Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1956 Page: 3 of 12
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Bilik Jean Rhoden
Elected Treasurer ,' ,
Of Area IX FHA
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Miss Billie Jean Rhoden was
elected as Treasurer of Area IX
Future Homemakers of America
recently at the Area meeting
held in Longview.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Rhoden, Billie Jean is a
popular student at Livingston
High School. This year she is
Junior class favorite, a member
of the band, and Student Coun-
cil. as well as president of the
local FHA Chapter. She was also
a member of the cast of the Jun-
ior play, and last year she was
Sophomore class favorite. In Dis-
trict 'FHA work, she has served
this year as treasurer of District
IL which consists of 18 schools
in this section of East Texas.
Recently, she completed work to-
.ward a State Degree in the Tex-
as Association of FHA.
Miss Mary Joe Phillips. Area
IX President from Livingston,
presided at the Area meeting.
' A Varied program was pre-
. day. TheLongvimv Eagle- Snouts
P.TA. and County
Teachers Meeting
Held March 13
A joint meeting of the Living-
ston Elementary P.T.A. and
Cbunty teachers met Tuesday,
March 13 at 7 p. m. in the Ele-
mentary auditorium. Mr. Sea-
man, vice president of the coun:
ty teachers presided. <
The meeting opened with a
prayer by Mrs. Mahan. Mrs. Jen-
nie Cayton entertained the group
by leading them In several songs.
Mrs. LayhWt and Mrs. Byrd's
room tied on .room count with
seven members. .
The guest speaker, Ml -M. B.
Etheredge, who is an associate
professor of Education at Sam
Houston College in Huntsville,
was introduced by Mr. Sandy
Moore. An interesting and in-
formative account of the White
House Conference on Education,
which Mr. Etheridge attended,
was given. He discussed the pro-
posed Federal Legislation to
schools and also Amendment 4
to the Constitution relative to
teacher retirement.
During the business session
delegates to the District Con-
ference were named and the
nominees for officers for next
year were presented and elected
by acclamation. They are: presi-
dent, Mrs. Revis Jernlgan; 1st
vice president, Mrs. J. T, Dab-
ney. Jr.; 2nd vice president, Mrs.
T. F. Prater; recording secretary,
Mrs. Virginia Carr oil; corres-
ponding secretary, Mrs. James
McKee; treasurer. Mrs. K. R.
Parkhlll; historian, Mrs. Frank
Gilbert; parliamentarian. Rev.
Oscar Landry.
The meeting adjodrned to the
first floor for the social hour.
Young Matrons S.S.
Class Social Held
Friday, March 16
The Young Matrons Sunday
School Class of the First Baptist
Church met Friday, March 16, at
7:30 with 15 members present
and two guests, Mrs. C. Mont-
gomery and Mrs. Rose Marie
Bra me. Mrs. Bobbie Short, vice
president, presided over the busi-
ness session. After the.meeting
was called to order prayer was
by Mrs. Joyce Malone and Mrs.
R. C. Vance brought a very in-
teresting devotional.
1 During the social hpur Ihe
class honored Mrs. Grace Berry
with a surprise stork shower,
and she received many nice gifts.
The room was decorated with
seasonal flowers of dog wood
blossoms and magnolia leaves.
Color scheme of pink and blue
was used in decorating the hon-
oree’s chair and the gift box.
The hostesses were birthday
honorees and they served de-
licious refreshments of chicken
salad, Ritz crackers, potato chips,
cookies and cold drinks.
Faye Tipton, Reporter
Mrs. J. L. Crawford
Honored With A
Dessert Bridge
Mrs. J. L. Crawford was hon-
ored with a dessert bridge
Thursday afternoon, March 15. at
the home of Mrs, W. O. Albin.
Twenty-six guests were present
for the occasion.
The St. Patrick’s color scheme
of green with white was used
throughout all the rooms. Beau-
tiful white stock and smllax
formed the lovely centerpiece for
the table, flanked by tall white
tapers. -f-
Mrs. G. L. Jackson presided
at the silver service, with Mrs.
W. E. Cooper serving the Sham-
rock Cakes.
Mrs. Chester Dean was winner
of the high score prize, with Mrs.
Charles McKih as second high.
The hostess, Mrs. W. O. Albin,
Providence W MA
Meeting March 14
Providence WMA meeting was
held Wednesday. March 14 in
the home of Mrs. Mary Purvis at
2:00 p. m. 7 ‘v
Progfam chaimjan Mrs. J, C.
Cole was In charge of program
and topic were given by Mrs.
May WUkinaon. Mrs. Ana belle
Nelson and Mrs. Cloie Matthews.
The meeting was dismissed with
prayer. ;f; *V u
Refreshments of cake and
punch were served.
Everyone enjoyed the meet-
ing- ! 7.
mum
devotional was presented by the
Center FHA chapter and Greg
LeMaster gave a welcome to the
group from the Longview Stu-
dent Council.
The guest speaker. Mr. Bryan
Blalock, Director bf Public and
Industry Relations. Borden Milk
Company. Marshall. Texas, was
Introduced by Kay Penlck, Area
vibe president from /White Oak.
Mr. Blalock brought out many
good points in his speech which
was gMen around the theme
l' “Keys To Better Living." He
stressed that education, faith,
courage, and hard work would
make our lives blossom like a
rose.
Since last year was the 10th
blftljdiy of jhe Future. Home-
mhljm of America. "T*n arid
Then?" skits, were givdn by five
chapters They wWe: Self Jm
provgmeflt. GroVeton; Good Home
and Family Life for all„Joaquiii;
Service to School and Communi-
ty, Gladewater; J1nternatlon|l
Good Will, Jacksonville; Whole-
some Recreation. Carthage Junior
High.
The Rose ceremony which was
presented at the State meeting
in Galveston last year was given
by the chapters in District I.
The afternoon session Included
the House of Delagates presented Mrs, Crawford vyith a
'dWe W#' officers’wete eiectedi, pjp^^silver*£ Her going.away
unrt rCDOftS WCTC gtV-
The -Crawfords are moving To
Fort Worth in the near future.
Dueboay and Ferry
Honored With A
Farewell Supper
, Mr. and Mr«. Marvin Allen
and James Marvin honored Pvt.
Howard Dueboay and Chuck
Ferry with a farewell supper
Wednesday. March. 14 at 7:00 p,
m. * . V -
Those present were th« hon-
orees, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dueboay,
Shirley, Donald and Gene, Bobby
McNeil and Mrs. Billy Mitchell.
Howard and Chuck are now
stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky„ but
will leave for Germany May 4th.
Mrs. M. A. Pace
Honored With A
Birthday Dinner
Mrs. M. A. Pace was honored
with a birthday dinner Sunday
at the Willie Pace home, where
she makes her home, near Liv-
ingston.
The children present for this
occasion were Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Pace and children, Ronnie,;
Dianna and Julia of Houston;
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Watson and
daughters, Shelia and Sharon of
Anahuac, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lie Pace and daughters, Billie
Ann and Janice Marie, and Mrs.
Carrie Parrish.
Mrs. Pace was presented a
beautiful decorated birthday
cake made by Mrs. Willie Pace
and her sister, Mrs. Horace Beaty.
Monday. March 19 was Mrs.
Pace’s 72nd birthday. i
The first railway built in the
U. S. was from the granite quar- da>’ la8‘"T*"*’ ... .
rles at Quincy, Mass., to tide- „|ntmmt here at th# Big Sandy
water, a length of 5 miles. It church Sunday arid Sunday
was begun In 1826 and completed night. He was substituting for
In 1827. I Rev. Don Hendrix.
day.- The-LongvMw &agie' snows and committee reports were glv-
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ters, and the new and old offi-
cers participated in the installa-
tion ceremony.
Those attending from Living-
ston were: Thelma Perkins, Billie
Jean Rhoden, Mary Joe Phillips,
Julia Ann Walters. Rutha Ander-
son. Juanita Tullos, Bettye Hill.
Imogene Crawford, Elizabeth
Musgrove, Barbara Musgrove,
Mary Lou Carter, Myrta Lee
Stephens. Earldeen Jenkins,
Geneva Walters, Paula Coats,
Ann Myers. Gloria Heater, Fay*
Hieronimus, Sammie Burchfield,
Ellen Knight, Emma Phillips.
Grace Alexander, Becky Alexan'
der. Billie Ann Pace, Barbara
Rankin, Linda Williams, Mary
Sample. Carolyn Tribe, Frances
Cameron. Patsy. Dillon. Linda
Stevens, and Mrs. Garland Pow-
ers, Jr.
The female sea spider has six
pairs of appendages, the male,
seven, the extra pair to carry
the eggs” until hatched._
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiggins,
Jr., are happy to announce the
arrival of a baby son name Roy
Glenn Wiggins, bom Sunday,
March 11, at 11:40 a. m. in the
Polk County hospital.
He weighed 8 poundf 2 oz
Grandparents are Mr. .and Mrs.
W. P. Morris and Mr. and Mrs
Roy Wiggins all of New Willard
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Rhodes of
Baytown announce the arrival
of a baby son, born Tuesday.
March 6 in a Dayton hospital.
He has been given the name
Curtis Rhodes, Jr., and he weigh-
ed six pounds, five ounces. Ma-
ternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Craig of Dayton and
paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Rhodes of Liv-
ingston.
I Livingston Pilot
Club Meeting Held
The Pilot Club of Livingston
met Monday evening. March 19,
7ri» p. m. at the Firtt Metho-
dist Church for their regular
monthly dinner program with 36
members and one guest, Mrs.
Kathryn Kechel. present. Virginia
Birge opened th« meeting with a
prayer. The By-Laws Committee:
Gweneth Harrison, chairman,
and her committees, Virginia
Birge and Mary Pessarra was in
charge of the program. Gweneth
introduced Mrs. Billie McDonald, <Ofjalaska HD Club
who sang "Somewhere There’s I - - - -
ONALASKA
Mr. and Mrs. tharSes tyfer of
Beaumont, Mr. .A. E. Tyler of
San Antonio, Robert Tyler of
Huntsville visited Mrs. A. E. Ty-
ler over Jhe week end.
Granny Mills of Sltsbee is vis-
iting her son and family, Mr. and
Mrs- B, F. Mills.
Mr. arid Mt*. Norman Sparks
and giris of Opelousas, La., vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lilley
over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Cotton
of Bunkie, La., visited relatives
here last week-’
Mr. and Mrs, «. L. Sanders
and boys of Baytown visited rela-
tives here over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Kennedy of
Houston visited here one day
last week.
-Mr. and Mrs. Elton Hendrix of
Soda visited relatives here one
r, Bob^jy Smith ef Houston
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Smith. Monday.
Mr. H. J. Gross of Texas City
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. S. Gross, a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Davis and
children of, Houston visited her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Baker. Saturday.
, Mr. and Mrs. Will Baker vis-
ited in the home of her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stanley,
over the weekend.
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Wfikerson over
the weekend were Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Tanner and children, Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Wllkerson and
children all of Houston, Mr. ami
Mrs. M. J- Hill and daughler.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, all of
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Reeves
and children of Trinity visited
his parents. Mr. Johnnie Reeves,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eitrl Peeple of
Cleveland visited in the home or
her step mother, Mrs. Ellen Grass
over the week end. ,
A Valley,” accompanied by Miss
vianlce Hooks at the piano. A
most delicious dinner was then
served by ladies of the Chris-
tian Workers Clam of the Metho-
dist Church. Virginia Shanahan
read the code of ethics to the
club, after which Mrs. Corinne
Hollenburger, guest speaker, was
introduced and spoke on “Good
Government Begins With You.”
The Club was most happy to
have Mrs. Hollenburger and en-
joyed her most informative talk
very much.
Birdie Mae Wright then fiVade
a few announcements, one of
which was, she had been ap-
pointed by Governor Barbara B.
Matchett to serve as teller dur-
ing the District Convention to be
held at the Shamrock Hilton Ho
tel in Houston, April 27 28 and
29th. The meetng was then ad-
journed.
Holds Meeting
The Onalaska Horn* demon- -
stration club met in the home of
Mrs. Jessie Oliver Tuesday,
March 13. with 14 members, one
visitor and Mrs. Pessarra present.
President Mrs. Walter Dahl Jed
the club prayer. The minutes of
the last meeting weigf readyand--
appmved. Mrs. May gave a re-
port on the council meeting. Mrs.
Pessarra gave a demonstration
on altering patterns. Our-visitor,
Mrs. Scott, gave a report on
Safety and Health.- After the
meeting was adjourned the host-
ess served delicious refreshments.
The next meeting will be in the
home of Mrs. Atmar Stanford,"
April H).—Mrs. Herman Andress, -
club reporter. -
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1956, newspaper, March 22, 1956; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth762752/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.