls and boys,
flease, Santa, Don’t forget my
mother and daddy and my teacher,
Mrs. Jake Lee.—-Your little friend,
Maxine Glasgow, Stephenville.
MRS. 0. R. FAGAN
DIES OF BORNS
SOCIETY
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With The Scouts
By JILLY JOE MOORE
Troop 39 Scribe
(Cecil W. Fowler, Scoutmaster)
Troop 39 had a special program
Tin
at the regular meeting Tuesday
night The Scouts asembled in
front of the meeting place, march-
ed in and remained standing while
r lea us in the
Scoutmaster Fowler
pledge of allegiance to the United
States flag.
Members of the Eagle and Pan-
ther Patrols gave a program en-
titled “At the School,” in which
Billy Joe Moore played the part
of the mother of one of the boys.
Rufus Higgs, Jr., played the part
of the teacher while the son was
portrayed by Wayne Dunn. The
play was very funny and was en-
joyed by everyone.
L. W. Phillips, postmaster here,
was guest speaker at this meet-
ing. He gave a very interesting
talk on the proper way to address
a letter to insure its delivery. He
also discussed the subject of rat-
tlesnake fangs, and displayed a
set of fangs as he spoke. An In-
teresting incident occurred as Mr.
Phillips was speaking. He nodded
toward the door, which was behind
the audience, and everyone turned
to see who had come in.
“That is the power of sugges-
tion^’ the speaker smilingly sta-
ted. If Mr. Phillips was testing
the audience to see if his listners
(were giving him their attention,
he should have been as pleased
with the results as we were with
hU talk. We invite Mr. Phillips to
visit us at any time. He will al-
ways be welcome, and we thank
him very much for his visit Tues
day night.
Scoutmaster Fowler awarded
prizes to the Scouts who had made
the best records during the past
year. These prizes were awarded
merit alone. This year there
were three tied for the honor, so
three prizes were given. Scouts re-
ceiving these awards were Joe
Day Pair, the patrol .leader of the
Eagle Patrol; Robert Cameron,
troop treasurer and member of the
/Eagle Patrol, and Charles Rig-
/ gins, leader of the Panther Patrol.
We are very porud of these boys
and hope it will be an incentive
to the remaining members of
Troop 89 to be outstanding Scouts,
as this will be an annual event
The Panther Patrol won the at-
tendance record contest Thursday
night The other patrols, unless
they are careful, are going to lose
out in this contest.
At the meeting last week the
troop drew names for the Scout
Christmas party. Persons whose
names were drawn received pres-
ents >at the meeting this week. We
had/' a nice Christmas party. The
room was decorated with the troop
flags and the beautiful church
Christmas tree. Each boy yas giv-
en some fruit after the
Troop 89 wishes to thank
Price an<j the R.jp. Cox
Co. store here for the nice calen-
dars and diaries they sent us.
Troop 39 ended the meeting with
Bugler Higgs blowing “Taps” and
Scoutmaster Fowler saying the
Scoutmaster’s benediction, t while
the Scouts saluted the flag. I
1939 RED CROSS
ROLL CALL BEST
The 1989 Red Cross roll call
drive was the best in recent years.
C. W. Bryant, Stephenville, chair-
Thursday.
man, reported Thursday. Total
amount collected to date is $550.65,
which even exceeds this year’s
quota of $500 for the county.
There still is one locality’s .mem-
bership fund to be added to
this
total, Bryant said, although the
community is a small one and will
not boost the grand total for the
county to any great extent.
Captains in the various localL-
ties, together with their assistants,
are responsible for the unusual
success of the 1939 campaign, it
was stated. They worked hard
throughout the drive and, with
the co-operation of the public as
a whole, succeeded in obtaining
more members than was called for
in the quota— which was set early
—and in making this year’s cam-
paign for members the moat suc-
cessful in a good many years.
Bryant is the roll call chair-
man for the county and J. D.
of Sti
fleeting.
Ir. Jack
Goods
the captains and their assistants,
express their appreciation to the
public for the
operation was
manner in which co-
i received.
GREETINGS—
May the bells keep
ringing a song of
joy for everybody I
A. J. HUTCHINSON
BERLYN McMILLIN
Radio & Battery
Service
Mist Lucile Heaton It
Bride of C. A. Chipley
Miss Lucile Hearon and Mr. C.
A. Chipley were united in mar-
riage Sunday afternoon at 8 o’-
clock in a ceremony held at the
home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs.
Tom Donnell, 494 West Green St.
The Rev. W. J. Hearon, father
of the bride, read the single rir%
services before an altar of smi-
lax and palms, flanked by tall bas-
kets of white chrysanthemums and
lighted by white candles in grad-
uated candelabra.
Miss Ethel Bob Montague sang
“I Love Thee" by Edvard Grieg.
She wai accompanied by Miss
Lucy King, who played the wed-
ding march from “Lohengrin” for
the entrance of the wedding party,
and softly played “Believe Me If
All Those Endearing Young
Charms” during the ceremony.
Miss Helene Margaret Grant of
Houston was the bride’s only at-
tendant. She wore a slate blue
crepe dress with harmonizing ac-
cessories and carried a bouquet of
gardenias, violets and ’valley lil-
ies. Mr. E. B. Darby of Pharr
was best man.
The ‘bride wore a brown wool
ensemble, which had a short fit-
ted jacket with velvet trim, and a
dusty rose turban. Her accessor-
ies were brown. She carried a
single orchid with lilies of the
valley in a colonial bouquet.
The wedding was attended only
by members of the family and a
few close friends.
After the ceremony «n informal
reception was held at the hom€
with Mrs. Donnell and Mrs. R. E.
Cox of Fort Worth hostesses.
The table was laid with an
Italian cut work cloth and was
centered with the three tiered wed-
ding cake decorated in white and
yellow roses and topped with a
miniature archway from which a
golden l wedding ring was suspen-
ded. Splver and crystal appoint-
ment were used. The table was
lighted\ by white candles in crys-
tal Candelabra.
Mrs. W. B. Head of Dallas, the
bride’s aunt, poured coffee and
Mrs. Joe Estes at Fort Worth,
the former Carroll Cox, assisted
in serving the cake which was cut
by the bride. Miss Mildred Hewatt,
the bride’s cousin, presided at the
guest register. Mrs. J. P. Hedrick
of Stephenville, sister of the bride,
assisted in the dining room.
Out of town guests attending
the wedding and reception were
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hearon, Mrs.
W. B. Head, Mr. D. G. Bell, Dal-
las; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Estes, Fort Worth;
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McNeil, Jean
Rivers and Lou Anne McNeil,
Temple; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Dar-
by, Pharr; Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Arnold, Ardmore, Okla.; Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Heard, Amarillo; Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Klber, Helen Kiber,
Arlington; Miss Helene Margaret
Grant, Houston.
The bride is a graduate of the
McMillan, and directed to the re-
ceiving line in which the two hos-
teses, Mrs. Crouse and Mrs. Mon-
tague and the honor guest, Mrs.
EWer, stood.
Alternating in pouring tea and
Isting the hostess
coffee and in assisting
in entertaining were Mesdames.
T. H. Perry, J. A. Williamson,
Fount Taylor, Paul Chandler,
Burts Johnson and Robert Stram-
ler. Miss Ethel Bob Montague,
Mrs. E. L. Frey and Miss Jane
Mulloy assisted in serving the tea
dainties.
About 100 called. Out of town
guests who attended the affair
were Mrs. Henry Weiser and dau-
ghter, Miss Mary-Virginia Weiser,
Mrs. Edgar Moore, Miss Ruth Se-
christ and Miss Alice Ballow of
Hamilton.
Mrs. G. R. Fagan, 76, long-time
resident of Stephenville and one of
the city’s best-known and loved
women, died at 8:46 o’clock Wed-
nesday morning, Dec. 20, at the
Lankford Clinic. Her death was
due to bums and shock received
when her clothing caught fire from
burning leaves in the yard at her
home on Pecan street Friday.
Mrs. Fagan, formerly Mattie
Santo, was a- native Texan,
bom December 23, 1862, in Palo
Pinto county. She was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Santo, early
settlers in Palo Pinto county,
where he father owned extensive
ranch property. The town of Santo
was named for him. Both of her
parents died whep she was a child
'“ahd in 1868 she came to Erath
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♦ Dear Santa Claus
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Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me a tool chest, a doctor’s kit, a
Also
county making her home in Ste-
phenville for several years with
her uncle, W. W. Cain. She also
lived here part' of the time with
another uncle Robert Sloan.
She was married in Stephenville
at the age of 17 to Granville Rob-
inson Fagan and went as a bride
to the home here where she had
resided continuously for 60 years.
Her husband, Mr. Fagan, died
there in 1932. Hs was in business
in Stephenville for a long bomber
of years and served as county
treasurer of Erath county for two
terms. He also was one of the first
stamping set and desk set
bring me fruits, nuts, candy and
a few firecrackers. Remember all
the other children, Santa.—Thank
you lots, Gene D. Wyatt
alderman of Stephenville serving
*iat capacity in
Dear £>bnta: Will you please
bring me a big doll, a chest to
put her clothes in, a doll chair,
and a tricycle. I want some fruit,
nuts, candy and gum. Thanks a lot
for the things you brought me last
year, Santa.—A friend, Martha
Ann Wyatt.
Dear Santa: I am a little boy
only one year old but would you
bring me a pedal-bike, a duck and
lota of f ruit, candy and some chew-
ing gum. — Thank you. Doyle
Wyatt.
Dear Santa Claus: You have
never received a letter from me
before this Christmas. I am a lit-
tle boy five months ol<L and, al-
though this is my first Christmas,
I would like to be remembered
with just a few things. Please
bring me a little pair of rompers,
a big red ball, a little toy dog,
(so 1
can bite his ear) a pretty
Ing duck
soap tray and a swimming
‘ th. Oh yes, Santa: my
7
for my bai
doctor says that I must take or-i^’ m^ fVT ^hnabef of “s'te“-
the early 9Q’s
and also was a member of the
school board several years. Mrs.
Kagan also served two terms as
county taeasurer of this county and
through her duties in that official
capacity became widely known in
the county.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 21, at 2
o’clock at First Methodist Church
of which she had long been a
member. The Rev. W. H. Cole,
pastor, will officiate
Burial will be made in West
End cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Ella Crane of Borger; Mrs.
Katherine Bryant of Kingsville;
two sons, Richard Fagan of Ste-
phenville and Harry Neill Fagan
of Belin, New Mexico. She is sur-
vived also by 11 grandchildren, 4
great grandchildren; and one bro-
ther, John A. Santo, of Belin, New
Mexico.
All of the children, except Mrs.
Crane, who is ill, were at her bed-
side when death came. Her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
J6bn A. Santo, also were here with
the fartoily at the time.
Mrs. Fagan was a -cousin of
Mrs. McD. Reil, Mrs. E. B. Jones,
ange juice; so please bring n)o
some oranges. Santa, I will thank
phenville.
you, and I shall try to be a good
baby. I am wishing for you the
best of luck thl§ year and always.
Please slip in quietly and leave
things under my Christmas tree.
—Love, John Willie Price, Steph-
enville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Price.
Santa Claus Will
Be Given Someone
Saturday Night
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
boy in the second grade. I have
been a good little boy and please
bring me a watch, some fruits
flltts. Please don’t forget my
tie sister. She wants a rattler/
Your little friend, Lothell Rogers,
Bluff Dale.
University of Texas. She taught
_ -w- - - U
in Texas City schools and for thi
last fbur years has been manager
of Mary Corn-Wilkinson dormitory
for Girls at John Tarleton College.
Her father is a former pastor of
the First Methodist Church in Ste-
phenville.
The bridegroom has a degree In
engineering from Texas A. & M.
College. He
On y^ur Gift List...
• Dad
Grandmother • Cousin Ned
• I Slater r • Uncle Bob
Mother ft ' /\ > • Neighbor*
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Be sore to Include everyone this year, and pay cash as you
inths to
go. You will like! onr budget plan with up to three mont
pay on small *
Ellis Insurance Agency
e was resident engin-
eer with the State Highway De-
partment >here two years ago. He
is now associated with the R. W.
Brims Construction Company at
Pharr, in the Rio Grande Valley.
After a wedding trip the couple
will make their home in Pharr.
OREN H. ELLIS
INSURANCE • LOANS
Mre. Elder It Entertained
By Mother And Grandmother
Mrs. Joe Elder of Lubbock, the
former Miss Nell Montague, who
was a guest in the family hi
461 West Tarleton A
week, was complimented
tifullv appointed tea gi-
grandmother, Mrs. W.
and her mother, Mrs. Ella Monta-
gue, Friday afternoon from 3:80
to 6.
The tea table, laid with a cloth
of gold covtr and centere with
a long, low mound of hoily, stud-
ded with eight lighted Christmas
aandles, was lovely. -Silver and
crystal appointments were used.
Red candies in silver candelabra
and a bouquet of roses decorated
the buffet. A Christmas snow
scene was arranged in one comer
of the dininh room.
Othea rooms were attractively
decorated with yellow and white
chrysar
Goes
santhemums.
ts were met by ^ Mrs. C. O.
Dear Santa: I am a little girl
eight years old. I want so many
things I don’t know what to tell
you to bring me. So I am just go-
ing to let you bring me what you
think is best for a little girl that
Santa Claus will visit one home
twice this week-end, for “Santa
Claus, the Talking Wonder,” the
Majestic Theatre’s mechanical St.
Nicholas, will be given away at
the Christmas party picture show
at the Majestic Theatre here Sat-
urday night
Along with this mechanical
Santa Claus will go the box that
enables the small but jolly old
gentleman to talk, hear and carry
on conversation with aii/one near
him.
tries to obey her mamma.—Mary
Hyde.
He has appeared on the square
of times* dpri
two weeks and will be seen again
to let you bring me what you * number of times* during the past
Dear Santa: Please bring me a
doctor and nurse set’a pair of
house shoes and a pair of gloves,
I’ll be in Fort Worth so please
bring them there.—Verlyn Joiner.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
boy seven years old. I would like
to have a story book and a little
bus and anything else you want to
bring me. Don’t forget my little
bring me. Don’t forget my little
brothers, Alden William, Harris,
and David Lawrence. Alden wants
a tractor. William Harris wants a
ball. David Lawrence wants a rub-
ber doll. Bring all of us a big
dump truck.—Your little friend,
C. R. Wood, Jr., Bluff Dale. .
Dear Santa: I am a little girl
eight years old and in the third
grade. Please bring me a bicycle
and some candy. Remember the
Friday and Saturday afternoon of
this week, then, Saturday night,
he will go home with someone who
attends the Saturday night show
and continue to make hi* home
with that fortunate person’s fam-
ily.
Spend Christmas Here'
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edmiston of
To Si
Oregon,
Miss Naomi Ruth Ed-
and their
Lake View,
daughter, M.»« — ------ —
miston of Man gum, Okla., will ar-
rive Friday at the ranch home
of Mr. Edmiston’s sister and bro-
ther-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. G. N.
inch
KeaheA near Bluff Dale, where
will " *---
they will spend the Christmas hol-
idays. Mrs. Edmiston will be re-
membered as the former Miss
Blanche Tinnin by many friends in
Erath and Hood counties, espec-
ially in the Rock Church section
where she was reared and where
she made her home for many years
before her marriage.
Holiday Greetings
We wish to take this method of wiahing for all our
friends and patrons a very
Merry Cltristmns and a Happy New Year
, BRICK KITCHEN CAFE
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bodges
Plana are being completed for
the dance to be held here on Fri-
9:00
day night December 29, from 9:
to 1:00 o'clock, with a name band,
Joe Buzze and his orchestra, of
Waco, furnishing the music. The
dance is being sponsored by the
Business & Professional Women’s
Club and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, and will be held in. the
recreation building in the City
Park.
In January, the Joe Buzze Band
again will return to Stephenville
to play at a dance in honor of
President Roosevelt’s birthday. On
his previous appearance in Steph-
enville, those who attended the
dance were enthusiastic about Joe
Buzze and his orchestra.
A committee from the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and an-
other from the Business & Profes-
sional Women’s Club are complet-
ing preliminary arrangements for
the dance here Dec. 29, when it is
expected that a large number of
people from all over this section
will attend this holiday get-to-
gether.
Robert A. Dorsey, 79, president
of the Hico National Bsnk nnd a
citizen of Hamilton county for al-
most-a half century, died at th*
family home Sunday night after
an illness of several weeks. Fun-
eral services were held Monday
afternoon in Hico after which the
body was taken to Columbia, Mo.,
for burial. Jerry Dorsey,- nephew
accompanied the body.
He is survived by a brother, J.
S. Dorsey, Hico. and a sister, Mrs.
R. M. Ogden, Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs.
Mae Dorsey, a niece, also survived.
Mr. Dorsey has been a promin-
ent figure in the business affaire
of Hico for a great many years
and had he lived until next May
he would have celebrated his fif-
tieth anniversary with the bank.
His record as a sound banker was
unquestioned, so much so in fact
that the Hico National Bank has
been able to attract depositors
from all parts of the United
States.
Classified ads bring results.
A&P FOOD STORES
Cranberries, Lb... 15c
Bananas, Lb. ......5c
Texas Oranges, 2 Dozen........... .25c
Texas Grapefruit, Dozen.....r.____25c
Delicious Apples, Large 8(1—4 for.. .10c
Jonathan Apples, 198’s, Dozen......12c
Fresh Cocoanuts, Each..*,............5c
Lettuce, Firm Heads, Each........ 5c
Celery, Crisp—2 Stales.............17c
SUNNYFIEI^D
Flour 48 '»•»««_ $1.49
Post Toasties, 2 Large Boxes........15c
Fruit Cakes......5-Lbs. $1.75; 2 Lbs. 69c
Bulk Cocoanut, Pound ....... .....19c
Sugar
PURE
CANE
LBS.
$1.00
Cranberry Sauce, 2 Cans..... .....25c
p Sparkle Dessert, 4 Packages....... .15c
Pumpkin, 2 No. 2V2 Cans, t. v. ____19c
Pure Lard 8
POUND
CARTON
Nuts, Walnuts, Brazil—Pound......15c
Peanut Butter, Quart Jar.......... .23c
Crackers, Evergood, 2-Lb. Box......13c
BREAD
A*P 24-Oz.
Loaf.............
10c
16-Oz.
Loaf....
Corn, Whole Kernel, No. 2 Can......10c
Iona Pears, No. 2i/2 Can............17c
Ann Page Prepared Spachetti, 4 Cns 25c
EIGHT O’CLOCK
3 Pound Bag
39c
Iona Salad Dressing, Quart Jar... .23c
Del Monte Pineapple, No. 2 Can.....17c
Mother’s Oats, Large Box..........25c
deltA
SYRUP
LARGE bucket
45c
Iona Pork and Beans, 2 Cans_____ .0c
Ann Page Ketchup, Large Bottle____10c
a
Prunes,. 10 Pound Box....... ......50c
Vanilla Wafers, Pound Bag.........10c
Pickles, Sour, Full Quart____T......10c
COMPOUND 0
POUND CARTON
73c
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