Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1934 Page: 9 of 12
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934
PAGE NINE
StephenvUle People
Attend Meeting Of
Southwestern Life
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ballow ol
Stephenville are in Fort Wort!
this week attending the thirty-first
annual convention of the South-
western Life Insurance Company.
More than BOO representatives
from all parts of Texas are in at-
tendance upon the convention,
which ia the largest life insurance
event of its kind ever held in the
State. Southwestern Life agents
earn the right to attend these
meetings by writing a certaih vol-
ume of business during the year;
and, as the number of qualified
agents is about twenty per cent
greater than in 1933, a larger vol-
ume of business is indicated for
1934.
Registration took place the
Blackstone Hotel, at which all ses-
sions of the convention will be
held. Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday mornings will be taken up
with business meetings, in which
the following officers of the com-
pany will participate: C. F.
O’Donnell, president; Arthur Co-
burn, vice-president; R. R. Lee,
vice-president and agency direc-
tor; E. G. Brown, vice-president
and actuary; T. L- Bradford, Jr.,
vice-president and treasurer; R.
A. B. Goodman, vice-president and
secretary, and Dr. DeWitt Smith,
medical director. The Southwest-
ern Life is a Texas company oper-
ating in Texas only.
The afternoons are being devot-
ed to golf, sight-seeing and other
activities. Thursday evening the
visitors were entertained with a
dinner-dance, at which the Dallas
agents and home office employees
of the company staged a minstrel
show. Friday evening, the annual
banquet will be held at which time
the awards for the year will be
made.
CENTER GROVE
Mr and Mrs. Ray Harmon of
Morgah Mill visited in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zack
Eakins, Sunday.
Little Miss Beryl Woolverton,
who has been very ill the past two
weeks, is much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lackey left
for their new home at Santa Anna
Saturday morning.
Mrs. G. B. Morton is ill this
week.
E. B. Taylor and Lanky Walker
were Fort Worth visitors Monday.
Hico Visitors In City
Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence Lane
of Hico were business visitors in
Stephenville Friday.
HUCKABAY
Rev. and Mrs. Mauldin and son
went to Hannibal Sunday where
he filled his appointment at eleven
o clock and Sunday night.
Mrs. Bill Kemp and son, Jack,
spent the week-end with friends at
Mingus.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hood and
family of Harbin spent Sunday in
the home of Mrs. Hood’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sharp.
Mr. and Mrs. Ermon McChris-
tial, who recently moved from this
place to Clairette, were visitors in
this community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brown of
Hannibal attended singing here
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hailey and
daughters, Margaret Frances and
Billie Maxine and Mrs. Edna
Whisenant of Cisco were visitors
in the home of their uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Smith,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Lorie Kemp and Katherine
Smith made a business trip to
Ranger Thursday of last week.
Elmer O’Neal, member of the
CCC camp at Mineral Wells, was
at home over the week-end.
Miss Eula Lucas who teaches
school at Liberty spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. G. Lucas.
We are glad to report Grand-
mother Moody improving after an
illness of six months’ duration.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Moon still have
their children from Dunn as visit-
ors. We are sorry that we cannot
report Uncle Alex any better.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Pack
brought their little daughter, Clau-
da Fae, home from the Stephen-
ville Hospital on Saturday of last
week, where she had been for two
weeks, suffering from typhoid fe-
ver. She is still running a high
temperature.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stanford are
proud to announce the birth of a
9 Mi-pound baby boy. His name is
Clayton Winzel.
Miss Fae Davis of Caddo spent
the week-end with her sister, Mrs.
(*rl Stanford.
vhe friends and neighbors of
Mrs. Leona Pipes gathered at her
home Monday with well filled bas-
kets for a day’s visit and all round
good time. That day being Mrs.
Pipe’s birthday they presented her
with a friendship quilt which they
quilted for her. Besides a large
number of friends who attended
the affair, the following chil-
dren were present: Mr. and Mrs.
Bran Pipes and family of this
place, Pettis Pipes, Mrs. John Ha-
vens and children, Mrs. Kittie
Hafflin and family of Hamilton.
Everyone present reported a gen-
eral good time and great birthday
dinner. We wish for Mother Pipes
many more such occasions.
honor Roll Contains
the frames of a Large
fr umber of Students
The following names were listed
as being on the honor roll of the
Stephenville public schools the
past six weeks:
Seniors: Harve Boyd, Jr. (St.
A); Zane Carter (St. A); Martha
Jo Marr.
Juniors: Marion Andrerws, Isla
Beth Cathey, Ruby Jean Davis
(St. A); Elton Geeslin (St. A);
Lorenzo Riggins, George Sherrod,
Juan Skipper, Billy Jack Wisdom.
Sophomores: Charles Boyd, Mil-
dred Currier, Helen Ruth Gear-
reald, Agnes Gordon, Joe Price
(St. A); Mary Helen Stewart (St.
A); Phil Taylor (St. A); Leon-
ard Tudor, Betty Whittaker, Thos.
Wyatt.
Freshmen: Billy Borders, Mor-
gan Garrett, Tommy Zelle Nor-
wood.
Low first: Harold T. Baxter,
Norma Jean Beauchamp, Carl
Birdwell, Jo Marie Boyd, Bobby
Chafin, Betty Ruth Ellis, Martha
Lee Emmett, Bettie Marie Ger-
hard, Katie Lou Harris, Charles
Hensarling, Warren Kirkpatrick,
Ina Mae Latham, Betty Lee Mc-
Alister, Elizabeth Miller, Royce
Dale Miller, Aline Oxford, Thomas
Pemberton, Bertha Dan Rattan,
Maurine Reagan, Garland Rogers,
Charles Russell, John Smith, Ruby
Jo Stevens, John Tidwell, Sam
Watt's, John Wright.
High First: John D. Baker,
Beatrice Hampton, Usco Huey,
Martha Mays, J Virgil Pylant,
Doyle Wright.
Low Second: Darrell Jean Carr,
Billie Joe Deane, Charles Fergu-
son, Barbara Funk, Billie Loyse
Hamilton, Mary Harris, William
Harris, Mildred Hensarling, Mary
Luella Howell, Ruth Howell, Glau-
dia Hudspeth, Annie Laurie John-
son, Neita Jones, Mary Jo Law-
son, Harris McCollum, Floy Mae
Moon, Frances Reinheimer, Don-
nie Merle Savage, Mary Thomp-
son, Floyd Tims, Corinne Tudor,
Lucile Wallace, Mary Lou Wis-
dom.
High Second: C. E. Carr, Louise
Ford, Clifford Gray, Ruby Leath-
erman, Leta Mounce, Roslie Po-
gue, Welton Pylant, Charles
Welch, Clyde Wright.
Low Third: Evelyn Brundrette,
Fred Chandler, Annie Creighton,
Frances Evans, Mary Ferguson,
Josephine Garrett, Joyce Ham-
mock, Bluefford Hancock, Jack
Hickey, Dorothy Ann Jackson,
Beth D. Johnson, Dorothy King,
Betty Lee Kirkpatrick, Joe Min-
iard, Ruth Parks, Billy Jack
Rhodes, Laverne Russell, Tom
Welch, Jack Lane Winn.
High Third: Elsie Marie Tay-
lor.
Low Fourth: Billy Beene, Mar-
tha Jean Boyd, Mary Catherine
Dacus, J. B. Garrett, Allison Gees-
lin, Herman Holt, Marion Jo Hut-
chinson, Willie Mae Johnson,
Billie Jean King, Doris McDonald,
Billie Mowery, Charles' Riggins,
Billie Jack Roberts, Ralph Sav-
age, Verne Scott, Dorothy Jean
Stigler, Jomes Whitacre, Mary
Ruth Winters, Syble Wolfe.
High Fourth: Nolan Hensarl-
ing.
Low Fifth: Glenn Allen, Vera
Fern Ammons, Betty Ann Ayers,
Tommy Ruth Baxter, Charles Ray
Beach, Virginia Behringer, Man-
uel Gilley, Nanell Harris, Yvonne
Holley, Laurette Keyser, Dick
King, Willis McCutcheon, Frances
McMains, Billie Ruth Moser,
Charlene Roberson, C. V Tate,
Frances Taylor, Charles Henry
Williams, Norma Jean Winn, La
Foyl Wood.
UNITY
(By Mrs. T. E. Hale)
Rev. E. E. Barber of Thurber
filled his regular appointment here
Saturday night and Sunday.
Little Charles Minnick has been
real ill for several days, but is im-
proving.
Mr and Mrs. Bob Blue and fam-
ily were in Gordon Sunday to at-
tend the funeral of her nephew,
Travis Nix, who passed away at
his home in Gordon Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Singleton of
Santo spent the week-end in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. N. Singleton.
Mrs. Jim Hendrix and Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Hendrix and chil-
dren have returned to their home
in Bastrop after several days’ visit
here with friends and relatives.
Mrs Elbert Bright and Mrs. A1
Moody were shopping in Gordon
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Denio and
Mrs. Elva Denio of Liberty Valley
visited here Saturday with Grand-
pa Miller, who lias been sick for
quite a while.
A large crowd from this place
attended trades day at Gordon last
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Foster
made a business trip to Mineral
Wells Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Blue of
Palo Pinto visited here Saturday
night in the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blue.
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Campbell
of Fort Worth were guests the
past week in the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cox.
Mrs. Tom Caro visited in Thur-
ber Friday with her mother, Mrs.
Will Cowan, and sister, Mrs. Les-
ter Kimm.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson,
Lois Savage, Lola Wallace and Va
Rue Lusby of Russell Chapel at-
tended church services here Sun-
day night. ,
Miss Viola Singleton and Mrs.
T. E. Hale, accompanied by Mrs.
Mabel Foster and Mrs. Bill Hav-
ens of Thurber, were shopping in
Ranger Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Parsons
and children of Eliasville were
week-end visitors in the home of
her mother, Mrs. Nora Carter, and
family. j
Clifton Davis who has been in
the CCC camp at Colorado for
several months is ■ visiting his
mother, Mrs. Nannie Davis, and
other relatives.
Mrs. George Cox, accompanied
by Mrs. Campbell of Fort Worth,
visited in the Exray community
last Thursday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryant Cox.
Improved Phone
Service Expected
at Huckabay Soon
If plans under way by the Gulf
States Telephone Company of this
city go through, Huckabay and
Chalk Mountain will have better
telephone service than either com-
munity now has.
Joe N. Hopper, manager of the
Stephenville company, is working
on a plan whereby each settlement
will have direct connection with
Stephenville. In the event this
proposition is adopted a new line
will be constructed at points where
the present line is down or in poor
condition.
Several hundred dollars will be
required to make the improve-
ments according to Hopper but he
said company officials were anx-
ious to go through with the plan.
A deal was made last week in
which the Home Telephone comp-
any of Rising Star purchased from
the State Bunk the old Commercial
hotel building which is to be oc-
cupied by the telephone company
as a permanent home, stated the
Rising Star Record.
GREEN CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Backman
were Sunday visitors in Fort
Worth.
Ted Jenes has returned from an
extended visit in California.
Riddle Morris who died at his
home at Cross Plains Friday after
a long illness was buried here Sat-
urday afternoon. He had lived
here several years ago and had
many friends here. He was a mem-
ber of the Baptist church, and the
funeral was conducted by Rev. J.
A. Bays of Lingleville, J. L. Gil-
breath and M. Shannon of Steph-
enville.
* Rev. Shannon filled his appoint-
ment here Sunday and a large
crowd attended singing in the af-
ternoon. Visiting singers were
here from Shiloh, Roch, and other
places.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Braddock
and children and Mrs. Evie How-
ell of Post visited their brother,
U. C. Stewart, and family, the
past week.
Mrs. Riddle Morris and children
of Cross Plains are spending a
few days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Toler.
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1934, newspaper, December 14, 1934; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120486/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.