The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1948 Page: 4 of 16
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JACKSON’S CAFE
The fliinpr
Is Now Serving Lunches Each Day As
Well As Special Dinners On Sundays—
AT REASONABLE PRICES
Your Business Appreciated
J MILES OCT ON SAN SABA HIGHWAY
OPEN 7:00 A. M. TO 12:M P. M.
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Mills County
Veterans’ Vo-
cational School!
I The district meeting for agri-
culture teachers which met at
(I Comanche last week Was at-
tended by the Instructors of our
school. It was an interesting and
Instructive session Three gen-
eral topics pertaining to farm
management were studied. Pint,
'a demonstration for blood tost
In chickens; second, a discus-
sion of diseases of Uvestodl;
and third, the organisation of
the Texas rarm Bureau. This
last topic was a very Interest-
ing address by Mr. J. Walter
Hammond, president of Texas
Farm Bureau.
Also, on Tuesday of this week,
our agriculture teachers. Mr
Ford. Mr Bumr ahd Mr. Car-
others attended a meeting at
Brown wood They report a very
Interesting program on that oc-
casion.-Mr. Ford gave a demon-
stration of “Purdue'' Soli and
)• content of plants The test Is to
Mrs. S. R. Walton of Odd- determine the nitrate, phos-
GOLDTHWAITE P.T. A
The Ooldthwalte P. T. A met
In a celled meeting Wednesday.
February 25
The Regular program for Feb-;
, uary the 11th was used The
Ooldthwalte Band played a few
numbers and Judge Patterson
' was the speaker
In our business meeting there
ors of this division throughout
the district which Is composed
of several adjoining counties.
We expect about 35 to 40 tcacn-
ers to be tn attendance and we
are looking forward to a good
meeting.
Mr. Locklear, the T & L In-
structor, took his class on an
educational trip to observe the
work of a saw mill which is lo-
and was*a"rising vote of t'hanls'giv-
^riSaba. We imagine ‘here are | pn Mr ^ the Com-
a good number of people about mUalonfrs CMjrl for the dlrt
this TAin ty who did not. know of
■uch a mill. They discussed the
poasfbUity of local timber for
milling projects In this section.
It proved to be Interesting to
those who made the trip.
We are glad to report that
new students are being enrolled
In all departments and they are
always welcome. At present the
Vocational School is In 'great
need of one more Instructor for
agriculture.
that was given, hauled and
scattered on the grounds.
Other business was to elect s |
nominating committee Mrs E
T Fatrman. Chairman; Miss
Love Oatlln and Mrs Ed OUllamJ
We also discussed a_ tea for
the Home Makers Class We were
th*Q_>dJbumed.
Regular P. T. A meets the1
10th of March.
‘‘was bom January' 24,
1876 lrj Johnson County, Texas,
and died February 28. 1948 In
Bk own wood. She was 72 years
of age.
Mrs Montgomery moved to
MHIs County sixty years ago
and resided here until her death.
In 1930 she was convened and
mb ted with the Baptist Church
at Liberty. ^
Preceding her ln'cje'ath Is her
husband. John Thomas Mont-
•omery, who passed away Sep-
tember 23. 1921
The deceas' 1 is survived by
Bar sons, o. T„ o. D.. E. L.t J.;
H., and H. K- all of Cleburne, and j
X. T. and J. C. of Big Spring; J
daughters, Ira or Slaton. Mrs
T. C. Perry of Browr.wood. Mrs
W. L. Stephens o 1 - Dallas,
Mrt. Joseph ler- Mrs. S. R. Walton of Gold-determine Die-nitrate, 'pheis- weeks, was reported as showing
rthwalte and one brother, John and potassium content of a slight improvement
A*, montgomery Denning of Sanger. -Her de-ii Plants. By this test one can learn
Mrs. Joseph Caidonia Mont-'^erdentslhciude'29 grandchild-i, the deficiency of these minerals
........ born January' 24, ren and 15 great grandchildren 'ln the soil and suggest correc-
The funeral services were con- j[tion to be made. There are three
ducted from the Center City common methods practiced In
Methodist Church at 2: 30 p. m. this sectloy for supplying these
on February 29, with Rey minerals. • One method Is to
Joseph L. Emery, minister of the N Plant legumes for cover crop or
local Baptist church, in charge, j pasturp. A sec.ond method Is to
Fairman - Wilkins Funeral I add Barnyard manure. And a
Home of Ooldthwalte had charge :j third Is to apply .commercial
Chapoell Hill—
By PEARL CRAWFORD
We all enjoyed the warm Sun-
shine and big rain
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bramblett
visited Mr. and Mrs T. V Stev-
ens last Sunday afternoon
Mr Berry, who has been .WJW>- .TWted.ltt.
.In a JfrownwoodKaspltid several J Crawford home were; Mr
• *1 nn/i lire fl P DvIaa a# irllnn.
Pleasant Grove-
By EDITH COVINGTON
The high wind and heavy
rain last week did considerable
damage In this community to
property and roads
arrangements.
I fertilisers. Soils
In'this
section
Mr and Mrs. Chas Miller are
entertaining a grandson this
week. Charles Thomas is the in-
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. "Thur-
man Head of Lometa. Those
who visited the families Sunday
afternoon were; Mr and Mrs
BUI Vlrden, Jude Miles and
family and Mrs. L. B Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kenser and
To Plait A Garde*
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Enjoy Fresh Vegetables
Your Garden This Spring and Su
mer — Grow An Extra Supply,
Vegetables and Put Them In Yo
Frozen Food Locker. Enjoy Fre
Vegetables This Summer, Fall An
Winter.
and Mrs. O. C. Price of Arling-
ton, California, Mr. and Mrs. R.
J. Schindler of Bangs. Mr and
Mrs. N. C. Karnes and son,
MildYed and Edwin Stevens, Mr
grid Mrs. A L. Crawford and
Wm G and B F. Humphries
B. J and Pearl Crawford. Mr
and Mrs. O. C. Price were din-
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs Jim
Evans and Mr and Mrs O A.
Evans. Others who called In
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We Offer You COMPLETE F«c
ities In CURING MEATS — Fr
Slaughtering To Packaging,
Labeling*.
Children of Gorman visited the th* E^an* home Sunday after
_ i are usually deficient In nitrogen
George Sweeney and son Geo, !j111(1 Phosphate. Other teste and_______
Jr. of AbUene came through demonstrations will be conduc-l*^, children.
Goldthwaite Sunday. George, Jr ted throughout the county as'
returned to Austin where he Is soon 15 crops have made sufflc-
a student in the University. The lent ?rowth to permit proper
Sweeneys stopped for a short analysis Some teste have al-
Chas Hall family recently.
Mr and Mrs Will Jeffery of
Odessa spent ft few, days with
t Perry of Ooldthwalte andj
. Ora Bell Jones of Llano. ‘
Is also survived by one sis-
visit with Mr. 8weeney’s aunt,
Mrs Henry Martin.
"Driftwood" has Laughter and
tears. Thrills and Throbs—Sun-
Mrs ! day and Monday at the Melba.
Lucille Fairman left last Fri-
day for a 10 days visit with her
sisters In Florida. ’’ '
ready been made In different
'sections of the county.
Distributive Education Teach-
1 ers will meet In Goldthwaite
this week, Friday, March 5th.
This is our regular bi-weekly
Teacher-Trainer Conference pnd
will be attended by all lnstruct-
Ewy&oJ/s coming since igoCmy
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use Duo
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Miss Lola Bell Wi'.kev return-
ed to school this week after
being out a week with a badly
sprained ankle.
Mr and Mrs. Hubert Berry
spent the week-end with his
parents and other relatives.
Mrs. Carl Darden and family
noon were, Mr and Mrs J S
Ivy, Misses Mirle. Ruth. Ruby
and Bob Reynolds, Mr and Mrs
A L. Crawford and Wm O
Mr. and Mrs G. C. Price 'went
home with the Crawfords and
spent the night They enjoyed
Monday In town together.
Walter Conner visited with O
A Evans Friday and helped Mr
Evans crank his car.
Mr. and Mrs. A L. Crawford
of Eelton called on Mrt Coving- and Wm O were dinner guests :
ton Sunday afternoon Herman 01 Mrs. R A Stevens and Miss
Griffin also called on her.
Several from here attended
funeral services at town fo~
William O. Featherston
Mr and Mrs Glen Armstrong
spent Sunday with he: mother
and brothers.
Lola Sunday,
Locker Corp,
The Goldthwaite
H. D. Club .
The Goldthwaite H D
met with Mrs Oma Robertson
February 24
The Club opened the meeting
1 “God Bless America ''
dark mahogany
mahogany finish. Single-button rec-
ord changer plays 12 records. You
can L1FT-OL T the radio a"'1 •"'•••» it
in anywhere in the hou
A real 2 in 1 instrument!
AGGIE VICE-PRESIDENT
CORPUS CHRISTI— Aubrey by singing
Burkes, formerly of Ooldthwalte
and a sophomore at the Univer-
sity of Corpus Chrtsti, was elec-
ted vice-president of the Aggies
at their recent meeting.
Other officers are: B. R. Rich-
ardson. Taft, president; Max
Johnson, Taft, secretary; Janies
Cherry. Kerrviile. treasurer; Rex
Brumlpy. Falfurrtas, reporter;
t Nelson Smith, Mercury, parlla- tlon Expansion, Recreation and
mentarian Marlon White. Cor- Finance
pus Chrlstl, yell leader; Curtis We elected Mrs Famborough
K. Byrd, Center Point, watch as a candidate for a delegate to
dog; T. F. Richardson. Chester go to the F H D A District
•ong leader, John L. Atkins, Meeting at Meridian We also
advisor. i voted to pay into" the F H D A
———o—- Fund.
—Eagle Want Ads Get Results— Our Library Committee was
appointed with Mrs. Blake a*; Mr and Mrs Brock
chairman land* and Orandmpthe
^acolt w;ts leader for our i spent- Tuesday tn Brow
programT alter which we pre- Mrs Mary Wlnsor
sented Mrs MeCombs with two home Saturday from Sai
where she spent the win!
her sister. Mrs Willie
1 iod. our hostess served a deli-
cious salad plate.
, v. j We will meet next time with
be happy to have | Mr, Jukji
table lamps
After a short recreation per-
The roll call was answered by
each one telling "How I Care
for my Clothing." There were
twelve members and Mrs Haen-
isch present; Mfs Huddleston
sent in her request for member-
ship We will be happy to have, Mr„ .___ — .
her for a member ! ^rs JJ** as hoste“
Committees were appointed | Mrs ,^ve ">-hc»t*u.
for Exhibit, Marketing, Educa-
day at Use Melba Thratn]
Don't miss "Dnftva
Great Picture with than
"Something"—Sunday Ui|
Billy Saylor of Port
spent the week-end
Mr and Mrs Amos Herrington parents, Mr and Mn
and Mr. and Mrs. Royfard Her
rington and chUdren, Mary Kay
and James Ray, of Carlton, Tex-
as. spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs Oscar Hill.
“Driftwood '—A human, heart
warming story—Sunday and
Monday at -the Melba Theatre.
Saylor.
"Driftwood" has that I
Punch—Those Tears aadl
ter—Sun. and Monday. I|
Melba Theatre.
Billie Ray Armstrong.'
attending Junior Coller M
redo. Is liking his school'
S*d»t***l$ Westin^iouse
LITTLE JEWEL ^ lui lown
It’s a console radio in cap- on all ndeg... ideal' for end
sale form with power and tables or crowded i
tone you’ll have to hear to Retractable dim
believe. handle. Green an'
Only .. styled gold, ivory and j
Wes ti n|hqS§fe
BIG FIRE SALE
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OF GROCERIES
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Barnes And McCullough
Lumber Company
‘•'EVERYTHING TO BUILD ANYTHING”
Archer Grocery
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The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1948, newspaper, March 5, 1948; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060476/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.