Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957 Page: 3 of 24
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"LIFE BEGINS AT 45" says Tom Wesson, father of three, 49 year old candidate forB. A. Degree
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says Tom Wesson, father of
three, 49 year old candidate
for B. A. degree at Wayland
BaptistCollege and newly call-
ed pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Columbus, New Mex-
ico.
Two days of ceremonies begin
at 10:50 a. m. , May 19, when
Rev. Strauss Atkinson, pastor of
First Baptist Church, Canyon,
delivers the baccalaureate ser-
mon. The Association of For-
mer Students will present Dr.
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Important Anniversary
for the GULF SOI TH
George Stokes, Wayland grad-
uate who now is professor of
speech at Baylor University, at
the 10 a. m. , May 20, chapel
period, which will be followed
by the annua Round-Up busin-
ess meeting and luncheon.
The Board of Trustees meet at
3:30p.m. with commencement
exercises in the Plainview High
School auditorium at 7:30 p. m.
Charles F. Mathews. Superin-
tendent of Plainview Public
Schools, will bring the com-
mencement address.
At the age of 45 Wesson, then
Hospital News
Patients, May 27.
Herman Schiller, Axel Zahr
Z. L. Kemp, Mrs. George L.
Wilson, Mrs. Dove Jeter, Mrs.
John Powell, John Powell,
John Jr., and Charles Powell,
Alvera M. Garza, Daniel
Salazar, T. J. Penson, Daniel
Reyna, Sr..
Johnson to Speak at
June Convention .
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
will speak at the Convention
in Austin, to be held in the
Stephen F. Austin Hotel June
13-15 by the Texas State Fed-
eration of Federal employes.
This will be their seventeenth
annual Convention and the
first time it has been held in
the capital City.
Other speakers of prominence
slated include Gov. Price Dan-
iel; Gen. C.T. Edwinson and
Col. V. E. Murphy from Berg-
strom A. F. B. ; William Fowler,
from the Internal Revenue off-
ice; W. L. Gill, Dallas, from
Office of Civil Service Com-
mission; William Rogers, De-
partment of Labor, also from
Dallas; Alex Simon, Austin
Chapter Disabled American
Veterans.
Federation of Federal employ-
ees of Bergstrom A. F. B. and
Civil service employees from
all parts of Texas will be in
attendance.
Preparation for the Convent-
ion are under way in Austin
directed by State Vice Presid-
ent, Miss Vivian Anderson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ertAnderson, Elgin;R.L. Mon-
roe, president of the Austin
Chapter, and other officers and
members.«
a Lieutenant in the United Sta-
tes Navy, felt that God had
called him to the Christian
ministry. Leaving 27 years of
service career behind him, he ’
was retired from the Navy, in
1954 and immediately began
his college training at Wayland
Baptist College.
During his 27 years in.the
Navy he worked up through the
ranks to the rating of Lieuten-
ant Senior Grade, being’com-
issioned in 1943. After enlist-
ing in the Navy in 1927, Wes-
son traveled far and wide fo ll
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This year marks the diamond jubilee of another
thriving community of the Gulf South. . . Elgin,
Texas. For 75 years, Elgin has grown and pros-
pered, with a vigor and enthusiasm that is typical
of the progressive Gulf South. It is to the credit of
, Elgin citizens that they have recognized the great
« potential of this area and have made the most of
"the opportunities it has offered.
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Elgin Cemetery
Assn. Meets
The Elgin Cemetery Associat-
ion will meet at the home of
Mrs. Ned Carter, with Mrs.
J. I. Parnell, Mrs. Paul Will-
iams, Mrs. Will Condron and
Miss Nell Owens as co-hostess-
es.
All members and interested
friends are cordially invited to
be present at 3 O'clock, Mon-
day, June 3.
4-H Obsrves Rural
Youth Sunday
A representative group of the
McDade 4-H Clubobserved Rur-
alVouth Sunday, May 26, at
the morning service hour at
First Baptist Church in McDade.
Recognized by the minister'
during the service were Margie
Lewis, Juanice Hoermann.
Rebecca Eschberger, Iris Mc-
Phaul, and Mrs. Alvin Esch-
berger, adult leader.
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years, spending four years al-
one in the Far East. He was
converted to Christ in 1938 un-
der the guidance of a dedicated
Christian chaplain. In the lat-
er part of the year he married
Miss Nell Hobbs of Taylor,
Texas. During World War II
he served in the Atlantic Fleet,
working out of Norfolk, Va. .
Mrs. Wesson, the mother of
three, looks at the task of being
a pastor's wife with "fear and
trembling", but she says, "I
believe the Lord will help me
perform His Will. " The three
Wesson children, Tom, 17, Ju-
dy, lo, and Terry, 8, are
' allChristians. Tom, will grad-
uate from Plainview High Sch-
ool four days after his dad grad-
uates from Wayland. Tom,
plans to pursue a career in the
field of chemicals.
It was difficult for Wesson to
return to college and study a-
mong "all those young folks",
but he began in September,
1954 and went right through to
earn his degree in three years.
He has majored in Bible and
minored in history. This year
he has served as secretary-trea-
surer of the Ministerial Allian-
ce.
As of the first of June, Wess-
on will be pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Columbus,
New Mexico. This will be his
second pastorate, having serv-
ed for a year as pastor of the
Center Baptist Church, near
Floydada. While at Center he
had the joy of baptizing his
son, Terry.
Mr. Wesson is the son of Mrs.
p trio Wesson of Elgin, Texas
will be no admission charge.
Everyone is invited.
VAll kinds of food will be a-
vailable at a concession stand.
The main event of the even-
ing will be the presentation of
Vhe new band mascot, who will
be determined by a contest
now in progress. Jars have
been placed in the stores and
Ge public is invited to vote
■ for their choice.
Little beauties now in the .
race are Rita Gail Vickers,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Hy-
lon Vickers; Phyllis Diane
Neidig, daughter of the Alton
Neidigs; Janice Kay Foelmer;
gid ynda Joydene Eschberger.
Any other child, 5 years of
age or under is eligible to en-
ter the contest as this age lim-
0 was decided at the last
meeting of the Boosters. All
you need do to enter a child
is to notify Mrs. Otto Haver-
dand. The more in the cont-
est the merrier the race will
be. The petite Mascot is the
"front" for the band so Mr. &
Mrs. Public, get behind your
Tavorite and give them a high-
steppin' charmer.
The next meeting of the Band
Boosters will be held June 17.
* the lawn at the home of the
president, Mrs. Louis Lundgren,
at 3:00 p. m. All members
taed to attend.
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$ERVNG I H I
We of United Gas are youngsters in Elgi long
history. Yet, fr the more than quarter century
during which we have served Elgin and the Gulf
South, United has become an intrinsic part of the
life of every citizen in thisea. We are proud of
the part natural gas has playeckin developing the
Gulf South. . . we look forward N sharing an im-
portant future with our friends and keighbors here
in Elgin. "\
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Bredlow, Robert L. & Finch, Lena. Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957, newspaper, May 30, 1957; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562298/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.