The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1940 Page: 4 of 12
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The Mineola Monitor. Mineola Texas, Thursday, December 12,1940.
BUY IT IN MINEOLA 1
B. of R. T. Auxiliary ' Mrs. R- h. coieman spent Dodge-Plymouth
_ * Thursday in Dallas. ° 47
Installs Officers
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Finest paper-shell pecans, in-
cluding Jumbo size. Priced
right. Phone 141. We deliver,
lone Star Ledge, Brotherhood j Mrs Hubert Thomas.
Of Railroad Trainmen, recent- Mr and Mrs j Nor_
ly installed officers for the rjg an(j daughter, Helen, of
ensuing year.
Miss Dorothy Parr succeeded
Mrs. E. Barbee as president.
Other officers are Mrs. Joe
Peters, vice-president; Mrs. J.
F. Bell, secretary; Mrs. C. L.
White, treasurer; Mrs. J. E.
Brown, conductress; Mrs. W.
W. Bowers, warden; Mrs. B. H.
Davidson, chaplain; Mrs. Rich-
ard Eason, inner guard, and
Mrs. Ernest Russell, outer
guard.
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Mrs. Dick Pendleton and
daughters, Nanalee and Eliza-
beth, were visitors in Dallas
Tuesday.
Plainview spent Sunday visit-
ing his sister, Mrs. Ocie Fair,
and mother, Mrs. N. J. Norris.
Miss Patsy Bowdin has re-
turned home from Gladewater
where she has spent the past
three weeks working.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carraway
and daughter, Margaretta, were
week-end visitors in Durant,
Oklahoma.
Lem Herrin, former resident
of the Garden Valley comunity
who has been living in Shreve-
port for the last fifteen or
twenty years, was a visitor here
i Sunday.
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SANTA CLAUS
WILL BE AT
Our Store
Saturday
DECEMBER 14
FROM 10:30 A. M. to 3 P. M
ALL THE
CHILDREN INVITED
TO COME AND SEE HIM!
WARREN'S
VARIETY STORE
Force Entertained
At Stag Party
Ernest Brooks, local Dodge
and Plymouth dealer, entertain-
ed the members of his organ-
ization Saturday with a stag
party in recognition of the fine
selling job the firm has ac-
complished within the last five
months.
An established goal for the
service, parts, and sales de-
partments was reached in Nov-
ember, and as a reward the
employes were allowed to pick
the kind of party.
The party was held at the
English Park, and Mr. Brooks
acted as master of ceremonies.
He introduced each employe
and pointed out the points
gained during the campaign.
Gerald Hitt, service parts man-
ager, was presented with the
Chrysler recognition of ser-
vices, sales, and customer rela-
tions commission. All members
of this department were con-
gratulated upon their success.
They are Leon Hitt, Jack
Brooks, Dee Jarmon, and Josh-
ua Epperson.
Mr. Brooks congratulated his
salesmen on delivery of their
275th unit in five months. Mem-
bers of the selling department
are George R. Stone, Ernest E.
Pritchard, H. M. Reeves, and
Delta Bruner.
Following the business ses-
sion Mr. Brooks set another
goal for each department and
promised another party upon
attainment of the goal. Re-
freshments were served in dutch
lunch style.
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Mrs. J. F. Bell is visiting rel-
atives in Florida this week.
Entertains Couples
Club Monday Night
Mr. and Mrs. Arell Denton
entertained the Couples Club
at their home Monday night.
Members present were Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Harding, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Cowart, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Roberts, Mr.
and Mrs. Adrian Rogers, and
Dr. and Mrs. A. S. McArthur.
High score award for the
Mrs. N. P. Lewis
Succumbs at Home
Sunday Morning
Mrs. N. P. Lewis. 83, resident
of Mineola for many years, died
at her home at 106 West
Broad Sunday morning follow-
ing a brief illness. Funeral
services were held Monday af-
ternoon at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. A. W. Fulcher,
with the Rev. George Cherry-
20th Century Club
Meets Wednesday
Mrs. James Judge was hos-
tess and leader Wednesday
afternoon at her home on the
Longview Highway to the
Twentieth Century club.
Roll call was answered with
Composers or Musicians and
Their Work.
Music, the topic for the after-,
noon, was discussed by Mtk
Judge, Mrs. d. d. Starnes, and
Mrs. A. P. Buchanan.
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IN HOSPITAL
Miss Julia Mayer, former resi-
dent of Mineola, is reported
confined to the Dallas Medical
and Surgical Clinic with ill-
ness.
ladies was won by Mrs. Roberts,,, . ,, .
... , , . u u homes, pastor of the Central
while men's high was won bv ..
T-* . . m r Christian Church, officiating.
Dr. McArthur. Low score was • . . '. ,
. n, TT .. , , Burial was made in the City
won by Mr. Harding and gal- j
loping by Mr. Roberts. 1
Cemetery.
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Mr. and Mrs. Chester McGee
and children were visitors in
Dallas Tuesday.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE: Good milk cow,
fresh. See M. L. Haines, Gold-
en. lp
FOR SALE: Slightly used Magic
Chief stove at a bargain. See
Sharp Hardware Co. mr-c
PIANOS •
WE HAVE in this vicinity one
studio piano, on spinet type
piano which must be repossess-
ed immediately. Will sell for
balance due on small monthly
payments. Write Credit Man-
ager, Box 93. Tyler, Tex. 37-3c
FOR SALE: All size used tires.
New equipment for vulcanizing
and retreading. Pegues Tire
Shop. 36-3m
FOR RENT: 50 acres, good cot-
ton and corn land near Gilmer,
Texas. Possession now. 712
Wilson Building, Dallas, Tex-
as.
Mrs. Lewis was born in Geor-
gia in 1857 and moved to Wood
County more than fifty years
ago. She was a member of the
Christian Church.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Fulcher, Mrs. Mollie Dies
of Long Beach. Calif., Mrs. Rose
O'Connor of Shreveport, La.,
Miss Ruth Lewis of Washing-
ton. D. C., and Mrs. Bessie Col-
let of Harrison Ark., and one
son, W. D. Lewis of Marshall.
Also surviving are a brother,
Joe Shoes of Nocatee, Fla., fif-
teen grandchildren and sixteen
great grand children.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sin-
cere appreciation for the kind-
ness shown us in our bereave-
ment, the illness and death of
our husband and father, J. R.
Strange.
Mrs. Jim Strange
John Strange and Family
Emil Strange and Family
Juel Strange and Family
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Mrs. Grady Puckett and Mrs.
J. L. English were visitors in
m-35-5c Dallas Tuesday.
BLENDED
Pillsbury's Best Is not a "one-wheat" flour,
which might make good bread but fail in
j. cake, or make good cake and fail in bread.
Instead, it's milled from a blend of many
choice wheats, "balanced" to work per-
fectly for everything you bake — bread,
biscuits, cake, pastry.
PILLSBURY'S
BIST FLOOR
BEST!;
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Cake
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NEW 1941
G. E. RADIOS
Give the family one
of these new 1941
G. E. Radios for
CHRISTMAS!
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Our store is crammed full of new Christmas merchandise. We
want to take this oppostunity to invite each and every one of
you to come in and look over our many gifts. You'll find the
jjk gift for Him or Her at our store.
Here are a few of the many suggestions we have to offer: V
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 11, ALL POPULAR BRANDS OF
CIGARETTES WILL BE 16c, OR TWO PKGS FOR 30c (CASH)
Colgate's Shaving Sets 75c and $1.00 Old Spice (early American) sets of
Cashmere Bouquet Sets 75c ' Talcum, Sachet, Cologne, Soap, Perfume
Coty's Dusting Powder $1.00 Coty's Sets—Single or Double Combina-
Coty's Toilet Water $100 tions, $1.00 to $3.75
Coty's Perfume $1.00 to $5.00 Hubigant Sets of All Kinds for Men and
Hobnail Bottles of Cologne $1.00 HEiiflllHi Ladies, $1.00 to $3.75
Wembledon Ladies' and Men's Sets$l to $5 jg CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS—ALL COLORS
Evening In Paris Set 95c to $3.75 . $1.75 Box
Mennen's Men's and Ladies jjft ^an^ule Sets _ 50c up
j Sets 75c to $2.75 Fountain Pen Sets, Poker Chip
Wrisley's Miniature Lamp Per- ^ ^igar^ Cigarettes^ Kodaks,
fume Sets, Three Separate Odors Candies, Stationery, Electric
™ , , •>;* J- Bab, Sets 60c g «* -^58=-
MINEOLA DRUG
T. L. Williams, Owner Next to Be ckham Hotel Phone 26
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Four-inch speaker, built in antenna,
de luxe full vision, auto volume control,
Plascon cabinet, five tubes—
$12.95
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Mahogany cabinet, two bands, long and
Short wave, five-inch power speaker;
equipped for record-playing. Six tubes
$29.95
Built-in aerial, five-
inch speaker, Plascon
cabinet, auto volume
control, new visuacux
dial, five tubes—
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1940, newspaper, December 12, 1940; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299035/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.