The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BALLINGER 1
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The ftnt in a atria* of got-
tB—than for families of the Old
Mian nil I a community, waa held laat
VINNay evening at the aecond
nfooring on Blm Creak.
Altar swimming and visiting, an
baaket picnic vaa
fad by: the famlliea of Meaara.
kbnea. Willis Smith, Wesley
Wood, Jack Ashton. Truman Calk
at Bethel, Alton Stokes Mr and
lira Paul Beard. Mr and Mrs
Rufus Allen, Mr and Mrs. Tink
Bryant and Marvm, Mr and Mrs.
Crate Adair and daughter, Mrs
Mrs Jack Bryant and sons of San
Antonio. Mrs Tom Egan. Jr , and
Children. Mrs Ed Pape and grand-
aons. Harold and Vernon, Mrs L.
C. Hivley and daughter. MLsm Mil-
dred Campbell, Paul and Wanda
Beard, Mary Ann. and Rufus
Allen Jr
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Special Missionary Program
for Klghth Street Society
Mrs W A. Erwin planned an
especially interesting and enter-
taining missionary program for a
fifth Monday meeting of the
Eighth Street Presbyterian
Womans Society Monday after-
gave entertainment. As winner.
Mrs Borders received shower gift*.
Mrs. Alton Williams and Mias
Oloria Parley assisted in serving
cookies with Ice cream.
Others Included: Mmes. Beulah
McMillan. A L. Hey wood, Ernest
Miller. LUa Kelly. Ed Phrley, P P
Holton. Roy Allamon, Alvin Neely,
C. C Henderson. J. Lester Ohl-
hausen. J W Mays. C. B. Looney.
Archie Wallace, Cecil Davidson,
O. K Jacob, S V Parrish. Troy
Reese. A. D. Smith, LeRoy Mc-
Aulay, Johnny Baker, Rons Smith,
Hugh Parrish, Lee Moreland, Jack
Hampton, A J H Borders, Misses
Bessie Smith. Eunice Phillips,
Pearl Holton, Wanda Williams,
Virginia Fowler, Creola Henderson,
and Alice Smith
♦ ♦ ♦
Gome on a jaunt on week ends
or holidays'* Bring your basket
and let us till it with good things j
to eat -saving you the hurry and
worry of preparation
The Cactus Coffee Shop
phere. Wtndow draperies were
also in blue and gold and a huge
42 J In gold was placed against
the blue velour stage curtain.
Mrs Roy C. Maddos of Winters,
assisted by different cadets, pre-
sided over the refreshment table
where froeted punch was served
with cookies and sandwiches.
Favors for girls and women
lowed by a twelve o'clock luncheon
French daisies, marigolds, and
ainnias decorated game roams,
and daisies were used exclusively
to center the dining room table
where a two-course mena was
served.
Quest prises went to Miss Ruth
Fetterman of Dallas and Mrs. W.
B. Woody, while game awards
chaperons were vanities bearing were won by Mrs W W Hchaerdel.
the Air Corps Insignia A nickel- Mrs Fred Harman, and Mrs B L.
odeon furnished music Ingram. Others Included Mmes
Girls were present from Ballln- Virgil Reynolds. Roy Worley. W L.
ger Rowena. Winters, San Angelo. Barber, and K K Hoffman
Abilene, Paint Rock and from ♦ ♦ ♦
various out-of-state towns. W. O. Middleton Home la Scene
Lt and Mrs-J C Ward. Lt and of class Meeting
Mrs. Arnold Phillips Lt and Mrs j Mrs W O Middleton. Mrs Ray-
11 O Ttbbitts. Mr and Mrs Cal | mond McBhan Mrs Ti>m Mc-
Adair. Mr and Mrs Claude Stone. Ehltlre, and Mrs Henry Moody
and Mrs Ellen Sims of Paint, were hostesses to the Methodist
Rock, were chaperones Virginia Douglass class Tuesday
• ♦ ♦ | evening In the Mtddletun home on
Mrs. Casket Gives Review I Twelfth Street
in Winters Roses and gladioluses were
Mrs Ernest Caskey was guest arranged about rooms where Mrs
speaker in Winters last Thursday j J O- Douglass gave the devotional
2-ft evrnuig at the annual entertaln-
O e # ment given by the Adult Depart-
(>»al Ruth Walker Wed* ment of the Winters Baptist Sun-
Ailun Kuium day school. The affair was held
in the church parlors Mrs Caskey
i Sister Eileen '
♦ ♦ ♦
terMoT l£,aLdllMrsWWkT Ser | T*"*.*V ** McK“‘ney‘*
, for which Mrs. Carroll Bell i of Maysfleld. became the bride of
M hostess | Alton H Rumm of Ballinger Fri-1
"Varied summer flowers decked day at 8 00 p m In a ceremony Hot Weather Suggestion
the church parlors where Mrs F at the Maysfleld Presbyterian *,°r >'our complete summer com-
<X Miller gave the devotional and Church Rev Henry Bailey read fort enjoy meals
tfcw. Erwin conducted an original the double-ring ceremony conditioned
“seek and find" missionary game The bride wore a white tailored
An exhibit of articles from th<- suit with beige and green aeces-
mission fields in China. Africa tones She had a bandeau of
Japan, Burma, Mexico and white carnations in her hair and
national stations was attractively i lovely shoulder corsage of color- Only members were included by
arranged ful gladioluses Miss Naomi Shults Mrs Leon Russell last Friday
A refreshment plate of apricot >f Gatesville. student at SWT afternoon when she was hostess
ice with angel cake squares was 8 T C. San Marcos, was maid-of-'Ui the Sew and Chat Club in her
served by Mrs Bell to Mmes honor She wore a be a u 11 f u I; attractive rural home
■rwtn. Miller Dee Oliver, W A redingote suit of navy and old .As some were engaged In Red
Taylor John Reese Rufus Allen rose with white accessories Her Cross knitting, others did indi-
Ooilina of Amarillo. H T Russell shoulder corsage waa of white ivldual handwork Cookies were
carnations
In the atr
Cactus Coffee Shop
2-lt
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs Russell Hosts Sew and Chat
ley. A T Phillips. Bam Egnot. W.
E Barber. T. A. Peayi. Virgil Rey-
nolds. John Wagner. J. 8. Rhodes.
Frank d' Angelone, and C. C.
8lratton
♦ ♦ ♦
After your swim, tennis or golf,
the Fourth -or any day. for that
matte r—just read the list of
tween meal snacks and you will
be sorry you're not the Quinta—
be sure to go to the
The Cactus Coffee Shop
2-lt
♦ ♦ ♦
Garden Club to Meet
The Civic-Garden Club will
hold Its regular July meeting
Tuesday afternoon. July 7, at 4 no
p m . City Hall auditorium
Mrs George Clements has
planned an interesting program
♦
OLFEN SOLDIER AND FRIEND
VISIT RELATIVES IN COUNTY
ON WEEK-END FI RLUl'GH
recently their detachment, a tank
destroyer battalion, was trans-
ferred to Camp Hood
Both soldiers declared the Texas
mountains and hills looked better
to them than the LouMsnn
swamps. They letsrned to camp
Sunday night and were accom-
panied by Mr and Mrs. Lange and
Mias Millie Jansa
-p_--
Mrs Ross Smith left Wednesday
for a month's stay hi law Angeles
California She will visit Mr and
Mrs Walter Woods, who arr enter-
taining a new gt*-pound (laughter
Mrs Woods was formerly Miss
Frances Smith, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Ross Smith
Advertisers' stocks
up-lo-dute.
are new and
BALLINGBBITBS BIBB
BIG FAMKNOER FLANS
A large number of Ballinger
people are taking their first air-
plane rtdee on Sundays. Hm Mg
fourtesa-passenger plane recently
purchased by a group of Instruc-
ted at the Harman Training Gun-
ter is iaed each Bunday for taking
up passengers and usually carries
a capacity load on every flight.
Inst Sunday afternoon the big
three-motored ship made twenty
flights over the city and was well
Uni (led raAi time Passengers were
still waiting mi the ground when
the servlre was discontinued for
the day
♦- —
Buy U S defense bonds ai)4
stamps every pay day
J. A. Ostertag C A Doose, E V
Roy Hill. B H Erwui,
E 8. Malone
♦ ♦ ♦
>s. M. A. Bordtri Is Honoree
served with sherbet and coca
Harold Rumm brother of the colas
Included were Mmes Tom Mc-
Exuire lewis Ooddard E C Tins-
ley. Fred Middleton Ray Tisdale
groom served as best man
Mrs Rumm is a graduate of
San Marrow High School and a
,senior at 3 W T S T C She W R Murphy, Jr. Ross Causey
*■**- **** FhUllps. Mrs Orady ^ laui(nt school in Coryell County in W O Middleton. J C Ward. M A
1940 and 1M1
Mr Rumm is a graduate of Kil-
leen High School and Is now doing
clvUian defense work at Bruce
Field
and Mrs A J Hendricks
► hostesses Monday evening tn
mittpa home on Park Avenue
I a surprise gtrt party to com-
Mrs. H A. Borders, the
Mias Jane Looney
Lovely gladioluses in tall white
i, potted ferns and fancy-
eafladlunu decorated party
where games of forty-two.
ted in the bridal theme.
Csmplsti AbeSnrts to Laud
la Eaaaels Ceuaty
GUARANTY TITLE CO,
BaUlager. Teaas
Office In Old ftoewrtty Stole
After a short honeymoon trip to
Corpus ChrtsU. the couple will be
at home in Ballinger
Out-of-town guests were Mr
and Mrs H E Rumm and daugh-
ter, Margaret of Florence Ur
and Mrs M J Wheatley and Mr
and Mrs Elvtn Walker of Port! and aviation cadet. Adolph Ooert-
Arfhur tier of Houston attended the
• • • couple
Graduation Dance for t lavs 42 J 4 4 4
Foy. and Henry Moody
4 4 4
Cadet and Californian Married
Here
The marriage of Miss Wanda
Brown of San Diego. California,
and aviation cadet James Driscoll
of Boston. Massachusetts was
solemnised last Saturday evening
at seven-thirty o'clock by Justice
of the Peace O A. Jar re It
Mrs H Holsinger. of San Diego,
preceding the business session
Miss Jewel Adams resigned as
treasurer and Mrs W O Irby was
appointed her successor
Sandwiches were served with a
fruit drink to Mmes Edward
Sonuner. Douglass. Irby. E. L.
Rampy, E C Tinsley, Ruel Bos-
well. Paul Petty. Pat Wood. Crate
Adair. A J Buchanan. O e o r g e
Newby H O Agnew. W E Moss,
and Miss Adams
♦ ♦ ♦
Baptist Naomi Class 1* lloste**
Group
Baptist Naomi Class members,
were hostesses as u group Tuesday ]
evening when they gave the'
annual social affair for the Ruth
Class at the home of their,
teacher. Mrs L L Stroble
Tile natural beauty of the gar- i
den was enhanced by baskets and '
vases of summer blossoms A low
bowl of red. while, and blur daisies :
on the refreshment plate sounded 1
the patriotic note reflected in
other details
Mrs O T TOney gave the devo-
tional and Mrs E F Lawless.
Ruth president, responded to for-
mal greetings expressed by Mrs
J H Endacott. Naomi president
Mrs W L Jeffries and Mrs Joe
Vaughn directed games
Homemade ice cream was served
with cake Others present were: I
Mmas BUI Duncan. Coy btes.
Lawrence Blackmon. Fred Mon-,
ertef. Oeorge West. Malcolm Mor-
gan. Edgar Boetsche. W. D Daven-
port. A J Hembree, Ed Lengefeld,
John Rayburn. J. O. Tuckey. A A
Wallace. E C Onndstaff. John
Castor, and M E Dillingham of
McCamey
4 4 4
Corporal Walter Lange. Jr . was
at home on a week-end pass from
Camp Hood. Temple, to visit his
parents. Mr and Mrs Walter
Lange, of Oifen Also a visitor in
the Lange home from Camp Hood
was Corporal Maurice Young, for-
mer resident of Boston. Massachu-
setts Both men were formerly
stationed at Camp Polk. Louisiana,
with the 3rd armored division but
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In thn
PUBLIC INTEREST
ELECT
E. F. SMITH
CHIEF JUSTICE
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
<A political ad paid for by friends of E F. Smith)
F,*d Harman Training Centor at N Ham sandwiched a malted wm h^ll^hr'F.urth'^
Bra r rteid were hosts at a ®llk your choice of flavors and
SHEPHERD A P4TTVSON
C. P Shepherd
Thus G. Pattrsno
Altiirnrvs at law
Will Practice in All the (‘otirta.
Office «»vcr F A M State Rank
I'elephunes
Residence lot Off ice 1M
*— rav.totoSijar.rssairs5:
" ‘ Th. C.ct,„ Co ft— 8h,„ mek" ,hryrr lh' *V"l"‘
2 It
o o o
'Irs II idles is Hostess at t Inh
luncheon
; -venlng for Class 42 K
The entire riling <if the audl-
u-rlum at Use Arm Si Navy Club
' » i. > r.c cr «%e«l with 'repr {taper
.t:earner* :t Hie Atr Corps colors
Multi Mrs Julian Hadley was hostess
M were; I,, i.cr ,-nntrart club Tuesday in
•tt ’■ 111! i.m on FU’hth Street when
at;: "Aim m the morning were fol-
S|)ecial Dinner at
The Cactus Coffee Shop
2 It
4 4 4
ParG (or Nancy Stokes
The fifth birthday anniversary
of Nancy Stoke* was the oecu-ioti
for a party for troth children and
grown ups liot Sunday afternoon,
g 1 v e i! by her parent Mr and
Mr> Altu.s Stokes in the ranch
jgMllliilMllMlIM home
After games, the pretty pink
utul white birthday rake, with its
§§[ five tiny candle*, was cut and
served with ice cream to Lucius
and Frances Stokes Rodney and
Cordelia Flunagan. Patsy and
Marvel Ashton. Boise. Juan, and
Lucius Wood. Merle Smith. Mary
Jo Forman. Beaunlta Tap pee.
Mrssrs and Mmes Cloydr Flana-
gan. Wealey Wood. Jack Ashton,
Joe Forman, and Mr Ous Nunn
♦ ♦ ♦
Going picnicking the Fourth1
It's always a picnic to eat at
The Cactus Coffee Shop
2-lt
4 4 4
Swim Party for Allies
Mmes 1-arry Muller. Elmer
Wtseley, and D O Henson were
hostesses to Airfield Allies Wednes-
day entertaining with an early
j morning swim
After assembling In the City
Hall auditorium, members were
taken to the Concho River near
Paint Rock
Coca colas were atrved with
sandwiches to Mmes Julian Had-
BANKING BY NAIL
Has Been Satisfactory for Customers
of The Winters State Bank
for Many Years
WOMEN!
Modern facts
61 years of use
speak for
CARDUI
HARRIS
FOODS at
SAVINGS
K a tier's
CRACKERS . -2-15c KETCHUP
PICKLES % ~ 21 £ 24c | SNnAcH
Salad Dressing \ JST
li~ MC
2- 25c
• • 25c
15c
Potted
Del Monte Tomato
3
4
cans
14-oi.
can*
MEAT
Del Monte To
JUICE
Pineapple
PRESERVES 16
Franco- American
SPAGHETTI 2
10c
25c
4 4 4 9
SAUSAGE 25c
47— 17c
Texas Grapefruit
JUICE
Crushed or
Sliced
I vrrlitr
10c
m flat ePC
^ cans aj
tall
cans
25c
21 piuiinlv
1* |X>U I Ills
»*c
11.93
FLOUR
Kcllugg * Gru-Piip
DOG FOOD 25 « 25c
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
ONIONS
CORNS
No. 1
Bermuda
Fre*h
J lbs.
* Urge
Q ears
10c
13c
SQUASH
OKRAH
White or
Yrllow
Cantaloupes
2 ik* Sc
Small Tender 2 lb»
3 for 10*
TOMATOES 2-1
5c
1
PEPPER ^ 2'- 15c
PRANCES California rarh
lc
1
LIMES c*!2r«» ic
Cucumbers
Crisp and Greens
pound
•49
5*
1
I
•Bra mm
HAMS
ROAST
Small Average
Half or Whole
Baby Beef
(buck
35c
25c
BACON
STEAK
Decker'* lowana
Sevrn
Tender Veal
f
15c
28c
Round Bone Steak veh.°icV 30c
CHEESE I
SMHTBIBS
CHEESE '"Ur - 2 'i~ 55c
SALT JOWLS a 14c
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942, newspaper, July 2, 1942; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162334/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.