The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1936 Page: 9 of 12
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
• BALLINUKK SC HOOL
• NEWS
• »r HIM Lr>>
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Thr senior rlu.v. met on Wcdne* '
day. September 16 lor thr election
of officer* und »pon*ors. The
officers elected were l> u u r <1
Sheftv, president. Blt*i< Lynn
vice-president. Camille Hehnnget
secretary- treasurer Sponsor
elected were Mins Elizabeth Parker
and Mr Geo rue Stowe There
are slaty-three members u. the
senior Gas* They expect to it,,
big things this year
Stars and Kars Droop for Dern
Tills year the Halil:.;'i r ;«•.»-i •
will have a drum corps which will
add to the pep squill on hundri I
per cent. Part of th«M drum* ar«
being bought b\ the j**p .qu.it:
through n« lit ire advcitisemi' ’
for football program Thu .uik
has been done previ . isly t>v tm
ledger office The uiilfnr: . I
the pep squad are black mama.:
suits and black -h« with i. i
shirts, hats, and socks Tin i*i>
squad this year under the dire
tion of Miss Kh/.ihrlh I’arkei
limited to fifty girls with ten on
thr waiting lust Thee. m tin
pep squad are M.irv Av.i Burton
Otta Bell Caudle Billie lie:.dink
Nada Doherty. Alma Drennon 1 a
Verne Pratt. Geraldine Hans
banter, Willie Mac McMillan
Frances Routh Is iris l ane Helen
Looney. Dorothy Caudle. Kuth
Dowry. Winnie Bell Bcckci Mar
celle Rene a ii. Kathrvn Bell
Carleen McAden l.uniie Monks j
Wanda William, OlIU Baxter 1
Esttier Eckerman I.illian Dod.Non
Marjorie Mitchell Kathryi M ail
Baptists to Observe
S. S. Promotion Day;
Program is Prepared
No One Gets Hurt
in These Duels
tendi lit after ten year ervire
| here This is not all hi experi-
I he lutlle Mag of Ihr Confederacy, emblem «t a lost hut glorious
aii.r. Unitennl at half mast al thr Texas Centennial Exposition in llal-
a- recently in reaper! for the late Secretary of War Georg* hern.
I he star- and stripes was al hall ma-l also. Centennial guns at < amp
Stephen I \uslin thundered a funeral salute throughout the day of the
hern funeral.
Amelia Waeehter I rrau.e Crunm u|ki: hut wil: be elected in their
Jewel Edwards M.irv Edith Ilei M me. tin.' There are seventy
ring. Cecllle Herring Mil.: red one junior- tins year
Doherty. KHee-. Smith l> in.
n e w
Eleui r Gressett Agatha Sidi. classes are divided into six groups
Net Scarborough Imoi:< nc Me The senior boys are under Mi
Kown Lolita Morrium Walrilm Felton Wright, senior girls arc
Schlake. Catherine Cline Kath under Miss Elizabeth Parker
h x Embry. Marguentte Schneider junior boys under Miss Genevievi
s Weed. Ann Kteehle I.aVcrni Green junior girl under Miss
The Ballinger Baptist church
will observe Sunday School Day
next Sunday und this program
will take part of the time usually
allotted to the morning icrvlce
and all of the evening service
All the members will met t
in classes at the regular time
Sunday morning, and promotions
will Is- made at the conclusion o!
the lesson period, Retirli.. su|jer
Intended K E King will isa mble
t In entire rhool afte^ l! ,. .•
litre dismissed and present the
■s|s-cial program, whlcn will con-
j Ilnur into the presetting hour '
! Tne pastor. Hev J II McClain. |
| will llien deliver his message j
! which will deal with tin ( hun t,
school
Mr King is retiring a. ■ i|» rm
rr tei
is not
enee in this capacity, however a.
he has served other churrhr.x for
a like period. giving him 20 years
as head of Sunday schools He
‘stated Thursday that lie was
: without a "Job" and might be
j privileged to become a member
of a class, unless put n work in
some other official position
The evening hour will include
installation rites for all Sunday
rhool officials, department loud
and teachers Tfie new uperln
tendent. K C GrlndstatT will have
charge of the Installation, at ; •! '
which each departmci ' ui» rm ■
•'.\n i-im.Is’ Day” partlclp«t< II Mood) still
T! "rc are everal oiigms given introduce the officers ; 'e . t.ei this program E Shepperd i
for tin name "All Fools' Da\" but of the various deparluu iThe j secretary and assistant sujierm-
none of thein is i c ally reliable One general director of tin H I V . j tendent of thi Sunday cla» .
....... ..... '« ■ » Mi« Went . .■ ■
and another to tin* mockery at the *'* '^4* ^ ^ Ernest |a young fieople s choir at the
tnal of the Saviour. Both of these,
are, however, discounted by the]
fact that the Hindus have a similar >0t>
festivity mi March 31st. kriawi ns pn
■
! evening hour as most of the regu-
; far choir members have roles In
the Sunday school program,
either as department superinten-
dent* or as teachers.
BRITISH NATION GIVEN
FINE GLASS COLLECTION
LONDON. Sept 23 Through A
gift, thr British nation has come
Department superintendents inU, possession of the finest col-
already elected are as follows
Adult J N Nutt
Young People's Mr* J H Mc-
Clain
Intermediate R E White
Junior Mr. Carl Black
Beginners Mis E Shepperd
Mi E
lection of glass In the world It
has been added to the already
marvelous display in the Victoria
and Albert Museum
The glass was collected In all
parts of the world by the late
I Wilfred Buckley, who died in 1W33.
E He spent his early life in the
United States and in later years
Home Department
King ______________ ____
The cradle roll superintendent I was director of milk supplies In
Las not yet br-en supplied Knglund He showed the greatest
♦ enthusiasm and zeal In obtaining
< TIT K« ir It A It MM l f~ I tl Nit. II r 11 ' outstanding masterpieces that
\T HH I.lSl.l it ( ill STKV t I I It mlo the market
To honor h i s memory Ills
The entire membership of tm 1 widow has presented the entire
Kid Presbyterian Church will !1 "llection to Great Britain,
attend . |j.• md barbecue !.. ♦
Thursday > .’in ’ tin Ba..;i. Mi ..nd Mrs 11 Ford Taylor
tel < >>•nitty Club Thi . ca.-aoi. and Ml and Mrs Tommie Stail-
i to formally greet the i w pa ..r mg spent Sunday In Abilene,
md wile Rev and Mt Dwight, l hey wen met there by Judge
j A Sharpe who began their w .rk .md Mi Omar Burleson, of
I with the Ballinger church last Anson who enjoyed dinner with
Sunday ‘the Ballingerites
♦ -♦----
Receipts in duplicate lor all pur- Calling cards on short notice,
po.se Ballinger Printing Co 1 Ballmgci Printing Co., Phone 27.
M«*\u ii K. !.;•» h.t been
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xs. Zrlm.i Lee Evans and
Walker Those on the
Maurine Batts Esther
Juanita Avrrttt. Billy
JO rnnny Evelyn Teague Mau-
rine McGuire Beatrice Bryan.
Neoma Moreland Betty Jane
Lawrence. Johnnie Faye Batts
The banner carriers are Evelyn
Branham and Gloria McGregor
Those in the drum corps are
Frances Fryar. Beegie Kr\ Kath
ryn Scales, Eulalia Nicholson.
Camille Belinngei Margaret
Butts. Mabel Mi Millan and Sul
Reese The leaders art Cordelia
Lynn, Virginia MrShan and Blt.slc
Lynn The fifty member of the
stunt squad have to work hard
and do their best or thev will be
put In the restive li-i
Luclle Williamson
under Mr Ernest Sublet t. and
sophomore girls under Miss Dena
Meyer On Mondays. Tuesdays
and Wednesdays at the rhapel
period these groups have outside
activities On Thursdays they
have health lectures
the Hull Festival. A more possible
■sophomore boys; explanation, according to a writer
in London Answers Magazine, is
that March 25th was formerly New
Year's day. and April 1st its octave
when the New Year festivities
reached their highest point and
ended
Freeman's Tire ■;nd Battery Store
113 South Eighth tf
PIGGl.t WIGGLY ABBS
NEW CHECKING COUNTER
Milt WEIK-ENB 1(1 Mils
Along with other recent improve-
ments the PiggK Wiggly grocery
here has added an auxiliary
checking counter to Is' used on
week-ends during the fall season
when the tratlu- around the main
Rev Homer Vanderpool gave a ''hecking counters becomes con-
very entertutnlrz talk chapel The new counter i
Friday Ss ptenrber 18 on Ikies located on the right of the front
Religion Pav We are glad to JlK,r :‘"d affords easy exit aftet
welcome back our .-hup. speakers ‘ popping trip through tin
[store This makes a total of three
, , i checking counters maintained on
Primary schom ; h.,v.., health A,,ek.,.llds ;U thl> M„n.
examinations tt.. week mder the ^
direction of Mis* Beulah White,
the county health '.at < the
health committi< the I’areiit-
Tearher Assoc at. -i i -1stmg
with this examn it;
The Ire Age
Estimates are based chiefly upon
consideration of the rates of ero-
sion of streams known to have been
formed after the re, ession of the
glacial heel Tie Niagara river
is sui h a stream A representative
of the Unped States Geological
Survey figured fiom the rate at
which the falls of Niagara have,
.receded since their discovery by {
white men that the gla> irr disap i
pc a red only 7.boo or H.OOd years
j»ii Other estimates ore up tc
30,000 years.
Mrs Cicero Smith and little
daughter Barbara are visiting In
I Sulphur Springs and
' attending the centennial exjmsi-
tmn at the latter city
The Dobson Ely
Despite |t enormous pincers, the
Corydahs cornutus. or Dobson fly [
cannot be considered dangerous i
according to an authority Thy |
Dobson fly is the final stage of lif. j
of the liellgi aminite a bait ustd
bv bass fishermen The hellgrarr. i
mite lives three years umlor water I
devouring u 11; c i small insects
H ■ it find.-', in it ■ fi’eviing g: 'i,nd>
ut 'lei sti.lie Afl*r it n.ix passE
I , fri it a akw ard ... v a ' go as .
bcllgraiminte into a Dob on fly, i
flu-, .ike a butteifly.
The juniors met Monti . ft*
noun to elect their .as Hirer
and sponsors Th,< ofii.ct are
Sid Reese, preside: t Ban. Love
lace. secretary treasiirei
spoils.u' have not b* < i d* • bled
see -AMERICA'S
1EST SHOW/
see ameri
BIGGEST
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COACH f AHES
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$4.59
DALLAS
i rnlenmnl
f %fHfili«»n
S5.23
Thru Chair Car
bom Ballinger
•vary Friday
nlqhl.
Rsturning from
Dallas *v*ry
Sunday 9:30 P M.
For del ills and
lie bats see your
SANTA FE
AGENT
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Looking
Ahead to
Autumn
Don't you like the
easunl. f;raeeful
lines of this neiv
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MARY-1 ANE COM
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it -Csl
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w 5 jf,
Then
. the d<
ascot sc,ill
service in
Texurt.. ii |
the uiibo.i.
world of stv ir n. .
achabli colli: .! M
the b< .lutifullv
the gtiarai.tr. .: I
. shrunk fahiI, I bo
ihly low pm* t
$16.75 to $29.75
Womer a ho usually p.»
will hr icrf.kVly imprps'Mit wui. v
mon *
» v,Uu*\
thfir I'oatN
ROTHMOOR’
COATS
A vear from novv w hen
>our Rothmiwir Mill is
good lv»r loads of com-
plimmi, • llval’s when
you’ll fulls rt-alire what
a woe I'm \o«i made.
Another Feature Group of
Fall Coats
all In • xceilent quality woolen.* tailored
trimmed with a two-year guatanto.it lining
and
$9.95 to $12.95
S29.75 to $98.50
*Trw.1* \(««l krftwfrsd
Ii ' f*a*a«kl
Now Shipment of Kiddie Coats .lust
t'npaeked
THE HUB
Every think I" Wear
=8
Fall Fashions
are ready for you at
The Hub
l*ft your hopes run sky high . . . expect
miracles . . . you will find them in this
beautiful assortment of merchandise
ready for your approval.
New Merchandise is Arriving
in Our Men’s Department . . .
NEW SU ITS, HATS and
Florshiem SHOES
Sweaters
me
y, M
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Zephyr yarn and
brushed wool knits. Slip-
over. Blouse and T w i n
styles
$1.95 $3.95
(including Misses’ sizes)
Draperies
.Just imparked a beautiful assortment
ilmneries. All colors.
Evening Gowns
•ti<
\ • i\ets, Satins
d M
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lie-1 »it *ce
so.95
atm coat styles
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Negligees
satins.
in s and NYirlitfees ii wool eiepes and
ailored and lace trimmed
SJ.45
* up
New Quaker
Hosiery
In lovely Sheers and Scml-
Shcer quality. Regulars.
Extra Ilength* and
Out Hi/,**'
69c
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1936, newspaper, September 24, 1936; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161206/m1/9/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.