The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1939 Page: 2 of 10
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THE CITIZENS JOURNAL, ATLANTA, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1939
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QUEEN CITY
Mm. J. G. Dell
Sunday Sdwol Party
The Willing Workers were enter
tained in home of Mr*. Joe Roach
with Mr*. Bernard McNeil, co-
hoatesa. Motion was made and car-
ried that the ladies of this class
meet at home of Mr*. Jame Barnes
Friday, 17, for a quilting, each lady
to bring a covered dish. During
hour numerous games and
contest* were enjoyed. A lovely
plate of sandwiches, cake, pickles
and punch was served to 13 mem-
bers and two visitors.
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B. W. M. U.
The W. M. S. met Monday p.m.,
with Mrs. E. E. Griffin as hostess.
Mission leader, Mrs. Ben Ellington . Mrc
had cnarite of program. "The Great several times in Queen Cit>. Mrs
Commission — Our Mission and Ellington is now at Fort
Teaching" was the subject. Devo- Ha., but will later go to .Irs
tional led by Mrs. Davidson in a Loggins at West Columbia.
splendid way. Mesdames Goodson,1 -"*■£-
Griffin, McAlister and Ratcliff on j Joyce La \ erne Dukes Dead
the program. Special prayers, Mrs. Joyce La \ erne, six year o d
H,-.JT ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G
Mrs. Plum and her committee Dukes, died at tb>? home of her
took charge of our shower of eggs aunt Mrs- Jesse Thomas at 1.00
Thanks to this committee for their
B&llie Jo Burk.
After the election orf officers the
class adopted the following resolu-
tions:
1. To keep school grounds clean.
2. Assist in keeping school build
ing neat and dean.
3. Encourage citizenship in oar
school.
4. To welcome all visitors to our
school every day.
5. To encourage safety in our
school every day.
The class motto is "We are not
at the top, but still climbing." The
citizenship club will meet every
Wedr
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K. B. Loggins Dead
R. B. Loggins of West Columbia,
Texas, died Friday March 10. Fun-
eral services were held Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loggins, cousins of
Mrs. J. E. Ellington, have visited
service.
So glad to have Mesdames H. F
and Fioyd McWilliams with us
again. Mrs. McWilliams, our vice-
president, will have charge of our
program next Monday in the home
of Mrs. B. F. Ellington
Hostess served delicious refresh-
ments.
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7th Grade Citizenship Club
o'clock Monday a.m. She is surviv-
ed by her parents, two brothers,
Billie and Albert, her grand par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dukes,
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Powell.
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Quilting Party
Mrs. R. E. Johnson was hostess
served lovely cake and
ice cnMun to fifteen ladies and 3
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McNeil
and daughters were Sunday visi-
tors in Longriew.
Mrs. John Beaver and daughter
Sara attended the regional band
meet with the Atlanta band, Long-
riew, Friday-Saturday. While there
they were entertained with a buf-
fet luncheon Saturday by Mesds.
V. B. Spiva and Tom Combs. Oth-
er guests were Mrs. Lee Lane and
sons Tyson and Richard, Mrs. P. R
Lanier and son Jack and daughter
Imogene of Texarkana; Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Dupree and son Robert
of Anti; Mrs. Chuck Milliner and
daughter and Ilivean Combs of
Longview.
Miss Rua Draper spent week end
with her sisters in Texarkana.
Miss Adell Hale was called home
Kildare Announces
Football Schedule
Coach Wray, of ihe Kildare
Eagles released the following
schedule for the Kildare High
School football team. A few dates
are yet to be filled:
Clifton and Harold Julian and
friend of Fort Sill, Okla., spent
Thursday-Sunday with their par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Julian.
Misses Vera Dell, Evelyn Hall
and Mable Caver were Saturday-
Sunday guests of Miss Hazelle
Penn of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Neville and
three children, Mrs. Scarber and
two children of Avery visited Sun-
day p.m. in W. B. Draper home.
Mrs. Eargle and Mrs. Beene are
in W. B Draper home on the sick
list since Friday.
September 15, No game want-
ed; Sept. 22, Open; Sept. 29, De-
Kalb at Kildare; October 6, Sa-
repta. La., at Sarepta; Oct. 13,
Oil City at Oil City (tentative;)
Oct. 20, Winfield at Kildare; Oct.
27, Leesburg at Kildare; Nor. 3,
Jefferson at Jefferson (tentative);
Nor. 10, Open; Nov. 17, James
Bowie at Sim*; Nov. 24 m-t•
Kildare Girls Are
Invited to Wichita
Recently Supt. C. C. Alexander
of the Kildare High School receiv-
ed an invitation for the Kildare
High School Girls Basketball team
who has won national fame in the
last two years, to compete in the
ational A A. U. Tournament in
ichita, Kansas. The outstanding
cord that the Kildare Girls has
>mpiled this season with thirty
o victories out of thirty-five
imes. These victories being
•er the very best teams of Louis-
na, Arkansas and Texas.
Coach Alexander at the time of
riting had not decided about ac-
pting the invitation.
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, Mrs. Bob Roberts, Mrs. Perryil
Saturday to attend the funeral of I Thomas, Mrs Robert Mills, Mrsj
her aunt Mrs. Fannie Hurt of|Carl Griffin and Mrs Dred Bla.
Bloomburg. i visited Mrs. W. B. Draper,! :
Miss Jo Watson visited relatives | Sunday afternoon. <
at Hughes Springs over the ween- Mrs! W. W. Draper and Dolly, | >
en^* , J Miss Fannie Miller and Mrs. Jack
Conway Caver of Barksdale t icld, jjcCarter visited Mrs. Eargle and} 1
in Shreveport, visited home folks. Mr. P)€ene in the Draper home i
Saturday-Sunday; also visited in J Mon(jay afternoon. j i
G. Dell home,
Mrs. W. B. James spent Sunday
in Atlanta with Mrs. H. F. Kim-
mons.
Will Ross Powell had the mis-
fortune of losing his bam Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Plum of El Dorado
is spending this week with her
J .,' w " ■ v! daughter Mrs. Emmett Howe.
Friday to a quilting party in her ^ ^ ^ Mrs Gilford Plum
home. .e a> u-a ~p ' was al)|e to ^ carried home Sun-
ing laughing, qu.lting and eat ng Mr plum ig back at work in
A lovely dinner was served to the
,'ack Hill visited
ficers were elected:
President, Charles Thompson.
Vice President, Geo. Carraway.
Sec'y-Treas., Helen Riley.
Monday
Miss Bertie Draper is spending! I
the week with Mrs. Beulah Little,;
of Ida, La. I <
Cardboard at the Citizens Jour-
il office. Phone 178!
rated, Christian life.
She is survived by her husband,
our sons and one daughter, E. E.
lurt, and R. L. Hurt of Dallas;
I. B. Hurt and Mrs. Roy Stanley,
f Bloomburg; and F. W. Hurt,
.f Corpus Christi, Texas, and
jhrce grand children, two bro-
hers, Harvey Hale, of Millsap,
>xas; Chas. Hale, of Texarkana,
i.nd one sister, Mrs. Jim Smith,
jf Queen City, Texas.
Mrs. Lester Stuckey
Buried Friday
Mrs. Lester Stuckey, age 30,
died in a Texarkana hospital,
Thursday, March 9th. Funeral
services were held Friday at 4 p.
m., at the Ca*s Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. J. P. Olive, of
Linden. Burial was in Macedonia
cemetery in charge of the Hanner
Funeral Service.
She is survived by her husband,
Lester Stuckey and three chil-
dren. Her parents, Rev. and Mrs
J. W. Nichols, and five brothers,
S. D. Nichols and Jewel Nichols,
of Atlanta; J. B. Nichols, of Pine
ville, La.; S. G. and Earl Nichols,
of Bloomburg; six sisters, Mrs.
Rush Davis, of Atlanta; Mrs. L.
D. Wilbanks, of Bloomburg; Mrs.
J. T. Mustain, of Shreveport; Mrs.
J. P. Owens, San Augustine; Mrs.
Eloise Arnold, Charlotte, North
Carolina and Miss Elner Nichols,
of Bloomburg.
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On Much 8. the Queen City 7th following: Mesdames Barnes, Wal- j hl3 c*f®-
f.|as.- elected officers for the ton, Dell, Mills, Henry Riley, Ber.} ana Mrs
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; the hostess. *r daughter Ine* who visited
qq j Mrs. Horace Brown in Dodd Git>
Mother and Home i also Mrs. Emily Johnson who visit-
I . ' ed with home folks in Paris.
The woman, missionary *oc et> ; ^ and Mfg B p Eii)ngton,
met Monday withi Mrs. Berry Mor- and Mrg John D Hanes spent
jnss hostess. Mother and Home be-, jn Ki,dare wjth Mr an(1
ing subject of our program. Every j shelton
Vir.mn Viin't/ic ife Willis flffllinH MfltH- ' * * . .. _ . . . T I
Miss May belle Daviason of Ida,
Royal
Castle
Shreveport Highway
HOT BARBECUE PLATES
HOME MADE CHILI
home builds its walls around Moth
er. This sacred one is so dear to ^ Saturday night and Sun-
ail. Lets all attend the zone meet-1 , ' •!?,, i
j ing in Linden March 21. We were
happy to have four ladies visiting
from Bloomburg society.
Devotional, Mrs. Hackney.
Mother, Life in the Home, Mrs
W. R. Powell.
Outlook, Mrs. McNeil.
St. Patrick Day, Mrs. W.
Powell.
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day with her parents Mr. and Mrs
O. S. Davidson.
Helen Carlisle of Texarkana and j
Meda Waters were Sunday supper I
guests of Sarah Beaver.
Rev. L. L. Burkhalter left Thurs
day morning for El Paso to attend |
the bedside of his aged mother-in-1
law.
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ONLY CAR with f u!! torque-tube
drive selling for le*,s than $956.*
0NL7 CAR selling for Jess than
$839' in which both front and rear
springs are relieved cf driving and
braking strains.
ONLY CAR with semi-centrifugal
clutch selling for less than $SS6.*
ONLY CAR vith front radius rods
selling for less than $S98.*
LASSES? Hydr aulic brc.ke-1 ining
area per pound of car weight in any
car selling for less than $840.* Largest
emergency brake-lininf* area of""any
car selling for less than $840.*
LARGER diameter brake drums than
in any car selling for less than $956.*
MQME floor-to-roof height than in
any other iow-price car. WIDEST rear
seat of any iow-price car.
H!'JLIE3T horsepower-to-weight ratio
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GREAiZST fuel economy in miles
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February Motor Age.
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Harrell, J. W. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1939, newspaper, March 16, 1939; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335781/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.