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VOLUME LXVI
AS WE WERE
SAYING . . .
By The Editor
They say Christmas is for the
kids, and this week we pretty
well turned the news columns of
The Tribune over to them. We
got a big kick out of the Let-
ters to Santa, and we are sure
you will too.
★ ★ ★
This is the last issue of 1959
and since next Friday falls on
January 1st, and January has
five Fridays, and 1960 has 53
Fridays, and we are plumb work-
ed down, and we are also lazy,
we are going to skip an issue
next week. This will be the first
paper missed since the last is-
sue of 1956. That’s three years
or 156 newspapers in a row,
which is a pretty good number.
Anyway, we’ll have a paper in
the mail on January 8th.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Rural Shade
News
. By Inez Howell
FOURTH GRADE
WRITES LETTER
TO SANTA CLAUS
A number of students in the
Fourth Grade wrote the same
kind of letter to Santa. We have
taken the liberty of listing the
things that some of the students
wanted Santa to bring the other
students. Admittedly, some of
the requests are slightly silly,
but weren’t you ever in the
Fourth Grade? *
Dear Santa:
Please don’t forget the chil-
dren in the fourth grade. Joe
Norris wants an alarm clock be-
cause he is tardy almost every
day. Darlyn Cossey, Glenda Te-
kell and Pamela Conger need
a pair of stilts because they are
the shortest ones in our room.
Please bring the girls a bell so
they can tell when it is time
to come in. Bring them an um-
pire that can stand a lot of
screaming and arguing. Bring
the boys shoes that don't get
muddy so the teacher won’t
know they have been in the
mud. And please bring Mrs.
Shelton some nerve tonic.
Bring Jack Marshall a big
turkey dinner. Bring Wyn Kit-
tley 4,000 footballs and about
50 books. Bring Mike Fialho a
new baritone. Bruce Sanders
needs somehing to make him
laugh more. Please send Sherry
May a baby buggy to ride in.
Bring Kenneth Andrews some
stilts to make him taller. Bring
Travis Lee Parrish a motor so
he could run faster. Bring Car-
olyn ••Ann Merman a boy friend.
ring Debbie Sessions and Billy
Bearden a zipper to zip up their
Imouths. Jim Bush wants a big
Turkey. Bring all the girls a
jlock and key to lock their
'mouths shut in band period.
Bring Sims Goodwin, a beard,
because it would go well with
his face. Sherry May wants a
jboy friend. David Lassiter a
'bottle of milk. Bring John An-
derson some ear muffs. Vicki
(McClendon,. Linda Wolenberger
and Roxie Earley want a pair
(of skates.
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year.
The Fourth Grade
Happy
Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mahoney
went to Waco last Thursday.
The report was that Clyde had
improved some and is to report
back in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes
have returned home from Mar-
lin.
Mrs. Liddie Jane Allread vis-
ited Belle Howell and Esker
Howell last Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Howell
and children and Mary Smith
spent the week-end in Dallas
with Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Joy
Minatra and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Combs
were week-end visitors in, the
home of Mr .and Mrs .Emmett
Combs and the Talley Padgetts.
Jerry Lee Howell attended the
wedding of Judy Stutts and
Howard Hughes at the Methodist
Church at Chatfileld Saturday
night. A reception was held in,
the home of the bride’s parents,
formerly of Rural Shade, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Stutts.
The Jerry Lee Howells were
week-end guests in the Wilson
Howell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Radney
were visiting relatives in the
community Monday. Their little
grandson, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Abbie, is still in a
very critical condition at the
Memorial hospital. Only the par-
ents and one other grandparent
at a time is allowed in the room.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Morris
and children were Sunday vis-
itors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Morris. Peggy and
Rex remained for a few days
visit with the Morris’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mahoney
and Mr .and Mrs. John Phillips
were in Corsicana Sunday visit-
ing. The Phillips visited Mrs.
Bill Cathcart, an old friend they
knew when they lived in La-
(mesa. The Mahoneys went to
see Mr. Howard, uncle of Mrs.
Mahoney at the Memorial hospi-
tal who is very ill.
William Howell and Mary
Smith are visiting their brother
and cousins, the Gurley Wilson
Howells at Tyler.
Santa Claus came early to
Pearl Mahoney, bringing her a
nretty new bedroom suite.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Phillips
of Arizona visited the John
Phillips ,Sunday night.
The Craig Johnsons spent
Sunday night with the Bob
'Smiths.
Mrs. Bob Smith visited Esker
Howell Monday evening.
Your reporter thought she
would be real ' smart Tuesday
morning and do some of her
night chores early. She was
splitting some fine kindling when
a stick just gave her a good
neck just above the forehead.
Her neighbors kinda have a
doubt as to how she got the
bole in her head, as her better
half had just left for work and
William was visiting in Tyler.
They remember when your re-
porter dropped the hot egg on
him, and they seem to think he
v/as getting even. i
We wish the Editor and his
family and those who have been
so nice to us, a Very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
M. J. Crawford .......
P. J. Earley ...............
Blondell Earley .......
Mrs. Chester Tramel
Louise Griffis ...........
John K. Beck ...........
Ricki Reese ...............
>J. L. Wright ............
Mrs. Wilber Black ...
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c. 30
Invited To Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson
^cordially invite everyone to the
marriage of their daughter,
Pamela to Alfred Max Herms of
San Antonio, Sunday, December
27th at four o’clock in the af-
ternoon at the Kerens Presbyter-
ian Church and to the reception
following in the fellowship hall.
BAND BOOSTERS WILL
MEET JANUARY 4TH
Due to Christmas holidays the
Band Boosters will not meet in
their regular monthly meeting
December 28.
Next meeting will be Monday,
January 4, in the Band Hall at
7:00 p.m.
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 1959
Jilrmt Christmas
Powell
News
By Mrs. R. E. Layfield
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClary,
Wanda and Charley from Mala-
koff, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Cartlidge and Debra Kay from
Corsicana, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Gollman, John and Cecila from
Italy, Texas, Kathleen Mayo,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayo, Ker-
ens, visited Joe Mayo and the
Roy Bunches last Sunday.
The Martha Sunday School
Class met in the home of Mrs.
V. A. Lonon with Mrs. Bealon
Ware and Mrs. R. E. Bush as
co-hostesses, and had their
Christmas tree. Gifts were ex-
changed. Mrs. Lonon had a sur-
prise, she had fixed dinner for
all with turkey and dressing and
all the trimmings. The meeting
was called to order by Mrs. V.
T. Haynie. Mrs. Lonon led in
prayer. Mrs. Evenson dismissed
with prayer. Eight members and
one visitors, Mrs. Ainsworth
were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bush
visited his parents and brother,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bush and
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bush over
the week-end.
Charles Wallace, nephew of
Mrs. F. L. Bray, who is a stu-
dent at Baylor, visited Mrs. Bray
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sloan and
son went to San Saba to his
dad’s birthday. He was 94 years
young and had all his children,
grandchildren and great grand-
children present except one
granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ainsworth from
Jackson, Miss., on their way to
Lubbock to see their son and
family, stooped off and ate sup-
per with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Raocroft Saturday.
Mr. Herman McQuary from
Pasadena, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
McQuary visited the Harlen Mc-
Ouarvs Sunday night and Mrs.
R. E. Layfield Monday noon,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunter,
Charlotte and Freddie Dennis of
Kilgore, Mr. and Mrs. Harlen
McQuary, Dollie, Steve and Vi,
Mrs. Joey Ray Layfield, Vickie
and Linda, Mary Ann, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. McQuary of Kerens,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Layfield,
Mrs. Billie Jean Hollingsworth
and Glen Earl of Powell had
Christmas dinner at Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Berry of Kilgore Sun-
day.
Mrs. Margaret Stopper from
San Antonio visited Mrs. F. L.
Bray and she went home with
her for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ross and
Joyce left Saturday to go to
Lubbock to visit friends.
Mrs. Maudie Haynie spent
Sunday night with the D. T.
Rays.
Mrs. W. A. McKinney left
Tuesday to go to Fort Worth
to visit her daughter Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Frazier.
About Folks
You Know
Mr. and Mrs. William Harold
Hill and boys of Mt. Pleasant
are Christmas vacationing with
the Hills and Spurlocks. Also
home for Christmas is Ruby,
who attends NTSC in Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney West-
brook, Becky, Nelda and Car-
lene, who is home from Howard
Payne, will spend Christmas Day
in Fort Worth with the R. E.
Lees. Mrs. Lee is< the former
Genevieve Westbrook. They will
be joined by the Robert West-
brook family of Dallas.
Twenty-five persons attended
the covered dish supper which
is an annual get-together of the
TNT class of the First Methodist
Church, Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Egeler and
son Tony, Madison, Wisconsin,
are visiting the George Mc-
Clures during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sharrer
will spend Christmas week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. George S.
May and son in Eunice, N.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Finis McCluney
and Wayne of Dallas visited
Mrs. Leona Anderson and Logan
last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baxter and
family of Corsicana were week-
end visitors in the Tom Layfield
home.
Mrs. Ada Queen and Mrs. Ev.
Stanner are spending this Christ-
mas in Conroe with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Mabry and Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Posey.
Mrs. M. R. Albritton returned
to Waco with son Kelly. The
entire family plans Christmas in
Waco this year.
Mrs. Jackie Marshall spent last
week-end at home. Son Jack and
brother Ricki, returned to San
Antonio with her for a holiday
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller
and family of Lancaster were
Sunday visitors in the home of
Mrs. Ben Miller and Jeanice.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Carroll
and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Carroll
visited the Charles Albrittons in
Waco and he C. W. Whites in
Hubbard Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
A. R. Carroll will move into their
apartment at the Robert Tyuses
the first of the year.
Stanley Speed of Shreveport,
who arrived Tuesday, will be
joined on Christmas Eve by his
parents, the G. W. Speeds. They
will visit relatives here during
Christmas.
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Bazette
News
By Mrs. R. J. Upchurch
Rev. Sam Cirelli filled the
pulpit at his regular time Sun-
day and Sunday night as the
regular song leader was absent,
Ikey Upchurch, assistant and
Mrs. Hazel Marshall and Miss
Opha Sessions were in charge of
the Christmas carols. Mrs. Up-
church was at the piano.
The Fun Lovers met in the
home of Mrs. Claude Marshall
for their annual Christmas party
and an all day luncheon. The
Marshall home was in Christmas
attire with the arrangement of
the beautiful decorated tree with
the attractive wrapped gifts on
it. At the noon hour dinner was
served to 23 ladies and two
children. There was plenty of
food with all the trimmings. Af-
ter lunch was served the entire
afternoon was spent with the
exchanging of gifts, singing
Christmas songs, readng poems
and playing games which were
planned by Mrs. W. C. Wassson
and Velma Pohl. All reported a
oood time. The next meeting
will be in. the home of Mrs.
Aliene Colvin at a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marshall of
Browns Valley visited Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Ainsworth Wednes-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wasson
of Kerens were supper guests
with Mr. and Mrs. Ikey Up-
PLEA MADE FOR
SAFE DRIVING
OVER HOLIDAYS
A special plea for careful driv-
ing during the Christmas holi-
day season is being made by the
Inter-Industry Highway Safety
Committee, according to V. D.
Bruner, who is joining withj
other Chevrolet dealers in this
project.
With more of the true Christ-
mas spirit behind the wheel,
holiday traffic hazards can be
sharply reduced. This happy
time of the year has been mar-
red in recent years by the year’s
peak highway accident rate.
The safety committee points
out several areas in which a lit-
tle personal attention by each
driver can increase highway
safety:
(11 Be sure you are always
fit to drive with the alertness,
skill and judgment that modern
traffic demands.
(2) Obey ALL traffic rules.
(3) Be courteous to other
drivers and to pedestrians.
(r) Keep your car in safest
possible condition.
These four things are not very
much, but they could be the
most valuable Christmas present
that could be given family,
friends and fellow motorists.
Graveside Rites Held
For Beck Infant
church.
Mr. Arlon Simmons, Commis-
sioner of Precinct 2, presented
nil of his road men and their
families with a fruit cake for
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Up-
-hurch and family, Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Albritton and family were
•bn net guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Albritton and
family of Athens Sunday.
Mr. Tom Tramel, who was in.
the hospital in Dallas, spent the
weak-end with home folks.
The Young Women’s Sunday
School Class met in the home
of Mrs Homer Marshall Sunday
afternoon for their Christmas
party.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lancaster
and son Michael of Dallas vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lancas-
ter Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Voss of
Graveside rites for Dorothy,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John K. Beck, who died early
Sunday in Memorial Hospital,
were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at
the Kerens cemetery.
The rites were conducted by
Very Rev. Fred C. Wolf, Jr.,
rector, and Rev. Sam Hulsey,
assistant rector, St. John’s Epis-
copal church.
Surviving are the parents of
Kerens and grandparents, Mrs.
John C. Beck, Kerens and
George J. Watson, Palm Beach
Shores, Fla.
Inmon Funeral Home directed.
Roane, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Up-
church visited Mr. and Mrs. R.
J. Upchurch Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Cirellia and
family were dinner guests in
the Tom Tramel home Sunday.
Uncle Sipe from Shad Hollow
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
As a general thing, our preach-
er is a very independent feller
and don’t pick out his sermons
with a eye on the season, of the
year. He’s liable to pick out
Thanksgiving Day fer a sermon
on the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, but Sunday he crossed us
up and took his text on Christ-
mas.
He allowed us how Christmas
Day was a time when folks
(ought to do a heap of thinking
about the “brotherhood of man.”
I’m strong in favor of thinking
about it but I ain’t got much
faith in the outcome. Fer in-
stant, it’ll be mighty hard to
ever git a complete brotherhood
of man as long as two fellers is
trying to marry the same girl
or a Democrat and a Republican
is campaigning fer the same of-
fice.
But I think Christmas is a
good time fer a feller to try and
git a better understanding of
his friends and neighbors and
use it to help hold together what
little world we got left.
It would help a heap of folks
if they’d git up about four o’-
clock Christmas morning and go
out and take a good, long look
at the heavens above ’em. A fel-
ler can feel mighty small and
humble when he looks up these
cool, clear mornings at the vast-
ness of a heaven full of shining
stars and planets. He gits to
thinking there’s a awful lot of
space in this universe and that
humans might not be all that’s
important in God’s scheme of
things. The human race shifts
around a lot and maps don’t
stay put from one war to the
next, but them heavens up there
ain’t changed a bit since the
start of time.
Us rural folks that putters
around afore daylight doing our
chores and looking at that sky
{sometimes git somepun in* our
hearts and souls that a heap of
city folks might not git. And at
Christmas time it will make a
feller more humble and thankful
fer God’s blessings, and makes
him feel a little more friendly
with the human race.
Yep, there’s a lot of religion
and Christmas spirit a feller
can see these mornings way up
there above that barn. If he
looks long enough and hard
enough his bitterness about poli-
tics, religion, or things in life
will git a heap smaller and his
love fer mankind will git a heap
bigger.
But I know there ain’t many
of you folks that is going to git
up at four o’clock Christmas
(morning to see this wonderful
;sight, so I’ll knock off my ser-
!mon right here. In the mean-
time, I ain’t mad with nobody
Mister Editor, and my little
pieces to your paper is always
meant in fun. I’m at peace with
everbody at this Christmas time,
and I want to wish everybody,
including them free-wheeling
Congressmen, a Merry Christmas!
Yours truly,
Uncle Sipe
_NUMBER 52
GARDEN CLUB
MAKES TOUR OF
KERENS HOMES
On Thursday, December 17th,
in spite of the inclement weath-
er, the Kerens Garden Club and
their guests enjoyed the annual
Christmas Guest Day Parade of
homes. Those visited were the
beautifully decorated homes of
Mrs. Joe Sheppard, Mrs. Ken-
neth Tramel and Mrs. Barney
Kent.
The high point of the Shep-
pard home was a ceiling-high
green native cedar Christmas
tree beautifully trimmed with
colored lights, silver icicles and
many ornamental Christmas balls,
with beautifully wrapped pack-
ages at its base. Other Christ-
inas motifs were displayed
throughout the home.
The atractive new Tramel
home’s color scheme of gold be-
ginning with a gold sprayed,
beautifully trimmed Christmas
tree in the big picture window
was carried on into the kitchen
and bedrooms and throughout
the home in many novelty and
clever decorations.
The Kent home featured a for-
mal white tree with all red trim-
mings with other Christmas dec-
orations that permeated the
Christmas spirit throughout this
lovely spacious home.
The gracious hospitality of the
hostesses of these homes and the
genuine Christmas spirit was felt
throughout the tour.
The climax of this program
was the tea in the home of Mrs.
W. T. Stockton in east Kerens.
The guests were received in the
reception suite and after view-
ing the recently remodeled and
decorated rooms, were invited
into the spacious dining room
and were served from a lovely
appointed round table covered
with an imported, from Belgium,
white Batenberg trimmed cloth,
centered with a silver fruit fil-
led epergne and candles and sil-
ver bowls of violets.
Mrs. R. R. Lowe, the club
president, presided at the silver
coffee service and guests served
themselves fruit cake and cook-
ies from silver platters. The buf-
fet was centered with an un-
usually beautiful arrangement of
Chistmas flowers of white stock,
large pink mums and purple
statice in a silver and crystal
compote.
The tea co-hostesses were
Mmes. R. P. Walker, V. D. Bru-
ner, H. J. Newsom, R. D. Owen,
Robert Campbell, W. L. Bain,
Sr., John Beck, Lon Holt and
Miss Ethel In,mon.
Piano Students Have
Christmas Party
Mrs. Ruth Holland’s piano stu-
dents entertained their families
and other guests Tuesday after-
noon with a Christmas program
in the home of their teacher.
Those participating were Lydia
Berry, Sandy Layfield, Jean
Carol Speed, Sherry May, Mary
Dixon, Vicki McClendon, Glenda
May, Bobby Sue Anderson, De-
lores Scott, Cathy Sims, Kay
Bain, Nancy Howell, Sharon
Kittley, Becky Norris, Connor
Jennings, Dan McClendon, Wyn
Kittley, Bobby McNeeley.
After gifts were exchanged,
Mrs. Holland and the mothers
served punch and cookies.
Joe Eddy Arnett of Waco is
spending a part of the holidays
in Kerens with Bobby Sessions.
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