The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1959 Page: 3 of 6
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THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1*6*
Mrs. Taylor Hostess of Tea,
Christmas Eve Eggnog Party
The lovely Archer City home of i tapers were surrounded by pink
Mrs. W. H. Taylor was the setting' carnations, pink snapdragons, and
for a Christmas Eve tea from 4
to 6 p.m., followed by her tradi-
tional Christmas Eve eggnog par-
ty.
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Taylor
to the events were her sister,
Mrs. Pearl Powell, and niece,
Miss Betty Powell.
During the tea hours 50 guests
were registered, while 160 were
registered for the eggnog party.
For the memorable evening,
color schemes of pink and silver
were carried out throughout the
house. A profusion of Christmas
Cheer azaleas were used in vari-
ous settings, and numerous Christ-
mas trees in different rooms car-
ried out the color scheme.
Angels and musical figure decor
prevailed throughout. Artistic
pink flower lights in delightful
arrangements wer displayed on
several mantels. On another man-
tal was an unusual arrange-
ment of silvered spruce
with pink clustered grapes. The
spiral stairway was also covered
with silvered spruce, pink Christ-
mas balls, bells and pink and sil-
ver ribbon. Unusual candle light-
ing was prevalent in many places,
covered in pink satin with silver
The tea tables were beautifully
covered in pink satin with silver
stars with overlay of pink tulle
decked with angels. The tall pink
LODGE NOTICE
A Archer Lodge No. 708, A.
F. & A M. Stated meetings
^ 1st and 3rd Tuesday of
each month. Visitors welcome.
silvered fern leaves, and many
similar arrangements were fea-
tured throughout the various
rooms.
The front porch of the home
was colorfully decorated with red
and green patio lights, Louisiana
holly, azaleas, and traditional
Christmas greens. At one end of
the porch stood a beautiful white
Christmas tree decorated with
Mrs. Taylor’s famous collection of
bells which jingled in the wind.
The front door was decorated
with Christmas greens and lights
with deer interspersed.
Additionally, many handsome
cedar trees in the yard were deco-
rated with Christmas lights.
Among the group attending the
tea were out of town guests in-
cluding Mr. and Mrs. Arch An-
drews, College Station; Mrs. L. P.
Bumpers, Olney; Cindy Burkett,
Graham; Miss Bertha Taylor, Wich-
ita Falls; and Mrs. Taylor’s house
guests, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert F.
Hess and Rober K. Hess, Cleve-
land, Ohio, and Miss Stella
Knight, Franklinton, La.
Out of town guests for the egg-
nog party were Warren Robert-
son and Miss Gayle Janning, New
York City; Mr, and Mrs. Wm. C.
Jewell, San Diego, Calif., Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Dickan, Kobleur, Ger-
many, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ed Rob-
ertson, Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
Garrett Slaughter and Mr. and
Mrs. George Hurt, Jr., Dallas, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gregg, Riverside,
Calif., Mrs. M. L. Fall, Waco, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Lauck, Wichita Falls,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hazelwood,
R. A. KILLIAN, W. M. Electra, Mr. Richard Prideaux,
C. C. CONNER, Sec’y Denver, and Miss Mary Hale,
________________ Anson and Archer City.
MISS KATHRINE DIGGS
To Become Mrs. Weldon Gentry
Mr. and Mrs. Corley Diggs,
Archer City, announce the en-
gagement and approaching mar-
riage of their daughter, Kathrine,
to Weldon Gentry of Electra. Pa-
rents of the prospective groom
are Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gentry
of Electra.
The wedding will be an event
of January 2, in Archer City.
The couple will reside in Elec-
tra.
Around Town
Mrs. Joe Shelton spent Christ-
mas in Dallas with her children,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shelton, Jr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Florence
who were hosts for the Christmas
dinner. Also dinner guests were
Miss Minnie Shelton and Mrs. D.
G. Colwell of Dallas. While there
Mrs. SheVton visited with her
mother, Mrs. G. 0. Stovall and
family.
Mr. Warren Robertson, of Arch-
er City and New York, entertain-
ed a group of late comers and in-
timate friends with a selection of
songs.
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Student Council
Plans to Buy New
Popcorn Machine
The purchase of a popcorn
machine for the school is the
main point of interest of the Stu-
dent Council at Archer City High
these days.
The old machine that the Coun-
cil had been using is broken and
they have been borrowing one
from the American Legion.
Money raising projects havel
been discussed by the finance
committee and voted on by the
Council members. The possibility
of having a banquet after the first
of the year was the main project
discussed, and more detailed plans
about it will be revealed soon.
The Council feels that this is
a worthy project and one that
will benefit all the students of
Archer High in the years to come.
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Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gar-
diner for the Christmas holi-
days were their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Eaton and baby Ginger of
Oklahoma City. This is the baby’s
first visit to its grandparents. Also
visiting the Gardiners were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Gardiner and fami-:
ly of Baird.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Osborne, Jr.,
regg and Coby enjoyed Christ-
as with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Os-
jrne, Sr. in Granberry.
Guests over Christmas in the G
K. Rucker home were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dickau of Denver,
Colo. Mr. Dickau was enroute to
Cape Canaveral, Fla. where be
will continue his study of missiles
in the Air Force. Also guests of
the Ruckers were Mr. Dichau's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C.
Jewell of San Diego, Calif who
joined the Dichaus here for Christ-
mas. Mrs. Jewell is Mr. Rucker’s
sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Estill had
as Christmas guests her sister,
Mrs. J. A. Bingham, Mr. Bing-
ham and family of H o u s-
ton; another sister, Mrs. Grace
Graham of Hobart, Okla.^ Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Briscoe and sons of
Wichita Falls, and her mother,
Mrs. J. R. Stewart who tempora-
rily is making her home here with
her.
Mrs. Otis Quisenberry and Hop-
per had as visitors over the holi-
days, other members of the fami-
ly: Clarence Quisenberry of Farm-
ington, N. Mex., Mr. and Mrs. BIH
Hall, Linda and Mark of Olney,
and Mr. and Mrs. Noble Quisen-
berry, Archer City. Clarence is
employed by the Moran Oil Co.
of Farmington.
Singleton and Ray and Mr. and
Mrs. B. D. Robertson were Mr. and
Mrs. B. D. Robertson, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Singleton, Lelia and
Charles of Jacksboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill McFarland of Irving, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Muncy and daugh-
ters of Fort Worth, and Mr. and
Mrs. James Singleton and daugh-
ters of Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hilton had
ill their children home for Christ-
inas. All have returned to their
•espective homes except Wayne’s
‘amily from Odessa, who remain-
ed for a longer visit. W’ayne went
lome but will return for his fami-
y this weekend. This week the
Hiltons enjoyed a visit from a
liece, Mrs. Buddy Patterson and
ehildren of Wichita Falls, and Mrs.
C. Spradlin of Holliday.
The Joe Slack home wat tfie
cene of Christmas get-together
hat included Mary, Gowdy and
immy of Archer City, and Jimmy’s
riend, Miss LuRuth Hill of Wich-
:a Falls. Other visitors were the
lack’s daughter Celie Waldrip,
Ir. Waldrip, and baby W’endy of
>Ron, Texas; Hardy Waldrip of
Vichita Falls, Mr. Lee Gowdy,
frs. Lora Lee Turner and Mar-
aret, Jacksboro, and Pat Harper,
ralejo, Calif.
OLIVIA JEAN FERRELL
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ferreii of Archer City announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, Olivia Jean Ferrell, to Dale Wilbert Kunkel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Kunkel, 1120 West Payne, Olney, Texas.
Miss Ferrell was a 1959 graduate of Archer City High School, and
is now attending Midwestern University. She is president of Victory
Hall, was a nominee for homecoming princess, and was recently
elected Freshman class favorite.
Mr. Kunkel is a Senior and will be a 1960 graduate at Olney High
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Carter spent
Saturday visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Maud Shinn in Stephenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Walsh and Jane
spent Christmas with her rngfea
Mrs. Emma ueorge in
Mr. and Mrs. Romy Lewis had
as Christmas guests their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Lewis and Beth of Denton;
Mrs. Lewis’ mother, Mrs. Louise
Myers; and her sisters, Mrs. Doro-
thy Hendricks, Betty and Gary,
and Mrs. J. B. Washburn and
Johnny, all of Fort Worth; and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neal of Carls-
bad, N. Mex.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carlisle and
Carolyn of Terrell spent Christ-
mas with her mother, Mrs. Jiggs
Brewer, and Mr. Brewer,
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS
Invention of Camembert, the
icreamy cheese named for a vil-
lage in France’s Normandy, is
credited to Marie Harel, the Na-
tional Geographic Magazine saya.
I She supposedly popularized the
cheese by presenting a sample to
Emperor Napoleon m.
NOTICE
We now have an extension of our Archer City
office phone — HO 2-5515 — in Wichita Falls.
When Archer City office is closed day or night,
all calls will automatically be transferred to Wichita
Falls without charge.
DRS. HUMPHREY, HATHORN, HORANY
& WORTHEN
matam
Mr. and Mrs. Don Baughman,
Sheryle and Vickie of Waco, came
Christmas Eve and spent the holi-
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Baughman .
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moore, Dale
and Danny spent Christmas in
Henrietta with her brother, Clar-
ence Tarr, Mrs. Tarr and their
children. Joining them Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Love
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Davis
and children, all of Wichita Falls,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Davis and sons
of Alexander City, Ala., and Mr.
and Mrs. A. Shelton and children
of Dallas.
Holiday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Pickard were Misses
Mary and Vera Pickard, Mr. and
Mrs. Stanford Weehunt and child-
ren, Bobby and Ronnie Pickard,
all of Weatherford; and the
Pickards’ children, Mr. and
Mrs. James McElhannon and chil-
dren of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Don-
nell Crossling. Wichita Falls, and
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pickard.
Visitors in the M. G. Williams
home during the holidays were
members of their family, includ-
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sewell
and Mr. and Mrs. Lyndal Sewell
of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Williams, and Randy of Lub-
bock, and Monroe, Jr. and family,
Archer City. Telephone greetings
came from the other children;
Mildred of Earth, Vera and Rita
of California anil Dolly of Wash-
ington, D. C., wishing all the Wil-
liams family a Merry Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs Dink Hull of
Welch, Okla. visited his mother,
Mrs. Cora Hull, and his sister,
Mrs. Jim Wilson through the holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs L. D. Bailey, Jr.
of Brownfield spent the holi-
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Bailey, Sr. While to-
gether the Baileys talked by phone
to their brother and son. Ken-
neth Bailey, Mrs Bailey and their
family in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wailace en-
joyed a visit from their son-in-
law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Engers Christmas day. Mrs
Engers is supervisor at Sheppard
Field telephone office and he is
a student at Midwestern.
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Bardwell, Beatrice G. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1959, newspaper, December 31, 1959; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708284/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.