The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1941 Page: 6 of 6
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER
THE TEXAS MESQUITER
MESQUITE, TEXAS
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Decorators Show Opens Friday
An elaborate Decorator’s Show,
the first of its kind to be given
in the Southwest and similar to a
number recently staged in other
metropolitan centers, will be pres-
ented here October 12 to 26, spon-
sored by the Dallas Little Theatre.
Residents of cities throughout Texas
are in vited to attend the exhibit
in Highland Park on their visits
to Dallas during the State Fair.
The scene of the show will be the
old Mike Thomas estate, a landmark
in Dallas residental development,
at 4700 Preston Road, which has
been leased by the show committee,
of which Mrs. Wortham Collins,
prominent Little Theatre worker, is
general chairman. Twelve rooms of
the massive old house and its hall-
ways will be transformed by local
interior artists, depicting the latest
trends in home decoration. ,
Dallas garden clubs will be in
charge of floral arrangements
throughout the house, and women’s
clubs will be hostesses during the
daily exhibit hours from 2 to 9 p. m.
Lectures and other features will be
arranged on special occasions during
the two week exhibit.
One of the finest homes in North
Texas, the $200,000 Thomas home,
situated on seven acres and of pure
Georgian architecture, was built in
1917 and at one time was occupied
by Mrs. Electra Waggoner Wharton,
Fort Worth heiress, who added a
guest house, enclosed the estate with
a high red brick wall and landscaped
the grounds. In 1923 it became the
home of Mike Thomas, Dallas cotton
sman, and the late Mrs. Thomas,
whose further developments and dec-
orations made it a show place of
Dallas. The old mansion under its
succesive distinguished owners, has
been the scene of some of the most
brilliant entertaining in North Texas
society of the last quarter century.
Members of the decorator’s com-
mittee, each taking one room, are
Cay Vedder, Ben Jones, Allen Rich-
ards, Margaret Sedwick, Ambrose
Long, Harry Frank, Nena Claiborne-
Bob Rodgers, Lila Adams Titley,
John Aston Perkins and Bill
McFadden.
Secretary of the show is Mrs. J.
William Rubush, and executive com-
mittee members are Mrs. William
McC'raw, Mrs. George Aldredge, Joe
Lambert, Bob Rodgers, Kenneth
Bouve, president of the Dallas Little
Theatre, Stuart Arthur, Edward
Marcus, and Talbot Pearson, newly
appointed director of the civic
institution.
Proceeds from the show will 'go
to the Little Theatre fund.
These luxurious draperies, import-
ed by Mrs. Electra Waggoner Whar-
ton, Fort Worth heiress, for her
$200,000 Dallas home ^3 years ago,
will be exhibited in the Dallas Little
Theatre’s Decorators Show, October
12 to 26, in the old Wharton home,
later owned by Mike Thomas, at
47 00 Preston Road. The house will
be entirely redecorated for the ex-
hibit except for the dining room
which will show the valuable old
Wharton furniture which still re-
mains in the house. The draperies
above, being examined by the show
committee, are of gold Italian silk
damask, irreplacable today, and,
with other draperies of the house,
originallly cost $55,000.
FOR SALE—Good Seed Oats - 60c
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FOR RENT — 2 room apartment.
Electric refrigerator. All bills
paid. Mrs. J. P. Edgar (ltc)
WASHING WANTED—Let us do
your washing. 50c a bundle re-
gardless of size. Finished 4c a lb.
Jewel Janes -Janes Laundry
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Third Place On
Dog Collection
Miss Janet Broyles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Broyles, won
third place at the State Fair on her
collection of dogs in the miniature
division.
Janet has dogs from 3 countries,
and 12 states. Last year she won
second place with 133 dogs. This
year she has 365. There were 3 00
more collections entered this year
than in 1940.
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Greenville Judge
Spoke At Dinner
Judge Henry Pharr of Greenville
spoke to the Lions Club when they
entertained the ladies Tuesday even-
ing with a dinner at the home econo-
mics room at the high school.
J. C. Mitchell played saxaphone
selections, accompanied by Mrs. L. B.
McLaran at piano. Captain Gregory
of the Garland Lions spoke briefly.
Twenty-four guests'were present
for the occasion including Judge and
Mrs. Pharr of Greenville and Cap-
tain and Mrs. Gregory of Garland.
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Mrs, L« R. Briley
Entertains Club
Mrs. L. R. Briley was hstess to
the Mu'rphree Home Demonstration
club for a covered dish luncheon and
a chicken demonstration, Monday
October 6. Chicken was featured in
four different styles in the luncheon
menu. Mrs. J. T. Waddell and Mrs.
T. Ridner had charge of the
demonstration.
Places were marked for the hon-
or guests, Mrs. Hattie Dallas and
Mrs. Irb Poynter, who had birth-
days and other members: Mrs. Bud
Jordan, Mrs. Albert DeLock, Mrs.
W. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Chester Clay-
ton, Mrs. Jimmy Bruton, Mrs. Rich-
ard Motley, Mrs. W. M. Hill, Mrs.
Rube Windham, Mrs. Myrtle Byrd,
Mrs. Vernon Price, Mrs. Charley
Poynter, Mrs. B. A. Beach, Mrs.
J. H. Briley, Mrs. D. W. Reagan,
Miss Mamie Dallas, Miss Jeraldine
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11 Scyene and East 11
Side Acres
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Mrs. L. E. Bassett and little
daughter, Alta Elizabeth, are visiting
this week with Mr. Bassett in Cor-
pus Christi.
Mrs. Tom McCutcheon left Wed-
nesday for Houston to spend several
days with her son, William Mc.Cut-
cheon and his family.
Lawrence Murdock, Jr., Scyene
Road, spent the weekend in New
Orleans.
Mrs. L. C. Philips of El Paso
returned home Monday after visi-
ting for several days with her sister
Mrs. C. C. Brown, on Martin Lane.
The Scyene School Parents Club
met Wednesday at the school. The
finance chairman, Mrs. Walter Er-
nst and the program chairman, Mrs.
A. G. Mitchell, made plans for the
annual Hallow’een Carnival to be
held at the school, October 31st.
Bingo, a cake walk, pie-eating con-
test, lortune telling and shoe race
will be part of the evenings enter-
tainment. Chili, hamburgers, Texas
nots, pie, ice-cream, coffee and cold
drinks will be served. Those attend-
ing the meeting are as follows: Mes-
dames C. L. Barker, C. C. Brown,
J. R. Collier, C. L. Coltharp, John C.
Dasch, Walter Ernst, J. C. Foster,
W. D. Garrison, R. M. Keatts, A. G.
Mitchell, Nettie Padgett, C. H. Puc-
kett, R. T. Robinson, W. A. Sporel,
and Hart.
Mrs. Hart is the new teacher at
Scyene, and Mrs. J. F. Caster has
accepted a position at the Pleasant
Grove grade school.
Mr. and Mrs. Brewton of Dallas
recently purchased the J. C. Fain
place on Masters Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner are new resi-
dents of Scyene Acres. They have
two boys attending the Scyene
school.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bielefeldt, and
daughter, Clarlene, of Waco spent
-the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Garrison on Minta Drive.
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For the woman who wants beauty every day of the
week, we suggest you get a permanent and manicure at
Hodges. There is no reason why every day cannot be beauty
day. Phone 39 for an appointment today.
Hodges Beauty Shop
Rhea Brooks, Mrs. H. H| Marshall,
Mrs. Estelle Cheanult, Mrs. T. Rid-
ner and guests: Mrs. Mary E. Epper-
son and daughter, Mrs. Maggie Ad-
cock, Mrs. Lula Swain, Mrs. B. F.
Russell, Murphee, Mrs. Theo Jen-
nings, Rowlett, Mrs. Charles Byrd,
Schuxlenberg.
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Mesquite - Tap
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lievsay and
baby daughter of Dallas visited Mrs.
E. C. Cogburn Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wyatt of the
Sinclair Oil Station and Cafe left
for Kentucky Friday to spend some
time in their former home on ac-
count of Mr. Wyatt’s health.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Sargent, former
residents of Mesquite Tap have tak-
en over the business and will be
glad to welcome old friends in their
new location.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Beach, and
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Ridner attended
the funeral of Mrs. D. W. Reagan’s
mother, Mrs. T. C. Kuykendall, at
Poolville, September 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Price and
sons, H. B. and Joe Davis and Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Price visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Briley of Garland
Sunday.
Mrs. Lucile Price, wife of “Bus-
ter” Price is confined to her bed
with an attact of influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Melton and
youngesters of Farmers Branch and
Orville Height of Ferris, spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Melton.
"Wallace Riley, Secretary of the
Labor Temple, Dallas; and Mrs. Ri-
ley were in the community Monday
prospecting for farm land.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Couch of Far-
mers Branch spent Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Melton.
Mrs. Tom Dean received a letter
from her son Albert, who is aboard
the U. S. S. St. Louis, this week.
Albert is somewhere at sea and re-
ceives mail via airplane. It had been
some time since Mrs. Dean had heard
from Albert and she was happy to
have this news even though he could
not tell her just where he is.
Mesquite Tap was the scene of
much activity last Friday when a
company of soldiers stopped for an
hour or so on their return from
the Louisiana Maneuvers. The boys
were courteous and friendly and ex-
pressed themselves as being g}ad
to return to camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Easter from
Cape Guidia, Mo. and Mrs. Lorene
McCoy and little daughter Christine
from Union Valley Tex. visited their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Kent
recently.
Mr. Walter Nolan left this week
for Ft. Worth where he is employed.
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Crowds At Fair
One of the most un-usual collec-
tions at the Texas State Fair, is that
of pencils from the far corners of
the world, which is displayed in the
Hobby show in the Educational
Building, by Mrs. W. W. Shelton
wife of the pastor of the Brierwood
Baptist Church.
This un-usual hobby was started
last year, while Mrs. Shelton was on
vacation trip to Colorado, and star-
ted with a “Long-John” pencil, 13
inches long, which was brought from
the Rocky Mountain National Park,
and today the collection numbers
more than two thousand pencils, in-
cluding every state in United States
Canada, Hawai, District of Columbia
Mexico and some six or eight other
foreign countries. Following a fea-
ture story about this collection in a
National Railroad Journal, in C’in-
cinatti, Ohio, 149 pencils were re-
ceived from various parts of the
United States and Canada, in less
than one week. There is one case
of 79 pencils representing Railroads,
one with some two dozen from for-
eign countries, one such as nails, bot-
tles, oil gages, meter , ball bats,
duck pins, billiard, thermometors
brooms, cigar lighters, etc. The an-
tique and historical pencils include
one from the U. S. Senate, sent by
the late Senator Morris Sheppard,
just before his death, and one that
was used by his sucessof, former
Governor Lee O’Daniel, while Gov-
ernor of Texas. Another was brought
back by a member of the Admiral
Byrd Exposition, to the south pole,
as part of the equipment. Another
is a small 18 carat gold one brought
from Mexico City, said to have been
worn on watch chain of Pancho Vil-
la. Another from Blackpool, Eng-
land, list all the names of all Kings
and Queens of England, and date of
their office, one with names of all
Presidents of the U. S. with their
time of service, others from such
shrines, as Saint Anne’s, DeBequest,
Quebec, Canada, Church of God, in
Indiana, Methodist Church, in South
Carolina, another picked up on bat-
tlefields in France during World
War, by member of 3 6th Division,
and also a very interesting Chinese
brush squibbler from China.
Mrs. Shelton’s exhibit attracted
comment among the newspaper peo-
ple at the Fair on Press Day, and
she met many newspaper men and
women who had similar hobbies.
Since a very small child, Mrs.
Shelton has loved pencils, and en-
joyed writing. She has written news,
church, school, Scout, social and
many historical articles on old
churches, towns, and cemeteries.
Luther Futrelle of Mesquite is a
collector of pencils; Mrs. Ed. Van-
ston collects salt and peper shakers;
Mrs. Buell Harvey, Mrs. Clayton An-
derson, Mrs. Will Johnson, Mrs.
George Miller, Mrs. A. J. Cook and
others collect after dinner cups and
saucers; Mrs. Rowe Hart, Alice Rose
Wilkinson collect perfume bottles;
Hostess To H. D. Club
The Scyene Home Demonstration
Club met Monday, October 6 at the
home of Mrs. Paul R. Winston.
The business meeting, conducted
by the president, Mrs. E. C. Sloan,
was held during the afternoon at
which time it was voted to give $7.00
to the Salvation Army.
A covered dish luncheon was ser-
ved to Mrs. Sloan. Mrs. J. T. Wright,
Miss Esther Bradley, Mrs. S. L. Can-
field, Mrs. R. V. Faulkner, Mrs.
O. E. Bell, Mrs. Ed. Arnett, Mrs.
D. P. Gunn, Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs.
M. T. McMillian and Mrs. Winston.
The next meeting will be Mon-
day, October 2 0 with Mrs. D. P.
Gunn.
Church of Christ |j
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10:00—Sunday School
11:00—Morning Worship
7:3 0—Evening Services .
Services are held in the W. O. W-
Hall in Mesquite.
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Phone your news to 25.
Mrs. Lloyd Briley has a pitcher
hobby; Mrs. Ernestine Paschal 1,
vases; in fact many Mesquite people
are collectors. If you have an intei’-
esting collection, send in a story
about it.
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Cook, Mrs. A. J. The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1941, newspaper, October 10, 1941; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855569/m1/6/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.