The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1950 Page: 1 of 32
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Miss Robin Richey
Crowned 1950
Football Queen
On Friday evening, December 8,
in the Atlanta High School Audi-
torium, Robin Richey was crowned
queen of the Atlanta Rabbits for
the year 1950.
The setting for the coronation
was aglitter with splendor. The
footlights were banked with jade
and emerald, flanked with baskets
of white carnations and the cen-
ter held a white satin bow shower-
ed with diamond silver cloth. Tho
background held largo white satin
bows centered with white mums
and showered with the silver cloth.
The steps leading to the throne
were wrapped with diamond cloth,
and canes in the same decor com-
pleted the arrangement.
Sammie Jo Haw, the court page,
in a dress of white satin, announc-
ed the entrance of the Royal Pro-
cession. They were heralded by tho
court herald, Franklin Allday.
The Prime Minister, Sammy Jo
Ferguson, entered, followed by the
King, Charles Hughes, who took
his seat, and awaited the queen
and her court.
Jane Ament, 1950 Sweetheart of
the Rabbits, followed the king. She
wore a blue net dress and carried
a bouquet of pink sweetheart
roses. She was accompanied by
the "Maroon Jacket mascot, Lynn
Youngs, dressed in a blue and
white organdy dress, and carrying
a fan of pink carnations; and Mar-
ty Nelson, 1950 Football Mascot,
dressed in a white satin suit. The
escort to the sweetheart was Roy
Spears.
The duchesses and dukes entered
in the following order: Shirley
Brabham in an amber net dress,
carrying bronze chrysanthemums,
escorted by Jimmy Stanley; Nan-
cy Steffey in a biege net dress,
carrying maroon mums, escorted
by Stanley Cruse, Patsy Mays, in
a blue satin and net dress, carry-
inp: pink mums and escorted by
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SEVENTIETH YEAR
ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1950
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
James Bass; Billy Date Talley, in
a pink net dress, carrying aqua
mums and escorted by Bobby
Dodd; LaVerne Lawrence in a
dress of green satin and taffeta,
carrying orchid and pink mums,
and escorted by Billy Mays; Sal-
ly Kennedy in a green satin and
white net dress, carrying dusty
rose mums and escorted by Har-
rel Neese; Gay Grumbles, in a
dress of pink brocaded satin and
net, carrying green mums and es-
corted by Harold Musgrove; Wan-
da Brabham in a chartreuse net
dress, carrying maroon mums, and
escorted by Jerry Cash; Bobbie
Nell McCoy in a dress of silver-
blue satin, carrying pink mums,
and escorted by Robert Clements;
Billie Jean Bickham in a dress of
blue taffeta, carrying yellow mums
and escorted by Joseph Bent ley;
Fredia Ann Bass, in a blue taf-
feta dress, carrying yellow mums
and escorted by Charles Brabham.
Billy Steffey, crown bearer,
dressed in a suit of white satin,
entered, marking the arrival of
the queen and her party. He car-
ried the crown on a white satin
pillow. Following him were the
flower girls, Dee Tallcy and Mary
McWhorter, in pink net dresses
and carrying pink net and satin
baskets.
King Charles arose when the
queen entered. She was lovely in
a bouffant dress of iridescent se-
quins and rhinestones. The train
of white spun glass, elaborate with
silver sequin embroidery, hung
from a coronet collar covered with
the same silver sequins and embos-
sed with curved prongs of rhine-
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GREEIING
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B. F. ELLINGTON & COMPANY
The Store That Serves You Well
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Queen Robin Richey
King Charles Hughes
Child's Health Aids School Attendance
Most fathers and mothers want j
their boys and girls to go to schoolj
regularly. They send them off in
the morning willingly—sometimes
thankfully. The fact that there is
a law which compels parents to
send their children to school sel-1
dom occurs to them, says Dr.
George W. Cox, State Health Of-
ficer.
Various studies in the United
States and Canada show that sick-
ness is the cause of the great ma-
jority of lawful school absences.
Certainly it would be impossible
to wipe absences because of ill-
ness and accidental injury entirely
off the record. But they can be
reduced in number and shortened
in length if parents, teachers, and j
the doctors, nurses, and guidance'
personnel serving the school work
closely together.
The boy or girl in the beginn-1
ing stages of a cold or sore throat
or some other catching illness is a
focus of infection from which new
cases easily spread outward in
ever.widening circles. Often the
parents can help to keep infectious
diseases from spreading in school
by keeping children at home when
they are not in their usual health.
Teachers can help by having an
evenly heated and well ventilated
room and by teaching children to
stay home when ill.
Excuses for absences are impor-
tant to the school both for the re-
cord and for the information they
give the teacher, nurse, and the
doctor in their health guidance of
the child. If the child was under
medical care the excuse should in-
dicate that the doctor approves a
return to school. Any special re-
commendations made by the doctor
will help the teachers to make any
adjustments needed in the child's
school program.
^e (Repeat Qun
Let's cross the threshold
with confidence and hope.
Bentley
Grocery No. 1
Food Store No. 2
Service Station
stones. The queen carried a fake
diamond and gold sceptre, the top
of which held a dainty bouquet of
specimem vanda archids and Euc-
haris, surrounded by French Ma-
line and showered with white
knotted satin.
The ladies-in-waiting following
the queen were Lucille Frazier,
Ruby Nell Blue, Shirley Smith,
and Jane Brabham, in blue net and
taffeta dresses and carrying nose-
gays of blue, pink, and white coro-
nations, tied with silver ribbon.
The King and Queen knelt on
the throne while Prime Minister
Sammy Joe Ferguson placed the
crown upon the head and named
Robin Richey Football Queen of
1950.
After the King and Queen were
seated, the court was entertained
with the following program:
1. Piano Duet, by Suzanne and
11 Mrs. H. N. Hanner. The selection
| played was "Rhapsodie Hongroise"
by Franz Liszt.
2. Bobby Teel's Rhythmaires,
playing "Time on my Hands,"
"Sam's Song," and "Can Anyone
Explain?"
3. Vocal Duet, LaVonne Aken
and Bobby Teague, doing "Winter
Wonderland," and "Queen of At-
lanta High," accompanied by Suz-
anne Hanner.
The Lords of the Court were
Clopton Stroud, Billy Dodd, Joe
Draper and Herbert McConnell.
The ushers for the evening were
Ann Willis, escortcd by Henry
Willis, Carol Jo Davis, escorted
by Waylon Brown, Laura Wall,
escorted by Joe Lee and Ouida
Cole, escorted by Wayne Echols.
The court pianist was Suzanne
Hanner, who was dressed in red
and white net, wearing a "corsage
of white carnations. She was es-
corted by Bobby Teague.
The Court Jester was Bobby Ro-
gers.
Shirley Brabham, president of
the Maroon Jackets, presented
Willie Terrell Murph to the Court
and the audience as the most lo-
yal member of the Maroon Jackets
for the year 1950.
The co-captains of the football
team, Herbert McConnell and Stan-
ley Cruse of the A Team, and
Charles Brabham and Robert Cle-
ments of the B Team, presented
Coach Cannaday, Coach Johnson,
and Coach Lawson with a hand
tooled leather utility case as gifts
from the football teams.
Guests of Honor for the even-
ing were Supt, and Mrs. B. H.
Hudspeth, Coach and Mrs. G. L.
Cannady, Coach and Mrs. B. B.
Lawson, Eddie Harden and Ruth
Jones, Charles Musgrove and Nor-
ma Hall, Bobby Allday and Linda
Grumbles, Ernest Jackson and
Y'Vonne Guidry, Randy Hanner
and Lynn Wright, Jean Talley and
Nancy Rutherford, Andrew Jordan,
George Jackson, Ken Stuart, Ro-
bert Hudspeth and Bebe Roy Dav-
is, Kay Childs, Joe Scott, Billy
Cass County Timber Men Form
New Timber Conservation Organization
A new program, Cass County
Timber Conservation Organization,
was set up on December 14, as a
group of sawmill men, pulpwood
men, and interested timber grow-
ers met in the County Court Room
at Linden.
The officers for this new organi-
zation are George Morse of Lin-
den, President; Homer Knowles of
Avinger, Vice-President; and Les-
ter McMichael of Linden, Secre-
tary. The organization plans to
hold four meetings during the
year on various phases of forestry
work such as planting, manage-
ment, marketing and fire preven-
tion. These meetings will be in
the form of tours, films and dis-
cussions.
A board of directors will be
announced in the very near fu-
ture. The board of directors will
name the various committees that
will be necessary to carry on the
organization.
The adult organization set up
plans to sponsor a Junior Conser-
vation Organization which will in-
clude 4-H and F. F. A. boys in a
pine tree planting contest. Cash
awards are to be given the five
boys that have the best records on
the five acre plantings in the
amount of $50, $40, $30, $20, and
$10.
At a later date the organization
will designate a time and place
for a Forest Festival. The date
will be sometime about August 25
to Sept. 10.
There are six F. F. A. chapters
and 18 4-H Clubs in the county
which means almost every com-
munity will be represented in this
forest program. The five aero
plantings will serve as demonstra-
tions on planting and fire protec-
tion.
To climax the year, a Forest
Festival will be held. A tenative
schedule for the Festival includes |
a tour of several of the five acre
planting, lunch, the awards im-1
mediately after lunch, a short i
talk on the forestry program, and j
a two hour fun fare. The fun fare j
will provide merchandise to thel
winner of the contest. There will
be a contest for boys, girls, men |
and women and fun for everyone.
According to Truitt Powell, Cass j
County Agricultural Agent, this is j
the first and only organization of
this type in the state.
"We hope this conservation or-
ganization will spread to all coun-
ties in the timber belt," states
George Morse, president.
McCarty, Jerry Latham, Wayne
Dupree, Bryant Youngblood, Cal-
vin Bedgood, J. D. Mills, Jimmy
Nichols, Mary Kitchens, Jo Ann
Bickham, Pansy Greene, Jackie
Bickham and Elizabeth Greene,
Gaylon Steger and Katherine Mc-
Whorter, Rosemary Richards, Bar-
bara Martin, Bobby Smith and
Tommy Sue Little, LaVonne Aken,
Wyolene Sykes, Donna June Beck,
Roy Mustian, James Kirkland,
Myrel Blakey, Joy Jean Ross, Sa-
rah Gandy, Bonnie Caldwell, Doris
Cothren, Nina Harvey, Muriel
Smith, Mickey McWilliams, Jerry
Sparkman, Mildred Willis, Roy
Law, Annie Draper, Tommy Hol-
land, Barbara Blakey, Kenneth
Rogers, Lee Roy McDuff, Wesley
Balard, Manley Powell, Helen End-
sley, Frances Mayfieid, Harmon
Hasha, Charles Steger, Jimmy
Blue, Vance King, Jr., Trevelyn
Powell, Calvin Forbes, Betty Tho-
mas, Tommy Joe Snelgrove, Wil-
lie T. Murph, Jane Thompson,
Evelyn Spears, Shirley McNeil,
Been Neel and Lossie Beth Miles,
Maurice Kennedy, Sandra Mays,
Miss Virginia Flanagan, Mrs. Mil-
dred McClung, the Maroon Jack-
ets and Mr. Lavin and the Atlanta
Band.
Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church wishes
for everyone a Merry, Merry
Christmas, and a Happy New
Year.
It was a great day when Christ
came to the world to seek and to
save the lost. But it was a much
greater day when each of us ac-
cepted him as our personal Sav-
iour. Many times when writing
the word Christmas, I find that
so many, because of being in a
hurry or otherwise, leave off
Christ, and just write Xmas. I do
not believe we should substitute
an X for the word Christ. Never
be in too big a hurry to write the
whole word Christmas. For we are
persuaded to believe that it was
Christ who came to establish
"Peace on Earth, and good will
among men."
Everyone will find a warm wel-
come at the Presbyterian Church
any time you would like to wor-
ship with us. Why not find the
church of your choice in 1951?,
and make that year one of the
greatest in Kingdom building? The
church needs you, and you need
the church. We are looking for a
big crowd next Sunday for Sun-
day School and church. There will
be no evening services next Sun-
day, December 24. Sunday School
at 9:45, morning worship 11:00,
Christian Endeavor 0:30. p. m.,
ladies Aid each Monday at 3:00.
Prayer meeting, Wednesdays at
7:00.
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Harrell, D. P. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1950, newspaper, December 21, 1950; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335809/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.