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Avoca
" B> Mary Kllen Wise
‘ Miss Dorothy • White who is
employed by the Shell Oil Com-
pany in Midland spent Thanks-
giving here with her parents.
MrJ and Mrs. J. A. White.
Mr. and Mr?. Henry Bryan of
Stanford spen; Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Bryan’s parents,
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Aus-
tin's sister. Mrs. Woodson Huf-
faker. .* ?
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Young
and son ‘‘Butch" of Abilene spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Mrs Young’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Doe* White.
Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Crimes
and daughter. Carol Lee of Stam-
ford visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Mr, and Mrs. R. L. Hines. Mr. j Wise and Ross last Wednesday
and Mrs. HineS returned home j night.
witfi thorn to spend Monday in! Mr. and Mr*- H. P. Powers
Stapif*ord. jan ddaugh’ter. Patsy, of Throck-
' Mrs. Elbert Austin and daugh-1 mortop attended the Tlxinksgiv-
supper given by the Baptist
ter; Ginger Ellen of Waco, spent! ing
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Heaters!
Heaters!
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HOT WATER
Safe~Reliable--ComfortabIe*
and
PLENTY OF THEM
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‘Bill” Morrow Motor Company
“UHE FRIENDLIEST PLACE IN TOWN"
Your Dodge-Plymouth Dealer
women last Wednesday night.
Mr. aji dMrs. R, T. Johnstqn
apd Charlene spent Thanksgiy
mg in Fort Worth with thel;
daughter. Mrs. Arnold Braun and
Mr. Braun.
Mrs. J061 Grimes, Mrs. J. C.
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. C. R
Foafer wrr$ in Aoiiene on busi
ness Monday.
Mr. and Mr*. Glenn Rennejs
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Workman
weivinAbtle?;p-Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Looney of Humble
Camp wore in BroWrtwood over
the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. C. R
Poster 'dhd' family spent last
weekend in Throckmorton
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Pow-
ers and Patsy. •
The Home Demonstration Club
met with Mrs. Henry Cook at
J Stamford last Tuesday afternoon
JMrs. S. E Lawrence. Mrs. Wood
, son Huffaker and Mrs. L. B. Me
! Neil took part on the program
giving demonstrations on- wrap
ping Christmaapackages, and
(Christmas party^plannlng. Itn
rdbdiiyetly following the program,
an auction was held by the la
I dies on things they had made,
land the proceeds of 51.5 wa* do
nated to the Baptist ladies 'foi
the new kitchen in the Baptist
Church. Refreshments of tuna
sandwiches, stuffed, olive*, pota
to chips, cookies and coffee were
served to fhe following members:
Mmes. Buford Williamson, X. C
Williams, J. V. Grimes, S. E.
Lawrence, C. R. Foster. L. B
McNeil. Joe Nauert. L. R. Wise.
R. S. Garrett. W. C. Beaty, Wood
son Hujfaker G.. H. Rennels. M.
M. McBride and the hostess. Mrs.
Henry Cook. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Glenn Rennets
on Dec. 18 when the- club will
have its Christmas 1rt*e and a
Christmas covered-dish luncheon
I will be held. • *
The R. T. Taylors gave a dinner’
party Wednesday night in honor
, of their son. Bob Ed, who Is homo
leave from the Marines.
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Those present were Mr, and Mrs.
Joel V. Grimes, Mr. ahd Airs.
Bob Harris, Elmer Miller of
Stamford. Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Holt and daughter, Jane, of Has-
kell. and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ren-
nels. A host of cutter friend;;
were invited but could not
at-
tend on account of the rain,
Sammy Crawford Is horde on
a 12-<iay leave from the Navy-
visiting his parents and rela-
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Truett Wagley
who are visiting in Anson, visit
3d Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hansen
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bemendc; f
,?r of Rochester, Ind. are the par-
ents of a son. Fred Jr., porn
Nov. 26. Mrs. Bemenderfer is the
former Clara Mae-CrawfdTt).
R. T. Taylor, Bob Ed Taylor.
Eat! RonneW and Lee White of
Stamford have gone deer hunt-
;ng at Doss. Texas. The-hunting
party Jeft Sunday and plans to
eturn. Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawrence
ind Mr. and- Mrs-.—ftonald Law
renco of Abilcnp. spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Ix>c>nard Law
rence.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sylvester
and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sylves
er and family spent Sunday in
Abilene visiting Mr. and Mrs.
lert Jennings and family who
lay* i-ecently moved to Abilene
from Avoca.
The W.S.C.S. of the Methodist
Church met with Mrs. M, J. Sub-
!ett Monday .. afternoon. Those
present were Mmes. C. C. Cool-
of Avoea spent
night with Jimmie
Marcos.
David Smith
Wednesday
Seay.
The Sunbeams met Tuesday
with fourteen present. They
wrote scripture verses and paint-
ed pictures of foreign .children.
A fruit basket was filled for Bil-
ly Mayfield, who Is a eorivales-
cent. The next meeting will be
a program on the »Lottie Moon
Christmas offering.
The Rural Education and Im-
provement Association 'directsrs
met Tuesday night in the school
and made plans to have a general
meeting In January.
Mrs.
Fans who like their film enter-
tainment light, romantic and hi-
lariously funny ougth to be in for
a wonderful time when Para-
mount’s pictucizntion of the stage
hiL ' Deaxi.Rtith,” arrives next Sun-
day. at the Grand Ttytatre for two
big days. <
The play, which ran for two-and-
a-hatf years on Broadway, was
A. L. Hardin. Alvle Joe
and Sue Harurn, :*rrs. Barron
Lindsey,- Bethie Sue and Mary
Zoanne Lindsey a,tended choir
and music rehearsal at the Swen-
son Avenue Baptist Church in
Stamford Tuesday night.
Mrs. Margaret King returned
to- her daughter’s, Mrs. A. R.
Bean, Wednesday, after visiting
relatives and friends in San An-
tonio find a daughter, Mrs. Ellen
Smothermen and son, Roy, in
San Marcos. Mrs. King also re-
ceived treatment while in San
Antonio.
Mrs. H. L. Hager, Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Hager returned home on
Wednesday after visiting Mrs.
Stage’s ‘Dear Ruth’
Due Here on Screen
sister nas been secretly carrying
on a flaming correspondence in
her, name with tsoldier William
Holden. Mias Caulfield is more
than slightly embarrassed when
fioldcn comes home to claim her.
For one thing she is^engaged to
a very strait-laced gontlcitum, por-
trayed by Billy De Wolfe, who
has ho sense >of ■ humor, especially
where she is concerned. For
another, her sympathy for the
handsome soldier who has been
overseas for a long time leads her
irittcn^Nomanl^rw^c ** a*kw,ard’ “^ough not
‘‘John Loves Mary” is a . current
hit on the Main Stem. It was
adapted to the screen by Arthur
Sheekman, another topnotch
writer, who is also credited withi
the screen play for the new Bing
Crosby-Barry Fitzgerald. picture,
“Welcome ’Stranger.”
The picture’s acting talent is of
equal high calbre. William Holden
and Jean Caulfield have the star-
ring romantic roles, and are sup-
ported by an excellent cast head
ed by Billy De .Wolfe, Edward
Arnold; Mona Freeman, Mary Phil-
ips. Virginia Welles and Kenny
O'Morrison.
‘‘Dear Rr.'V’ concerns the ro-
mantic dilemma of Joan Caulfield,
whose precocious sixteen-year-old
unpleasant situations.
The story lends itself-to * great
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deal of hilarity, and it is said that
the performers
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able direction of William D Rus-
sell, rise riotously to the occasion.
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Recruit
, Mr. and Mrs Ted Myers and „
daughter, Terry, returned Satur- (,
day to their home in Fitzgerald, ^
Ga. They visited here during the .....
week with Mrs. Myers parents, Mr. .
and Mrs. WarrenS. Tayman.
Mary Francis Lawhon, T. C. U.
student was home from Fort
Worth for Thanksgiving holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
B Lawhon. *
‘James M. \
Mr. and Mrs.
Stamford. Te
recruit traini
Training Centc
and has beer
man, second
Recruit tra
break between
life in which
Thest
Aduttiigmtni
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eriously ill in Dallas.'
Bcttie and Billie Baker are in
Houston lor an extended visit]
with their sister, Mrs. Juanita
Jones. •“*
Seaman 1-c James Monroe Mil-
Mr., and Mrs. YVcrthum Crow
and children visited Mr. Crow’s
father, Mr. Judge Crow of An-
son Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hardin were
in Abilene on business Monday.
Mr. Veston Lindsey of Wichita
Falls visited in the Barron Lind-
sey home Monday evening and
spent the night with Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Chamberlin.
Erom where I sit... ly Joe Marsh 5
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"Turrible,
Tumble, Tumble !V
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Ben Ryder is latck ! After twenty
years in Capital City, Ben has re-
tired and come to enjoy life in the
family houae on Maple Street.
says, “how a town can get frun
in twenty years I" And then
takes his tongue out of hi;
and (Alls Us how proud he is
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First thing B<« dpe? ja write us qijderly, last-abiding atiaosphefe he ~
complaining how Our. Togm has hhfeL 4
1 b's no mud in And from where I sit, you can w»
up tw youT point to' fhat growing preference C
squarel N*» beair os ^ibldfeoaon follj in-Our
>r 9a$n/day TodrA a^s so It«nperate, ani neigh-
ng to.do but - borly and well-behatetfT' ’ * ‘
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changed. "Why, there’s no mud in
the streets to sink- up ttr your
ankles ini” he says,
feuding in the town s^ui
moonshine liquor or ^
night brawls!. Nothing bn do but
settle for a temperate glass of beer
in a law-abiding tavern!”
“Turrible, turribie, turrible,” Ben
borly and well-behaved
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ter qnd the hostess, Mrs. M. J. j(
?ublctt. Cake topped with pine
ippic and cocoa were served. | ■
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Taylor and ams*
*y, E. O. Ely, Matt Caton, Gus , , _ ... ...
Hughes. Russell Huffaker, J. hcre from Scat,,e>
'white, II. E Culwell, J. L.: lien- ^rngton for a visit with his wife
jind little son, James Jr.
Morris Vyayne Johnson of
Stpmford is visiting his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ad-
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■ family were dinner guests of ^
and'Mrs. W. A. Holt in Hahkell 'brated ,her twclfth birthday last
last FMdav nieht l Thursday evcnh.g w:,«i a dinner.
The boys’ basketball tcdrifi at i Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hilliard and
(ended a ball tournament at o’- i (iaa.2ht'er;
Brien over the week-end, and \^arAtf tnda> to v,isd Ml\ 1*,Il!L‘ard?
Haskell won over A^a parems. Mr and Mn W. T. Hib
solation. James Plumlee ami l)ard and a bro,her‘ Warren H“
M.ek AlKto, madr-th. w . immant-Ml-. M
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Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. Neal end
Doric wpnt *° Abilene Saturday
business and shtipdrty-jntta tjq-
f tftmed home Sunday Mary
Jean went home with them.
Mr. Mark Crow of Big Spring
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i Mr. ana Mrs. urewer. ixe»t enu < w °
Jane and Mr. Neal’s mother of 1 bnrther^r. Worth-
Stamford visited Mr. and Mrs. »*?.erw^rlday.^vehing. - _
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Stamford yisyod Mr. and Mrs.
"f. tVWHianis Mum lay atwinnm.
The women of the Baptist
Church met for their Bible, stpdy
with1 Mrs. J. C. Williams Monday
afternoon. Those present were.
Mrs. W. C. .Beaty, Mrs. W. A.
Sylvester, Mm. C. R. Foster, Mrs.
Glenn Rennels. Mrs. Joel Grimes
2n<J the hostess, Mrs. J. C. Wil-
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lowe and
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Garland and La Fern of Stam-
ford. moved to the Campbell
dairy farm to make their home.
La Fern enrolled in the sixth
grade school here/
Bertha Ray Burnham of Stam-
-ford
iiams -___ - Thursday with Mr: and Mrs. vVlll
Mr%;; H SM,rw
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Plumlee jand ^rs’ L‘ J’ and c,hild’
returned from their deer hunt at ,cn- Yvonne, Rebekah and Law-
«ason last Tuesday night./ ^ "on- ^rs; A- L "aidin; A^ e
Bobby Barbert was home from Ha!^V^‘7 (j0odwin’ dim™‘C
and Teddy Seay, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Ivy attended the Baptist
Associational Training Union
IJardin-Simmons for the week-
end -jylth his parents, Bro. and
Mrs. E. E. Barber. ■
Luncheon guests of Mr. and
Mgs. John Driskill and Elsie Sun-
day 'were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
& ■ ,fjff;
Huru’i til* kind of irador power tmall-acr*og*
fdrmtfi Imvt been watting tor . . the. new
Mateey-Horrii 1-plow Pgn, . . . M complete
pAwer-php tractor with a fufl line of aaty-on,
#a»y-o(T mounted toAh. The new Pony, for the
Brjt tlpt* in tractor history, makes power farming •
practical and economical even on Ih* smallest ‘ •
farm. * 0
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Every Size Farm When Yot^;
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MOBIl •J0“ • ll*M J.pto»
pomr . , . right for th«
Fomity tire form . . . packed
with feature* you’ll litf.
mhss meeting held Frida^ night
at the Hodges Baptist Church.
Mrs. Douglas Davis received
Driskill and-. Larry of Panhandle, £'°,d J™™ bcr s°n’.'V’ "T”
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Driskill and Pierce, who Is with the
The Pony is but one of the complete line ot rt\r
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Driskill and
Douglas of Stamford, Mr. and
Mrs. Doyle* Davis of Funston,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jf II. Easter-
ling and family
U. S. Navy is a member of a good
will tour of Jjpain aboard the S.
Dyess. Other points on the
itinerary arc Athens. Naples.
.. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jewell and!*0™’ Vi<>mia and several othcr
son. Bobby, were in Gainesville}*"^8’ . „ „ a ,
over the wook-ed. I ■^lrT_and Mrs Roiand Welsch
There is to be a "Donkey BiTI ian<7 ^Khter. Ba,bara Kaye of
Game" at the Avoca Gym .Sat-: Stamford. visitftD Mr and Mrs.
unlay nighi:- ’ ! H L- HaKf'' -Sunday night.
Massey-HaiTis better-built tractors ... six greet
models ... five power sizes ... more power . ..
more speeds ... more comfort. Each model hes
a powerful high compression engine... improved
design in the transmission .. . lots of redorvo fer
the tough spots plus complete dependability on
every job... more lugging power at the drawbar
than ever before.
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Full 7-pfow power
reserve to pull through
I *h# tough ipoti #n overogo
I tit* forms. A speeds.
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Jwfrbfld Mrs. Russell Huffaker, ......■ . u •
and Betty Fay wen* in Wilson! ,iie...bed8,de h*r njptJ?er’ _M,™;
Mis. Jack Goree has been at
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Culliim—of Hamlin, who under-
id Mr^mSe^amenT^lLi'venl surK«ry in the Stamford^
Huffaker, returned homo ' ^^“^'^^T^ilnued a
Mr! and Mr*. Wfkync Di fstcill ’ }fri< s of sermons on the Ten
and Larry of Panhandle ^pent } ommaindments Sunday
tfi* week-end with Mr. and Mrs.! ink' uud evening, aslr}K 0 c .
mand, "Honor Thy Father and
Mol her" and “Thou 'Shatt Not
And the smartness of up-to-the-minute stream-
lined styling gives you a clear, unobstructed view
the vision you need to do a good clean plow-
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ing or cultivating job.
For your comfort tb
John Driskill and Elsie. j
Mr. Henry Irving of Stamford
visited “Grartny” Holldway Mum
day afternoon.
Mr. Robert Williams of Stow
art, Va. who has been visiting
his cousin, Mrs. R. L. Hines, has
gone to visit another cousin,
Matt Williams of Plains, Tbxax.
-Thi* is his first visit west and
he eays-he^ likes these^plama of
Texas Immensely. - , .
New Hope
By Bethie Sue Lindsey
Kill.’’ Next Sunday the ’subject
will bo “Thou Shalt Not Commit
Adultery” and "ThoU Shalt Not
Steal."
The sponsors and leaders gave
an inspirational mission program
in o|wn assembly for BTU. There
was an increase in both services..
Dinnef Quests in the A. B.
Lindsey home Sunday were Ilev.
; apd Mrs. H. S. Hinson, MrS.'Copc
jiynd.and Mark Wayne Hinson'Of
i Stamford, Mrs. Dee Agee, Will
| If. Agee and Wanda Nell Lindsey
of Avoca. Other visitors in the
for your comfort there's the new Velvet Ride
Seat... a smooth, unruffled ride that.does away
with the aggravating pains of "tractor back" . . .
leave* you feeling fresh at the end of the day.
Yes, power, dependability, comfort . . . youi
new Massey-Harris has them all.., and econom-
ical performance thab means real dollars-and-
cents fuel savings for you.
Stop in at our store soon. Let's talk over th»
advantages of a Masney-Hanis for your farm.
Remember, there's a 3ize for every farm.
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th Anfon on bulkiest; Monday, jc. Willis and daughters, Carey
1 Mrs: Mattie Reid went tu But-1 Sue and Xvonne qi^Anson, Mr.
falo jGap Tui-sday for a treat-land Mi's. Frank Agee and daugh-
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jnegU. AVw; J ter, Twinnetie of Avoca. ;
- Mi4. Chhs. VV’al*h Sr. and Mjs.j Mr. ad Mrs, I. O. Hughes of
Ffoy Benton kOre in ’ Stamford wislted Mn and Mrs. i
Tuesday khoppilig. , , E. F. Terrell Sunday .
Mr. and Mrs-. A. R. neitq wvrel Rev. Joe Temple preached ut[
in AhUunt- Tuesday to meet (Layr (lie school auditorium Sunday
dwugi’itei’. Baib.na Bc,tu 'eveninf. , r "
who returned from ij ‘niamSgiv- -SeWiev* are held here _
>Jt“ BUli. MjjjLliLLJ_ar 'l Sunllay^-aftefiiodn at 3 o'clock,
friends In S*ui Anhyni/ and Saif' Everyone is Invited to attend;
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