The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1947 Page: 21 of 28
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THE SEALY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1947
FIVE
JITTER
Arthur Pointer
AS.
Warm Springs Foundation Has
HOUDAY JOY!
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Vitek
— WALLIS —
9400220
RAWLS-JONES LBR. CO.
H. S. BOLM, Mgr.
Wallis
Ph. 84
wen and Compar
possible.
Betty Jo Viereck
WALLIS
Miss Ethelyne Benton of Abi-
lene Christian College is spend-
ing the holidays with her par-
ents and relatives.
TITTER
SANTA.
Dress In Sackcloth
Without Ashes
WFAA Applies
For Television
Station Permit
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
As Santa finds his way into your
home, may he bring you many
holiday joys, and a prosperous
and Happy New Year!
WALLIS
CLEANERS
is now bringing
to you.
filed
with the Federal Communications
This Merry Christmas
is to you.
There is no wish
we can give more true
than this jolly
old fellow
A BRIGHT AND CHEERY
HOUDAY TO YOU ALL
KRCHNAK’S LIQUOR STORE
FR. KRCHNAK
— WALLIS —
The trouble with people who
•‘drink like fish” is that they
don’t drink what the fishes do.
TO YOU, YOU, and YOU
a very
ERRY CHRISTMAS
and the very best
that the New Year can bring
RY CHRISTMAS
Everybody!
From desert to sea, from earth to
heaven, the spirit of Christmas
encircles the world. To each and
everyone of you — we wish all
the joys and happiness Christ-
mastide brings. To all our pat-
rons, we thank you sincerely - we
look forward to serving you
even better in '48.
join with all your other
friends of this community to extend
to you a very sincere wish that this
Yuletide season may enrich your life
with its spirit of friendliness and beauty.
I WALLIS STATE BANK
Member F.D.I.C.
7 — WALLIS —
converting the cotton bags into •
clothes for a long time and at
little expense.
A printed flour sack, 36x43 in-
ches sells for 47c; a plain white
for 39c. A needle, thread and
an idea or pattern can turn out
useful clothes.
Some housewives have made
ruffled curtains and drapes, slip
covers for chairs, table cloths,
and bedspreads from the cast-off
bags. The bag manufacturers
are co-operating by making
their trade-marks on the sacks
removable in a single soaking.
Christmas time is a season of good cheer, and
the greetings of good friends. To one and all
we send a hearty wish for the best holiday
season you’ve ever had.
Application has been
ad la-wiaehian
SANTA CLAUS
1 COMING TO
,42 TOWN €
buttwas
Talk about “sackcloth and—”
if you want to, ladies, but Mem-
phis, Tenn., women really wear
them—and beautifully, too.
The new fashions didn’t come
from Paris or New York, but out
of the Tennessee hills and cot-
ton fields. The styles are “Sacks
cotton, flour,” not “Saks Fifth
Avenue.
Used 100 lb. floursacks are
being made into evening dresses
suits and smart dresses, both
printed and white. The city sis-
ters learned the trick from' near-
by farm wives who have been
EAGLE CAFE
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gerlich
Wall. Texas
Dr. Fr. B. Boyle As
New Medical Director
Dr. Frank B. Boyle, a native
Texan and now a resident of Dal-
las, will on January 1, begin his
duties as medical director and
chief orthopedic surgeon at the
Gonzales Warm Springs Founda-
tion for Crippled Children. He
will direct the treatment of
crippled ' children at the Texas
orthopedic center, which will
have facilities to care for 110
patients at all times. The Foun-
dation is supported by contri-
butions from generous Texans
throughout the state and no child
is denied treatment because of
lack of funds. Dr. Boyle is well
known to medical circles through
out the state, and has had wide
experience in his work. He ser-
ved overseas four years during
the war, holding the rank of
major.
Commission by the A. H. Belo
Corporation for a television sta-
tion permit for The Dallas News
and WFAA to operate on Chan-
nel 12 with 30,000 watts power,
it was announced Tuesday by
Martin B. Campbell, managing
director of WFAA at Dallas.
If the permit is granted, the
new television station would
serve the Dallas-Fort Worth area
with an approximate range of
forty-five miles. The Dallas
News-WFAA contract with the
Mercantile Bank for use of the
Mercantile tower for FM trans-
mitter and antenna, now in op-
eration, also includes provision
for television.
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by the mothers Singers of Bell-
ville, after which Dr. Tom Spen-
cer of Blinn College, gave a well
organized speech on World Cit-
izenship, Following the speech
was a short business meeting,
and introduction of visitors.
During the social hour the
Bellville Homemaking girls ser-
ved the members and Dr. and
Mrs. Spencer with cookies and
coffee.
Movie of the Month
This week the elementary and
high school students saw the
everlasting beautiful movie,
“King of Kings,” produced by
De Mille and starring W. B. War-
ner. This full-length picture
presented the last three years
of Christ’s life on earth and the
crucifixion.
Carolyn Krampitz
High School Girls
Volley Ball Event
Scheduled at Blinn
About two hundred girls from
various high schools in this
section are expected to partici-
pate in the high school girls In-
vitation Volley Ball Tournament
to be sponsored by Blinn Col-
lege at Brenham January 9 and
10. Mrs. Paul Burgess, girls’
physical training director at
Blinn, is in charge of the tourna-
ment and will be assisted by
Lois Rust, Betty Bass, and all
other girls of the physical train-
ing classes.
First place, second place, and
consolation trophies will be a-
warded to the ranking teams.
Members of an all-tournament
team to be selected by the coach-
es in attendance, will receive in-
dividual awards.
High school that have enter-
ed teams in the tournament in-
clude Fayetteville, Brenham, Or-
chard, Bellville, Sealy, Thorn-
dale, Bryan, Eagle Lake, Tom-
ball, La Grange, Round Top, Car-
mine, Huntsville, Cypress-Fair-
banks, Milano, Waller, Pattison,
Burton, Richmond and Snook.
Girls Basketball
A good portion of the girls
in Sealy high school are willing
this year to participate whole-
heartedly in sports. The 'girls
here are offered the sport of
volley ball but the greater part
of the girls have decided on
basketball.
Our mothers played this sport
when they were teen-agers, and
we’d like to play it also.
We now have a total of about
twenty girls who want to play
basketball. These girls are sin-
cerely hoping that it will be
were placed on both sides of the
stage. The teachers wish to ex-
press their thanks to Mrs. Prei-
bisch and Mrs. Cook for the
Christmas tree and center table
decoration on the stage and also
the teachers who co-operated in
presenting the play.
In the Homemaking depart-
ment where refreshments were
served, was a huge lighted
Christmas tree.
Those attending were as fol-
lows:
Woodrow Hluchan, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack C. Metzler,, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Walters, Mrs. Emma
Thomas, Miss Myrlte McKinley,
Mrs. Billie Preibisch, Miss Mary
Alice Keer, Miss Doris Jean Mar-
tin, Mrs. Bess Cook, Mrs. M. F.
Mersman, Mrs. Margaret Josey,
Mrs.-Effie Wessner, Sealy; Leroy
H. Grube, Mrs. Bertie Mae Payne,
Miss Hazel Andrews, Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Hill, Hillia Mit-
tanck, Mrs. Louise Machemehl,
Mrs. Claude H. Smith, C. H.
Smith, Mrs. 0. G. Cannon, Miss
Louise Louwein, Mrs. and Mrs.
S. J. Makeever, Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Bynum, Miss Ellen
Kloss, Miss Clara, Brugger, Bell-
ville.
Marvin C. Schnelle, Raymond
Huch, Harry Sammer, Herman
Garbe, Nordheim.
Miss Clara Jez, Hartsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ziegen-
heim, Mrs. Mary B. Hughson,
New Ulm.
Lydia Dannheim, Kenney.
Ad. Hrachovy, Frydek.
Miss Gertrude Niebuhr,, W. J.
Wasicek, Wallis.
Mrs. Elsie Hess, Miss Maggie
Brune, Sealy.
Ada B. Mewir, Nelsonville.
Mrs. Beulah Stafford, Piney.
Mrs. Enola Phillips, San Fe-
lipe.
Mrs Velma Wilpitz, Frydek.
PTA Meeting
A joint PTA meeting of the
Sealy and Bellville members was
held at Bellville, Thursday, Dec.
18. Christmas carols were sung
Teachers Retirement Laws as
They Pertain to You.”
Group Organization Insurance,
Mr. Joe Makeever.
Business meeting and introduct
ion of officers, Joe Walters.
Refreshments of cookies and
cocoa were served under the
direction of Mrs. Bradfield,
Homemaking teacher. Teachers
brought gifts which were hand-
ed out during the serving of re-
freshments.
The stage was beautifully de-
corated with Christmas scenery.
The background was a pale blue
and icicles hung from the drap-
eries. Huge Christmas wreaths
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TIGER’S
ROAR
of SEALY
HIGH SCHOOL
Holiday Announcement
School will be dismissed Dec-
ember 23rd for Christmas holi-
days. Classes will begin with a
fresh start in a New Year, Janu-
ary Sth. Teachers hope the stu-
dents will enjoy the holidays and
be content to settle down for the
mid-term examinations on their
return.
Patsy Stringer
Austin County Teachers
Association Meet
The Austin County Teachers’
Association met in the Sealy hi
school auditorium Tuesday night,
December 16, 1947. The program
was:
Opening of meeting, President
Joe Walters.
“Welcome to Sealy”, Supt.
Vernon Madden.
Christmas Operetta, Sealy Jr.,
and Grammar school pupils, di-
rected by teachers.
Principal speaker, Mrs. B. B.
Sapp, sec-treas. of Teachers Re-
tirement System. Subject: “The
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