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smart, flexible and long wearing. You’ll find
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NEW YORK—Modern men may understand the atom and the
fourth dimension, but he still refuses to walk under a ladder or let
a black cat cross his path.
The most mature minds cling to childhood superstitions, some-
times in fun, often in earnest, says Claudia de Lys in her new book,
“A Treasury of American Superstitions” (The Philosophical Library
N. Y., $5).
Having devoted her entire life to the study of origins of supersti-
tious beliefs throughout the world, Miss de Lys has assembled her
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That’s what you will always
find at these stations, where
they sell famous Texas-made
Panhandle Gasoline and Motor
Oils:
Chuck’s Service Station
Summit Ave.
Murrell’s Service Station,
Rice Avenue
Murphy Service Station
Highway 82, east of town
Gardner’s Service Station,
332 N. Commerce St.
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for this area of North Texas to-
night and Tuesday, according to
the weather forecast.
The sky was clear at noon with
the mercury standing at 86 de-
grees, Sunday’s registration of 93,
and Saturday’s high of 94, failed
to top the season’s record of 95
degrees set Friday afternoon. Last
night’s low temperature was 65.
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with five blades and 10 inch solid
rubber tires.
Special features of the Double
M mowers are the cutting unit,
made from a special alloy steel,
cold tempered, a compact and
simple bearing assembly, consist-
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bearings of one piece construc-
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and rachet of best material avail-
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Attention is called to the com-
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on the chin, “we have a party line.
Remember?"
“But I didn’t hear any ‘clicks,’ ”
said Judy. “No one tried to use the
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home of the bride’s mother, 204
West Uvalde street.
The couple will make their
home in Amarillo wh ere Mr.
Prestage has a position as one of
the representatives of the Mc-
Gaugh Hosiery mills of Dallas.
The bridegroom is the brother
of Mrs. Henry Lynch, 808 South
Clements street.
Summer Band School
To Be Conducted Here
For the first time in a number
of years, a summer band school
for beginners from the fourth
through the ninth grade of local
public schools will be conducted
this year, B. D. Ford, municipal
band director, announced Monday.
The school will start on Mon-
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said. Fie gave as illustrations, the
life of George Washington, whom
he said “was great because he
served his country, rather than
serving as general and as presi-
dent. He said Thomas A. Edison
was great because he gave himself
to the service of mankind.
The speaker told of two great
characters in the Bible, Absolem
who built a monument to himself
and was a great sinner, and Jacob,
who became great because he was
remembered for his service to his
family and his people.
He stressed the point that one
must be trained to serve and con-
cluded with the warning that
“freedom from responsibility will
end in disaster for the individual.”,
representing three temples in
Dallas, Fort Worth and Wichita
Falls, in observance of Shrine day.
The event was sponsored by the
Gainesville Shrine club of 44
members headed by T. S. Craw-
ford, president, and began with a
street parade at 3 p. m.
Mr. Crawford led the parade,
riding in a tableau wagon of the
gave the invocation and the bene-
diction.
The graduates wore new ma-
roon caps and gowns for the serv-
ice. The stage was decorated with
flowers and the podium was
banked with ferns.
Seated on the stage with the
graduates, were the school offi-
cials, Superintendent Roy P. Wil-
“Could be,” said Dad, “but some-
wide area surrounding Gaines-
ville.
The Moslah Temple band pre-
sented a concert from the stage
of the auditorium during the serv-
ing 6f the meal.
Chairman G. W. Lyons reported
the event most successful in every
respect.
findings in an impressive and entertaining volume which will hold
many surprises for the best informed.
Did you know, for instance, that the girl who darkens her
lashes with mascara is following an ancient superstition used by
primitives to ward off the “Evil Eye”?
Did you know that the wearing of earrings was started as an
amulet, to bring good luck and ward off bad fortune?
How often have you heard someone say “Keep your fingers
crossed!” when awaiting the outcome of a business deal, a horse
race, or an expected bonanza of good luck? This superstition, one
of the most widespread in modern times, dates back to the ancient
belief that the sign of the cross brings good fortune, says Miss de
Lys.
The custom of throwing rice' at a wedding also has ancient ori-
gins, says the author. It is believed to be a survival of ancient re-
ligious rates of the Hindus and Chinese, who believed rice to be the
symbol of fertility. .
The word “honeymoon” originated from the ancient Teutons,
among whom a newly married couple used to be given a kind of
honey wine to drink, for a period of one month or “moon after
marriage. .
Fashion also is affected by folklore, says Miss de Lys, pointing
out that the modern custom of wearing a triangular scarf over the
head dates back to ancient style based on the belief that the triangle
was a mystic symbol, able to ward off evil spirits. . ,
The ancients believed the hair often harbored evil spirits—hence
the phrase—“He gets in my hair.”
Thirteen has been considered an unlucky number ever since
man learned to count, except among the Egyptians, who regarded
it as lucky. The number has been called “the devil’s dozen.”________
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A fine line of gasoline powered
and hand lawn mowers is being
manufactured by the Muenster
Manufacturing company at Muen-
ster, of which L. H. Baumhardt is
general manager.
The company manufactures the
“Double M” line of mowers, with
many improvements in construc-
tion and performance qualities.
The Summer King has a stream-
lined chassis, polished hub caps,
large semi-pneumatic tires, five
blades of 16-inch width, and
welded tubular steel handle bars.
The Summer King gasoline
powered model has a 22-inch cut
and a specially designed four-
cycle 112 horsepower gasoline mo-
tor. There is no jack shaft or
speed reducing mechanism to get
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principal of the high school, and
Harris A. Latham, school board
chairman.
The college and high school
chorus was also on the stage. Di-
rected by Bob Pratt of the school
faculty, the chorus sang the pro-
cessional, “Pilgrims’ Chor u s,”
“The 42nd Psalm,” “God of Our
Fathers,” and the recessional “Pil-
grims’ Chorus” from Tannhauser.
Ushers were Jo Ann Grundy,
Clista Jean Terry, Betty Cole, Ora
Lee Weatherly, Norma Cooke and
Theresa Taylor.
School activities will predomi-
nate the social scene for the com-
ing week with senior activities
and school promotion taking the
lead.
Activities for the coming week
include:
Senior Class day program to be
held Tuesday at 5:30 p. m. fol-
lowed by the annual Senior prom
at 9 p. m. in the high school gym-
nasium.
Promotion exercises will be held
Tuesday night for all of the ele-
DOROTHA LINN
Society Editor, Telephone 96
Monday
Auxiliary 1 and "2 of the First
Presbyterian church will meet
at 8 p. m. in the church parlors.
Auxiliary 2 will be hostesses.
Wesleyan Service Guild, First
Methodist church, will meet at
8 p m in the home of Miss Ethel
Beeler, 705 South Denton street
with Miss Mattie Clack as co-
hostess.
Murrell, parade chairman, holding
the reins.
Then followed the visiting
Shriners, the potentates and their
divans riding in open cars, and the
bands, drill teams, patrols, drum
and bugle corps and bedouins
marching. Special features in-
cluded the mounted drill team
from Wichita Falls on horses, and
comical characters on floats and in
a T-model Ford.
Following the parade, the Mos-
lah temple drum and bugle corps
and the Moslah drill team, Fort
Worth, went through intricate
drills to the frequent applause of
the large crowd gathered.
The group then went to Fair
Park Community center, where
the local Shriners served a barbe-
cued beef supper to more than 800
persons, including the visiting
Shriners and their wives, and Ma-
sons and their families from a
son; W. E. Chalmers, registrar of _
the Junior college; B. P. Hendley. Community circus, drawn by six
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day, June 7, with classes twice a
week for six weeks at the senior
high school band hall.
“The student who starts his mu-
sic education in the summer has
a definite advantage in that there
! are no school activities and stu-
dies to worry about, consequently
, he can relax and enjoy his study
of music.”
Class instruction is free, the
only financial involvement being
the acquisition of an instrument.
Instruments can be rented for
three months, the rental fee ap-
plying to purchase price.
E meeting of parents and stu-
j^nts will be held Tuesday at 7:30
Pm. in junior high auditorium,
ai which time instruments will
Colorful Show
Is Presented by
Visiting Shriners
Thousands of Gainesville citi-
zens who lined downtown streets
Saturday afternoon, were treated
The Rev. Herbert Anderson, pas-[to an interesting and colorful
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Greatness, Local
Graduates Are Told
“Service, the Basis of Great-
ness” was the theme discussed by
the Rev. John S. Rice, speaker at
the baccalaureate services for the
146 members of graduating classes
of Gainesville high school and
Junior college Sunday afternoon
in junior high school auditorium.
Mr. Rice cited the two steps in
life the students had completed,
their junior high and senior high
school courses, and said the next
great phase “is life itself.”
“Character is developed by
service and through service, preat-
ness is attained,” the minister
Qaleuda ^emov^nS Suspicions
About Superstitions
school will have their exercises
at 6 p. m. with J. M. Lindsay
school at 7:30 p. m. and Benjamin
Franklin and J. Frank McMurray
at 8 p. m.
The Gainesville Junior college
homecoming is scheduled for
Thursday at 5 p. m. in Mary Jo-
sephine park with all graduates
and ex-students of G. J. C. invited
to attend.
High school and college com-
mencement program will be held
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Gainesville Man
Takes Crystal
City Girl as Bride
Miss Bernice Sparks, daughter
of Mrs. Fred Foster of Crystal
City, became the bride of Joe
William Prestage, formerly of
Gainesville and son of Rev. and
Mrs. E. L. Prestage, Gainesville,
May 2, at 3 p. m. at the Crystal
City Presbyterian church.
The single ring ceremony was
performed by Rev. Milton Bohm-
falk, pastor of the Methodist
church and was assisted by Rev.
George Faison, Presbyterian pas-
tor, before an altar decorated
with traditional white lilies, green
ferns and stately white tapers in
seven branched candelabra.
Preceding the ceremony Miss
Annie Laurie Jay of San Antonio
played nuptial selections and the
traditional wedding marches. She
accompanied her sister, Mrs. Cal-
vin Carol of Austin, who sang “I
Love You Truly,” and “Because.”
The bride given in marriage by
her brother, Melvin Sparks, Tex-
as A&M student, was lovely in an
afternoon frock of all white lace
over satin designed with a plain
bodice with tunic waist line and
cap sleeves. Her picture hat was
of white net. She carried a bou-
quet of white orchids and steph-
anotis on a white prayer book
from which fell narrow white sat-
in streamers.
Miss Lillian Sparks, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor. J.
W. Flanagan and George Henry
Jay lighted the candles. Camilla
Flanagan served as best man.
Ushers were J. W. Flanagan, Geo.
Henry Jay and Sidney Parkinson.
A reception was held in the
one might have been trying to call
them; and,” he continued, “did you
ever stop to think: no one can call
YOU while you're using the line!"
“Jeepers, you’re right!” said Judy;
“I’d tell the gang there’s a five-
minute limit,” suggested Dad. “Self-
preservation, you know. Ought to
make everyone happy.”
(And it did!)
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The Ladies Auxiliary of B. of
R. T. will have a luncheon at
1 p. m. in the Fair Park Com-
munity center building to cele-
brate the 38th anniversary of
the organization.
Eugenia Reid circle, Whaley
Memorial Methodist church
meets at 2 p. m. with Mrs. Clyde
Thomas, 420 North Dixon street,
Mrs. Earl Faulkner, co-hostess.
Nursery open at the church.
Benjamin Franklin gradua-
tion exercises will be at 8 p. m.
in the school auditorium.
Friday
The B&PW club will meet at
7:30 p. m. with Mrs. Guy
French, 314 S o ut h Morris
street.
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