Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 289, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 8, 1946 Page: 2 of 16
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5N, Dec. 7. (U.R)—Right
Rusty Russell went
t to the third quarter of
et tiK to lead Highland
Dallas to a 14 to 0 vfc-
over Denison before 10,-
fans.
ell scored all 14 points,
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booting In the extra;
two touchdown
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Leagues Pick Site
For All-Star Game
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, fUJO
—The American and national
es have picked the site
the date for their 1947 all-
star baseball game. The place
go and the date July 8th.
. .Best football players West
Texas can develop will be parad-
ed Monday night at the annual
football party Sponsored by the
Rotary Club.
At that time Hal Sayles, sports
editor of the Abilene Reporter
will be Wrlgley Field In Chlca- and originator of the classic idea
will announce the names of the
Well Help You Make Each Gift A
Soft
Fluffy-
Coal -
Sweaters
Pastel n n d Dark
Shinies make this
sweater group an
appealing one to all
ages ... Sixes to 44
New Leather Belts
for Young Moderns
1.95 to 7.50
/
5.00 Up
Novelty and Slipover
Styles, too!
Little Girl's Robes
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Satin Sachet Hangers
Iti-iinllful pastel Mil III rovrml
sachet hunger* . . . a smart
anil valued gift . . .
$2.00 and $2.95 Pair
Handbags
Plastic ralf anil palrnl . . .
Cordc . . . Kinr ralt and pile-
*kin* loo ... a romplrti' »lra'k
of fine lings In all llir wanted
'.hade*. . • ■
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Christmas Sale of
PENDLETON BLANKETS
Warm and prnrtlral . . . Solid
Pastel .bade. In Pendleton’*
ill w.m.I blanket . . . 72\'hp
*lxe . . . regularly Ik.05 . . . re-
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lei l a pure while Pendleton
"\cllowslone or lilai ler Park,"
with tVeslern striped border
. . . regularly 22..VI. now priced
$16.95
$20.00
Monday Specials
Men's Fleece Lined Houseshoes
Medium size only, regularly 2.7.*<
$1.00
Doll Beds, Doll Houses, Stuffed
Toys, Games, Assorted Toys
\ nine* to :i.!l.-,
95c
FELT RUGS
Kraided fell rug*. VI a Ill-color. Fade.pmof. Fire-
proof, lii.,| „r oldniig *|/r*. Formerly 2.7« i„
Io.nii, Ki'duied for MONTH V 1,1
Vt Price
CLEANSING TISSUES
l.ydla fire). Inirge *lxe bov. I.lmlt, 2 plen*e
25c Box
New Foil Dresses
fme rack id n. w *fyle«. Junior, and regular*.
Formerly to 24.30. Kedueed to
$12.00
Give Him A Sport Shirt
Speciol Sale Starts Tomorrow
flnce-A-Veard learn nee:
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worsted*. Tan, lllue.
Smartly »tylrd .port
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Brown, firey, fly.ter.
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to HUM. I'rlced now at Price
SludAtUd
Gay Scarfs
make a
Joyous Gift
Printed *i|onrr*.
In a wealth of
new pattern*.
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two top mytl'-^al teams Of dis-
trict 3AA at a banquet at the
Sweetwater High School gym.
Rest players from each
team wfll be picked to make
tut a mythical eleven for 1
first and second team. Sev-
ern! Sweetwater boys are
known to have placed on
these two teams .and will be
honored along with the other
best players of the season.
After the dinner Coach . Jess
Neely of Rice will speak and
show pictures of the Rlce-Texas
game.
More than 100 out-of-town visi-
tors are expected here, and Ro-
tary committee members have
all plans completed for plenty
of barbecued chicken according
to Tom Kassner, Rotary club
president.
These visitors will come from
the other six towns of the dis-
trict and will represent football
players, Rotary members, news-
paper editors and Chamber of
Commerce managers. 1-ocal Rt>
tarians will wear red neckties, as
is their custom at special occa-
sions.
The dinner of barbecued chick-
en will be served at the gym at.
f>:30 under a committee beaded
by L. A. Wilke and Art Nicholas.
Arnold Drossier is chairman of
the fellowship group that will
greet and handle the crowd.
Master of ceremonies will lie
Charlie Paxton, local Rotary sec-
retary.
Tickets for the party were
scarce today as many members
rushed for additional guest
tickets after more had been sold
in the other towns than had lieen
anticipated. Represented will lie
Midland. Odessa, l-amesa. Plain-
view. Abilene and Hig Spring.
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Soccer Game Set T
A soccer game between second
and third period girl’s physical
education classes of Newman
high will be held Tuesday after-
noon in the Mustang bowl at
4:15.
Admission will be ten cents.
The proceeds of the game will
be donated to the annual staff
for a colored dedication page in
the Yucca Glorlsa year book.
Starting line-up and reserves
for the third period “Whites”
will be Frances Jo Reid, captain,
center forward; Jane Walker,
,co-captain, center halfback; Bet-
ty Moody, right wing back; Imo-
gene Alston, right innerforward;
Nlta Clark, left inner-forward;
Mescal Rowland, left wing for-
ward; Sue Cook, right halfback;
Sue Turner, left halfback Dor-
othy Bennett, right fullback;
Renee Bibb, left fullback and
Wanda Scott, goalkeeper.
Starting line-up for the second
period ‘ Pinks" are captains,
Beth Haggard, right inner for-
forward: Barbara Moore, right
wing forward: Dorothy Bausom,
left Inner forward; Jean Fergu-
son, left wing forward: VM a e
Willoughby, right half-back;
Margie Rowland, center; Ber-
nice Bryan, left halfback; Bette
Bishop, right fullltack: Kern
Cross, left fullltack; and Donnie
McCright, goalkeeper.
Reserves are Jean Doggett, |
Llnnie Jo Jennings Doris Green-
field, Lois Harris, Ethelee
Weems and Delores Barker.
Football Scores
Football scores In high school
games;
Marfa 21, Fort Stockton 14.
Qpleman 13, DeLeon 0.
Munday 20, Seymour 0.
Wellington 38, Floydada 7.
Littlefield 52, Seminole 22.
Wichita Falls Drops
Amarillo, 13 To7
AMARILLO, Dec. 7 (U.R) — A
hard-pounding Wichita Falls
high school team has dropped a
fighting Amarillo high team, 13
to 7, to gain a quarter - final
berth In the Texas A. A. state
football playoffs.
Swamps
27To0, <•
MaysWichita Next
EL PASO Dec. 7 -CUJ0 — It
will be Odessa against Wichita
Falls in next week's quarter-fin-
al round in the Texas high
school football 1
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a team
to 0 to their
elimination game played at El
Paso. That puts Odessa into the
ouarter-flnafs against Wichita
The electrical manufacturing
industry, saya a Twentieth Cen- fc
tury Fund study, covers about
170 subdivisions and over 300,000
distinguishable products.
Monahans Doubles
Merkel, 26 To 13
Monahan’s GreenWave hit
hard during the first three quar-
ters to down the Merkel Badgers
2ft to 13 to cot) the hi-distriet
title,
Merkel hit hack during the
fourth |>criod and outplayed the
Green Wave in every way rack-
ing up 13 iKiints.
WE HAVE TOO MANY
XMAS CARDS
Lust year Christmas cards were almost Impossible to find! Ho
we really bought them. They are beautiful cards and they
are good values at our regular prices! Rut we’ve decided to
REDUCE PRICES
and not carry them over! Therefore: you ran stock up at prlcea
lower than pre-war! Assorted to the box:
TWO SIZES
Formerly 98c
Consisting of:
.V) assorted cards,
20 etching style,
20 French folders,
or 20 glitter snow effect*
39c
Formerly 49c
Con*l*ting of:
20 etching style cards,
20 French note*, or
30 miniature note*.
Notabilia
Of Sports
It) Jodie Ferguson
By a majority of votes of the
journalism II class at Newman
high, Charles Matthews w a s
chosen to write the monthly col-
umn of the I’on.v Express, Mus
tang Musing*.
Former columnist Dust y
Bratcher resigned to finish his
course in woodwork.
Hunters Think
Rain Would Put
More Birds In Bag
Recently there has been few
reports of good bird hunting
with few birds found, expecially
by hunters who depend on their
dogs.
Due to the recent hard frost.,
high winds, and no rains, the
hunting clogs are handieapited.
Most hunters iielleve that If!
Sweetwater would get a good
rain there would lx' a lot more
game in the hag. for the dogs
I would have favorable condl-
lions to show their ability.
Thomas Jefferson
Bounces Edinburg
SAN ANTONIO l)<". 7 (U.R) -
Thomas Jefferson high *chool of lector, to predict the order in
A 7-tl lic king by iroup 10 of the
Hoy Scouts wasn't enough to
down the determined Air Scouts.
They are more than ready to
take on Scouts as sexin as ar
rangoments for a game can he
made. According to captain Hol-
lis Fill* of )() the)' are also an-
xious tec play.
in early September, sixcrts
writer* were asked by .1. Wil-
lard Hidings, TCI' publicity ellr-
San Antonio bounced Edinburg
high school out of the running in
| the Texa- football playoffs Sat-
; unlay with a .’! to o victory.
Lamar Advances
HOUSTON. Dec 7,—Lamar of
! Houston advanced Into the
state quartan final round after
| blasting Pasadena from the race
with a 2b to 7 In king.
which Southwest Conference
elevens would finish and almost
unanimously named Texas U.
for the No. I spot. They award-
the Baylor Bears the cellar poitl-
tlon by an overwhelming vote.
The pickers were right alxiut
Baylor. Imi they went astray on
Texas, the Longhorns winding
up in third place, with four vic-
tories and two defeats. T h e
Bears dropped all six.
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Triplett, G. D. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 289, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 8, 1946, newspaper, December 8, 1946; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709995/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.