Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1949 Page: 4 of 12
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LIBERTY VALLEY
(Mr*. A. G. Sechrist)
Rev. ('awyer of Stephenville fill-
ed hie regular appointment here
Sunduy. He an* accompanied by
his wife and sons, and were dinner
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mis. Bill Fullhright of* Exray.
Mr. and Mrs. BiNF Fullbright,
Mrs. Bell Davis of Frray, Mr. and
Mrs. Cage Wylie and son of Simms
the week-end in Fort Worth visit-
ing in the home of Mr. and Mr*.
Tom Kerr.
Albert Baker left last Thursday
for Atlanta, Ga., where Tve will
he one of the teachers in Die uni-
versity, and continue work on his
M. A. degree.
Martha Johnson is now a stu-
dent in TWC, Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Brooks visit-
ed relatives recently in LongVidw.
,, n u - . _ to ju u.. They motored to College Station
and sons with their WiIUV“ - whepe
and Mie. Tommy tinlahle and sons, hp w,„ a AAM.
Mr. and Min. JacohOf »"Mn* ' »<• Ed p-dglii Bnd Mrs. Johnnie Ed-
Icy, Mr and Mrs. I.loydI Watt and (n of Fort Worth „pent Fl.idBy
son and daughter of .Stephenville with their silltel. Bnd >unt
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley and son of Vera Brookl.
Morgan Mill Mr. and Mra^ Shelby Mr amJ Mra j A Young of
and son and daughter, Mr. F.m-; 0akrl,|, Tenn vUited lait week
met! Monng of Exray, Mr. and wj(h their unci,, Homer Greer.
Mrs McAfee and children of Rue- Mr aud Mrs DeWey Wood and
sell Chape Mr. and Mrs. Bob A|h^ w„„. Fort Worth vili.
Louder of Breckenridge Mrs. Bill ; ^ gun£,.
Pierce of Fort Worth attended Uwj| ^ gon of Mr. and
church here Sunday. Mrs. Bill M WiH>g rH^ies. was taken to
Pierce was baptised Sunday even- Gorm,n for appan_
hi*.
Mr. and Mrs. Son Fuller of
Unity spent Saturday night in the
home of Mr, and Min. Dorsie
Sechrist.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fuller of
Hannibal visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hunt Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ford of Fort
Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farmer
and children spent Sunday in the
home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Sechrist.
Miss Beryl Mauldin, who is
teaching school at De Leon, spent
the week-end with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Drew Mauldin. *
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunn and
children visited Friday night in the
•home of her uncle and aunt, -Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Sechrist.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatcher
dectomy; he is doing fine at this
time.
Hillyard Rddleman, son of ,T. L.
Kddleman, was married Friday
evening in Granbury to Miss Polly
White of Wickett. Rev. J. C. Hood
read the ceremony. Mrs. F.ddleman
is a recent graduate of the Harris
Nursing School, Fort Worth. Hill-
yard is a graduate of Tolar High
School and spent two years in the
service. They are staying in the
home of his father.
Mrs. Evie Jeffries of Dallas spent
Sunday with her sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Marshall, and
Pat.
SHELBY
(Mrs. S. R. Hicks)
All enjoyed the cool weather we
ive'rt' dinner guests*in"the home'of h^.la*‘ wf«k: h‘ve
M
day.'
j.- ,»d
Mi. ‘.nj u„„n„ „„,i „„„ son-ln-!aw of Winters spent last
ore'an MiB. '»*? and Mr, fa<re n!*?ht with hi* brother,
Morgan Mill, Mr. and Mrs. Cage f"T»E "
Wylie and son of Simms Valley I J,,2 *™-wlre’
were dinner guests in the home of
their uncle'and aunt. Mr. and Mrs.
Drew Mauldin.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Watt and
children of Stephenville were din-
ner guests in the home of his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Claud Watt.
Mrs. George Stockstill of Gordon
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. George Gedsley.
Mr; and Mrs. Bob Lowder of
Breckenridge and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Pierce of Foil Worth spent Satur-
day night in the home of their
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Mclnroe.
Several from Liberty Valley at-
tended the funeral of Mr*. Mabel
Walker Saturday at Strawn. She
was the mother of Mrs. Dwight
Mclnroe. She has our sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Mclnroe
and daughter of Hannibal visited
in the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Mclnroe, Sunday.
Bon Curry has returned from a
trip to Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Condron and
daughter of Russell Chapel visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Sechrist Monday evening. - '
BLUFE DALE
(Mrs. M. B. Turner)
Cotton picking seems to be the
order of the day in' this section
of the country.
Mrs. M. J. Vandergrif, mother of
Mrs. Acton Danner, passed away
Saturday morning at the home of
her daughter. Funeral services
were held at the-Christian Church
Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Wil-
lard Morrow of Fort Worth of-
ficiating.
Mmes. Hunter Watson and Hor-
ace Jackson were co-hostesses of
the WMS Monday Afternoon. Mrs.
James Lee Braswell, County Mis-
sions chairman, was in charge of
the program on county missions.
Seventeen members and two visi-
tors were present. Lovely refresh-
ments were served.
Mr. Bnd Mrs. Billie Ray, Sunday.
Mrs. Miller Richards of Los An-
geles, Calif., Mr. Ray’s sister, is
also visiting him. .. *
Mrs. Nellie Halley left Tuesday
morning for an extended visit in
Deming, N. M.
Mrs. Tprlic Sullivan of San An-
gelo is visiting with her nephew,
Zeff Sullivan.
Griffith Oats of Dallas visited
his grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Grif-
fith, last week.
W. B. Emmett has now in opera-
tion a Grade A dairy on his stock
farm north of Bluff Dale. Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Graves will assist Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett with the dairy.
Mrs. Nina Rhodes visited in Fort
Worth Thursday.
Mrs. Hunter Watson left Tues-
day to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Raymond Smith, in Btwnwood.
Bud Moon of West, Tex., visited
his brother, Joy, and family re-
cently.
Mrs. S. R. Hicks spent Wednes-
day night with her parents, Mr.
and MVs. J. W. Wells, at Stephen-
ville. ,
Waylan Greer was at home Wed-
nesday night rrom a six weeks’
tour with Texas Inspection Depart-
ment; he was in West Texas and
New Mexico, and spent one night
with his sister and family near
Big Spring.
Beth-Jones of Highland spent
the week-end with her sister, Mrs.
Floyd A. Stephens and family,’
They took her home Sunday.
Mr. Lutrell of West Texas is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Author
Byer, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Hieka
and children spent Sept. 18 with,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry'
Jones, west of Lingleville.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Thompson
of Odessa and Jimmy John Wells
of Stephenville were dinner guests
of her aunt, Mrs. S. R. Hicks.
They visited Mr. and Mrs. Otis
id Mrs. Floyd J. Stephen*
spent Sept. 18 with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hogg, west of Lin-
gleville.
ptis Greer is starting to build
a GradjL,A dairy barn.
Mrs. J7A. Ripley and sons, J. S.
and Joe Dean, of Comyn visited a
short time Friday ni*nt with her
parents, Mr. and Mfrs. S. R. Hicks.
- ..TOLAR
(Mrs. L. H. Allen)
Mrs. D. A. Browning and Mr*.
C. P. Goforth are in the Glen
Rose hospital for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kerr spent
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| H. D. Club News
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FRIENDSHIP
An interesting meeting of the
Friendship Club was held Sept.
22 with Mrs. A. V. Hal) as hoAtess.
Seven members.were present. Mrs.
FraTlcea pair and Mrs. Mary Sut-
ton were welcomed as new mem-
bers and Mrs. Opal Pair was a
visitor. t
During the business meeting,
plans wer# made for the fail work
of the club. Nantes were drawn
for secret friends and plans for
Christmas were discussed.
A short history was given to
acquaint the new members with
the activities Of tRe club. The host-
ess served refreshments to the
following: Mmes. Mamie Noah, I.
B. Henson Sr., Guy Wood, Hoyt
Tidwell, H. B. Lane, Doyle Pair,
Mary Sutton, Frances Pair and
Alta Cullen.
The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. Guy Wood as hostess.
Oct. 6, at which time quilting will
be the entertainment for the after-
T
HUCKABAY
SCHOOL NEWS
We are sorry to hear the news
about losing our 6th and Oth grade
teacher, Mlks Jean Spell, of Ste-
phenville. But we are glad to hear
that Mrs. G. E. Waggener, also of
Stephenville, will teach in her
place. Miss Spell is new teaching
6th grade in the Stephenville
school.
Butch Muring was absent from
school 2 days last week because of
illness. He was in the Stephenville
Hospital for observation.
The Huckabay boys and girls
played Alexander in basketball,
Friday night, September 28. The
Huckabay hoys lost to Alexander
10-87. The Hurkabay girls won by
a score of 27-14.
Ray Hallmark of the 5th grade,
returned home from the Stephen-
ville hospital Saturday, September
17. He had been there for the past
3 weeks with typhus fever. Ills
mother writes that he will be back
in school in about another week.
Jaekie Barton of the freshman
class moved back to Strawn this
week. We regretted losing him as
he looked like a good possibility
for our basketball team,
Margie Moon, one of our 4-H
Club members, had very good luck
with her bedroom project. She won
first place in the county and was
awarded a free trip to the Dallas
fair, with special reservations be-
ing made for her.
Patsy Sue Cramer was out of
school one day this last week be-
cause of the serious illness of her
mother.
We organised a pep-squad this
past week with Vondell Jones and
Kenneth Elston, juniors, Carolyn
Gordon and Jerry Mclnroe of the
8th grade class, as the leaders.
We are thrilled ovei* Our new
projector machine, a Bell and How-
ell. The visual education’ films will
begin this week in most classes.
Don and Loyd’ Weaver of Fort
Worth visited our school last Wed-
nesday and made a film strip of
our student body and faculty in
action. After the main feature
Tuesday night, he will show this
film made of the school. We are
anxious to see ourselves on the
screen.
The senior class has finished the
ad-section of the yearbook and
hope to begin work on other parts
of it this week, Beverly Wells, th
editor reported.
Betty Pack was welcomed to our
school as a first grade student
from Lingleville.
The juniors entertained the
seniors with thWr first party of
the year at the home of Dorothy
and Martha Pipes. Everyone had
a wonderful time.
The senior class expects to have
the vendor for cold drinks install-
ed by Tuesday of this week.
Larry Stewart of Colorado City
has been-visiting the primary room
thia past week.
Carrol Howard of the primary
has been absent 2 days of the
past week helping pick cotton.
The juniors of Huckabay school
entertained the seniors with their
first party of the year at the ht>me
of Dorothy and Martha Pipes
Thursday night, Sept. 22. Every-
one enjoyed roasting wieners and
marshmallows and playing games.
Those present at the party were:
Mr. F. L. White, superintendent of
the school, and his wife and daugh-
ter, Donna; Mrs. Thurmah Hicks,
sponsor of the senior class, and her
husband and son, Jimmie; Mrs. G.
L Wooiey, sponsor of the junior
class, and her husband, and the
juniors, Juanita Davis, Vondell
Jones, Norma Sue Moring, Audrey
Davidson, Martha Pipes, A. T.
Barron, Olen Mblnroe, Kenneth
Elston, and the seniors, Margie
Moon, Dorothy Pipes, Johnnie
Moon, Beverly Wells, Sonny Ste-
phens, and Lloyd AMajris, and Mr.
and Mrs. Brann Pipg'and Robert
of the home.
Those who were not able to at-
tend were Lucille Pack and Ken-
neth Wylie of the senior class, and
John Gardner and Donald Metsgar
of the junior class.
Attended Anderson Funeral
The following out-of-town rela-
tives were here to attend funeral
services for Mrs, Hayes Anderson
Monday: D. B. Tindall, Mrs. W. P.
Tindall, Mr. and Mrs. Binous Tin-
dall, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tindall
and Mrs. Dennis Pendleton, Crnn-
fills Gap; Mrs. L. O. Burnett, Ok-
lahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Tindall, Breckenridge; C. R. Tin-
dall, Electee; Jack Tindall, Clifton;
H. C. and Dave C. Tindall, Corpus
Christi; Mrs. A. R. Miller, Fabens;
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Chenowith,
__________ Dull as; Mrs. Annice Carrell, Dal-
Mwrt. R. N. Pittman, Ben B. Mrs. Dixie Williamson, East-
MeCollum, Frank Carlton and War-
ren Lancaster were in Fort Worth
Tuesday night to attend the play-
off barebalT game between Tulsa
and Fort Worth.
Tha value of the Arkansas cot-
ton crop last year was more than
300 million dollars.
FEED DOES COUNT!
We Have a
COMPLETE LINE OF FEEDS
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CENTEX Dairy and Poultry Feeds
SOUTHLAND Dairying Feeds
See Ua Fur Your
POULTRY AND DAIRY NEEDS
NIL HOHERTZ FEED STORE
Egut Collegv at South Virginia
Phone 991
land; Mr. and Mrs. Herman An-
derson and Mr. and Mrs. Sam An-
derson, Cleburne; Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Creswell and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilty Creswell, Fort Worth; Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Clements and
Mrs. Kathryn Rice, Wichita Falls,
and Mrs. I^ona Hank, De Leon.
Mr. And Mr*. Larry Smith of
Wichita Falls visited last week-
end in the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mbs. Lawrence Smith and
daughter, Miss Virginia.
Week-end Visitor
Lt. Col. Nets Anderson of Wash-
ington was in the city last week-
end to visit his sister's family Dr.
and Mrs. Vance Terrell and chil-
dren, Frank and Penny.
Mr. and Mr*. L. B. Howard
were in Fort Worth Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday where he at-
tended a sales meeting of J. C.
Penney Company ’ store managers
in this area.
CAJtD OF THANKS
May I take this mean* of thank
ink my many friends who have so
generously helped me since the loss
of my house and possessions by
fire. Words cannot express my love
and appreciation to each one who
came to my assistance in giving
me cash, quilts, household utensils,
bed linens and numerous other
things. Especially do I thank Dr.
Brattdop White for replacing my
teeth free of charge. Thia ia truly
a good place to live and may God
bless yod all.—Mrs. J. L. Killian.
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59c
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c One Lot of Boys’ .
SCHOOL SHOES AND OXFORDS
Sizes 9>/a to 3—$2.98 Value
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SLING BACK TIES AND PUMPS
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1 Counter of Ladies’ Front Gore
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1 Table of Growing
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Cord and Rubber Soles
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Higgs, Rufus F. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1949, newspaper, September 30, 1949; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1131097/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.