Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1965 Page: 2 of 20
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POL* COUNTY IMTlKPfllSI. LIVINGSTON, TIXAS
THURSDAY. DKCIMHR 2. IMS
At/* Jake McHiel Celebrate
Anniversary Tbanksghing Day
What
McNIel
\rwitversary with
I «si Thanksgiving
■ children. TN»*
UcSkl and taby of Mono Mi.
With • Mg turkey dl
_____„____jr dinner and
all lh» trimming* everyone lad
• great enjoyable daj.
Houston; Mra. Arnold’* alater
and tamlly, Mr. and Mra. I>.
Kichardaon and daughter, Misa
Jane Kichardaon and their aon
and wife, Mr. and Mra.Douglas
Neal Hlchardaon of llouatonand
Am Doina Mr»-Amold’a brother and wife,
•y Mil. MATIICI HAU — PO S-24II Mr< #nd Mr*‘ H* E< Nedly of
LIVINGSTON FOLKS
LET 8 LOOK AT THE
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0 BY LINDA NOWNIS **<?
Miss Patsy ^ aidrep And Airman
Marvin Hutchison Wed In Dayton
attending were Mr. a«d Mra.
J, \. McMel,
L. L Whisenhant ”
i, \. MrNttl, HoMr and Butch; _
Mr. and Mra. Elmer McNIel; f </«//) RtUHtOn
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. McNIel and '
children, Mra.Marvln Allen and UJA /M Houston
children; Mra. Homta Johnson Hetti W HOUSlon
and batty *U of Uvingiton; Mr.
and Mra. 0. C. McNIel and
children and Mra. Fontonu all
of Vinton, La.; Mr. and Mr*.
Winston Scurlock and baby of
Orange; Mr. and Mra.James0.
sincere sympathy Ueitended Mrs. V. O. Cummins had as
id the family of Mra. Kltarta • her guests Sunday her slater and
Hendrix Lindsey. Mra. Lindsey husband, Mr. and Mrs.Coleman
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FIGUREHEAD .... A
Lien figurehead it being Kelp-
led in yellew pine by Jaeb
Whithead. Isle of Wright. for
the Training schooner, “Sir
Churchill."
A reunion of the L L. W hisen-
hant family, the Brat In many
years, was held In the lovely
home of Mrs. Corrie Carlisle
of Houston Thanksgiving Day.
Fruits of the season and mini*
lure turkeys carried out the tra-
ditional Thanksgiving decor.
Floral arrangements of chry-
santhemums highlighted the
tables bountiful with turkey and
dressing, broccoli, asparagus,
sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie,
fruit salad and a variety
of other dishes.
Those attending were Mr.and
Mrs. W. D. Whisenhant, Mr.and
Mrs. U. T. Whisenhant, all of
Livingston; Mr. and Mrs. P. E.
W hi senhant of Tomtal 1; M r. and
Mrs. W. L. Whisenhant, Mr.and
Mrs. Bobby Grant, daughter,
Nancy, son, Tim all of Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Campbell, daiathter, Dianne and
son, Dennis, all of La Porte.
Mrs. Joy Rule and (laughters,
Linda and Karen assisted Mrs.
Carlisle with hostess duties.
passed away In Honey Island
with fimeral service* Mat Sat-
urday .
Mrs. Robert Rivers returned
home in Groves after a
two weeks visit here with her
mother, Mr*. Carrie Parrish.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bur-
roughs and family had aa their
dinner guests on Thanksgiving
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.Ken-
neth Carter and her grand-
mother, Mrs. Erankle Carter
and Mr. Burroughs’ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burroughs
ail of Houston. James’ parents
remained over night.
Mr. and Mrs7J. K. Pyeatt rich.
of Pasadena.
Bro. and Mra. Cacil Al-
exander were dinner guests
Thanksgiving Day with their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. K. D. Bryan In Beaumont.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to the family of Mr. John Wil-
liam Alexander, HI,of8305Jen-
nings, Houston, who passed
away last Wednesday. He is the
father of Mrs. K, P. Bond of
Livingston.
Mrs. Carrie Parrish spent
last Saturday with her son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Parrish and children InGood-
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Bxtiiing ownl
IMPORTED GIFTS OUR SPECIALTY
WIDE SELECTION OF MERLE
NORMAN GIFT ITEMS FOR MEN
IMPORTED ITALIAN GLASSWARE
COMPLETE CHRISTMAS AND
HOLIDAY CARD SELECTION
CLEVELAND. TEXAS
of Denton spent the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.Ray Bean.Friends
will be interested to leam Mrs.
Pyeatt is teaching two classes
of Algebra while working on
her Master’s Degree at North
Texas l niverslty In Denton. Mr.
and Mrs. Bean’s son, Roger, en-
joyed the holidays visiting
friends in Houston.
Mrs. C. F. Griggs had a very
nice Thanksgiving Day by having
all her children home, Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Lindsey and son,
James; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Griggs, Terri, Sherrell, and
Lisa all of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Squyres, Jack,
Jerry, Carol and Johnny of
Lufkin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomas
of Livingston and their daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Lee Oats of Beaumont
left Monday for Iowa to visit
their son and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Talmage Thomas.
. Dr. and Mrs. John Cook were
dinner guests Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Smith in Dayton. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bandy had
as' their Thanksgiving Day
dinner guests theirdaughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. William
Woody and son, Bill of Waco,
lira. Bandy’a mother, Mrs. Bill
Harrison and his mother, Mrs.
J. T. Bandy of Livingston, Mr.
and Mrs. Woody and Bill spent
the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker
had as their houseguest for
the holidays her sister, Mrs.O.
D. Gibbons of Kilgore.
Mr. and Mr*. MienN.Crom-
well had as their guests during
the Thanksgiving holiday s, thetr
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Cromwell, Reta, Jean
Rogers, Leeland l)eea, Holly
inn, Brett Keith of Monroe,
Louisiana; their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Jackson of Beaumont, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Curtis Conner of
Houston; Dale Rogers Conner
and Larry Smith of Baytown;
Mrs. N. \. Grantham and Allen
Deea Conner of Dayton;and Mr.
and Mrs. R. V. Briggs of Nome.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cox have
as their houseguest this week
his mother, Mrs. W. C. Cox of
Nederland.
Rev. and Mrs. N. K. Dillon
and family had as theirThanks-
glving Day dinner guests Rev.
Dillon’s mother, Mrs. Gladys
Dillon and three daughters,
Miss Patsy, June and Sue Dil-
lon of Houston; and three other
sisters of Bro. Dillon and their
family, Mrs. Faye Crowsonand
daughter, Barbara, of Houston;
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Savoy and
three children of San Augustine;
and Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Mc-
Bride and two boys and his bro-
ther and family, Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Dillon and daughter, Rose
and their daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Blackney
all of Livingston.
Thanksgiving Day dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Clark their two daughters and
Houston.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs,
Fred Davis during the holidays
was their son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. James Davis, Kimml
Su and Michael, two other sons,
Jimmy Davis and Fred Davis
all of Houston. Also, Henry
Martin-Johnson* Bill Fears an
Dennis Fears of Loleta.
Members of the Young Ma-
tron’s Sunday School Class of
the Livingston First Baptist ..
Church will motor to the Bap-
tist Orphans Home in Waxaha-
chie, December 8, to take gifts
to the children there. Anyone „
wishing to help by giving toys
or clothes, may call the cl?ss
reporter, Mrs. Jimmy Cassity,
FA 7-4593 or any member of
the class,' :
Visitors in the A. L. Ves-
tal, Jr., home over the Thanks-
giving holidays were Rev. and
Mrs. B. F, Jones and grand-
son, Kenny, of.Spire, Oklahoma.
\lso Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Phil-
lips and family of Orange.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jenkins
of Beaumont, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
McKinney of Baytown, Miss
Lucy Davis of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. F. McKinney of Orange
and Mrs. Wayne Costlow and
children, Connie and Ronnie of
Daisetta visited in the home
of Mrs. F. McKinney Sunday.
Rosemary Costlow spent the
weekend with her brother,
Wayne Costlow, and family of
Daisetta.
Mrs. LaNell McKinney of
Baytown and her mother, Mrs.
Fortenberry of Orange visited
Mrs. Fortenberry’s brother in
Mississippi who is ill with can-
cer.
1st lit. Cannon Pntchard, who
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family, Mr. and Mrs. Jed Cry-* returned last week from sixteen
er and little Jed of Huntsville;- months overseas duty with the
Here’s a rebel
in (he compact class
bigger (ban any
- with a lot
more sass
Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Ogletree,
Ben III, Clark and Londa Lynn
of Livingston, Mrs.Clark’s sis-
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Thomas of Dayton and
guest for the weekend, Mrs.
J. A. Hosea of Liberty,.
Pfc. Billy Wayne Stuckey sta-
tioned at Fort Riley, Kansas,
was home on a short leave for
a visit with his wife, and made
his acquaintance with his son.
Woody Lee, and a visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Stuckey.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Stringer
and son, Roger Dale visitedSun-
day afternoon in Camp Ruby with
her brother, Mr. MaynerDavjs.
Mr. and Mr*. S. E. Foxworth
and family, had as their Thanks-
giving Day dinner guests their
daughter and family, Mr; and
Mrs. Billy Yates and children of
Baytown and for the weekend
Mr. Foxworth’s brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Needman
Foxworth of Channelview.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ward and
son', Jimmy of Livingston and
his sister and husband, Mr.and
Mrs. Edd Komegay of Dayton
were Thanksgiving Day dinner
guests of Mr. Ward’s sister,
Mrs. W . R. Fowler and family,
in Tehuacana. v
Mr. and Mrs. MarlionClamon
and children, Brenda and Mich-
ael of Houston, and Larry Cla-
mon, student at San Jacinto Col-
lege were Thanksgiving Day
dinner guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clamun,
and Larry stayed over the week-
end. Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Clamon visited
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gene
Walters at Holliday Lake Es-
tates, Goodrich.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Arnold
Sr4 had a belated Thanksgiving
dinner in celebration of Mrs.
Arnold’s birthday Sunday, Nov-
ember 28, in their home. Help-
ing to celebrate the occasion
v was their daughter, Mrs. Cleo
Marlowe and children, Chris
and Ann of Gladewater; their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
' More than halt of sll hospitals
in the United States are volun-
tary hospitals, operated by a
church or a nonprofit association
Approximately two-thirds of all
hospital admissions are to these
institutions.
THIS
MONTH’S
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Olan Arnold Jr., and Fred of
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Rotary Anns Meet
In Home Of Mrs.
John Stephens
1966
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BOYS
DODGE M3 S. WoiWnqron-Uviiipsroii, Texas
The Livingston Rotary Anns
met Monday, November 22, in
the home of Mrs. John Henry
Stephens with the President,
Mrs. Fred Buchanan,presiding.
After a short business session
the Chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee, Mrs.Chester
Dean, introduced Mrs. Frank
Dobbs, Warden of The State
• Department of Correction for
Women, at Huntsville, Texas, as
speaker for the evening. Mrs.
Dobbs gave a most interesting
and Informative discussion of
the activities, limitations,
counseling and Spiritual life
of the girls and women inmates.
The hostesses, Mesdames
John H. Stephens, Zelene Phil-
lips, Allie Quinn, Jeffie Reuter,
and A. W. Peebles served deli-
cious refreshments of Baked
Alaskan Pumpkin Pie, Mints,
Toasted Nuts, Coffee and Cokes
to the flteen members present
and their guests, Mist Jewel
Nettles, Mesdsmes Harvey
Westerholm, D. C. Sewell, G.
I'. Choate, Pst Phillips, T. L.
Clark, Claudia Jacobs, Lunelle
Dillon, Verns Alston, Valda
Dobbs, Jo Evans, Norene Cle-
ments, Horace Payne, Durant
Oklahoma, mother of Mrs.
Charles Cummjng*.
The next regular meeting will
be the Christinas party with
the Kotarians.
FOR
ONLY
$099
11 sward Roberts and hia Quartet
11 come up with their fourth
Capitol album and a Change of
pace in Goodie* with 10 of the
11 tunes in the LP instrumental
version* of recent vocal hits . . .
The title tong is an original com-
position by .the performer . . .
Among the instrumentalized hits
are Who Can I Turn To? Three
O'Clock m (he Morning, More, I
Know a Place, Summer Wind and
LAVE, r---- : : ________
In Wilt!1 Carmen Dragon, re-
nowned maestro, conducts both
the Hollywood Bowl and Capitol
Symphony orchestras in a pro-
gram of favorites in Y« time . . .
Selections in the LP are Chopin's
Waltz No 1 and 6; Debussy,
Valse — La plus que lente; De-
libes, Waltz from Coppelia;
Brahms, Waltz in A Flat; Puc-
cini, Musetta'i Walt! SoSg from
La Boheme; Gounod, Walt! from
Faust, Sibelius, Valse trists from
Kuolema and Johann Strauss Jr..
Waltzes from The Gypsy Bsron.
That popular singing trio. The
I-ettermen, follow up their re-
cent hit album, The Hit Sounds
of the Lettermen, with their first
LP that is comprised entirely of
inspirational song*, You'll Never
Walk Alone . . . Among the 11
contained in the album are Sud-
denly There’s a Valley, No Man
Is An Island. Climb Every Moun-
tain, Exodus, I Believe and The
End. > _
Miss Pttay LaJean Waldrep
and Airman Third Class, Mar-
vin Harrel Hutchison were
united in marriage at 3 pun.
Saturday, November 6, in the
First Baptist Church of Day-
ton.
The bride is the daugher of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Waldrep,
of, Dayton and the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Richard-
son oUloHy Grove and Mr. and
Mrs. Kirby McKee of Houston,
formerly of Polk County. The
groom’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. ArthursCharles ofDayton.
Rev. R. C. Hammock offi-
ciated for the double ring cere-
mony, before an altar banked
with large baskets of white gla-
diolas and mums and centered
groom.
Mrs. Linda McGowan Ponder,
served the bride as Matron of
Honor. Her dress was of yellow
peau de soie with yellow
chiffon sleeves and matching
accessories. Her bouquet was
bronze mums.
Frankie Tlner, uncle of the
groom, served as best man,
and Mark W aldrep, brother of
the bride was usher.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Waldrep chose s beige'
wool suit with matching acces-
sories and a corsage of bronze
and red mums.
The groom’s mother wore a
beige dress with black acces-
sories and a bronze mum cor-
with a fern-tree.
Cheerful
Jack Frost seems less severe
when you wake-up to breakfast
in a cheerful area Wh^ hot
pain| the breakfast room walls;
add a splash of color with new
enamel on the chairs or paint
the inside of cabinets and,shelves
Paint is tile easy, economical way
to redecorate ,
TV Find State Bank hi Living
ston'H friendly bunk. — Adv.
Miss Nancy Rigby, organist,,
played traditional wedding
music and accompanied the
soloist, Allen Clark, as he sang
•Wedding Prayer*.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a white,
street length dress of brocade
satin, featuring a scalloped
neckline, with long sleeves, en-
hanced with tiny pearl buttons
and a self bow at the back of
the fitted bodice, with a semi
full skirt.
Her veil of illusion descended
from a matching pillbox hat and
she carried an orchid with white
feathered Carnations on a white
Bible, which was agift from her
brothef. Her white linen hand-
kerchief had belonged to- her
great grandmother, and the
locket she wore, was a gift
which her father had given her
mother before they were
married. Her Cameo earrings
-1 were a wedding gift from the
sage.
A reception honoring the cou-
ple was held immediately
following the ceremony in the
church fellowship hall.
The reception table was cen-
tered with an arrangement of
yellow and bronze mums, with
a traditional tiered wedding
cake and a crystal punch ser-
vice completing the decor.
Members of the house party
included Miss Nora Bell Brown,
of Dayton, Mrs. Bonnie Wil-
liams. of Houston and Mrs.
Eddie Brackin of Corrigan.
For her honeymoon trip to
points in East Texas the bride
chose a gray checked suit with
matching mink hat and black
accessories. Her corsage was
the white orchid from her bri-
dal bouquet.
The couple will make their
home at Laredo \, F. B'., where
the groom will be'’stationed.
The ■ Waldreps were re-
sidents of Livingston until 19^9
when they moved to Dayton.
r. S. V, F., spenuhe Thanks-
giving holiday s with His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. \ . H, Pritchard.
He returned to, .Kelly Air FoYce
Base' in San \ntonio, Texas,
Sunday, .
Mr. and Mrs. V. II. Pritchard
and sod, Lt. Cannon Pritchard
attended the Lon Morris bas-
ketball game in Pasadena Fri-
day night at San Jacinto Col-
lege. Their other son, Judson,
played on the Lon Morris team,
which defeated San JacintoCol-
..... j
Mrs. Judson E. Norwood
visiied in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Hale Miller in Dal-
las last week, going especially
for the operation of her nephew;
Jimmy Miller, "ho is reported
doing nicety at this time.
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1965, newspaper, December 2, 1965; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781802/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.