Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1963 Page: 2 of 27
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FRIDAY. MARCH 2I>, ICC*
BLUFF DALE
By MRS. FF.RN CROW
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Minter and
family of Sweetwater are visiting
Air. and Mrs. L. C. Minter. Mr.
Winter is in the tlranbury Hos-
pital with the flu. lie was doing
better Saturday.
I ch.ihlren of Morgan Mill Road. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bruton of
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bren-j Fort Worth.
I nun, and also Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Mosley of
i Walker and (.’aria of Granbtiry. ; Fo’t Worth visited with Mr. Jr' A.
! Mrs. Ralph Glenn is spending Jackson Sunday.
! the week with Mrs. Ellen Farmer: All the Canty Yarbrough fam-
in Fort Worth. i lly is aide to he home again.
Sunday visitors with Mrs. Mae Thursday night Mrs. Virginia
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill LookingbHt| Singleton are Mr. and Mrs. Belton Brown and children of Fort Worth
and family of Eastland spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with Mr. ami
and Mrs. Bewey Renfro.
Mrs. Mildred Stacy of Stephen-
ville spent the weekend with Mr,-,
Gillie Howard.
Visitors Saturday and Sunday j Worth,
with Mrs. W. C. Stembridge and Mrs. Lillie Crowell
Hale of Fort Worth. ' were dinner guests of Mrs. Betty
Sunday visitors with Mrs. Mary C araway and Mr. Doe Ray.
Bramlett and Mr. and Mrs. Kind. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Wooten of
Bramlett were Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stephrnvitte visited Sunday even-
Keil.v of Tolar, Mr. and Mrs. Hack ing wiUi Mrs. Fern Crow.
Bramlett and family of Fort j Sunday visitors with Mr. and
| Mrs. Edward Carter and Mr. and
visitinp Mrs. John Williams were Mr. and
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vnner
Jones of Santo, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bundroa for a whneV' j Eru/ler, Mrs. Buddie Enpler arid
Jackson and Elvis of Fort Worth, j Mrs. Billy Bell of Stephenville j pirls of Stephenville, Mrs. Jake
Mrs. Joe Wallace is in the Ste- spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. j Stembridpc of F’ort Worth Mrs.
phenville Hospital for a checkup. : Jub Davis and the Johnnie Lanes, j Norman Stembridpe and family
Weekend puests of Mrs. Lou : Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roacdi of Fort | of Granbury.
Mabel
Coppersmith were Miss
Griffith, and Mrs. Bess Spender
of Dallas.
Mrs. Nell Campbell has return-
ed from a visit with her children
in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crews and
children of Stephenville visited
Mrs. Mary Scott Sunday.
Visitors with Mrs. Lena Jopn-
Bon and Mrs. Ira Like were Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Johnson of F'ort
Worth, Mr. Vernon Like and boys
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Bas-
ham and Children and Mr. Harold
and Monroe Graham of Cleburne
and. Mrs. Lola Like of Mineral
Wells.
Mrs. Carrie Walker and Gladys,
and Patricia Buchanan visited I
with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Vestal of
Morgan Mill recently.
Mrs. Mattie Stembridpe is home
from the Dublin Llospital and is !
doing better.
Sunday visitors with her were ’
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Vestal of
Morgan Mill, Eugene* N. C. and
Kathy of Fort Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Stembridpe of Gran-,
bury, Mr. and Mrs. Claranee
ConK-y of Fort Worth. Mrs. Con-
ley is remaining* for a week 01
so with her mother.
Mrs. Carrie Walker and Gladys
and' Patricia Buchanan visited
with Mrs. Mabel Moore of .Ste-
phenville recently.
Mrs. N'ita Tolliferro of F'ort
Worth Visited with Mrs. Debbie 1
Ward last weele. i
Worth visited Sunday with Mr. Mrs. Ted Deaver and family of
Irby Stewart. Stephenville visited Thursday
Sunday visitors with Mrs. Betty evening' with Mr. and Mrs. Lack
Caraway and Mr. W. C. Ray were I Deaver.
CARLTON
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“FM NOT MUCH GOOD BUT I LOVE YOU” says Anne Baxter
to Lyle Bettger in scene from “Carnival Story,” realistic Techni-
color-draijia, filmed in Germany by the King Bros. Steve Cochran
and George Nader co-star in the film opening Friday at the Star-
lite Drive-In.
SANTO
THREE-WAY
By VICKIE LOWRY
This past wetk hhs been a Very [
busy one for our 4-H girls. We
have been preparing for County |
and Mary
Ortry Robinson home.
____________ _ Mrs. DaVid Simms visited her
contest by memorizing our speech- j parents, the Ortry KotSnaon* Sun-
es, making posters ahd practicing, day while David met wt^Ji the Na-
M”. Stephens and Mrs. Bearden ! tional Guard.
Creek Baptist Church Sunday. He f Jimmy, Fima Mills,
and his family were guests in the J Ann MeCooy.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dudley of
Fort Worth visited in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Walker Fri-
were real considerate Friday and
let us practice before all the
pupils. We appreciated this be-
cause it helped us prepare for
Saturday. Those participating were
Carolyn and Sandrft Lesley In
"Poultry Marketing”, Suiz Ilobt-
ertson in “Food Nutrition” and
Vicki Lowry and Donna Walker
in ‘‘Dairy Marketing". Last Sat-
urday Tn the Frath Couhty c6n-
testx r ich of our teams won a
blue ribbon so we will go to the
day and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Laney ami
children of Fort Worth spent
Saturday afternoon in the home
of Mr. and Mis. G. F. Fancy. Vis-
itors in the same home Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. l.ariard Du Bose
and children of Tnwalka, Texas.
Beth Chandler and Martha
Johnson of Fort Worth visited
their parents this weekend.
Some of the Dairy men of this
eoniinunity were glad when last
week passed. They had been ox- j Little Sunday vvele Mi. and Mrs.
peeting the State inspector all j Bn-ter Heines. Randy and Gary,
week. You never heap'd o? Bo much [ Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Little, Mark
"house cleaning" of the dairy (and Kim, Mrs. Frankie Hill and
barns: 'We hoped every one passed | —----
with flying colors. I WROTE OF ANOTHER TIME
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Sherrill and I FRANKFORT, Ky. t*l — Gen.
A Bobbie of O’Donnell and Mr. and ' Lew Wallace commanded a Union
distort contest in April. Our gir s Mrs. Jeff Bearden Of Waco visit-1 gftrrlson at Paducah during the
got to visit with Mr. Adnms hat-, p j -n tke q Bearden home over (Tvi! War when he began writing
urday at the contest as ho was h kw„,; his novel. “Ben llui."
there with the., Leiden 4-H club,1 ______________ L_ _____ ____________
By MRS. FRED GEYE
Airman Third Class and Mrs.
David Akey have revealed their
marriage on Feb. lf> in Fort
Worth. The gloom from Cleburne
is not very well known in Carlton.
By MRS. WII.LENA HOLDER
, , i
! Mr. and Mrs. John Teasdale of1
| Buffalo, N. V., recently of Ste- '
Mrs. Jim Pierce spent Saturday phenville, were Sunday afternoon
appointed were Sid
postmaster; Howard
rancher and local butane distribu- |
tor; John Reeves, retired army
sergeant and local barber; Ben
night in Hico with her niece, Mrs. i guests in the home of his cousin, ',
Ob. Wnl.lr.in * v..»k mi.................i ........ Lambert, business
girls.
We had several Three Way 4-H
| members to show their animals
Lockwood, | Monday at the County-Wide Ste-
Brannon I phenville Junior Livestock Show
and Auction Sale.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lowry.
Vicki and Jerry and Mr. and Mrs.
man; and
Sum ■ Fin'd Jackson of Glen Rose drove
"'i»***, hii.i;gr^rsrasitrs* s:;
baby daughter, Jana Kay left ins had had the opportunity of After the original charter is - birthday. She is Mr. Lowry’s 1
Wednesday by plane from F'ort, seeing each oher and they "ffiuncf organized anyone wishing to join ■ great aunt.
The bride a senior of the Carlton j " ort^ ^0,r a weeks visit in Colum-J out that there was a sti ieking re- may do so but will not become aj Bro. Charles Stephens filled his
t».i r________ «.. . 1 tda> S. C., with his parents, Mr. psemblance to each other.'So much shareholder in the organization. regular appointment at Pony
and Mrs. P. E. Riekenbaker and alike that they could have easily
Exclusive for Hot Weather Comfort
"BOTANY 500 SUIT'
SOLD BY
HUGON’S
High School, is the former Miss
Sally Lou Helton, daughter of
Mrs. Bill Fairman of F'ort Worth
and granddaughter of Mrs. Maud
Chambers of Carlton where she
and her brother Robert are mak-
ing their home. Her husband is in
the Miynko Islands overseas.
After funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Barrow -’ Rutledge Funeral
Chapel in Hico for Ernest Wil-
liams of Irving, the body was con-
have passed for brothers.
veyed to the Carlton Cemetery for j Corpus Christ!. Burial
burial. He was reared in the Sun-
shine community. No further de-
tails were available, only that he
was the brother of Riley Williams
of Sunshine;
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Greer, Ann
and Ricky of Post spent last week
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Mullins.
Mr. and. Mrs. Allen Buttery of
I his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. C. Kay.
Word was received in Carlton’ Miss Ola Jean Ihornton of'TlBO
Saturday mowing of the sudden ,_wa* a " c"keml guest of her par-
death of Carroll Gibson in CalUi ®nts* Mr anrI Mlx- Xut>> Thornton
fornia. He was the son of the late : an^ sister, Roseau.
i Rev. and Mrs. R II. Gibson of j w N(.ls,m j,, of MrAlister.
, Carlton and was born and reared 0kla'.. :„1(J sistw. Miss Jllne of
; at Carlton. He is survived by four Kwt W..rth and Mr. and Mrs.
brothers and five sisters and a Jessev Caulev ..ml b„vs. Mark and
host of other relatives. His twin I)on of Mineral \V( IU were week-
| brother 1 ruett Gibson lives at end viaitora hl thu hullll. of theil.
parents.
will he
F'ort
,, ,, ,, , San Angelo were weekend visitors
Mrs Mary MeHeskey spent .sev- w||h e,Bnjmother, Mrs. LflIa
. ulr;\"1 1 ‘ 1' 11,11 * rs' Bvrd. She accompanied them to
T. McCleikey near Step ,Fny,lie. , ^ An Slin(lav Ilft(,.noim to
Mr. and Mrs. J Mmely and visit daU|thter' and husband. '
family of Mineral Wells visited, M,. Md Bery, Coaby. From i
San Angelo she will visit in Al- !
N. M.. with another I
either in San Antonio or
W'orth. i Several of the young people of '
Mr. and Mrs. F'ay Thetford our Baptist Church attended the
spent the weekend in' Arlington youth 'rally at Mineral Wells Sat- l
with their daughter and husband, urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Theon Thetford
and children of Fort Worth were
weekend visitors with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Thetford.
Mrs. Shirley Brott and children
Uncle Albert Gold is a patient |
in Nazreth Hospital at Mineral
Wells.
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Gate and Tam Warrun of Toxiis
T»*t*h in Luh^mck ^pc*nt th«* \ve«*k-
of Waco were weekend visitors T1. ^th ‘h’dr parents. Mr. and.
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1an411'
Hob Thompson.
Hill Lawson of Tylor was hi*r*»
Michael Bacon of ' Stephenville ■ R-tur.Iny and Sunday visiting his j
Hud hlir vl%*zs I In i n I •it'-.,
recently with Mrs. Millie Moody.
Mrs. Minter Davis and Thelma Buquerque*
I while °with M?shMm"c MoS*d 1 and] of"ste^n^M^S M J*?*** *"* ^
visited over the weekend with his
grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Baird.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Whitehead
mother. Mrs. Daisy Lawson.
Red Holder ami Wade Nelson
were in Mineral Wells Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Williams
and Roby . of Fort Worth spoilt
Sunday with Mrs. Francis KlliottJ
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Cantrell ami [
Firemen Fight
Vacant House
Blaze Monday
Mrs. Toye Shaddy.
Mrs. Marie Turner and Sam
visited last week in Dallas with
her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mbs. R. L. Hopson.
Mrs. ‘ No vis Littleton of San
Angelo and daughter, Annette of
Odessa visited over the weekend
with her mother and sister, Mrs.
Charley Dyer and Mrs. J. W. Jor-
dan Jr. and husband.
Mrs. Lola Pollard has returned
I with their daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kunk.el.
Mr. and Mi's. Robert Bowden
were visitors Sunday afternoon at
Hico with Rev. and Mrs. E. E.
Dawson.
The City Fire Department was i home from the Hico hospital where
she had been a patient several
days with the flu.
ca'led at 1:40 a.m. Monday to
fight a fire at a vacant house on________________
the old Weatherford Road. After j
about an hour and HO minutes the j TWO Typhoid CllSCS
fire was extinguishes!.
The property is owned by Olie
Davis. Extent of damages has not
yet 'been reported.
Grass and Auto
‘ Fires Reported
Reported in Hieo
j Word has somehow gone around
concerning numerous eases of ty-
phoid fever in the vicinity of Hico.
| A check with Dr. Hedges of the
Hico Hospital revealed that there
| have only been two very light
cases in the area and occurred
some three to four weeks ago. He
stated that there is absolutely no
1 cause for alarm.
High winds and dry weather are
keeping the City Fire Department
busy. Three grass fires and one |
automobile fire were worked by i -_
the department Monday and Tues- !
dog- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belcher
The grads fires were at 1717 had ail of their children home Sun-
W. Groesbeck, at the property day, March 24. Those present
owned by Mrs. J. N, Hopper; 2 ! were Mr. and Mrs. Orville Belcher
miles out on Hico Road, at the , of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Flrnest
Lucy Cole place; and at 1270 Wild- ' Belcher of Austin, Mr. and Mrs.
w0°d. j Dewey Belcher, Johnny, Wvnelfe,
The automobile fire was at 35S ; and Joe David, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
N. Belknap. The fii-e burned the burn C. Davis, Othel and Douglas,
back seat of an automobile owned Miss Norma Ruth Belcher, Mrs.
by R. B. McHan. The cause is , Harvey Belcher and Mr. and Mrs.
unknown. | ,Hm Wells.
ture golf.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris of
1 Fort Worth visited in the Joe Pat-
terson home recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fountain
! of Atlanta; tin., were Sunday night
guests in the home of her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Sparks.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buell have
been commuting hack and forth
each day to the Stephenville hos-
pital to be with his mother, Mrs.
Congratulations to Miss Carol Maggie Boles of Mingus, who has
Crunk. She won 2nd place in one ho,.n a patient there un'il Mon-
act play from Hico school in the ().lv shr w.ls tranxfered to Sun-
distnet meet at Meridian last sp{ |.pst l:,,n,p in stephenville
week. Caiol is the oldest daugh- where she is to he a temporary pa-
CLAIRETTE
By MRS. LUCILK MAYFIELD
ter of Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Crunk
of Clairette.
Congratulations to Lnrry Erick
of Clairette and Don Jernigan of
Hico who both tied for the Mickey
Maguire award presented to buth
at the Civic Club athletic banquet
held recently at the Hico School
as the most valuable team mem-
ber of the Hico football squad.
The two seniors were co-captains
of the Tigers last fall. Bobby Boone
a former recipient presented the
award in the absence of Mickey
Maguire.
tient.
Mrs. Grace Bedd*i.and brother,
Hardin Patterson, were ill Ranger
Sunday for‘a Joint birthday cele-
bration honoring Mrs. lieddo and
Mrp. Lillie Agnew.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harris spent :
tin* weekend with their children
in Grand Prairie.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Steen of
Post spent the weekend here with
Mrs. Lulu Steen.
Mr. mid Mrs. Vaughn Spinks
Slid baby of Fort Worth and Mr.
and Mrs. FMel Sutton and ehil
Mrs. Bill Head has returned itron of Euless spent tlit* weekend
home from Weleetka, Oklu., where here with their parents, Mr. and
she spent a few days with her Mrs. R. C. Spinks,
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul AL i,,.nn Wngnor who is with the
len and family. The Allens have f. s. Army statiuned in Sunth
a new son born March 11 named Carolina was visiting in Santo
Robert Dee. Robert has an older Inst week.
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when the
time comes ... '
IN OUR BEAUTIFUL
SURROUNDINGS YOU
WILL FIND SERENITY
When the loss of a loved one
occurs, the serenity and beau-
ty of our chapel and grounds
aid the bereaved in finding
needed peace.
Stephenville
Funeral Home
A*
brother, Billy, Paul, age 2'i
Mines. Jewel Wolfe, John Nol-
I and, Henry Mayfield and Les
ItOWdy attended the funeral ser-
vices for Mirt Suitts, 54. in Hico
Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial was
made in the Hteo celiletFFjC Mr.
Mrs. Sm-r'ra Peugh and -on Bi!
ly- and Mike ChonailU nf Weather* ‘
fold were supper gm.-ls Sunday
evening of their aunt, Mrs. Merle
Cai ter.
Mi. and Mrs. Julian Holder of
Grand Prairie v'siled a few min-
Suitts and fa«iily»:lived in Clair- utes Thursday "With Mr. and Mrs.
ette community several years ago Ki!<• Roberson and Mrs Minnie!
He and Ins family have been liv- iDWltient-. j
ing in Midland a few years. We Mr. and Mrs. Lee Atterbury and
| extend sympathy to his wife and children of Waco were weekend ]
j three daughters and his two sis- gUo ts of her father, John Her- i
I ters. Mrs. Homer Wolfe and Mrs. ring-.
Eunice Oolightly of Stephenville. Mrs. Merle Carter, Mrs. Hula j
Monday night. March 25. is the! Sanders. Mrs. Joan Me Dole and j
| time set for another community ! son Clifford, visited Noah Che- |
supper. We hope to have a large j- nnult- Sunday in Campbell Me-;
crowd present to enjoy the fel- : morial Hospital in Weatherford.’
lowship and supner together. I Noah has been critically ill and
Mr. Marvin Rush of Stephen-1 an ,,f his family has been at his
villa were Clairette visitors Thurs- bedside.
dnv evening. i, Mrs. RoUce Paxton and babies ;
Mr, and Mrs. Melbornc Geisecke | of Dallas visited Sunday after-i
of Duffau community visited in : noon with her father, S. G. My- |
the John Noland borne awhile Sun- I ers.
day'night. I V. B. f)rr and family spent last
Rev. Colburn, pastor of the Rap- Sunday in San Angelo,
fist Church, had his sister and | A meeting of Santo citizens j
parents fi*om Waco at church Sun- was held Friday evening at the ,
day morning j gyfnnasium for the purpose of j
Visitors of Eunice and Nola Lee ; discussing bringing water to |
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Glen j Santo from the new lake which
Lee. Mr. and .Mrs. Michael Lee will be created by the dam which
and family and Mrs. Jesse Mack is now being built on Palo Pinto
Lee of Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Creek, three and one-half miles
Vr'tBie Wolfe. Mr, and Mrs. Sam north west of Santo,
Wolfe Jr. and daughter of Dub- It was agreed to form a ehar-
lin; Mr. and Mrs, George
SHephenvine amf
ter with members paying a fee of
TwriiTpr
Lee of
Mr. ntid Mrs. | %h() and these charter mi ember*
Snta Thompson of Colorado City, j Will become stockholders. A com-
Thd visitors attended church Sun-j mission ,of five men was appoint-
i day at the .Baptist .Chucdn. ^: ixd to kasidle..the-business. Those
DOZENS OF BEAUTIFUL NEW
AT TERRIFIC SAVINGS . . .
DRESSES
IN OUR
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SHOP
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You’ll p-et more value than you bar-
gained for when you shop here.dur-
ing this bitf Spi'ing- Dress Sale. See-
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SPECIAL PRICES ON LADIES’
NEW SPRING & SUMMER COTTON
DRESSES
THURSDAY- FRIDAY—SATURDAY **
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Regular $5.95 Value
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These are “Smart Setter” and
“Nancy Frocks” from our
regular stock.
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We now carry Ladies’
Uniforms — (All White)
Sizes 8 to 20—14% to 20'
$3.98 - $5.98 - $8.98
HIGGINBOTHAM’S
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