The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1956 Page: 4 of 4
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The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 16, 1956
DISTRICT 45-B REPEAT CHAMPIONS
ch—The twice postponed Ladies
night of the Cedar Hill Lions Club
is planned once more for tonight.
Both times it was scheduled pre-
viously the program had to be
cancelled due to the snow.
JORDEN
BEAUTY SHOP
H All types Beauty work
0 Ilevlon Cosmetics
• Excelcis Cosmetics
9 Hosiery-all lengths
and sizes $1.35 for
51 and 60 gauge.
AX8-3664
211 S. Duncanville Rd.
Ex-Publishers Brother
To Undergo Surgery
DUNCANVILLE
Word was received here last
week that E. A Shifflette, brother
of Mrs. A. L. Childress, editor and
publisher of a former newspaper
for this area, was to undergo eye
surgery.
Mrs. Childress published the
Merry-Go-Round newspaper when
she lived in Cedar Hill. She is now
in Los Angeles, Calif., with her
brother, Mr. Shifflette.
For Duncanville Residents
Trailers For Rent
Camp Wisdom, Duncanville Rd.
WEBB SERVICE STATION
Ph. AX8-7782
DUNCANVILLE LUMBER CO.
FOR ALL
YOUR BUILDING REPAIRS AND
SUPPLIES
Title I Loans—36 Months—No Down Payment
AX8-3841
CITY DRUQ STORE
# AIRMAID HOSIERY
• KINGS CANDIES
• TOYS FOR ALL AGES
Registered Pharmacist on Duty
GEORGE BOSHER, Prop.
CY9-4100
Night Calls CY9-4737
CEDAR HILL
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District 45-B are couched by Ray
Robinson. Players arc. left to
rls'hl. bnek row, L>onnie Brown,
.lames Sandllng, Jerry Sims, W. J.
Cooper, Marvin Chapman, Mike
Pitt and Ronnie LaRuc. Front
row, same order, Edward BJassin-
game, Fat Pitt, Gerald Chapman,
Gary La Rue, Charles Kirho, Tom
Castleman and Coach Robinson.
Three-time district winners of
Cedar Hill, also coached by Ray
Robinson, standing', are in the
circle from left to right, Yvonne
Holveck, Rose Holveck, Carolyn
Chauvin, Edwina Hendricks, Sha-
ron Potter, Patsy Foster, Joyce
Fleeman. Betty Cooper. Sarah
Sims, Harvey Lou Newton, Jere
Strickland, Mary Joe Murdock,
Erma Lou Knight, Orllna Grisham
and Carol Ann Murdock. In the
center are Sandra Moore and Zela
Nicholson.
Fred Mc Junkin Horse
Wins First at Ft. Worth
Fred Mc JunKin's registered
Quarter Horse, Gidden's Buzzer,
won first place at the recent Ft.
Worth Fat Stock Show in per-
formance roping, junior division.
The rider was George Brown of
Stephenville.
This is the eighth show Mr. Mc-
Junkin has entered, and the sixth
time his entry placed in the top
five. His horses have taken two
first prizes, two fourth prizes,
one third, and one fifth prize.
d—Word was received this past
week that Edwina Berlin, who is
attending Clarendon College, is in
a Memphis, Texas, hospital with
pneumonia.
ch—Scenes for a movie are being
taken on the McGehee Ranch by
Lockland Pictures, Inc. The film
is reportedly a short subject deal-
ing with the Revolutionary War.
d—Mrs. E. L- Deever is in Meth-
odist Hospital as the result of an
automobile accident last Friday.
Mrs. Deever was riding with her
mother in to Dallas when the acci-
dent occurred. Her mother was
released after first aid treatment,
but Mrs. Deever was kept at the
hospital for treatment of a broken
nose and other abrasions and cuts.
ch—Cedar Hill Camp Fire Girls
and Bluebirds honored their fathers
last Friday night with a Father-
Daughter banquet.
d-r-The junior class had a class
dance Monday night at the Com-
munity House following the corona-
tion of the Valentine Queen. The
room mothers sponsored the dance.
d—Mrs. M. C. Fisher re-entered
Methodist Hospital Tuesday for an
operation.
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BEGINNING
SATURDAY
25% OFF
ON ALL OUR
MERCHANDISE
DUNCANVILLE Sports Shop & Hardware
Cedar Hill Seeders
Have 1st Regular Meet
CEDAR HILL
Members of the new garden club
in Cedar Hill held their first reg-
ular meeting last Friday in the
homs of Mrs. Frank Crawford and
chose their name, the Cedar Hill
Seeders.
They also chose their flower, the
Peace rose, and club colors, green
and pink.
Mrs. Ethren Weed led the pro-
gram on the planting and care of
roses. Mrs. W. H. Dawson assisted
Mrs. Crawford as hostess. Next
meeting will be March 9 at the
home of Mrs. Millard Potter.
BOSHER'S
Service Station
and WASHATERlA
AX 8-3113
DUNCANVILLE
New Gym
(Continued from Page 1)
bleacher side. Size of the new
gym will be approximately 108 feet
long by 106 feet wide.
Though no cost figures are yet
definite, the board has $105,000
available for the building, $35,000
from insurance on the old building
which burned two weeks ago, and
$70,000 of unused bonds.
LEE'S
Dry Cleaners
Modem Equipment
1 -Day Service
If Requested
Next To Post
Office Building
DUNCANVILLE
FRIDAY and SATURDAY Only
All 98c and 89c Records
WITH THIS AD
TILORY MUSIC STORE
DUNCANVILLE
DUNCANVILLE CHAMBER of COMMERCE
We are making a survey for available
help for a well-known Dress, Blouse and
Skirt Manufacturing Company planning
to locate here. All experienced power
machine operators interested in ideal
working conditions, high piece rates and
continuous employment and wishing to
make application, please apply at Dun-
canville Community House from 1:30 to
3:30 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th.
Those people interested in making ap-
plication that have NOT had experience,
please apply at Duncanville Community
House from 1:30 to 4:30 FRIDAY, FEB. 24th
Inexperienced work age limit 18 to 35.
Anyone desiring further information inquire at ...•
McBRIDE PHARMACY. DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS
t I
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he loved so much.
We're proud that Mr. Lincoln chose to insure in
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And as local agents of the Hartford Fire Insurance
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ligation — a facsimile of the famous Lincoln policy.
It's yours for the asking.
CHAS D. ACTON
INSURANCE AGENCY
DUNCANVILLE A^8-3731
AS SLEN IN LIFE. SATURDAY EVENING POST, NA]^^
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Barber, Hildred. The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1956, newspaper, February 16, 1956; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437567/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.