Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1954 Page: 5 of 14
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AND WERE
_ from !
{it Hospital, Fort Wbrtb,
she underwent ssriou* surgery
By MR8. J. THOMAS DAVIS
1 The Laid is good, • stronghold
; In the day of trouble; and he
kwiMtii thaw that trust -ta-htaL’
—Nahum 1:7.
Tarleton Campus Club
To RpHsor Games Night
v j Tarleton Campus Club will »pon-
. sor a Gaines Night, beginning at
seven-thirty o'clock on the evening
of Friday, September tenth. They
. will be very glad to hare you
present. (
• „ Games will be played ip the Car-
- jHnal roqm pf the college dining
•hall. Either bring player* fer your
-table or be designed to h table whh
others who art present Forty*two,
canasta, and bridge Will be. played.
\i Mr. ui\J Mrs. Joe Autry will
have dm go of table* for children’s
..games, children fbur years of age
..and up. y.i ' *
7:80 o’clock Friday n.m. Catdin-
*al room of college dining hall, to
•J 80 cents and 28 cents. '<■
work .as assistant manager, under, ing Port, Aransas, talk with the
hes. They, too, are in
It. We *Tiope Wri. Fritf-
Friou, of the university
beek store
Guest la Cuayiis Home
Dean and Mrs. Paul T. Cunyus
have as guest in their home Mrs.
Hal MeggtnaOn of Longview, Bis-
ter of Mrs. Cunyus.
Mrs. Megginson came Sunday,
on her way to Coleman to attend,
-Monday, funeral services for an
fiftcip. After the funeral she re-
turned to the Cunyus hbme for a
few-day* visit d
Junior Pearcyp Visiting V
In Pearey, D’^rcy Homes
Lt, and Mia. A. R. Pearey, Jr.
d<S i
*$
nr* visit!
!^0wnts
•*? The Lieutenant fe being trans- mother, Mrs. T. C. Crow, 685 West
itlng in the hopes of their
I, Mr. and Mrs. Hogs Pearfcy
Mr. and Mrs. pah D’Arcy.
feired front Williams Air Force
Base, Phoenix, Arizona, to Connal-
If 'Air Base at Waco. The couple’s
home was at Chandler, which is
nearer the babe thsm t* Phoenix,
flight miles is the distance.
•. * Donna enjoyed keeping house
and thinks being married to her
Lieutenant is just wonderful. He
received his jet pilot wings be-
fore leaving Williams Base, being
one of the top ten.
Thursday morhing (today) A. B.
■will report to Comply' Base.
Where he ahd Donna wifi make an-
other temporary home.
V
Mrs. Bachangn Hostess
' To First Meeting Of C. W. F.
When schools begin, all are
-aware that fall la upon us, even
though the temperature of a part
of each day' still registers rather
high. Another reminder that fall
Is here Is that missionary societies
Which disbanded for the summer
hr* meeting again,
fy Fourteen members of the Worn-
l*n's Fellowship of the Christ-
ian Church, met Monday af-
ternoon, September sixth, in the
home of Mrs. D. S. Buchanan fot
■ mission study and fellowship. Sub-
i ject of-the lesson for the day was
“City Churches,-’ Mrs. E. E. Car-
roll being loader. The entire fel-
lowship joined in discussion.
After the lesson a social hour
Arms enjoyed. Especially was It
, An joy able on thi« first meeting
Utter, vacation, Mrs. Poyt#r says.
The hostess served sandwich**,
^gingerbread, and punch to the fel-
lowship: *'
■ Miss Irene Fooshee, Mines. C*
A. McDonald, Maudq Maxwell,
.Harry Park,-Jr., John Clark, Tam
Chandler, Med Hassler, Wallace
JLgrle, B. L. Thompson. Cari Col-
Wirh. A. L. Porter and E. C. Car-
roll. |
•' Jack Wian Npw .
Assistant MaMger y,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Winn and
their one-year-old Elizabeth Jean
bf Dallas spept Labor Day week-
end with Jack’s n\other„Mrs. Fred
Winn. Jack is delighted. With Ms
Daughter And Family
Visit Pearey Home
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Arthur and
children. Bill and Brenda, of Hous-
ton spent the past weekend in
the home ot Mrs. Arthur’s parents,
Mr. and Mr*. Rosa Pearey. Mis.
Arthur Is the former Marguerite
Pearey. Mr. Arthur is an employee
Of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.
Mr% Crow And Guest* ^
Vacation At Coaat
Mr. and Mc«. Gary Crew and
their five-year-old Rickey of Ta-
tum, New Mexico, were recent
visitors in the home of Gary’s
Green. One week of the two-week
vacation was spent by the mother,
the son, and his family at Free-
port.
Gary is stationed at Tatum as
employee of an oil company.
"Here and There'*
Also Goes A-Trtpping
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis recom-
mends the seashore to thee* who
are trying to decide between It
And a hospital — even- one as
Base, good as Step heart He hospital.
According to elans made by her
Children, she joined them and their
families in San Antonio, the home
of the family of her elder son, and
went with them to Port Aransas,
on Mustang Island.
When not engaged hi fishing,
riding the waves, playing on the
beantifu) white sand of th* beach,
br climbing sand dunes, the group
of thirteen (one is at Fort Ben-
ning) ate, slept, played games, and
talked in the six-room, two-bath
cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Early Will-
son of San Antonio, bi other of
Mis. Davis.
liah wp* inspired to write a poem
while there. Both this year and
Last year this family spent its vac-
ation on the Island.
When the day for leaving Port
Aransas rolled around —* Satur-
day — the J. William Davis fam-
ily of Lubbock brought their moth-
er to her home, leaving for Lub-
bock Sunday.
Mrs. Davis Strongly recom
mends an unsoflsticuted Gulf pert
to any who are a bit run down
physically axd mentally
"And God spake al these words,
saying, . . . Remember the Sab-
bath day to keep it holy ... in
it thou shait not do any work.
--Exodus 20:1,8,10b.
\ xnd VI Mother- (tab
Begin* New Year of their immediate section. "1 have
The Erath County Texas A. and never had a more wonderful trip,”
M. Mothers Club 'held its first
meeting of the kU54-65 club year,
Thursday night.. Sept. 0, on the j
spacious oak-studdeo lawn of the -d<
A. JH- Demke home.
Soon after arrival of the group,
supper was spread on a table on
nd each
Three of the four members of
the M. J. Green family of Eden
patted each other on th# head,
and were patted by others of the
group, because of their fishing
luck. They caught a few less than
one hundred choics fish of several
kinds, most of which they had
dressed iced, end tent to Eden.
Othertjof the group — not Mrs.
*“
Until_g short while Sjm, Mus-
tang and Padre wore two Islands.
Now they ire one. For a long time
the water betweeh the two has
been giving away to land, until a
recent storm finished the opera-
tion.
The fesling was r. peculiar one,
driving onto the former Padre
Island without recognizing its for-
mer boundary. The road from
Mustang is a continuous one now.
Unless one wanders over the
tall dunes of Mustang and Padre
Islands, he misses some of their
outstanding chirm.
For further information concern-1
the* lawn and each served him
self to barbecued beef, onions,
pickles, salads, beans and good
coffee. (Good was strongly em-
phasized by the reporter.)
After this first course, ice cream
was served as those present sat
in casual groups about the lawn.
Although reluctant to turn from
the social phase of the evening,
members held a short business
meeting over which the president,
Mrs. T. B. Collins, presided.
After checking the roster of
offieers, Mrs. W. A. Nix was made
corresponding secretary to take
the place of Mrs. V. H. Bird. This
.vas the only change made in of-
ficer personnel.
Chief and most interesting item
of business was plans for mak-
ing an A. and M. quilt. Any Texas
A. and M. man may have his name
embroidered on one of the squares
of the maroon-and-white quilt by
paying one dollar. Each square
will contain five names.
If you are an A. and M. man
and w*uld like to have your name
on the quilt, get your dollar to.
the treasurer, Mrs. Ross Peacy.
She will repfort y#Ur name to the
quilt committee.
When the qiillt is finished, all
names which ere on it will
shuffled for a drawing,
person whose name is an
be
To the
irawu, the
quilt will be given.
No other money-making projects
are being planned for the year, it
Is said.
AU mothers, wives, sisters of A.
and M. men ar* urgently invited
to become members. Next meet-
ing will be held In the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Glenn of
Bluff Dale.
Tie club had as honor guests
ut this meeting it* candidates for
Centennial Queen and Centennial
Duchess, Mis* Jo Reed Moon,
and Nan 8howalter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Showalter.
Others present were Dr. Donald
Demke. son of the A. H. Demkes,
and Mrs. Demke, of Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Haningri* and their
two children; Messrs, and Mmes.
D. S. Buchanan, C. C, Leuty, Ralph
Glen. W. T. Showalteij Verne O.
Scott, W. A. Nix; Mmes. Ross
Pearey, V. H. Bird. John Cage,
ed Thursday from, Harris Memo
~ .....whi
__
She was in the hdspiui tan days.
Mrs. Rveret says the daughter
is recovering in *• splendid way.
The children, O. D., Ill and Doro-
thy Dee — Dee Dee she is tail-
ed — are back at their home
ail
TT51KW ____________________
will
soon be normal for the little fam
By, whose home is on Hucka-
Mhts Matthews Returns
From California Trip
Miss Willie Matthews return-
ed a few days ago from a stay
of one month und one day in Cali-
fornia, where she visited in the
homes of three nephews: Flay Mat-
thews of Ridgescrest, whose wife
is the former Ella France* Chand-
ler, daughter of Mrs. Tam Chand-
ler; Mouzon Matthews and Mrs.
Matthew* of San Jose; and Ernest
Matthews and his wife of Rialto.
All of these bovs are well known
in Stephenville.
At each plaee she'visited, there
were many delights, Miss Mat-
thews gays. Each nephew and
his wife showed her the beauties
| Thorp Springs, long a citlxen of
that community.
Although Mr. Hale had been in
HI health for a year or two, hi*
doath was ■■■
she gays with enthusiasm.
The first visit was in Rialto.
While there tbe family took her
down into Mexico, in addition to
the section surrounding Rialto.
Another interesting side trip
from Rialto was to Mt.
head, on which, at a
JSr ■
9 feet is Lake Arrowhi
fectly beautiful," the visitor says.
A superhighway goes from Ri-
t. Arrow- try life, she nonchantly remarked,
height of “The ignorance of city folks just
ead. "Per- plain floors Mfe-tas — -
Not so nonchalant was ~fherth
S. t?aSTJWhite; Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Graves and Roger, Mr. and Mrs.
T. V. CoUins, their niece and
nephew
Everett Recovering
After Surgery
Mrs. G: D. Everett, J
r. return-
alto to this mountain.-Many movie
stars frequent the place.
When her time for staying in
Rialto war up, Ernest’s family took
their aunt to her next visiting
place, Ridgecrest, Flay’* home.
One of the places to which Flay
and Ella Frances took their guest
w*s Lone Pine, an old town in
the foot-hills of the Alabama hills,
which are a part of the foot-
hills of Mount Whitney.
From Ridgecrest the Staphen-
ville visitor was taken by her hosts
to Mojave, where she took a trsin
to Tracy, then a Greyhound bus
to San Jose for her visit with
Mouzon’s family whom she had
never seen — except her nephew.
One of the delights of the visit
with a trip on which Mouzon took
the aunt to Santa Cruz to see the
wonderful redwood trees. He also
took her to Soquell to see another
relatives, Mrs. Gwithers.
In thiB Santa Crauz section the
visitor greatly enjoyed the beaches
and the many other spots of in-
terest end beauty.
From hero Miss Matthews went
by train to Los Angeles, where
she was met by Ernest, who took
her bark to Rialto home. Shortly
t hreafter she left fon Stephen-
ville,
The trip both to and from .Cali-
fornia was made by train. *
San Angeloans Visit.
Mrs. Fred Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chandler,
Jr. of San Angelo, spent a few
hours Monday with tneii grand-
mother, Mrs. Fred Chandler and
the Carl Cotwieks.
The junior Chandlers, along with
two other couples from San An-
•gelo, were returning from a 10-
day trip to Mexico City.
The vacationer* went by auto-
mobile to Laredo, then by plane
to Mexico City. This was a none
too enjoyable plane trip, since it
wa» found
early, -morn
clasped on his chest, which was
his customary position in sleep,
it hi said.
Funeral services were held in
the Church bf Christ at Thorp
Springs.
After the funeral, Mr. C. II.
Hale went for his planned visit
to Nashville, Arkansas, which is
in the peach section. The Stephen-
ville visitor say* the fruit, in spots,
was delicious, in other spots there
was none.
Although Mr. Hale gets much
DtdH&re and refreshing from an-
nual visits trtth Arkansas rela-
tives, who include the family of
a son, he is always glad to be
back mingling with, those who
are dear to him in Stephenville.
All Charm Is Not
Whh Youth
A charming woman, exception-
ally interesting in conversation,
with a delightfully keen sense of
humor i* Mrs. C. E. Bennett, 2000
Dublin Highway, whom we'inter-
viewed concerning her husbhrtd’i
recent 80th birthday.
As she interestingly talked about
the beauties and the joys of coun-
etrn meet
and fourth Tuesday of each month,
in homes of the members.
Present members are the two ■ ,
charter members, Mrs. E. L. Can- bis girl friend, Billie Bail.
■■■■MMinMiMii
the Inst lesson in “Let’s ■LtV
_____.. ./ hy 11. C. Goerner. This hook
Mrs. Grady Grave* ot Crowell,; is based on answers to a question
has entered Tarletan College. He naire sent by th# author to min*
Have Started To T; fl. <\
Robert Graves, son of Mr. and
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was driven to Stephenville Satdr-! her* of places over the world. It
day by his brother, Gordon, and j oxprmutfs opinions and reflocts at-
speaking of being “just plain floor*
ed” when a young relative of her’*
could not name the Presidents of
Texas. “Why, she didn’t even
know, and would hardly believe
that Texas ever had Presidents,”
the long-time-ago school teacher
said disgustingly. . , „ - , .
We could but envy her the twin- shiP- Courses were taught in var-
kie of her eye as sne so frequent- [ ious phases of these by women
__He»an, 1.
A. 8. Farrar and Mrs. John Jack-
son. Miss Matthews is the toucher.
“Therg ere varieties of gift*,
but the same Spirit; and there are
varieties of service, but the same
Lord; and there are varieties of
working, but it id the same God
who inspires them all in every on*.
To each is given the manifestation
of the Spirit for the common good.”
—tat Corinthians 12:4-7.
Three Stephenville Women
Attend Waco Meeting
In prepa-ation for the celobra-
Jon of Women’s Missionaiy Un-
ion’s organisation in Texas Dia-
mond Jubilee it is being called -*■
t Texas W. M. U. houxeparty was
held at Baylor University, August
30 — September 2. One thous-
and three hundred twenty - four
women registered, it Is reported.
It is interesting to note that Bap-
tist women's organize*! work in
Texas preceded that in the South-
ern Baptist Convention. The wffMc
hi Texas date* from 1880; that
in S. B. C., from 1888.
-. This houseparty was really a
kick-off for- th« Jutolae Year Pre-
parations. Reports are fRat"th*
meeting wu* an exceedingly help-
ful one from every standpoint.
Tlie three 'general divisions of
the program were Missions, Young-
peoples Leadership, and Steward-
They Were guest* in the home
k, L.__I
Mrs. W. T. Graves.
sAf
B. S. V. Group Again
Ge T* Mt. Lebanon
Six Terleton students, council
members of Baptist Student Union,
accompanied by Mr. and Mr*. Jerry
Varderaan of the Baptist Stu-
dent Canter, spent the past week-
end at Mt. Lebanon, a retreat out
from Dallas at Cedar Point while
thefe they occupied a cabin be-
longing to First Baptist Church of buttered bahts, pound cake,
Dallas. coffee or t#*N i'. f': ,
\ tltudes of these peoples concern-
ing Americans. >
meihbers and one visitor, Mrs. M.
C. Brandon, retiring president of
W. M. U., sat at a table laid with
white linen piocemats ahd eenter-
ed with an arrangement of queen’s
w oath, whit* clematis, and blue
columbine. Pink altbea and eld-
matfs were in other parts of the
home.
TWe . menu served was pressed
chicken,'buttered asparagus, pickl-
ed peaches, potato chips, olive*,
Dallas.
The object of their going was to j In the busln
plan work of the B. 8. U. for this followed the lunci
college year and to make arrange- ed to donate the
i«a meeti
inch^on. It
he reuiaini
meeting which
wa* vot*
lining three-
menta for the opening-of-collegc plus dollars to the Mstry Hill Davis
party, which will be given Thurs- missions offering.'^ \
day evening at 7:80 o’clock, in Other cl cles, which^had tin-
Baptist 8tudent Center, adjoin- ished the year’s work,' did not
ing the college campus.
Three members of Howard j
Payne College joined the Tarleton |
rtoup.
Minister of Education Hubbard
Hurst and Erath County Mission- j
meet.
ly gave expression to her sense
of humor.
Sturdivants Entertain
With Barbecue
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sturdivant,
1010 North Isla, had as guests in
their home, Friday until Tuesday,
their children. Mr. and Mrs. Bill
exceptionally well prepared.
Those attending the houseparty
from Stephenville were Mrs. Wal-
ter Cox, piesidcnt-eiect; Mrs. A.
L. -Graves and Mrs. Dick Sprad-
ley young peoples leaders.
The last two mentioned took an
eight-hour course from the angle
of leadeiship. Mrs. Cox attended
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE PLANNED)
DUES CHIRRED
The name of the Stephenville
High School Booster Jacket Club
was changed to “The Yellow Jack-
et Club" in a meeting of the or-
chairman, Sam Brown; social 1 K»*>i*“tion Monddy Sopt. 6. inith*
chairman, Nancv Weathers'; and ! room of the high school,
devotional chai man, Mary Ann | ^coi-dmg to Sam Cleveland, piesi-
ary Ray Harrell spoke to the group
while they were in retreat.
M-s. J. W. Heaton saw to it
that the group left with a basket i
of food, including a large roast,
to supplement their cabin cooking. |
.:«.T*(jbtton. students attending this j
planning**nTNStlttg- were: B. S. U. 1
President, Wayne Music; secret-
ary, Lola Williams: enlistment vice
president, Ken Rice; equipment
LoVe.
Jones of Kerniit, where Bill u an
pany°yMrs°^Jonefn?s'*the''former 1 r‘‘anned f°‘ l0CSl P‘ e'
Jimmie Dee Sturdivant. sidents.
rheme of the houseparty, ‘ Pro-
mises to Keep” was taken fiom a
While the children were here
Mr. and Mrs. Sturdivant Invited
a few couples In for a backyard
chicken barbecue. Accompaniments
to piece de resistance were such
a* are usually served with it. De-
licious it all was, they say.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Coman-
che, Bill’s parent*, came over for
the occasion, as did Bill’s brother
poem written by Robert Frost
‘The woods are lovely, dark,
and deep.
But 1 have promise* to keep
And miles to go before 1 sleep.
And mile* to go before I sleep.”
The meeting began Monday ut-
™oIv:i 1. US talvl 4*111 5 UI UVIIrI ,
Jimmy, and hi* fiance, Sara Willis, I ternoon in the lovely drawing-
>k° of Comanche. Mr. and Mrs. | room of Baylor’s Student Union,
an*^ ^Fi an^ 8irs.^ Ho- From then on, meetings were held
I evenings, mornings, and noons, un-
j til Thursday noon.
There were mission films and a
playlet. The three sessions of mis-
sion study must have been dyna-
mic, judging from topics listed:
Nuclear Power for Mission Study;
Research Lab for Atomic Classes;
Palmer Granddaughter
Enters Baylor University
Mr. and Mrs. E. I). Palmer of
San Benito spent the past week-
end in the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Palmer. The
couple came f om Waco where they
enrolled their daughter Patricia
(Pat) in Baylor University.
Mrs. Palmer says one might
have thought a tragedy had hap-
pened to Pat, judging from the
sadness of her family. This family
has been very close to each other
— the narpnts, Pat, and Mike, the
other daughter. This is their first
separatirti.
From Stenhenville the Ran Ben-
dent of the clpb.
The club-'' organized and made
plans for the activities of the-pres-
ent school year. It was decided
that membership into the dub
would be $2.00 each, and that each
membership sold to a family here
would include the husband and
wife, instead of the sale of single
memberships to each one.
It was also decided that firm
or business memberships would
be offered for sale at $5.00 each,
and in connection with this, an
appropriate large size card would
he given the business establish-
ment to hang in their place of
business, and that the purchasers
of such memberships would be
given one of the regular member-
ship cards.
The membership sale commti-
mer Wilson were also present.
Granddaughters Visit Wil'.i
the H. M. Everetts
Mrs. H. -Jtf. Everett spent two
day* recently in Fort Worth, visit-
ing la the home of her daughter.
Mrs. G, P. Eckhardt, Mr. Eckardt
and their two daughters
Kittle, age 10 years and Paul-
ette, age eight years, returned
with their1 grandmother for a short
visit
ito Palmers went for a one-week
trip into the westetn pait of the • -ee appointed consists of Boh Her-
C*“'“ rin. Burette Stone, Tullis Smith,
State.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sparer and |
Dan D’Arcy, Coach M i k t
tits.
The Yellow Jacket Club plans
An Unheralded
Organ ixat ion
We learned a few days ago of
a group of Clifton Heights women
was during the American Airlines who make up an informal Bible
strike. Instead of a luxurious liner,
a somewhat antiquated Mexican
plane took the group to thfii des-
tination:
Wayne, Jr. and his wife, Doro-
class which was stated, we are
told, about 20 years ago.
The class was a large one for
a number of years. The number j ombia, El Paso, anj Brazil.
daughter, Karen, of Odessa were I Murphy and Gene Wright. Mem-
also recent guests in the Palmer bership sales will be pushed dur-
home. He is Mrs. Palmer’s brother, j jnp the next two weeks, in order
- ! to prepare for the coming activi-
Final Circle Meetings
Of Outgoing Administration
_______ Circles of Woman’s" "MTssTonaf y * lo take picTures oT- certain games
jet-Propelled Planning; Super-! Union of First Baptist Church met! that the school participates in,
sonic Speed to Brazil; Outer-space ' Monday afternoon for the last time to be shown to the membership
Trip to Alaska; and Futuiamic ; as they are now personnhled. ! of he club. They also plan to fur-
Strtitegy. j Before next ctrrle meeting day, I nieh meat* for the athletes after
Since W. M. U. is definitely mis- officers of the General Society j each game and to share in th#
sionarv in its objectives and work,) will have been installed, names j expense of the annual banquet
missionaries always appear at as shuffled and drawn for member- for the players of all kinds ol
many W. M. U. meetings as pos- ! ship in the several circles, and | athletic competition,
sible. At this meeting talk* were j chairmen for the circles appointed ! The club will also provide the
made by nine missionaries from 8y the president. The ie-person-1 appropriate gold emblems for each
New Mexico, Ecuador, Africa, Col- neled Circles will meet, without a' senior player of the various teams
bieak in the routine.
and will supply the necessary fruit
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buttons, and red zinnias.
Thirteen members were nvesent
and three visitors, Mrs. W. T. Eas-
ley, Mrs. J. S. Cravens, and Mrs.
M. C. Brandon, retiring president
of W. M. U.
Circle chairman, Mrs. J. W. Cle-
j ments, presided, with the secret-
ary, Mrs. Bob Harper, reading the
j final minutes. Mrs. George B. Mur-
j phy conducted the lesson, which
I was taken from "Handbook of Re-
ligious Denominations In the Un-
I ited States," by Mead, a Methodist
Minister.
Two lessons have been taken
from this book: one on the Bant-
| ist denomination and one on the
Salvation Army. It was learned
j that there are twenty-three divi-
sions of the Baptist Church, fund-
j amentally the same.
I The group were told how Wil-
| liam Booth, a Methodist minister
originated the Salvation Army,
with no intention of starting a
j new religious sect. Many interest-
ing beliefs and practices of this
denomination were learned.
At the final business meeting,
the nine dollar* in the treasury
were donated to the current Mary
Hill Davis offering for State Mis-
sions.
Sallee circle closed with a lunch-
eon meeting held in the home of
Mr*. E. Patton, circle chairman.
8ixtoen members and four visi-
tor* were present, the visitors be-
ing Mrs. F. M. Gresham, Mrs. Bob
Taylor, Mra. R. E, McElmurry,
and Mrs. Jeerell Garrett.
Tables, set un in the dining room
and the living room were decorat-
ed with zinnias and coxcomb, ar-
ranged by Mrs. A. L. Graves.
The bountiful supply b/^ood was
furnished by the members and
served buffet style.
When the luncheon wa* finish-
ed. a final business meeting wa*
Held during Which it was voted to
contribute The eight dollars and
eighty-eight cents in the treas-
ury to Mary Hill Davis Missions
offering, which is receiving cur-
ent emphasis.
Doaath circle also closed with a
luncheon meeting held in,the home
of its chairman, Mrs. €. O. Me-
Mill-n, who gave ft as a thank-you
courtesy to tbe members.
At tanrthltty o’clock, th* cirri*
teacher, Mrs. John Foust, conduct-
Wolfe, Bud Higgs and Galen Gil-
bert.
The club will meet again Sept
20, at 7:31 p.m. in the recreatiol
room of the high school.
Neis of Your
FRIENDS
and ""
NEIGHBORS
L. W. Phltlips, rormer secretary-
manager of tk^ Stephenville Cham-
ber of Commerce and now hold-
ing a similar position with Du-
rant, Okla., sends local friend*
copies of two recent edition* of
publicity articles that give much
information about Durant and its
recreation facilities. Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip* and their two sons, Lyn
and Wiley, made their home here
for many years and have a wide
acquaintance in this area. During
the year.4 that, he lived here Mr.
Phillips was assistant cashier of
the Cage A Crow Bank and later
cashier of tie Stephenville State.
After that time he held positions
as postmaster and with the Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. L. Pittman
of Irving were here Sunday and
Monday visiting in the liome of
his mother, Mrs. M. G- Pittman
and his sister, Miss Blanche Pitt-
man, Mr. Pittman is cashier of
(he Irving State Bank.
Mr. arid Mrs. Ross Wright of
Fort Worth, were jn tie city
Sunday and Monday visiting in
the home of hi* brother, Earl
Wright, and with other relative*
and friend*.
The Day Thomas family is now
located at the County Jail whera
he has accepted' a position as
deputy sheriff under Sheriff R.
E. George and will also act as
jailer and caretaker. Prior to
this employment Mr. Thomas wa*
on the city police force.
Mr. and Mm. V* 0. Morgan
spent Wednesday in Brownvrood
with Mr and Mr*. Bert Pgck,
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1954, newspaper, September 17, 1954; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1134930/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.