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SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
Sweetwater Federated Study Clubs Laurie h New Year's W<
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100 Attend
Opening
Meeting
Federated study clubs of
Sweetwater began a new year
with new officers, new year-
books, new study courses and
new eotbasiasm Thursday hfter-
pproximately 100 wo-
ed at their respec-
le Self Culture, So-
ee-Kon and Athen-
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The Sorosis club started the
season with a luncheon at the
home of the president, Mrs.
Amos Fortner. The guest speak-
er was Mrs. Dale Morrison of
McMurry college, Abilene, who
discussed a book of the month,
"America in Midpassage," by
Charles and Maiy Beard.
The authors have written
three volumes on the rise of
American civilization, and the
newest of the historical novels
leaves America in midpassage
tiie ship of state having left the
shore of democracy, according
to the Beards, and is now steer-
ing toward a humanistic dem-
ocracy, they hope. The chapter
on "American Amusements" was
discussed in detail by Mrs. Mor-
rison, treating the arts as a so-
cial force in American life dur-
ing the last decade.
A three course luncheon was
served to 20 members and two
guests, Mrs. Morrison and Mis.
Richard Gadbois of Omaha, Neb-
raska. The president explained
iier objective for the year in her
welcome message, and appointed
Ms. Royal Headrick and Mrs. R.
C. Crane to represent the club
at the Nolan county federation
Saturday at Highland school.
The club voted to send one d< 1-
lar to the state federation to be
applied on a bronze placque for
Clara Driscoll who gave §9.2,000
to the club home at Austin.
Present were Mines. Russell
Bennitt, Kenneth M. Camp, R.
C. Crane, T. J. Donahue, lJet.er
Fox, Royal Headrick, A. S. Ken-
crick, George W. Kiker, A. S.
Legg, Bert Low, Lane McCall,
Ben W. McCorkie, John Perry,
Rex Ragan, J. K. Richardson,
Ben N. Roberts, J. M. Shade,
Gerald Williams and Mrs. Fort-
ner, and the two guests. Bronze
chrysanthemums g r a c e d the
rooms.
Self Culture Club
Mrs. A. B. Crowder was hos-
tess to the Self Culture club at
,'i o'clock, at which time a health
day program was observed, Dr.
George A. Gray, director of the
Nolan county health unit, being
the speaker on the topic, "Pre-
vention and Cure of Common
Colds." Mrs. R. A. Stewart gave
a devotional in place of the roll
call and Mrs. Kirby Kinsey con-
ducted a parlimentary drill.
Mrs. P. G. Dabney of Black-
well, club president, directed
routine business. One dollar was
voted for the Clara Driscoll
fund. An ice course was served
at the conclusion of the pro-
gram. Roses and verbenas were
decorations in the living room.
Guests were Mrs. Chas. Canfil
End Dr. H. H. Terry who is a
houseguest in the home of Dr.
end Mrs. Gray. Members pre-
sent. were Mines. H. C. Bolin,
R. R. Allen. John Aycock, Wil-
Dramatic Club Organized;
Bryan Boozer Is President
Charter members of the 1939-
40 Dramatic club organized at
Newman high school were se-
lected from all the students who
son Barton, S. W. Browning,
Adrian Clark, A. B. Chambers,
1. G. Dabney, I. S. Focht, B. L.
McDonald, Edwin MacQueen,
George Outlaw, G. E. Ramsey,
W. V. Roy, Jack Roten, O. Step-
henson, R. A. Stewart, H. M.
Walker. Kirby Kinsey and Crow-
tier
Ija-Kce-Kon Club
"The Country Lawyer" (Bell-
amy Partridge) was reviewed at
the La-Kee-Kon club by Mrs.
Rigdon Edwards, assisted by
Mrs. M. G. Allison Thursday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs.
C. L. Monk. The book is a story
written by the son of the coun-
try lawyer and tells of his legal
cases during the "horse and bug-
gy age."
In the absence of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Philip Yonge, the busi-
ness was directed by the vice-pre-
sident, Mrs. Ed F. Neinast. Mrs.
Monk gave a report of the health
meeting. Mrs. R. L. Dalby, a
!,uest, displayed a "Readers Di-
gest" in braile. Plans were dis-
cussed for a Halloween party for
dub husbands on October 20.
The hostess served a refresh-
ment plate which emphasized the
club flower, a shasta daisy in
yellow and white. Mrs. Dalby
£.nd Mis. J. W. Townsend were
guests, members present were
Mines. M. G. Allison, Willis Dav-
is, Rigdon Edwards, Bolton
Head, C. A. Rosebrough, M. K.
Stevenson, Ed Neinast, E. C.
j Vandervoort, Garland Vinson
I and the hostess.
Athenaeum Study Club
Athenaeum study club began
the course on Canadian history,
with Mrs. John W. Pepper as
program leader on "Canada, in
the beginning and through the
early years when the territoy of
Quebec, Ontario, down to the St.
Lawrence river was inhabited
by Hurons, Algonquins and lri-
quois Indians. Mrs. M. H. Jen-
sen was the hostess, and Mrs.
J. G. Harris presided.
The struggle between the
French and Indians was clear'iy
expressed in the story of "Mad-
eline," a maiden saving Ft. Cas-
tle Daugeros, told by Mrs. Ross
Covey. Mrs. Pepper continued
the discussion through the col-
onization period up to 1607; the
conflict between the English
and French up to 1748, known
as the Arcadian period which
prompted Longfellow to write
"Evangeline," a poem read by
Mrs. Covey. Canada became an
Fnglish colony in 1867.
Mary Lee Jensen played two
violin solos, "Insant Paganni"
by Edward Mollenhauer and
"Beer Barrel Polka." A refresh-
ment plate of frozen fruit salad,
date pudding and iced tea was
served to Mines. J. P. Boyd, L.
C. Curry, John Pepper, X. C.
Steakley, L. D. Terry, F. H.
Boyle, B. D. Harrison, Surrey
Henry, E. E. Dooley, R. S. Covey,
J. R. Eidson, George Gray, J. G.
Harris, Jack Harris, George Bar-
ber, A. E. Radcliffe, P. Edw.
Ponder, James B. Stubbs and
the hostess.
appeared successfull in perform-
ances of the dramatic club last
year.
Bryan Boozer, experienced
stage mi\ager, was elected pre-
sident. Bee Ragan, vice presi-
dent; Tommie Bibb, secretary-
treasurer; and Billy Marguerite
Stevens, reporter.
The members may enter the
club by trying out for plays
which are to be given through-
out the year. The dramatic club
will produce all the three act
plays that are given this year,
as well as the tournament plays,
which will be presented in the
spring.
The first production of the
club will be "The Case of the
Laughing Dwarf," a three-act
mystery comedy to be presented
October 24 in the Newman
High auditorium. Receipts of
the play will be used to buy
equipment for the Newman
high stage.
Charter' members are, Doro-
thy Barber, Paul Astor, O. H.
Berry, Tommie Bibb, Bryan
Boozer, Johnnye Frances Brook-
shire, Bettye Brown, Mary Tida
Camp, Dorothy Costephens, An-
na Hardin, Stanford Harrell,
Wanda Hawley, Irby Jarvis,
Margaret Klingler, Eleanor Lee,
Lois Monk.
• Betty Jo McCord, Mary Mar-
tha Moore, Alice Morgan, Mar-
tha Morton, Wendell Nuckols,
Wayne Olsen, Mary Patterson,
Bee Ragan, Floyd Ratliff, Dor-
lene Reed, Jay Schriever, Chase
Stinchqomb, Jaynelje Stephen-
son, Billie Marguerite Stevens,
G. A. White, and Donald Winn.
Miss Sara Wheat and Miss Vel-
ma Sharp will be co-sponsors.
* * *
Mrs. Hubbard Is
Kil Kare Hostess
Fall shades of garden blossoms
decorated the entertaining
rooms at the home of Mrs. My-
ron Hubbard, who Friday even-
ing named matrons of the Kil
Kare club as honor guests.
Two tables were in play, Mrs.
Grace Hardin winning high
score favor, Mrs. Donley Steph-
enson, the bingo prize.
A salad plate with iced tea
was passed to Mmese. Billy Mar-
tin. Judd Boyd, Jack Fomby,
Bob Weatherby, Roy Pittman, D.
Stephenson, Grace Hardin and
the hostess.
During a business session
Mrs. Fomby was named presi-
dent; Mrs. Stephenson, vice-pre-
sident; Mrs. Martin, secretary-
treasurer; and Mrs. Pittman, re-
porter.
* * *
Mrs. Ola Miller to
Head TEL Class
T.E.L. class of the First Bap-
tist church elected Mrs. Ola Mil-
ler president at the regular
meeting Thursday at the church.
Mrs. T. G. Elliott was elected
vice-president; Mrs. Sallye But-
ler, secretary, and Mrs. T. J.
Wood, reporter.
A devotional was read by Mrs.
W. J. Crabb and a prayer offered
by Mrs. J. R. Bryant. There were
11 members present.
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HEMOPATH, answer that
question.
During my
Special Clinic Week
Beginning Monday, Sept. 25
to :i0, inclusive, examinations
will be made on the HEM-
PATH lon-O-Meter. I shall
be assisted by Dr. Perkins, a
specially trained Clinician
during the entire week.
NO EXPOSURE
NO INCONVENIENCE
If you have failed to obtain
relief, a HEMOPATH exami-
nation will reveal the cause
and any tendency toward oth-
er disease. Call or 'phone for
your appointment. Take ad-
vantage of this exceptional
opportunity.
Dial 2901
The
HEMOPATH lon-0 Meter will measure the Health and
Disease Potentials of your body.
DR. C. H. ELLIOT
CHIROPRACTOR
Texas Bunk Rldg.
Jack Geers Back
From West Coast
Late summer vacationists re-
turning Friday from an automo-
bile trip to the Pacific coast
were Mr and Mrs. Jack Geer,
who visited San Diego, Long
Beach, Santa Monica and Los
Angeles. Enroute to an Fran-
cisco, they drove to Big Basin,
the state redwood park and over
the skyline drive into the city.
Here they visited the Golden
Gate Exposition, the Golden
Gate bridge, park, docks, beach-
es and Latin quarters, leaving
by i.he bay bridge to Yosemite
National Park. From here they
drove to Las Vegas, Nevada, to
see Boulder Dam, their highway
traversing the scenic dam that
connects Nevada and Arizona.
They visited the appurtenant
works, an elevator taking them
more than 500 feet down to the
water's level. In Arizona they
visited Grand Canyon and in
New Mexico visited her brother,
Raymond Aucutt in Albuquerque
and in Clovis with her father
C. W. Aucutt.
* * *
American Youth Is
Study Club Theme
"American Youth" was the
theme for an instructive pro-
gram Wednesday afternoon
when members of the J. P. Cow-
en study club were entertain-
ed at the home of Mrs. J. R.
Bryant with Mrs. C. A. Corbin
as assisting hostess.
Mrs. Bryant was named lead-
er Mrs. Corbin, chairman; Mrs.
G. W. Glass, vice-chairman, Mrs.
J. L. Kinser. secretary, Mrs. Al-
bert Sims, reporter.
An ice course was served with
cake to Mmees. H. A. Strother,
J. L. Kinser, G. W. Glass, Albert
Sims, L. T. Nelson, Fred Stir-
man, Eugene Washam, Lester
Wade, E. H. McCright and the
hostess.
Mrs. Stirman is to be next
hostess, Oct. 4 at her home, 1009
Hickory street.
* * *
'42' Club Meets
With Mrs. Aycock
1 n entertaining the Progres-
sive forty-two club, Mrs. Lang
Aycock added a table of extra
guests and appointed the four
table for games in shades of au-
tumn. Mrs. E. B. Britton won
the high score prize, Mrs. Mel-
vin Outlaw high score for
guests and Mrs. B. N. Neblett
the traveling prize. A salad
course was passed.
Guests were Mmes. Ella Wells,
Sidney Evans, Tom Crutcher
Vernon Wright, Melvin Outlaw
ad Mrs. Edna Jones a tea guest.
Members were Mmes. N. B. Hall,
Edwin MacQueen, J. B. Askins,
Otto Carter, Dill Pace, George
Outlaw, Joe C. Pace, Sr.. O. A.
Boyer, E. B. Britton, B. N. Neb-
lett, D. C. Cage. Mrs. Carter
will be the next hostess.
CALINCW3
Monday
Business meeting of of the Wo-
men's Missionary union of the
First Baptist church will be
held at 3 o'clock, with a mission
program at 4 directed by the
Mary Alexander circle.
First Methodist circles will;
meet at 3 o'clock: No. 1 with j
Mrs. R. A. Stewart, 517 Locust, j
No. 2 with Mrs. Wilson Barton j
at her ranch home south of j
Sweetwater; No. 3 with Mrs. C. j
II Alston, 410 Pine.
Women's Council of the First
Christian church will have a
luncheon at 1 o'clock at the
church.
Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church will meet at 3 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Ed F. Neinast
900 Silas.
Tuesday
Justamere bridge club will en-
tertain the husbands with a sup-
per-bridge at 7:30 p. m. at the
R. M. Simmons cabin at Lake
Sweetwater, with Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Williams as hosts.
Wednesday
New Deal bridge club will meet
at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. J.
H. Spelman, 908 Pine.
Mrs. Leland Glass will be host-
ess to the Mariposa bridge club
at :! p. m. at her home, 1011 East
Twelfth.
Mrs. Bolton Head will be hos-
tess to the Joie de Vie bridge
club at 3 p. m. at her home, 400
East Third.
Friendly club will meet at
the home of Mrs. J. W. Horton
at 3 ]). m.
Thursday
Priscilla club will hold its
first regular meeting of the sea-
son at the home of Mrs. C. R.
Simmons, 611 James, at 3 p. m.
City Council of Parent-Teach-
er associations will meet at 9:30
Thursday morning at the home
of the president, Mrs. John W.
Pepper, 209 East Louisiana. All
local presidents and two dele-
gates from each unit comprise
the council. Any interested mem-
ber may attend the meeting, Mrs.
L. T. Nelson stated.
Friday
A carnival will be sponsored
by the J. P. Cowen Parent-Teach-
er association Friday evening on
the school campus.
John R. Lewis PTA (Open'
House' Draws 75 Patrons
Congratulations
C
Mr. and Mrs. Parkes Neblett
are parents of a son, born at 5:05
p. m., Friday at the Sweetwater
hospital. He weighed six pounds
and six ounces and has been
namod William Parkes, Jr.
A daughter was born at the
Sweetwater hospital at 2 a. m.,
Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Billings. She weighed six pounds
and about six ounces.
Week's Building
Totals $1,220
Building permits totaling $1,-
22o were issued in the city
comptroller's office last week
for six small repair jobs, as
follows:
To G. H. Scott, $100 for addi-
tion to residence at 1300 East
Broadway; Dr. Ben McCorkie,
$150 for repair of residence at
7C5 Josephine; R. C. Taylor, $200
for additions to shop at 1405
East Broadway; A. W. Johnson,
$600 for repair of residence at
1011 Oak; H. A. Walker, $100 for
addition to garage at 1103 Silas;
and to T. C. Couthin, $70 for
repair of residence at 200 East
Avenue B.
The most significant event on
the school calendar of the John
R. Lewis parent-teacher associa-
tion. the introduction of teach-
ers, was well attended Friday
evening in the school patio when
75 patrons and teachers attend-
ed the reception and program.
Mrs. John B. Darnell, presi-
dent, welcomed the group in an
appropriate address.
Gerald Williams, principal of
John H. Reagan junior high
school, as master of ceremonies
introduced p ogram leaders, in-
cluding Mrs. Jarroli Aston, wiio
read; Martha June Ford, who
played an accordion selection;
Miss Wanda Coffelt, who gave
a poem and W. D. Mauldin, prin-
cipal, who introduced the teach-
ing staff.
Faculty members are W. D.
Mauldin, principal, Elbert White-
head, Mrs. Roy Rasco, Mrs. Jew-
el Maxwell Mrs. Alice Cannon,
Mrs. Donley Stephenson, Mrs. I..
C. King, and Misses Theo Wil-
liams, Bernice Alexander and
Ruby Gulledge.
R. S. Covey, city school super-
intendent, gave a humorous talk
on the management of children
and also "Appreciation of
Youth."
After the program a social
hour was directed by Richard
Hanna, recreational 1 e a d e r ,
games and contests furnishing j
entertainT!"nt.
Sandwiches, cookies and iced i
c'rink were served to the visit-1
ing patrons.
* * *
Zeiglers Return
From Long Trip
Jack Zeigler and daughter.
Miss Nancy Zeigler, have return-1
ed from a months visit to Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Washington, D.
C., the New Yorks World's Fair,
Niagara Falls, Canada, Chicago
and Elgin, Illinois.
While in New York they were
guests of Mrs. Zeigler's brother,
and in Virginia and Maryland
were guests of Mr. Zeigler's rel-
atives. Nancy enjoyed a swim in
Lake Michigan while they were
visiting in Chicago.
Mrs. Story Honors
Daughter, Doris
To compliment her daughter,
Doris, who celebrated her 10th
birthday Friday Mrs. E. Story
entertained with a play party at
her home.
A pink and blue color note
was carried out in the decora-
tions and refreshments.
Present were Joan Brann,
Joe Kirgan, Jr., Jean Ferguson,
Fred Green, Bonnie Hollis,
Christina Dann, Martha Jean
Harvey, Mary Gardner, Betty
Earl Webb, Lois Weathers, Jeff
D. Dulaney, Gail Smith, Peggy
Ann Best, Sam Harvey, Jimmy
Allison, Frank and Jane McCoy,
and the honoree.
* * *
SMI I Baekfield
Rated as 'Best'
DALLAS — (UP) — South-
ern Methodist university's foot-
ball offensive, always more or
less baffling to opponents, is go-
ing to be even more annoying
this year if Coach Matty Bell's
plans work.
Bell has the boys wondering
at his secret practices ordered
early in the season, but from
reports leaking out of the
barred gates at Ownby stadium
tlie Mustang mentor "has some-
thing."
Southern Methodist's starting
baekfield probably will include
Ray Mallouf, the Sayre, Okla.,
junior whose sharp shooting
passes are improving, at quarter-
back, with Captain Chelsea
Crouch calling signals from a
wingback position. Presto John-
son, swiveling open field run-
ner with an accurate toe, is slat-
ed for the other halfback job
with beefy Bob Bilville at full.
The best passing combination
1 uts Cliff Hagerman, a sopho-
more, at half instead of John-
son. Mallouf's aerial comple-
tions to Hagerman with a slip-
pery ball on a muddy field had
Coach Bell grinning.
"I've got the best baekfield
material in the Southwest con-
ference," Bell boasted.
Mrs Yates Hostess .
To Triple Four Club
Mrs. Howard Yates employed
a red and white color note when
she entertained the Triple Four
bridge club at the Blue Bonnet
hotel Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Gang Aycock won the high
score prize and Mrs. Guy Wil-
son the second high award. A
salad course and parfait was
served.
Guests were Mrs. Vivian Neb-
lett and Mrs. S. P. Gaskin
members present were Mmes.
Aycock, Wilson C. A. Mc-
Corkie. W. R. Costephens, W.
E. Richardson, O. O. Harris, A.
R. N'orred, Beverly Neblett and
J. I-'. Wills, the next hostess.
!
■Mrs. C. S. Boyles
Entertains Club
Toltec club was entertained by
Mrs. C. S. Boyles Wednesday
I evening. Plans were discussed
for regular meetings this win-
ter and v social hour enjoyed. A
! sandwich and ice course was
; passed.
Mrs. Bertha Wade and Mrs.
Ruby Robinson were guests,
i members present were' " MmeS.
jJack Zeigler, M. C. Lofton, Geor-
gia Jones, Laura Pittman, W. E.
Henderson and Miss Mary El-
liott. The next hostess will be
Mrs. E. A. Dann.
* * *
Miss Fortner Is
Chi Omaga 'Pledge'
Miss Nancy Fortner, daughter
I of Dr. and Mrs. Amos H. Fortner
Friday pledged the Chi Omega
i sorority at Southern Methodist
university, where she recently
enrolled as a sophomore.
Last year Miss Fortner at-
tended Fairmont college, Wash-
ington, D. C.
* ♦ *
648 High Schools
In Football League
'■ AUSTIN — (UP) — Twenty
thousand high school football
: players on 648 teams will battle
j for Texas Interscholastic league
honors this season.
R. J. Kidd. athletic director of
■ the league said that the 1939 en-
j try list showed 27 more teams
than that of 1938. Class AA
i teams, irom which the state
i champion is dec ided, total 101
in 16 districts; class A, 291; and
class B, 256 teams.
ir f
Six times as many
In ten years automobiles
have killed more than six
times as many Americans
as were killed in the World
War. Drive carefully at all
times. Keep your car in first
class condition and obey
the rules of the road.
D. A. CLARK
INSURANCE AND LOANS
"Better Be Safe Than Sorry"
Deer Supply to
Be Plentiful
AUSTIN — Despite a drouth
which reduced the range, deer
are going to be plentiful and
in good shape when the hunt-
ing season rolls around Novem-
ber 16, early reports to the exe-
cutive secretary of the Texas
game, fish and oyster commis-
sion indicate.
: Deer are increasing annually
'in Texas. In fact, their numbers
; are so large in some sections
that there would have been a
shortage of food for them even
had there been no drouth. This
j condition has existed over a pe-
riod of several years and game
department biologists, after con-
siderable research have reached
the conclusion that the defici-
ency of food has brought about
i smaller deer. Many persons had
' expressed the belief that in-
breeding was the cause.
Dial 722
307 Oak St.
U. S. to Tighten
Up on Spying
WASHINGTON — (UP)—The
state department Saturday is-
■iued new regulations drastical-
ly strengthening restrictions on
foreign agents in the United
States,
The department incorporated
sections of (he old 1917 espion-
age act requiring agents acting
for foreign governments to no-
tify the secretary of state.
Meanwhile federal agents in
New York York indicated that
they knew the identity of the es-
pionage agent who stole the
plans ol a "code scrambling ma-
chine" &nd sold them to Ger-
many and Japan for $4,000.
Not until this seal is
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touch the pouring
edge of this bottle.
No more do you have
to worry about con-
tain ilia t i o n from;
dogs, cats, or other
source.
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Sweetwater's Homes
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