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THE CITIZENS JOURNAL, ATLANTA, TEXAS
URSDAY, januaby
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Myra Neal Harrell
SOCIETY EDITOR
Phone 178
A Pleasant Surprise
On Monday afternoon, January
8, 1940, Rev. A. A. Rider, our
•glendid pastor at Linden, Texas,
ItWded by Mrs. C. E. Farmer and
hw group of Missionary women,
visited the superannuated preach-
era home at Atlanta, Texas, bring-
ing with them tokens of love and
expressions of good will for the
New Year.
They brought with them many
beautifully tied-up packages, every
gift so a ptable, and a boquet of
chrysanthemums.
A nice program was enjoyed by
all.
No finer group of women can be
found. Since the day we first
knew them, they endeared them-
selves to us^JVe shall always hold
~*>ur hearts. No pas-
a better, more loy-
these.
■own expressions of
thouglvFFulness and cheer to others
come back to you in full measure,"
and the year of 1940 be the hap-
piest year of them all.
Their visit was a benediction to
us.
Sincerely,
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Easterling
them dear^
tor ever s
al people
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Garden Center
Opens In Linden
The opening of the Linden Gar-
den Center was held Friday after-
noon on thevthird floor of the court
house. withvMrs. A. J. Nelson, as
director. She was assisted in the
curtesies of the afternoon by Mrs.
H:. Ellington.
The room was attractively de
Icorated with lovely arrangements
jof cut flowers and potted plants
furnished by Mayfield Florist of
lughea Springs and with winter
bouquets furnished by members of
fcthe Linden Garden club. A color-
4jl QBHMbiou of painted guords be-
loifgingxo Mrs. Nelson added to the
attractiveness of the room.
Corsages were pinned on each
( guest upon arrival.
The purpose of the Garden Cen-
ter as explained by the director, is
primarily to encourage the planting
and culture of flowers and shrubs
and to encourage the arts and cul-
tures that g>q to make the world a
more attractive place in which to
live.
Mrs. Nelson assigned each club
member specific subjects, includ-
ng a particular flower, shrub, or
|>ulb to be used in making her in-
dividual contribution to the Garden
Center. The work on the scrap
books will be done by the club
members at the Garden Center.
Mrs. Homer Misenheimer, of Jef
ferson, guest speaker, explained
the use of vertical files in filing
magazine articles of interest, and
information, and told the group of
the work in this line being done by
the Jefferson clubs.
Mrs. Nelson made an announce-
fment concerning the National Flow
er Show at Houston, Texas, Feb-
ruary 28.
The Linden Garden Center is
open to the club women and girls
and the general public Friday,
January 19: other open meetings
will be announced later.
Atnalta Chapter
Delphian Society
The Atnalta chapter of the Del-
phian society met in their club
room at the Flower Mart, January
10.
After a short business session,
Mrs. Hanner, the president, turned
the meeting over to the leader for
the afternoon, Mrs. Hughes.
Following an interesting intro-
ductory summary on "The Chang-
ing World of Carlyle's Life" by
Mrs. Hughes, she was assisted in
other topice by Mrs. Whitehead,
Mrs. Gullion, Mrs. Pitts, Mrs. Mc-
Lendon and Mrs. Hanner.
A report from the library com-
mittee revealed that the project
was being readily accepted by the
readers of Atlanta. The rental li-
brary which is located at the Flow-
er Mart, is fortunate in having the
best sellers of today, including
"Grapes of Wrath," "Escape,"
"Kitty Foyle," "Lost Sunrise," to-
gether with many others. They al-
so have on their shelves many de-
Sunshine S. S. Class
The Sunshine Sunday School
class met Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 in the class room with 12
Atlanta Garden Club
Holds Meeting
The Garden Club met January
sixth in the home of Mrs. Elmer
members and one visitor present. white( with MrS- M j, Bro'oks and
The meeting was opened with pray
er by Mrs. Howard McWilliams.
Mrs. Nat Hays, co-hostesses,
Mrs. White's beautiful new home
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several ways and suggestions were
offered.
Members of the class during the
month of December, that were
100 percent were, Mrs. J. B. Blay-
des, Mrs. G. O. Blankenship, Mrs.
Will Hogan and Mrs. Rush Davis.
Members and prospective mem-
bers are urged to come. We are
eager to keep this good attendance.
Ladies Council of the
Christian Church
Met January 9 at the home of
Mrs. F. A. Sims with eight present
Roll call was answered with verse
( beginning with "E". Minutes were
tective and mystery stories, light' read and approved. Mrs. Schaefer
fiction and western books. was leader. The lesson was on I
Dr. T. J. Griffin, of Desquesne
University says: "The horror story
in literature should be encouraged
as one of the keenest pleasures in
Samuel. All members participated
in answering questions.
Hot tamales and coffee were en-
joyed by all. After .the benediction
life. The human mind gets a kick ! the meeting adjourned. Next meet-
out of having its nervous system i ing will be at the church.
Ellington Memorial
I Hospital Notes
1/ Mrs. J. O. McLeod, Bivins, Janu-
►a-ry 3, treatment.
Mr. Dorris Shelton, Bivins, Janu
ary 6th, treatment for accident.
Mrs. May Thompson, Atlanta,
'January 9th, treatment.
Miss Martha Clyde Dalphin, At-
lanta, January 10th, tonsils re-
moved.
Mrs. Ollie Morrison, McLeod,
January 10th, tonsils removed.
Mrs. Oliver Gives
Stag Dinner Party
Mrs. T. B. Oliver entertained
with a Stag dinner party for her
husband at their home Tuesday
evening at seven o'clock. The main
feature of the meal was venison
steaks from deer killed by Mr. Oli-
ver on his annual deer hunt.
Those present were R. P. Dunk-
. lin, Pat H. Ramsey, Hugh Carney,
Ed Rabb, Morris Battle, Henry A.
King, Lewis Miles, Dr. E. W. Gram
bles, Major C. C. Thompson, of the
Regular Army and T. B. Oliver.
A ppreciation to the
Young People
To the young people of Atlanta,
who honored us with an invitation
to their beautifully appointed Ep-
worth League banquet and shower-
ed us with so many lovely gifts and
gifts from other friends of Atlan-
ta, who so graciously contributed
yur Christmas nerds and happi-
and to those who sent potted
and so many Christmas
is toe liter his (u men ■
^ accept this in lieu for
ppreciation.
tnd all of you, we say
set on the edge by natural and |
supernatural horrors.
There is not one of us who fails
to enjoy subjecting himself to the
trying effects of fear by vacarious
experiences in reading such things
as detective stories and murder
mysteries," he explains,
Linden M. Society
Met With Easterlings
The Linden Methodist Woman's
Missionary Society, accompanied by
Rev. A. A. Rider, met in the home
The library can furnish you with Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Easterling
these types at nominal cost. The in Atlanta, Monday afternoon and
library day for fees runs in twen- honored their host and hostess with
ty-four hour routines. I a miscellaneous shower of gifts,
■ — i I expressing the love and esteem in
Atlanta Garden Club I which the Easterlings are held by
f their Linden friends. Some fifteen
years ago Rev. Easterling was pas-
tor of the local Methodist church
and the ties of love and friendship
are still strong between the church
and its former pastor and wife.
The afternoons program was
opened by Rev. Easterling's read-
ing the 12th chapter of Romans,
which was followed by a prayer,
led by Rev. A. A. Rider, local Metho
dist pastor.
As the new president, Mrs. C. E.
Farmer assumed her proogutive
and competed I. Q. as a mental
bank. In this test it was learned
that one of the members present
was celebrating her 41st wedding
anniversary on the above date—
that another member was bom in
Invited to T. S. C. W.
DENTON, Jan. 10—Atlanta Gar-
den Club members this week re-
ceived an invitation to attend a
two-day garden conference to be
held at the Texas State College for
Women in Denton, January 15 and
16. This conference, first of a
state-wide nature held at a Texas
college, is sponsored by the Texas
Federation of Garden Clubs and
the college.
Mrs. Will Lage, director of the
Fort Worth Garden Center and
state president of the Texas Fed-
eration, and Dr. L. H. Hubbard,
president of TSCW, have announc-
ed that representatives from Texas'
200 garden clubs with a total mem-
bership of 10,000, and clubs of paradise, Wise County, and many
other interesting things concern-
ing the group but for lack of de-
finite evidence the society members
failed to leam just how much time
Mrs. S. E. Ellington spent in "tele
phone conversation" each day.
southern Oklahoma have been invit-
ed to the conference. The theme
of the first day's program will be
the use of natural resources and
that of the second will be hor-
ticulture.
Climaxing the two-day session
the college is presenting J. Gregory
Conway, of the University of Cali-
fornia, Los Angeles. Mr. Conway
author of "Flowers East-West" and
one of the greatest authorities on
the art of flower arrangement will
give the main address at the ban-
quet which will close the conference
Tuesday evening, January 16.
Other outstanding speakers will
be Mrs. G. C. Spillers, of Tulsa,
Okla., president of the Oklahoma
Garden Clubs, who will speak on
"Organization;" Dr. J. C. Ratsek,
Director of the Experiment Sub-
Station 2 at Texas A. & M. College,
whose subject will be "Plant Dis-
eases," and Dr. Evelyn Barclay,
director of zoology, Tulsa Univer-
sity.
Raymond C. Morrison, consult-
ing landscape architect for Federal
Government Housing Projects will
speak on "Town Buildings;" Wal-
ter Florey, Texas A. & M. horti-
culturist, on "Worthwhile New
Shrubs," and Mrs. Ben G. N'Neil,
Wichita Falls, past president of
the Texas Federation of Garden
clubs on "Flowers Pilgrimages."
"Ways in which to raise money to , was wartT1| C0Zy am| attractive as
build annex" was discussed and guests entered from a blanket of
sleet and snow falling outside.
The living room was artistic with
well arranged spring flowers on
the mantle placed in front of a
large wall mirror. A vase of red
radiance roses were beautiful on
the piano. These roses were grown
by Mrs. Jay Clements in her rose
garden.
The president, Mrs. M. A. Led-
better presided over a business
session. Mrs. Marvin Glass, lea-
der for the program, discussed a
"Bog garden you can make any-
where.
This garden would make any
home grounds complete and can
be constructed at a very small cost.
Mrs. R. P. Cameron described
Naturalistic Rock Garden and Wa-
terfall. Mrs. Cameron presented
illustrations of these gardens and
the theme for a garden of this type
is to keep it as natural as possible
with little or no artificial rock
work. With Mrs. Oval Harden at
the piano, social club music was
furnished by the club singing "In
The Garden."
Mrs. Kennedy told the club how
"Rock Gardens are in Danger.
Many a garden is ruined of its
beauty by ill-arranged rock. If
you build a rock garden, place the
rock as they are found, when re-
moved to your own garden. Also
use large rock instead of so many
small ones.
Mrs. J. E. Manning gave Garden
Riches from the Rockies. In her
charming manner, Mrs. Manning,
described several beautiful flowers
and plants suitable for this type
garden.
Mrs. N. P. Hanner discussed
what to do when your nursery
stock arrives. First, keep roots
damp and never let them dry out
by wind or sun. Second, dig hole
large enough for shrub being plant-
ed and water it well. Third, see
that shrub is well pruned. Fourth,
have good rich soil to place around
shrub, but never let any kind of fer
tilizer contact roots, but place it at
the top of ground about nine inches
in a circle around the shrub.
The hostesses served a delicious
salad plate to about thirty mem-
bers. Mrs. Hays' mother, Mrs.
Caswell, from Beaumont, was a
welcome visitor, and also Mrs. Mo-
reau was a welcome guest.
Smith-Strange
A wedding of interest to their
many friends was that of Miss
Dorothy Bess Strange, daughter
of Mrs. Jack Strange, of Stamps,
and William Howard Smith, of At-
lanta, Texas, on January 3, at the
Methodist parsonage, in Lewisville,
Ark. The Rev. A. W. Hamilton,
pastor, officiated. Attendants were
Miss Frances Cox, of Stamps, and
Dudley Madole, of Waldo.
The young couple will make their
home in Stamps for the present, as
Mr. Smith is connected with the
Crow Drilling company here—
Texarkana Gazette.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gordon
Houston, of Montgomery, Ala., an-
nounce the birth of a little daugh-
ter on Saturday, January 6 at the
Highland sanitarium, Shreveport, .
being their first child and h., teen JS? £™!
New Operator
Miss Alice Robinson of Union
Chapel is now employed at the
Mary Lee Beauty Shop as operator
She would be glad for you to call
around and get acquainted.
Atlanta Woman's
Club Holds Session
The Atlanta Woman's Club met
January 4th in the new home of
Mrs. Joe Nichols on the Texarkana
highway.
The president, Mrs. H. N. Hanner
presided over the meeting. After
the roll call, which was answered
to with a Folksong and its locale,
named Wanda Clare. Mr. and Mrs
J. B. Stuckey, Shreveport, being the
maternal grand parents and Mr. L
Houston the paternal grandfather,
which Mrs. E. W. Grumbles became
an active member.
The reception rooms were beau-
tifully decorated with Azaleas -and
Poinsettias with baskets of Godetia
and Spurge Stuckey who, incident- poinsettias witn ds
ally becomes an uncle, says in as atrtXantatgeJ pol, f'u „ .
- ----- - The study, led by Mrs. Gilbert
Youngs, was Folk Music.
Mrs. B. R. McLendon gave a
much as the little Miss was born
on his birthday and holds honors as
the youngest member of the re- .^PP . __ ,
union, he would reserve an extra, study on Influence of Geography
cup of coffee for its benefit and !on Folk Music. Mrs. H. R. ing
pleasure. Mother and little Wanda selections of Folk songs from
Clare including Daddy and grand- different nations. She was accom-
Otto K. Speer, Conrad, Montana,
who spent the holidays with his
mother at Backner, suffered a
ruptured appendix and was operat-
ed on Friday in Tri-State hospital,
Shreveport, and is in serious condi-
tion as we go to press.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McWilliams
and daughter Mickey, Mrs. C. H.
Oden, and A. O. Brabham attended
the Jackson Day dinner in Dallas,
Monday.
Rev. Denman Easterling of Gal-
veston spent the holidays with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Eas-
terling here.
Mrs. C. H. King, Mr. and Mrs. A
D. King visited in Shreveport, La.,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Walter Fulton of Greens-
burg, Indiana, arrived here Tuesday
to join her husband who is with the
Safeway store. We welcome her to
Atlanta.
Horace Goodroe, Vivian, was a
week end visitor here with his sis-
ter, Miss Alice Goodroe, and in the
George Law home.
Roy E. Price and Chas. White,
Centenary students, Shreveport, are
at home with the flu this week.
The Thursday Study Club will
meet Thursday January 11 with
Mrs. H. H. Ramsey as hostess with
Miss Thomas as leader.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thomas have
returned from two weeks vacation
at Miami, Florida. They were ac-
companied by his brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Thomas of Mound, 111,
Mrs. Rachel Harrington of Little
Rock, Ark., is visiting her four sons
and mother, Mrs. K. R. Blythe in
Atlanta.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Galema./and
two sons of Houston visited Mr. and
Mrs Matros Glass and other friends
in Atlanta, Sunday-Tuesday.
Fruit tree spray—dry lime sul-
phur at Walker Drug Co.
Franklin Allday and Freed Man-
ning were in Fort Worth Sunday-
Monday buying new spring shoes
for Alldays.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Hughes are
visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs
H. K. Hughes in Leesville, La.
C. K. Crow, Fort Worth and E.
W. Crow of Linden were week end
visitors of their brother J. R. Crow
and family in Atlanta.
Mrs. Leonard Chadwick and
daughter Carolyn of Mineola were
week end guests in D. D. Aken
homes.
Lew Elsworth, agency supervisor
Colorado Life, was Friday visitor
in Atlanta at the Lillian Oliver In-
surance agency.
Please call at Walker Drug Com-
pany for your 1940 Calendars!
Opal Caver left Sunday for
Shreveport, where she will enroll in
Meadows-Draughan College.
Mrs. L. R. Carlisle left Wednes-
day for her home in Napa, Calif.,
after an extended visit with her
brother W. C. Cauthen.
Mable Caver visited Maxine Dra-
>t in Texarkana several days last
< ek.
In the United States newsprint
onsumption amounts to about 3,-
000,000 tons a year. In one sheet
this would cover 20,000 square
miles.
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mouth is healthy. These visits per
mit your family dentist to discover
defects when they are small and to
correct them before much damage
is done. Naturally these correc-
tions are much more easily made
tended.
than those which have gone unat-
Children of two and a helf years
of age are not too young to start
dental office visits. From then on
'Regular' visits, combined with the
other two "R's" will be good in-
surance of continued dental health.
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Bivins P.-T. A.
At the regular meeting of the
Bivins PTA Wednesday, Mrs. G. C.
Woods, new president, presided.
During the business meeting Mrs
Woods appointed a membership com
^ind may there come rnittee. The organization voted to
have a Vanishing Tdfl.
W. H. Garrett gav^an interest-
ing talk entitled "Wh)*re Are You
S. Easterling Going My Pretty Maid.
^ss'iig; some unex-
Jew Year.
panied by Mrs. H. N. Hanner.
After a-discussion of "Influence
of Political Conditions and Racial
Characteristics" by Mrs. H. A. J|_
King, the leader gave records of aVrfa0P
Folk Songs for children.
During the social hour, Mrs.
Nichols served a delectable salad
plate.
The club adjourned to meet Fri-
day, January 19th, with Mrs. L. L.
Dalrymple.
The haAlest American s< ft wood
is lonfleJ pine; the harde^*)ard^
lage orange.
Keep Children
Physically Fit
AUSTIN, Texas—Children who
are brought up according to the
three "R's" of mouth health have
a very good chance to escape the
discomforts and accompanying ill-
health that comes from dental dis-
orders, according to the Texas
State Department of Health.
This season of the year, when
the children are getting adjusted to
school routine, is a particularly ap-
proprite time for special thought
to the physical as well as the men-
tal aspects of a child's development.
The child who is physically fit
makes much better progress in
school, than does the boy or girl
who is below par. Parents can help
to keep their children fit by care-
fully following the rules of mouth
health in bringing up their chil-
dren.
The three "R's", of course, are
not 'Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithme-
tic, but are 'Right' foods, 'Real'
cleansing, and 'Regular' office vis-
its, which are as important to the
mouth health as the old three "R's"
are to mental development.
The teeth and other mouth tis-
sues depend for their original struc
tural strength and their continued
resistance to ill-health on the quali-
ty and quantity of building mater-
ials made available in the food one
eats. The first set (baby or foun-
dation) of teeth obtain their ma-
terials from the mother before a
child's birth. The permanent set
may depend on the diet of both the
mother and the child itself. Con-
sequently, the diets of both should
be rich in calcium, phosphorous, and
in those vitamins that seem to ef-
fect mouth tissues, with special
emphasis on vitamin "D" which is
found principally in sunshine, cod-
lives oil and fish. That is, there
must be the "right" food in the
diet for strong, decay-resisting
teeth.
'Real' cleansing means twice a
day thorough brushing of the teeth
with effort to reach every tooth
nnd finally, the equally
thorough flushing of the mouth
with some mild antiseptic liquid or
saline solution.
The germs that play the part of
teeth and ram destroyers in the
diseases luto^Las dental decay and
pyorrhea ai^^nore active in un-
clean mouth^^Keal cleansing will
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