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Friday, November 10, wen
THE WEST NEWS — VtEtox. TEXAS
Society News
Weddings
Social Events
News Items
Call or bring your news Items to the News Office — Ph. HI 6-5282. (There Is no charge made)
Miss Jan Ramsay,
Marvin R. Void
Repeat Vows Sat.
Joe G. Dnlocks
Feted On Golden
Wedding Anniv.
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe G. Dulock honored their
Miss Jan Ramsay and Marvin
Ray Volcik exchanged vows in |
St. Alban's Episcopal Church parents with a dinner and re-
Saturday evening. Rev. Fred W. I ception on their golden wedding
Kneipp, rector of St. Alban’s I anniversary on Saturday, Oct-
performed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ramsay of
Waco. The bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Volcik
of West.
The bride wore a formal A-
line satin gown and hand-clip-
ped chantilly lace cage with
long tapered sleeves. The cage
ober 28, 1967 at St. Martin’s
Hall in Tours.
They attended ten o’clock
mass with Father Marion Ato-
manezyk officiating. Mass ser-
vers were two of the grandchil-
dren, Anthony Dulock and
Douglas Dulock, two great-
nephews, Gaylon Dulock and F.
H. Wiedemann, Jr. One of the
formed a full chapel length ! grandchildren, Edwin Dulock,
train. Her portrait neckline was j Jr., received his first Holy
accented with seed pearls. A j Communion,
matching coif of lace leaves ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Dulock were
Miss Lednicky,
David Patton
ToWed In Dec.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome John
Lednicky of West, Texas, have
announced the engagement of
their daughter, Pat, to Mr.
David Patton. David is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Patton
of Rotan, Texas. The wedding
will take place Dec. 29.
Pat teaches English in Need-
ville High School and lives in
Rosenberg, Texas. David is em-
ployed with the East Bernard
Independent School District.
Both are 1967 graduates of
The University of Texas.
outlined in seed pearls held her
shoulder length veil. She car-
ried a bouquet of French car-
married October 29, 1917 by
Father Christopher Prcaker.
Two members of the original
nations, lilies of the valley and i wedding party, Mrs. Rosa Ber-
white orchid accented with seed j ger and Mr. John B. Dulock of
pearls. i Tours were present for the ce!e-
Miss Kathy Jones was maid of bration.
honor and sisters of the bride Children of the couple are
and bridegroom Misses Jackie Mrs. Angeline Williams of Port-
Volcik were bridesmaids. They
wore formal blue A-line satin
gowns and hand-lipped Chan-
tilly lace cages with high rise
waistline and satin bows. Their
land, Oregon, Edwin A. Dulock
of Beeville, Joe F. Dulock of
Tours and Mary Frances Dos-
kocil of Arlington. Two of the
sons, Henry J. Dulock and Cle-
held circular veils. Each carried
a long stemmed yellow rose.
Danny Volcik was his broth-
er’s best man and cousin of the
bride Bruce Bainter, cousin of
the bridegroom Larry Volcik,
■and Roger Kirby of West were
groomsmen. Bruce Bainter and
Danny Volcik also served as
ushers.
Rick Grimes was organist and
Mrs. Robert E. Crozier soloist.
The bride’s parents were hosts
at a reception in St. Alban’s
parish house. Members of the
house party were Mrs. Danny
Volcik, Miss Judy Seidel of Goli-
ad and Miss Kathy Jones.
The bride graduated from
Richfield High /School where
she was secretary of Future
Secretaries I. and secretary-
treasurer of Future Secretaries
II. She is also a graduate of
Durham Business College and
Nancy Taylor Charm School of
Waco. She is a clerk-steno-
grapher at Veterans Adminis-
tration Regional office.
Mr. Volcik is a graduate of
West High School where he was
a member of Handicraft Club.
He attended Hill Junior College
in Hillsboro. He is employed at
the United States Post Office.
After a wedding trip to San
Marcos the couple will live at
4004 Maple Ave., Waco.
matching rosette headpieces ment L. Dulock passed away in
March and September of 1966.
All 24 grandchildren were
present to help their grandpar-
ents celebrate. Among the out-
of-town guests were Father
John T. Geiser of Cameron.
Miss E, Matos.
Charles Wedeking
Name Attendants
Miss Estelle Matus and Char-
les R. Wedeking named attend-
ants for their wedding Saturday,
Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church of Bellmead.
Rev. Ralph A. Brennan will offi-
ciate.
Matron of honor is Mrs. Eve-
lyn Matus, Bridesmaids are Miss
Mary Carol Burger of Pilot
Point, Miss Jo Ann Wedeking of
Waco, Miss Emily Hanak of Ar-
lington, Miss Marjorie Kolar of
Bellmead, and Mrs. Angie Drozd
of Garland.
Donald Wedeking is best man.
Groomsmen are Marvin Matus,
Joe Wacht, Roger Swanson of
Lake Jackson, Bill Drozd of Gar-
land, and Edward Kaska of
West.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Matus
and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Wede
king will be hosts at the wed-
ding reception in Linden Hall
. in Elm Mott.
Miss Matus
Honored With
Tea Shower
Miss Estelle Matus, bride-elect
of Mr. Charles Wedeking, was
honored with a bridal miscel-
laneous tea shower Sunday, Oct.
29, at the Ross School cafe-
teria.
The bride’s chosen colors of
pink and rose were carried out
in the decor.
The refreshment table was
covered with a white linen table
cloth centered with bells and
doves, and ribbons with the
bride’s and groom’s names.
Refreshments of chicken and
cheese sandwiches, kolaches,
cakes, potato chips, pickles, nuts
and mints were served by the
hostesses.
Approximately 60 guests reg-
istered.
The couple will be married at
3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 in St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church, Boll-
mead, Texas.
Linda Bezdek Is
Abbott Football
Sweetheart
Miss Linda Bezdek, daughter
Miss Gajdosik,
Alvin Sembera
To Wed Nov. 25
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Gajdosik
announce the approaching mar-
riage of their daughter, Dorothy,
to Alvin Sembera, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Sembera of Cot-
tonwood.
The wedding will take place
on Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. at the
Catholic Church of the Assump-
tion in West with Rev. Leonard
Leddy officiating.
A reception, supper and dance
will be held at Cottonwood Hall
following the ceremony.
Valerie Taggart
Places First In
Twirling Contest
Valerie Taggart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Taggart of
Waco, won first place in a twirl-
ing contest held at Richardson,
Saturday Nov. 4 at the Lake
Highland Twirling Festival. The
^ official National Baton Twirling
Assn. Class “A”.
Five hundred girls represent-
ing Mississippi, Louisiana, Kan-
sas, Oklahoma, and Texas par-
ticipated in the contest. Before
the contest a girl was chosen
from each state as a representa-
tive. They were presented a bou-
quet of roses.
The baton twirling drum corps
performed precision drum and
dance routines. These were
championship corps which Val-
erie won first place in basic
strut (ages 11 - 14), out of 20
girls she received a marble-based
blue and silver trophy. In fourth
in military march (ages 11-14),
out of ten girls which were ad-
vanced participants in military
march in previous contests. She
received a round gold medal.
The contest was in full accord
with the National Baton Twirl-
ing Association’s high national
standards.
Dennis Porter
Goes to Viet Nam
Mr. Harold Craig
To Be Ordained
Deacon, Sunday
Mr. Harold Craig will be or-
dained a deacon at special serv-
ices Sunday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
at the First Baptist Church in
West.
Dr. Bruce Cresson will be in
charge of the ordainment. He
will be assisted by all the dea-
cons of the church.
Friends and visitors are cord-
ially invited to attend this spe-
cial service.
Homecoming
At Abbott
November 25
CDA Meeting
Held Tuesday
Mrs. George Kacir showed
samples of several types of
home arts and crafts when she
presented a program at a meet-
ing of the Catholic Daughters of
America on Tuesday, Nov. 7th.
The greater interest was
shown In decoupage, a craft
which enables a homemaker to
mount on wood any picture —
perhaps from a magazine to
make a decorative wall plaque.
Mrs. Kacir explained what ma-
terials are needed and what
procedure should be followed to
get satisfactory results.
Mrs. Kacir also showed papier
mache flower pins, as well as a
bowl and a wastebasket made of
the paper craft. She also ex-
hibited permanent arrange-
ments of plastic flowers dipped
in gold dust mixed with var-
nish.
During the business meeting,
Miss Mary Dvorncek announced
that at present the local court
ranks sixth in the state contest
among courts having more than
150 members. Courts are rated
through a point system. One
way a court may earn points is
by having large numbers of
members present at the local
meeting.
Mrs. Vine Sula won the at-
tendance prize, which was do-
... . nated by Mrs. W. O. Montgom-
of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bezdek o , ery Hostesses were Mmes. Er_
Abbott, was crowned Football i
Sweetheart during half-time ac-
tivities of the Abbott - Aquilla
football game.
Linda was presented the
crown and a dozen red roses.
Abbott won their homecoming
game, 60-12, over Aquilla.
win Laubert, Ernest Zahirniak,
Joe Cihlar, Daniel Gerik, Joe
Nors, Raymond Hruska, Joe Ma-
zanec, Sr. and A. J. Muska, Sr.
One proven way to improve
the operation of your old car is
to price a new one.
Classes which have graduated
from Abbott High School in
years ending in “7” will be spe-
cially recognized guests at the
Abbott Ex-Students Association
Annual Homecoming to be held
at the school on Nov. 25.
Dr. Hubert Dawson, President
of the alumni group, will pre-
sent members of the classes of
1907, 1917, 1937, 1957, and 1967.
Other honored guests will be in-
troduced by W. B. Rutledge, a
former teacher.
Dr. Dawson, who is President
of Temple Junior College in
Temple, said a TJC group under
the direction of William C. Hall
will provide musical entertain-
ment for the evening. Instru-
mental and vocal selections also
will be presented by Miss Mary
Bell and Miss Debby White.
A fellowship program gets un-
derway at 5 p.m., and a banquet
follows at 7 p.m. Reservations,
•which should be made before
Nov. 20, already indicate that
up to 200 persons will register
and as many as 150 probably
will attend the banquet.
Persons wishing to make res-
ervations should contact Mr.
and Mrs. Cline Young or Mr.
and Mrs. Dolly Gray at Abbott,
or Dr. Dawson at P.O. Box 783,
Temple, Texas 76501. Banquet
tickets are $2 each.
Dr. Doyle Beavers of Austin
will be master of ceremonies,
and the Rev. Doyle Danvin will
open the meeting, fiupt. Bill Mc-
Kown will greet the ex-students,
and Miss Linda Popp will re-
spond.
A business meeting, including
committee reports and election
of officers, will follow the ban-
quet.
CADFTTE TROOP 73
MEETING HELD
Lt. Ronald Kelly
Assigned To
Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Ft. Campbell, Ky. — Second
Lieutenant Ronald L. Kelly, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Kelly,
Route 1, West, was assigned to
the 1st Training Brigade, U. S.
Army Training Center, Ft.
Campbell, Ky., Oct. 16.
Lt. Kelly is a member of Com-
pany C of the brigade’s 1st Ba-
tallion. He was last stationed at
Ft. Benning, Ga.
The 24-year-old lieutenant re-
ceived his commission through
the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program at Tarleton
State College, Stephenville,
where he received a B.A. degree
in 1967.
His wife, Janis, lives in
Clarksville, Tenn.
Capt. J R. Hnsak
Is Promoted
Capt. John R. Husak, who is
with the 416th Bomb Wing at
Griffiss AFB, Rome, N.Y., has
recently been promoted to ma-
jor. He is the son of Mr. and
SP.-4 DENNIS PORTER
Sp-4 Dennis Porter was home
on a 30-day leave visiting his
mother, Mrs. Jewell Porter of
West and his sister, Mrs. Kay
Heeter of Cleburne.
Specialist Porter, who is serv- Mrs. John J. Husak of Route 2,
Ross HD Club
Meeting Held
At a recent meeting of the
Ross Home Demonstration Club,
Mrs. Bill Long, the Fair Chair-
man, reported that the Ross
Community Fair was a great
success.
Mrs. Paul Wofford of Ghol-
son gave a report on the Dis-
trict Texas Home Demonstra-
tion Association meeting in
Fort Worth. She also announc-
ed a Countywide Achievement
Luncheon will be held Nov. 10
at the Cameron Park Clubhouse
for all County Home Demon-
stration Club women.
Refreshments were served to
ten members and two guests,
Mrs. Wofford and Mrs. C. L.
Umberson also from Gholson, by
Mrs. Jack Moore. She decorated
the refreshment table in a Hal-
loween motif.
The next meeting will be on
Nov. 14 at the school building.
Arlene Vavra,
Reporter
Penelope FHA Has
Lone Star Gas
Demonstration
The Penelope FHA, along with
their advisor, Mrs. Glenn Elli-
son, were recently present at a
Lone Star Gas Demonstration
given by Mrs. Diane Friend. The
demonstration was held in the
newly remodeled Homemaking
Building at Penelope High
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 73 j School.
met recently at the Dunbar
School Building.
Mrs. Helen Jo Muska gave out
the Girl Scout Calendars to be
sold by the Cadettes. Cindy
Gerik and Shanna McCartney
were elected as delegates to at-
tend a Girl Scout Council meet-
ing in Marlin on Nov. 18. They
will be accompanied by Leader
Bettye Tucker.
Those present were Gayle
Tucker, Cindy Gerik, Shanna
McCartney, Oleta Hopkins, Ste-
phanie Janek, Lisa Armstrong,
Veronica Eddins, Karen Gerik,
Rita Nemecek and leaders, Mary
Mellgren and Bettye Tucker.
Gayle Tucker served refresh-
ments.
Cindy Mellgren,
Reporter
Veronal, a sleep-producing
drug, was named for Verona—
the sleepiest city the discoverer
knew.
The theme of the demonstra-
tion, “Happiness Is” was illus-
trated by painted pictures of the
"Peanuts” comic strip. Mrs.
Friend showed the amazing
works and advantages of the
modern gas range.
“Lucy Links” and “Snoopy
Snacks” were prepared and
served to approximately 35 girls.
The girls also learned how to
make comic strip placemats
from the “Peanuts” comic strip
in the newspaper.
Penelope FHA Reporter,
Darlene Stuckiy
The muscle that closes a
clam's shell is, for its weight,
the most powerful muscle
known.
• •
The five foods that can be
found in any and every part of
the U.S. are: beans, hamburgers,
cola drinks, ice cream, and hot
dogs.
ing with the U.S. Army, left
Saturday for California enroute
to Viet Nam.
Porter’s brother. Tommy, was
also home on leave. He returned
Saturday to Maryland.
BROWNIE TROOP 173
INVESTITURE HELD
Brownie Troop No. 173 recent-
ly held their investiture at the
Dunbar School Building. Six
girls were invested into the
Brownies and seven girls receiv-
ed a membership star which
signifies one year of member-
ship in the Girl Scouts.
The girls invested are: Becky
Barton, Lisa Bezdek, Susan
Buckelew, Judy Matusek, Mar-
sha McCracken, and Cindy
Owens. The girls who received
a membership star are: Diana
Meurer, Sharon Muska, Paula
Plasek, Beverly Sawyer, Cyn-
thia Slovak, Kaye Tucker and
Cindy Husak.
The Brownies have picked a
secret outdoor meeting plane
to hold their meeting when the
weather permits. The investiture
was held at their secret meeting
place. The second year Brown-
ies prepared the decorations.
After the investiture the girls
were served refreshments of
Brownie bars and punch. The
new Brownies were hostesses for
the occasion.
Leader of the troop is Mrs.
Edwin Husak, assisted by Mrs.
A. J. Muska, Jr.
■-O-
BROWNIE TROOP
MEETING HELD
Mrs. Pinter’s Brownie Troop
177 met Tuesday, November 7 at
the Dunbar School building.
The following officers were
elected; president, Ada Wil-
liams; vice-president, Cheryl
Roth; secretary-treasurer, Sher-
ry Stanley; reporter, Susan Cof-
fer; and song leader, Darla
Money.
The Brownies learned the care
and handling of the jackknife.
Refreshments were served by
Sharon Pratka.
The meeting was adjourned
with the Friendship Circle.
Susan Coffer, Reporter
MRS. KELLNER
ENTFRTAINS CLUB
Mrs. Frank Kellner, Jr., en-
tertained the bridge club at her
home Wednesday night. Guests
were Mrs. Margie Clayton and
Mrs. Bill Pareya, Jr. Mrs. Geo.
Kacir won high prize and Mrs.
Dorothy Polasek won low. Other
members present were Mrs. Da-
vid Moon, Mrs. Leona Aderhold,
Mrs. Martha McMordie and Mrs.
G. W. Henderson.
Mrs. Kellner served sour
cream raisin pie, coffee, tea and
candies.
MRS. WALTER MELLGREN
HOSTESS TO BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Walter Mellgren was
hostess to her bridge club, Tues-
day, Nov. 7.
Nita Gerik won high and Pat
Rydel won low. Other members
present were Bettye Tucker,
Bettye Whalen, Clara Carter, Jo
Ann Gerik, and Evelyn Binner.
Mrs. Mellgren served pecan
pie and coffee.
West.
Major Husak is married to the
former Miss Jane Vincent of
Kaplan, La. They have two chil-
dren, Janie, who will be 5 in
December, and John, age 3.
Capt Harsanyi
In Viet Nam
Vietnam — Captain Charles
A. Harsanyi, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Harsanyi of Stephen-
town, N. Y„ is on duty at Cam
Ranh Bay AB, Vietnam.
Capt. Harsanyi, an avionics
officer, is a member of the Pa-
cific Air Forces. Before his ar-
rival in Southeast Asia, he was
a student at the Air Force Ins-
titute of Technology, Wright-
Patterson AFB. Ohio, where he
earned an M.S. degree.
The captain, a graduate of
New Lebanon, N.Y. Central High
School, recieved his B. S. degree
from. Union University, Albany,
N.Y.
He was commissioned in 1962
upon completion of Officer
Training School at Lackland
AFB, Tex.
His wife, Betty, is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Anton Maler of 402
N. Roberts, West.
^ew Arrivals
5th GRADE NAMES
GOOD CITIZENS
Tire Fifth Grade of West Ele-
mentary School voted on Good
Citizen of the week at their
meeting Nov. 3, 1967. Rebecca L.
Tetherow and Mike Atteberry
we re named as Good Citizens.
The class also voted on a
name for the club. With several ! Stiittmatter and family and at
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ingram of
Irving are the proud parents of
a baby girl born Friday, Nov. 3,
at Irving Community Hospital.
The little Miss weighed 7 lbs.,
13 ozs. and has been named
Susan. Mother is the former
Betty Mashek. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mashek
Sr. of West, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Ingram of Waco. Great-
grandmother is Mrs. Ina Bland
of Marlin and great-grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Morgan of West.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Polansky of
West are the proud parents of a
baby boy born Thursday, Oct.
26 at 7:25 p.m. in Grant-Buie
Medical Center. He weighed 5
lbs., 12 ozs., and has been named
Joseph Anthony. Mother is the
former Lillian Agnes Domesle.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Joe J. Domesle of Penelope and
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Polansky
of West. Great - grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. John Pustejov-
sky of Abbott and Mrs. John Po-
lansky of West.
WHS Students
Receive Safe
Driver Awards
Both the September and Oc-
tober Safe Driver Awards were
presented to West High students
last Monday at school by A1
Payne.
September Chamber of Com-
merce awards went to Harry
Volcik and Evelyn Culp, and Oc-
tober awards were made to Sus-
an Jezek and Danny Volcik.
FREE DANCE
SHADOWLAND
Saturday, November 11th
8:45 p.m. — Music by CECIL MOSER and
The Texas Melody Bovs
POLICE BENEFIT BALL
Saturday > December 2
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. — Semi-Formal
HEART O’ TEXAS COLISEUM
RAY PRICE and
THE CHEROKEE COWBOYS
Tickets $3 Each — Purchase from any Police
Officer or Lake Air Record Shop (28-32c)
LINDEN NALL
Elm Mott, Texas
Sat., Nov. 11 — Wedding Dance
SATURDAY, NOV. 18 — WEST POLKA BAND
THANKSGIVING DAY, NOV. 23 — VRAZEL POLKA
BAND
FREE MUSIC
Saturday, November 11th
AT
TOBY'S
MUSIC BY
Urby and His Czech Mates
FROM 7 p.m. to ???
Sunday, November 12th
FROM 4 till 8 p.m.
FREE MUSIC
AT THE
CAPITAL SERVICE STATION
& TAVERN
Friday, November 10th
I5Y HENRY AND HARRY AND THE POLKA DOTS
at 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 11th
at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 12th
MUSIC BY
STANISLAWSKI THE POLKA KING from Wisconsin
From 4:30 p.m. to ???
WACOANS ATTEND
GAME IN FORT WORTH
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heine of
Waco spent Thursday in Fort
Worth with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
names
decided
rccided
Club.”
being suggested; they
on "The Friendship
on “The Frindship
Reporters,
Denice Haberl
Cheryl Thomas
Se/ffiav /or Sure
m
tended the Haltom City-Rich
land Hills football game.
Their grandson, Kenneth
Heine is a member of the Hal-
tom City team and they won
the game 30-12 over Richland
Hills.
Kenneth will be 15 years old
on Dec. 28 and weighs 165 lbs.
Over 75,000 men were em-
ployed in the construction of
buildings at Rockefeller Center,
New York City.
GENEVA HALL
ON INTERSTATE 35 AT ELM MOTT, TEXAS
Saturday, November 11th
The Famous
GIL BACA ORCHESTRA
from Houston, Texas
GIL AND HERMIT BACA ARE FORMER MEMBERS OF
THE HANK THOMPSON ORCHESTRA
THE GIL BACA ORCHESTRA IS A COUNTRY,
WESTERN, AND MODERN BAND
This orchestra was selected as the outstanding Czech
band to appear at the Folklorik Festival at the Smith-
sonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Also played for President Lyndon Johnson on the White-
House Lawn, and presented the President with their
albums.
LISTEN TO RADIO STATION KAWA SAT. NOV. Illh
From 12 to 12:30 p.m. and Hear this Famous Band
Admission — Only S1.50 Per Person
Coming Saturday, Nov. 18 — Gilbert Kautz
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