Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1963 Page: 4 of 8
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Glenn Cooper, brother of the
and registers for our free' gift—an 8-ft.
Christmas Sock just loaded with all
1963 taxable year, as well as
general tax management.
gowns of almond green velvet,
styled with, oval necklines and
bell shaped skirts. The waist-
lines were encircled by almond
Jr., Mrs. Archie Davis, Mrs. H.
L. Hardy, Jr., Mrs. Norman
Scott of Austin, Mrs. Harrell A
and Susan Willis distributed Keeter of Wichita Falls and Re- |
wedding party.
The young men were served
a substantial breakfast
Mrs. Amanda Tudor left Sat-
urdav for Odessa for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Watt
Wilkipson. and family.
Giblet Gravy
Buttered Green Beans
Rolls and Butter
Ab Cochran of Fort Worth
visited in Throckmorton Tues-
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School Menu
Dec. 16-20
MONDAY—
Salisbury Steak
French Fried Potatoes
Vegetable Salad
Rolls - Butter
Chocolate Cake, White Icing
Milk
TUESDAY—
Farmers Tax
Meeting Slated
For Dec. 18
Farmers and ranchers are in-
vited to attend a meeting on in-
come tax management in the
Courtroom of the Covrthouse
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Farmington, N. Mex., Harmon
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The Woodson. School Seventh
Grade class is having a Christ-
ma.s party in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Cotton Dickie.
Mr. Halsell is the class spon-
sor.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1963
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er, Mrs. John T. Davis, Sr.
The serving table was covered
with a
draped with swags of smilax
and gardenias. The table was
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for each adult woman who comes into
I our store between now and Dec, 24
The new 1964 Farmers Tax McClusky, Mrs. G. D. London,
Guides are expected to be avail- "
able at the
said.
Christmas is just around the
corner, from the looks of things
at the Crestview Home. The
dining room is graced with a
beautiful silver Christmas tree
brought in by Mr. Jack McNutt, Salmon Patties
administrator. The tree is Corn Bread and Butter
Cabbage Relish Salad
Catsup and Pickles
Milk
FRIDAY—
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Miss Cooper Honored With Luncheon
Lewis Giles and Gwyn of Abi-
lene, Margaret Maberry io f
Hamlin., Sandra Day of Del
Rio, Mrs. Robert Willie of Liv-
ingston, Mrs. Jim Walker o f
Dallas, Mrs. Eddie Scott of
Austin, Mrs. Harrell Keeter of
Wichita Falls, Mrs. Lewis
Giles, Jr., of Dallas, Mrs. Tom.
Craft and Mrs. Durward Coop-
er.
Buttered Rice
Rolls and Butter
Tossed Salad
Fruit and Cookies
Milk
WEDNESDAY—
Cheese Puffs
Buttered Spinach
Rolls and Butter
Peanut Butter and Crackers
Apricot Betty and Milk
THURSDAY—
Pinto Beaps
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Surprise Party
Mrs. Jack Allen gave a sur-
prise Christmas party in the
school cafeteria Sunday after-
noon for her music students
and their parents.
Refreshments of frosted
punch, candy, nuts, sandwiches,
and soft drinks were served to
about 47.
Gifts were exchanged by the
students and a gift was presen-
The person
nearest to the correct number of socks
in the washer receives — free — our
huge 8-ft. sock with the $60 worth of
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SECRET PAL PARTY
A Secret Pal Party was giv-
en in the home of Mrs. Bobby
Bell ah Wednesday night.
Mrs. J. T. Odell and JM r s.
Dewey Odell assisted with the
hostess duties. Secret Pals
were revealed and new names
drawn.
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lard Maberry of Hamlin, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Nichols and
Jack of Dallas, Mrs. Eddie
PPP Party Follows
Wedding Rehearsal
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Liles,
Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. K. W.
Liles entertained at the Triple
P lodge Friday night, following
the rehearsal for the Cooper-
Giles wedding.
About 50 members of the
wedding party, family and
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Nannie’s
Beauty Shop
the bride, wias maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Misses Mar-
garet Maberry of
Gwyn Giles, sister of the groom
of Abilene, Sandra Day of Del r —
Rio, and Mrs. Jim Walker of Giles, Jr. of Dallas, attended
Dallas. The attendants were his brother as best man.
identically attired in full length Groomsmen were L. B. Showal-
tar, Lindell Fister Mingus,
Hannon Meixner, and Don Ed-
ington, all of Abilene. Serving
as ushers were
of Farmington N. Mex., Jim-
my Moore, and J. B. Denson of
Abilene, and Fred .Patty of San
Leandro, Calif.
The reception was held at the
home of the brides grandmoth- mour, Mrs. E. R. Gammill, Jr.,
Patrons are
there will be no
vice at the couuty port offices
on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
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Visiting Bro. Jack Scott were
Mrs. Dozier of O’Brien and
Mrs. Madge Osborn of Knox
City.
Mr. Hannah’s wife and his
sister from Graham visited
here.
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CHRISTMAS BALL
The Woodson High School
sepior class is sponsoring the
Christmas Ball at the Woodson
•Community Center Monday,
Dec. 23.
Music will be furnished by
the Western Playboys. Every-
one has been invited.
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home for Dec. 23 at 7 p. m.
Services were held Sunday
The Primary Sunday School
Class from the 'Crestview Bap-
tist Chuirch, with their teach-
er, Mrs. Johnson, and other
members of the church, visited
the Home Monday night. A song
graduate service was held and the resi-
dents were treated to apples
and oranges brought by the
class.
Bob Burkhalter, Elmer Glenn,
Louis Karl and Joe Ed Thomp-
son brought their violins and
guitars and with Mrs. Bill
Starr ant Mrs. Don Morrison
alternating at the piano, pre-
sented a musical progratn for
the group at the home Thurs-
day night of last week.
A new resident at the home
is Mrs. H. L. Hardy, who is
to be here for a short time be-
fore going on to the home of
her daughter. She thinks she
might leave this weekend.
Mrs. 'Cora Robinson was
again a welcome visitor at the
: more home-
made candy which she passed
out to each residence and em-
ployee. The delicious taffy re-
minded the residents of the old
times when they attended “taf-
fy pulls”.
Out-of-town visitors at the
Home included Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Taylor of Odessa who visit-
ed his mother.
? Mr. O. W. Pettit’s daughter
of Commerce, Mr. and Mrs’ visJted here from Wichita Falls.
Chas. E. Jacobs and Mrs. An-
floor length white cloth drew Howsley of Albany, W.
D. Howsley of Pampa, Dr. and
Mrs. T. W. Williams of Has-
tening with Will Scott, minis- DONATIONS TO^CRESTVIEW
ter of the local Church of
Christ, in charge. The boys of
the church choir were in charge
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de soie, with French cut bodice ;
and oval neckline. The long : ■
pointed sleeves were edged in "O
Alencon lace to match deep
folds of Alencon lace on 1
controlled bell shaped skirt.
Her heirloom veil of rosepoint
land princess lace, mounted over
““■The hXts presented hor^^t1? Pelr!,cojf’ \e'
oredToupjr with a gift. * ^ond the Cathedral full length
watteau train. She carried a
white lace covered Bible ac-
cented with a white orchid sur-
| rounded by lillies-of-the-valley. green velvet leaves and antique
She wore a strand of cultured
pearls, a gift of the groom,
and diamond earrings which bride, lighted the altar candles,
had belonged to her maternal Flower girl, Elizabeth Brown,
great-grandmother for whom daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
she was pamed. Brown, was attired in floor
Miss Jean Cooper, sister of length almond green velvet si-
miliar to the bridesmaids, and continuing their studies at Mc-
carried a braided satin basket Murry College.
Hamlin, of flowers. The ring bearer
was Michael Giles of Dallas,
nephew of the groom. Lewis
kinds of fascinating wonderful toys, i
To register, all you !
have to do is bring 1
in one sock and
drop it in our new I
Norge
14- tb Washer
while you inspect it, |
Then--
on the 24th of Dec, j
come back to our I
store, inspect the I
washer again, I
and tell us I
how many i
socks are I
in the
washer. I
guessing the I
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Mrs. Self Honored
On 80th Birthday
A reception was held in the
home of Mrs. Charlie Self Sat-
urday afternoon by her daugh-
ters, Mrs. Minnie Lu Brown of
Breckenridge, Mrs. Maurine
Pate, Odessa, and Miss Olivia
Self, Fort Worth. The event
was in honor of their mother’s
80th birthday.
After opening the lovely
gifts, refreshments of punch
and cake were served to ap-
proximately 40 guests.
Out-of-town guests
Mrs. Mildred Thompson, Gra-
ham, Mrs. Bob Pate, Albany,
Mrs. Betsy Green and Jamie, Fried Chicken and Gravy
Goree, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rex ~ ' ' '
Brown and Jacqueline Lancas-
ter, and Kellye Gibson of Fort
Worth.
administrator. The tree is
mounted on a musical stand
■nd as the tree revolves soft
Christmas music is wafted up
and down the halls.
Nairnes have been drawn by Turkey and Dressing
the residents and employees at
he home, for an exchange of
.rifts at Christmas. A Christ-
mas party is planned at the Cranberry Fruit Salad
Cocoanut Cake and Milk
the $
green peau de soie belts, and
elbow length sleeves were com-
plemet'&ed by shf>rt -white kid
gloves'. They wore matching
velvet pill box hats and carried
crescent bouqrlets of bronze
and gold mums accented with
Jr., Mrs. Kepneth Liles, Mrs.
Curtis Richardson, Misses Ad-
dibeth Cnaft, Kandy Cornelirh, a- substantial breakfast and
Linda Karl, a»d Julia Hardy, then enjoyed table games and
all of Throckmorton, Mmes. J. -television for the remainder of
W. Cole end V. H. Montgomery the day.
reminded that Abilene, Mrs. George Black-
window ser- bum of. Breckenridge, and Mrs.
William B. Nichols of Dallas.
The bride was
Thr^kmortnn
Miss Anne Cooper was hon-
ored pn her wedding day, Dec.
7, with a luncheon at the home
of Mrs. Walter Merriman. Mrs.
G. D. London, and Mrs. Marion
Clark were co-hostesses.
Tables w’ere laid with white
linen cloths and centered with
white tapers, surrounded by
gold pom-pon mums. Place
cards were white with gold
trim. White tapers, wedding
bells and cherub flower ar-
rangements were used throug-
out the party rooms.
F oilowing luncheon, the
guests made rice bags for the
wedding reception.
Miss Cooper was presented
with a gift from the hostesses.
Those attending were: Mrs.
his ,»
She gf
wore a traditional full length
Reniass'ance wedding gown of S
friends enjoyed visiting and gardenia y^ite pure silk^ peau
dancing to a Negro combo.
The bell tower at the entrance
-was entwined with white bells
and ivy, and the refreshment
table carried out the same
theme. The mantle was trim-
med with greenery, candles and
snowballs^
The hoi
Those attending were Claude
Giles, L. B. Showllter, and 1
Jimmy Moore, all of Abilene,
graduated Lewis Giles and Jim Walker
fmm Thmckmnrfnn High
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on Birthday
Axyz., Mrs. Jewell Dieroff o f
Odessa and Mrs. Gussie NelL
Tudor of Miami, Ariz. The son
is Hugh Ingram of this city.
Mrs. Ingram has 32 great-
grandchildren, 06 great-grand-
------* and 4 great-great-
grandchildren. Five genera-
tions were present for the af-
fair.
Two sons-in-law were also
present, John Nichols of this
city and Quince Cogbum o f
Woodson.
Prayer for the day was that^
another year would bring forth
another day filled with health
and happiness for “Mother”.
December 18, at 2:00 P.M., ac-
cording to County Agent, Or-
ville . Lindsey. Area Farm
Management Specialist, Tho-
mas K. Hunter, will be present R- Davis, Mrs. James M. Meng,
■to discuss changes in the Mrs. Marvin Spain, Mrs. W.S.
tax laws which will affect the Nacol, Jr., Mrs. John T. Davis, Bachelor Breakfast Q
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Mr. .and Mrs. Archie Davis r
entertained Saturday morning
a bachelor breakfast for b\
meethig\ ^Lindsey Marion Clark, Mrs.*S* D.’Lilesj members of the Giles-Cooper g
The groom’s mother enter-
tained members of the wedding
party with a rehearsal dinner
Friday night in the Fellowship TT , . .
Hall of the Methodist Church. Dome, bringing
The tables were decorated with
green votive candles, white
pom pom mums, and smilax.
Gary Roberts, Wedding Guests
Out-of-town guests for the
Giles-Cooper wedding were Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Cooper, M r.
and Mrs. Glenn Cooper and
Mrs. Dutton Bailes, all of Sey-
Mrs. Leslie Keeter of Elbert
visited Mrs. Thompson. Also
her son visited from Wichita
Mrs. Fred Giles, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Cole, Mrs. Claude Led-
ger, .all of Abilene, Mr. and
Mrs. Elie Lam of Wichita Falls,
Mrs. Henry Neely, Jr., of Law-
Mrs. Rpb Brown of Throck- ton, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
morton. Misses Margaret Da-
vis and Becky Gentry altema-
tely registered guests, and
in Throckmorton on Wednesday, d<)bn,na Sue Davis, Peggy Coop-
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rice bags. becca Spain of Midland.
Reception assistants were: ——----------
Archie Davis Home
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Cooper-Giles Vows Solemnized
The First Methodist Ch-rch
of Throckmorton, was the set-
ting of the wedding Saturday, ||||
December 7, of Miss Annette ||||
Elizabeth Cooper and Claude
Ray Giles of Abilene. Dr.
George J. Steinman, professor gH
of Bible, of McMurry College
■read the vows.
Parents of the couple are Mr. |g|
and Mrs. Durward W. Cooper
of Throckmorton, and Mrs. |gM
Lewis Giles and the late Mr. |gS
Giles, totf Abilepe
The aisle leading to the al- S |
tar was marked with green vo- I
tive candles and smilax. The ||g I
altar was centered by a gold 11 j
cross at the base of which was |
an arrangement of bronze and gS |
gold mums and an open Bible I
with a white satim liturgical I
marker. The cross was flanked M I
by a. pair of matching capdle- 9 I
sticks with lighted cathedral 9 |
candles.
Three crescent candelabra ||| I
[arrangements followed the ar- 9 I
chitectural arches of the organ |
loft. They were flanked on eit-
her side by spiral candelabra
and woodwardia palms. Ivory
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[ service. Residents
>f the home and from over the
town attended.
Rev. Hollie Briscoe, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, will
■] have charge of the service Sun-
Dec-i5-
The DDmary Sunday School
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The bridegroom, a
of Abilene High School, is a
senior pre-law student at Mc-
Murry College where he is a
member of Kiva Men’s Social
Club, and vice-president of the
Senior Class. In his junior
year he was listed in Who’s
Who Among Students in Amer-
ican Colleges and Universities,
and served as vice-president of
the Student Senate, and was on
the Dean’s list.
The young couple will reside
at 1950 Sayles in Ailene, while
Why Count Birthdays?
So what if you have reached forty?
Modern women, famed for their beauty,
are only as old as they choose to be. They
know that regular beauty care casi keep
them young in both looks and spirit.
Fq r your next beauty appointment, let
our hair stylists create a hair style just I
fetf you, and notice the difference. (2
PIANO FUND
Following is a list of dona-
tions to the Piano Futnd for
the Crestview Nursing Home:
Mary Martha S.S. Class of
First Baptist Church .... $10.00
W.C.S. of First Baptist
Church $10.00
(in memory of Mrs. Ed L.
Merriman
Ann Kirksey $10.00
Etude Club $31.94
Mr. Ed L. Merriman (in mem-
ory of Mrs. Ed L. Merri-
man $10.00
Charlie Joneg $1.00
Chamber of Goimmerce .. $50Z>0
Fire Dept. $20.00
Fire Dent. Auxiliary .... $20.00
Mrs. Ella Foster $2.50
Mrs. P. Y. Ingram Honored
Seven daughters and one son
were home with their mother,
Mrs. P. Y. Ingram, when she
celebrated her 90th birthday.
All enjoyed the pretty chry-
santhemums of various colors,
which were placed throughout children
the home by three granddaugh-
ters, Mrs. Elsie Cole, Mrs.
Margie Lukert and Mrs. Evelyn
Liles.
A lovely birthday cake was
■brought by another grand-
daughter and her hulsband, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Talley of Fort
Worth.
A number of nice gifts and
cards were sent by friends and
relatives.
Lunch was served to 18 peo-
ple.
Many photographs were
made of Mrs. Ingram, who is
in the best of health, the flow-
ers and the pretty birthday
cake. Mrs. Ingram spends her
time reading, watching televi-
sion .and helping keep her home.
The seven daughters are:
Mrs. Nannie Robertson, Mrs.
May Nichols and Mrs. Grace
Key, all of Throckmorton, Mrs.
Corene Cogburn of Woodson,
Mrs. Beulah Davis of Miami, ted to Mrs. Allen.
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candles were used throughout il
Further illumination was pro- B|
vided by green votive lights g
outlining the choir rail. Twin
mass arrangements of bronze £
and antique gold mums in Gre- g
cian nrrls graced the /ihoir
loft. The nuptial space was 3
centered by a white satin cov- 9
ered prie ‘dieu draped with O
smilax.
Mrs. Robert Willis, of Liv- S
ingston, and Mr. Hubert Carson
Mrs. Thomas J. Craft at the or- S
gan, presented traditional 9
wedding music.
Mr. Cooper presented
(daughter for marriage.
Visiting Mr. Ben Askew and
Mrs. Freeiman were Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Elliott of Phillips
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A mother-in-law is a ref- centered with a nine branch sil- kell, Mr. .and Mrs. Richard Cor- Albany.
’ ver candelabra entwined with ley, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Coop-
fl.niiax and gardenias. The er and Mr. and Mrs. Max Wil-
ppnch service was of silver, liams, all of Dallas, Mr. and
Serving cake and punch were
Miss Patsy Giles, of Plainview,
sister of the groom, and Mmes.
Lewis Giles, Jr. and Richard
Corley, both of Dallas, and
'fabulous toys inside. You may register I
I only once. Offer limited to adults only. I
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LAPELS USE IS URGED
Postmaster Don Morrison is
•nnshing the use of post office
I ’-«ls in separation of greeting
oards into local and oiit of
tewm bundles.
During the first week in Dec.
a. small srriolv of these labels
wes distributed by star route
and rural carriers to all pat-
rons on their routes. The la-
bels are also being distributed
through nost office boxes to
boxholders. A sunply will be
kept at the local post office
for those not receiving' any or
losing theirs.
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Pennsylvanians
Show
Wichita Falls Municipal
Auditorium
Thursday, Jan. 23, 8 P. M.
!H, §3, $2, $1.50
Send order and check to
“TICKETS”,
Box 2001,
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