The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CITIZENS, JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GASS COUNTY. TEXAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 111 1941
The Citizens Journal
(Founded 1879)
J. W. HARRKLL. Editor and Publisher
Entered at the Poetoffice In Atlanta. Texas, as second class mall matter.
Issued Thursday oX each week. Offlco 209 East Hiram Streetr—Phone No. ITS
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Football Banquet and
Coronation of Queen
The annual football banquet of
the Atlanta high school, honoring
the football team and the football
queen and her court, was held in
the gymnasium Wednesday even-
ing, December 10, at seven-thirty
o'clock. The banquet hall was
beautifully decorated with holly
and mistletoe, the center decora-
tion being a large "V" made of red
lights, entwined with mistletoe,
which was placed just above the
throne for the queen's coronation.
Preceding the banquet, Miss Inez
McAlister, a popular senior in the
school, was crowned the queen of
the Atlanta Rabbits for 1941-1942.
Miss McAlister, the queen wore a
white satin gown, a deep white
satin train ornamented with se-
quins. She carried a boquet of
white renunculuses, centered with
a white orchid and showered with
white satin ribbon. The members
of the court were announced by
the court page, Miss Betty Jean
Law, dressed in a white suit and
herald Rebort Dupree. •
Richard Johnson, king of the
court, entered first and took his
seat on the throne. Following him
were the dukes and duchesses:
Frank Trice and Miss Margaret
Dodd; Pedro Howe and Miss Bettye
Joe Evans; Roy Brabham and Miss
Ruth Handley; Weyland Thomas
and Miss Mary Gene Brabham ;.Lee
Daniels and Miss Janice Steed;
Lawrence Caver and Miss Julia
Faye White; Hardy Johnson and
Miss Marilee Rabb; Henry Johnson
and Miss Frances Bluestein; Char-
les Thompson and Miss Phrelo Jo
CappB; Abe Mays Jr., and Miss I (jlcatieVS S S
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The duchesses wore lovely even-
ing gowns in pastel shades. Each
carried a beautiful "V" boquet and
wore a small flower "V" in her
hair.
Judy Lou McClung and Frances
Manning were the flower girls.
They were daintily attired in full
length white taffeta and tulle
gowns and each carried a nose gay
of white candytuft and feverfew.
The crown was carried by the
crown bearer, Howard Carney, Jr.
The throne was on a white satin
pillow. He wore a full dress suit of
white satin.
The queen entered, followed by
Sally Kennedy and Gay Grumbles
train bearers, each dressed in full
length white taffeta gowns with a
bandeau of white feverfew and
French maline in her hair.
The queen's ladies-in-waiting
were Miss Patsy Ruth Groves, Miss
Jane Roach, Miss Geraldine Riley
and Miss Leeomine Beach. Each
was dressed in an evening gown in
a pastel shade and carried a hand
corsage of mixed flowers. Their
escorts were J. B. Blaydes, David
Kennedy, Cecil Hawthorne and Tom
Ramsey.
As the queen approached the
throne, she was met by the king.
As they knelt before the throne,
the Prime Minister Glenn Steele,
placed the crown upon the queen's
head and named her Queen of the
Atlanta Rabbits for 1941 and 1942.
The queen and king were seated,
and the court was entertained by
the court singer, Joe Denny Hefner
with the song "Inez, with the Dark
Brown Hair," honoring the queen.
The Court Jester, Wesley Davis,
caused many laughs throughout
the program.
The court then retired to the
queen's table in the center of the
bjmquet hall. The table held a
large "V", made of red carnations
and white feverfew, with graduat-
ed red candles running the length
of the table and connected with
plumosus and intermingled with
feverfew.
The banquet was then served.
Dr. Ernest W. Grumbles, toastmas-
ter, directed the following program:
Invocation, Paul Goodwin.
Piano solo, Miss Betty Jo Evans.
Toast to the football team, Miss
Patsy Ruth Groves.
Responce, Frank Bivins Trice.
Cornet solo, Roy Brabham, ac-
companied by Miss Mildred Ware.'
Dance, Bettye Cook, accompa-
nied by Mrs. Oval Harden,
Message from Coach, Mr. Earl
Wray.
Response Richard Johnson.
Appreciation from Football mo-
thers, Mrs. Bob Howe.
During his talk, Coach Wray in-
troduced members and lettermen of
the football squad and expressed
his appreciation for the fine sup-
port that the people of Atlanta
have given the team.
In his response, Richard Johnson
presented Coach Wray with a beau
tiful Elgin watch, a gift from the
members of the football team.
Dr. Grumbles then presented Mr.
D. T. Smith, superintendent of
schools, who in turn presented the
speaker of the evening, Mr. Frank
Kimbrough, Coach of Baylor Uni-
versity. Coach Kimbrough gave a
most interesting review of foot-
ball .in America. At the conclu-
sion of his speech he delighted the
guests with a moving picture of
the Baylor-Texas 1941 football
game.
The program was brought to a
close with the singing of the school
song and "God Bless America," ac-
companied by Miss Helen Manning.
ihe members of the football
team sat together at a table re-
served for them adjoining the
speakers table.
Members who were present were
co-captains, Richard Johnson and
Frank Bivins Trice, Johnnie Deck-
Weyland Thomas, Hardy John-
son, Pedro Howe, Cecil Hawthorne,
tporge Mpars. denn Rtaoht. O. W.
Hall, William Thompson, Roy Brab
ham, Walter Dillenger, Lawrence
Cav ir, Shelton Prator, Charles
Thompson, Lee Daniels, Frank
Thompson, Buddy Law, Bruce Wal-
don, Lois Foster, Henry Johnson,
Abe Mays, Wesley Davis, Hunter
McWilliams, Horace Gholson, Billy
Ray Dodd, Arthur Sloan Wiley,
Charlie Bill Starkey, George Hay-
den, George Gillespie and Penn
Ramsey and Roy Dillinger, mana-
ger.
Mrs. Lottie Traylor
Passes Away
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Mrs. Lottie Traylor, 60, died at
the home of her niece Mrs. F. M
Griffith, at Waco, Texas, Decem-
ber 9th, 1941.
She is survived by one son, Jim
Traylor, of Houston, Texas; two
brothers and two sisters, C. M.
Hull, Hughes Springs; J. A. Hull,
Greenville; Mrs. Anna Kelley, Dal
las and Mrs. Lessie Caperton, Ft.
Worth.
Services were held at Hughes
Springs Methodist church, at 3 p.
m., on Wednesday, December 10,
1941, conducted by Revs. J. E. Fer-
guson, C. T. Hatchel and J. W
Reeder, all of Hughes Springs.
Burial was in the Hughes Springs
cemetery und<v the direction of the
Hanner Funeral Service.
Texas hap only 2 per cent of its
total corn acreage planted to hy-
seed, according to the Agri
Marketing Service.
Monday evening, December IB,
the Gleaners Sunday School class
met in the banquet hall of the Edu
cational building for the annual
Christmas party, with Mesdames
D. T. Smith, T. B. Warwick Jack
Jones, Wade Aday, J. E. Manning,
Jesse Henderson and Miss Chris-
tian Lovelady as hostesses.
The president opened the meet-
ing by explaining that instead of
the usual exchange of gifts a do-
nation to the Red Cross would be
made. A nice amount was collect-
ed.
Mrs. Onie Willis read the 2nd
chapter of Matthew for the devo-
tional and Mrs. N. P. Hanner in
her gracious and charming manner
gave the beautiful story of the
Fourth Wise Man.
Mrs. Smith, our new president,
presided with ease and poise over
a short business session, after
which the modeling of garments do
nated to the Community Chest cre-
ated an uproar of fun, helping to
get our minds for a while, off of
the awful crisis facing us. In the
contest Miss May Price won loud-
est applause with Mrs. Easterbrook
a close second.
Hostesses served hot coffee and
cookies, carrying out the Christ-
mas motif.
Baptist Circle No. 1
Circle No. 1 of the Baptist W.
M. U. met Monday, December 15,
in the home of Mrs. Jay Clements
With 15 ladies present.
The meeting opened with the
hymn "He Lives on High," follow-
ed in prayer by Mrs. Oma Shep-
pard.
Mrs. John Spivey brought an in-
spiring devotional from the 2nd
chapter of Matthew and closed
With prayer.
The minutes of previous meet-
ing were read and accepted. The
Lottie Moon Christmas offering
was taken but not completed. Per-
sonal service reports were given.
The circle furnished refreshments
for the Sun Beam Band which met
at the church. At the close of the
business session, a beautiful Christ
mas poem was given by Mrs. R. P.
Cameron, followed with a duet
"Silent Night" by Mrs. Hardy
Lyle and Mrs. Hap Clements. Mrs.
L. T. Roberts gave a wonderful
stewardship talk God's Gift to the
World. The last chapter of the
mission study book How to Pray,
was given by Mrs. Fred Cameron,
who also read a War time prayer,
which was very impressive.
The meeting was climaxed with ]
the presentation of gifts from a,
beautiful little decorated tree to
Dr. D. M. Clouse
Celebrates Birthday
Dr. Dillard M. Clouse celebrated
his 75th birthday, December 13,
1941. Dr. Clouse was born Decern
ber 13, 1866 in Cookville, Tenn., in
a log cabin, hewn of popular logs.
His father died when he was five
years of age.
He stayed at home until he was
11 years of age, and then ran away
from home and worked for many
people to earn his living.
At the age of 27, he married
Miss Fannie L. Jones, a native of
Moline, Kansas, in Elk county. To-
gether, they made their home in
Collinville, Okla., for several years.
Six children were born to them
there.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Clouse mov-
ed to Texas where three more chil-
dren were born to them.
Twenty-three years they came to
Vinita, Okla., and made their home
and where they are now living.
Today Dr. and Mrs. Clouse and
their grand-daughter enjoyed a big
birthday cake to celebrate his 75th
birthday.
nedy Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Cochran, Texarkana, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs.
Jewell Malone and daughter, Mrs.
Hershel Brown and two sons, Mr.
S. D. Nichols, Mrs. Stamps, Miss
Effie Mae Stamps .
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Harper of
Red Hill visited last Sunday with
Mrs. Sarah Steger, Miss Mattie
Steger.
Mr. Lee O'Rear spent Sunday
with his daughter Mrs. Nat Curt-
right.
Master Earnest Louis Kennedy is
spending this week at Dr. Brown's
School at San Marcos, Texas.
Rev. and Mrs. Morris House
spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Livingston.
Mr. T. H. Steele and Mr. Joe
Odell of Linden visited Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Steele.
Mrs. D. Witt Richardson and ba-
bies of Pittsburg are visiting her
sister Mrs. Jimmy Cargile.
Mr. and Mrs. Met Steger, Mrs.
Sarah Steger and Miss 'Mattie Ste-
ger were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Steger.
Wishing everyone a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Mrs. J. K. Murph, Reporter
We had an extra large Sunday
School Sunday.
Wall have our Christmas tree.
after Sunday School next Sunday. |
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Proctor j
visited Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Mr.!
and Mrs. H. N. Richardson last!
week. Eugene has a very bad j
sprained ankle.
Those who visited during last ■
week with Mr. and Mrs. Met Ste- j
ger were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Liv- j
ingston and baby, Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney O'Rear, Mr. and Mrs. Leo- j
nard O'Rear, Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
O'Rear, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne O'-
Rear, Mr. Frank O'Rear, Mr. Ellis
O'Rear, Mr. Lee O'Rear, and Mr.
Leroy Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Pyle mov-
ed to Grogans Mill this Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Steger and
three daughters visited Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Livingston.
Those who visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Murph and Mrs. Odie Ken-
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each member. The Yuletide spirit j i FILL THE
prevailed with the many effective j
decorations and the brightly lighted j
tree of the holiday season.
Mrs. Laura Childs played the
part of good ole Santa Claus by j
sending a box of delicious choco- |
late covered cherry candy, which j
was enjoyed by all.
We were happy to have one new j
member Mrs. Hatcher, and one;
visitor, and our president, Mrs. j
Orna Sheppard meet with us. All j
circles meet at the church next j
Monday.
Closing prayer was voiced by j
Mrs. Hatcher.
The hostess served tasty refresh j
ments.
Someone visiting you? Phone 178
Christmas Stocking
With
Nuts
Fireworks
Cocoanuts
Candies
Bananas
Oranges
Apples
Grapes
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Harrell, J. W. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941, newspaper, December 18, 1941; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335764/m1/2/?q=music: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.