The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955 Page: 9 of 10
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rack Fowkles. With the Wuife
(Hnory at Ban Angelo. spoke
m "Landscaping" at the Bal-
linger Ctvlc-Oarden Club rani
ttf Tuesday at 4 00 p in. in
(he City Hall auditorium Thirty
Members and three visitors
were present
Mr. Fowklei is rated an
.««:pert In the Hold of land-
scaping and bulb planting FYd-
tpvrtng his talk an open discus-
<40(1 was held The speaker was
introduced by Mrs B W
launch.
Mrs J W Barr, president,
conducted the business and
utnounced that an informal
dower show. Including both
natural and dried ainuige-
■wenta. would be held at the
neat meeting on Noweotbci S.
in CUy Hall auditorium. Bach
Church, U S. A.
Mias Mickey Vorbeck gave the
devotional and prsgsam. using
a scripture from Matthew road -
lug an article. “Happiness from
WtUun.” and closing with a
prayer
Mrs John Reese, president,
was In charge of the business
and heard reports from various
officers. The president appointed
a yearbook committee. Mines
Harper McFarland, H H Ur win
and Rufus Alien The class will
continue to care for a needy
family “adopted' last Christ-
mas.
Miss Evelyn Routt\ assisted u>
serving a sandwich plate with
oookies and coffee to: Mmes
Hermit la Urban. A. W Sledge
McFarland. Lillian Jennings.
Reese. Allen; Mi*hm Vorbeck
and Lillian McMUlan
♦
Far a lew cama a day. An—
tor', powerful Dap Wsi Bac-
*ic Pump* wil pi—|i hundred,
of gallon* of >aMr for yoar Mock
or hom* nmk. Hm aaMk
running motor*. Wrattur-yroof
lOlUlfUallUB.
C*me In far PtnonifraHas
... CoII ws far Service
Higginbotham
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member was asked to bring- me O b. Club Flans Slumber Party
<«* more flot^^rrungvou-tiU.
Tt»e public la invited to attend
rihi>w directors are Mmes A O
i.ftrtlctt, O Irby and Ctu»
tnr Cherry There also will be
vi outdoor plant exchange at
this meeting Mine.. Lillian
'toll. C. L> Harm. K L. itampr
uid T J McCaughan will be In
charge of this phase. It was
voted to again sell Mu< King's
o-sjl? cakes The clttb liao ordered
S* copies of the Lone Bier
wrdenrr In order to iualify —
• itamlard club
rhe club will present a buuk
t-i the city library in memory j
of Joe Flynt
Mrx R T Lee and Mrs Guy
Alilte were welcomed is new
aember." Visitors were Mrs L.
i* W i k I d a 1. of Victoria. Mrs
Tom McSntire and Mr. Ouy ,
The roguLar Monday meeting
of the O O Club was held In
the honic of Rusan and Lynn
Herring
Plans were made to have a
Hallowe'en si u m b e r party on
October 2» After the business
session, cold drinks and cookies
were served to the junior spon-
sor. Knulle Burton, and the fol-
lowing members Deanous
Lind email u. Oienda Cook,
Nydah met. l*-e Ann Saylors,
Linda Saylors. Lynn Herring,
Bue Bishop Barbara Reynolds.
Hetty Hrnneckr Owen Laxtun |
Maiy Ruth Watkins. Ruth Ann
Hennigrr. Patsy Ashton. Gwin
1 Wade and Susan Bering
♦
DOVE SI A SON CLOSED
IN THIN ZONK MONDAY
FKMIMNK FANS ESPECIALLY
INVITED TO CUV MEETING;
IK'MHJ.E FILM TO BE SHOWN
The Ballinger Quarterback
Club will have an open msaUng
Tuesday night for all local fans.
Bpectally Invited are feminine
fans All football players will
attend and the feature of the
program will be* the Humble OH
4c Refining Co picture. “High-
lights of 1954 In the South-
western Conference"
The Him is a full length
motion picture showing the
main scoring In a number of
games and Kern Tipps giving a
play-by-play account.
The club meets each Tuesday
night, at which time members
see the picture of the Ballinger
game of the previous Friday
| night Since the Bearcats will
t have an open date tomorrow
the Humble picture was booked
j "Die program will start at
]7 30 p m and business will be
held to a minimum so that
fans may be entertained There
will he no charge for admission
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the star in
-*yl°r i Moi,day was the final day to
Hord arrangement* included *ijo„t dovea Ui this oraie and
and white roww by Mn. C local hunters will have IttUr
A Berry a red pepper and dinoUng until the oprning of
t illage arrangement. b> Mr.. tl>e duck and ijuaii season
a*rr. and an orange examon Doves were scarce in thu
urangemert combined witli vicinity only a few day* of
.M.tkr plant and fern, by Mrw povl shouting being had before
T’an Crockett I rains scattered Uie bird* and
♦ ♦ ♦ I halted water hole hunting Most
' -voquest ( la** Meeting Held
In Routh Hume
•’ntertali.ing rooms in the ulwrn combine., were;0**'1* rnriv.-d two fine wool
I'm him of Miss Kd:u Routh wen* j lambs each fri>m the Lyle Cur- j
decorated with fall .lowers ^ lem U)CMi hunters havr r,r These lambs will be
Monday evening wtien ..he w*.» U) srcl»on» »hrn- :w 1 M*‘eul ration and made,
b.x.tev, to the Conquest .laoa r,.u rvjo.rt.-d plentiful but TrA(i> ,,,r *hows 'he first of
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endearing beauty
in nylon tricot
(3kUf*U’
a luscious slip trimmed with
’illusion smocking’ art J
nylon Val lacs
A
*3.95
proportioned
nylon
pettic
SsliShUvl now II** *1 Invar it# Set.
Satig**S I# SrawoM* yawr lele*li lar
Sisk tetkiee *« e yav"f bvdg«r —
yew. bvry boon i* Ivilrewi l#olk*r«,
celert rev're ctanorvd *ar — ihapai ye* lo«* — *i>l»*
SaoMrraty cavarsd — plv«gi*g — cp*»iy
eeiKlug • ■ ■ e*oe* with Ik* .cored
(kiou lmlk*f >el*.
hsnqwod Iron Ik* .leg* . . .
5.95
Others $19:. and $195
daintily ruffled l
*illusion smocking*t
nylon Val Aj
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BMJ.INGFK F F.A. ClltFTF.K
ST\RTS YKIR'S PROJECTS
The Ballinger F F A chapter
was busy last week securing
nu>re projects for members.
| of Uie feed In this are. was late ' onnie Rountree Flvtn Rain
and dove, migrated U. .Alter |»al<,r Pr!r »r y a n and Oene
yswil play Ik* l*ad in SCAMlttS
and opplavd ik* happy avicoua
lav • yov"g ■•<*■*
Yaw rook about lk*i* in 5*.•«*••*
' — now ot.tnd Ik* wo.ld pr*ul*r* oi
SCAMKIS 1* ptf.on a*
Higginbotham Bros. & Co.
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•t Sale
Under On)
STATE OF
Knmr of ri
Sy virtue of a
lied out of th
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C OMMISSION APPROVFJ*
i the amount of $3,500 for a new
ONE KITI.DIN(• PFKYIIT residence In Burkhart Addition.
Tile Bollinger city commission In the northwestern part of the
. >"/
o' the F.rst P • .b t f r 11 a
few t»g) '
1954
Valton Hoffman and I>rlb<-rt
Wiley have bought two burrows
\ Hmau vomu
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ferpi sfllUrU FtfiJ '. A. Biiik
iii.l ’iurHt (
•fir fshlm
\ v*g i 4 rmrtfwf
’urifoy and Co.
Plume ’.Wl
there are said to he
. * taw . ui Uus locality
♦
nii> *Ti i>i..vrs iHU.Kiiv. '*rh ■*nd p n** D“*1 * unti
i TWO KYENTb THIS W'EER Kotrhk have recrivetl
one gilt each from Carroll Turks
,»i.i s-r student* a e gvu-iv ' Tlie dlstrlc' meeting was held
■ in i t IhU »*s .. !*• i it (*..;er:;an on September 'J3 to
»ke plan* for tills schia.l year
♦
Mr and Mr* Frank CYuckett
and daughters Carol and '
!. l.i t.d Mr .rail Mm O
laird and children Bud and.
CvuttUA of Odessa, stopped
here for .. short visit Saturday
morning with Mr Crockett's I
m o t ti •• r Mrs Tom Crockett,
Iwt ire i!'ili.< to IVilas to wit-
lie a the rexa* Oklahoma fc»A-
r>a';i game and attend Hie staU’ i
fair The Oivkett children,
remained In Ballinger for a
vusit with their gr. ndmotlicr
gave approval to one building
permit Tuesday morning H. G
Burkhart received n permit In
city
Other business transacted by
the commission wits routine
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Hi^bol
Bros. & Co.
Lean- ad are ;mrL.'.puLug Ui
Ftlr l'reve|,lj,ui w.et .a.lu;
paclen and pre|«Lrt..g ,Aie-r
f"»Uire* \ tram per of pr.a;r.inu»
an hr*- ptev-I.Uia will t*e i*r*-
4 >1 d puwter are t>. te-
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WO-TONi COCOS tTVUNO. OOZINt 0» NSW IMAtl 1 verswliete you look, there'.
big new lusunr, fresh beauty, new heft and brawn. E nlesi choice of color*' New
fabrics in rich nvlon. and vinyl*! New bumper grille! Sleek new low lilhnucm a in
a wlmle new Heel of hardtop* now available m every aenra in bt any budget.
Even some cars only 6 months old seem out of date compared with A*
THE BIG M. How many of these features does your present car have?
For long trips to dr ingc places. or just t jaunt
across town, OK Used C ar* Icl you drive with
ion tide nee Chat's becauw (he OK Tsg mark*
a car that’* dknougpfy inapccud and vcienlif
kaltv reciHtdilwned Chey 'ro popular priced
and warranted in writing by us!
•Ml CHETROtXT H-
Ptrkop
$575.00
1M4 Cl
$1,065.00
H-1
IMS Cl
$635.00
$625.00
1ST
$95.00
IMI FORD
$475.00
IM4 GMT H-T«
$425.00
Bay Fuqua Chevrolet Co.
Ul MoaisPoarM -the highest horsepower r\er
packer! into a Mercury V-8. Am! only Mercury
has an delusively V-R history!
SAHTV SIMM* mm is imjso t slworUng to
protect driver Iwtler. Hub is .bwply recesser!.
SAsmnaAM mad iAsset knife through fog.
dust. rain, snow—give leas glare lo oncoming
motorists. You see up lo W) feet store of the
road shear! ... see n better,
win oooa 4ocas give adried protection
•gsirut doors t.peiung—even on mtwlrrale
inijsict (diibl guanl locks for rear doors arc
optional.
eaooso iNSTRussiNT samm has plastic cushion-
ing filler for protection. This am! safety-
padded sun visors arr option*. *
oouau-euNCH ttAsmso New 12-volt-electrical
system turns starter 80Tf faster—corn in
uuUrr’
oornm ttaaamo saves you up to »>% of the
work of steering ... yet gives you full "road
feel.’* (Optional.)
FutnatmoH tuaatCAiMN. Think of it! P>«»5
button anil . . . you’re rfrit-ing a frerhly UkfC
entfti carl You save service time—prolong
your car's hie. (Optional.)
a-WAV court* uat offers you not just front-
t*sr k adjustment tmt up-down, too! Quickly
finds be* t for-driver position. (Optional.)
uujomi saosst wvimmm—KxrJusive in
Mercury’s field. Makes handling easier, con-
trol surer, cornering track-level and Mercury's
new rule velvet-smooth.
VISIT OUK SHOWROOM. Sff HOW MUCH MOM CAM YOUM OOUAKS BUY NOW IN THf BIG Ml '
For 1956-the big move is to THE BIG iSiERCURY
George Fond Motors I
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955, newspaper, October 13, 1955; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160766/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.