Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 1941 Page: 3 of 8
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Phillips And Borger To Be Judged
Separately This Year; Deadline Set
Holiday-minded citizen* who wish to spread Christ-
mas cheer by entering the Hotter Homes and Garden club's
Peooruting ( out1 may do so this year by ornamentnig
their yard, root, porch or doors, according to the new set
of rules released today by
Mrs. B. J. Smith, general
chairman of this year’s con-
test .
This year prizes will be for the
best first, second and third resi-
dential district in Phillips; the
first, second and third business
and professional district 'which
includes only those within the
city limits of Borger); and a first,
second and third prize for Bor-
ger and surrounding camp resi-
dences.
Entries will not be divided into
classes, such as porches, doors,
etc., but will be iudged in the
entirety for uniqueness, original -
lodges will he asked to motor out-
side the city limits,
All Phillips entries must be
mailed to Mrs. Norman Perkins
Hn* 177. Phillips.
A Lb ENTRIES MUST BE IN
BY SATURDAY. DEC. 20, at 0
P M.
Judges will be from out of the
city and their names will be re-
leased to the press after the final
announcements.
The following rules must be
and other points later to be strictly adhered to:
Everyone, with exception of
previous prizewinners, is eligible
to compete. This includes mem-
bers of the Garden club.
Judging will be based on the
following: originality, 10 per
cent; general artistic effect, 20
per cent; ingenuity in utilizing
surroundings, 10 per cent; con-
formity to the Christmas spirit,
50 per cent; size, 10 per cent.
Everyone competing for prizes
must mail in an entry blank found
elsewhere in this paper.
Senior Queen
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mentioned.
Entries In Borger are to be
divided into divisions. First and
Main streets being in one division,
and from first and Main street
north in the second division. If
enough prizes are secured these
sections will be divided into two
divisions, Main street being the
dividing line. The Negro section
will also be judged.
All camps within a radius of
5 miles, with 5 or mure entries,
will be eligible to compete. There
MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE EN-
TRIES from any camp before
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Missionary Play
To Feature Services
At Christian Church
A missionary play, "Who I
lows In His Train,” will be
tured at tonight's 7:30 o’clock
services at the First Christian
church, with the program in
charge of the women. Scripture
reading will be given by Mrs.
Wallace Jones.
Music will be furnished by Mrs.
W. W. Weddington, Mrs. Oliver
Bales, Mrs. Hall Pendleton and
Mrs. W. W. Gaither.
Characters in the play will in-
clude Mesdames Raymorkl Mays,
Medford Stewart, Yarbrough,
Wroten, Joe Hull, R. J. Bean, and
Jimmy Mltchel.
Acting elders and deacons will
be Mesdames J. W. McBride, R.
J. Bean, Leo Tilley, Joe Hull, Ed-
ward, L. Smith, Fred Stevens,
Fred Cochran, Claude Renick, Ray
Hatley.
Mrs. Fred Stevens and Mrs.
John Rickard are in charge of
properties.
Mrs. Dick is general chairman
of the program, with the Rev.
Wallace Jones scheduled to pro-
nounce benediction.
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Marion Herbst, atractive daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herbst,
is the senior class' entry in the
Band Queen contest underway in
Borger high school.
A senior snake dance down
Borger’s Main street Friday night
launched one of the most inten-
sive campaigns to get a queen on
the school throne in many a year.
Society
Clubs Churches Parties
Borger. Texas
Sunday. December 7, 1941
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School Of Instruction
For Rainbow Girls Slated
Maxine Lewis
Becomes Bride
Of Paul Biggs
A school of instruction for Rain-
bow Girls, the first event of its
kind for the girls in Borger, will
be held next Saturday, Dec. 13,
in the Masonic Temple.
The school will open promptly
at 10 o’clock. Other assemblies
taking part will include Dumas,
Dalhart, Spearman, Perryton, Am-
arillo, Panhandle, Pampa, Miami,
Canadian and White Deer.
A covered dish luncheon will
be held at noon in the banquet
room of the hall. Every local-Rain-
bow Girl is requested to bring
a covered dish for the luncheon.
Three ladies will arrive from
Oklahoma to assist with the
school.
Century Club To
Meet Tuesday
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Sanford P.-T. A.
To Buy Playground
Equipment, Lights
! The executive body of the San-
| ford P.-T. A met Tuesday eve-
! ning with Mrs. D. W. Dewiggins
I presiding.
Equipment for the school play-
ground was discussed as a pro-
ject and plans were completed
to buy floodlights for the school
building. R. D. Suiter, school
principal was appointed to com-
plete the arangements and in-
stallation.
It was decided to finance the
building of cupboards for lunch-
es in the first, second, sixth and
seventh grade rooms. A check on
school supplies for underpriv-
ileged children was made and
will be furnished.
Grade A was given the asso-
ciation at the state convention
for work last year and a blue rib-
bon for the summer round-up
program.
The finance committee met
Thursday evening to discuss ways
and means of making money.
Room Mothers will meet Dec.
9 at the school building. Mrs. W.
; R. Severs will preside The reg-
j ular general meeting will be Dec.
I 15.
Miss Maxine Lewis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lewis of
Hobbs, N. M., became the bride
of Paul F,. Biggs, son of Mrs. H.
C. Biggs of Phillips, on Sunday,
Nov, 23, in the First Baptist
church at Hobbs.
For the occasion the bride wore
a soldier blue, fur-trimmed cos-
tume suit with black accessories.
The bride's parents were only
attendants for the single ring
ceremony.
After the wedding an infor-
mal dinner was held in the bride's
parents’ home, with the newly-
weds cutting the first piece of the
three-tiered cake.
| Seated were Mr. and Mrs. Earl
I F. Simmons, Mother Evans, Mr.
! and Mrs. Lewis and the bridal
I couple.
A graduate of Classen high
school in 1939, Mrs. Biggs, prior j e,a] session.
to her marriage was secretary to j -
the manager of the chamber of
commerce here.
The bridegroom, who was grad-
uated from Independence, Kans.,
and National School of Business
in Oklahoma City, is employed
in the traffic department at Phil-
lips, where the couple is at home
at 7001.
Each member is requested
bring a gift for the Marlin Pool | cut
Crippled children at Tuesday’s
meeting of the Twentieth Cen-
tury club, in the Federated Club
Rooms at 2:30 o’clock.
Hostesses for the day will be
Mrs. E. R. Nunneley and Mrs.
John F. Kiekbusch.
A sing-song will launch the af-
ternoon’s program, with Mrs. W.
F. Seeger at the piano and Mrs.
Kiekbusch directing.
Mrs. C. A. Carlton will review
A. J. Cronin’s “The Keys of the
Kingdom”, and Mrs L. P. Day
will tell of the “Comparison of
Pan-American Christmases.”
The Spanish class will be held
a half hour previous to the gen-
Bride-Elect Is
Named Honoree By
Co-Workers
Extending pre-nuptial courtesy
to Miss Josephine Hippie, bride-
elect of James Cole Word, jr„ co-
workers of the honoree, who are
employed in the Borger Refinery
of the Phillips Alamo, enter-
tained with a surprise dinner
Thursday night in the Hotel
Black. Hostesses were Miss
Chrystine Ryder and Miss Car-
men Gravitt.
Not until Miss Hippie heard
strains of the "Wedding March,”
being played at the piano by Jer-
ry Moore, did she learn the event
was in her honor.
Facing the bride-to-be was a
miniature bridal couple, standing
against a pink and white sweet
pea-entwined trellis.
The three-tiered pink cake was
by the guest of honor dur-
Mrs. J. M. Ribble has been el-
ected director of Beta Sigma Phi
sorority and will be present at
her first meeting in this capa-
city on Dec. 15.
One of the community’s out-
standing women, Mrs. Ribble is a
member of the Twentieth Century
club, the A. A. U. W. and has
has gained recognition as a
splendid book reviewer.
ing the dinner, served in can-
dlelight.
Places were laid for Mrs. Max
Nuttall, Mrs. Charles Ayres, Nor-
as Jo Dettle, Lila Cunningham,
Vashti Cammack, Molly Bayless, j
Ns'alie Hegdal, Mary Jo Holley,
Thalia Breen, Kathryn Dahlem,
Yvonne GarlancJ, Buel Dine Ken-
drick, Vera Burks, the honoreee
and hostesses.
Unable to be present but as-
sisting with the gift were Mrs.
John Shelton and Jewel Steven-
son.
Ex-Borger Girl
Weds Californian
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Elnora Faye
Kirkpatrick, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Kirkpatrick of Cedar- ,
edge, Colo., an ex-Borgan, to Roy j
Beaver, of Inglewood, Calif.
Vows were exchanged in Las
Vegas, Nev., on Sunday, Nov.
30.
A sister of Mrs. B. Frank Wil-
liams of Borger, Mrs. Beaver has
lived in Borger the last year, re- j
turning only recently to Cedar-
edge.
The bridegrom is the brother of
Louy Beaver of Fritch and went
to the coast about three months
ago.
The newlyweds will live in In-
glewood.
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really
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some to give for present* and
some to keep for your Christ-
mas feasting and entertain-
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Regular meeting of the Better
Homes and Garden club will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in the home of Mrs. J. O.
Vinson, 624 W. Jackson, with
Mrs. G. L. Warren and Mrs. A.
L. Ward as hostesses.
Members are reminded to bring
i a gift for Boys’ Ranch. Anyone
who would like to donate cloth-
ing, food, linen, or anything else
to this worthy cause and wish
to be included in the Christmas
basket, is asked to leave same at
the Cities Service station. Mrs.
A. L. Schmitz is chairman of this
project.
The “Modern Miracle Women,”
will be the afternoon’s theme.
Mrs. W. A. McIntosh will discuss
“Texas Women,” Mrs. A. L. Ward
will speak on “Women Doctors,”
and Mrs. David Curtis "Women
In Politics.”
Mrs. Smilhey Gels
National Notice In
Poetry Anthology
National recognition is accord-
ed the talent of Etta Hart Smith-
ey through acceptance of this lo-
cal poet’s work in the stream-
lined national anthology, "Music
in Miniature,” it was learned to-
day.
This anthology of poems not
longer than ten lines is said to be
the first co-operative, profit- _
sharing anthology ever launched, i ...... „ *
Mrs. Smithey has also been hon- West G’ard
ored with the privilege of invit- ! t‘'’esuw! 1 VVcdne-day in he
j city hall auditorium at 2 o clock.
VFW Auxiliary
Bazaar Three Days
Coming Week
Annual Christmas Bazaar of
the V. F. W. Auxiliary Ladies
will be held next Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday, in the hall.
Not only a bazaar will be fea-
tured, but cooked foods and house
plants will be on hand for sale.
The V. F. W. bazaars are out-
standing Yuletide events and
heretofore have attracted much
attention among Christmas shop-
pers.
Peirolia P.-T. A.
To Buy Xmas Tree
For School
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At the executive meeting of the
1 Petrolia Parent-Teachers Associa-
tion Friday afternoon, plans were
i made to buy a Christmas tree for
the school children.
Mrs. G. F. Whitlow, business
manager of the lunchroom, gave
a report.
The night meeting of the Asso-
ciation will be moved up to the
evening of Dec. 12, and the study j
course meeting will be postponed
until after Christmas.
ing the poets of this vicinity to
submit poems for consideration
for its pages.
Her poem selected for inclu-
sion by the nationally known ed-
itor, Lucia Trent of The Poets'
Embassy, San Antonio, Texas are
entitled: “My Song and "Cour-
age.”
“Most of the world’s remem-
bered, most quoted poems are
probably shorter than eleven
lines,” according to this poet.
“This, the first collection of such
short poems, should -prove again
that poetry can pack a lifetime
thought into a minute’s reading. , - T„„cH.v
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Committees will report and fin-
al plans will be made for the
teachers' annual holiday party.
The Verna K. Group of the
First Baptist church will met at
2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. W. E. Wise-
man, 321 West Adams street.
The advisory board of the
Rainbow Girls will meet at 7
o’clock tomorrow night in the
home of Mrs. Lee Hendren.
A regular meeting of the Rain-
lines can be part of the battle-
lines of democracy. But to be
heeded in the rush poetry does
well to be streamlined, short.”
night at 7 o'clock,
will be featured.
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Clubs
Miss Georgia Crutchfield of
Pampa, visited in the B. M. Webb
home Friday evening.
The Me-’n’U club met Friday
with Mrs. A. R. Robison.
Each guest was presented a
hand-made prize.
Next week’s hostess will be Mrs.
H. H. Maxwell.
Bi-monthly meeting of the
Double Six Bridge club was held
Friday at the Hotel Black, with
a bridge-luncheon on the program.
Hostesses were Mrs. A. W. Mor-
gan and Mrs. Don Matheson.
Enjoying the two-course meal
| were Mesdames Rex Rose, a guest,
and L. C. Young, Sadberry. San-
derson. Andrews, Simpson, Ram-
zy, Foster, Scutter, Hallidav, Ed
Young, Vinson, Redwine, Taylor,
and the hostesses.
High scoring honors went to
Mrs. Young, and second high to
Mrs. Sadberry.
The next hostesses will be Mrs.
Ramzv and Mrs. Redwine.
Mr and Mrs. Hugh Hansen are
I spending tne weekend in Dallas
f with relatives.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 1941, newspaper, December 7, 1941; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth736593/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.