The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1983 Page: 2 of 6
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P. 0, Box 250 Kerens, Texas 75144
Telephone 214/396-2261
USPS 293-680
EDITOR: Donna York
STAFF: Carla York
Nora Lee May
The Kerens Tribune (USPS 293680) is
published weekly except for the week
following Christmas by the Kerens
Tribune, 116 S. Colket, Kerens, TX
75144. Subscription rates are $6.00
in Navarro County; $7.00 elsewhere in
Texas and $8.00 outside Texas. Se-
cond-class postage paid at Kerens,
Texas. POSTMASTER: Send address chan-
ges to Kerens Tribune, P. 0. Box 250,
Kerens, TX 75144. Copy for the Tri-
bune is set with no regard for proper
hyphenation to facilitate typing and
for improved appearance. The Tribune
office closed most of Thursdays and
all of Friday afternoons.
Kerens Tribune
May 12, 1983
feRe vs Comwc* J'&ount&s Obituaries
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Now serving lunches and don't
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Phone 396-2259
396-7183
Highway 31 E.
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OWNER
Res- (214) 396-7116
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118 S. COLKET
321 N. 12th
KERENS TEXAS 75H4
CORSICANA, TEXAS 75110
(214) 396-2952
(214) 872-6811
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
St Ama and Amy of Lu-
fkin came by for
Mrs. R. W. St Ama
Saturday and they
all enjoyed a nice
day at Navarro Mills
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Baxter of Dallas sp-
ent Sunday with Mrs.
Frances Sullivan and
Mrs. Hazel Stevenson.
They all enjoyed lun-
ch at Harbor House
on Cedar Creek Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Hill of Mt. Plea-
sant spent Mother's
Day weekend with Mrs.
Ruby Iva Hill and
also visited other
relatives.
Mrs. Mabel Williams
of Winters is spend-
ing several weeks
with her sister, Mrs.
Dixie Johnson. Tue-
sday visitors with
them were a brother,
Charlie Downing,
and his daugher, Ch-
arlene Vincent of
Quinlan. Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Brown of White-
house spent the day
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Baker and son, Blake
Gene, of Palestine
spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Wasson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Bain were in Steph-
enville Friday and
Saturday where they
attended the track
meet. Sunday visitors
in the Bain home were
Bobby, Kay and Season
Bain of Cayuga.
Mr. and Mrs. W, R.
Ullman of Plano came
here Friday to get
Mrs. J. A. Paschal;
they all spent the
weekend in College
Station with Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Graham and
son.
The Buster Atkeisson
family spent Mother's
Day with the Billy
Stokes in Brownsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Quinn and two sons
of Longview spent
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mortgage money is more readily available,
your home-owning prospects are good.
First State
Bank0,Kerens
Phone 396-2223
Member F.D.I.C.
Kerens, Texas
the Mother's Day
weekend in Kerens
with Mrs. Loyd Quinn.
Robert B. Ford and
Mrs. Annie B. Witt
his grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret DeJarnett.
Joyce Lockhart has
recently returned
from a visit with
Lynn and Tim Merrell
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Tramel of Corsicana
and Tommie Glenn Tr-
amel of Ft. Worth.
............... ..... Delores Rogers of
of Grand Prairie were Houston spent the we- in Pboenix, Arizona,
home with their moth- ekend with her moth- Before returning to
er, Mrs. Lena Wilkin- Kerens, she and Lynn
s. They also visited
her relatives in Cor-
R. E. M0SIER
of the Baptist church
and had received two
Purple Hearts while
serving in World War
R. E. Mosier, 70,
of Powell, died Sat-
urday in the Veterans II.
Administration Hospi- Survivors include
tal in Waco.
er, Mrs. Bob Ford,
to honor her on her
day.
A. J. Allred and Mr.
and Mrs. N. C. Car-
son.
Mike Herring of Ft.
Worth spent Sunday
and Sunday night with Air Force.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN MEET IN HOME
OF MRS. LAURETTE KITTLEY
Children helping Ag- sicana, Mr. and Mrs.
nes Bruner have a
good day Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Dwain
Bruner of Stephen-
ville and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bruner
and Charles of Hills-
boro.
Mike and Debbie Hill
and children of Sul-
phur Springs were
visitors Sunday with
Mrs. W. A. Hill.
Mrs. John Amend of
Dallas spent Friday
with Mrs. Ella Stev-
enson. She is a gra-
nddaughter. Ella's
son, Herbert Steven-
son, of Dallas came
for a visit on Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay
spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. H.
D. Hulan in Upland,
California. Lynn re-
turned to Kerens for
a short visit while
Tim continues his
training with the
Services were held
Tuesday at Corley
Funeral Home chapel
in Corsicana with
the Rev. Harium Har-
his wife, Mrs. Jessie
Mae Mosier of Powell;
three sons, David Lee
Melton of Kerens, Ch-
arles Melton of Buf-
falo and Robert Mel-
ris officiating. Bur- ton of High Island
ial followed at Ham- and l4 grandehild-
ilton-Beeman Cemetery ren.
The United Methodist
Women met in the home
of Mrs. Laurette
Kittley.
In the absence of
Mrs. Hester Kent,
Mrs. Kittley presided
over the meeting. Th-
ere were ten members
present and two vis-
itors: Miss Ethel
Musick of Temple were Inmon and Mrs. Jewell
Mother's Day guests Hutson.
in the home of Mrs.
Jennie McClung. Jen-
nie is their adopted
mother.
Mrs. Iona Lowe was
with her daughter and
her family, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Thompson,
in Frisco to celebr-
Following roll call
and a reading of the
minutes, Mrs. Iona
Lowe gave the trea-
surer' s report.
Mrs. Lowe was leader
of the program, "Many
Kinds of Parents"
was the topic.
Jewell Hutson, Mary
ate Mother’s Day.
Mrs. B. P. Berry sp- Rea, Jennie Duncan,
ent Sunday in Arling-
ton with Mr. and Mrs.
Dad Berry and Nath-
Ella Stevenson and
Jennie McClung assis-
ted with the program.
Katherine Henderson
also gave a part
entitled "Helping Ch-
ildren in Alaska."
Miss Inmon was call-
ed on for prayer.
The study topic for
this month was "Div-
ersity and Division
in the Early Church-
es." This was given
by Mrs, Kittley. The
second part, given
by Mrs. Jennie McCl-
ung was entitled
"Bible Images of New
Churches."
The meeting closed
with a prayer given
by Mrs. Rea.
in Corsicana.
He was a native of
Henderson, a retired
carpenter, a member
DOROTHY JEAN SPEED
Mrs. Dorothy Jean
Speed, 6l, died Sat-
urday, May 7 in Vi-
ctoria after a long
illness.
Born July 25, 1921,
in Kansas City, Mis-
souri, she was a
member of Baptist
Temple Church.
Services were held
Monday at Colonial
Members of the VFW
Post 4133 of Trinidad
served as pallbearer-
s.
her husband, Grady
W, Speed of Victoria;
three daughters, Ed-
ith Odom of Sealy,
Judy Jo Burton of
Taft and Jean Ellen
Harlan of Muleshoe;
two sons, Richard B.
Speed of Lake Jack-
son and Michael A.
Speed of Victoria;
two sisters, Marjorie
Youngman of Georgeto-
wn and Betty Vernon
Gardens Chapel with of Beaverton, Oregon;
the Rev. J. V. Helms 11 grandchildren and
officiating. ■ a great-grandchild.
Burial followed in She was the daughter-
the Colonial Gardens in-,law of the late
Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Survivors include Speed of Kerens.
an.
Weekend visitors in
the A. L. Saunders
home were Mr, and
Mrs. IHton Davis and
son of Nacogdoches,
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Hunger of Dallas and
Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Stathara and son of
Kerens.
METHODIST RUTH CIRCLE MEETS IN HOME
OF MRS. LAURETTE KITTLEY
The Wayne Kittley
home was the meeting
place for the Ruth
Circle of the First
United Methodist Ch-
uch on Wednesday
night, May 5.
Mary Frost, chair-
as smaller ones are
needed.
The title for dis-
cussion this year has
been "Search for Re-
ality", and the pro-
gram for May was "The
Restored Man" which
was given by Nora
T-Bone’s
Garage
ALL TYPE GENERAL REPAIRS
Hiway 31
396-7109
T . man, opened the meet- 5T .7? 7 .
er, Mary Rea, on Sun- * clipping
day from her mother's
treasures.
The minutes of the
previous meeting
were read and roll
Ophelia Gray and
Joe Richardson met
Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Gray at their lake ,, . , ,
hone in Bowie on Fri- cal1 F ^ the
day for a visit. They secretary, Donna
returned to Ft. Worth glfton, which was
for a short visit
with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ellis.
Mother's Day guests
in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Chester
Tramel were a daught-
er, Helen : Ruth Jo-
hnson and her family
of Tyler and two sons
and their families,
followed by the trea-
surer's report given
by Francine Berry.
The Sunshine Commit-
tee Chairman, Lauret-
te Kittley, gave her
report on cards sent
to shut-ins and ill
people in the commun-
ity.
The Circle voted to
buy the material and
make new robes for
the candle lighters
taken from John, Ro-
mans and Chronicles.
After the closing
prayer Laurette
served delicious fr-
osted cokes and a
time of fellowship
was enjoyed by the
group.
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SONNY'S BACKH0E SERVICE
KIWANIANS HEAR PROGRAM ON HIGH EL00D
PRESSURE AND WAYS TO COMBAT IT
Members of the Ker-
ens Kiwanis Club had
their blood pressure
checked Wednesday mo-
rning, as part of a
special program on
health care brought
by Mrs. Clarence Bi-
chell, registered
nurse at the Memori-
al Hospital.
Mrs. Bichell told
members of the club
some of the causes of
high blood pressure
and ways of combat-
ting it with diet,
exercise and medica-
tion. At the conclu-
sion of her talk, she
invited club members
to have their pressu-
re checked.
The Scholarship Com-
mittee, headed by
George Jett, preport-
ed that two students
would be selected
next week to receive
the $300 scholarship-
s.
G&i) (iffiii)
IsjRSl Ts/tp1
Roller skating was introduced to America by
James L. Plimpton in 1863. He invented the four
wheel skate, which worked on rubber pads.
STOCK-UP SALE
IDEAL SWEET ROLLS, 8 oz...........$ .69
DR. PEPPER, 7-UP, 2 liter........ 1.09 + tax
COCA-COLA, DIET COKE & SPRITE
2 liter.......................... 1.09 + tax
DEL MONTE WHOLE KERNEL CORN, 17 oz 2/89^
LUCKY LEAF APPLE JUICE, 32 oz..... ,89
Mrf/i
ton.........
FRESH GREEN ONIONS, bundle____ $ .39
KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN BEANS... .49 lb
BAG OF TEXAS ORANGES, 5 lbs... 1.59
RED DELICIOUS-APPLES...........59 lb
BORDEN'S BUTTERMILK.......$1.12 1/2 gal
BORDEN'S FRUIT DRINK...... 1.09 gal
BORDEN'S ICE CREAM
OR SHERBET.......... I.99 1/2 gal
FRESH GROUND BEEF...........
CALF LIVER..................
.. .89 lb
CHICKEN FRIED STEAK PATTIES.
.. 1.59 lb
PRESSED HAM.................
AMERICAN CHEESE, sliced.....
SALAMI......................
SALT JOWLS..................
Wild
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PURINA CAT CHOW, 4 lbs............$2.59 + tax
Prices Effective
May 13, Ik & 16
OWNER: Joe Baxter
OPEN: 7:30 a.m.
CLOSE: 6 p.m.
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York, Donna. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1983, newspaper, May 12, 1983; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1053155/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Kerens Public Library.