The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1972 Page: 2 of 4
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the WORTHAM JOURNAL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17. 1972
tthf Wortham Hournal
WORTHAM, TEXAS
Entered tl Ifec 'Wanr.tm Fctl Office e* Second Clast MnJ MbUer.
JACK R. HAWKINS. Editor-Publisher
Published Every Thursday tl
Wortham, Fieeiicr.e County. Texas 76693
SUBSCRIPTION RATE:
In Freestone and Adjoining Counties S3.00 Fe* Year
Outeide Freestone and Adjoining Ccunties J2.5C Per Year
scciEry
Eirthdoy Porty
For Dionno Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Don Fox honored
tho.i daughter, Miss Dianna Fox
with a party on her 12th birth-
day Guest.® enjoyed a supper
of sandwiches, chips and dips
and drinks. Several games were
piaytd and then the birthday
cake decorated with horses and
a covered wagon was served
with punch.
Those attending were Susan
D^n.els. D'Anna Calame, Stacy
Keeling. Cheryl and John Ca-
lame. Johnny and Don Allen,
Brent Jones, James Mack
Strange. Lance Nichols, Debra
Minchew. and Laurie Rauss.
Also. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rameriz
ar.d family of Waco, Dianna’s
aunt and uncle.
vMFf OF THEM**
Trod Peters Has
Birthday Porty
Friday afternoon at the heme
*A Coach and Mrs. Car! Peters
•was the setting of the Raggedy
Ann birthday party for Miss
Traci Peters.
Traci greeted her friends with
an invitation to join in her “tea
party” along with her sister, Teri
and "Raggedy Ann”. After
games cf drop the handkerchief,
ring around the rosy, and Lon-
don bridge the children were
seated beneath a big shade tree
at a long table decorated with
the Raggedy motiff. Three can-
dies were lighted on a stand-up
Raggedy Ann cake. Refresh-
ments of birthday cake, punch,
M and M’s with ice cream, pixy
slix were served to:
Lisa Ryno, Susan Wilson. Ser-
rie and Paul Dunn, Kyle Hold,
Dust and Don Ryder, Travis and
Tracy Poe, Kenny Blacklidgt,
Judy Calame, Mrs. H. E. Ryno,
Mrs. Glenda Hold and Mrs. Jim
McNeel and Amy all of Worth-
am. Also, Miss Christi Jackson,
Traci, Paula and Mrs. Melvin
Fetter, Jamie and Mrs. James
Blankenship of Mex:a.
VISITS PAHENTS;
RECEIVES AWARD
"Mr Pete Willard has recently
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Magness, after spending
two years in Anluanda, Angola,
South Africa. He visited here
with them for six weeks, and
they took him to Dallas on Aug-
ust 2 to catch a plane for Lon-
don, England, where he will be
working for the Halliburton Co.
again for 2 years. This week the
"Magntts’s rece.ved an award for
C. E. (Pete) Wiilard, citing him
for 15 years of safe driving with
no accidents of any kind, from
the Halliburton Co. He received
a Btm.ngton, L B 24 Letro Blade
Sbaver with this award.
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and David and Pam of Dallas and
Nava Ji-e Harper and Drew Shel-
ton of Corsicana vis ‘.ed Mrs. G. T.
Murphy Sunday.
5TREETMAN NEWS
A large crowd from here at-
tended funeral services for Mrs.
Leonard Lee's sister, Mrs. Julia
Wh.tlock at St. Elmo Friday.
Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Irby Compton included: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Compton, Mi-
chael and Christi of Raleigh,
N.C.; Miss Debra Trunds of At-
lantic, Ga.; and Mr. and Mrs. Jo
K. Tyner, Kenny and Keith of
Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Compton of
Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Schr.eber and daughters, Dixie
and Donna, of Dallas, also Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Hodges of Dal-
las; Mr. and Mrs. J. Tanner and
sen, Ke.th. of Austin were here
on the week end to be with
their mother and grandmother,
Mrs. J. W. Tanner, who is ill in
the Fairfield hosDital.
Visitors in the Lloyd Robin-
son home last week were: Mr.
and Mrs. Ronnie Ryan and sons,
Scott and Shan, of Texas City
and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Rob-
inson and daughter, Chrischan,
of Dallas, also Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Robinson and son, Jodie,
of Fairfield.
Irby Compton and Charles
Compton met their sisters, Mrs.
Lura Baker and M:ss Sallie Mae
Compton of El Paso, at the home
of another sister, Mrs. Jimmie
Fae Reese of Dallas, for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hedrick
visited their son-in-law, Roy
Miller, .n the Memorial Hospital
Sunday. Roy had emergency
surgery Thursday.
First United
Methodist Church
REV. DALE RIDER. Pastor
Sunday Services f N|(|
Sunday School S:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday evening
Bible Study 7:0Cpm.
And The People Are Friendly
Mr. and Mrs .R. L. Irvin and : Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Stubbs ut-
tva and Kent of Feiridav, La., i tended the wedding of their
visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. niece. Linda Coie, in Palestine
L. M. Irvin, recently. recently.
Admissions:
Vada Wright, Wortham
Mamie Brown, Teague
Marguerite Bounds, Wortham
Ethel Henderson, Wortham
Opie Owens, Mexia
Bennie Morgan, Mexia
Mary Baker, Wortham
Annie Lois Hudson, Coolidge
Tom Haskins, Wortham
Sam Elliott, Wortham
O. C. Chapman, Waco
O. G. Reeves. Mexia
Rena Hayes, Mexia
Sammye Joe Bounds, Wortham
Willie Woodruff, Wortham
Sara Ruth Murphy, Wortham
Carrie Wasson, Wortham
Eugie Grimes, Groesbeck
Bell Thompson, Streetman
Alton R. Clary. Mexia
Helen Tatum, Mexia
Vera Goolsby, Mexia
W. M. Carroll, Wortham
Lonnie Carter, Mexia
Edgar Jones, CoTsicana
Stella Thompson, Wortham
Joe Morgan, Mexia
Barbara Kenedy, Teague
Ethel Pruitt, Wortham
Mamye Brown, Teague
Dismissals:
Lucy Bond, Till Washington,
Vera Busby, Sharon Story, Bet-
ty Craig, Armor Rogers, Willie
Mae Sartor, Leonard Craig, Ethel
Pruitt, Ethel Anderson, Helen
Bounds, Dot Jones, Annie Hud-
son, Mae McGugh, O. G. Reeves,
Estella Houston, Grover Smith,
Mildred Stafford, Alton Clary, C.
L. Keeling, Sammye Joe Bounds,
Mattie Bailey, Willie Woodruff,
Robert Easter.
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ROSS AVENUE
KINDERGARTEN COFFEE
Thursday, August 24 is the
date set for Mothers with chil-
dren ages 4, 5, and 6 to attend
the coffee and to enroll their
children in the Ross Avenue
Church of Christ Kindergarten
in Mex.a, for the fall term. The
coffee will be from 9:30 to 11:30
at the Ross Avenue Church of
Christ in Mexia.
WITH OUR
SUBSCRIBERS
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■V THI OLD TIMM
PERSONAL ITEMS
Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Seely of , Mr. and Mts. Colbert Peurifoy
Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. R. Q. j and sen, Johnny, of Houston, vis-
Seely Thursday.. | ited Mrs. E. A. Puerifoy over the
—------ I week end.
Rev. and Mrs. Odom Dyess of
Houston visited the Seelys Mon-
day. Rev. Dyess is head chaplain
over the hospitals in Houston.
Mr. and! Mrs. L G. Ward and
Wanda returned' recently from a
trip to San Marcos and through
the hill country of Texas.
W. L. Garrett has returned
from a visit with his son and fam-
ily, Mr. and Airs. Leroy Garrett
and children, in Houston.
Recent new and renewal sub-
scribers include the following:
Mrs. W. L. Hendon, Clarks-
ville, Tenn.; Mrs. J. C. Harris,
Wortham; Mrs. Maurine Sims,
Wortham; Fred Anderson, Street-
man; Mrs. James B. Moore, Long-
view; Freeman Grizzard, Mes-
quite; J. A. Jones, Canton; Mrs.
C. A. Crow, Tehuacana; W. R.
Marberry, Kirvin; Mrs. Aaron
Butcher, Streetman; G. P. Brown,
Waco; Mrs. Lizzie M. Nettle,
Austin; Mrs. Thelma Weaver,
Houston; E. H. Lott, Luling; Mill-
er Clark Smith, Round Rock;
Mrs. Jim Johnson, Coolidge; J.
F. Boney, Houston; Mrs. Richard
Cerney, El Dorado, Arkansas;
Mrs. Carl Herod, Ruidoso, New
Mexico; J. N. Renfro, Grapeland.
Also Pat Gorman, Dallas;
Joyce Owens, Houston; W. G.
McDonald, Pasadena; W. O. Rich-
ardson, Wortham; Dr. Paul Cul-
well, San Antonio; Kenneth E.
Craig, Wortham; Mrs. W. O.
Richardson, Wortham; J. C.
Langston, Odessa; Mrs. J. E.
Sims, Streetman; Mrs. A. R.
Tucker, Graham; Mrs. A. J.
Mills, Wortham; T. K. Owens,,
Wharton; Janis Davis, Waco;
Juanita Red. Wortham; Rev. T. I.
Sandlin, Dakota, Illinois; Roy A.
Mathison, San Antonio; W. R.
Beaver, Wortham; Mrs. F. H.
Muirhead, Dallas; Calvin Jones,
Mexia; and J. W. Tyner, TVler.
Also, Mrs. G. W. Wasson, Wor-
tham; Mrs. Joe West, Wortham;
Joe B. Sfooksbtrry, Wortham;
Mrs. J. C. Norton, Wortham; J.
W. Lett, Kilgore; Mrs. G. T.
Murphy, Wortham; Violet Ham-
mett, Wortham; Mrs. Bennie
Reese, Worlham.
From Mr*. Lee Beit, Carlin-
ville, HI. I remember the process
we went through of smoking the
butchered hog meat early in the
spring. The meat was smoked
with hickory chips to give it a
good flavor, and it was all hung
up in the smoke house - the
shoulders, hams, bacon and sau-
sage. After a couple of days of
smoking, the meat was wrapped
in paper and put in nice, clean
white flour sacks, tied tightly at
the top, so the flilR would not get
to the meat. From the meat rines
a big kettle of soap was cooked,
with "rain" water and cans of lye.
After cooking, it was left to cool1
overnight. The next day it was cut
into large pieces, put on a board,
and left to dry. We never had to
buy soap for laundry purposes.
I also remember cooking big
dinners for the men at harvest
time. We would have to get
switches from the shade tree to
shoo the flies out of the kitchens
before the men came in to eat the
bountiful meals. The meals were
cooked by the housewives and
their daughter*.
(Sand contribution* I* thiu column to Tha
Old Timur, Box 63t, front fori, Ky. 40401.)
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. J. C. Weaver has returned
home following eye surgery at
Memorial Hospital in Corsicana.
Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson of
Ft. Hood were by to see the R.
J. Seelys Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jce West and Joe
visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Walker and1 sons jn Tyler over
the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Simmons,
Jr. and Randy of Dallas visited
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Simmons on
Saturday.
Mrs. Eddie Rogers visited her
husband in the Tyler Hospital
during the weekend.
Mr. and Mr* rT P. Simmons
and Mrs. Leona Raines visited
Mrs. Frances Byers in Dallas on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Strunk
and Terri and Tim Michael vis-
ited Mrs. Uoyd Baldwin and
Sherri in Corsicana Sunday. Sher-
ri returned to spend the week
with them.
VISIT CORPUS CHRISTI
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Reese were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee and1 j accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
children of Mesquite and Donnie ; Walter Beaver to Corpus Christ)
Lee of A&M University visited
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bounds ov-
er the week end.
Tammy Spruiel and Tony
Lauderdale of Mexia visited Amy
and Benny Joe Reese last wee*
end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Terry
Modisette and children of Hemp-
hill visited Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Modisette over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Forgy of
Yuba City, California, and Mrs.
W. F. Thiele of Dallas visited the
R. J. Seelys last Saturday.
for a visit with their granddaugh-
ter and husband, Steven Field-
camp.
Steven took the grandfathers
fishing and Pamela entertained
the grandmothers by touring the
city and showing the many places
of interest in this lovely coast
city. A most enjoyable time was
spent with them in their new
home there.
Mrs. J. R. Webb of Tyler is
visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Stubbs.
Mr. and Mrs, Mike Beirponeh
of Marlin visited Mrs. Roy Keel-
ing during the week end.
First Boptist Church
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.
Church Training 6:30 p.m.
Even.ng Worship 7:30 p.m.
Wed. Prayer Service .......
7:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Tyner
and Mrs. J. W. Tyner and daugh-
ter, Mitzi, all of Tyler, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Dunn Sunday.
Renew -iihuoriutlon* uromotlv
TENNESSEE VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Reese.
Amy and 1 Benny Joe, have re-
turned Irom a vacation in Ten-
nessee. They spent five days on
a houseboat, which was fun and
then visited in Nashville, the
Grand Ole Opra and many other
places of interest. They report a
most enjoyable trip for ten days
in which they visited several
states of the beautful southland.
The U. S. has 12,070 facilities
for aircraft landing.
^Shop in yoiir home community^
RETURN FROM MEXICO
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bo-wen
and children ol Wi,o and Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Rogers and fam-
ily of Fort Worth visited Mr. and
Mrs. James Goolsby after their
return from Mexico City and Aca-
pulka, Mexico. Tne Bowens, Ro-
gers and Goolsbys drove through
Mexico on their trip. They said
they enjoyed it very much, but
they were certainly glad to be
back home. The Bowen and Ro-
gers children stayed in Wortham
while their parents were gone.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Keathley
and Pam Calame visited Mr.
and Mrs. David Keathley and
daughter in Duncanville over the
week end.
Miss Cynthia Simmons return-
ed to Love Field Sunday after
spending several weeks in Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Simmons and
Mrs. Leona Raines were in Del-
ias to meet her.
Cevin Calame returned to Fort
Worth after visiting his grand-
mother, Mrs. Ruby Calame, last
week.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Fleming over the week
end were Mr. and Mrs. Chili
Smith and Carolyn and John of
Gatesville. Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Snyder and Margery and Valerie
of Sacramento, Calif., Mr. and
Mrs .Wayne Cadenhead. Cathy
and Carlton of Dayiton, and Mr.
and Mrs. Reagan Swink and
Mark, Cindy and Patricia of Cor-
pus Christi.
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Build new opportunities. Make money grow. Spend where
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Hawkins, Jack R. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1972, newspaper, August 17, 1972; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106852/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.