The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1940 Page: 5 of 8
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JCERRVILLE camp
Eight young people and two
adults of the Presbyterian church
plan to leave Monday for Kerr-
viile where they will attend the
annual Pioneer conference to be
held July 1 to 6.
Scheduled to attend are Fla-
villa Bromley, Patti Perkins,
Evelyn Kinney, Lemont Thomas,
Billy Nelson, Harry Crenshaw,
Stephen Barrett and Ben Howell.
Mrs. F. M. Davis will accompany
the group.
The encampment, composed of
one large group from the state
heretofore, has been divided into
four groups of 100 or less, to
meet at different periods during
the summer. A new plan of study
is being inaugurated this year
and the smaller units are expect-
ed to allow instructors to devote
more time to each class than has
been possible in the past.
The local group is a part of the
Corpus Christi district of the
Western Texas Presbytery.
CLASSES GIVEN .
SWIMMING PARTY
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Davis en
tertained Tuesday night for the
members of the Presbyterian.
Pioneer and Senior Young Peo-
ple’s classes. The group went to
Ransom Island for swimming, re-
turning to the Davis home later
for a picnic lunch on the lawn
Attending were the following
Pioneers: Florence Barron, Fla-
villa Bromley, Patti Perkins,
the anniversiury of his eighth
birthday. The party began at
2:00 and at 0:00 the guests went
swimming.
.A large birthday cake topped
with eight candles was the cen-
ter of itiradlcS. Refreshments
of ice cream, cake, candy and hot
chocolate were served to Tom-
mie, Omar Dale, Wesley Dale,
Jimmie and Joe Miller, Bobby
Jones and Jimmie Allen, Mary
Evelyn and J. D. Moore, Pauline
and Frank Fowler, Mrs. Louie
Briscoe and son Donnie and Mrs.
Worley of San Benito.
• • •
BIBLE STUDY
CONDUCTED
Dr. F. M. Davis conducted
Bible study at the Presbyterian
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AUXILIARY FRIDAY
Galveston Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will entertain Fri-
day night, June 28, complimen-
tary to the Auxiliary. All ex-
service men, regardless of wheth-
er or not they are members, were
invited to attend with their fam-
ilies. The affair will begin at •
o’clock.
MIBB ETTA KAY
STEPHENS BORN
An eight and one-half pound
girl was bom early Monday
morning in a Corpus Christ! hos-
pital to Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Stephens of Rockport. The young
lady has been named Etta Kay.
• • •
Wallace Kelly left Tyesday for
Galveston after visiting relatives
in Aransas Pass. He is being
transferred to Norfolk, Vs., on
WI0
at tha Method!
members of the Woman’s
of Christian Service at
monthly business meeting.
Preceding the discussions, Mrs.
E. Y. Seale led devotional from
Beatitudes, the other members
taking pari. ._
* » •
Elec Gum, Misses Geraldine
and Erinell Gum, ‘Tootsie" Er-
win. and E. H. Gum Jr., will go
to Waco Friday where they plan
to visit Mr. Gum’s mother. Mrs.
W. Gum. Mr. Gum and Geral-
dine will return Monday but
the others will stay about a
month.
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Evelyn Kinney, Svrry Bukey,* Auxiliary meeting Monday after-j the Dredge Manhattan for the re-
PATTERSOR’S
& Pay Grocery (Market
FREE DELIVERY
lone 40-W Aransas Pass
Yiday and Saturday Specials
toes, Fresh Nod 2 lbs sc
melons, good size, each .............19c
ts, large bunches 3 for 10c
ee - Fresh, head sc
fes, lots of juice, dozen ..... 25c
is, large size, dozen 17c
S, U. S. No. 1....................10 lbs. 25c
f - Pure Cane 10 lbs 48c
PER BAG
TENING, Jasmine............ 4 lbs 39c
EE, Folgers or M. H., 1 lb. 24c
, Sweet Sixteen..................2 lbs. 25c
1 in Printed Bag 24 lbs 69c
\ Pure, 1 pound ... 9c - 4 lbs.,. 35c
!, Admiration, lb 24c - 3 lbs....71c
ER, Sunlight, 1 pound 29c
), Assorted flavors, each 5c
1 Bran, reg. size 2 for 23c
oni or Spaghetti, QQ 3 for 10c
Dressing, Del Haven, quart 23c
Monitor, large size each 10c
E BUTTER, O. V., quart 17c
i Juice - Church, quart 35c
IS FREEl
fc, sour or dill, full quart .. 2 for z&c
GAR, pure apple, gallon..............23c
[any brand, 3 large or 6 small 21c
Bounce can
Fruit Juice 2for2$c
ferries, No. 2 can 3 for 25c
[s, Crane, No.2J can 2 for 29c
Orange or Pineapple, tall 3 for 25c
k Juice, C.H.B., tall can 3 for 25c
Garden Peas, DM., 2 No. 2 cans 29c
bud Beans, Phillips tall cn $c
letti and Meat Ball, Austex can 14c
p, Mustard or Turnip
teens, No. 2 can............... 3 for 25c
Paper, American Ace.......0 for 25c
l Giant 55c - Lg. 20c ■ Sim 3 for 25c
[P & G, large cakes 6 for 23c
ETSOAP-Lux 3for lfc
[MEAT DEPARTMENT
Premium Hams, pound 25c
p H WHOLE
p Rom Kist Sliced Bacon, lb....18c
prsPicnica, pound........................J**;
Pjuck Roast, pound :.....................
Fhops, pound..................................
pdled Roast, seasoned, lb...........
Laura and Wilma Ernst, Lemont
Thomas, Isabella Nelson, Harry
Crenshaw, Stephen Barrett, Billy
Nelson, Ben Howell, and Rovena
Col^, and the following seniors:
Jeanette Barron, Gordon Barrett,
Mary Gwen Thomas, Robert
Green, William Moore, William
Green, Harry Cunningham, Ruth
Cunningham, Fred Chastain, Le-
land Green and John Howell, and
the host and hostess, Dr. and
Mrs. F. M. Davis. Miss Maxine
Chastain of San Antonio and
Miss Betty Olson were guests.
“ • • •
HOMES NAMED
FOR COURSES
At the weekly meeting of the
Woman’s Council of the Christian
Church Monday afternoon, the j
homes where the courses of the (
progressive dinner will be served 1
were named. The dinner is to be'
tomorrow night, Friday, and will I
begin at 6:30 o’clock.
The first course will be at the]
home of Mr. and Mrs.*N. D. San- J
ford, the Sunday school classes j
of Mrs. Sanford and Rev. J. Tho- j
mas Brown serving. Members of
noon, taking as his subject, “The
Way of Witnessing in the Gospel
of John.” Following the lesson
Mrs. Thomas C. Jenson, state
field secretary of the WCTU, ad-
dressed the group.
Eighteen members were in at-
tendance. A business meeting
will be held next week.
# # #
TO IOWA
J. T. Stirk, accompanied by
his daughter Mrs. B. E. Fender
and two sons, and son Charles
Stirk plan to leave Friday for
Cl&rinda, Iowa, to visit relatives.
Charles will go from Clarinda to
Norfolk, Va., where he will join
the dredge Manhattan which has
been transferred from Texas for
the remainder of the year. The
others of the party will return to
Aransas Pass in about three
weeks. *9 »
» • •
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. E. W. Terry returned
Wednesday night from Luding-
luge and family |
nd her brother.
mainder of the year. His bro-!
ther Claude is also a member of|
the crew, having began woiki
about two weeks ago.
» « •
Mr. and Mrs. Ritchey Clenden-
ing have as their guests this week 1
Mrs. Clendening’s parents, Rev.
and Mrs. A. T. K1
of Brownwood. an
R. K. Kluge and Mrs. Kluge of
Edna. They are also visiting
Mrs. C. S. King who is Mrs. A. T.
Kluge's sister.
• • *
Mrs. J. R. Sandell returned
home Sunday night from a Cor-
pus Christi hospital where two
weeks ago she underwent an
operation following an acute at-
tack of appendicitis. She is feel-
ing better.
* * #
Miss Maxine Chastain of San
Antonio arrived Friday to spend
a week with her brother, Fred
Chastain.
* * #
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nelson and
son Gene, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs,
ton, Mich., where three weeks m. B. Duke and son, Charles vis-
ago funeral services were held
for her mother. Mrs. Addie Can-
ine, who died here. Enroute
the Truth Seekers class will serve home Mrs. Terry visited her mo-
the second course in the church ther’s only sister in Delphi, Ind.
annex, and the third course will Mrs. Terry made the trip from
be served by Mrs. R. G. Speer’s St. Louis by American Air Lines
Bible class at the home of Mrs. and Braniff and her daughter,
Betty Ann. flew to San Antonio!
Wednesday afternoon to accom-
pany her hofne.
• * 9 f
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Roberts!
have as their guests this week]
Mr. Roberts’ sister. Miss Lena |
Roberts, her friend, Miss Lottie
May Gilbert, arid Mr. Roberts’1
cousin, Laughlin McCl indin, all
of Groesbeck, Texas. \
• • •
Mrs. C. E. Detert, mother of
Miss Polly Hill of this city, up-
refres'nments of punch, sand- derwent an operation last Thurs-
wiches and cookies. The guests day in a Harlingen hospital. Miss
included: Clara Tate, Geraldine Hill spent the week-end with her
Port Little.
Mr$. Thomas C. Jensen, state
field secretary of the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union was
a guest of the Council Monday.
• a »
MISS ERWIN
IS HONORED
Miss “Tootsie", Erwin was hon-
ored with a surprise party Tues-
day night given by her sister,
Miss Jewel Erwin. After play-
ing games the guests were sefVW
Gum, Norene and Erinell Gum,
Anita Kennedy, Lemont Thomas,
Maxine Chastain, Elaine Spears,
Gene May Roberts, Betty Sue
Fletcher, Orvin Gerbig, George
Sampson, Billy Kieberger, Bill
Crook, Charles Duke, Steve
Truitt. Jimmy Miller, Edwin Ea-
ton, Wallace Williams, Alvin
White and the honoree, Miss
“Tootsie” Erwin.
* # *
HOWARDS ATTEND
VFW ENCAMPMENT , j
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Howard;
attended the state encampment;
of Veterans of Foreign Wars held
in Galveston last week, June 17,
18, 19 and 20. Tom Carter of
Lubbock was elected department
commander and Fort Worth was
selected as the 1941 encampment
site. j
Mr. Howard stated that the
meeting was the largest and most,
successful ever held by the vet-,
erans. He also reported that
membership of ^ the VFW
doubted SlTH.'e 1995
and reports that she is improv-
ing rapidly.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hoffman left
last week to visit friends and re-
latives in Texas.
• • •
Miss Remer Pontefract left
Sunday for Marfa to visit a
month or more. She accompan-
ied her brother, Jack Mecklin,
Mrs. Mecklin and son Ronald,
who visited in Aransas Pass for
about two weeks.
• • •
Miss Joy Wilkes who has at-
ited relatives in Cuero and Yoa-
kum Sunday.
a • •
Mrs. Ware Peck and children
returned Sunday from two weeks
spent visiting in Wichita Falls
and Breckenridge.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Khrtley of
Taft and Mr. and Mrs. Son Kirt-
ley and Son, Jr., of Corpus Chris-
ti visited in Aransas Pass this
week with Mrs. S. P. McRoberts.
« * #
Mrs. Lillian Graham left Fri-
day morning for Refugio for a
week's visit with her daughter,
Miss Olivia Graham.
* # # /
Mrs. Jewel Cook of Corpus
Christi was a visitor in the home
of Reverend and Mrs. E. Y.
Seale last Saturday.
# * *
Miss Willine Sutton returned
Wednesday from a week’s visit
in Port Aransas where she was
the guest of Miss Laura Farley.
9 9 9
Miss Marie Britton returned
Monday from Coleman where she
spent a three-weeks’ vacation
with her mother.
• * •
Mrs. O. A. Cowart of Harlin-
gen, Texas spent the first of the
week with Mr. kfld Mrs. Henry
Allen.
# * *
Elsie Sanders, 13 year old local
girl, broke her left arm Monday
tended school in San Antonio for when she fell off her bicycle.
the past few months returned
Saturday to spend the summer in
Aransas Pass.
• • •
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Sayers had
as their guests last week-end
their daughter, Mrs. W. O. Hardy,
Mr. Hardy and their son, James
of Refugio.
* * *
A daughter was bom to Mr.
, and Mrs. W. B. Raeburn last
_ Reverend and Mrs. E. Y. Seale j^Thursday. She weighed eleven
has, had as their guests Friday, W. G.! Pounds at birth and was named
<^alp and family of Alice. Margarette Erlian.
Mr. and Mrs. Karnes Kirtley
and family are spending their
vacation in Edenberg and Old
Mexico.
rMY WORRIES ARE OVER
SINCE MOTHER GOT
THAT NEW
SPEED
IQUEEN
WASHER,
“Yes, and Mother’s worries
•re over too. At last *he
has a machine that
Bill Olson of Corsicana. Texas
spent the first of the week visit-
ing Miss Helen Jordan and the
G. W. Bartletts.
MORRIS
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Specials for Friday-Saturday, June 28-i
SNOWDRIFT - - J poind can
Powdered SOfiAl - * Lk.Pk
MATCRES, SoartUitlM
Admiration CoHno, < lb. tan
Bright & Eariy CoHoa, It on
WESSON OIL - Quart ean 35c
SHORTENING, Armour’s, 1 pound . 10c
SHORTEiNINOj^rtnour’s 4 pounds ..38c
eat, large package
(Yearn of
SUR-JEL,
PEACHES, CalP
MA KLEIN'S
>se, No. 2J cta T......h
Egg Noodles, 6 ouhee. * 16-oz..
Flit oir Gulf Spray, pint. 18c ■ Quart.
Favorite Salad Dressing, Jpint........
1 pint... 13c - 1 quart.............
Tea, Maxwell House, 1-4 lb 20c- lib
Macaroni, etc., 7 packages ................
Strawberry Preserves, 16-oz...................15c
SOAP....
Klex,or Super Suds, Red, Gt 17c, Reg. 8c
Octagon Soap, giant bar............... 4c
Octagon Powder, small pkg.................2Jc
Octagon Toilet Soap, 3 bars..................14c
Palmolive, bar .................................... -5c
Crystal White Soap, 6 giant or 7 reg...20c
FRUITS ANlTVEGETABLES:
Bananas, pet* pound.........................-4Jc
Tomatoes, 1 pound..................................5c
Onions, white, 1 pound ......................3c
Green Beans, pound....................... 5c
Okra, per pound......................................4c
MARNET specials
Freah Quality Masti Under Perfect Refrigeration •
BACON, Dry Salt, pound................... 10c
Armour’s Star BACON, pound..........'17{
PURE LARD, 1 pound carton............
Sweet Sixteen Oleo, pound carton ..
Pork Sausage, Country St. rings, lb. 19c
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1940, newspaper, June 27, 1940; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803679/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.