The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1943 Page: 3 of 10
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Mra. F. M Pearce wax hostess to
the Ballinger Music Club Tuesday
evening In her home on Eighth
Street.
Lovely Picardy gladoll and tulips
decked reception rooms where Miss
Maggie Underwood presided for
the business session. The com-
mittee announced plans for Music
Week May 3 to May • and Mrs
Alex McGregor made her war
activities committee report. It was
voted to give music to the Army
and Navy Club. Officers elected
for 1943-1944 were: president,
Mrs. Horace Murphy: vice-
president, Mtvs Carmen Demmcr;
secretary, Miss Olga Hchuwe;
treasurer, Mrs. A B Rtobaugh;
parliamentarian. Mrs. W. B. Halley;
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$635
Woadi dully young little
secret-lu.-per done in dotted
rayon crepe topped by a spanking
white collar. The aoft front
fullncar is easily adjusted
a love to wear and enjoy.
Navy, Blue, Black or Brown.
Sizes 10 to 20
Other Attractive Maternity
Frocks In dark and pastels
And Brunch Coats
$1.98
George S Resdy-to-Wear
historian. Miss Lola Bubank, and
reporter, Mrs. Sim Cottelle.
Mrs Arthur Olaaecke presented
Mrs Ernest Caskey, who reviewed
the most recent biography of
Debussy by Oecar Thompson. Mrs
Joe Paxton, who played "The
Sunken Cathedral" and "Oolllwogs
Cake Walk,” and Mrs Robert
Urban, who sang "Romance" and
•Mandoline” by Debussy, and
Fetes Galantes" by Reynaldo
Hahn. Mrs. Paxton played her
accom pa nlmen ts.
Others present were Mines J
A Schnable, Troy Simpson, C R
Stephens, J F. Currie, Joh.i Oulon.
O. R. Lasater, L It Tlgner, L. E
Burnett, Lawrence Muller. Charles
van de Putte, Misses Hattie Mae
Dunlap, and Eugenia Baskin: Mar-
jorie McGregor, Martliu Saunders.
Mury Brian Woody, and Doris
Ruth Jones.
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Mmrs. Jeffries and Killough
Entertain Naomi Class
Mines. W L Jeffries and J A
KUlough w e r e hostesses to the
First Baptist Naomi Class Tues-
day evening in the Jetlrtes home
in North Ballinger.
After the business period, directed
by Mrs. Ed Iengefeld. and the
devotional by Mrs. John Castor.
Mrs KUlough directed musical
Easter games with Mrs. Elbert
King at the piano
A salad plate was nerved with
teed tea Others prearnt were:
Mmes. L. L. Stroble, Melvin Pat-
terson, Jim Oolden. Joe Vaughn,
Wallace Selpp, John Rayburn. Ted
Whitehead, B. C. OrlndstafT. Frank
Flynt, Brooks Powell. W. D. Daven-
port, W. J. Hembree, and J. H
Endac.ott.
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Picnic for Junior R A.s
Mrs J H Endacott and Mrs
Alta Mae Hlrschfelt arcompanied
First Baptist Junior K As on a
hike to City Park last Saturday
A picnic lunch at the noon hour
was followed by games
Present were Buddy Jeffries,
Gene Hlrschfelt, Joe and Jimmy
Vaughn, Tommy Buchanan. Jackie
Fulcher. Jimmy Endacott. and
William James
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Civic-Darden Club Meets
Mrs Estes Lynn was presiding
officer for the April Civic-Garden
Club meeting held Tuesday after-
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through the duration.
noon In City Hall. 39 members!
and Mra. W. L. Jeffries, a new i
member, were present. The club
c a ■ t tta vote for Mrs. Clarence
Miller of Dallas as r e g 1 o n a 1 j
vice-president of the state garden
club. The civic committee, Mmes
R T. Williams. Elmer Shepperd.
C. R Stephens, and George
Clements, waa Instructed to assist
the B. C. D. In cooperative
Improvement projects, and to
assist In buying and planting
shrubs at the Army and Navy
Club April 9 was announced as
the day for exi hange of flowers
and garden seed
Mrs. Lee- Maple;, announced the
program. Mrs J L IXavb, dts- j
cussed dahlias; Mrs James Wear
roses; and Mrs H Frazier,
tomatoes.
Flower displays were purple
irises, Mrs R M Lowry; tulips
Mrs Estes Lym and purple and
white lilacs, Mr Alex Saunders
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Mrs. W. A. lay lor is Hostess
lu Conquest Class
Mrs W A. Tavlor was hostess to
the Conquest Class of the Eighth
Street Presbyterian Church last
Thursday evening In her home In
Hlllnrest.
Potted plants and spring flowers
decorated living rooms where Mrs
Taylor presented the devotional
and Mrs. W A Erwin presided
over the buslnev, session
Contest games gave diversion
and punch was served with
cookies Pansies were plate favors
Others present were Mmes Rufus
Allen, Carroll Bell. Una V Doose.
B H. Brwtn, John Reese, R M
McMillan, E. 8 Malone, and Uus
Ramsey.
♦ ♦ ♦
Ace of Clubs Members and lit stands
Entertained
Mr and Mrs Virgil Reynolds
and Mr and Mr . Boone C Roberts
were hosts last Friday evening In
the Roberts home In Wilke Ter-
race to Ace of Clubs members and
their husbands
Redbud sprays and pansies were
used to decorate rooms where a
spring floral motif was featured in
games Mrs W J Hembree and
D O Henson won high score
prizes and Mr; Edward Sommer
and W E Moss the bingos
A dessert plate was served with
coffee Included were Messr
and Mmes Sommer 1! (I Agnrw
Henson, W O Irby Moss I J
McCook, and Hembree
Three Are Heateases to Allies
Mrs. Jerome Church, Mrs Donald
Nichols, and Mrs Stuart HarrU
were hostesses to Airfield Allies
Wednesday afternoon In City Hall
auditorium with Mrs Tom A Peay.
vice-president. In the chair.
Plans were made for more active
participation In the Red Cross
surgical dressings center and head-
dresses were cut and made for the
class of negro women
Refreshments were served from
the lace-luld table which was cen-
tered with an arrangement of
lilacs and spnea flanked by tall
white candles Olivers present
were: Mmes Carl Benlsen. Jim A
Miller. Howard Mattesoil, George
Vohrlnger. Robert Gee Fred Hai-
where an Easter motif was empha* I Jaeggli in the home of her parents,
sued in games. Mrs K K Hot!* Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Turner, la the
man and Mrs Walter Boswell won Hagan community,
high score prises for club members! Others present were: Lt. JaeggU's
and guests. mother. Mrs. C. I. Jaeggli of Den-
A froaen salad plate was served ton; his sister, Mrs. BUI OordlU,
with angel cake and Iced tea. of the 8. A. A. A. P. In San Angelo;
Others were; Mmes Tommy Hall, Pvt Cordlll, of Ooodfellow Field;
W B Woody. E. L Ingram. E. W. Mr and Mrs. K C Caskey, and Mr.
Stusney, Leslie Baker, Loyd Her- and Mrs E. C. OrlndstafT.
ring, t J McCook, D. O. Henson, i .- —+
Virgil Reynolds. C W Cheatham, Mfs Prlc<, Mlddleton ^ here tW-
Roy Worley, W L. Burber; Scott
Hurt grove. Harman Price, and **** fur “ vlalt with re,atlve»
Shultz Hurtgrove of Paint Rock. friends
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l.t Jaeggli in Honorre
Lt Clarence Jaeggli. who liasi
just received Ills commission ut j
man. L K Burnett William Lvnn. ,f‘vlv North Carolina, and
U-e Maples. E C By be. Ken. th *h" w“l "•«**" u* Cu“|l Arl‘Uery'
I Anti Aircraft at Ft. Bliss, Texas,
| was guest of honor ut u dinner
Kenneth
Harman, John Hart. Charles A
Stewart, I H Burn. Bill Mo,
Dale Daniel, Earl Wood. Melvin
Hackman. C C Stratton, Rolhal
O'Kelly. Lawrence Muller, and
Miss Mary Wood
4 4 4
All-Night Affair for Troop
Boy Scout troop No 29 was
accompanied on an all-night
affair to the Moro Mountains last
Friday by George Newby, scout-
master; Kothal O'Kelly, assistant;
Carl Black, and the Rev Edward
Pustert. and senior patrol leader,
Bobby Northington
Meals were prepared over open
camp Are Swimming hiking, a
commando flag game.*and piano
accordion music by Bobby Zrntnerj
of Rowena gave diversion
Boys attending were Marlon
Davis. Howard Matteson Junior
Henderson, Hoyt Smith, Winfield
Read, Robert Karl Morgan. Jack
Hampton. Jim Johnson. Clifton
Keneau. Billy Parrish. Charles
Stewart, Frank Haines. Edgar
Payne, Bob Agnrw Bud Wright
Ludrlc Canada. Joe Baker. Curtis
Davenport, Dlz Caskey, Bobby
Gilliam. Fred Woods, H L Atnlpp,
Everltt Gnndstaff. and Billy Jack
Middleton
4 4 4
Mrs Jack Williams Entertains
Club
Mrs Jack Williams included u
group of friends as added guests
Wednesday afternoon when she
was hostess to her contract club
In the home of her mother Mrs
M 11 Wurdlaw. on Fourth Street.
Redbud and plum blossoms m
tall vases, and tulips and pansies
In low bowls decorated rooms
given Wednesday evening by Mrs
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1943, newspaper, April 8, 1943; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1163512/m1/3/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.