The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1968 Page: 3 of 8
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Miss Marsh a Lewis, G. W. Hays
Are Wed In Formal Ceremony
Mrs. George Wesley Hays
Miss Marsha Faye Lewis be-
came the bride of George
Wesley Hays in a formal
wedding August 31 in the
First Baptist Church of Arch-
er City. Rev. Donnie Linscott,
pastor of the McCaulley Bap-
tist Church, officiated in the
double-ring twilight ceremony.
Parents of the couple are
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lewis of
rural Archer City and Dr. and
Mrs. John C. Hays of Graham.
The betrothed couple ex-
changed vows before an arch-
way of greenery and white
pompom chrysanthemums
flanked by white candles in
tall candelabra accented with
the same decorations.
Mrs. R. D. Schlomach, or-
ganist, presented the proces-
sional and recessional and ac-
companied Miss Darlene Mount
of Floydada who sang “Whi-
ther Thou Goest,” “0 Promise
Me” and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a for-
mal Empire gown of white
silk linen fashioned with round
neckline and long sleeves
trimmed at the wrists with
lace. The lace accent was fea-
tured at the hemline of the
floor-length gown, and her
headpiece was a circlet of
silk linen appliqued with lace.
Her chapel-length veil of illu-
sion completed the bridal cos-
tume with which she carried
a formal cascade of miniature
white carnations and orchids
with English ivy.
Maid of honor was Miss Do-
lores Schlabs of Scotland who
wore a floor-length Emnire
gown of yellow tressella, styled
with round neckline. Her brief
veil of yellow illusion was at-
tached to a cabbage rose of
matching crystalline organza,
and she carried two long-
stemmed yellow roses. Miss
Lou Ann Haigood of Deer
Creek, Mrs. Jerry Cooper of
Archer City and Mrs. John
Barrett of Wichita Falls serv-
ed as bridesmaids and were
attired in gowns identical to
that of the honor maid. Each
carried a long-stemmed yellow
rose.
John H. Hays of Graham
was best man in his brother’s
{redding. Groomsmen were
Monte Lewis of Wichita Falls,
brother of the bride, and
Brent Womack of Big Spring,
both of whom served also as
candlelightem, Kent Pettusof
Dallas, Jerry Sumbera of Wich-
ita Falls and Gaines Plaxco
of Bellevue.
Christy and Ross Lewis of
Wichita Falls were flower girl
and ring bearer, respectively,
in their aunt’s wedding.
The bride’s mother was at-
tired in a blue crepe dress
with matching accessories, and
the bridegroom’s mother wore
a frock of mauve brocade and
chiffon.
The fellowship hall of the
church was the setting for a
reception hosted by the bride’s
parents. Featured on the re-
freshment table was the bridal
bouquet encircled by the at-
tendants’ flowers. Reception
assistants who alternated at
the crystal punch and cake
service were Mmes. John H.
Hays, Ben Moore, P. J. Hulse,
Darald Graham, J. V. Linscott
and Gordon Elmore and Miss
Connie Wright. Miss Bonnie
Hays of Graham, sister of the
groom, registered guests.
For travel to the Texas
Coast and other points of in-
terest in the state, the bride
wore a princess-style dress of
yellow and white styled with
a belted back. The couple will
reside at 4111-A Faith Road,
Wichita Falls.
The former Miss Lewis is a
graduate of Archer City High
School and Midwestern Univer-
sity. The groom was graduated
from Graham High School and
attended Tarleton State Col-
lege and Midwestern.
Out-of-town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Womack
and Brent of Big Spring.
PERSONAL
Miss Frances Peck is at
home with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Peck, after hav-
ing completed a medical sec-
retary training course at Har-
ris Hospital in Fort Worth.
She is awaiting a call for em-
ployment in Wichita Falls.
Mrs. Foy Bourn
Hosts Amity
Club Coffee
Mrs^oy Bourn, 712 S. Oak,
will h^P*a re assembly coffee
for the Archer City Amity
Club, Friday morning at 10
a.m.
Mrs. A. J. DeMoss, presi-
ident, will preside over the
meeting during which new
year books will be distributed
and plans for the ensuing
year’s work will be reviewed.
Other Amity Club officers
include Mmes. D. D. Strange,
vice president; Carl Adams,
secretary; Perry Pittman,
treasurer; J. W. Harvey, critic;
and Bob Russell, reporter.
The club meets bi-monthly
on the first and third Fridays
of each month at 3 p m., un-
less otherwise stated.
Military Career
Has No Appeal
For Sgt. Peden
Sgt. and Mrs. David Peden
and little daughter, Amy, are
visiting in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Peden, 403 S. Center.
Sgt. Peden returned Aug.
21 from a year in Vietnam
where he was crew chief of
jet mechanics at Phan Rang,
some 250 miles north of Sai-
gon. In this capacity, Peden
says he did not see too much
close-up fighting action,
though the night before he
left the Phan Rang AFB, “the
other side” of the base was
bombed.
The Phan Rang Base main-
tains approximately 75 fight-
ers, 20 bombers, 35 C 123’s
(supply carriers) and 15 for-
ward air controllers (to mark
tareets for the bombers and
fiehters).
Sgt. Peden left Phan Rang
on a C123 bound for Cam
Rahn Bay where he boarded
a Boeing 707 which brought
h'm to McCord AFB. Wash.
He flew civilian jetliner to
Los Angeles, and came to
Archer City by way of Clovis,
NM, to pick up his wife,
Laura, and Amy. who cele-
brated her first birthday Sun-
day at the home of her grand-
parents.
The sergeant enlisted in the
service and received his train-
ing at Sheppard AFB before
being stationed at Clovis from
March, 1966 to August, 1967.
He is to report Sept. 21 to
Cannon AFB, Clovis. When he
has completed the next 13
months of military duty, he
plans to work on civilian jet-
liners, “definitely not” inter-
ested in a military career.
Esslers Return
From Vacation
In The West
Returning resently from a
two-week vacation were Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Essler of Scot-
land and their daughter and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Walton of Wichita
Falls.
They visited with a daugh-
ter and sister, the Robert
Dvoraks and Bobby of Pano-
rama City, Calif. She is the
former Rosalee Essler. They
also visited with another
daughter and sister in Ta-
coma, Wash., the 0. C. Smiths,
(she is the former Eleanore
Essler).
Sights enjoyed along the
way were Hoover Dam, Grank
Canyon, Las Vegas, Sequoia
National Park and many oth-
er scenic attractions.
On the way home they vis-
ited with Essler’s sister, Mrs.
Hattie Hesse in Dalhart. The
four travelers were glad to
get home but reported they
enjoyed every minute of their
trip.
Danny Pryor Ends
Four Years
Military Service
Mr .and Mrs. Danny Pryor
returned home last week af-
ter his separation Sept. 6 in
San Francisco from the Navy.
Young Pryor was machin-
ist’s mate third class at the
end of his four years’ mili-
tary service, most of which
was aboard the U.S.S. Coral
Sea, a carrier. He had made
three trips to Vietman.
Pryor and his wife, the
former Barbara Franklin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Franklin, 315 W. Walnut
in Archer City, had made
their home in Alameda, Calif.,
since their marriage last April.
iHe is the son of Constable
and Mrs. C. P. Pryor, 315
N., Oak. The young couple
plans to vacation a while be-
fore settling down, according
to Danny’s mother.
Archer County News—Thursday, Sept, 12, 1968
'Communication Gap’ A/l/ss Brenda Finnell
Presented By MYF /$ Honored With Tea
Members of the Senior
Methodist Youth Fellowship
of First United Methodist
Church in this city conducted
an exhilerating program at
the Sunday night service of
the church Sept. 8, in the ab-
sence of the pastor, Rev. Mer-
win Turner.
The 15 young Methodists
Col Gnulden Is
FFA President
Cal Gaulden was elected
first president of the Archer
City FHA Chapter, Friday,
Sept. 6, when the new organ-
ization met for the election of
officers and to take care of
other business.
Lynn Lewis was chosen as
vice president; Wayne Frerich,
secretary; Randy King, treas-
urer; Jackie Whitsitt, report-
er; and Joe McWhorter, sen-
tinel.
Membership dues were also
agreed on at the Friday meet-
ing, with the chapter assessing
its own dues at $5. National
dues are fifty cents, state dues
are ninety cents, and area dues
are twenty cents, making the
total dues, $6 60.
Bi-monthly meetings were
agreed on with dates being
released prior to each meet-
ing. A FFA sweetheart will
be elected at the next regular
meeting.
The Archer City Chapter
will be in charge of the con-
cession stand at the Archer
County Junior Livestock Show
to be held at the new show
barn in the 500 block of West
Cottonwood Street on Satur-
day, Sept. 28.
Gerald Haile is teaching the
new vocational agriculture
class in the Archer City High
School and is sponsor of the
Future Fanners of America
Chapter.
HOLLIDAY SOPHS
ELECT OFFICERS,
NAME 'MOTHERS
Coy Sanders was elected
president of the sophomore
class of Holliday High School
Sept. 3. Other officers are
Mona Szenasi, vice president;
Tandy Williams, secretary; Pat
O’Neal, treasurer; and Vicki
Ross, reporter.
Room mothers for the 1968-
69 school year are Mmes. Gayle
Borland, Orvel King, Kenneth
Williams and Jess Lynch.
Sponsors are Mrs. Billie Ma-
gee and Floyd Spencer.
—Reporter, Vicki Ross
prepared and rehearsed the
program in advance of the
presentation.
Titled “Conversations With
God” on the theme, Commun-
ication Gap-Between Youth
and Adults, the program per-
sonified the actual feelings of
young people in seeking to
bridge the gap between their
own thinking and that of the
adult world. Pertinent folk
songs, to the accompaniment
of guitar music presented by
Debie Martin of the First
Baptist Church and ukulele
music by Barbara Wylie, who
also served as organist, em-
phasized the theme.
Participating with the above-
mentioned were Jerry Mc-
Whorter, MYF president, and
Susie Wallace, Preston Crutch-
er, Eddie Trigg, Danny and
Diane Horany, Diane Geis,
Luann Morris, Jim Bob Crow-
ley, Jeff McPherson, Karen
and Kathy Patterson, Cyd
Hornady and Kerri O’Keefe.
On Tuesday night of this
week, Mmes. Coe Ellis and
Jimmy Horany were hostess-
es to the young people for a
spaghetti supper at the home
of the former, 906 S. Ash.
Reminder: Time
To Moil Gifts
Overseas
The man had a beard and
long hair and felt called up-
on to explain himself.
“I’m not a hippie,” he said,
"I’m Santa Claus”.
Santa visited recently in
the area to remind pepole that
help is still needed for the
the Red Cross drive to send
a Christmas gift to every
American serviceman in Viet-
nam. People who want to fill
some small sacks with per-
sonal gifts for the servicemen
or donate money to help ship
them have been asked to con-
tact the Red Cross Chapter
House at 5th and Baylor in
Wichita Falls.
Frank Hayes, who was cos-
tumed as Santa, said his get-
up was attracting a lot of at-
tention this time of year. He
said he hoped it would call
attention to the urgent need
in the gift drive, since the
gifts must be shipped by Oct.
1.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Patton
and daughters, have returned
to their home here, 614 S. Pop-
lar, after several months’ resi-
dence in Bowie.
Miss Brenda Finnell of Hol-
liday, bride-elect of Sammy
J. Crutcher of Archer City,
was honored with a tea an-
nouncing her engagement and
revealing the wedding date,
Oct. 26, at a tea Thursday,
Sept. 5, from 3 to 5 p m. in
the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. J. W. Wooster, 327 Pe-
can in Holliday. Mrs. Henry
E. Jenkins, Jr., of Bridgeport,
aunt of the honoree, was co-
hostess.
Mrs. B. W. Finnell, the
bride-elect’s mother, received
FHA Initiates
New Members
Freshman FHA candidates
are being initiated into the
the organization this week by
observing special requirements
for each day, which were de-
cided upon as the Archer City
chapter met Thursday, Sept.
5, to discuss plans for their
program of work for this year.
Initiation requirements to
be met by freshman students
include carrying a coffee can
for a purse on Monday and
throughout the week, and
wearing the FHA badge all
v.eek, beginning on Monday.
On Tuesday they wore boots
with a dress. If they owned
no cowboy boots, they were
required to wear their dad’s.
They had to wear a dress that
fell below their knees on Wed-
nesday, and on Thursday they
will wear costume jewelry, a
necklace, ear rings and a
bracelet.
On Friday they will wear
red lipstick and red finger-
nail polish to complete the
requirements for becoming
full-ledged members of the
Future Homemakers of Amer-
ica.
Officers elected and install-
ed last spring included Becky
Crow, president; Donna Hill,
first vice president; Theresa
Matlock, second vice presi-
dent; LaNell Mobley, secre-
tary-treasurer; Harola Adkins,
song leader; and Cyd Horn-
ady, parlimentarian.
Mrs. Don Hornady, home
ec teacher, is sponsor.
Personal
Weekend guests in the Rex
Owen home, 314 W. Pecan,
were her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Garcia of Galveston, and their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Pritchard, Diane and
Sharon of Hitchcock.
guests and presented them to
Miss Finnell, who in turn pre-
sented the future groom’s
mother, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher
of Archer City. The grand-
mothers of the groomelect,
Mmes. Mattie Koen of Well-
ington and J. F. Crutcher of
Wichita Falls, were also in the
receiving line.
A miniature bride and a
single gold colored spider
mum decorated the table
which held the bride’s book
in which the guests were reg-
istered.
The tea table also reflected
the bride’s chosen colors of
antique gold and white with
a white maderia cut work
linen table cloth centered with
an arrangement of white glad-
iola and yellow roses flanked
by branched candelabra with
the date of the wedding re-
vealed in gold on white satin
streamers. Favors of glittered
lace wedding bells tied in
white tulle with a yellow bow
and a spray of lily of the
valley were featured on the
refreshment plate which in-
cluded gold punch and white
petits fours decorated with
yellow rose buds.
Mmes. J. C- Horn of Gain-
esville; C. E Morrison and
Alton Toombs of Wichita
Falls; and J. A. Killian, L. W.
Chrestman and George Mor-
rison of Holliday were includ-
ed in the houseparty and as-
sisted with hostess duties.
Mrs. J. H. Barton presented
background organ music
throughout the afternoon.
Approximately 200 guests
were registered from Grand-
field, Okla.; Bridgeport, Well-
ington, Gainesville, Archer
City, Dallas, Wichita Falls and
Holliday.
Mrs. Carlton Deen
Feted With
Pink, Blue Shower
The home of Mrs. Joe
Slack, 707 S. Center, was the
setting for a pink and blue
shower honoring Mrs. Carlton
Deen Friday, Sept. 6. Co-hos-
tess with Mrs. Slack was Mrs.
Gowdy Slack of Wichita Falls
The pink and blue decor
signified the importance of
the occasion. Out-of-t own
guests included the honoree’s
sister and nephew, Mrs. Butch
McLemore and Mitch of Val-
ley View, Mrs. Austin Webb,
Josie and Johnnie of Iowa
Park Mid Mrs. Don Waldrip
and Tim of Wichita Falls.
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Ifyourkid’s been hidingout lately when hegets
on the phone, take the hint. There are probably
some things he’d rather discuss without an audi-
ence around. And he’s entitled. After all, asking
a girl out at his age is hard enough. But when the
whole family’s listening in, a guy could freeze.
Help loosen young Don Juan’s tongue. Call
your General Telephone business office and get 4-
him an extension phone. Then he can have his %
tete-a-tetes without feeling self-conscious.
When a kid feels you don’t want to listen in on ;*
all his private conversations, he’s more apt to tell
you about them. An extension phone gives him
that choice.
Extension phones by General Telephone.
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1968, newspaper, September 12, 1968; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708741/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.