The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1938 Page: 6 of 12
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Violin and Piano
Recital I Resented
Fridas l\vening
Friday e-i-mm?.* llM> vn»Uh pupir- o!
Mrs Smith Bu merlin »nd O' P» 10
ptlptis w Miss Airrr E-tet* Barkii*
were presented m rvriuti m tht HWi'
School Ancttfoiium Gymnasium
For this ova.ton the mr.m floor ol
the iiduitnrlmn was converted tmo a
mas teal draw tin; room with lovo.y rugs,
floor pode taJs holding eKQusttc row's,
and audience chairs arranged in gra-
duating M'lnirireles The pwformers
on piano and violin a ppm red against
the setting Of handsome velvet drop
curtaui and l>a kt'Ls of spring flowers
ill silhouette
Music appreciation in Ronkdale has
always been one of U»e towns greatest
tisam. and « lam* and raapoasive au-
dlenoe attended the recital.
Following their numbers, each pu-
pil was presented a golden lyre shaped
pin as an twtuxl of merit from tin*
teacher*. Following >s the program
presented:
Tea and Style
j 'how is Given
I At Hitfh School
THE pnrknAl.E REPORTER. Thursday. M«y 2«. l»38_---- , -. ,
Milam County’s Gold Star 4-H Club Girls
Junior Girls Honor
Senior Girls At
Tea Wednesday
A Little Ktilde Alba Grace Pwmplin.
Irish Washerwoman; Oh Suaanna -
Bow> Skin* ter
On the Flying Trajwse; the W<*xt
Nymplv.' Frolic -Analene Gibson,
piano
Kitty's Walt*. Robel—Rhett Wilder.
The Mnndoliivs. Fr Franklin; tn My
Boat, Fr Franklin Catherine Hbl-
thorn
My Old Kentucky Home, Foster;
Carnival ol Venire. Paganini James
A h; ICK.US courtesy extended tlw The girls of l»3B senior vlas. of the
no iwr . girl. in Home K onom-jnoolwlaVe High School wow hon. mi at
u« .turtmeni and o members of the M\.i;d tea Wednesday afternoon K1*
areru- imehet As.w was * “*» vtft by Junior girls at the home of
ml style how given Thur-lav after*'Mr and Mr* W L Howell Receiving;
•on the auditor:.un-gymnaslum by ,vhe guests were: Eleanor Howell, Ruth
,>i } un. third y a: via •> ot th« Simms and Celeste Swaflord
; ,'kdale High Sehc<*l Approximately j Gladioli. aweetpeas roses and Qms n
r<* hundred attended the .iffair. Anne lace graced tfhe reception rouin
The receiving me was compoaed of | and were further used to advantage in
lulu Christian president of Heme- j the dining room. The tea table, about
inkers, Kathryn Baldridge vice-pre- which the guests were aeauxl, was laid
eiu Cora l*« Birdwei: score ary; j with doth of white lace Appointments
. in,>• Baekhaus, treasurer. Program j 4lv(j sweet dainties carried out the sen*
umunoer was Dorothy Pruett | ter colors of green and white Laura
l be platform leading ui right angle j ive.-ley presided at the punch bowl
rom the stage was decorated in sea-t Ap member* of the house party a ore
onul flowers and us Muss Mary Kath- attractive frocks ot prints and solid
“ * pastel*. Mrs K A Swafford, junior
room mother, was guest for the o< a-
ston.
rvn Baxter played at the piano the
girls modeling, walked to the center ol
platform, down steps and continued
iU ng floor space in front of audience,
affording the onlookers a complete
view of the costumes.
Dresses
Birthday Party
"Honors James Stone
l/AYly Maiden, Jov liuvdn. Pussy girls were on tailored lines for genera*)
Willow Walt.' Paulino Story thorn- wear and made ot linen, silk aiul layer. 1 UOSClSiy AttOPnOOn
d\V*e Ensemble .... _ .... materials Four children featured Ute
self help made garments marie by class,
Third year girls displayed special oc-
casion costumes for afternoon and
evening wear These were of crepe
net, and batiste
Besides the style sliow feature, vio-
lin selections were given by Agnes and
Nancy Jane Wilder acoomi>anied at
piivno by Mary Florence Marrs Ce-
\loste Swafford appeared in a.n interest-
ing reading and Ellen Joyav Flake
Stoju-
KSSaST MSW^nkltY played the violin, her accompanist be-
Charmer Mary Hath Vauglm, piano.
FsttvllUa. Manuel Ponce* Usten to
the Mocking Bird, Rrola* -Robert Bu-
hl va
ing Margaret Currey.
Following the program the tea hour
was enjoyed. The table, with «wr
Crimson Blushes. Ida Lester: Ely- white, held a lowly witter piew of
slum Spaulding Ruth Simms capv' jasmines and greenery Mrs W
Seotclt
tl Bird well jutd Mrs J. B Chrisimu*
l*Min*d punch ;utd sandwiches and
cookies were aecomiMUtying dainties
_________ Dance, Keoosaise B*'tlK>wn—
The Wilder Trio,
The ’Pwo Guitars. Trans, by Grooms
—Agues Wtkh*r,
Estudbutlino Waltoufel; Allegretto J--
KSX’ *“*»-'*“* v,'w | Maxine McGown
-Stfa. St SJl w,;£ dwli Honored at Tyler
Tlte Sles'py Hollow 'nine. Richard ^ n,..,!.,.
Krount*; wart Songs Fantasie. Art* (Mippt'l l c\l t\
Cobunt; Harmony Queen, Overture, -
David Coate Rockdale En.etttb'.e The following ston which apfieared
Miss Mary Florence Marrs ami Muss k,t ' «‘recent issue of a
Barkley accompanists. u,h a lw,ur* ln ,k mT,u „ u *
...........— Tyler ia*\vsj>ap«'r out cents Miss Max*
Mrs. Leonard Isaacs is visiting Mr j me McGown. former Rockdale girl
and Mrs Burk Powers uv Rosebud go-land daughter of Alvin McGown. The
ing there last week to attend the gru- young lady is now in' sohi*>l af Tyler
duatton ot Joy Powers Mr and Mrs ‘ tn honor ot Miss Maxine McGown,
C R Isaac and C R Isaacs Jr. at- Mr and Mrs. Roy Smith w*ere hosts on;
,, n,.,.,, •!. ;.i,i > ••*> . .« ••••> •••uh to members of Las Mas-
Tue.-day afternoon a crowd of boys
and girls gathered at the H J Stone
home to help celebrate the tenth birth-
day anniversary or James Stone
Games were played on bite lawn
throughout, tlte afternoon and at the
refreshment hour the children were
invited to the dining room for the cut-
ting of the large birthday cake that
was topped with ten lighted candles
Bach guest extended a "happy birth-
day" wish to James.
Ice cream and cake was served. Bags
of mints were given as favors.
evening and were guests at a dinner
given by Mr and Mrs Powers
ViMtors Ut the R M Mason home
ever the w end were: Mr and Mrs,
R. H Mason and baby, G C Mason
and Arnold M» >e ill of O'lvestcn;
Mrs H. G. Bowden, of San Angelo;
Mr and Mrs Cecil R'W*dett of Son
I)K*gv*. California Mrs Cecil Bowden
will be remembered as Miss Artie Ma-
son
earns, junior college dramatic club, tor
a sujtper jtarty whidt they gave at
W’illowbrook country club "
* Miss McGown is an active member
of the club, having appeared in sev-
eral preductions She played a major
role in "Wings of tlte Morning."
Fit vers were given the gmvts who
'tuudsted of 50 club members and Miss
Ru h Rtvker and M;s.- Mildred Howell,
co-apottsors.
Gaimw were played following tlte
dlmwr."
Wednesday Bridge
Club Meets With
Mrs. J. C. Wilkerson
Wednesday Brutge Club members
motored to Cameron last week where j
they were entertaind by Mrs. J C. Wil-;
ke*.*son. a txtpultvr club member. For,
the occasion the home was beautifully j
adorned with colorful garden flowers
Tlte club prlBe. a lowly vase, was won
by Miss Alice EUoie Barkley. Mrs
J.'hn Woodruff held guest high score
and received a box of choice powder.
A salad plate followed tlte games.
Aid Society Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of Peace Lu-
theran Church met with Mrs Wnt
Seibert last Wednesday afternoon with
nineteen tn attendance After the us-
ual business meeting a refreshment
course was served by the hostess who
was assisted by her daughter. Miss Ann
Seibert It was decided to change the
time of meeting from two or two-thirty |
o'clock. !
Mr. and Mrs G R Flack and ram-! ---
ily, of Amarillo sjwm Tue>dav night | PIH1.ATHKA CLASS NOTICE
with tlte latter's m Miter, Mi> Bt'ttk* The Phtlathea Class of the Met ho-j
Walden, in Rockdale, when tut route jdtst church will meet Friday afternoon
t<> GaLw.Lt.. *.vh.c;v they will ibwdUi v ,\vt«\-v with Mrs Pinkrtev Pruett.!
the eonvenlion of the American Na- i - j
tional Life Bvatrance Ckanpany
Mr anti Mrs. R.U C'Moke arsl .-aut, _ heW Tuesday night. May 31.
Billy, visited Mrs Cookes ti'.iim's tn ^ vvljj ^ x public function, and a
Coi-pus Christi and Port Aransas >ast invitation ts extended to all in-
unniL* bIm AihMhlimr nnp da\ m the....__
KASTTCRN STAR
Annual installation of officers will!
This
cor-
wtvk also spending one day
Lower Rio Grande Valley
1 forested
MRS LEONA COOKE. W M
Mr and Mrs T A Green and sow
of Ixmgview and Mr and Mrs C P.
Green and son of San Angeio an* visit-
ing their parents and grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs Noble Green
HENRY’S GARAGE
Extends
CONGRATULATIONS
To Tlte
NEW DIXIE THEATRE
Your New Place is a Credit i
the City of Rockdale.
—
Mr and Mrs Kd Most*, ot K1 P»w,j
an* visiting in the home of Mr and
Mrs. Emnn Fietolter at Minerva this
week
NOTICE
EIGHT OtT.lXTv
Coffee
RED CIRCLE COFFEE
BOKAR COFFEE
<2 lbs, 29c*
3 lb bag -
lVpinnitig Juno 1st. re-
tail cream prices will
prevail:
HKAYV t'RK VM
Gill
Sc
Half Pints
I5e
Pints
3tV
t'OKFEE
CREAM
Half Pints
Sl'
Pints
15c
Quarts
30c
Also effective June 1st.
we will make a before
noon delivery. Phone us
your extra Milk and
Cream Orders by 10:30
a. m.
ROCKDALE MIRY
Phone US
HlRK't
ROOT BEER EXTRACT
24c
ION A
Flour
US lbs. 3901
* M 'bs 75c *
48 pounds—
*1.47
MEATS
I
SALT JOWLS ivmnd
SALT BACON 2 pounds
SMOKED BACON pound
TENDER PICNIC HAMS I to t> lbs.
ROLOG N A jxni nd
10c
2-V
.....17c
pound—........I8e
11c
POLAR WHITE SHORTENING 4
43c
OXIDOL
larp* R*>\
20c
IONA HOMiNY
N»v can
7c
IONA TOMATOES
3 Na. 5 runs
20c
IONA CORN 2
N«v 2 cans
15c
SUNNYFIELD CORNFLAKES
9c
ANN PAGE SALAD DRESSING .*«. _
27c
LETTUCE. Ivead
CKLERY. stalk
PQlTASH a pounds for
CUCUMBERS. a pounds for
TOMATOES a pound* for
WTNESAP APPLES 3Ws 3 down
YELIOW ONIONS 3 pounds
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llrrt* are Milam Counts 4-H Cjuj*J^uth'Rudtka ol Ad ItiiU^ MiX Ada Mar (tinman, aLbtwu
K.thtr-n ( iinnti.Kh.'Mi Rw’ktWt': . . p. Kurt.'k. "1 Ad 11*11. and Tharana Andfrl. ol
»•«»•*• •' ,h' >»*•
station.
Congratulations
• • •
o iik New Dixie
Theatre
your fine new building reflects a pro-
GRESSIX'E SPIRIT AND IS A CREDIT TO ROCKDALE
Of course, The new and Greater Dixie will always be in-
sured a plentiful and even supply of power front the
lines of____
Texas Power & Light Company
OttKW
STRICKER’S
Extends Heartiest
Congratulations
To Mr. and Mrs. C W. Matson
lTpon the Opening1 of
The Beautiful New
Dixie Theatre
PH
1 our New Show House is a Credit to the City of Rock-
daio. \\ e salute you and Extend Best Wishes!
. STRICKER’S
VARIETY STORE
ROCKDAAC, TEXAS
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1938, newspaper, May 26, 1938; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693896/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.