The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954 Page: 7 of 16
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honor will be Mre. lone Allen,
deputy grand matron. All mem-
bers are urged to attend.
%tch member will bring a gilt
for another and men will bring
gilts for men
The coach paid special tribute
to Oary Kerguion, all-state
tackle; Bobby Wlnans and
Spike Dykes, three-year letter-
men
After the introductions, gifts
from the club were presented
the four coaches.
John Duke, speaking for the
team, expressed appreciation to
the Quarterback Club for Its
fine support the past year and
especially the making a chart-
ered bus available for all out-
of-town games He also
expressed appreciation for the
line sportsmanship shown by
the entire community and the
loyul support whether the team
won or lost
Bobby Wlnans. speaking for
the team, presented a gift
certificate to Price Middleton,
who served the team as trainer
the past season
Blondy Cross. San Angelo
sportswrlter. stated that the
general opinion of out-of-town
fans and sports writers was
that the Ballinger team was
the strongest team in the dis-
trict at the end of the season
After dismissal players went
for their dates and returned
lor several hours of dancing
and other entertainment
an()a chi oa'P
HERE’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT—Especially you Christ-
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ristmas
Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler and Plymouth
Quarterback Club
Honors Bearcats
Of ’St at Banquet
Better
Service
Better
Used Cars
Basketball Games
For District 8-AA
To Start*January 4
on December 20 and the Colo-
rado City quintet will return
the game here on the night of
December 30 The complete con-
ference schedule follows
*JuJiuuiy 4 Whitens; thele
January 7 Brady, here
January 11 laike View, there
January 14 DeLeon, here
January lit -Comanche there
January 21 -Coleman, here
January 25- -open
January 28—Winters, here
February 1 Brady, there
February 4 Lake View, here
February 8 DeLeon, there
February 11 Comanche, here
The American Legion hall
was crowded Friduy night for
the annual football banquet
given U> the Bearcat Quarter-
back Club In honor of the 1054
football squad
The hall was beautifully dec-
orated In red and black and
each table had some piece of
football equipment us a renter
piece The meal was s e i v e d
cafeteria style with the players
first through the line
E B Underwood, club presi-
dent. presided for the informal
program at the conclusion of
the meal fie presented the
coaches from all schools and
Coach Douglas Cox Introduced
each player The players
I n r 1 u d e d both the A and B
teams and gave fans an Idea
of who will return next year
The Ballinger Bearcat basket-
ball team Is playing a series of
games the remainder of this
month and on January 4 will
begin Its regular conference
schedule This will be a round
robin series, each school team
meeting the others In two
games, one at home and one
away. All B team games will
start, at fi 30 p m and A team
games will begin at 8.00 p m
On Deccmoer 17 and 18 the
Bearcats will go to Abilene to
take part In a tournament spon-
sored by McMurry College The
locals will play at Colorado City
Ballinger, Texas
Hutchings Avtnu
EASTERN STAIl CHRISTMAS
PARTY TO BE TOMORROW
Ballinger c h a p t e r No 200.
Order at the Eastern Star, will
have lt-s Christmas party tomor-
row (Friday! evening at 7 30
The meeting will be held In the
Masonic hall and the guest of
Be* sure it’s Christmas
CaroUwtr.d n«t the
crackle of destroying
flames! Play safe . . .
Prevent fires!
Stunning
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extern (heft Bn
ontl oak
lUftl t*lu« if
Wo reserve the right to limit
quantities and to refuse sales
to dealers or their repre-
sentatives.
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in LIFE
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4-Ox.
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Strawberries
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IN JET PIA
New Joy For The
y Hard of Hearing
Capt George E Kcvil, 26.
formerly of Ballinger and more
recently of San Angelo, was
killed In a plane crash near
Luke AFB, Arizona, Saturday.
A Korean war veteran, Capt
Kevll wax training at the Ari-
zona base with the Thunder-
birds. a jet acrobatic team He
was flying an F84 Thunderjet
when the fatal crash occurred
HLs wife and three children
had recently moved from San
Angelo to Phoenix, Arizona, to
be with him His parents. Mr
and Mrs Kenneth Kevll, who
reside at San Angelo, were noti-
fied of their son's death Satur-
day night
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Cocoanut Cookies
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1954, newspaper, December 16, 1954; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1159653/m1/7/?q=music: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.