The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1949 Page: 10 of 26
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Thursday, April 28*1949
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announcement.
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2 Reports Meeting
Grace Wheeler, president, di-
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Troop 2, Levelhind Girl Scouts,
met Tuesday, April 26, at 5 p. m.
la the Scout House. The register
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5 JUNIORS
W.S.C.S. Meeting
Held In Level land
“Forward Through Faith”
the subject of a district WSCS
group, which met here this week.
A hymn, prayer, introduction of
officers, preceded the roll call of
churches. Mrs. A. M. Fullford
presented a literature and publica-
tions skit, assisted by the Pettit
society.
Mrs. W. B. Landrum, of Tyler,
was principal speaker of the pro-
gram. Mrs. Landrum is division
field worker.
Members of the WSCS group of
the First Methodist church here
served luncheon.
A business session, which fol-
lowed the luncheon, was succeed-
ed by group clinics and medita-
tional .services, directed by Mrs.
Jordan Grooms. Mrs. Wayne Har-
dy of Levelland was presented in
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Methodist Club
To Meet Tuesday
The Methodist Missions
World Friendship club will meet
Tuesday afternoon, May 3, at four
o’clock in the home of Mrs. Dick
Brasher.
Each member is expected to be
present and to bring a new en-
rollee.
An important business session
and election of new officers for the
coming year will be before the
group.
The club will disband during the
three summer months and will ex-
pect a large enrollment when the
organization resumes operation
in September. A
First September gathering of
the group will be with the group
sponsor, Mrs. M. G. Kennedy.
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Missionary Union
Chairmen Report
Circle chairmen reported on
ccmplished work during a
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Recognition Day
AtTech Includes
Levelland Students
Four Levelland students, en-
rolled in Texas Tech, will be
awarded special recognition in
services to be held May 1 in con-
nection with annual Parents’ Day
on the campus.
The four are: Jo Olive Mobley,
arts and sciences school; Irma
Beaver, business administration;
Bobby Simpson, business adminis-
tration; and Richard C. Stripling,
engineering.
The upper three percent of each
class (freshman, sophomore, jun-
ior, and senior) in each of the five
divisions, arts and sciences, home
economics, engineering, business
administration and agriculture,
were included as outstanding
scholastics.
One hundred and seventy-eight
students qualified for the special
recognitions.
Girl Scout Troop
4 Meets Friday
Members of Girl Scout troop 4
met Friday afternoon at the scout
house, where shrubbery has been
set out with compliments of the
Rose Garden club.
Bertha Suits was elected Girl
Scout of the month. Other busi-
ness before the meeting included
a discussion of the summer camp
at Alpine, and a brief resume of
of troop-earned merit badges.
Those present were Sue Conat-
ser, Mary Marcom, Bennie Woot-
en, Bertha Suits, Mary Forehand,
Mickey Ritchie, Claudette Tucker,
Nelwyn Allan, Evelyn Miller, Pat-
sy Elrod, Mae Bachman, Betty
Ann Ragland, Jerry Johnson, Ear-
lene Tyler.
Mrs. Wood troop leader, and
Sammy Wood, troop mascot, also
attended the meeting.
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Plant Exchange To
Be Held Friday
A plant exchange has been set
for Friday afternoon from two to
five at the home of Mrs. Wayne
Hardy, 1509 Austin.
Everyone is invited to the ex-
change which works like this.
Each person attending brings
plants or shrubs of which they al-
heady have too many, then
takes plants and/or shrubs which
someone else has brought and
which she needs.
The Exchange is sponsored by
the Levelland Progressive Garden
Club, but Mrs. Hardy emphasized
that the public was invited to take
advantage of this opportunity to
swap to a mutual advantage.
was passed for a]l girls to sign,
and the dues were collected by
the treasurer, Mary Ivan Gressett.
Mrs. Clark Pirtle, leader, remind-
ed the troop that it is time to pay
, annual dues and register the tropp
with National Headquarters for
another year. The girls were ask-
. ed to bring the $1.00 annual dues
j to the meeting next Tuesday.
' Troop members voted to add the
following dule to the troop by-
laws? If a member is absent from
the meeting without an excuse she
shall be required to pay 10 cents
into the troop treasury, in addition
to the weekly dues.
After discussing several matters
such as visits to troop members
and friends who are ill, the admit-
tance of new members to the troop
and planning next week’s meet-
ing, the girls divided into six
groups and distributed hand bills
advertising the Chest X-ray Unit,
among the residents in the mid-
section of town.
Those present were: Sandra
Brown, Nancy Herring, Ivan Gres-
sett, Grace Wheeler, Martha Mays,
Margarita Solis, Mary Jo Minor,
Mary Ann Payne, Barbara Ann
Jeffcoat, Joan Cummins, Jerrie
Holt, Joey Richardson, Kamclia
Klingensmith, Mary Ann Hum-
phreys, Clara Howard, Laquita
I Adams, Carolie Sikes, Sue Quiptt,
1 Mrs. Clark Pirtle, leader and Nan-
cy Herring is troop reporter.
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Mrs. Pace Hostess
To H. D. Club Meet
Mrs. Cecil Pace was hostess Fri-
day to the regular meeting of the
Homebuilders Home Demonstra-
tion. club. Mrs. Pace presided at
the meeting in the absence of the
organization president.
Roll call and minutes were read
by Mrs. Joe Teeters. A report on
the last council meeting was given
by Mrs. Elmer Veretto, council
delegate.
Final plans were formulated for
a luncheon, to be held Monday,
May 2, to honor all members of
the commissioners court,
county club groups.
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month period when women of the
First Baptist W. JVI. U. met Mon-
day afternoon.
“Are the objectives of the Wo-
man’s Missionary Union worth-
while?” was the question posed by
the president of the group, Mrs.
A. F. Mathis, as the circles gath-
ered for their regular monthly
meeting.
The question was answered by
reports of Mrs. W. B. SmallwQod,
Mrs. Vernon Pickering, Mrs. J. W.
Carrell, and Mrs. Judson Barnett,
who discussed high and low points
of the month’s work.
Standing committee chairmen,
Mrs. Bill Clark, MissiiVis and Per-
iodicals; and Mrs. Levi Schrock,
Community Missions, spoke on
phases of the work under their
direction. <
Benevolence report was read by
Mrs. W. M. Pickard.
Mrs. L. J. Crawley, stewardship
chairman, and Mrs. R. L. Owens,
chairman of Mission Study, were
unable to offer reports.
The W. M. U. will meet nexl
Monday by circles.
Seven auxiliaries are sponsored
by the W. M» U., and are formed
for bl^ages bf young people in the
parfthnsNUFefi and one in the Mex-
r' ican Mission,
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Mrs. R. H. Hester
Attends Opera In
Dallas Sunday
Mu. a. n. nesiui attended a
performance of Veri’s "Aida,” giv-
en Sunday atiernoon m Dalias city
auditorium. Attendance at the
Sunday presentation exceeded all
previous records for opera perfor-
mances in Dallas.
Four thousand people heard
Stella Roman as the Ethiopian
princess, Aida, with Margaret
Harshaw, contralto, and Kurt
Baum and Set Svanholm in sup-
porting roles.
According to information re-
leased by the Dallas Morning
News, Miss Roman received her
inspiration to sing the “Aida”
role when she visited the home-
land of Verdi on a recent trip
abroad.
Mrs. Hester, who instructs music
pupils in her home here, praised
highly the ballet sequences, as well
as the operatic vocal portions of
the programs.
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The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1949, newspaper, April 29, 1949; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1219058/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.