The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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JOHNTOWN '
ndajr, both morning
I Mra. W. H. Coffer of Riv-
CUH, spent part of last
ora with her brothers, Jesse
■Die Merritt, and other rela-
te and Dorothy
a guest Sunday of her mother, Mrs.
Florence Franklin.
Miss Margaret Faye Simms of Bo-
gata, spent Saturday night with Miss
Dorothy McAlister.
Mrs. Stanley Cox, a reecnt bride,
was the honoree at a shower Sat-
urday afternoon in the home of Br-
in the Tom Ben-1 nest Jeffery. Twenty-seven guests
were RuaseD Benham ' registered in the bride’s book, pre-
**"lly of Marvin, Misaes Bun- sided over by Mias Dorothy Jeffery.
Benham and Miss Each guest wrote a recipe for the
Faye Ay cock of Paris. bride. Refreshments of punch and
A Sunday school has boon organ-
ized at the Baptist church, with
Wayne Dodd as superintendent
Mrs. CUftoo Milte Mrs. M*r-
vin Rice, Mrs. Clarence Millaap and
daughter, Vera Grace, visited in the
Everyone is cordially invited to at- home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Smith
tend. land Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell
Mrs. Henry Dryden, who was *nd other relatives recently,
quite ill last week with a severe' Mrs. Ellen Hayes, Mrs. Lloyd
attack of tonsilitis, is improving. Hayes, Mrs. Lewis Dickson and Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hawkina and Mattie Ellen Dickson of Deport, vis-
Mr. a"'* Mrs. Will Bolen spent last ited Friday in the home of Mrs.
Tuc-dnv in Clarksville at an FSA Lillie Dugger.
meeting. | Mr .and Mrs. Walter Davidson and
Mrs Don Cahoun of Shreveport, daughter, Judith of Longview, visit-
La , returned to her home last week Sunday in the home of her mo-
L. B. Phillips, who has been cake were served by Miss Martha aflrr a visit with her parents, Mr. ther> Mrs- Ida Smith.
ID health for some time, is un- K*te Roberts, the honoree’s sister, and Mr*. T. L. Pirtle.
Her son. Levi, who is and Miss Rosa Marie Jeffery. Hos-
in Dallas, spent the week tesae* were Mrs. Thomas Westbrook
> 0gg| with her. and Miss Estell Jeffery.
Mr. and Mrs. T E. Jenkins and Mrs GuV Stevens returned home
llltle son. Tommy, spent Sunday in ; Saturday from Dallas, where she
yffr Pleasant. , ,ias been visiting her daughter, Miss
Madeline Stevens. She was accom-
Mrs. J. R. Bright visited in the
Billy Jo, small daughter of Lloyd
Murrell of Minter, spent the past
two weeks here with her grandpar-
enta, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Merritt and
attended school while her grand-
mother, Mrs. Frank Murrell, is ill
at a Paris hospital.
Oliver Webster, Carl Fletcher
and Bob Books, who are employed , _
at Leesville. La., spent the week from Fr,daY until Sunday with
end here with their families.
Mrs. Buddy Owens and small son
here from Riverside, Calif , for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Wilson.
Mias Edyth McIntosh, who teach-
e* at Belk, was at her home here
Over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs Ben Lewis have
moved into their new home, which
has Just been completed.
W. E. Willis has returned home
from Austin, where he has been
employed for the past ten days
Miss Vala Dean Phillips, who is
employed in Texarkana, is here for
a brief visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Phillips.
Willard Books and family visit-
ed in the home of G. A. Books at
Bloesom and Mrs. J. F. Ladd at
Milton over the week end.
Friends in this community are
panied home by Wallace O'Neil,
who spent the night with his bro-
ther-in-law, Guy Stevens. Mrs. El-
len Stevens and granddaughter. Pat-
sy Ruth, who have been visiting in
the Stevens home, returned to Dal-
las with Mr. O’Neil.
Sydney Morgan of Sherman, spent
his
parents, Mr and Mrs. E. G. Morgan,
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clifton had as
visitors Sunday, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs, C. W. Clifton of Bogata;
his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Clifton and daughter, Carylin of
Fulbright; her sisters, Mr. and Mrs.
Jule Hood of Paris, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Hignight and daughter.
Sue of near Deport.
Earl Grogan and Mrs. J. A. Grif-
fin went to Dallas Friday to attend
the bedside of their mother, Mrs.
Edna Grogan, who underwent an
appendectomy at a hospital there.
They returned home Sunday and
reported her doing nicely.
Mrs. Lum Fennell, who has been
attending the bedside of her mo-
ther, Mrs. Charlie Bushhousen at
Omaha, Neb , returned home Thurs-
day. Her mother was greatly im-
Corry to learn the condition of Mar- proved. Mrs. Fennell was accom-
tin Cotton at Blossom, formerly of
Pattonvillc, is unimproved.
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Gibson of
Pickton. spent the week end here
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Gibaon.
Two calves, one belonging to
Oliver Webster and the other to
Jesse Merritt, were killed here last
week by stray dogs.
panied home by her sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Boswell and daughter,
Grace of Lincoln, Neb., who return-
ed home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Garrett and son,
Jim Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette
Bailey and son, Galen, attended a
Bailey family reunion at Paris Sun-
day.
Joe Jones went to West Texas
Miss Polka Cotten left last week borne of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
to enter ETSTC at Commerce. D°yle oliver ot Roxton, part of last
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilson re- week,
turned to Corpus Christi last week Mrs. Bertha Murphy moved from
where he has employment. They the N. L. King house to the home
were accompanied by Curtis Jen- of Miss Wilma Mangrum on Wed-
kins and his nieces, Misses Frances nesday, where she has rooms,
and Betty Hawkins. The latter will Mr. and Mrs. Will Tucker and
join their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. son, Billy, moved from Detroit to
C. Hawkins, residents of Corpus their farm east of Fulbright last
Christi. _ week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gifford of Bo- Mrs. Lillie Dugger and Miss Cora
gata, spent Sunday in the John Ter- Jarvis visited in the home of Mr.
ry home. and Mrs. Horace Lawler at Bogata
Mr. and Mrs. Frank James and Saturday,
daughter, Maggie, returned to their Miss Maurine Murphy of Clarks-
ville, visited her mother, Mrs
thn Murphy, Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Henry and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kelley attended the
Greenville Sun-
home last week at Centralia, 111.,
after a visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Eunice Pirtle shop-
ped in Clarksville Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hood of Lor- Henry reunion at
enzo. and grandson, Bruce Hood of day.
Lubbock, visited relatives here last Eleven young people from Ful-
wt>t‘k. | bright are attending PJC. They
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Askins and are: Misses Jacqueline Ramsey,
daughter, Nancy of Bogata, spent, Irene Bagley, Bonnie Ruth Wil-
Sunday in the W. A. Cotten home, j liams, Virginia Kelley, Eula Fae
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jennings Ramsey, Martha Tucker, Wilma A1I-
of Paris, spent the week end with britton, and Harley Allbritton, Bee
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. , Scott, Mart Lee Jr.t and Maxie Lee.
A. Watts. | Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Dugger and
Miss Betty Joy York is confined i son, Nick K'-lley, visited in the
to her bed by illness.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley White
of Avinger, spent the week end
with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hawkins, W.
J. Hawkins and Earl Hawkins, W.
R. Baxter and T. A. York made a
business trip to Clarksville Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Terry and
daughter, Geneva of Fulbright, at-
tended the bedside of his grandmo-
ther here over the week end.
home of her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Kelley of Clarksville, Sunday.
MILTON
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Secrest and Sunday to help thresh grain,
little daughter, Christine, and Mr. i ^ M. Coats and family, Mr. and
and Mrs. Mitchell Secrest, all of ^IS Raymond Wright and baby,
Paris, spent Sunday in the home of Wanda June, have gone to West
H. C. Secrest. Texas to pick cotton.
Mra. Earl Mazy is substituting as a stage curtain has been added
teacher for Miss Laverne Martin. ■ to community center,
who ia ill. A toacheragc has been made of
Houston Rice and family and little house on the school
Robbie Mae Phillips of Paris. Rrounds Jt will be occupied by the
ill ^TOTe Sunday visitors in the home of prjncipaj and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Rev. Hoover filled his regular ap-
pointment here Sunday morning and
night at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Georgie Murphy and child-
ren, spent the week end with rela-
tives in Ft. Towson, Okla.
Mrs. Garner Harvey and children
of Paris, spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ward and son | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
of Fulbright, spent Sunday with , Gooch.
relatives here. Rev. Byron Holt and family of
Mrs. W. B. Jenkins and son, Earl • Roxton, spent Thursday night with
of Miro, spent Sunday with friends I h>s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holt,
in Johntown. I Charlie Martin and Tom Lawler
Tom Pirtle purchased a new | sPPnt Part of last weok in Lubbock.,
tractor last week. , M,ss Bettie Jackson o{ view
Several from here attended the!Po,nt' has bccn electcd as Primary
funeral of Mrs. Maggie Strickland j Rob‘
at Rosalie last Wednesday.
i James Perkins of Pattonville.
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Dr. Phillips and L. E. Roberts.
Gordon Green and family of Par-1
LEAFWODMS DEVOURED DV
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Scott were
Thursday visitors here.
Mia* Ida Mae Keith spent the
WWtk end with her parents at Coop-
bie Bruce, who has resigned
Frank Ladd is expecting to leave
by turning into the field his | Friday for army training,
of 1,000 turkeys. They ate Mrs. Bob Watson, who has been
ill for the past week, is improved.
Mrs. Georgie Wolf has been ill
for the past few days.
lem
flock
up the leafworms, and now Bledsoe
expects to make a bumper crop of
cotton.
TURKEYS AT RICHARDSON
Farmer Joe Bledsoe of Richard-
son. had no poison to kill leafworms
that were eating up a perfectly good
stand of cotton. He solved the prob-
Mfl. Zealon Douglas entertained
With a party honoring the second ponter. Billy Wayne Anderson, Don-
birthday of her small son. John ald Short. Tommy Jenkins. Kcn-
WbHWU. After various games, in- noth Nicholson, James Warren and
! taking pictures, refresh- Joan Bennett of Lone Oak, Topper
were served. Each guest Owens of Riverside, Calif., Martha
favors, which were lollypops, Wilson, Jon Quentin, Harold Mc-
ftrom the whiskers of a cardboard Dowra and Mickey McDowra and
A bountiful array of gifts Gaylon Norwood. Out of town vis-
presented the honoree. The itors present were Mrs. J. W. Beri-
ng little guests were regis- nett of Milton and Mmes. W. T.
Donald and Mary Nell Car- and John Willis Bennett.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1941, newspaper, September 25, 1941; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902135/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.