Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1952 Page: 4 of 16
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SOUTHWESTERN
TIMES
Thursday, March 20, 1952
SOUTH WESTER
Published Every Thursday for the Residents of West University Place,
Southside Place, Bellaire, Braeswood, Southampton,
Southgate and Adjacent Area.
(Official Publication for the Cities of West University
Place, Bellaire and Southside Place)
IltVIN H. BRACKMAN...............................................................Editor and Publisher
SAM KEEPER........................................................................................Managing Editor
MARIE DAUPLAISE..............................................................................Associate Klli[,„
GEORGE DeMENT..........................................................Advertising Manage.
NATHAN BRIEN.......................,....................................................Circulation Manager
Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 12, 1944, at the Post Office
at Houston, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription $1.50 a Year
Advertising Rates On Request
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 20, 1952
Horn Youngsters Ready For Show
Mrs. Vernon B. Scott, director
of the Horn School “Children’s
Style Show” to be given Tues-
day, announced “everything is
Gardening...
WHAT TO DO
THIS MONTH
BOB SUGGS Says:
"Now is the time to feed azaleas and
Camellias the organic plant food they
need at this time of year. It is also
time to prune and feed crepe myrtle
and other flowering shrubs."
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ready for Monday’s dress re-
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Children selected to model have
been fitted by Mrs. Hall of the
Wee Modem Shop in Bellaire.
Piano and organ music will fur-
nish background for the junior size
models.
Cooperating with the Mothers’
Club of Horn, which is sponsoring
the show, is Teas Nursery, who
will furnish floral decorations. The
steps leading to the school stage
are the result of the combined la-
bors of the Glosson Lumber Com-
pany and Bennett Home Improve-
ment Company.
The large Easter baskets to be
placed about the stage are gifts of
Mrs. H. C. Millender, and miscel-
laneous decorations were furnished
by Haley’s Incorporated. Tickets
are being donated by the Cole
Printing Company, and Mrs. F. D.
Rahm, an interested grandmother,
is donating the custodian’s fee.
District 11 Leaders
To Meet Next Week
Two District 11 meetings have
been scheduled for next week in
the home of Mrs. Wiley Foster at
3828 University Boulevard.
N £ 1 y elected neighborhood
chairmen from the district, which
takes in the St. Vincent’s, Persh-
ing, Mark Twain and West Uni-
versity neighborhoods, will be held
at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 27. On
Frinday, March 28 at 10 a.m., new-
ly elected organization chairmen
will meet.
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Miss Mary Jo Cunningham, La-
mar graduate, was honoree at a
tea March 8 given by her moth-
er, Mrs. A. G. Moore, at their
home, 3755 Georgetown. About
125 guests called during the aft-
ernoon. Houseguests included Miss
Barbara Potter, Miss Carolyn
Wynne and Miss Joan Ervin. As-
sisting in serving were Miss Kath-
arine Heiser and Miss Ann L.
Armour, Mrs. J. L. Armour of
Yoakum, Mrs. Jack Clark of Bry-
an, Mrs. H. C. Edgar of Edinburg
and Mrs. C. S. Redford.
* * *
A pink tea March 8 honored
two prospective Lamar graduates,
Miss Cynthia Ann Wheeler and
Miss Betty Claire Fontaine. It was
given by their mothers, Mrs. Leroy
J. Wheeler and Mrs. John Fon-
taine, in Mrs. Wheeler’s home at
3215 Sunset Boulevard. Assisting
were Mrs. W. P. Cloyd, Mrs.
George Nichols and Mrs. Mabel
Clapp.
* * *
Mrs. Gereine Nitschman of 3402
Plumb, president of the Pladium
Drive-In Grocery
To Open Offices
In WUP Center
A Dallas drive-in food market
firm is extending its operations to
Houston, with headquarters slated
to be built in West University
Place. The firm, the 7-Eleven Food
Stores, has purchased a 150 by 145
foot tract on Edloe in the West
University Shopping Center, from
which the Houston area operations
will be directed.
The firm is already constructing
a store in the 3600 block of Bis-
sonnet.
In addition, the firm has pur-
chased three other tracts, with one
store scheduled to open today.
All in all, the leaders of the or-
ganization, Joe C. Thompson and
G. Allen Penniman, both of Dallas,
expect to open 50 of the shops in
the Houston area during the next
two years. A total investment of
$2,000,000 will be represented.
DAGGETT and RAMSDELL
• COSMETICS •
FULLER HAIR BRUSHES
Territory: S. Main to Auden
South of Univarsity Blvd.
J. ARTHUR BROWN
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A recent luncheon at the Petro-
leum Club honored Miss Joan and
Miss Jane Ryba and Miss Betty
Jo Beaird, prospective graduates
of Lamar High School. Hostesses
were Miss Jacqui Ferguson and her
mother, Mrs. Jack Ferguson. Fif-
teen guests were present, includ-
ing the mothers of the honorees,
Mrs. Frank E. Ryba and Mrs. Ben
Beaird.
* * *
Miss Gayle Jenkins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Jenkins of
3752 Elmora, has been honored
with two luncheons recently. Miss
Jenkins is another prospective June
graduate of Lamar High School.
Her aunt, Mrs. E. L. Seastrand,
gave a lyncheon in the Ship Ahoy
restaurant and Mrs. W. E. Meerem
honored Miss Jenkins at the Pine
Forest Country Club.
* * *
The regular meeting of the
Pershing Junior High School ex-
ecutive board of the P.-T. A. will
be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. R. E. Hansen, 3783
Ingold.
Mrs. John Blassingame was hon-
ored recently with a pre-bridal
miscellaneous shower given by
Mrs. George Parks and Miss Geor-
gena Parks. Scene of the shower
was Mrs. Park’s home at 2211
Sunset Boulevard. Mrs. Blassin-
game is the former Miss Nancy
Overstreet, who was married re-
cently in the Central Church of
Christ.
Senior Bowling League will attend
the seventeenth annual state tour-
nament being held in San Antonio
from March 7 through April 6.
Piano pupils of Mrs. H. F. De-
lany were presented in a recital
Sunday, March 9, in the Recre-
ation Hall of the West University
Methodist Church. Taking part
were Sue Webb, Nancy Webb, Lyn-
ette Cornitius, Sue Wendt, Judy
Fritico, Michael Dalton, Carole
Ann Wilson, Patricia Baxter, C. K.
Finnell Jr., Maxine Thurmond and
Ann McDaniel.
* * *
Two Bellaire women, Mrs. S. O.
Schapper of 4903 Palmetto and
Mrs. Ray Camper of 4912 Beech,
both members of the Gala Garden-
ers, won a gold ribbon at the In-
ternational Flower Show for their
arrangement built around a Mex-
ican theme with a score of .99.
* * *
Members of the Gala Gardeners
of Bellaire will make a pilgrimage
Tuesday to the home of an organic
gardener, Mrs. H. C. Hurlock. They
I will go to lunch afterwards at the
‘ MacGregor House.
* * *
A member of the Southampton
Garden Club, Mrs. C. E. Cummin
of 2201 Tangley, won a blue and
a gold ribbon at the International
Flower Show for her arrangement
about the Spanish influence in the
Texas Six Flags division. Her score
was 98.5.
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Brackman, Irvin H. Southwestern Times (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1952, newspaper, March 20, 1952; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth578201/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.