The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 246, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1939 Page: 3 of 6
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worry, we would never get any-
Am\bI HrWn«w front-RuHiDfi'
bouquet of roaet In appreciation
of her work. -
Blind Bogey b
Ladies Day Event
Hie blind bogey was the event
at Ladle* day at the Country club
Tuesday when Mrs. C. C, Com-
believe that as spring works along,
our business gain over a year ago
should become bigger rather than
smaller. So cheer oP, and net your
jpARtH^
rr, rate"*®
sfcara el the greater flame of
tftdel —r—r—-
stock was hostess, Mrs. Brown
Magnesa had Mw net scon, Mrs.
H. I. Davis high net soor« and
Mrs, Comstock won the bllnd ho-
gey.
Present were Mesdames C, F.
Humphreys, B. H McHugh, Paul.
Alleman. M, W. Morgan, R. D.
Martin. H. H. Echols, Jr., B. J.
LeCorapte, B. W. Keyser, E. T
Arnett, A. D. Gaston, Joe Redly
QD1CE THE YEAR the first Served Electrotuz was
O installed, mom than a million fanUHae have
learned ib advantage* and followed suit. And many
of the earliest Servel* are /till serving silently and
economically.
Thus, morn than a million "users abo could tell
you thst Sarval ssvaa them money every month by
providing batter food protection ... keeping left-
overs fresh ... permitting quantity buying.
These are savings ton'd like in your next refriger-
ator, wouldn’t jtou? You’D save more—and for more
years—if you gat oB tha beta first about Servel
and DavP Marr.
H. E. O.Membei
is it really. *
C. t» C. Is Entertained
At John Peeper Home
The C 1» C. met at the home
of Mrs. John Pepper for bridge
5I)ay,apr,l f
BACK
iLDING
e*>ey Wood,
the Home-Lumiwj
e returned from „ '
y Mi Attanu r’
|«y attended »
under the ■
s-Manvllle
said the i
-oncerned with £T.
1?f..b^ln* home,
Woods aatd «. I
to sell the public^"
the shelf, ^
I Other kind ,
^1 you have to (fc
«• selection, aad f)
. W1tn your hom-'i
as so much p,. *
ve training fo
ding this new
service to the Cuu
the housing guild c,
aid. E«timatiBg'||
types of material* 1
bar subjects werTt
r the course,
_hase of modem
was discuss*
ine.
muter sug|
the New York 2
"The public be j
say, were
they were drtvtnn
n at the junctloh^1
eek anti Pelly -
icelved a few mim*|
es, ■
Sheriffs L, B, ]
Scott and L, 0,1
arts on the
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ties Thursday.,, ,
Mr. Average Mu j
hanks Fo
everything"
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.ast! In Technieolor f
PHIRLEY
TEMPLE
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of business on the I
the Daily Sob,
Goose Creel,
April. 1939.
5AY, APRIL 6, 1939
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THE DAILY SUN-GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS
M ROGER W. BABSON
['JffiON PARK, Fla., April 6.
less today is better than the
e .business man thinks it is.
w it is fairly good. It
jf'eourse. be better; it'could
[g worse ln cold lTgurei,
per cent, two year* ago minus
Aper cent.
Number of jobs, year ago plus
It 3 per cent, two year* ago minus
15 per cent,.. .
Farm product* price*, year
• X■»..-ho. • :« . . «'-■ A t,.. A. --
;on Finds Business Is ALAMO PROGRAM
rThanAverageMan
Thinks—Up 21 Per Cent
ago minus 26 per cent.
First Quarter Gain
Oh New Year's day, 1 predicted
first half of 1939 over the initial
six months of 1938. The record
shows the gain for the first quar-
ter has been 21 per cent. How-
per cent
' (L peak of two years.ago.
grin* only 1937, activity thin
, j/the highest for any sim-
ieason in ten years! This
^ sound quite so bad as
average person has been led
1 believe, does it ?
L to show readers how activ- ever, l anticipated that business by
/•ATlfvecta Footoo HfAlll/i Isma"..___ - -t.' Ll
CARDED TONIGHT
A variety program of entertain-
ment will be presented in the
Alamo school auditorium at 8
p.m. today featuring students, pa-
trons and faculty member* of the
school.
The Parent-Teacher association
is in charge of the program, a fea-
ture of which*’will be a one-act
play, entitled “The Violin maker of
Cremona."
CopPee, is being directed by Mrs.
0. Z. Hazelwood......_______...
Parts will be taken by W. T.
Edward J. Andrus, speak on care
Walter W. Gardner, Johnnie L.
Fulton, Burrell 0. Blanton.
T-«r-*
By JEAN PHIPpT
P-T.A. Council Plan.
School And Summer
Program Yesterday
Tri-City P.-T. A. council plan-
yesterday and
various industries contrasts
A the low leve's °f 1938 and
rood volume of 1937, here are
” -npie percentage compari-
uary business stood’ at 100 on the
Babson chart. Since then it has
Ttflj Compared With a Year
Ago and Two Years Ago
Height ear- loadings, year a
, * per cent, two years ago
,M 20 per cent.
Steel operations year# ago plus
imr cent, two years ago minus
* per tent.
fiexiile activity, year ago plus
Vpw^int, two years ago min-
| 13 per tent.
Electricity consumption, year
.plus 11 per cent, two years
plus .8 Per cent.
Building volume, year ago
0 40 per cent, two years ago
*15 per cent.
Bank debits, year ago plus 10
■ cent, two years ago minus
j per cent.
Automobile assemblies, year
plus 70 per cent, two
1 ago minus 23.
Retail trade, year ago plus 8
Easter would have'seen a slight
_ of Miss Lorene Barry of Horace
rise over the year-end level. Jan- Mann junior high. These students
-*—J -*■ -- are former Alamo pupils who live
in the Stewart Heights area.
+narko4 trme. February- war ibl,
March 99.5, and April is opening
at 100. In 1938, the figures were
and 81 in March. __
Does the failure of business” to
rise since January, mean that the
encouraging predictions f made for
the entire year sjiould be revised
downward? Definitely not! The
improvement has simply been post-
poned by one war scare aftef
I Flowers
FOR EASTER
Easter flowers . . . pot
plants, lillies, pretty roses
* all are appreciated
remembrances! And .'we
. can wire flowers anywhere!:.
eer’sFlorist
and Greenhouse
312 123 W. GUlf
Mrs. H.'J. Terrill of Bowling
Greeii, Mo., has arrived in Goose
Creek to make her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Terrill and
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Terrill,
Miss Mildred Terrill, a marine
=£,:’n= JFrfTZ,TZ “Mwgf WJ* W
investors,. bankers, busineia men, ingt°n' D’ C ls the guest of her
and merchants whom 1 see say,
“I’m not doing anything until 1
seq what Hjtler does next.” Those
wHo ’seem least worried, of all are
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Consumer.
They keep right on with their re-
tail shopping despite' war hysteria.
They are showing more sense than
most "business men.”
Retail Trade Better
We should be thankful that they
are!
Mrs. E. A. Williams, health
chairman, announced the dental
her home at 9:30 a m. on Thura-
day, April 13, to plan fee the
summer round-up on May 2, 3 and
i,
the achool year
heard Dr. Neal Ammons, dantiat, «t Mra. Kate Chamber* of San
Tuesday in Uberty by the Rev.
Harwood.
were Mines Ruth Kirkland, Leon
Waddell and Jack Bowen, Charie*
Kennedy and V. E, Wratton.
Mr. Chambers la employed at
the Union Drug store. They wlJl
make their home at 314 W. De-
ELECTROLUX LOW
.TERMS AVAILABLE
*M. Wilkenfeld, Servel Electro-
lux gas refrigerator dealer In
Goom freak and vicinity, has an-
nounced that he is offering extra
low monthly payment* for his gss
refrigerator of any automatic re-
frigerator. ■■
A -Servel Elwtrolux gas refrig-
erator may be purchased for as lit-
Mias Gordon Wed
To J. F. Chambers
In Liberty Tuesday
MU, ^^Qor^n^daughtsr j^.' wtl-
Dallas, and 4. F. OMnbtri, ^ri
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ments are made with the gaTSill
for the purchaser’s convenience.
Tha 1939 Electrolux has no
moving parta in its frosting ays
tern. A tiny gas flame lakes the
was made by Mrs. Ben Ward, and
the council votqd to elect a Thrift
exchange member from the coun-_ .
Mrs. A. E. Archer asked that
each loca[ president contact their
delegates to the conference to
brothers of Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Terrill and Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Terrill. Arriving last Wednesday,
she will return to Washington on
Monday, She is associated with
Dr. Ross McIntyre, physician to
the president, and is expecting to
be transfered to the U, S. S. Re-
lief hospital boat.-
The president could not get a new
{ By continuing ^tq buy, they anti-business^av^through t'onKri!SS j pub).cition8 jhairman ^at
dise; “force manufacturers to buy
raw materials; and force workers
to keep employed. If they were as
chicken-hearted as those who are
scared stiff by sensational radio
and news dispatches, trade would
be as low as a year ago. As it
is, retail sales are relatively good.
Prices are well below last Easter
season; yet profit margins in
many lines are better, than they
were even in 1937. Those business-
es that are lagging are being held
back by “fear" — and “fear”
alone.
The pet peeve of many business
men has shifted from Washington
to Berlin. Some, however, are
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over, we may get Stupe tax relief
even if there is no real economy at
this session. So the Washington
angle certainly looks better.
New Farm Plan
The one unhappy factor in the
outlook is the low prices of wheat,
corn, cotton, citrus, dairy products
check positively on who is going, Fi
and to let Her know between 11 P®.
and 1 p.m. Friday.
Mrs. E. P, Crow, council dele-
gate, announced that an invitation
would be extended the conference
to hold their next year’s meeting
in the Tri-Cities.
A school of instruction and joint
installation of officers will be held
on April 28, at- a place to be an-
nounced later, and Mrs. Crow
Calendar
- Tburaday
Contemporary Drama group, 7
pjn.
Flrat Presbyterian choir, 7:30
Ladies auxiliary of Local 333,
Oil Workers, union h#U4 7:80 p.m.
school house.
home in Wooster on April 17 to
make pjans for the school.
Mrs. Clifton Adams, treasurer,
reported that the balance in the
treasury was $207. Mrs. A. Kizler,
books placed in the school library
are popular. Mrs. F. E. Kelley
gave the number taking, the Na-
tional Parent Procedure course at
Baytown Junior high as fifteen.
Mrs. J. S. Palmer, David G. Burr
nett school, announced that her
P.-T. A. would have a fathers’
pry,,,----------
Energetic Needle club, 1 p.m.
Central Baptist Reapers class,
1:80 p.m.
Baytown Golf and Bridge club,
.Community house. 2 pjn.
food-protecting cold and ice cubes
silently and economically. It can
actually pay for itself in savings
while the owner enjoys its use.
Wilkenfeld predicts that more will
be aold this year here than in any
other year.
He Staggered, He
Couldn’t Talk But
He Was Sober
’ 'Z.
LOS ANGELES, April «, «!»
—A policeman testified that
Jack Hummer, 69, waa drunk;
that he backed! into a patrol
car; he staggered; he smelled
of alcohol; his speech was
thick.”
*t did not stagger, your
honor,” Hummer said. *! am
merely bow-legged” — and
demonstratad._______. .jj|
“Whmt afeut smellinf of ah
coho! ?” asked Judge Charles
Johnson. —.......
•That was wood alcohol I
rubbed on my-knee for rheu-
matism.”
“And the thick speech-?”
"I had a wad of tobacco in
my mouth,” Hummer aatd. "1
was not drunk,” ‘
.The jury acquitted him in
five minutes
letter,
thrown
sea, reached .„
10 days after it was to
water.
The bottle containing the
was thrown from a ahip
coast of Florida by Cl
former resident of Hot I
was delivered to hi* m
& E. Gray, 10 days
COLLEGE FOLLIES
READY TO STAGE
The curtain will go up at 8
p.m. today on the newest bit of
entertainment the current season
has offered anywhere.
Men students of Lee Junior
Cedar Bayou game party, at lege are offering an all-male chor-
us in the "Follies of 1939,” '
The entertainment will feature
the latest in jitterbugging, singing
and dancing. A standout is bound
to be the bar room Scene upon
which the collegians have been
working for week*. ~
Several of the song numbers are
original bits Miaa Marjorie
Bridget li tba pi
Ruth Alien the manager of the
production. All, proceeds derived
from the follies will go to help pay
for the annual freshman banquet.
Try Dully Sun Want
The ancient Greeks used mus-
tard as a medicine.
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Regular IS
Permanents
Regular $5
Permanent*...
(Jit Shampoo
Betty Jean
Beauty Shop
Easter Specials - i
... $150
$2.00
$3.50
60c
?fv'!
And fct...
Lash, BrowJJyigl
75c J
BETTY JEAN
1 Beauty Shop
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297 Pine
Raytown
.ivHi.vCTi i««i, rau .nwr-.-vnaw, ,)»»«■«.** •*•««*>» » a-"* fifes, Bihie Is Gtiest
wants all presidents to meet at her S Herace Mann P;-T.A., 2:80 p.m. Of Needlework Club
*--- *- - k- •• -- - Woman's Study club:
Seth Ward class, Bayou Metho-
dist church.
Saturday
Catholic Girls sodality, Miss No-
raAntie, 503 N. Goose Creek.
^ t '" J uauj' pxuuuuo * ' ** v
and vegetables. Barring a severe night next Wednesday.
drought this year, they will prob-
ably remain down — although
there may be slight gains from sponsor summer recreation.
current four-year lows. I’m not
ara3vdcaTe''oT^prSbff^.. ^ HU
or any other high costs for that t°n tomorrow morning so that the
matter — but the farmer is enti-
tled to a fair price for his labor
just as is the union worker and
the salaried employee. He may
Roosevelt is going te do“ thanfget w "brerfc" in Secretary -Wad- dess the-child 4a-taken 4o-4feu»-
“what Hitler is going to do.” lace’s new stamp method of dis- ton, there will be no medical aid
• •’ ‘ '' ” given it. Anyone who 1* able to
still more worried about “what
These men do not yet realize that
the New Deal, as such, is waning.
SUNSET COFFEE WAS ENJOYED
IN THE HOME ON THE RANGE
OVER 35 YEARS AGO
KIT WUCMT ON £ POUND
*UNSEr
™ ,o'i umio ,4c '4
■ m
O'1 F. G»kw*
S*,r;ir that W*
.belief
JRANCK,V
GAJENNIE, &
Scht)
COFFEE
Today, It’s
INCREASING
IN
POPULARITY
J..,.
Have You
Triedit?
ASK YOUR GROCER
have been less strikes so far this
year than in any similar months
to rock bottom. -Any further im-
pravements iti: relai! .trade mearva „arawj
that goods must be manufactured1
rather than taken out of stocks.
Cleveland Coffee Co.—Houston
trihuting surplus far mcommodi-
ties. The latest scheme sounds
more ‘practical than- any experi-
ment that has yet been tried.
Industrial raw materials are
real incentive to buyers at pres-
ent prices. Those who are wor-
ried about the failure of com-
modity prices to rise should study
what has happened, in the past.
The most prosperous eras in the
history of the world have been in
periods when commodity prices
were low — and stayed tow! The
The council pledged $2.50 to the
endowment fund, and also voted to
child may attend the crippled chil-
dren’s clinic at the hospital. This
child’s parents are unable finan-
cially to take the child in and un-
Leisure Club Has
Mrs. Shirley Winner
Mrs. C. A. Shirley was high
scorer when Mrs. C. R. Porch en-
tertained the Leisure Bridge club.
Present were Mesdames ’ Joe ____
Taylor, C. A. Shirley, K. G, Brad- n..* week
bury, J. C, McMurrough, E. D.
Burnette, T. C. Scarborough, Mun-
son. Peddyeord.
Mrs, Harold Bible was a guest
of the Needlework Sewing club
yesterday when it met at the
home of Mrs, Harold Scarborough.
Verbena bouquets decorated the
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living room. __
Attending were Mesdames Rob-
ert Kerr, Ivy Lee Kilpatrick, Del-
bert Dailey, Bill Brewer, R, L.
Bull, Leo Cirutf, Marvin Lyons,
Heame Hinkle, Frank Angel, Burt ,
Davison.
Mrs. Davison will be hostess
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Picnic After Business
Girls In Mrs. E. E. Kirkham’s
Sunday school class, the Faithful
Followers, gathered at the home
of Mrs. Wilkinson recently for a
business meeting and a picnic.
Those attending were Melba
Wilkinson, Robbie Weaver, Dona
Bullock, Mildred Irons, Mrs. Kirk-
LOWEST MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF
ANY AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATOR
Mrs. Smith To Head
Baytown Jr. High P-T.A. 4
Mrs. Homer Smith was elected
president of the Baytown Junior
high P.-T. A, yesterday. Other
officers are Mrs. Robert Reid,
vice-president; Miss Florence
Thomas; recording secretary; Mrs,
Ben Ward, corresponding secre,
_ tarjr; Mrs. Frances Brown, treas
labor outlook is better, too. There Urer; Mrs. Harmon Lowman, par-
liaroentarlan; and Mrs. J. L, Fo
ley, historian. ^__
A tentative slate of delegatea
to the Freeport convention was
Miss Reba Woodruff spoke
ti’stssrsssat
Hence, I cannot understand why a musical program under the
busmess men should be so wor- 6Upervlgion of Migg Kathleen Me
ried today. The stage is set for; - -
better- business, ITiere- is not- g«-
rl
ried today. The^tage is set for Cl^eght wag preMnted> with
byChri
Riley In the solo parts, sang sev-
eral numbers.
SjSSf&naS SR
Every UtUity Available
NOW—NOT A PROMISE IN THE FUTURE!
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Hmv arc now! Lights* telephone, city water
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READ THIS
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within stay
still and cream
Phenix and
. shortcake with
happy \ m a k e
— you she so.
Cream p 1 a i n
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truth the finds
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 246, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1939, newspaper, April 6, 1939; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1101150/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.