Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1960 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY It, 1W0
} What LIVINGSTON FOLKS are doinglj
Mrs. A1 F. Haley of Port Arthur,..is working her home here. ».-.'
and Mrs. C. C. Franklin, of Dayton ! Mr anl Wr. Tm
Ar Mr' a"d m” Ah£n. Cromwell
N. Cromwell and family recently. | att<>nded the B D j*,, Jr fUneral
Miss Etta Towniey, of Anahuac,. in Huntsville. ,
ton wero weewJnH^11^'*^ H°Ut Mr' and Mrs. Melton Durant and
&^«nsrd8.T5s«s?'“" t«- ? »•
M ’_ 1 - were visitors in the Lawrence-Dur-
Mrs John Pop ft. of Baytown, vis- snt home in Nacogdoches Thursday
-«edher^ daughter, Mrs. Richard \ of last weeli,,
Mrs. Troy Dobbs, of Warren vis-
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THI POLK COUNTY BNTIRPRISI, LIVINOSTON, TEXAS
ville, is home with her parents and"
will be here for an indefinite time.
Miss Billie Ann Pace, of Houston,
js here visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Pace, while, vaca-
tioning for a week
son of
Chester, and family for two
*?*• •- ' | ited her mother, Mr?. Carrie Par-
Mrs. Carlie Smith. Mr. and Mrs. ) risk, Monday.
Jeff Patterson, and Rev. Lester j Mrs SaI Cummings spent last
Meek attended the funeral of Dale week in Houston, visiting her
hugene Slater in H&uston Wednes- brother Curtis Pierce and family
day of last week. j jjr and Mrs. Watson visited
Mr. and Mrs. James E.' Parrish, the K. A. Watson family in Bay-
and children, Belinda, Dale, and town over the weekend.
Cindy, of Groves visited James i ‘Miss Mary Ann Crawford, a
mother, Mrs. Carrie Parrish, over I graduate of Texas A & I, Of Kings-
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Durant
moved to Jewett, last week. Friends
regret very much to see them ieave
our town, but all wish them much
happiness in their new home.
Mr. and Mrs, Melton Durant and
little son Bruce, Of Baytown, re-
turned home Sunday after vaca-
tioning a week here with her
mother, Mrs. S. B. ■"'Towniey, and
other relatives. Miss Marie White
returned home with the Durants for
a visit
Mrs. J. D. McCardell visited her
mother Mrs. L. M. Weems in Mos-
cow, Thursday of last week.
Mrs. D. D. Mailock, returned
home Wednesday of last week after
Visiting her sister Mrs." Willie Mat-
lock,.in Rusk for several days. Mrs.
Matlock and her daughter, Mrs.
Bennie Hines attended the funeral
of Mr. Willie Matlock, in Rusk,
and Mrs. D. D. Matlock remained
to visit the family.
Mrs. Sal Cummings is expecting
her husband Sal B. Cummings to
arrive home Thursday, February
18, for a fourteen day leave. He is
stationed at Lither Field Park, at
Phoenix, Arizina. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Cummings,
of Livingston. Mrs. Sal Cummings
Home Diem Council
Has Regular Meeting
The Polk County Home Demon-
stration Council met In the County
Court House Wednesday February
3 at 2 p.m. for their regular meet-
ing with members from Camden,
Moscow, East Tempe and Good-
neighbor Clubs represented and the
County Agent, Mh>r Bermice Beck.
Mrs. E. B. Gott council chairman
presided. The meeting was called
to order with all saying the club
prayer.
The roll was answered with what
was done in the last club meeting.
In absent of the T.H.D.A. chair-
man Mrs. C. D. Taylor the report
Amoma Class Of
Goodrich Church
Has Social
of interest to
Mrs. Beatrice Hall was hostess
to the Amoma Sunday School Class
of the First Baptist Chifrch of
Goodrich Tuesday night. February
9, in the C. E. Sanders home.
The entrance hall and living
room was artistically decorated for
EtZSSi prJ Mi» Ernestine Alexander And Jimmy
I Barfield Wed At Alexander Home
meeting. Mrs. Novie Myrow voiced a beautiful arrangement of white
the opening prayer. gladiola flanked at either side by
Mrs. Lottie Armitage, assistant j wrought iron candelabra containing
___________ __ _ ^ ____secretary and treasurer, gave the lighted cathedral tapers formed the
on the T.H.D.A. meeting that was 'minutes of the last meeting. Mrs. setting for the-candlelight wedding
held January 29 in' Nacogdoches ! Mer,e Henderson and Mrs. Myrow Gf Miss Grace Ernestine Alexander
was given by Miss Bernice Beck. 1 K*ve **le 8roup capta*n *!epor'f' ^
The District meeting will be held reports were approved and the
business session adjourned.
Mrs. Pearl Sanders brought a
very interesting talk on the first
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in Center April 21. Each club
should elect a nominee to send to
this meeting.
Any club member wanting to sub-
and Jimmy Barfield at 6 o’clock
Saturday evening, January 23.
Rev. Lester Meek, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Goodrich, per-
formed the double ring ceremony,
scribe for the Messenger Paper, p- A. Frevathan, which the class
should contact Miss Bernice Beck. is studyln^
Each club should turn in 25 for
each club rftember to their T.H.D.
A. chairman. - , . ■
Committee of Mrs. Fred Lester,
Robert Harry Bergman, infant i Mrs. Homer White and Mrs. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. S. Harry , N. Cromwell to see about repairing Sisters were revealed.
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People ~wfto sit a-
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their ship to come in
usually find that it
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Bergman, was christened Sunday j the Home Demonstration Booth on
afternoon, February 14, at the First The Fairground.
Presbyterian Church of Athens, by j Each dub is to send two mem- .
Rev. Franklin H, Stebbing, former I her? to represent their club in a Lillie Patterson, Mrs. Lottie Armit-
chapter,_ "Studies In Timothy,” by in the home of the brides parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Alexander; in
Longview, '
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was wearing a ballerina
length gown of baby blue lace. It
was designed with a fitted bodice
and lavishly gathered skirt. The
high neckline was topped with a
small collar of blue satin, and long
fitted sleeves.. Her headdress was
Mrs. Twiia Parker gave the clos-
ing prayer.
Mrs. Hall was in charge of the
social hour during which several
games were played and Sunshine
A delicious salad plate, featuring
Valentine colors, was served.
Members attending were: Mrs.
pastor- of the First Presbyterian
Church of Livingston.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smallwood,
of Fort Worth, visited his brother
Chief Gus Smallwood, a patient at
the Polk County Hospital, and with
Mrs. Smallwood in her home from
Thursday through the weekend.
Mrs. Curlee Crowson, of Texas
City, is visiting her sister Mrs. H.
E. Milliken and family."
Mrs. Douglas Fain Matthews has
returned, from Longview, after vis-
iting her daughter, Mrs. E. M. Will-
iams and family.
Mrs. Henrietta Williamson had as
Leaders Training meeting to be
held **^1County Court House Feb-
uary 24m 2 p.m.
Moscow Club is selling cards to
make money for their club.
Refreshments were served by The
Camden Club.
Mrs. James Garrett
Honored With
Tea-Shower ,4
Mrs. James C. Garrett the for-
mer Donna Beth Cox. was honored
age, Mrs. Novie Myrow, Mrs. Merle
Henderson, Mrs. Marie Holliday,
Mrs. Twiia Parker, Mrs. Jessie
Cole. Mrs. Elda’Breman, Mrs. Ruby
McClelland, Miss Alene Jones, Mrs
Pearl Sanders.
Also attending were two visitors,
Mrs. Louise Smith and Mrs. Mary-1
ola Acuff.
The next meeting will be held
March 1 with Mrs. Jessie Cole as
hostess.
Sweetheart Banquet
Held At First
with a tea-shower Friday, February
her guests, Sunday Mr. aftd Mrs. j 12 at the Dining Hall of the Central , _, , _
E D. Baccus, of Huntsville. | Baptist Church from 5 to 6:30 p.m | Baptist L-hurCn fTlday
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ward, and! The refreshment table, covered! The I960 Sweetheart Banquet of .........
children,-Jimmy and Debbie, will with an Italian hand-embroidered the First Baptist Church was held | prizes were 8lven t0 Mr* H- poor'
Jeave this week for Pedimont, Ala-! cloth, was centered with a crystal Saturday night, February 13, at man- Mrs- Myrtle Wiggins, and
bama, where they will make their epergne filled with dainty arrange- 7 30- p m. with the coronation of Mrs- Milam Hopson. Pictures of the
Mrs. Barney Wiggins
Feted With Surprise
Shower At East Tempe
Mrs. Barney Wiggins, planning
on attending the birthday party
for the daughter of Mrs. Sam Elli-
ott, was given a surprise stork
shower at the Elliott home recently.
When Mrs. Wiggins entered the
door at the home of Mrs..Elliott,
she stood in surprised amazement
while Mrs. Elliott pinned,*, white
carnation corsage on her.
Mrs. Wiggins quickly sat down
and exclaimed, "You fooled me.”
Approximately 28 friends, neigh-
bors and relatives were present,
Several games were played and
home. ! ments of daffodils and yellow glads Miss Loydene Cummings and Jerry
• Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Childs and with a background of, yellow net Long from the Senior and Inter-
baby daughter, and Mrs. -Allen and ribbon. mediate Departments and Kathy
Williams, of Houston, were guests A heart-shaped arrangement of and David Hall of the Junior de-
of their grandmother and mother, Pink camellias, centered by violets, partment.
Mrs. Anna K. Fain, Sunday. and surrounded by white narcessus,, The recreation hall at the church
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Williams adorned the guest table. On the was decorated with a beautiful red
and J. .J. Hill, of Houston, visited gift tables were large arrangements ; and white throne in the shape of
in the home of Mrs. William's of yellow daffodils and gladiols. a heart. The tables were also beau-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones, ( Fruit punch and assorted cookies tifully arranged to carry out the
Sunday. I were served to a large number of , Valentine: theme.
Mrs. Fred Allgaier and Levi guests.
Smallwood, of Pasadena, spent sev- j The house party was composed ' was shown to the group after the
eral days here last week, to be“ Misses Mary Beth Fltgh, Diane food was served and the coronation
with their parents as Mr. Small- Dean, Diane David, and Helen Services were completed.
wood is confined to the Polk Coun- 1 Hightower. * - i | - -----
ty Hospital. Mrs. G. A, 1* ftpf.oi : The hostesses included Mesdnmes
Goodrich also spent thee week; H- B. Davis, Harry Collins, W. L.
with Mrs
C. A". Smallwood,
of Galena Park visited over the ! O. H. Arnold, James McKee, A. F.
weekend. Fred Allgaier and son Shrade, J. C: Brock, and Allen
Pete visited here Sunday and Mrs. j Peebles.
Allgaier returned with them.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Milliken and
her sister Mrs. Curlee Crowson, of
event were taken by Mrs. Elliott.
a small white hat with, matching
gloves of lace. She carried a bou-j
quet of white carnations with satin
streamers.
Miss Pat Dillon, of Livingston, ■
was the bride’s only attendant. She
was attired in a blue taffeta and
net dress, with matching acces-
sories and a white carnation cor-,
sage.
Bill Carter, of Shreveport, Louis-
iana, served the bridegroom as best
man.
Warren Alexander, of Houston
and brother of the bride, lighted
the candles. 1...
Mrs. Alexander chose for her
daughter's wedding a dress of pale
green with matching accessories
and a white carnation corsage.
The reception was held at the
home of the bride’s parents.
After their honeymoon in Ark-
ansas and a visit with the groom's
parents Mr, and Mrs. Homer Bar-
field in IMne Bluff, Arkansas, they
will make their home In Monroe,
La. where he is a Marine Recruit-
er. 1
The bride and her parents were
former residents of Goodrich and
the bride is a graduate of Liying-
•ton High School.
Approximately 25 relatives and
close friends attended the wedding.
Home Demonstration
Officers Meeting
Held January 21
Home Demonstration club offic-
ers meeting was held Thursday,
January 21, in the county court
house. Miss Bernice Beck, county
H. D. agent was in charge.
Those attending were Mesdames
E. B. Gott L. E. Geeslin, R. M.
Cleveland, Homer White aiid Allen
N. Cromwell.
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Smallwood. Mr. and Mrs. ; Crawford, Ross Smith, Ross High-! In
lallwood, Ricky and Betty, ! tower, E. F. Butler, Luby Marsh,! Ke9u,ar MeGTing m
Fellowship Hall
The Young Matrons Sunday
School class met Thursday night,
February 11, ip the fellowship
j Church.
.... »»». .....______ Mr and Mrs Jeff Patterson, Hall of'the First Baptist Church
Texas City, attended the funerai of *nd ^vingston at 7.30 p.m.
their sister Mrs. Mollie Maxey, of Meelc visited Mrs. Ramon Lusby in j Mrs Joyce Rash, second vlce-
Trinity, last week, on returning 1he .Da^.on hoapltjl. °0« day iafl president, called the meeting to
home, Mrs. Milliken entered the I week, They reparted Lusby order and Jeannine Wood gave the
house having to wade through the wa® tTnprovln8 from serious in- j opening prayer.
inririrt VA/iAiirAM I n n a a n nAA1/f axii __
snow causing her shOes to be alio £uri“ receivr<? in a car accident
Derv and when she steoDed on a Sunday a wet’k ago, near Dayton.
linoleum covered floor she fell and 1 . Mr' ?"dJ,r?.0u? fhln"'of H„OUS-
received a broken wrist and hip, t(’n: vls^: his s,ster ^rs' ,Hon;
and is confined to the Polk County *rit!Ua Wlll‘amson one day last
Hospital, , -
Mrs. Richard Chessher and three
week.
Among the 4-H Club members at-
children "arid heTmother Mrs John ^ndi^ ,h'' m1t‘e,lng m Livingston
Popp visited Mrs. Jessie Navarre T“e*dayDmorn‘ng '
and family, in Beaumont, one day ,Ray Retty Jpyfe
last week. Mrs. Navarre is another L,owe' fcott' Nonnan Chis-
olm and Bobo Lowe, from Moscow.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kirby,
Jr., of Rochester, Minn., Mr. and
Mrs. Harry D. Cook and Mrs,
George Smith and their children,
of Pasadena, spent the weekend
j daughter of Mrs. Popp.
| Miss Ruth Peebles left Monday
!fOr Houston after spending a vaca-
I tion with, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Peebles. She has ac-
cepted a position as Youth Director Fasadena st>ent tne weexena
for the Garden Oaks Bap tist ^re visiting their parents, Mr. and
__ f Mr».,T..J. Kirby, Sunday. Dr. Kir-
by was erjroute to Gallup, New
Mexico, where he is doing some
medical work in the Indian hospital
sponsored by the U.S. Health Wel-
fare and the Mayo Clinic, for the
Indians.
Burnt starch can be removed
aienuneMneme. from an iron’s surface by running
A film entitled ’’Silent Witnesses” ( the iron, while hot, over a piece of
cedar or tha insida of a soap
wrapper. a , ,
Women nv longer find] house-
eUoninj the drudge it used to be,
'^'thunks to the
new light and
easy to use vac-
uum cleaners.
The automatic
Bleetrolu*
Cleaner is one
___ of the lightest
and easiest to ate —yet it does a.
better fob in leu time. One of its
major features is that it signals
when a bag replacement is due,
• to
Bake potatoes in muffin tins, so
that when they’re done they can
all be removed easily at one time.
See
Save the bows from gift pack-
ages—to enhance other gifts—by
pressing with a curling iron. Slip
the loops, one at a time, ever a
medium-hot curling iron and pull
taut. The wrinkles will vanieh,
and you need not even untie the
bow.
a a a
Bub vaseline around tbe chrome
or rubber on your washing ma-
chine to give it longer life. Cover
the chrome or rubber, especially
the deep edges, with the vaseline
once or twice a month and rub
with a soft doth.
GMA Of Providence
Missionary Baptist
Church Has Meet
The GMA of the Providence Mis-
sionary Baptist Church met Febru-
ary 9 at the parsonage for their j Cheese, Fruit Jcllo.^Cornbread &
Monday, February 22
Hoi Tomales, Vegetable Salad,
Buttered Rolls ft Milk, Red Beans,
Ice Cream & Cookies.
Tuesday, February 23
Chicken ft Dunplings, Green
Beans, Donuts, Corribread, Cheese
Stick, Cabbage, Apple, Carrot &
Pineapple Salad, St Milk.
Wednesday, February 24
Beef Veg. Stew, Shredded. Car-
rots, Navy Beans, Cornbread. Cin-
namon Candied Apples, St Milk.
Thursdayy, February 25
Vienna Sausage, Black Eye Peas,
Buttered Rolls, Mashed Potatoes,
Orange Halves, & Milk.
Friday, February 26
Fish. Catsup, English Peas, Frost-
ed Cake Square, hjaearont &
monthly social.
Tbe program, prepared by Betty
Osborne, was given by Linda Long,
Pauline Stowe, Irhogene Stowe and
Virginia Marsh.
Minutes were read by Rebecca
Johns and the treasured's report by
Virginia Marsh.
Doris Johns was elected as trea-
surer.
After closing prayer led by Mrs.
Pat Long, refreshments were
served for the ten persons present
Italjgn Spaghetti, Buttered Spin-
ach, Cornbread, Lima Beans, Peach
Slices, St Milk.
Tuesday, March 1
Hamburgers, Lettuce, Tomatoen,
Pickes, Red Bealls, Rutgto Chips,
Orange Halves & Milk.
Wednesday March 2 S-
Ham, Macaroni St Cheese, Can-
died Sweet Potatoes, Cornbread,
Diced Turnips St Greens, Mixed
Fruits, ft Milk.
Local Ladies feuesi
Af Tea Given By
DAR In Trinity
The ladies of Livingston, attend-
ing a tea in Trinity Tuesday after-
noon given by the Daughters of tbe
American Revolution were. Me*-
dames J. T. Dabney, T. L. Clark,
Anna K. Fain, W. H. Matthews,
Mrs. Roy Beaty and daughter, Mist
Joyce Beaty.
Mlsa Beaty was selected to re-
ceive the 1959 Good Citizenship
Award presented by the Mary Mar-
tin Elmore Scott Chapter of. the
Daughters of tbe American Revo-
lution, of Huntsville.
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Thursday, March S
Meat Loaf, Maihed Potatoes..Pic-
kles Beets, Rolls St Milk, Cheese
Stick, Green Beans, Cookies.
rJtirs&
Cake, Navy Beans—Cabbage Slaw.
Rolls, ft Milk.
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MACHINE WORK
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The class motto was given and
the group sang tbe class song.
After a devotional by Mrs. Hines,
refreshments were served,by Bessie
LeBlanc and Maudelle Atchiey.
During the social hour, gifts were
exchanged.
Mrs. Ruby Hines then dismissed
the 10 members present.
Mary Ann Crawford
To Receive Degree
Ninety Texas A&I College sen-
iors completed their undergraduate
work during the first semester and
qualified for bachelor’s degrees to
be conferred at the spring com-'
mencement exercise in May, Dr. |
J. C. Jernigan, dean of the college, |
has announced Monday.
Candidate from Livingston for a;
Bachelor of Business Administra-
tion degree la Mary Ann Crawford, i
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1960, newspaper, February 18, 1960; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth762985/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.