The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1950 Page: 2 of 6
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THE TEXAS M ESQ XT ITER
PAGE 2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950
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ceiving the Mesquiter each week. I
heard from my family" and friends
but I did appreciate reading the hap-
penings of the home paper after
thanking more than one that I
thought was so kind and thoughtful
for sending me the paper. Since com-
ing home I find it was 'you that I
want to thank and I did appreciate
it so niuch. Thanks a lot. I enjoy
reading the paper every week and
I find Circling Around especially in-
teresting.
Yes I enjoyed my visit in the home
of our grandson very much, but so
glad to get back home even if I was
flat on my back for several days as
a result of a fall the night we came
home.
When passing here would appreci-
ate you stopping some time and chat-
ting awhile.
Mrs. Hattie Bennett
Rev. Marvin Ervin preached at the
Bellview Baptist Church Sunday ev-
ening.
Mrs. Kessel Booker and children
of Toledo, Ohio who are visiting her
mother, Mrs. Lela Hudspeth, attend-
ed the graduation exercises at S.M.U.
Thursday evening and saw Mrs. Hud-
speth receive her Master’s degree.
Two new classes have been added
to Sunday School at Market Road
Baptist making a total of 15 classes.
Teachers of the classes are Mrs. Ru-
by Ervin and Mrs. R. L. Perkins.
Mrs. Lela Hudspeth, teacher in
the Mesquite Elementary School re-
ceived her Master’s Degree at S.M.U.
Thursday evening, August 31. She
majored in elementary education.
Mrs. J. H. Timmons left by plane
this week with her son. Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Timmons for Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hale visited Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Hale in Dallas Tues-
day and Tuesday night.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JAMES E. FROST, Pastor
The pastor will be in the pulpit
both services Sunday, his , subject
Sunday morning being “The Race of
Life’’ with appropriate music furn-
ished by the choir. The evening ser-
mon will be “The Quest of the Best.”
Our services last Sunday were
great with several visitors present.
Attendance throughout the church
has held up remarkably well despite
vacations and illnesses. Great en-
largement plans are underway for
our Sunday School and Training Un-
ion - there’s a place for every mem-
ber of the family in these organiza-
tions.
Opportunities for the week in-
clude:
Sunday—9:45 a.m., Sunday Schol
for all ages; 11:00 a.m., Morning
Worship; 7:15 p.m., Training Union
for all ages; 8:30 p.m., Evening
Worship.
Wednesday—10 a.m., W.M.S. Bi-
ble study with Mrs. Ed Hodges and
G. I. Wooten leading. Regular meet-
ing postponed on account of opening
of public school. 7:45 p.m., .Officer’s
and teacher’s meeting; all W.M.U.
auxiliaries; Sunbeams. 8:15 p.m.,
Prayer meeting and church confer-
ence. 9:00 p.m., Choir rehearsal.
Thursday—Church-wide visitation
program.
Our thanks to each one taking
part in our visitation program each
Thursday evening.
Let’s remember our church-wide
picnic this Friday evening, 6:30 p.m.
at the baseball park. Bring picnic
lunch, drinks and plates will be
furnished. All members and their
guests are invited.
A cordial welcome is extended to
everyone to all of our services. Nur-
sery is kept open for the benefit of
mothers with small children.
Mrs. Dock Williams and nephew,
Duane Moon, spent Thursday in
Terrell visiting with Mr. and Mrs
Dick Jordan.
Mrs. Mae Anderson and Miss Eve-
lyn Anderson of Irving are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Clay McG'aughy.
Mrs. B. E. Thompson left Thurs-
day for Kansas City, Mo. to be with
her father, John Gibson, who is re-
covering from injuries received in a
car crash that killed his wife
The acident that took the life of
Mrs. Thompson’s step-mother occur-
red near Wichita, Kansas when she
lost control of the car while making
a curve.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Vanston and
daughter, Ann. left Thursday via
American Airlines for San Francisco,
California to visit their son, Eddie
Vanston and his wife.
The Texas Mesquiter
CORINNE NEAL COOK
Editor and Publisher
Entered at Postoffice in Mesquite,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
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HICKORY TREE
BAPTIST CHURCH
ARTHUR FREEMAN, Pastor
Spiritually, we were on the moun-
tain-top last Sunday. 305 were pres-
ent in Sunday School. 8 additions
were made in the morning and even-
ing services, four for baptism. Visi-
tation and prayer are contributing
a part in the success of the services.
The G'MA’s and their leaders
brought back the banner last Thurs-
day evening for the largest attend-
ance, when they attended the County
Meeting at Sunset Baptist Church,
Dallas. Twenty-three members and
five visitors attended.
Miss Frances Israelson was the re-
cipient of many gifts at a shower in
her honor given at the church Mon-
day evening. She will be leaving for
Mexico soon, to take up her mission
work there.
Don McCormick, one of our young
ministers, delivered his first message
Wednesday evening, preceded by the
weekly teachers and officrs meeting.
Later the sing-song followed.
Friday evening, while members
are visiting, the young peoples’
group, under the leadership of Mrs.
Imogene Newton and Mrs. Nancy
Philpot, will give a Sunshine Service
for Bro. Dollinger, who has been ill
for five or six weeks.
Saturday night 8:00 o’clock the
G M A girls and their leaders are
sponsoring an ice cream supper in
the park on the church grounds. Ev-
eryone has a cordial welcome. -
A Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Kelly was Miss Reba Stovall.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dove of Bris-
tol, Tennessee and Virginia are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tim-
mons.
Mrs. Lela Hudspeth, Mrs. Kessel
Booker and children visited in
Troup, Ponta, Tyler and Jacksonville
the past week end.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Barker and
son Perry, and Mr. Barker’s sister,
Mrs. Willie Mae Johnson of Dallas,
left Friday morning for a six dav
trip to Kansas City and Ft. Leaven-
worth, Kansas. En route they will
visit Mrs. Kathryn Myers in Ard-
more, Okla.
Do Not Shoot Birds On
Telephone Wires
“Please don’t shoot at birds on
telephone lines,” is the plea of L. P
Helm, manager of Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company, who says that
each year thousands of telephone
wires are broken by stray shots dur-
ing the hunting season.
“Birds can fly away,” Helm said,
“but telephone wires just have to
sit there and take it. It’s not that
the hunters deliberately try to hit
the wires, and I don’t think sport-
men would shoot at a sitting bird on
a wire, but I guess they just don’t
realize that a hasty shot, might cause
serious damage to telephone lines
and disrupt long distance service.”
Explaining the yearly dilemma,
Helm pointed out that each hunting
season money, man-hours, and tele-
phone calls are lost through gunfire
damage to telephone lines. “It would
help a lot,’ ’he said, “if hunters
would be very careful when they are
in the vicinity of telephone lines
Even if a bullet or shot only nicks
the wire, when cold weather comes
the wire contracts and the added
stress may cause it to break.”
One solution advanced by the man-
ager was that telephone engineers
might try to develop a type of wire
that would move when shot at. “In
the meantime,” he said, “all we can
do is to ask the hunters to be careful
when shooting at birds near tele-
phone wires.”
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF TRUMAN
ANDREW J. SHEPHERD, Pastor
The Lord was truly with us in a
great way this past Sunday although
we had no additions, we had good
attendance in all services. Our visit-
ing evangelist, Bro. L. B. Harris,
preached both services. There were
many re-dedications made. We are
still striving hard to have our goal
of one hundred in Sunday School.
We have so far reached ninety three,
we urge everyone to be in Sunday
School this next Sunday.
Bro. L. B. Harris, visiting evangel-
ist, has been bringing soul-stirring
messages during the revival. We
want to thank the many visitors who
have come our way, and want to in-
vite you back again in God’s serv-
ices with us.
Don’t forget our study course that
starts at this church Sept. 5th, 8 p.m.
with Bro. H.. P. Nelson as teacher.
This course is important to the grow-
th of our Sunday School. All who can
are urged to attend. Everyone is in-
vited to come.
All ladies are invited to attend
W.M.U. services. The circle is grow-
ing. Mrs. Thelma Shepherd, Mrs. Joe
Guthrie and Mrs. Lillian Agnew were
in charge of the last program.
All singers and musicians are in-
vited to take part in the singing at
the First Baptist Church, Truman,
Friday, 8 p.m.
Mrs. T. E. Loving and Chinky vis-
ited Mrs. A. J. Miller Saturday.
Miss Jean Ethridge, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ethridge had
an emergency appendectomy Satur-
day.
Mrs. F. A. Crumpley returned
from Alameda, California Friday,
where she had been visiting her
daughter for the past eight months.
H D CLUB TO MEET ~
The Scyene H. D. Club will meet
with Mrs. M. M. McCutcheon, 1900
Pleasant Grove Drive, Tuesday, Sept.
5, 10 a.m. Plans will be completed
for the exhibit at the Mesquite Fair.
LAWSON NEWS
By BEULAH FAY ROBERTS
Sunday School attendance last
week was 106. There were good
crowds for both morning and even-
ing services at Lawson Baptist. The
revival has closed and wonderful
messages were brought by Rev. C.
C. Philips from Bethel Temple, Dal-
las. Baptismal services were held
Sunday afternoon, 3 p.m. with six
candidates for baptism.
We .welcome Mr. and Mrs. John
Veach back to our community. They
have bought a farm and returned
from Dallas.
Rev. Williard Wheat, our song-
leader reported for military service
August 2 3. He is stationed in Cali-
fornia.
Pfc. Travis Mitchell returned from
overseas August 11. He was the
guest of Beulah Roberts last week.
He also visited his sister, Mrs. Flos-
sie Brewer in Ft. Worth.
Mr .and Mrs. Pete Brewer and son
Darrell and Pfc. Travis Mitchell and
Beulah Roberts visited relatives in
Leonard last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Roberts of Gar-
land visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rob-
erts last week. E. S. Roberts of Leon-
ard was also a visitor.
Miss Winnie Stiager of Tripp was
a guest last week in the home of
her sister, Mrs. Artie Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichols and
daughters of Hot Springs, Arkansas
visited his cousins over the week
end, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kinsey and
family and Vernon Kinsey of Tripp.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Motley spent
Tuesday in Ft. Worth.
Mrs. Juanita Peters has been ill
this week with sinus trouble.
Ronnie and Billy Joe Parkins, sons
of Mrs. Artie Perkins, are recuperat-
ing. Ronnie is recovering after an
illness of two weeks. Billy Joe L
suffering from a broken left arm he
received while playing.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Singleton,
Rt. 4 Mesquite announce the marri-
age of their daughter, Carol Ann tc
Lester L. Garrett, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L: Garrett. The couple was
married September 1.
THANK YOU, Voters of Dallas County For Your Grand Support
F. H. SHERMAN
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ATTEND
The First Baptist Church
JAMES E. FROST, Pastor
Sunday's Sermon Subjects
Evening — “THE QUEST OF THE BEST”
Morning — “THE RACE OF LIFE”
Sunday School............9:45 Training Union............7:15
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