The Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1939 Page: 5 of 8
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939.
THE TIMELY REMARKS
Social Happenings Personals and Interesting Local Items
Wilson Heard, accompanied by
Edward Fox of Corpus Christi,
was in Houston on business Thurs-
day and Friday.
Mrs. M. F. Lambert returned
last week from New York City,
where she had attended the “World
of Tomorrow.”
Guests in the J. A. DeMauri Jr.
home for the holidays were Misses
Ara Ann DeMauri and Jo Keepers,
accompanied by Bob Ferguson, all
of Kingsville. Miss Keepers re-
mained here for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sneed and
children, and Mrs. M. W. Black
visited Sunday and Monday with
Mrs. Charles Picton of Rockport.
Mrs. J. Turner Vance, Mrs.
Henry Heard and Mrs. E. J. Free-
man were Corpus Christi visitors
Tuesday.
Mrs. Thelma Heard and sons,
John and Buddy, and Mrs. M. F.
Woodworth are spending two
weeks in Mexico City.
Mrs. V. V. Bailey, Misses Vir-
ginia Bailey and Charlotte Heath,
were Corpus Christi visitors Sat-
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Moore of
Beeville visited over the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Linney
and other relatives.
Mrs. H. L. Bryant and sons, Mrs.
L. E. Bryant, Mrs. O. M. Jones and
daughter, Bobby Lynn, shopped in
Corpus Christi Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Long and
daughter, Peggy Jeanne, of El
Campo visited Sunday with Rev.
and Mrs. C. S. Long.
Mrs. Clara Hawes returned Sun-
day after an extended visit in the
east with her daughter, "Mrs. T. H.
Heard Jr. and Mr. Heard.
Mrs. H. B. Woods spent the lat-
ter part of the week in San An-
tonio with her mother, Mrs. J. E.
Groce.
Mrs. E. A. Clarkson and children
went to Beeville Friday to see her
aunt, Mrs. Tom Marsden, who is
in the hospital there.
P. J. Douglas, who for several
years has operated the Frisco
Hotel, with his family now occupies
the J. O. West home.
Talented Musician to Teach Here
RIG THEATER
The Family Theater
seat 10c and 15c
Friday - Saturday, Sept. 8-9
“Western Caravan”
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Saturday at 8:45 P. M.
Surprise Night!
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Sunday - Monday, Sept. 10 - 11
“Charlie Chan
in Reno”
HBftSIV
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Friday (Last Day) September 8
LIONEL BARRYMORE and
Sir Cedric Hardwicke in
‘On Borrowed
Time’
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Saturday, September 9
JOHN WAYNE
—in—
‘New Frontier’
Sunday-Monday, Sept. 10-11
ROBERT TAYLOR and
HEDY LAMARR
‘Lady of the
Tropics’
Tuesday, September 12
PENNY SINGLETON and
ARTHUR LAKE
‘Blondie Takes A
Vacation’
Wednesday, September IS
Photo Pay Nite
BOB BREEN
—in—
Way Nown South
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Thursday - Friday, Sept. 14-15
PAT O’BRIEN and
WAYNE MORRIS
JOAN BLONDELL in
‘The Kid from
Kokomo’
Miss Aerial Bert Vess, summer-'
school student at the University of I
Texas, is here for a time with her I
parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Vess. 1
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilkinson and j-------------
children were Saturday to Monday
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Wilkinson, in Grand-
view.
Miss Grace Burke, John J. Burke
Jr. and Stafford Rees, all of Bee-
ville, were overnight guests in the
Phil Young and Pat Burke homes
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jeter and
Mrs. E. L. Jones and children have
been at the Glen Rose clinic, while
Edward Jr. underwent examina-
tion.
Mrs. T. J. Heard, Jewell Heard,
Jean Williams, Charlottee Heath
and Virginia Bailey spent most of
last week at the Heard & Heard
ranch.
Mrs. George E. Strauch and
children left Wednesday for Wichi-
ta Falls, where they will be guests
of Mrs. Strauch’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Allen, for some time.
Mrs. L. A. Weiss Jr., Mrs. H. B.
Woods, Mrs. J. .T. Vance Jr. and
Mrs. B. A. Wales shopped in Cor-
pus Christi Wednesday of last
week.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Wead over the Labor Day holidays
were Mrs. J. S. Chalkley and
daughter, Miss Betty, of San An-
tonio.
Mrs. Bruce Hood and daughter,
Miss Ouida, spent Sunday in San
Antonio making arrangements for
Miss Ouida to enter a business
school about September 17.,
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. English have
returned from Morrisonville, 111.,
where they have been at the bed-
side of Mrs. English’s father, W. F.
Landen, who has been seriously
ill. Another daughter, Mrs. F. J.
Bertmann of Kingsville, accompa-
nied them. Mr. Landen is reported
to be recovering.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Williams
and daughters, Misses Margaret
and Pattie, spent the week-end in
San Antonio with Mrs. C. W. Wil-
liams.
William Billings of Dallas, who
is a law student at the University
of Texas, was a week-end guest in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. S.
Vess of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Heard and
son, Dickie, left Sunday for an
extended stay at Glen Rose, where
Dickie will undergo treatment at
the sanitarium.
Leaving Tuesday after a stay of
several days with Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Swenson, were Mr. and Mrs.
John Swenson and daughter, Miss
Annabelle, of Hutton and Mr. and
Mrs. M. D. Harkins of Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weeks and
daughter, Margaret Anne, returned
Tuesday to their home in Houston
after having visited several days
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Heath.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Burke spent
Sunday in Beeville with Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Burke; returning with
them was their daughter, Jane,
who had been spending several
j days there with her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Huddleston and
j children, Lokey Jr. and Frances
Sue, returned to their home in
I Houston Tuesday, after visiting
j friends here over the week-end
holidays.
A party consisting of Mr. and
j Mrs. William Baumgartner, Mrs.
Iris Clarkson and son, Milton, and
Miss Ruth Carter attended the
chicken barbecue in Blanconia Sun-
day. The same group spent Labor
Day in Victoria.
Mrs. Harry Cummins Jr., return-
ed Sunday from Temple, where
she had spent three weeks in the
hospital. She was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. J. Turner Vance,
who had been there with her the
past 10 days.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Bowden, and
daughter went to Ingleside for the
week-end and brought back with
them, their son, Joe Allen, who had
spent several days there with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. V. J.
New.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ryals and
daughter, Margaret Helen, spent
Sunday in Corpus Christi visiting
Mrs. Ryals’ grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Rieger of Sinton, who is
seriously ill in a Corpus Christi
hospital. Mrs. Ryals also spent
Sunday, August 27, in Houston,
where she underwent medical
treatment.
L. T. Sholars of Kingsville spent
most of last week with Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Willbern and accom-
panied them and their son, Barry,
to Alice on Sunday, where they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Willbern. Returning with them
was their other son, Earle Jr., who
has spent the sumemr working in
his grandfather’s drug store.
Mrs. B. A. Wales and sons visit-
ed from Thursday through Labor
Day with Mrs. J. T. Vance Jr. at
the Bayside house, joined by Mr.
Wales and Mr. Vance in the even-
ings and for the week-end. Other
guests there over the week-end
were George F. Vance, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Nichols and son,
Richard, of Robstown, Mr. and
Mrs. Brooks and Marechal Nelson
of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ferguson Jr. and son of Taft.
Mrs. Phyllis Parshall, above,
will teach violin at the Refugio
public school during the 1939-40
term. She is the wife of Harry
E. Parshall, who. will be band
instructor at the school.
Mrs. Parshall was born and
reared in Abilene, Kansas. She
has studied violin under excellent
teachers since the age of 10
years, and is a graduate of the
Eastman School of Music of the
University of Rochester, Roches-
ter, N. Y., majoring in violin and
viola. Mr. Parshall also is a
graduate of Eastman, which is
one of the thred leading music
schools in the United States.
’ Mrs. Parshall taught the viola
in the Louisiana State University
School of Music for one year.
Mr. Parshall taught bass instru-
ments in the same institution
for two years.
Mrs. Parshall has appeared
many /times as a violin soloist,
and has had extensive experience
as a private teacher. She won
four consecutive annual state-
wide talent awards as a girl in
Kansas, given by the Kansas
Federated Women’s Clubs. As
a high school senior she was con-
cert-mistress (first chair violin)
of the National High School Or-
chestra held in Chicago. She
won scholarships at the East-
man School of Music, and grad-
uated as a performer in addition
to taking the usual teacher’s de-
gree.
Mr. and Mrs. Parshall come to
Refugio from Tyler, where Mrs.
Parshall was one of the main-
stays in the Tyler Symphony
Orchestra as well as the most
prominent violin teacher in the
city. Both were offered posi-
tions in the Houston Symphony
Orchestra professional group
for this year.
School credit, is available for
high school students who study
violin with Mrs. Parshall under a
recently adopted plan of the
state department of education.
One unit of such credit is avail-
able in violin, voice and piano if
studied -with a qualified teacher
and examined by a designated
examiner.
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The Junior Women’s Club held
its first meeting of the year Tues-
day evening at the City Hall club-
room, with its president, Mrs.
Thelma Chadwell, who is also
junior club chairman for fifth dis-
trict, in charge.
Purely a business session, the
assembly made a tentative schedule
for events to be presented during
the year, named September 19 as
the date for their tea for new mem-
bers, and nominated prospects for
invitations to poin the group.
Attending were Mrs. Chadwell,
Miss Bebe Williams, Mrs. Guy
Warren, Miss Elizabeth Scruggs,
Miss Jean Howe, Miss Evelyn Mc-
Cord, Mrs. Milton Nye, Mrs. J. H.
Coward Jr., Miss Dickie Burke,
Mrs. E. D. Coward, Miss Orline
Clinkscales and Mrs. C. L. Rainey.
MRS. VANCE HAS
BUSY WEEK
Mrs. J. Turner Vance has had
a busy week, following her re-
turn Sunday from Temple, where
she had been for some time at the
bedside of her daughter, Mrs.
■Harry Cummins Jr., during her
stay in a hospital.
She was honor guest Wednesday
in Kenedy for the Twentieth Cen-
tury Club meeting, and spoke on
the Federated Clubs program.
On Thursday she went to the
plantation home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jud Collier, near Mumford, to as-
sist in preparations for the wed-
ding of their daughter, Frances,
Friday to Harry Wililams of
Bryan. Mrs. Collier is also a dis-
trict president in the Federated
Women’s Clubs of Texas.
JUNIOR ALTAR SOCIETY
MEETS ON MONDAY
The Junior Altar Society held
its regular meeting Monday of
this week at the City Hall club-
room, with Misses Dorothy and
Lois Risher as co-hostesses.
Misses Eula Mae Thibodaux and
Dorothy Kolb were accepted as
new members to the society at the
afternoon meeting.
Dorothy Risher and Mary Ann
Johnson entertained with a reading
and music.
After all business was attended
to, refreshments consisting of
chicken sandwiches, pickles, cook-
ies and grape juice was served to
the following: Misses Gladys Shay,
Evernette Childress, Lillian and
Mary Francis Hardcastle, Mar-
jorie Johnson, Jewel Heard, Lois
Risher, Mary Ann Johnson, Marie
Adelle Moss, Dorothy Freeman,
Anna Vogel, Marion Heard, Jean
Williams, Margie Rea, Betty Jean
Heard, Eula Mae Thibodaux, Mar-
garet Bochat, Nita Duncan, Betty
j Lou Hausemann, Dorothy Risher,
Dorothy Kolb and the sponsor,
Emma Huddleston.
REV. LONG OFFICIATES
AT TAFT WEDDING
Rev. C. S. Long read the mar-
riage lines at 1 o’colck Saturday
for the wedding of Miss Marjorie
White to John B. LaGue, which
took place in Taft at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. White, who have been friends
of the Long’s for many years. Mr.
LaGue is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. LaGue of Fowler, Indiana,
and his brother, C. K. LaGue is the
son-in-law of Rev. and Mrs. Long.
After a reception, the couple left
on a short wedding trip from which
they returned the first of the week
to make their home in Taft. They
plan to make an extended trip to
Chicago and other points in
October.
FIFTH OF BRIDGE
SERIES HELD
Mrs. C. J. Reilly, Mrs. J. E.
Bauer and Mrs. J. W. Sneed held
the fifth in the series of bridge
games being given by the Catholic
women, at the City Hall clubroom,
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Guy Warren held high score
for women, and George Wead was
high for men, while cut awards
went to Mrs. E. F. Hausmann and
Joe Simmons.
A salad plate was served at the
conclusion of the affair from a
table centered with pink roses and
fern. Roses were also placed in
bowls around the room.
MRS. YOUNG ENTERTAINS
BIRTHDAY CLUB
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Young
entertained Brthday Club members
and their husbands Wednesday
evening, serving chicken barbecue
with all accessories, at long tables
set on the lawn back of their home.
Attending were Mr. and Mrs. A.
D. Rooke of Woodsboro, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Heard, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Heard, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Clarkson, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Burke,
Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Scott, Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Wead and Mrs.
Maston Murphy.
Jimmy Wales spent the week-
end in Florence with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wales.
MRS. YOUNG HONOREE
OF BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Birthday Club was enter-
tained Saturday at the home of
Mrs. E. A. Clarkson, who served a
two course luncheon from a table
graced with pink roses. The
honoree, Mrs. Phillip G. Young,
cut the birthday cake, which was
iced in white and topped with pink
candles.
During the afternoon, bridge was
played in the living room, for dec-
oration of which pink roses were
chosen, and prizes went to Mrs.
Wilson Heard for high score, and
to Mrs. K. D. Hall for consolation.
Mrs. Young opened her gifts at
the conclusion of the affair.
Attending were those named and
Mrs. Maston Murphy, Mrs. J. C.
Heard, Mrs. G. A. Wead and Mrs.
Pat Burke.
ATTENTION KIDDIES!
Mr. Tex—Paint Shetland pony
to be given away at the Rialto
Saturday nite, September 23.
Coupon for winning the pony given
with each ticket purchased at the
Rialto or Rig between now and
September 23.
Something New at the
RIALTO
CASH NIGHT
Every
Tuesday and Wednesday
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. PIEHL
The garden of the home of Mrs.
L. M. Piehl in Woodsboro was the
setting for the regular monthly
meeting of the La Rosa Garden
Club last Friday afternoon.
Roll call was answered with a
garden “hint,” and Mrs. Harry
Cummins talked on soil transporta-
tion, while Mrs. Frank Jones dis-
cussed “what to plant in your fall
garden.”
Refreshments of an iced drink
and ice cream molded into vari-
colored flowers were served, with
miniature garden tools as favors
for each plate.
Attending were those named and
Mrs. B. H. Hargrove, Mrs. J. K.
Kerr, Mrs. A. W. Taber, Mrs. C. S.
Boone, Mrs. A. D. Rooke, Mrs. R.
E. Rooke, Mrs. Frank B. Rooke Jr.,
Mrs. F. B. Rooke, Mrs. E. L. Yol-
land and Mrs. F. T. Burgess.
----
Allie Burke and Phillip Young
Jr., visited last Wednesday evening
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Burke, in Beeville.
Mrs. Young went up after them
Thursday.
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Cash Nite — every Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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Jones, J. L. The Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1939, newspaper, September 8, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098443/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.