The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1949 Page: 5 of 8
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THE TAFT TRIBUNE
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Lorraine
Honored
Surprise
Krebs
With
Party
Sinclair Employee i Joyce Hester Honored
Honored At Dinner |With Shower At
Off Schmid
litter. Mr‘
r„t Rocfcport-1
in heard M»r
A surprise birthday party hon-
oring Lorraine Krebs on her
18th anniversary was given
left Saturday afternoon I Wednesday night at Legion Hall,
bring Mrs. Joe C Wilson, Mrs. R S
had | Krebs and Mr*. R. C. Krebs
Harrv Allen, an employee at'Johnson's Cafe
tne .Sinclair Refinery at Whiter
WSCS To Hold
Business Meeting
Point, has retired after tpproxi-
Mr*. Herschfl Gossett.
Woman's Society of Christian
Service wiil have the regular
the;
m
Boy hi"
2P
of Taft jard
James i for
•pent the
Antonio 1 spent the pant three weeks with were hostesses
n
ith the ; \1rs Mildred Fow ler, Mis*
LI t . aft a * U e ft? V « s era # *- .1 g t #* r * .
Jr, monthly business meeting next
Fredu Tuesday afternoon, April 5, in
on
Jack.vm, Mins
| home Mrs Norted,
beginning
|Mo- Edmonia Shedd wen? host- 'at 3 o'clock Mrs. A. •* Toland
Hisey, Mias Joyce Norrcd and (the Methodist Church,
son in law' and daughter,;
and hr
V"j
i&kti. 1:;:,
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the fun"
lister
Charlt
now three i
rterta Murray,
jld.
president,
Mr
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with their -iBU
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to P-rt Lavaca Sun
r&t'Kev w- | ,n,/
to Tuba Texas
and Mrs S S U<w •
Utly moved hen* li >«'
fit 'occupy imi u.< 11 •
by the 1
Imd Mrs iv il Hail” r
Miii and her mother,
Bakin* -f Au tm pent
with Mr. «»na Mr it
Wt. Sr
' Dorothy M 11
»t Springs, i "1
day* this w.'
'her' brother, G
f and family
fiorred and Bill
,, — •. The cake, decorated in white
an a’r' ” i- Johnston,! ;,nd pink, held 16 candles and
lie ir infant son, Billy J bore the words “S" *et Sixteen
Guests were Jean, a Winning-
on, Melanie Williams, Betty
I’p hyierian School foriLou Whiten*-; Joe. C. Wilson,
itt* tided l Raymond C. Krebs, Billy Hunt,
i Ita ,(a , Alvce Archer. Mary Ann Arthur,
■k. I Bob Wither, W. K. Hunt, Kdna
htjKnrl Compton, James Raymond
R -son, Betty Jo Curtis, Potsy
it, I.ujean Hamilton, Jerry
T- ague. Jackie Guedin, Patti
rnelt. Milton Decherri. Ben
nmins, Paula Faye Williams,
i Ally no Kirtley, Burton Koonce,
■ John Dugat, Barbara Jean Wil-
.sot: Gus McNabb and Frank
I McNamee.
inately JO years rervir
Company
He was complimented with 3 jcises for a shower honoring Miss I will give a re]
dinner party at Beaeh Grill in j„yte Hester,, bride elect of D
Corpus Christ! Tuesday night, A fomett, Jr. The shower w* ■ March 22-24
attended by li guests 'held in the private dining roorri j ---r------
of Johnsons Cafe Wednesday Mrg> W_ L> Wjlburn
rt of the district
conference held in San Angelo
Flower SImw Fntries (evening, March 23
r lower onow r-mries corsages were presented to uAnAraj Af
Miss Hester the honoret*. to her Honored At * <^rty
j mother. Mrs R. R Hester, and
I.e than two weeks remain I to Mrs. D. A Cornett. Sr.
Are* Being Planned
to make plans
in the Flower
An arrangement
'flowers formed thi
Mrs.
! honore*
Wri
day, April
All per
centerpie'.
-d
Mr:
having an Shedd at*
ould study punch and
I,
M r
Tii
L Simnm
spent Tuesday
:ter. Ml F II
I
night wit
Hurnphrn
their way to San Antonio
Mr and Me I, W Chrest-
ii m of 1’ rt L;<vn- a visited their * , VI ,
on. J M ('nr- tm -n and family, Attendants .Mamed
in,m Sunday to Tuesday. Mrs.
L W, Chresiman, who broke her
hip before Christmas, is now
I able to w alk on crutches.
for Taft resit
for their ent
Show to be held Tuc
1, in the gymna-iun
ins who contemplate
entry in the show' si
the schedule so that th< will be
liar with the different class
nd their entry will not be
disqualified b* cause it does not
fit into u class.
Entry blank . mi. be bcureti |Wedding Of Former
.prrng jWedne;
W. L. Wilburn was
at a party given
lay afternoon by Mrs
MOB.
For only $3.tJt> a year
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Faftites Attend
ISam Haines anyi Mrs R. L j
r. jt in the Haynes home, i
The hostesses served refresh- j
merits to Mrs. Joe Mvers of
Aransas Pass. Mrs Roy Thomas, j
uest numbering - Mi.,<j Ruth Blankrn- -yer, Miss
l Margaret Ropers. Mrs. John
, Piper, Mrs Lawrence Morgan. |
I Mrs. Marian Malden and Mr.-.
Richard Breese, and Mrs. Wil-
jburn.
of the tea tat,it-, Mr-. Gossett. (Harper,
Mrs Fower Mis* Hisey and Mis- ‘ “
mted in serving
ukc Mi ; Norred
registered the
about 50
•■PITTSBURGH
WATERSPAR
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For Wedding Here
MISS WINTERS FATHER.
Miss Berta Murray, Miss Ella D*ES ABERDEEN, MISS.
DU til .iiunni, diici i
He.se, Miss Martha Taylor, Miss Miss Marguerite Hunter, chor
Attendants have been an-
nounced for the wedding of Miss
Mr and M: ■ A. J Compton j Joyce Hester of Taft to D A
if Odem. which
Ruth Blankrneyer and Miss Mar
garet Rupers attended the wed
ding in Houston Saturday night
al director in the Tuft schools,
has returned from a two-week
stay in Aberdeen, Miss., where
.mil Mr Jennie B Compton of (Cornett. Jr.
Dalla- are spending this week -will take place at 7 30 o'clock
■ — | *>iii i an* uu v a
with Mr and Mrs R S Cook. I Saturday evening. April 0. at
Mr. .iru! Mrs W P. Mullen First Baptist Church in T«/t.
nt to Temple t
i aunt, whf.
thm
lie w ith her i
The groom's sister. Mrs, F. E
underwent an opera-jcureton of Corpus Christi. will
I be matron of honor, and Verne
from the Taft Feeders Supply ] r .. c .
Store where information on how- rreS-MeX Student
to fill out the blanks may be
securc-d.
Entries in the specimen class-
es should be brought in bottles.
All entries should be brought to
the gymnasium as early as pos-
ibk- Tuesday morning ,in order
that they may be arranged by
11 o’clock, when the judging
will start. The show will be
open to the public at 3 30 p.m.
Tickets are available at 25 .... ----- -------- _,
cents each, and may be purchas- following her practice of nurs- Ob-Served DV MMU
* “ intF VT;irtinf/ was married J
r°' All r
UII If, ill IPJU3UIII ftjakUlUUJ 111^,'iil ftiiaj in »<»ijft»-, ’
of Miss Eva Martinez, a .former (she was called by the illness of
Pres-Mex student who graduated iber father, W. E Hunter. Mr.
in 1945 and later took Nurse's Hunter's death occurred March
training at Sage Memorial Hos-
pital at Ganado, An/.. Since
returning to Texas she has taken
her State examination and was
Visitation Day
! Mr and Mr- R S Krebs and (Hoad of Odem will serve as best
in the
orge B.
:t- | Mr - Joe C Wilson and (laugh-
Rich
iter, spent Sunday in San An
I tonio with his mother, Mrs-
| Lome Krebs.
Mi A J. Guedin, Mr- J B. |TAMALE SALES TO
man. Ushers are Harold Nixon
of Odem and Janie- wright of
Taft.
ed from any member of the1 ing. Miss Martinez was married
Garden Group of the Woman's (to Dr Pete Salmiran of Houston.
Club, or any member
Junior Woman's Club
A SAFE RISK
SERVICE
| YEARS OF
|_u i Watchmaker and Jeweler in Nueces County
jiftsn- this -- that our repair work on watches and
the quality and pro e nt Diamonds. Watfhe- and Jew-
flrr we sell, HAS TO BE RIGHT for long time friends.
BENEFIT BUILDING FUND
FOR MEXICAN MANSE
Ladic of the Mexican Presby-
terian Church will sell tamales
in the church annex Saturday
afternoon from 3 to 7 o'clock.
I*i..... : will be applied to
the building fund to construct
a new home for Rev. I. S, de
Lugo, whose home burned re-
Becky Toland Has
Birthday Party
the The ceremony took place in the
home of the groom, with only
close friends attending. The
couple went to New Orleans on
a weding trip.
Mrs. A D Toland compliment-
ed her daughter. Becky, with
party Thursday afternoon on the !
occasion of
anniversary
H. D. Club Has
a Program On Nursing
Visitation Day was observed
by members of the W M.U., who
met at the Baptist Church Tues-
day afternoon before making
their calls.
Bible study will be given by
Mrs. E. N. Tutt at the Church
next Tuesday afternoon, April 5.
FISH DINNER GIVEN
FOR FACULTY CLUB
Mrs. W. N. Roberts, Mrs. Villa
. , Mrs. T. V. Ashabranner and
h£'' SiX*h r-ft' ■ Mrs. H. G. Ritchie had charge j Mae Mueller, Mrs. Maurice.
I m- cake, aecorat^ _f the progran, „n Home Nurs Cummins, Mr. Wood roe Petty
ed in pink and green, was served ; jng for the meeting of the Home
------ r— •- ,, , .......- ---------»......- .......- iand Mr. Henry Moore entertain-
with ice cream. Moving pictures 0emonstration Club Monday af- ed members of the Faculty Club
i ently
provided entertainment
Guests were Sanirme
ternoon at Mrs. Ashabranner* I with a fish dinner at Shoop's
Lynn home. The hostess served re-|Grill in Corpus Christi, Monday
1919, Make the Test, and Iaarn Of Our
Sincere Efforts lo Please All!
IcCURDY'S — Old Reliable
51 Years Experience
(SchulCci S'.
Ev the 3 Bankr>
Cunningham, Mrs Fred 'Willi-
(jiiis and daughter, Melanie,
! -pent Tuesday in San Antonio.
Mr arid Mrs. Terry Lucas
•Will leav; Saturday for Mona-
hans to vi at his sister, Mrs. T.
]T. Thompson.
, Mr. and Mi E. Hill of Okla-
;, (.'itv. (e-da. and Mr. and
Mi John Chaffin cf F;orva-.c,
ln>: , ve-ited *-*r and Mr Tom
ill :,t White Point, last
Taylor, Mary Louise Vernor, freshments to six members. (night, March 28. Some 44 att-
p. , Hiiu.m Mphi*v and Julia Th<» mpptirip vvill h# an
Marsha Owen, Nancy and Julia
Toland, Marty and Gail Mayo,
and Dianne Dilion.
Guadalajara Shown
In Moving Pictures
At Club Meeting
The next meeting will be an 'ended.
all-day meeting at the home of j ___________
Mrs. Ritchie on Monday, April | EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
11, beginning at 9.30 a.m. Miss WOMEN OF CHURCH MEET
1 Susan Perry, County Home ;WITH MRS. E. W SANDARS
| Demonstration Agent, will give j
iinstruction on sewing and using'
(new patterns-.
American Home Department
of the Woman's Club met Mon
Girl Scouts Plan
Camp Friday Night
day afternoon J Fifteen Girl Scouts
k’Y'v
-^•ftO
LAST11R lb |LbT AROUND THK
COR.M.K, .SO. B!. IN PARADF.
WT Til .SB.L1X HONS 1'ROM
Lieberman's
Spring Dresses
1’rints and
Solid Colors
Mr. ;.r: i Mi- Erv.in Rauch
a. l tin*.-- -a./i of SI Paul spent
Sijnii.i. afternoon with Mr. and
Mr: Laid Rudolf.
Mr and Mi:;. I. Simmons of
M .nroi-.La.. spent Tuesday night
;... ••:,.! -r Mrs. F H- Hum-
pj.r.e- They were on their way
to San Antonio
Mrs J. M. Chrestrnan.
E Pullin and Mrs. J. A.
were member i of the program
The Executive Board of the
using presbyterian W o in e n-o f t h e-
Church met at the home of Mrs.
E. W. Sandars Tuesday after-
noon, with 15 present. The work
for the new church year was
planned and discussed. Trie
hostess served refresh Then ts.
An emergency has been re-
attended
ruuNrin (the meeting Monday afternoon! „
the Little House, and two reived for bandages for Korean
™iSTwhich^nSdNir, McClBry dn<^ 'Hospitals, and the group^will
x W.. r^kicc^ gave the IdT .^^7 ^2
Spanish *i( , t .* • ^ j ‘ f,fi girls an art lesson on making !o’clock to prepare bandages.
College. V1- , ': ‘ Lpy-pH .silhouettes It will take several Each woman i.s asked to bring
Mrs. K. vi , ,HalA.ara (weeks to complete work on the jan old sheet, arid scissors, needle
silhouettes.
Tennis served refresh
NEW ARRIVALS
dKurnMr! D^."LatMrsActpp: ^
land thread, if possible.
jean <n —• , v, • * : me gins plan to camp out |ize me u
resided in M»*xico ><* ... "VY- Friday night if weather permits, 'tisements.
'_____> . t:.*iwere taKPn t>V * ” f
it always to read and patron-
The girls plan to camp out i ize the local merchant’s adver-
Mr ar.-i Mrs J. C. Talley of (und'the pictures were taken by
iTa'ft ar<- parents of a sun born j her husband.
.« u, .hr, Hr.crat.nl in f.dlo'Aing the program, a seat-
Wcrtarspcar Enamri I*
economical to use. It
brushes on smoothly and
evenly and retains its high
luster for years,
notMM—
or eztsrion
suN-raoov—
Hou*« Point,
WSUMIM—
On* coal Flat,
PIITSBURGH PAINTS
LOOK BETTER
LONGER?
Ce«t8 in ntd&f fer fBJR fee»*4Uc<«
«iiw y*«F Mtoiwaw1*
TAFT
1MPLIMENT CO.
Phone 31
j March 2.i, at Spohn Hospital in
Corpus Christi
A .-.-il wa-i bom Wednesday
morning at Sinton Hospital to
Mr :,n«i Mr- VV. I. Wilburn.
ed coffee honoring Mrs. Lipp
■•nd Mr- Agee was held at the •
home of Mr'-,. Glasson. Members
„t the executive board, of the
if
, ,, ... , .f.K -T Morgan, were guests. ; K
Mr and Mrs Pedro Garza ol
Hondo Texas, are the proud par
t nt.
j,M
Gar?.a is
t;...
K. J- Morgan, were guests.
Arrangements of Spring ^ow ,v
7 pound bahv b«.-, horn iers in pastoral ■ "ior.s decorated (^
, --------- i*<-- mantel and a
and an
the
BBthBAmi- (The! pandparents. |Th^mahtc^anc^i ,
“he on the dining J
Sanchez.
i table.
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SINTON, TEXAS
One of cotton’s most destructive
insects—to small to be easily rec-
ognized-stunts and deforms cot-
ton plants.
Stunt growth or even kill small
cotton seedlings. Greatest dam-
age is done by causing the leaves
to curl and fall.
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CarPful, courteous drivers, sterilized trucks. Do not expose
v-i* livestock to disease by leaving dead stock on >uu.
premises. Call us wllect—4RT-2. We pay ail phone- charges.
BOLL WEEVILS
Boll Weavels feed on and lay
their eggs in squares. The pun-
ctured squares open up, or flare,
and the squares tume yellow in
no time and die, leaving worth-
less cotton plants.
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plants, Greatfrsj. damage is caused
to the small- squares, which are
often killed when no larger than
a pinhead.
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Southern By-Products Company
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Richards, Henry C. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1949, newspaper, March 31, 1949; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748806/m1/5/?q=music: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.