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Sweetwater Rep
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Rural High Schools
Of County Observing
National Music Week
Rural schools of Nolan County—they are Highland. I
Blackwell and Divide—are observing National Music Week
with a series of programs this week and one coming up for j
next week, according to Mrs. James Wells, itinerant music-
teacher for the three schools.
Highland School opened the
•nlr'e carl
Beauticians Elect
State Delegates
week's series Monday with an as
sembly program given by a 35-
voice chorus which Mrs. Wells di-
rected Neva Mae Alexander was
accompanist with Ray Pearce as !
master of ceremonies
Blackwell
The chorus is to go to Blackwell Mrs. Clara Wetsel and Mrs.
School on Wednesday at 1 p. m Charity Stiooe. nave been elected
to give a program there. , delegates from the Sweetwater
On Thursday, the Reagan Junior | unit of the Texas Accredited Beau-
High Chorus of Sweetwater, direct- ty Association to the state conven-
ed by Miss June Posey and includ- tion in McAllen the last of this
ing 48 voices, is to sing at High- month.
— — ‘ ‘ ‘I The election took place at a din-
. ner meeting of the unit held Mon-
! day evening in the Town & Coun-
try Hoorn.
Plans To Attond Gimp
At Leuders Talked At
Progressive HO Club
Tentative plans for attending the
encampment at Leuders were dis-
cussed when the Progressive HD
Club of Blaekland met Tuesday
with Mrs Herbert Pietsch.
Mrs. Harvey Staton, council dele-
gate. gave her report.
Each member of the club was
designated a day to visit the pa-
tients in the Bunton Rest Home
in Roscoe Mrs. L. A. London con-
ducted the recreation period.
Mrs F. A Wright, clothing dem-
onstrator. gave the program "Plac-
ing the Patterns on Fabric and
Cutting the Garment."
Refreshments were served to
the guests and members present.
Guests were Mmes. Harvey Hunt-
er and Walter Pietzsch.
Members present were Mmes. R.
M. Daily. Leon Davis. L. A. Lon-
don. Henry Rayburn. George
Richardson, llarvey Staton. Char-
lie Zinke, David James, John Pep-
per Jr., llillis Thornburg, F. A.
Wright, and hostess.
land There will be numbers by
the chorus, and special groups.
Operetta at Divide
Divide School will have its Mus-
ic Week program on Friday, May-
16. a little out of Music Week prop-
The operetta will be "Cinderel-
la." and it will be presented at 8
p. m. by the elementary grades.
Working on it are Miss Lera Jean
Lee. Mrs. Laura Orr. Mrs. Nola
Shed, and Mrs. W A. Ware.
A string chorus of 15 violins will
play. Mrs Wells is general direc-
tor for the operetta and has spe-
cial charge of the violins.
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. H Gomez of Sweet-
water are parents of a son born at
4:20 a m. Monday in Sweetwater
Hospital.
Rev. L. A. Blair
Gives Circle Study
The Rev. L A. Biair led the Bible
study on "Rabat) and Ruth" for
the Lottie Moon Circle of First
Baptist Church on Monday at the
home of Mrs Kermit Wilson. 202
Bowie.
Mrs .1 C. Reynolds presided.
Visitors were the Rev. and Mrs.
Blair and Mrs. L. E. Stamps.
Members present were Mmes. C.
E. Lambert. M. L Rice. James
Dailey, Ola Miller, W. S. Taylor,
Q. B Scott. A A Callaway. W.
M. Mullins. R. H. Rogge, Reynolds.
J. M. Mitcham and Wilson.
18 Calls Reported
At Circle Two
Eighteen calls were reported at
Circle Two First P-esbvterian
Church, when it met Monday with
Mrs. J. C. Jenkins. 902 East Third.
Mrs Jenkins presided.
Mrs. Nettie Sullivan continued
the study of Paul's letters to the
Colossians. the special topic being
'What Is Christ's Place In Your
Life'.’"
Refreshments were served to
guest. Mrs. Peter Fox, president
of the Women of the Church, and
these members: Mmes. S. I. Ed-
wards, Sidney Woodman, Glen
Bardwell. Roy Thompson. R. L.
Price. Tom Crowe, Sullivan, and
J. W. Tipton.
Next meeting will be with Mrs.
S. 1. Edwards on May 19.
Freshman Class Banquet
Held In Circus Setting
Mrs. Buck, Organist, To Give
Music Week Program Today at 5:15
Today's program in the National
Music Week series of the Music
Study Club over Station KXOX is
being given by Mrs. Bryan Buck,
organist, at 5.15 p. m.
Mrs W. A. Hazlewood. Music
Week chairman for the club, an-
nounced Mrs. Buck as the per-
former for the day.
Mrs Buck will play Oberg's
"Pastorelle. ' Nolte's ' Longing,"
and Clark's "Hope ”
An active member of the Music
Club. Mrs. Buck is organist for
Highland Heights Methodist
Church.
First-Hand Talk On
Guatemala Given By
Mrs. W. B. Wetsel Sr.
First-hand talks on Guatemala
are being given this week to New-
man High and Reagan Junior High
classes by Mrs. W. B. Wetsel Sr.
at the request of class teachers.
Mrs Wetsel visited last year in
Guatemala with her sister whose
husband is employed by the United
Fruit Company there
Mrs Wetsel has talked to high
school classes here and was to
talk to Junior High classes of Mrs.
W. R. Swaim on Tuesday. She
talked at assembly of Roscoe High
School on Monday at the invita-
tion of Mrs L. G. Anthony.
The Freshman Class of 1952 held
Its banquet Friday evening In the
Blue Bonnet Sky Room in a circus
setting.
Bright colored streamers, bal-
loons, and paper cut-outs of clowns,
tents, and circus animals decorated
the room.
George Arnold was master of
ceremonies. He is class president.
Connie Rudd said the invocation.
Program
"Little Annie Rooney” and
"Ringling Brothers Grand Entry
March" were played by freshman
members of the school band. A
girls' chorus sang “O, Dear!” and
an ensemble sang "Come To The
Fair.” A boys' quartet sang “The
Man On the Flying Trapeze.”
Frank Smith, Ruth Ann Jones,
and Glenda Shoemaker gave the
class prophecy.
Talks
Short talks were given by Thos.
Whitenburg, junior high principal;
Assistant Supt. Olaf South and
Supt. Cleo Tarter. The program
closed with the "Alma Mater” sung
by the class with Robby Reed
leading.
Officers of the class are George
Arnold as president, Connie Rudd
as vice-president. Charm Edwards
as secretary, and Gayle Meyer as
treasurer.
Members
Class members are: George Ar-
nold. Chas. Bailey, Carrol Boley.
; Wanda Berkly, Charlsea Bledsoe,
j Shirley Bowman. Winona Bristow,
G. C. Gromley, Robert Brothers.
Dick Brown. Farline Brown, Mar-
tha Bruce. Cleon Burrow.
Also Charlene Callaway, Gary
Carson, Marcello Casillo, John
Chance, Mary Lue Charles, Joann
Clements. Marlene Cocke, Faye
Coffee. Charlotte Cook. Murlenc
Cox. Zenita Cross. Charles Cure.
Also Priscilla Davidson, Ross
Davis. Christine Davis, Ginger
Davison, Kenneth Drewery
Charm Edwards. Sarah Elliott,
Martha English, Nancy Finley.
Margaret Fomby. T. J. Forkum.
Donnie Fort. Ralph Fowler. Mvrl
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Social Calendar
TUESDAY
Music Week program by Music
Study Club over KXOX at 5:15
p. m. Mrs. Beverly Herndon, or-
ganist.
First Baptist Church's banquet
for Newman High seniors at the
church at 7 p. m.
Regular meeting of Zeta Kappa
Chapter. Beta Sigma Phi, at 8 p
m. at Blue Bonnet Hotel.
Full wood, Joyce French, Robert
French.
Alio Gay Ion Gee, Christine Good-
win, Hugh Gossett, Doyle Graham,
Gary Grant, Gwen Gray, Carrol
Green, Lee Roy Grimsley. Petty
Hall, Yvonne Hammond, Juanita
Harris, Roy Dean Hendley, Annie
Hill. Royce Holdridge, Wanda
Hopkins, Betty Houston.
Also Gay Jolley, Carolyn Jones,
Katie Jones, Ruth Ann Jones, John
Kearney, Thelma Kearney, Billy
Kelly, Gloria Kefp, John Edd Kil-
len, Richard Landtrip. Jesse Law-
hon, Celeste Lindsey. Ann Loeb,
Pat Lollar, Virginia Loudamy,
James Lindley.
Also Willard Mann. Gayle Mey-
er, Ruth McCutcheon. Kenneth
McDougle, Jerry McGlothing, Bob-
by McNeal. Lady McWiliams,
Nevada McWilliams, Alseon Mil-
ler. Harold Miller. Lou Ella Miller,
Frances Montgomery. Ola Moore.
Also Laura Neal. Bobby Nelson.
Peggy Nichols. Helen Nutt. Erall
O'Brien. Betty Odom. Sonny Oh-
lenbusch.
Also Joy Pace. Guadalupe Pal-
acios, Nadine Parnell. Marilyn Pat-
terson. Margaret Paulk. Edwin
Peoples, Herman Phillips. Richard
Phillips, Roland Powell, Kelton
Prather. Jeanette Priest, W'yon-
ne Pugh. Gerald Pullig. Gerald
Pitts.
Also Bobby Reed. Clay Jack
Reeves. Charles Rice. Robby Rich-
ardson. Jerry Rogers, Margaret
j Rowan, Connie Rudd.
! Also Homer Sanders. Suzanne
Sears. Grady Sessums, Cloyd Shil-
ling, Glenda Shoemaker, Forrest
Sims, Floy Sipe. Joy Sipe. Frank
; Smith, Billie Ruth SoRelle. Char-
les South, Charles Spradlin. Bud-
dy Spillers, Tommy Stamps. Billy
Sonc. Donald Stone, and Peggy
Stowe.
Also Charles Taylor. Patricia
Tansin, Ben Teuber, Roy Thomas.
Martha Trantham, Don Wafer,
Beulah Walton. Larry Ware, Dean
Way, Roy Weatherford. Marie
Webb. Joan Weems, Kay Wells,
'Patsy Wheller, W. B. Whisenant.
Don Whorton, Tommy Wideman,
•Eugene Wilkinson. Robt. Williams.
S.vlie Wilson. Sara Wilson, Walter
Witt.
j Also Tiit Zimmerman, Jimmy
Gardner, Bobby Kiser. Melvin Wil-
helm, Jackie Varney. Bill Brown.
Doris Ashford. Carold Seay.
Vacation Bible
School Planned
By Teachers
Plans for Vacstion Bible School,
which will be held June 14, were
discussed further by the teachers
council of First Methodist Church
at their meeting Monday morning.
They set another meeting at the
church on Monday, May 12, from
9:30 a. m. until 2:30 p. m„ to com-
plete plans.
Present were Mmes. Rigdon Ed-
wards. Louis Simpson. Peyton
Weaver. Warden Boswell, John
Taylor, John Tippett, Wayne
Smith. F. N. Kennon, Lea Boothe,
John Cox Jr., L. F. Mims, and Al-
vin Kendrick.
Human Rights
Circle Topic
Human rights in the light of
Christian missions were topics dis-
cussed by Mmes. M. J. Swceden
and E. O. Evans for Belle Bennett
Circle of Highland Heights Meth-
odist Church on Monday at the
home of Mrs. Sweeden.
"Human Rights to a Fair Wage”
was Mrs. Sweeden's topic, while
Mrs. Evans talked on "Rights to
an Education.”
Mrs. W. C. George gave the de-
votional on “God is No Respecter
of Persons.” Mrs. 1. S. Clay pre-
sided.
Punch and cookies were served
to Mmes. B. H. Rowlett. Jack Bry-
ant, George, W. P. Brooks. M.
D. Martin. J. W. Welch, Evans.
Sweeden. L. A. Schoppa. and Clay.
Appeal Made For Unit
Leaders In Day Camp
An appeal for unit leaders to serve in the annual Girl
Scout and Brownie Day Camp at Santa Fe Lake from May
26 through May 31, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., was made at Vie
executive board meeting of the Girl Scout Association in the
Rose Room at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Mrs R R. Allen Jr., who will be camp director, said
that one adult leader is required for each six girls, and the
present staff falls short of that requirement.
________Church on Tuesday morning. The
next one will be on May 14.
Training Course
Women and older girls who are
willing to serve are asked to con-
tact Mrs. Allen at once. A train-
ing course for the leaders was to
be started at First Presbyterian
Mrs. Hollingsworth
Is Circle Hostess
Mr. O. O. Hollingsworth, 200
Lamar, was hostess Monday to
Ruth Circle of Highland Heights
Methodist Church. Mmes. Olen
| Dodson, J. O. Steele, and Leo
Nunn gave the lesson.
Mrs. J. R. Williams said the
1 opening prayer, and Mrs. A. B.
Cockrell had the devotional.
Present were Mmes. J. O. Steele,
Hollingsworth. Dodson, W. O. Mil-
ler, Williams, W. F. Hollowell,
Nunn. M. C. Slater, Lee Adams.
W. A. Steele. C. A. Clayton,
Cockrell, and R. W. Boyd.
Hospital Notes
Sweetwater Hospital
Monday admissions to Sweetwa-
ter Hospital included Mrs. Walter
L. Smith of Avenger Field; Mrs.
Ardis D. Gaither of 1211 McCaulley;
Katherine Carrigan. daughter of
Chas. Carrigan of 1007 Walnut;
Glendol Martin of Route 1. Trent:
Bonnie Jean Hcnnington. daughter
of C. F. Hcnnington of Route 1.
Sweetwater; Wm. W. Sellers of Col-
orado City • out-patient i.
Dismissed were Rex Goalcs, Bus-
ter McDonald. Mrs. Ramoz. Mrs.
Ratliff. Mrs. Grace Donegcy, Val-
ton Terry, Mrs. Don and baby.
Earline Shafer. Mr. McCann. Mrs.
McFarlen and baby, Mrs. J. E.
Logsdon.
Young Medical Center
Young Medical Center reported
no admissions on Monday, and one
dismissal, that of Mrs. R. R.
Wright.
Women who cannot, take the
course are eligible to serve as as-
sistants at the camp.
Miss Margaret McAdams,
worker, is teaching the coursIP
Registration
A registration fee of 31 per girl
will be charged for the camp. Reg-
istration slips and health certifi-
cates are to be turned in to troop
leaders not later than May 31.
Each Brownie or Girl Scout must
attend camp at least four days in
order to be rated as a “camper."
it was brought out at the meet-
ing.
Leaders Signed
Women who have already sig0d
lip as unit leaders include Mmes.
Delmar Hayter, Hez Hawley, Jr.,
Beauford Carroll. L. T. Nelson. R
G. Purrington, Hollis Ellis, John
Taylor, Rigdon Edwards, Leon
Morse, and C. A. Jowell.
Present for the board meeting
were Mmes. Nelson, who presided.
Allen, J. L. Haney, Bob Conncl-
Icy, Purrington, Carroll, and
Frank Barker; Miss McAdams.
Mrs. Henthorne Gives
Lesson Topic At Circle
Mrs. R A Henthorne continued
to lead the study of Colossians for
Circle Three. First Presbyterian
church, on Monday at the home of
Mrs. Paul K. Brand. Mrs. Lester
Turner is circle chairman.
Cake and fruit punch were serv-
ed to Mmes. L. N. Geldert, I. R.
Wallis. R L. Shaffer, Turner, llen-
thornc. O. L. Bradford. Leona
Cook. B. C. Dulin, Brand, and
Lutie Ellis; Miss Evelyn Soren-
son.
Drs. Loeb, Young €
At State Medical
Convention In Dallas
Dr. Sam A. Loeb, president of
the Tri-County Medical Society, is
attending the annual meeting of the
Texas Medical Association in Dal-
las this week. He and Mrs. Loeb
left Saturday.
Also attending are Dr. T. D.
Young of Young Medical Center
and Mrs. Young.
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WEDNESDAY
Women's golf at 9 a. m.
Women’s Bible Class. Fourth &
Elm Street Church of Christ, at
10 a. m.
Music Week program bv Music
Study Club over KXOX at 5:30 p.
m. Miss Marie Hill, Troubadears.
Boys Quartet.
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THURSDAY
Sorosis Club to close year with
i luncheon at the home of Mrs. J.
M. Tippett, 1103 East 13th, at
! 12:30 noon.
Crol-Knit-Em Club to meet at 3
p. m. with Mrs. R. O. Fuqua. 804
Josephine.
Music Week Program of Music
Study Club on KXOX at 5 15 p
I m. Mrs. Preston Lightfoot in
I charge.
Civic Music concert presenting
Thos. Hayward. Metropolitan ten-
or, in City Auditorium at 8:15
j p. m.
Harvester Class of Highland
Heights Methodist Church to have
covered dish supper for members
! and husbands at the church at
| 6:30 p. m.
FRIDAY
Music Week radio program of
j Music Study Club at 5:30 p. m.
1 Mrs. Melvin Hayley, vocalist.
SATURDAY
Music Week KXOX program of
Music Study Club at 5:30 p. m.
Miss June Posey and Reagan
Junior High ensemble
Junior Senior banquet in Sky
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 6, 1952, newspaper, May 6, 1952; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748865/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.