The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1955 Page: 7 of 12
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THE NOCONA NEWS, NOCONA, TEXAS, AUG. 26, 1955
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Children's Theatre
STUDIO
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Musical Kindergarten
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SPEECH - DANCING - SINGING
RHYTHM BAND - PARTIES
RECITALS - PRE-SCHOOL
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WE GIVE IDEAL STAMPS
SALE
A. S. GILBERT
DEPARTMENT STORE
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Thanks!
Thanks!
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To all our friends and customers
. for their good business while we
operated The Gift Box.
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Ringgold's
School Will
Open Sept. 2
!! 302 Fannin
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Age 3 to 6 years
Including
Too Late To Classify
FOR RENT-5 room modem •house.
Connections for automatic wash-
er. 410 East Oak. Phone 891W Itc
to Big Spring for further air force
service.
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Noconan Escapes
Injury In Crash
Sam Taylor of Nocona was un-
injured late Monday night when
the Buster Gibson truck he was
driving figured in a rear-end col-
lision near Saginaw.
The occupant of the involved
automobile, a Mr. Lovett of Deca-
tur. was killed.
Both the truck and the auto-
mobile caught on fire and were
badly damaged.
Important Job
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Mary Jane Horner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Horner of^Nocona,
Rev. George Park, Baptist minister, officiated,
with black and white accessories.
Her corsage was of pink carna-
SWIM FINS,______
SWIM FINS, _________
< SNORKEL, _________
MASKS, Junior______
MASKS, Senior----
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GWENDOLYN SAUNDERS !!
PLAY POOL 72”x48”xl2” Rigid Tubular
Steel Frame Regular
Play Pool 51” 2 ring non-skid bottom, Regular
Play Pool 60” 2 ring non-skid bottom, Regular
Play Pool 78” 3 ring non-skid bottom, Regular
+ + SOCIETY and CLUB NEWS + +
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ing in Ringgold. The gym floors
at both schools have been sanded
and varnished.
The PTA, with Mrs. L. J. Ivy
as president, has already planned
several projects and programs.
Faculty for the coming year
will be: Supt., Claude W. Parker;
principal, and coach, Stoneburg.
Stacy Parker; principal and coach,
Ringgold, W. J. Wheat; Voc. Ag.,
Hulen Turrentine; English, Imo-
gene Crenshaw; homemaking, Mrs
Helen Antwine; high school math,
Travis Underwood; seventh grade,
Ringgold, Mrs. Lucille Dimrey;
fifth and sixth grade. Ringgold,
Mrs. A. V. Yeager: third and
fourth grade, Ringgold, Mrs. Tom
Arnold.
Third and fourth grade, Stone-
burg, Mrs. Joe Cleveland; first
and second grade. Ringgold. Mrs.
Rosa Reynolds; first and second
grade. Stoneburg, Mrs. Raymond
Henry; tax assessor and collector.
Flora Clark; custodians, Tom Do-
fv, Ringgold, and Claude Tomli-
son, Stoneburg; lunchroom work-
ers, Mrs. Mary Vice and Mrs. Al-
fie Cowley of Stoneburg and Mrs.
Leona Hensley and Mrs. Maggie
Hughes, Ringgold; bus drivers, H.
B. Posey, Claude Tomlison and
Lewis McGee, Stoneburg, and Ira
S»out. Coy Fite and Ralph Witt,
Ringgold.
Wed At Gainesville
Helen Orrell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Loyd Orrell, and Jimmy
Steadham, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eulen Steadham, both of Forest-
burg, were married Friday night
at Gainesville. They are making
their home in Forestburg.
Pvt. Buster Rolls, who is sta-
tioned at Fort Riley, is spending
a 14 day furlough with relatives.
Mrs. Rolls visited her husband
at Fort Riley over the weekend
and they returned to Nocona to-
gether.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gibson and
Nelda of Odessa were in Nocona
this week on business. They for-
merly lived here. While here they
visited with the Jack Goodspeeds
and with the Charlie Fraileys.
Lucille Boone has returned to
her work in an Oklahoma City
hospital after a visit here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Boone, and other relatives and
friends. While here she was
honored with a covered dish din-
ner given by her parents and an-
other, given by Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Cribbs.
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We have sold our store to Bobbie and Bill Mohon.
It is our sincere wish that our customers will con-
tinue to give the new owners the same generous
patronage we enjoyed.
PENNAL—Mary Susan Pennal.
6 pounds, bom August 18 at Lake
Charles, La. to T-Sgt. and Mrs.
Bill Pennal. Mrs. Ollie Pennal
is the paternal grandmother.
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JORDAN — Lary Martin Jordan,
7 pounds, 6 ounces, born August
20 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Jor-
dan of Nocona.
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WALKER — Cheryl Anne Walk-
er, 7 pounds. 8 ounces, born Aug-
ust 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walk-
er of Nocona.
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HARRIS—Jimmy Ray Harris. 8
pounds, 3 ounces, born August 19
at Jacksboro to Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Ray Harris. Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Harris and Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Moenning are the grandpar-
ents.
Marriage Licenses
James Wesley Duke to Betty
Lee Stubblefield, both of Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Buck of
Wilson, Okla., visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Buck on Aug-
ust 16.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Miller and
Alton were in Dallas Thursday
visiting their son-in-law and dau-
ghter, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
Weaver.
Marylin Morgan of Nocona vis-
ited Viola Kay Lanier last week.
Bruce Kershaw of Dallas was a
Sunday visitor in the Bruce Port-
er home. Mrs. Kershaw and Vicki,
who had spent the week here,
returned home with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mitchell of
Saint Jo visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Tompkins last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Lanier of
Wichita Falls were weekend visi-
tors of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Benton E. Stout
have returned to Kermit after
spending the summer in Denton
while the former completed work
on his master’s degree, which he
received Tuesday. He will re-
sume his teaching duties in Ker-
mit where he has been located
for three years. The family, vis-
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Atlas Gilbert and Mrs. Alice Stout
over the weekend.
I ? Miss Vonda Flippin of Tulsa,
' ;i Oklahoma, cousin of the bride, at-
I !' tended her as maid of honor.
; ;l Billie Gene Webb of Nocona,
I I cousin of the groom, was best
J ; man.
< >1 A reception was held immedi-
; ; ately following the ceremony. Mrs.
< • ' Bill Magee, cousin of the groom,
J ; served the punch and Mrs. V. J.
' • Horner, sister-in-law of the bride
] ! served the cake.
• • Only a few relatives and close
! friends witnessed the ceremony.
• ' Mrs. Webb attended high school
! I at Nocona. Mr. Webb was gradu-
;; ated from Saint Jo high school
i I and served two years in the army.
; ; He is now employed by Bolin
I! Drilling company in Vernon,
; ; where they are now making their
< • home.
Master Sgt. and Mrs. Roy Hill
and two sons are visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Hill. Sgt. Hill returned
Monday from four years of ser-
vice in England and is en route
cona sends out. He averages a-
round 45 to 50 mail pouches a
day, but most of this is outgoing
from Nocona’s three major leather
goods industries. He has hand-
led as much as 100 pouches of
mail a day.
For no explained reason, Wed-
nesday and Thursday are his heav-
iest mailing days, outside, of
course, of the Christmas season,
when his truck is virtually load-
ed to capacity.
Galaway leaves the local post-
office around 8:30 each morning
to meet the 8:54 westbound train,
and he leaves around 4:45 each
afternoon to meet the eastbound
train at 5:21.
Messenger Galaway is married
and has a married son, Jimmy of
Fort Worth and twin daughters,
Francine and Kay, who are in
school here.
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Crownover Reunion
Held In New Mexico;
Barbecue Follows
Mrs. Fannie Sebastian, Mrs. Nell
Hamilton and Mrs. Ellen Steele of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, made
heir first trip to the states in
48 years to attend the Gossett-
'’rownover family reunion held
August 14 in Ruidosa, New Mex-
ico.
Mrs. Sebastian is an aunt of the
Crownover brothers and Mrs.
Hamilton and Mrs. Steele are her
daughters.
One hundred 16 relatives at-
tended the reunion. The three
Canadian residents accompanied
the group back to Nocona, stop-
ping en route to view scenes a-
long the old Chisholm Trail where
Mrs. Sebastian's husband. Charlie
Sebastian, drove herds from points
in Texas to Dodge City, Kansas.
They stopped in Throckmorton
where Sebastian met his future
wife, then a baby, and from where
he hauled freight to Abilene.
Mrs. Sebastian lived in Montague
county until she was about twenty-
four.
A barbecue picnic held at Jack
Crownover’s picnic grounds Aug-
ust 18 again brought relatives to-
gether. Attending were A. M.
Routwell and family, Donald Bout-
well and family, John Crownover
and family, Sam Crownover and
family. Jack Crownover and fam-
ily, Arnold McGaughey and fam-
ily, J. W. Steele and family of
Wichita Falls. Horace Short and
family, Douglas Cafey and family,
Roy Wilson and family and Skeet
Wilson and family, all of Ryan,
and Mart Crownover of Claude.
D. M. Painter Marks
His 79th Birthday
A group of relatives gathered
it the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
’’ainter last Sunday in honor of
Mr. Painter’s seventy-ninth birth-
lay.
Lunch was served at noon and
he honoree received a number of
’.ifts. Attending were:
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller and
'aughter Lennis. Mrs. Lillie Miller
4 Anadarko, Okla., Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Miller and daughfer Gladys
of CeryL Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mil-
ler and children Robert and Car-
on of Gracemont, Mr and Mrs.
Harold Miller and daughter Sher-
ry of Oklahoma City, Mr. and Mrs.
Kelley Allen and children Louie,
Martha, Ikie of Ryan, Dick Sky-
orok of Enid, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Mien and children Larry and Ed,
Mrs. Max Kaffer and son Mark
and Mrs. Ella Keil of Ryan, Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Hicks and daugh-
*er Jana Lynn of Edmond, Mr.
and Mrs. George L. Kegley and
-on Stevie of Waurika, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Mitchell and children
of Grand Prairie, Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan W. Painter and son Don,
Painter and children Gayle, Diana
and Janet of Dallas, Mrs. E. J.
Painter of Sherman, Mrs. R. B.
• Roy of Oklahoma City.
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Shirtwaist News
PLASTIC PLAY POOLS and ACCESSORIES
SALE
PRICE
9.95
Mrs. Hill Hostess
To Methodist Class
Mrs. John Hill was hostess Mon-
day night to the regular meeting
of the Friendship class of First
Methodist church
Mrs, J. W. Bowdry called the
meeting to order; Miss Audrey
Herring led devotionals; Mrs. Joe
Bass was in charge of games and
Mrs. Zora Quinn, the recital.
Fourteen members and 10 visi-
tors attended. The visitors were
Mrs. C. F. Thompson of Perryton.
Mrs. Luther Wilson of Crawford,
Ark.; Mrs. C. O. Mills, Mrs. Edna
Orrell, Mrs. W. D. Craig, Mrs.
Maggie Morrow, Misses Kate and
Ruth Davis, Mrs. Mary F. Peter-
son.
jfunch and cookies were served
by the hostess.
Altar Society Nets
$400 At Barbecue
Approximately $400 was netted
at the St. John’s Catholic church
barbecue Sunday in Montague.
Women of the church’s Altar so-
cie'v were in charge.
Proceeds from the barbecue
will be used to buy furnishings
for the new church. Mrs. Ray
Fenoglio, Altar society president,
said this week.
More than 300 were served, in-
cluding a number from Nocona,
Bowie, Wichita Falls, Muenster,
Fort Worth and other cities.
which arrives by rail.
Three employers
express deliveryman, M
works for the American Railway
express and deliveryman for light
freight he works for the Katy R.
R... but his chief job is mail mes-
senger.
Galaway owns his own truck,
which is employed as he is, and
when he wants to have a few
days off, or take a vacation, he
must arrange with some reliable
persons to take his place.
It does not matter how late a
train might be, Galaway’s job is
to be there when it arrives. If
he leaves the postoffice with mail
at 4:45 p. m. and the eastbound
train does not arrive until 3 a. m.,
he must stay with that mail until
he sees that it is safely deposited
on the train.
Although Galaway is closely as-
sociated with all of the postof-
fice employes, he is in no way
directly connected with local pos-
tal operations.
Knew* all mall darks
Galaway personally knows all of
tha mail clerks on all trains be-
tween Denison and Wichita Falls.
He will accomodate Noconans at
any time when they wish to mail
a letter on a train after Galaway’s
truck has arrived at the atation.
However, he can accept only first
class mail, and such mall must
bear sufficient postage. All sec-
ond class mall must be mailed at
the postoffice.
It might be of interest to No-
comm to know that Galaway mv-
•r recalves as much mail as No-
Vicky Vaughn's little-girl version of the most popular classic
going. It will attend to warm days with cool competence and
still be a welcome sight thru Fall. Crisped with marching 4
buttons, white stitching, shining patent belt, a billowing skirt.
Lowenstein’s Good Behavior cotton, made for washday, shuns
wrinkles beautifully. Black, charcoal, scarlet, jade green,
or copper. Sizes 7 to 15.
Photo By Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lee Webb
Mary Jane Horner Weds
Carroll Lee Webb In Home
Ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 17
In a simple single ring ceremony at 9:00 p. m. Wednesday night, "1 ’ll1 R
August 17, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Webb of Nocona, t lull ISCl C *»ll
became the bride of Carroll Lee Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M.
Webb of Saint Jo. 1____ Z_____
The bride was attired in a street
length dress of navy blue tweed
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Sunday afternoon visitors with
Mrs. Letrice Barnes were Mrs.
< > Opal Maddox and John of Henri-
] [ etta and Mrs. J. W. Bullock, Erne-
J line and Buster of Wichita Falls.
Important job
Passersby who observe Galaway
driving to or from the postoffice
with his truck loaded with mail do
not know it, but he is carrying
out one of the most important
jobs in Nocona. No one person
has more responsibility than Gal-
away has by being entrusted with
every sack of mail that comes into
and leaves Nocona by train be-
cause mail is listed as Uncle
Sam’s number one commodity.
The mail carries thousands of
dollars in checks and money or-
ders and priceless and irreplac-
able messages from loved ones
and friends to other loved ones
and friends.
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When these checks and money
orders and messages are deposit-
ed in the postoffice or in neigh-
borhood boxes and when they are
tossed out of trains in mail sacks,
the senders have every confidence
that their missiles will be deliver-
ed to those to whom they have
been addressed.
His job to deliver
It is Galaway’s job tp see that
they are safely transported to or
from the local postoffice for sort-
ing.
In keeping with Uncle Sam’s
rules and regulations governing
the handling of mail Galaway car-
ries a revolver. He has never
used it, but he is free to fire at
any time it may be necessary to
protect the people’s mail. It is,
in fact, obligatory that mail mes-
sengers carry guns to assure safe
delivery of all mail to those to
whom such mail is addressed.
Galaway came to Nocona ten
years ago and for the last seven
years he has been carrying the
mail to and from the Katy rail-
road statioh and, on the side, he
is also deliveryman for all ex-
press packages and light freight
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The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1955, newspaper, August 26, 1955; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1216599/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.