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December s, 14
Sunday Morning, December 3, 1944
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Tune In on KRBC
PAGE SEVEN
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’Youth Center
•Fills Wants
.Of Teen-Ager
After months of work and plan-
ning by civic organizations and
leaders, the Youth Center opened
Friday night in Fair park with a
large attendance.
• And the center apparently came
up to the expectations of the teen-
agers. Asked by Mrs. Sinia Harris,
director, if the building was what
they had expected and wanted,
they all answered in the affirma-
a tive.
Y The two-story building was well
filled with the high-schoolers, both
boys and girls, and a number of
parents were present.
The first floor of the Fair park
building is given over to a snack
& bar, furnished by Coca Cola Bot-
tling Co., with scattered tables, a
stage and a small sitting room.
Game rooms and parlors make up
the second floor. One of the most
Abilene Woman's
Husband Promoted
News of promotion of Jack An-
drews, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis J. Ackera, 772 Beech, to rank
of captain has been received here.
Captain Andrews is serving in the
Seventh army on the western front.
He trained at Camp Shelby as an
officer of a Japanese-American
men’s unit of field artillery. He
now is in a regimental combat team.
Captain Andrews’ wife is the for-
mer Florence Ackers. She and their
seven-months-old baby reside here
with her parents.
COMMISSIONED — Benny
Bob Hall of 533 Meander, re-
cently was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the Army
Air forces at Turner field, Al-
bany, Ga., Col. C. U. True,
commanding officer, has an-
nounced.
Second Air Medal
To Stamford Man
STAMFORD, Dec.
2.—(Spl.)-
ford.
His wife, the former Miss Fern
Johnson of Clifton, is with him at
Miami, Fla., where he is now serving
as an instructor at the Naval Air
Station. His citation was won dur-
ing the invasion of Kwajelein Is-
land last February.
Lieut. Wiggins was assigned to at-
tack a heavy gun position which
was a serious obstacle to advancing
American troops and singled out his
target despite excellent camouflage.
He obliterated the target in the face
of intense anti-aircraft fire.
ft like this!"
ft surplices,
colors, too
ic. Sizes 12
The row of
at pleats on
ely colors.
- Ward
Thornton's Remind You to Buy Plenty of Tuberculosis Christmas Seals
Men’s All-Wool
SLEEVELESS
SWEATERS
Good looking, in medium
weights. Mostly in solid colon,
some in light shades. An ex-
cellent gift for a mun of almost
any age.
$1.98 and $2.95
Long Sleeve 100% Wool Slipover*
Ideal to wear under a coat or without coat. For stu- ca
dents or older men. Good range of colors. Some fancy DS 95
patterns. T*Y
A MAN SIZED
frn
THOUSANDS OF SMART TIES
By such famous makers as
Wembley, Botany, Cheney.
Also hand-woven wool ties
from New Mexico.
popular attractions upstairs Is the Lieut. Thomas J. Wiggins, naval
© bowling alley, given to the Cent, | dive-bomber pilot who served
• by H. N. White. Three pingpong DomRCE served
tables, donated are set up and two
dart boards were contributed by the
Dr. Pepper company.
Table games, such as checkers,
• backgammon and dominoes are in
one room. Another is arranged for
reading.
Friday night all students in the
ninth through twelfth grades were
invited to the center. In a few
a days, admitting will be by mem-
• bership which si eligible to those
in the four grades and amounts to
50 cents a year.—
Phyllis Clemmer was the first to
pay membership fee. Up to 9 p. m.
Friday, membership totaled 48. Each
• member will be allowed two guests.
Welcoming the group were Mrs.
Harris and Dick Elam, president of
the youth committee.
Presented by George Barron of
the city steering committee. Mrs.
• Harris said, "This is a place for
you to come. We hope it will be
organized and supervised in such a
way that your parents will be glad
for you to come and will not worry
about you when you are here.”
a Elam told the group, “This is
e your club and we want you to
make the most of it."
Edith Boehlert, chairman of the
regulations committee, explained
membership and club rules.
The center is to be open on week-
• days from 4 to 9:30 p. m. on Sat-
urdays from 10 a. m. to 12 p. m.
and on Sundays from 1 to 6 p. m.
High school students were re-
sponsible for cleaning and prepar-
ing' the building for opening, Mrs.
4 Harris said.
Return* Home - .
CLYDE, Dec. 2.—(SpL)—Earl C.
Hays has returned to his home in
Clyde from Waco where he attend-
ed the Texas Farm Bureau federa-
• tion meeting. While there, he visit-
ed his son. Pvt. James Allen Hay#
who is stationed with the air force
in Waco.
aboard a large carrier in the Pacific
for 14 months, haa been awarded
the Gold Star In lieu of a second
Air Medal, according to Information
received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Wiggins of route 2, Stam-
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
C-666
Cold Preparations as directed
• An array of colorful ties to odd to e
man's good appearance. Silks, crepes,
woolens, in literally any pattern or
color desired. No man ever has too
many ties.
COOK’S
FINEST
HOUSE
PAINTING
SYSTEM
Costs- Products)
COSTS You
GET YOUR COPY OF
THE AMERICAN HONOR ROLL
with
- HONOR ROLL
of TAYLOR CO. Service Men and Women
Including All Branches of Service
and All Races
Published By
ABILENE NAVY MOTHERS CLUB
Besides Honor Roll there are S3 pages of “Things Every
American Should Know *
FOR YOUR COPY MAIL ORDER AT ONCE WITH $1.00
(Plus 10c for mailing book to you) to:
MRS. FRED L. COVERT
P. o. Bex 3*7, Abilene, Texas
Also include your boy’s or girl’s name so that we may be sure it is on
our list
Our sincerest thanks to the following Abilene Merchants who are help-
ing to make the American Guidebook possible, and all the other merchants
whose names have appeared in this ad.
Abilene Buick Co.
Abilene Pips & Supply Co.
Abilene-View Bus Co.
Abilene Fish & Oyster
Ashmore Beauty Supply
Paul Bailey Repair
Boards Indep. Service Sta.
B & B Parkway Food Store
Commercial Body Shop
Chicken Shack
Central Rendering
Franklin Motor Co.
Frazier Implement Co.
Fraley’s Butane Gas Co.
Henderson Tire Co.
Hilton Hotel
Independent Ice
Lamb Equipment Co.
Lesters
E. Lillius Stables
Lovett Body Works
McCarty Mfr Co.
Onyx Ref. Co.
Bedford Wholesale Gro.
E. r. Smith
Universal Pipe Co.
Western Chevrolet Co.
Yellow Cab Co.
He-Man Overcoats
$1 and $150
Smart Leather Gloves
• Lined and Unlined
Such fine leathers as cope, calf, goat, pig-grains in
block, brown, tons and luggage shades. Mostly slip-on
Styles Neatly stitched, well made in every detail.
$1.95 - $2.50 - $3.50 - $5.95
All-Wool Scarfs
Smart and warm. Neat plaid designs with self
fringes. Big and generous In size. Mostly dark
color combinations.
$2.50
FOR YOUR MOST
PRACTICAL CHRISTMAS
You’re sure to make her happy with a gift she can keep all
through the year. “Redecorate and re-new” her home—it
costs so little. And her satisfaction I, so great you’ll be glad
vouldecided to. ____
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I CARDS and ENVELOPES
With Attractive Boxed
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9 Other Fine
Assortments
39/ to 99'
tapidry Enamel. Lovely 1 Ec
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rima Cedar Paper. 94 98
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_. easyon the eye and pocketbook.
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For Real Warmth and Good Looks
Those who recognize quality In on overcoat will en-
dorse these immediately. Plenty of the famous ALGA-
GORA coats, the double-dense coat that gives extra
warmth with less weight. Shower repellant, too. Dark
or light shades.
$32.50
Men's Finer Quality Trench Coats
In medium or heavy weights. Will break the wind and stop any-
thing except a full-fledged downpour. Neat and dressy.
______________>11.50 to >24.50
100%Wool Coat Sweaters
In solid color or smart two-
color combinations Some check
styles like illustration. Warm
and very good looking.
$5 and $8.75
Men’s Finer
SPORTS
SHIRTS
A. Made for comfort, smartness
W and long weor. In favorite solid
* colors, plaids. Well known mak-
y ( ers. Every man should have e
' few of these.
$2.50 to $5.95
Fringed Crepe Scarfs
In solid colors of red, white, gray. Also in
smart printed designs. Excellent weight and
quality. A rich-looking gift for a man.
$1.95 and $2.95
Fine Half-Wool Socks
By Holeproof and Cooper
To keep his feet smartly clad and worm as
toast on the cold days ahead. In solid colon,
clock designs and colorful sport plaids. Medium
weights.
50c and $I.00
Men’s Western Style Part Wool Deep-Tone
GABARDINE SHIRTS
WITH POPULAR 3-BUTTON CUFF—BUTTON-DOWN POCKETS
Here’s the king of shirts! Western style, so popular with men of town and ranch alike. Warm,
dressy. Beautifully tailored by Marlboro shirt-makers. Deep solid colors, light shades of Texas
ton, sand, gray. Some of the finer groups ore port wool.
$5 - $6.50 - $7.50
Remember that a gift from
THORNTON’S always means
quality.
DEPT. STORE
City Within itself"
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 3, 1944, newspaper, December 3, 1944; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1636294/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.