Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 121, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1954 Page: 9 of 24
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MRS. JOHN LANKFORD PERRY was Miss Frankie Gibson before
her marriage on April 26 to Mr. Perry in a single ring ceremony
read by the Rev. W. E. Peterson of First Methodist Church in his
study. Announcement of the marriage was made by the bride's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Witherspoon of 300 Bowie Street,
with whom she has made her home since the death of her mother.
She is the daughter of F. J. Gibson of Abilene, formerly of Sweet-
water. Mr. Perry is the son of John S. Perry of 1113 Josephine. The
c , couple is at home at 402 East Third Street.
Mrs. Roland Allard
To Present Second
Piano Recital Today
Mrs. Roland Allard is presenting
- her second spring piano recital at
*3:30 p. m. today at First Metho-
dist Church.
This group will Include Kay Lou
Roy playing From A Wigwam and
Swans On The Lake; Betsy
Richardson playing Weatherman
and Gretchen; Rill Herndon play-
ing Morning Call and In A Forest
Tail.
Also Rebecca Ann Allard playing
About A Teddy Rear and Will You
Waltz With Me?; Stephen Taylor
fjplaying Gypsy Moon and The
Whistler; Mary Kay Montgorn
ery playing A living The Daffodils
and V.'ile Of Song: Jimmy Simp-
son playing lilack Pirates and Hel-
lo Mr Robin.
Also Jean Simpson playing Sun-
rise and Moccasin Dance; Missy
Barker playing Waltz and Ta ran
telle; Myrna Thomas playing
Waltz In B Minor and Spring Im-
promptu.
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ing color scheme in a living room
is to make a large painting the lo-
cal point and then borrow your
decorating colors from it
French Piano
Pupils In 3
P. M. Recitals
Seventeen pupils of Miss Sue
French will be presented in recital
at 3 p. in today in Highland
Heights Methodist Church. Miss
French said that parents and
friends are invited to attend.
The program will include Vickie
I Murphn.u playing Mountain Climb-
I ing. The Man In The Moon, and
j The Chimes; Mattie Phemister
| playing The Traffic Cop. Song of
Penny Cany, and From A Wig-
wam; Maria Davies playing Swans
On The Lake, The Cuckoo, and The
Robin: Bob Bradford playing Step-
ping Stones, The Party, and A.
Chord Frolic.
Gail Mailer playing Minuet,
Country Gardens, Frolic In Velo-
city; Donna Bledsoe playing Cradle
| Song and On The Bridge Of Avig-
non; Jackie Wright playing In
Church and A Carol; F.stelle Woods
playing Distant Bells; Eddie Brad-
lord playing Prelude In A Major,
French Folk Song, and Romanze.
Frances Davis playing Estrel-
lita; Yaney Jones playing The
Gypsy C;aiip and Off We Go; Joan
Murray playing Habanero and
Starlight Waltz; Margaret Croan
playing Drink To Me Only With
See PUPILS Page 2
PICTURE of the WEEK
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Mr, and Mrs. Donald Marth. Maternal Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Felix Dooley, Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Marth all of Roscoe.
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Day Camp To Start
Monday; Registration
Has Passed 150 Mark
Mrs. Hayter and Mrs. Carroll Are
Camp Directors; Camp Sessions
To Be 3 to 8 p.m., Through Friday
With one of the largest, if not the largest, pre-camp
registration totals in the history of Girl Scouting here, an-
nual day camp for Sweetwater Girl Scouts and Brownies
will open at 3 p.m. Monday at Camp Boothe Oaks.
:$ To 8 P. M.
The camp will be held each day from ?> to 8 p.m., Mon-
day through Friday. The staff of 25 workers is headed by
Mrs. Delmar Hayter as camp director, with Mrs. Beauford
Carroll as her assistant.
Total registration by late In me week had reached well
past the 150 mark.
In addition to Mrs. Hayter and
Mrs Carroll, the camp staff will
include Mrs. David Crockett as
business manager; Mrs. L. C. King
and Gayle Meyer as program con-
sultants; Mrs. Robert Montgom
ery, Mrs. Will Faver, and Dr. Bet-
ty Shipman as first aid experts,
one of whom will be on hand at
all times; and the following as
unit leaders:
Mmes. Dan Meehan, Prentice
Wyriek, Joe Douglas, Lester Dy-
See CAMP Page 2
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DUE TO RECEIVE a special honor in music with her high school
diploma on Monday evening is Carolyn Ann Peters, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. R. O. Peters of 800 Josephine. The American College of
Musicians and the National Guild of Piano teachers is issuing a high
school diploma in piano and theory to Carolyn, who has been for 9
years a pupil of Mrs. E. Edwin Young, formerly Mrs. Ruby
Haines Eberle. The diplomas are issued only to high school seniors
who play a 15-piece program of advanced material, including a
Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier, one of the
most difficult Concerti, or a complete Sonata, while passing two
other examinations based on technique and theory before a Guild
judge. Carolyn will enter Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans
next September, and her diploma will entitle her to a scholarship
there. Carolyn ha-, given three private recitals while in high school.
Garden Party Hosted by Peters' And
Lawrences Biggest of Senior Affairs
The garden at the homo of Dr. I named as special honorees. along
and Mrs. R O. Peters, 800 Silas, j
was the setting Saturday evening
for the largest of Ihe series of par-
ties given to honor Newman High!
School's 1954 graduates.
Hosting the oeacsion were Mr. j
and Mrs. J. M. Lawrence and Dr.
with all of their senior classmates
Teacher
Also included on the guest list
for the come-and-go affair were all
high school teachers, their husb-
ands and wives; all school princi-
pals and their wives: and members
and Mrs. R L. Peters. Jackie Law- of the school board and their wives,
rence and Carolyn Peters were | See SENIORS Page 2
European Tour Will
Be Graduation Gift
For Miss Patty Boothe
Graduation gift for Miss Patty
Ray Boothe, who Is receiving her
degree Tuesday from McMurry
College, Abilene, will be a two-
month tour of seven European
countries.
The tour will be a gift from her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boothe
of 1306 East 14th. Mrs. Boothe will
accompany her on the tour, and
they will sail, according to present
plans, on the Queen Elizabeth on
July 1. They plan to leave here
June 28, and to fly from Dallas to
New York.
Robert Kazmayer, famous lec-
turer and tour conductor, will be
in charge of the tour which they
will make. Mr. Kazmayer was a
Knife arid Fork guest night speak-
er here early this year and was
entertained in the Boothe home at
that time. He conducted the tour
which Mrs. H. W. Mclntyre made
two years ago.
Countries to be visited are Eng-
land, France, Germany, Switzer-
land, Belgium, Italy, and Holland
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas
Sunday, May 23, 1954
Parties For Graduates Highlight
Closing Weeks Of 'Social' Year
Mrs. Ragland's Pupils To
Give Two Piano Recitals
Mrs. Ela Brand Ragland will
present, her piano pupils in recitals
Sunday and Monday.
Sunday Recital
The Sunday recital is being held
at 3 p.m. today at the Greater Zion
Baptist Church.
Presented will be Barbara Jean
Stidam playing Hopak, Soft Mu-
sic, Yankee Doodle. Volga Boat-
man. Carry Me Back To Ole Vir-
ginny, At The Fair, and The Train
Also Janet Heflin playing Sonati-
na. Minuet No. 1 and No. 6, Jack
and Jill, and Fly Pale Luna Moth;
Barbara Jones playing Sonatina,
Dance Of The Candy Fairies, The
Merry Farmer, and Gypsy Rondo;
Shirley Jones playing Sonatina No
2, Minuet No. 4, Spring Song, The
Wild Horseman, and Moon Mist.
Monday Recital
Mrs. Ragland's Monday recital
will be held at 1 p.m. at the New-
man High School auditorium.
This recital will include Barbara
Jean Stidam playing Hopak, Soft.
Music, Yankee Doodle, Carry Me
Back, and The Train; Mike Guy
playing Off For The Woods, Little
Dinners, Breakfasts, Coke Parties
Included; Reception In Peters Garden
Saturday Evening Largest Of Affairs
Closing weeks of the 1053-54 "social season" have been
and are being highlighted by a series of c ourtesies for mem-
bers of the Newman High School graduating class. The
class is due to receive diplomas Monday evening.
Few ran recall when there ha.-; been such a full calen-
dar of pre-graduation parties j
Largest of the affairs was the POn hosted by Mmes Phil Moll,
garden reception hold Saturday ev Hill Sheridan, and Sam Loeb in the
ening by Mr. and Mrs. J. M Law- Rose Room to honor their gradu-
rence and Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Pet-
ers in the garden of the Peters
home, 800 Josephine. Honored
were Carolyn Peters and Jackie
Lawrence, graduating daughter and
son of the host couples, and all of
their classmates and teachers shar-
Brown Donkey, and Waltz; Geor-J ed in the honor.
gana Thompson playing Fanfare J Affairs held prior to Thursday of
and Rock Candy Mountain; Mrs. t ^e past week were launched with
Ragland and Georgana Thompson a dinnPr given bv Jov Pace and
playing Three Hands On A Piano. Gayle Meyer in the p]ayroom of
Also Doris Lee Chandler playing | the Dill Pace home for about 22
Wee Folk March. Home On The senior and junior girls.
Range, Clown Dance, Ice Skaters' | After-School Party
Frolic; Janice Lambert playing
Rustic Dance, Ballerina, and Mu-
sette; Ellen Tobey playing To A
Wild Rose, Entree, Gavotte, and
Busy Bee.
Also Sandra Dill and Zeima Sim-
mons playing Golden Wedding;
Teddy Warbritton playing Over
The Hills and Changing The Guard;
Sara Scott playirg Nocturne, To
My Valentine, Minuet, and The
See RECITALS Page 2
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Sue Carson Engaged
Sue Carson Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. W. 11 Carson of Route 3, Sweetwater, an-
nounce the engagement and approaching marriage of their
daughter, Miss Sue Carson, to Pvt. Billy Ray Adams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Adams of 810 Bowie Street. Pvt. Adams is
stationed at Fort Sam Houston.
July :5rd
The marriage will take place on Saturday. July 3, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Boothe. 130(3 East 14th
Both young people were graduated from Newman High
School. Mr. Adams attended Baylor University and the Uni-
versity of Texas before going into service, and will enter
dental school at Houston when he is discharged. Miss Car-
son is employed by Skelly Oil Company.
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HALF A CENTURY passed between the two pictures shown here.
On the left is the picture which was made at the time of the mar-
riage of Miss Lucy Hanes to King S. Davidson at Menard on May
23, 1904. Above is the picture taken for the Davidsons' Golden
Wedding, which is being celebrated today at their home on the Lake
Trammell Road.
Next came an after-school party
given by Suzanne Sears at the
Lance Sears home, then a lunch-
ating niece, Ann loeb.
A Coke party given by Mmes. Le-
iand Glass and John Miner at the
Glass home 1011 East 12t.h Street,
honored Charlsa Bledsoe, Ann
Loeb. and Patti Couch.
Mrs. Jinunie Maddox. Mrs. Dent
Beall. and Jane Beall had a punch
party at the Beall home for Lua
June Allen.
Supper
Carolyn Peters was honoree at a
barbecue supper given by Dr.
and Mrs. S. F Supowit and Dr.
and Mrs. Frank Barker at the Su-
powit home.
Watson Moore, John Paul Cain,
See PARTIES Page 2
MRS. CHARLES L. CUPP was Miss Mary Franzas Montgomery
before her marriage on May 5 in Ciudad Acuna. Mexico. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Montgomery of Route 1, Trent,
formerly of Sweetwater, He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cupp
of 203 East Louisiana Street. They are irihnq their home at 310
Lamar. Mr. C upp was a 1953 graduate of Newman Hiqb School,
where He playpH football. Me aHmHcd 'vm Anqelo Junior Colleae.
M*"S. Cupp a junior in Newmin Hiqh School, belonging to the
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 121, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1954, newspaper, May 23, 1954; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284138/m1/9/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.