Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1932 Page: 2 of 12
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STEPHENVILLE RMPlRkTRIBUNE, STEPHENVI..LE. TEXAS
FRIDAY, JAN
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PAGE TWO
Spring
Fashion
trends...
This new simplicity in line fo-
cuses the highlight of fashion
upon fabrics.
There are new weaves and
new designs galore, and prints
are having an Individual rath-
er than a general role this seas-
on. The new lglht woolens and
the tweedy cottons for early
Spring Suits and coats are of
a most conservative trend in
both weave and design. They
are almost masculine in their
classic trend.
For the daytime drees, bright
prints are used a lot, as also
are a number of lovely mono-
tone fabrics in dull, light-
weight crepes.
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The Ladies’
Store
“The New Things First”
served by the family that day. I
Two other daughters, Mrs. Claude
Wilson and Mrs. Willie McNeeley
of Fort Worth, who had been here !
for two weeks, remained over in !
the family home until after the j
birthday celebration Monday, other j
children including Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Ross of this city, joining in I
the celebration, which was held at i
the family home on North Race j
street. Mrs. Roberts received nu-
merous congratulatory letters,
cards and telegrams from relatives
and friends during the day, one
telegram she received being of
Bpecial import, having come from I
her youngest son, Conda Roberts I
of Fort Worth, who was unable
to be here with his mother on
this momentus occasion. Besides |
the messages of congratulations
and good wishes received by Mrs.
Roberts, a number of nice gifts
were also presented to her by her
family and friends. *
Sues for Million
Mrs. Ed Collier returned home
Monday night after havihg spent
several days visiting in Fort
Worth with hrf daughter. Mrs.
Clarence Roberson and family.
A. A. Wisdom of Seguin visited
here several days last week in
the home of his brother and sister-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wis-
dom, having come to attend the
bedside of his little niece, Marthel-
la Wisdom, who was seriously
burned two weeks ago when her
clothing caught' fire from an open
gas stove in the bath room at
their home, 728 West Long street.
Mr. Wisdom’s sister and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Vick
of Carlton were also here Sun-
day to see their little piece, who
is still suffering from the effects
of the bums she received, which
were more severe than was at first
thought by the attending physici-
Joint Celebration of Birthdays
Held at McClure Home
Mr. and Mr*. W. A. McClure of
Chalk Mountain, entertained with
a turkey dinner .Sunday, Jan. 10,
the affair being given as a compli-
ment to their ten-year-old grand-
son, W. A. Hail, their daughter,
Mrs. T. B. Hodge and W. A.
Rail, Sr., a life-long friend of the
family, in observanrs of their
birthdays, all of which came dur-
ing the week.
Dinner was served at noon to the
following: Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Hail, Miss Naomi Markham, W. A.
Hail, Sr., Miss Martha Hail, all of
Chalk Mountain, W. J. Allen and
children of Underwood, M. E.
Hodge of StepHenville, Oscar F.
Hodge of Plainview, Mr. and Mrs,
Washington, D. C.—One of the
notable differences between the
present Congress and all others,
as shown by its work in the short
time it has been setting, is its
great efficiency. Nearly everybody
expected to hear nothing but cam-
paign speeches by the various
speakers, at least for a time.
Instead Congress got right down
to business and passed six import-
ant bills right off the reel and nbw
is winnowing the chaff out of some
nine thousand other bills that have
„„ ® . been sent to committees for pre-»
We have energy- What we *s liminary action. A lot of the credit
knowledge. Let s work toward defl- Afor the effjciency displaved is due
eph
A. Hail, Jr., and the host and hos-
tess. •
lle.e is Mrs. Sol Elisha with
material evidence in the form of
baseballs that she should sue the
owners of the Beaumont baseball
club for Jl.000,000 because her
house was a target for wildly hit
balls and her ears were struck by
profane words that came f”"m the
field where the Beaumont Export-
ers practiced. Mayor . .
Fletcher of Beaumont *
owners of the club and one of the
six business men against w.i. .u
suit is filed.
Miss Maxine Price, who is at
tending school at Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth, arriv-
ed here Friday for a visit in the
home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe E. Price and with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Price. Miss Price, who is
a graduate of John Tarleton Col-
lege, which she attended for two
years, has many friends here,
who are always glad to have her
back on a visit She is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Price, for-
Jnfcer citizens of this city, who
f have been making their home for
a" number of years at Palacios,
where Mr. Price has been engaged
In the lumber business. —r-—
J LOCAL NEWS l
/
Mrs. Roy Hamilton of Fort
Vorth arrived in this city Monday
spend the day with her parents,
_c *r. and Mrs. George Henry Robets,
.‘having come for the special pur-
W pose of helping Mrs. Roberts cele-
V brate her seventy-fourth birthday
which notable event was being ob-
Friends of A. B. Yearwood
will be much interested in hear-
ing of his improvement follow-
ing an accident in which his right
ankle was broken. The broken bone
was not discovered until some-
time during the holidays while
Mr. and Mrs. Yearwood and son,
A- B. Jr., were on a visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J., F.
Yearwood, at their ranch home
near Georgetown. An X-ray pic-
ture of the injured foot was made
by local surgeons at Georgetown,
the picture revealing the exact
location of the broken bone,
which was given the proper
treatment for an injury of that
kind. Mr. Yearwood stayed over
in Georgetown with his parents
for three weeks after Christmas
recuperating from the effects of
his injuries, he and his family re-
turning to his ranch nine miles
southeast of Stephenville about
two weeks ago. He has discarded
the crutches he has been using
since an earlier accident in which
he sustained a badly broken leg,
his injuries having healed to such
an extent during the last few days
that he is now able to walk very
nicely with only the aid of a walk
ing stick.
A GREAT SHOW
One of the annual events on
Broadway is the balloon parade
staged by Tony Sarg for one of
the large department stores here.
This year the parade was nearly
half a mile long and consisted of
such characters as a fifty-foot
hippopotamus, Felix the Cat, al-
onost as large, Happy Hooligan
and other noted comic strip charac-
ters.
The balloons, which require ten
to thirty men to hold them down,
are filled with non-explosive heli-
um gas. At the finish of the parade
they are released and belong to the
finders, some of them being found
from 200 to 300 miles away. Re-
wards of $25 each are paid for the
return of the larger balloons.
Clarence Chamberlain, the aviator,
won one of the prizes this year by
spearing one of the balloons with
SOCIETY
West Side Civic ICbub
Entertained
Mrs. M. F. Reed was hostess to
the West Side Civic Club recently
at the home of Mrs. Gilbert Wil-
son on West Washington' street.
The home was decorated with
winter asters, pink and red roses
and greenery.
The club’s study hour was heki
in the early hours of the after-
noon, Mvs. Wilson giving a sketch
of My Antonio by Wills Cather
and Mrs. R. L. Meek gave memor-
ies of Antonio’s childhood. A
round table discussion of the au-
thor and her works followed.
A congealed salad course, with
nut cakes an<T hot tea, was served
to Mrs. Mack Creswell, Mrs. Gil-
bert Wilson, Mrs. John Clark, Mrs.
Oliver Kay, Mrs. Sid Barham,
Mrs. J. W. Foote, Mrs. Price
Williams, Mrs. Hays Anderson,
Mrs. E. M. Stone, Mrs. Don King,
Mrs. R. L. Mobley, Mrs. H. P.
Cole, Mrs. Monroe Wells and Mrs.
R. L. Meek.
Mrs Belcher Hostess '
To Club
Mrs. Hermon Belcher entertain-
ed the N. P. bridge club Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, her
guest list including Mrs. J. W.
Foote, Mrs. Gilbert Wilson, Mrs.
Oliver Kay, Mrs. Will Hooker,
Mrs. C. B. Rushing, Mrs. Lewis
Brummett, Mrs. M. F. Reed, Mrs,
Clyde King, Mrs. C. D. Ownby,
Mrs. Ben Young, Mrs. F. M. Stig-
ler and Mrs. James Bird of Dub-
lin.
Bridge was played at three
quartet tables, Mrs. Foote win-
ning high score for guests, No1
prizes are given in the club, but
the honor guest, Mrs. Bird, was
presented w^th a lovely gift by
the hostess.
Adelicious salad course with hot
tea, chocolate cakes and olives,
was served at the conclusion of
the games.
Mrs. M. F. Reed will entertain
the club at its next regular meet-
ing.
niteness and simplicity of design;
preserve naturalistic effects where-
ever possible and above all pre-
serve old trees. Some one said we
need to be warned against too
much “landscaping.” Too often a
hand made rock garden or cacti
bed will look no more in keeping
with its surroundings than a row
boat full of geraniums in the front
yard. What can more oppropriate-
ly express the affections and good
wishes of a family for one another
than the gift of a tree—a living
tree planted in home settings?
As soon as climbing roses quit
blooming cut all 2-year-old growth
and much of the big one-year
growth. Prune lilac and spring
blooming shrubs when through
blooming..A mothball buried at the
roots of plants, tomato vines, etc.,
will destroy cut worms,
Below is a list of berry bearing
winter shrubs and color of berries:
American ash, orange, red; Cor-
netian cherry, red I bay berry,
white; nadina, red; arrow wood,
blue, black; barberry, red or pur-
ple; snow berry, white; coral ber-
ry, red; jet berry, jet black; Chi-
nese brandy berry, violet.
Herb gardens are again coming
into fashion.
Bent grass is a fine, tough, low-
growing grass which makes the
putting greens of the better golf
courses look as though they were
covered with green velvet. Prince
Edward Islanders have developed
a strain so fine and smooth that it
makes a surface like a billiard
table. They claim that a player
needs only one putt to hole out
uirit;— --— -'-*
You can grow your own orange
blossoms out of doors in Erath
county. Plant a hardy orange tree.
You will have three beauties: the
bloom, the fruit, and the deep,
green foliage.
Mignonette and heliotrope make
a nice combination for window
boxes. When in bloom they fill the
room with dainty perfume.
, Next will appear a list of prizes
in 1932 garden contest.
Day Phone 81 Night Phone 801
B. L TREWITT & MRS. B. L TREWITT
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMER8
Show Booms and Undertaking Parlors at H. H. Hardin Lumber
Company ,
FREE USE OF OUR LARGE CHAPEL AND
WAITING ROOMS
Equipped with Motor Hearses and Ambulance
QUICK AMBULANCE SERVICE—DAY OR NIGHT
J. W. MOSS INSURANCE AGENCY
Second Floor Ladies’ Store Building—South Side Square
ROY GEREN, Manager
Every Form of Safe Insurance
Mr8. Barham Hostess
To Club
The West Side Civic Club met
Friday with Mrs. Sid Barham,
whose home was attractively de
corated with pink roses and ferns.
Her guest list included Mrs. M.
F. Reed, Mrs. Gilbert Wilson,
Mrs. Monroe Wells, Mrs. H. P.
Cole, Mrs. R. L. Mobley, Mrs. E.
M. Stone, Mrs. Mack Creswell,
Mrs. John Clark, Mrs. Oliver Kay,
Mrs. J. W. Foote and Mrs. Hays
Anderson.
During the study hour Mrs. J.
W. Foote gave a sketch of Harold
Dutcher’s Coolly,” and Mrs. Fay
gave a talk on the author’s love
of nature which was shown
throughout his book. This was
followed by a discussion of the en-
tire group of club members pres-
ent.
Refreshments consisting of a
salad course with chicken sand-
wiches, pickles, hot tea and nut
cakes were served.
Phone 198 for office supplies.
Sayg Outlook la Good
Frederick Ecker, president* qf the
Metropolitan Life, who told a Sen-
ate Committee that conditions are
now pretty close to becoming nor-
mal.
Pleads China's Cause
Priscilla Club Meets With
Mrs. Chandler
The Priscilla Club was enter-
tained Friday afternoon by Mrs.
Fred Chandler Jr. at her home,
1086 West Frey street,- her guest
list including Mrs. Charles W.
Froh, Mrs. Rufus Higgs, Mrs.
Carl House, Mrs. Bill Lockhart,
Mrs. Carl Hardin. Mrs. Joe Holt,
Mrs. J. C. Terrell, Mrs. J. W.
Clements, Mra. Swan Richardson,
Mrs. William Arch Jones, Mrs.
Paul Higginbotham, Mrs. Oren
Ellis, Mrs. Wayne Chandler, Mrs.
F. J. Kennedy.
Baskets of roses formed the
decorations for the home.
After enjoying the club’s diver-
sions of conversation and needle-
work, a two course luncheon was
served.
Mrs. J. W. Clements will be
hostess to the dub at its next re-
gular meeting at her home, 406
East Benton street.
to Speaker Garner, who has shown
great ability in his new office,
while still more is due to the fact
that the Senators and Representa-
tives realize that voters will not
be satisfied with mere words. The
competent way in which the law-
makers are tackling the curious
problems facing the country has
astounded the wiseacres, to say
nothing of the country at large.
One curious thing about the pre-
sent Congress is the fact that the
Senate is proving more radical in
Its tendencies than the Lower
House. For some 135 years the
Senate was the home of dignified
statesment, but the change in 1913
to the popular election of Senators
instead of their selection by the
state legislatures, seems to have
worked a change, and one finds
most of the demagogues and radi-
cals in Washington occupying
seats in the Upfcer House, while
the conservatives rule the House
of Representatives.
There is a growing impresjipn
that before the present Congress
dissolves it will have made impor-
tant changes in the financial set-
up of the United States. Already
the Federal Reserve Act is under
consideration and it is not unlike-
ly that broader powers will be
granted that part of the Govern-
ment in order to enable it to be-
come more responsive to modern
business conditions.
One of the crying needs of the
present, day is. a system to make
land mortgages more liquid. Real
estate ranks second only to Govern-
ment securities in stability, but
when there is no market for land
it becomes difficult to renew mor-
tgages or raise money on land.
This results in a cessation of build-
ing operations, one of the most
important of all lines to Insure
general prosperity. It is likely that
the Federal Reserve Banks will be
granted additional powers to loan
money on long-term paper, and to
waive the clauses in mortgages
making it obligatory on them to
foreclose on defaulted mortgages.
Another expected action by Con-
gress is its sanction of the Nation-
al Credit Corporation, which pro-
poses to loan half a billion to real
estate owners. The Bill will be
rushed through Congress, it is said,
as soon as the Wavs and Means
Committee can settle upon the most
promising plan. This Act alone is
epected to bring out a vast
amount of- money now lying idle
from hidden hoards and reduce
unemployment materially.
Investigation on the Farm
Board’s activities, now in the
hands of the Senate, is expected
to be broadened to allow the Lower
House to take part in the probe.
Talk of a separate investigation
by the House of Representatives is
dying down, the feeling being that
it would only double the expense
without gaining added benefits. It
is being freely said here that such
an investigatiorf will be held and
that it will contoinue for from two
to four months. Sentiment toward
the Farm Board and the Market-
ing Act has changed considerably
in recent weeks and is said to be
swinging to the belief that they
have accomplished a lot of good for
the farmers, who are demanding
their continuance. Anyhow, talk
against them is dying away.
It is also said that most of the
talk against their high salaries
paid to cooperative execultives is
largely Congressional bluster and
has little support from the voters,
who do not feel the men are being
overpaid, particularly as the
Board’s books are said to show that
their salaries are not coming from
Government sources.
Another Bill" that is said to be
likely to pass is the one prohibit-
ing announcement of lotteries and
“fake” contests over the radio. So
far the radio enjoys a privilege
specifically denied to newspapers
by law, and this immunity is like-
ly to be withdrawn, observers here
declare. The main attack is being
centered upon the evil being done
to the credulous by the offer of
free matter by broadcasters.
Dr. W W Yen, newly-appointed
Minister of the Chinese Republic
to the United States, whor hopes to
enlist American influence against
Japan’s invasion of Manchuria.
About three thousand econom-
ists, who he\pl a four-day confer-
ence here, unofficially set the end
of this year as the time when pros-
perity would start to return.
Another slump is expected this
summer and then a long steady
upward trend will start, according
to the sentiment generally expres-
sed by the financial advisers. They
do not look for a complete return
to good times for another couple
of years.
A noticeable thing about their
predictions is that they all used a
lot of ifs and and* in discussing
the future. The general opinion
was that a readjustment of prices
of commodities, wages and ths
money market will be taking place
Staph
and
Specialties
At Low Prices
X"°dn'y’......$1.00
IT.............$1.00
Swift Sliced 'Ifl/y
Bacon, lb................
’ Toilet Paper /7Z/v
6 rolls ^for --------MUv
Mustard, t^r
i quart .............. lUV/
Brown Beauty | r
Beans .......-......... IOC
Pickles Idr
i quart...............- .
Wapco Chili JZn
Beans, 3 for..........£OC
Catsup, | r-,
14Yi oza.-............ ■ IOC
Tall Salmon,
2 for......................wUV
Snow Flake
Crackers, Ig. box »OC
Bulk Cocoanut, OtZey
1 pound for.........— £OC
White Swan <l*f
Coffee, 3 lbs.....ePLOO
Bulk Marshmal-
lows, 1‘lb .........£OC
Le Grande Corn
No. 2 Spinach 'JZr'
2 cans for................ mvC
Potted Meat, 'JCr*
6 for-- £OC
Empson String | r _
Lily Salt Cr
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Winesap Apples, f
1 dozen for........... IOC
Borax Wash -
Powder, 6 for £OC
Texas Grapefruit, CA/-»
1 dozen for............OUC
Laundry Soap, /7Qr>
10 bars for .......Mvy
Lettuce, good, C ~
firm head .............. OC
Campbell’s Pork IP-
and Beans, 6 for -..'■Ov
Libby's Sliced
Peaches, No. 3— ArOC
Heinz Cream |A~
Tomato Soup IUC
Mrs. Tucker’s
Shortening, 8 lbs. ■ Ov
Heinz Spaghetti |A ~
with tomato sauce IvfC
Good Macaroni C/v
H? t)C
Libby’s Crushed, fA-,
Sliced Pineapple- 1VC
Oranges, Idc
per dozen................
Libby’s 'Asparagus
Phone 12
’VTs Deliver
Frank Henson
until late this fall,, after which a
marked imprpcemeijt in business
can be expected. It is to be noted
that the date set for the improve-
ment to njart is right after the
national Campaign ends.
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Windshield and Door Glass
We have a complete line of glass fpr all cars and our
buying in large quantities enables us to make you a
bargain price and*•*» ‘winter is here with the rain,
sleet and cold you qyipot afford to leave this glass
out when it costs you so little.
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placement of car glass and are carrying a 1
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Siddons Auto,
Phone 375 Stephenville, Texas
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