Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1955 Page: 4 of 14
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ISP' 1 mm
(ting to the mood of springtime
just sprung. it goes something
Ilk* thb: “Whtu th* peals w*
TOLAR
THE MIRROR W l.lfrE
March 1", the r«(third t etuinedahde’i'r The In, Tiu»t’s the *iy
t# the i»r««**»j***» from the nearby ( for Hilly and «i*" . , . then skip-
Ittary_March 1, came in like a ’■rood*. He had been here with |>fnac to the last stasia “Bat this
(entle lami> thin time though it u» much of winter but when 1 know, I love to play Through
reared in laat yaar. Though with warmer weather nifte 1 in he went the meadow, amid the hay; Up
the ileasing of * lew day* March »»“>’ t" the- woods to sing hie the- water and o’er the lea, That's
was scampering over the prairies Mwet melodies Juet after dawnhig th* way for Billy and me”
and through the woodlun Is, touch- , Seeii.K the redbird hopping a I tout Yes, spring has sprung and win-
ing op the- landscape- with bright t WH* memory to stirring -brings to ler -ha* went.” March malady has
green of shooting grasse# »nd frag- mim* a large calendar of some com,, this way and spring ecstasy
lie green of leafing troev , fifteen or eight ear different bird* -has took" us. The gras* is a
March 3. the gentle warmth of I *«“* t*nie «r l-ous*hold when huto straigbUr and a mHe green-
tho run would seem to have pop- * w“ “ f ^ "e Vil “ “S ! rr t*,n * "•»««» Tears-eouW it
ped the white bloom into being or. \ *h# dn>U‘h ‘8 °" ** W,/
I*. S. As this goes into the mail
a norther has just blown in. Glad
we haven't started on our sul
i hur and molasses tonic.
of last week with his parents, Mr.
and Mr*. (L. F. Fitrhugh.
i Robeit I .oft in of Gonaales was
' kewt* laat w**k for a throe-day vis-
it with hi* parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall I-of tin, and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Everts and
family */ Victoria, Mr. aad Urn
Ernie Carter and famtty at Bri-
tan and Mr. and Mrs-. Dollsrhide
aad baby at Fort Worth spent the
weekend with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Everts.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Hufstetler
of Lubbock spent last Thursday
i and Friday with his aunt, Mrs.
N'etti# Neely.
Dianne Smith of Waco jpent the
weekend with her grandparent*,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Browning. Dr.
or af*i'n01
SWIM®
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WHEN YOU
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k in 7 ,77 7\kT 77LT i of calendar and it was sui-
&.*£• ,,d Sr “
. , T. > calendar was put out by the Dow
i V l, *7? ., i Brand Arm and Hammer Soda Co.
c rclmg tha first spring blossoms , viewed
fills one wutlLUPstflgia to wall .... ..
.. j tv; a.* «, f thought it win ju.-t about the
^ “beautifullest- piece ri art work
the birthday of a great invan- £
tor, Alexander G. Bell, who gave By MRS. PASCAL BROWN
us the telephone wWfh w;»s pat- March “ In 1 ‘ *'‘ c" tlJ"' lli,> Mr. and Mrs. Ear! Shaffer and
ented on W-reh >4*7.;. Patr.ck Henry made k.s famous famUy ttccompaniad by and
March 1 WITday is not only Give me hbnity or giso Mrt E G shaffpr gpent the firat
the birthday of the telephone, but m* «^tb. a quotation that has f gf Jjut WKak in Bi(f Spring in the
also marks the birthday of one of ^'"u'n*i 1,vln‘f V home of Mr and Mr*. Mattie Hipp
our great pioneers in the field of What if there was lie liberty. , famj|y
plant improvement Though Bur- What if there wa. ro springtime: ; ^ ^amM Friday on
bank grew «p on Uw tarni close to > « Ml then. j account of a teachers meeting,
plant life be cared not to be a March 21, here we have the first Mr. and Mrs Junior Burgan of
farmer, instead he became a me- day of spring, officially that is,; Coipus Chriati spent the weekend
chanic. However, at 22 he began ; but methinks spring has been on j ^th her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
experimenting with potatoes and the upsurge since the first dayj £u,| Shaffer, and family,
finally gave to us the famous Bur- of the new year. Nowadays we j yr an<| Mrs. Marshal! Rogers
bank potato, a bigger and better do not make auch anaevmt of the anj baby of Davis, Okla., visited
spud. The American philosophy j advent of spring as In former I Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burgan and
that every hnmaa being has the years when grandpa was courtin'! Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rogers dur-
powci to bqcomet, better was ap- grandma. Back then the house- i jng the weekend. Mrs. Rogers
plied to plant life a* well by Bur- j wife got out the ayrup (and it was ! and Maraha remained for an ex-
bank. He experimented in his j blackstrap molasses then and j tended visit.
garden over fifty years Other! tasted of iron) and sulphur mix- Mr. and, Mrs. Pascal Brown,
improvement* he effected were I ture. sure cure for the spring ills. I Bonnie I.eclW Harry, spent Fri-
producing a spineless cactus, a Some brewed quantities of sasa- t-foy in the home of his mother,
thornless blackberry, a sledless -fra-ss tea as a tonic for thinning • Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Killion of
plum and a strawberry that w->uld the blood which everyone was con- | Harbin.
ripen all year. He made^'.he flr. t vinred that it needed thinning Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ash and
gladiolus which was able* to stand ! with tlte coming of spring. Grand- j ,<*, t>a)? 0f Seymour spent the
on its own stem, lie developed ! pa took off his heavy red flan- ] weekend in th« home of her par-
walnuts with thinner shells and ncls while grandma made ready to ents, Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Brown
the Plumcot which is a cross of ! give her house an upside-down- j an)j family. r*
the apricot with a plum. Other j turning known as spring house- , c. B. Bunyan, Mr. and Mrs.
developments made by Burbank , cleaning. For such she employed J Junior Ceregan and Lindg and De-
wer« the Burbank rose, erintsoi. ; a big turkey feather duster to re- j *.arJ Ray stone of Corpus Ohristi
winter rhubarb, and the Shasta move winter’s cobwebs and mounds j ipent the weekend in the home of
daisy. It has been said that this' of dust collected by furniture, i Mra. C. B. Bunyan.
great lover of better plants used 1 books and other household objects. Visitors in the home of Mr. and
to draw pictures on young pump- ; She had a window cleaning too—j Mrs. Pfscal Brown and family
kins just to *ea how they would after n good scrub with a home- j Sunday Vere John Ash and chil-
looV when tho pumpkin was full j made powder and water the panes j Jpen of Arlington and Eula Jean
grown H0 was bom five years j were so clear and clean that one | and Mrs Rouse of Desdemona, and
prior to the firat settlement of ! would scarcely have realised they j a]*,, jan y Rrnhart of Abilene,
people in Stephenville whose de- ; were thefe if it had not been for] Mrs. A. B. Naul and children
scendnntx today beautify their the sparkle. The patchwork quilts J spent the last of the week in Bey-
yards with hia roses, daisies and j wore strung all over the picket j mour visiting their husband and
sweet smelling dahlias. j fence for a good airing, the feath- j father.
March 14, the day the redbud j erbeds which hsd done full duty' Eldon N'aul was a business vis-
bloomed out in all its intense and , in keeping the family warm dur- itor in Brownwood Sunday,
doloiful array. Its brown bare j ing wintry cold night* wera put | Visitors attending the singing
limbs were literally covered with out to sun. and th# rugs (that waa at the Chtiieh of Christ Sunday
orchid confetti petais. Funny'■ before linoleum) were rolled and j were from Hico, Johnsville, Des-
. thing though the redbud blossoms J taken out into the yard th*r : demons, Seymour and Abilene,
scarcely have an odor. Though I Johnny, teen-age youngster,! Mr. and Mr*. Homer Witt amj
perhaps it might have a "sdaiiiiyg* e»U*d. This rug-beating family of Wriitherford spent Surf-
scent” like the new dog-food JuSt'Chore was Johnny's great sorrow day in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
out th#* the bee can detect whril f6r it came at the exact time that O. M. Evan*.
man fliAllot. For bees hover ovo* ‘ho crawdad* were bitin' furious Mr, and Mrs. Jimmy Phillips
redfcud blossoms like smog do^.i : down at the "rrick” nnd the water and children of Hobbs, N. Mex.
San Francisco. The redbud tree was beckoning for a swim. ; and Arthur Phillips of Fort Worth |
is called the "ttar tree” of weather Speaking of spring as well as ' were recent visitors in the home !
prophets because if one plants by being enveloped by spring’s many j 0f Mr. and Mr*.”C7~D. Herrin,
ft* budding out th# garden often signs we rench back into mem- j Mr. and Mrs. W. W Parker and
gets killed that early. ! ory’s realm again recalling “A j sons of Fort Worth and Mr. and
March 14 Is also the day EH ; Boy’s ,«ong" written by James (Mrs. Max Burgan and children of
Whitney patented the cotton gir I Hogg which was the the story i 8wcetwater .visited in the home of
that meant bigger dreams for the . hour rearlcr, Book three thHt we . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burgar. and
Bcutherner. studied at school. It is so fit- [ family Sunday.
DUFFAU
; patents also. If* and Dianne re-
turned to Wac*> Sunday afternoon, j
Bobbie Jack Cummins to spend-
ing the week with hia mother, Mrs. !
Irma Cummins, as he will be '
leaving Monday, March 28, to en-
ter tho service.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Stevens of
Abilene were here over the week-
end to he with her mother, Mrs.
Cox, who was ill. They took her
to a hospital. Mr. Stevens return-
ed to Abilene, but Mrs. Stevens
remained with her mother until j
she is better.
A group of young peojde from j
I the Baptist Church attended tho j
Sunday afternoon session of the
i Baptist World Mission Conference
which was held in the Will Rogers
Memorial Coliseum.
Mrs. Bess Price returned to her j
home in San Angelo Wednesday of
last week after spending some- )
time with her sister and her hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Baker.
Recent visitors in the home of
Mr*. Dona Elliott were Mr. and
Mrs. Franeis Allen and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Vaughn, all of j
Dallas.
Mrs. Mary Jo Turner, Connie j
Rabum and Peggy Alexander were j
in StephenVttte Friday afternoon |
on business.
Mrs. Clyde Sawyer was able to |
return home with her husband j
Sunday. She had been a patient I
in Gorman'' hospital. She was j
brought to the home of her j
mother, Mrs. Edith Cochran, on
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Blanton j
qf Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Floyce j
Taylor and Cecilia Ann of Wtath- J
erford, Mri and Mrs. J. P. Blan- j
ton and Winifred of Granbury and
Harvie Blanton of Dallas spent j
Sunday with their sister and
nephew, Mrs. Jessie Tucker, and J
John.
Tee Tee Dunagan of Fort Worth
visited with Mr. and Mrs. I,. H.
Alien last Wednesday afternoon.
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Homer Stephen was in Water
Valley Monday where he served
as guest speaker for the Tom
Green County Historical Society.
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RUFUS F. HIGGS.......................................... O^ner-Publinhar
HERT C. WEST............................................................ Editor
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CongratulaUonn and beat wishca te those who have birth-
days this woek. Friday thru Thursday, March 25-31, 1953:
! [ FRl\ MAR. 25, 1955
M. II. Cox
| J. C. Guinn
John H. Bales
Gerald L. Davis
Ronda Lou Hickey
Mrs. James E. Gardner
Shirley Joanne Johnson
Mrs. Rov Hale
David A. Stafford
Nolan llenaarling
Ira R. Stephens
Mrs. Carroll Howard
Mrs. E. J. Ray
Rex Loper
Tubba Roberson
Mrs Joe Moody
Geraldine Sanders
Mrs. Pet* Purvis
Joe Stem
Bobby Sanford
Mrs. Melvin Tubbs
Ira Thompson
Mrs. Ray Flory
Mrs. Monnatte Dickerson
Rickey Carter
Carolyn Ann Row*
Edgar Sturdivant
SAT.. MAR. 26, 1955
TLTE-, MAR. 29. 1955
Thomas M. Biggs
Reta Ann Chance „
Elizabeth Ann Brown
Lee Day
1 Debra Gunn
Will Hickey
Mr. Lon Hallmark
Miss Terrell Starnes
Mrs. Mildred lleifner
Wayne Trammell
Earl Pack
J. T. Darby
Mr*. H. Reed Pack
WED, MAR. S6, 1955
Dean R. Roberson
Elaine Cason
J J. Wood
Mrs. Jo* Fisher
Arville Kinsey
Mrs. Galen Gilbert
C. R. McKinney
Mrs. T. E. Hunter
Carl J. Christian
Melanie Latham
SI N.. MAR. 27. 1963
Dorothy Phipps
{ Mrs. Jean Gaza way
C. H. Yancy
Mrs. Rose Burgan
Eldon Christian
O. R. Clifton
THU., MAR. 81. 1955
Mrs. Joanna M. Gentzel
Mr*. H. O. Greer
Mrs. Jake Hilburn
Clee Harrington
Mr*. W. S. Keilberg
Mra. Irene Giesecke
Mrs. C. C. Wood
Linda Kay Hill
Robert Shelton
Wayne Kelley
J. P. Gazaway
Her*he 11 S. North
Mra Ralph Blankeaship
James Lowery
Guy Brand Baker
D. L. Phillips
Mrs. John Jackson
Gary Weed
MON., MAR. 26, 1955
Mrs. J. P. Jambs
C. H. Baber
Roy Mitchell
Nolan Lee Brandt
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West, Bert C. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1955, newspaper, March 25, 1955; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135043/m1/4/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.