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PAGE FOUR
SOCIETY
"THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
Tune In On KRBO
Thursday Evening, November 9, 1939
Ghursday Eveni
History of Garden
Club Reviewed at
Annual Luncheon
HS QUEEN
SENIORS AGAIN VICTORS
Rita Taylor Flashlight Queen
One of the most important con-
bought 198 annuals 296 pictures,
and turned in $114.03 in cash They
tests in the school year for the , . . .
_, were awarded 5 000 extra votes for
Abilene high school students clos-
CROWNING the four-year program of the Abilene Garden
% club was today ‘s annual fall chrysanthemum and flower
show and anniversary luncheon, at the Hilton hotel, where 1939.
40 officers were installed-and an address given by Mrs Will
Lake of Fort Worth, president of the Texas Federation of Gar-
den clubs.
Plant Materia Is in the Southwest With Regard to Partie-
ular Design was subject of Mrs. Lake's talk, in which she em-
phasized the growing of flowers in West Texas that are suit-
able in its climate
ed last night—that of the Flash-
light Queens race- and the seniors,
I with Rita Taylor as their nominee
came out the victors With a total
of 430 655 votes, their closest rivals
were the freshmen who turned in a
total of 295,330 votes
Election is based on the cash
buying the most Flashlights, 5,000
votes for having the most pictures
made and 3.000 for the best poster
This poster was made by Frank
(Foo) Fugita
The freshmen class with Patricia
Clark as their queen, bought 91
annuals, had 186 pictures made, and
turned in, the annuals bought, and turned in
the pictures made for the Flash-
light. AHS annual The senior class
—----—--------
$133 43 in cash The
sophomore nominee was Norma
Barton. Thu class bought 74 books.
had 227 pictures made, and turned
in $68.38 in cash Marilyn Maxwell
was junior class queen Her group
bought 82 books, 176 pictures, and
$58 25 in cash.
Miss Taylor will be crowned at a
ceremony next spring at the time
that the Flashlights are issued. This
is the third straight win for the
senior class with the freshmen vic-
tors the two preceding years Miss
Taylor will have a full page picture
in the annual, the most important
and coveted page in the book
El Pasoan and Abflenian
HSU Queen Race Finalists *
FRANCES SIBLEY DEAX of El Paso and Claire Nell Miller ’
of Abilene are finalists in the race for all-university queen
FD
CONGRE
of Hardin-simmons university, today's final check on yestere 3 BILLION
day's student vote revealed.
The queen will be selected when students vote Friday on
Miss Miller and Mrs. Dean. Mrs. Dean is the wife of Jack Dean, presi-
dent of the study body at Hardin-Simmons.
Eliminated in yesterday’s campus-wide student vote were Koma Bery.
Mahler of Claude. Babe Alexander of Burkburnett, Madine Hammond
of Colorado City. Edith Lewis of Baird, Zona Horn, June Frost, Ner
Gee and Jimmie Kate Tartt. ,
Fo wing her installation by
Mrs. Lake as Garden club pres-
ident for her third consecutive
term of tw years each. Mrs.
R H Thomason sketched the his-
tory of the Abilene Garden club
Mrs Thomason, who moved from
El Paso to Abilene more than four
years ago was instrumental in or-
ganization of the club and has been
at the helm since that time
Today’s was the clubs tench
flower show. It has also been
sponsor for four successful yard
and garden contests, four city-
wide lighting contests and four
pilgrimages which have brought
hundreds of visitors into Abi-
lene. MS. Thomason said
lis Jr corresponding secretary
New officers and speakers were
seated at the apex of a u-shaped
table which was centered with dec-
orated tables a part of the flower
show The luncheon was held in
the crystal room and the flower
show proper on themezzanine
The mezzanine was arranged as
a garden center, while choice
- blooms from garden throughout the
town weer used in decoration of
luncheon tables
A party of ten women from
■ Coleman and nine from Baird were
included in the luncheon personnel
of more than 125
Woven garden hats tasseled in
fall’s bright colors were containers
PROGRAM-COFFEE
GUEST FAVOR TODAY
OF ATHENIAN CLUB
A PROGRAM of music and drama entertained the guests of
4 the Athenian Study club this morning at the club's annual
guest-day program-coffee. Scene for the festive affair was the
ballroom of the Wooten hotel where decorations featured an ;
autumn setting with baskets of dahlias and chrysanthemums |
adding color to the room.
Receiving guests on the mezzanine were Mrs George Fos:
Morning Coffee
Calendared Friday
‘Mrs W O Hayter Jr. and
Mrs. J. Morey Millerman will
- co-host a morning coffee Fri-
day at the home of Mrs Hay-
ter’s parents, Mr and Mrs. O
D Dillingham 1625 Belmont
boulevard; calling hours from
10 to 11:30.
church with Mrs. G Scoggins pre- Outlook item Mrs. Ben Dortch
siding Mrs Wagner opened the read a leaflet Mrs Clay Randall
meeting with prayer and Mrs. Henry closed the session with prayer. Res
Widmer gave the devotional and freshments were served. @
FLEXI
See Titan the world s largest shoe, dis-
played in our window until Saturday
Calculated to be large enough for a woman
over 18 feet tall and weighing 13,150
pounds. The shoe size is 1062*1.
Birthdays
O
Reinstalled along with Mrs for luncheon table flowers which
• Thomason were Mrs E L Harwell, featured dubonnet and gold Korean
first vice president Mrs L P Chrysanthemums Overflowing from
Johnson reccording secretary Mrs the hars the ‘blossoms gave great
W H Ml er treasurer Mrs Wal- splashes of color to the linen-laid
ter S Pope parliamentarian New: tables
officials inducted into office were Tabie decorations were done by
Mrs O P Thrane Mrs T C Mrs Ernest Grissom, assisted by
Campbe Mrs W A. Nelson, her daughter Mrs Hal Sa , Mrs
i fou th vi e pres- D D Parramore and Mrs Charles
idents respectively Mrs L W Hol- S Signor
* * * a
Rita Taylor pictured above
the newly electee Flashlight
queen of the Abilene High
School is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs John E Taylor
ter, club president. Mrs R. E.
| Kuykendall, Mrs Charles Luis
don and Mrs. C. G Atkinson,
B Paylor LeRoy York, V. C Cas-
sles, W B Adamson A F Hawes,
w S Wagley . Tom' Eplen Paul Pow- ,
officers of the organization. ers c Crum Everett Bryant, R
Mrs J B Murry Jr presided at:
the registry
B Kimebley Ed Francis. Roy Car-
wile C P Ivey and C L. Blanken-
ship. .
The Reporter-News extends birth-
day congratulations today to the fol-
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low ing:
AFTER-THE- GAME BUFFET AND
FORMAL DINNER TABLE DECOR
ATTRACTS W IDE ATTENTION
CIMPLICITY and color marked
D the formal dinner table exhib-
decoration of brown pine cone flow -
ers and orange p racantha berries
ited at today s flower show lun-
cheon, the work of. Mrs T C Camp
- bell and Mrs T C Campbell Jr
Red rosebuds—Etoile de. Holland.!
Christopher Stone Hadley and one 1
Crimson Glory, all from the A G
Gent gardens—gave the flower ac-
WASHINGTON,
War department
studied by Presiden
ported reliably tc
equipment for an a:
men
If Mr. Roosevelt
gress may be asked
• session to appropri
9 more for nationa
puble the „record
year for the army a
The army high
immediately availab
• military quarters hi
protective force" of
@d national guard
WAKE UI
LIVER E
Without Calomel- And You
the Morning Ra
The liver should pour
liquid bile into your bow
is not flowing freely, your
It just decays in the bo
your stomach. You get
hole system is poisone
Wank and the world look
A mere bowel mover
the cause. It takes thou
Little Liver Pills to get 1
bile flowing freely and
and up.” Harmless, gen
making bile flow freely
Little Liver Pills by nam
else. At all drug stores.
LU the
ican Instep
Mrs ..J L Banner
Billy Agnew
Mrs Jack Sayles
O D Dillingham Jr
Millard Jenkens Jr.
Mrs L R Morris.
Mrs E L. Osteen
Mrs T O Pearce *
in a peachbloom pottery “jar Table A crystal bowl of chrysanthe-
appointments represented imports mums’ shading from light lavender
from France Italy and Mexico in-, to deep purple centered the coffee
cluding a shallow round pottery table which was overlaid with Nor-
sandwich tray of impressed design, mandy lace and appointed in silver
pottery shovel trays for hors- Presiding were Mrs, Foster and
d’oeuvres handblown amber glasses Mrs Alton Willingham. Other hos-
on square coektail plates of pottery tesses were Mmes Larry Adamson,
handled circus mugs for coffee a T J Bailey Bryan Ball. Sid Bou-
pair of Indo-China baskets for hard chette. Oliver Cunningham, Clyde
purspandeendwas apatite riapples Brooks. R T Bynum L P Cook. The session was held at the home of |
.....ominating .... Ray Marshall. Ollie McMinn and Mrs. Ward Boyce. In the absence of I
J. Carleton Smith the president. Mrs A L Stewart,
Mrs McMinn was program chair- Mrs T E Roberts presided Others
man introducing Virginia Sheridan, in attendance were Mmes H C
Hardin-Simmons university harpist. Rucker of Brownwood, L P Daniels
who entertained the group with a of Stanton Alvin Barnes D F Ca-
30-minute program Miss Sheridan
table were irregular edged supper
service plates of apple design hold-
ing individual pottery apples for
spaghetti
A. G. Gent Exhibition
Dominates Flower Show
cent to the dinner board They were €
FLOWERS in every color of the ’ ani button antique bowl
4
arranged in a pair of crystal urns
from Czechoslovakia on either side
of a pair of crystal prism candela:
bra holding white princess whips.
white
also played during the coffee hour.
The play production cast of Har-
din-Simmons under the direction of
Katherine Boyd presented Sugar
and Spice In this cast were Betty
Sue Pitt Ila Mae Johnson. Jewel
Patton. Dale Puckett and Frank
Single crystal holders in which
white candles burned were at either
end of the table which was over-
laid with a filet cloth
i rainbow ano muted tones as shaggy-type mums in a crystal vase . .
well are arranged in a garden set- and Japanese mulberries native to Cleveland. Mildred Frances Cook,
ting today on the mezzanine at the Texas) arranged in an antique cop-, first “club baby sang two numbers
Hilton hotel, where they will be per bowl were outstanding in the GUESTS
shown throughout evening hours to- exposition from the King gardens
day as the Abilene Garden club’s
first "club baby" sang two numbers
Guests were Claudine Olsen Cor-
Harmonizing with the blossoms day or early tonight Mrs
were the winetone water and. cham--------- - 1
tenth show Visitors are invited to Starrin in h ealth of
see the show at any time late to- exhibited by Mr. Gent are the
i R H. Heinrich Geade burnt orange buds;
rine Cotton and Mmes Morgan
• Jones W J Young, Luther Webb
E M Francis H R Arrant Shella
pagne stemmed glasses Dresden
service plates and Dresden place
card holders completed the color
ensemble of the table which was set |
with the senior Mrs T C Camp-
bell’s own service
Historic Bible
City Club Study
I Mrs. B. R. Wagner
study Hostess to Circle
Historic Bible cities was
subject at a Wednesday morning .
meeting of the Esther Bible club Mrs B R. Wagner was hostess for
with Mrs J M F Gill the leader circle No: 2 of the First Methodist
gle Adrian Crumpler Holland Holt
John R Hutto. W H James. Henry
Salyers, B R Strange, Ed Shum-
way M F Richardson, Vina Wal-
lick W W Alexander.
Trio of Members
Mary Martha Hosts
Mrs Warren E Bray Mrs R F
McCarty and Mrs H J Matejowsky
were Tuesday hosts to the Mary
Martha auxiliary entertaining in
— - .... . : Thornton, Lola Gibson Daeton J P
Thomason, club president, said to- the Texas Centennial open rose of Rebinnom Fred Schroeder f a 1
— ----------: - - - deep pink arranged ,n white pot-
represented in the show, which was tery bowl; the Hoover bud with pink * ieRtosside TE AST
judged late this morning center fading into flesh tones: theT E Brownlee Douglas Jarrell C
L Johnson, M D Blackwell Frank
• C Hodges, Howard Fry Ralph How- i
ington.
Mmes Ruby Kincaid C W Logs-
don A’ta Johnson W A Stephen-
son H T Thompson L Q Camp- j
bell Hyman Harrison Lon Brooks
day Approximately 50 gardens are
Unusual flowers are included in Talisman, combining orange, yel-
the exhibitions from the gardens low and red tints in its petals and
of the J. C Hunter and Harry Tom shown today in a block pottery
King homes as well as from many bow.; Edith Neilre Perkins buds of
Side-by-side with the formal - -------— -----------. . .
table was an after-the-game buffet others throughout the town, but she pink massed in a low bowl on
supper table done bv M.S Gotee dominating the show is the exhibi- an individual table: Edi or McFar-
RHAP aopeooeS e tion from the A G Gent gardens land of deep pink shown in a
and no R m XX SPloE Mrs J c Hunter who served as green crystal urn. the Roosevelt P * Adamson w A Bynum Char-
bonf Ede L judge did not enter her flowers for yellow in color Mme Cochet tea- les Rogers * G Powell Davis
esss a-u competition, but just to g , addi- rose deep cream with pink outer Nunn, H H Ramsey Theron Fer-
ereeSand sas Pelaid , tional color to the show Pink dan- petals The Editor McFarland is the gus Harry Hayes Norwood Parra-
hand- en Mexen textile cloth lias combined—with daisy chrysan- daddy of all roses and the Edith more Care Russell Milburn s
in eggis ell with/colored intervals themums Sink gladioluses T. Nellie Perkins is the r se that is
of stripes, the table had , side-dack man roses in „ blue pottery vase most suitable to this climate. Mr
lavendar tint chrysanthemums were „ early show visitors
featured in the Hunter exhibit P racantha berries, shading from
Apricot colored Korean chrysan-coral red to orange and arranged
themums arranged in a blue daisy I in * copper pitcher was andother ,
______________*_________________' Show color spot which came from 1
the S' Paul Builders class room
With Mrs Joe Williamson playing
the piano accompaniment, Mrs Hen-
ry K. Bass led group singing Mrs
Glen Dugan gave a devotional; Mrs
Bray read an article from the World
Outlook on the Bennett institution;
Mrs." John- Downs directed a study
of the parables of Jesus Mrs Bendie
H Frey of Stephenville, Mrs w E
Williams and Mrs . Tom D Watts
were guests •
A Three Days’
Cough is Your
Danger Signal
Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm,
increase secretion and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender. Inflam-
ed bronchial mucous membranes.
No matter how many medicines you
have tried, tall your druggist to sell
you a bottle of Creomulsion with the
I understanding that you are to like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Tango pumps may
be had in high
or low heel pat-
ent leather and
high heel suede
Sizes 14 B te 10C
Widths AAAAA
to C.
675
Here is America’s most beautiful pump-
with lovely lines that are charmingly femi-
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New Under-arm ed
, , : by Gent flower was tha
Cream Deodorant dahlias Outstanding in that group
safely were the yellow Lord of Autumn.
‘ the pink Jersey Beauty the Jane
Stops Perspiration Cowl in red ellow and orange and
PT9P3 Etrpgon the Kentucky red
I The Gent flowers were arranged
) A) by Mrs L W Hollis Jr Table
/ / flowers were furnished by Mrs L
=A P Johnson.
Fourteen Members
At Unit Meeting
ton T A Smith r n Fourteen members of unit 4. Cen-
„ L A Smith C. D owen Joan tral Presbyterian Woman’s Mission-
B Murray, Victor, Amos, Otto O ary society, attended a Tuesday
Watts Karleyne, Melson, R L Oden meeting at the home of Mrs Ward
Fred Cox. C M Tucker Landon Boyce Willie Mae Christopher di-
Hill Paul Thompson rected the mission lesson and Mrs
Mmes C A McFadden L W Hil- George Hall gave a devotional
genberg Maurice Brashear W E Salads were served at teatime Mrs.
Fisher J C Perry J W Smith J Daniels of Stanton was a visitor.
4RK
Ideals of Democracy Topic
Of Talk by foe Humphrey
■ AMERICA is built upon rugged -----------------
Aindividualism and self-reliance
i.,, . p r „ We must hold to that ideal and
Y W CA BOARD TO .to hold t. it we must teach our
Serve ...
HOME-MADE
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It’s easy made this say
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I pound 4cups
Eatmer Cranberries
Bollsufir@ndeatertogether
5 minutes Add cranberries
and boil without stirring 5
net: er until all the
from fireand allo-thesauce
to remain in the vessel until
cool.
Thrift Note: I pound of fresh
Eatmer Cranberries makes
24 pounds of sauce.
000
Cranberry Recipe
Beek. Write Amer-
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New York City.
Eatmor
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2. No waiting to dry. Can be used
f ght after shaving.
3. Instant y stops perspiration for
1 to 3 days Removes odor
from perspiration.
4. A pure white, greaseless, stain-
less vanishing cream.
S. Arrid has been awarded the
Approval Seal of the American
Institute of Laundering, for
being harmless to fabrics.
18 MILLION jars of Arrid
have been sold. Try a jar today!
ARRID
MEET FRIDAY
Annual meeting of the
children the value of labor well
done.” Joe Humphrey, assistant
Young principal of high school told First
Womans Christian Association board Unit of the Woman’s Forum at •
meeting has been postponed from Wednesday meeting at the Woman 1
| Thursday to Friday at 7:30 p. m at club
i the YWCA building Program com- "Democracy stands for the in-
mittee omposed of Mrs Ellis Dou- trinste value of human personality
thit Mrs S M Alexander and Mrs America’s philosophy is that the
J D Riddle wilt present Betty Mc- government exists for the people
1 Intosh who will play violin numbers Europe’s philosophy is that the peo-
and Lester Riddle who will sing le exist for the government
Reports will be given from the isms promote war Democrat pro-
nominating committee and the ex- motes peace People carinot feel se-
ecutive board will be elected. Com- cure if they do not have civil
1 posing this committee are Mrs C L rights."
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Prichard Mrs W J Garden and Ideals of Democracy was subject
Laura Minter of Mr Humphrey s talk
All woinen who are interested in Mrs A B Cranston directed the
the YWCA are asked to be present program which was attended by
club leaders have announced 13 unit members and five guests
Mrs Hart Shoemaker was elected
delegate to the 42nd annual con-
vention of the Texas Federation of
Womens clubs to be held Nov 13-
16 at Wichita Falls
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