The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1984 Page: 12 of 20
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★ Runners
★ Aprons ★ Potholders
★ Place Mats
Your Christmas Gift Headquarters
J. E. Stevens Co
H1W live Oak • Phone 62$-?! 29
SERVING COliMAN SINCE 1889
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FABRIC SOFTENERS
AFFECT FLAME
RETARDANCE
The (lame retardant children’s
sleepwear you buy may not stay
that way unless you take care in
laundering it, says a Texas A&M
University Agricultural Extension
Service clothing specialist. “Normal
home washing is not a problem",
says Alma Fonseca, “but several
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Coleman, Texas, November 27, 1984
Don't
Believe Iff
No, There’s No Such Thing As
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Diamonds
Vi Price
SURELY YOU KNOW BY NOW THAT
ALL A MERCHANT NEEDS TO DO IS
TO RAISE HIS RETAIL PRICE then
give you 50% off and his price is still too
high.
THIS IS TRUE OF MANY DISCOUNTS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF DIS-
COUNTS ON DIAMONDS. THIS IS
WHY WE SAY, AND HAVE ALWAYS
SAID . . . “IF YOU DONT KNOW
DIAMONDS THEN BE SURE TO KNOW
YOUR JEWELER.” AND REMEMBER
ALSO.. ANOTHER WAY OF CUTTING
THE PRICE ON DIAMONDS . . IS TO
“CUT THE QUALITY" . . . Cheap or
inferior Diamonds bring Cheap Prices. So
if you would buy Quality Diamonds at fair
prices it follows that you should shop with
a reliable and Established Jeweler.
WE’VE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN
THIS AREA for 48 years now. Trust us,
we have GOOD DIAMOND VALUES 12
MONTHS OF EACH YEAR . . ESPEC
IALLY AT CHRISTMAS GIVING TIME.
EARLE SMITH'S
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research studies indicate tharaising
fabric softeners will reduce the
effectiveness of flame retardant
finishes.” The best performance for
fire retardance in 100 percent cotton
sleepwear occurs when repeated
laundering takes place without the
use of a fabric softener at all.
Sleepwear treated with a dryer
fabric softener still meets standards
for flame retardance, although it
will not perform as well as those
without fabric softener. A rinse-
cycle softener causes some reduc-
tion in fire retardance and wash-
cycle softener has the greatest
effect, she says. For acetate/poly-
ester sleepwear, rinse-and dryer-
cycle fabric softeners will not affect
the flame retardance qualities
Happy 37th
Birthday
Karen
Book-Signing Party And Reception
Honor Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
EARLI SMITH
MIKfSTITH
On Nov. 28th!
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, native
and resident of Coleman County,
will be autographing her recently
published novel, “The Edge of
Disrepute” Thursday, November 29
in Coleman Bank lobby from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon and 1 to 3 in the
afternoon. All profits from the sale
of the book that day are being
donated to Coleman Public Library
by the author. Price of the book is
$16.95.
Coleman Bank also will host a
reception honoring Mrs. Kirkland
from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the
Bank Clubroom.
Published by Shearer Publishing,
the new novel is an historical
romance set in New Orleans that
takes a new look at voodoo queen
Marie Laveau. The publishing com-
pany is re-issuing two earlier histor-
ical novels by Mrs. Kirkland--“Di-
vine Average" first published in
1952, and “Love Is a Wild Assault"
published in 1959. The three books
are being featured as a “regional
epic", covering the years from
mid-1830's to the 1850's in Texas
history. The characters are not the
same in the trilogy, but are tied by
their locales as all three deal with
Texas, Mexico and New Orleans.
Mrs. Kirkland comes by her
interest in Texas history naturally,
as she is a third generation Texan
whose grandparents on both sides
were pioneers. Her paternal grand-
parents (The Hamiltons) came to
Coleman in a covered wagon from
Iowa in 1876, and her father, B. F.
(“Free) Hamilton, was born in a log
. cabin in Coleman County.
As an only child who grew up in
the White Chapel community of
Coleman County, Elithe attended a
one-room school. She rode to school
on a horse and helped her father
work cattle. She attended North
Texas State University, studying
SHOP LOCfllUl
FOR
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EIXIcJGY
THE THAD,T/Qfy,
Good people serving good neighbors, that’s what down-
town is all about. Shop your local stores where you can
find a variety of merchandise and services and where the
Christmas feelings are alive year ’round.
Christmas
Opening
on Stvturdav.
WBl wHIWI wmwewe • •
Christmas Parade...
Downtown
at 3:00 p.m.
***************
Christmas Pageant
at 7:30 p.m. in the
Coleman High School
Auditorium
* Hey Kids.. Don’t miss Santa
at both Events!
ELITHE HAMILTON KIRKLAND
. . . Coleman County author
history and English. Later she was a
student of J. Frank Dobie at the
University of Texas where she was
a member of the communications
staff. While there she wrote a
folk-drama series for Texas State
Network which was narrated by
Dobie.
Her career has included teaching
high school, working in UT’s public
relations department, and she once
was editor of the Coleman Demo-
crat-Voice. Now she writes and
works on Big Sky Ranch at White
Chapel where she lives with her
physician husband, Dr. R. D. Kirk-
land. The Kirklands also spend part
of their time at their ranch on the
Blanco River near Kyle.
The first novel, "Divine Aver-
age", has been described as a
serious historical novel set in the
Republic of Texas period. Her
second book, “Love Is a Wild
Assault” was based on the diary of
Texas pioneer woman Harriet Pot-
ter. The diary was uncovered at UT
and passed to the author by the
Texas State Historical Association.
Dallas literary critic A. C. Greene
chose it for inclusion in his list of the
“50 Best Books on Texas." This
biographical novel about the beauti-
ful and notorious woman is a
documented account of an extra-
ordinary Texan who became a
legend during the battle for Texas
independence.
In addition to the novels, Mrs.
Kirkland has had other works
published, including a story set in
Coleman County that is included in
a book of short stories by Texas
women. This and other writings by
Mrs. Kirkland are on the shelves at
Coleman Public Library. This
month, the library’s display window
at the entrance features the three
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Kirkland novels.
The characters in her books are
pioneer men and women, cowboys,
Indians, half-breeds, murderers, vic-
tims, philosophers-the changers
and the changed-from all the differ
ent races that came together in the
early days of Texas. She thinks
there are a lot of resources in Texas
and the South for writers, and
encourages young writers to stay
put and do their writing here.
Book signing events in Houston,
Shreveport and other places have
been very successful in a recent tour
promoting the new book. Publicity
in Texas and Louisiana papers have
also been given to the two earlier
novels.
Family Gathering
In Home Of
C. W. Simpson
C. W. Simpson hosted a family
gathering in his home during the
Thanksgiving holidays. Present
were descendants of Mrs. M.L. Star-
nes, Mrs. Carl Elder and Grace
Thomas.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. Buddy Simpson and Don and
Neil Starnes of Coleman; Mr. and
Mrs. Harlin Thomas and Martha
Elder of Midland; Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Bailey from Abilene; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Praeter, Stacey
and Matt of Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Hearne, Cole and Casey,
Dorothy Honeycutt and Bill and
Jean Coulter, Summer and Ely, all
of Arlington; and Donnie Starnes of
San Angelo.
Nature permits many a politician
to think himself some pumpkin and
then sends a heavy frost.
COLEMAN BANK
Corner of Pecan and Concho. Coleman. Texas (915) 625-2172
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Autry, Milton. The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1984, newspaper, November 27, 1984; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733437/m1/12/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.